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uTorrent does this as well (when you have a torrent selected, in the lower pane, select the "file" view, and right-click on any file), is smaller, lighter, easier on system resources, and has no additional dependancies.

I don't understand why people use Azureus on Windows anymore, uTorrent is far superior to it. Someone should make a uTorrent clone for Linux so we can escape this plauge they call Azureus.

Just after I wrote all that down & made my second website in 7 years, oops, out comes original, I just downloaded it, so remember use Romanian mirror for fastest service. http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancement s/Windows-XP-Service-Pack-3-Preview.shtml Signed:PHYSICIAN THOMAS STEWART VON DRASHEK M.D.

Microsoft *has* changed Windows Update in Vista so that it is no longer a web application. Here, I took a screenshot of this for you.

First impressions are important. Well how software looks matters to me anyway.

Avast! Home Edition 4.6.744 Screenshots
AVG Free Edition 7.361 Screenshots

Personally I use Symantec AntiVirus 'Corporate' 9 (legit of course), which doesn't seem to suck up too many resources and doesn't look like most Norton crap (and you wouldn't expect it to, since it came out before Norton bought out Symantec).

First impressions are important. Well how software looks matters to me anyway.

Avast! Home Edition 4.6.744 Screenshots
AVG Free Edition 7.361 Screenshots

Personally I use Symantec AntiVirus 'Corporate' 9 (legit of course), which doesn't seem to suck up too many resources and doesn't look like most Norton crap (and you wouldn't expect it to, since it came out before Norton bought out Symantec).

• What Wold Microsoft Do (Editor's Blog)
• A Google OS by 2010 (Article)
• GooOS (Blog)
• The new 'G' o/s (Article)

Then it could be that Dell feels the Blu-Ray format is more commercially viable, as it's more likely to be accepted by content producers as 'secure':

"The only difference being that Blu Ray is adding another two supplementary security elements: ROM Mark and BD+. ROM Mark is a sort of stamp, invisible to the consumer, which can be embedded using special equipment available only to licensed Blu-Ray disc producers. Obviously, these discs will only be compatible with Blu-Ray equipments." (link)

With regards to the posted article, I don't see why Dell would be basing decisions on anything other than what's best for Dell (i.e., instead of some non-expressed dislike for Microsoft).

Ok, the site is totally dead. Here is a
- link to another site that distributes it and
- some screenshots.
Enjoy!

Ok, the site is totally dead. Here is a
- link to another site that distributes it and
- some screenshots.
Enjoy!

"Rule #1: Don't take security advice from an Anonymous Coward.
Rule #2: Don't follow links posted by Anonymous Cowards." - by h4lphl33tor (807472) on Thursday December 08, @10:14PM

Fair enough - but, here goes, if my words are not enough.

(Hey, it's just a website with techniques for making your Windows NT-based OS personal computer system more secure is all... if anything, it's a site to keep you from getting messed up online!)

Still, if my words aren't good enough, how about those of others?

Here, try these on for size as to the estimation of how the tips/tricks/techniques in them work:

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/AP K-Internet-and-NTkXP-Speedup-Guides.shtml

(The link above is links to the articles in single .mht IE archived format & rated well there, like 4.2 of 5 by some people that rated what is on my init. URL, but instead in single file downloadable format).

http://www.osnn.net/forum/showpost.php?s=e6ccbc8bd f7a67e197b37a430d280ac7&p=288210&postcount=18

(That link is someone who apparently has used them & also noted they give techniques for stopping the RPC hole that Windows NT-based OS had recently as well... without patching the OS no less!)

APK

P.S.=> If what I wrote isn't good enough, there's the words of others regarding the content for better security of a Windows NT-based OS like 2000/XP/Server 2003, rating the content of the website URL I put up, & very well I might add... apk

anyway, eBay comes from the name for an auctionhouse, or a "bay"
Actually, no. It stands for Echo Bay, as Echo Bay was the original name of the Consulting Firm of the founder.

Limewire? Not really anymore. But there's always another gnutella client out there.

ditto with the directx hassle.
The windows site wouldn't let me at it, even after pasting the genuine code into their validation box.

Soooo..
1. I went to google
2. Ended up at http://www.softpedia.com/
3. Recieved me a direct link to the file from download.microsoft.com

I don't really see the point for MS to make people jump through hoops just to get a file that is widely mirrored across the intarweb.

Ah, I think they'll give it some thought if it's implemented properly. What strikes me as very nice is that some software depots out there already have such stuff in place and they don't make such a big fuss, it's just part of normal service.

Take Softpedia for instance, and check out their page for Buddy Spy. Notice the "100% adware, spyware free" banner on the left side, as well as the "Report spyware" link (on right, same level as program name).

It's probably nothing fancy, just a peer and user review system, overviewed by Softpedia admins. Just like the the rating system. Simple and not pretentious, but "It Works Now(tm)".

Ah, I think they'll give it some thought if it's implemented properly. What strikes me as very nice is that some software depots out there already have such stuff in place and they don't make such a big fuss, it's just part of normal service.

Take Softpedia for instance, and check out their page for Buddy Spy. Notice the "100% adware, spyware free" banner on the left side, as well as the "Report spyware" link (on right, same level as program name).

It's probably nothing fancy, just a peer and user review system, overviewed by Softpedia admins. Just like the the rating system. Simple and not pretentious, but "It Works Now(tm)".

You don't need to use windowblinds and such to change themes in windows XP, just go google the multi utxtheme patcher. Either that or StyleXP which patches it in ram. StyleXP costs tho.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancement s/UXTheme-MultiPatcher.shtml

When trains started coming, they said traveling above 30mph would probably kill a man. (Also recall - bilingual folkses, multitrack thinking at it's finest.)

It takes a bit more

Never driven on a busy highway listening to music and planning your day, notice the traffic and plan a completely different route without missing a beat or forgetting to pick up the wife's dry cleaning?

than a decade of intense schooling

Case in point - my little sister (hands off "sexy rexy"), 3-5 gaim conversations, a couple of browser windows, the telephone, "hey did you do your homework/ left book in the locker" " be ovr 10min" I know you can handle this. --* so how many phone conversations, missed assignments, early mornings and teachers that you've had a crush on ran through your head? I know you didn't think about my sister! *--

to train our minds to think linearly.

Remember?

Took me about 15 minutes to pull all this nonsense together, though so far as my brain was concerned it was written about 2 seconds after I read your comment. Pity that tekkie guy doesn't know any decent visual artists.

Get a Pioneer DV-470 (or 525 if you need SACD and WMA support). It can play DivX files too (and show your JPEG photos). And after that, get a firmware update from

http://mtz.softpedia.com/index.php?option=com_webl inks&catid=70&Itemid=4

And you can do all that you want.

(The region-free part is actually in the standard firmware, you just need to activate it with some sort of IR signal (the guy who sold me one did it with a Palm Vx). But the Mtz firmware does all that and more, so just use it)

In an interview for StrategyInformer, a 2K Games representative stated that the minimum requirements will be: 1GHz processor, 256MB of RAM and a video card with T&L support.
The recommended requirements are: Pentium 4 processor, 512 MB RAM and a video card with performances as good as ATI's Radeon 9800.

Around the end of May, there were several sites

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=23425
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Samsung-is-betting- on-Flash-disk-drives-2222.shtml

reporting that Samsung would be having a 16GB flash hard disk (SDD) available around August 2005. Has anyone seen those? I know for a very good reason that I would be insterested in installing one of those in my Powerbook: the joy of silence.

They say they are price competitive with non-quantum technology.

Then they have the following prices:

1. The NvIOpRAM [ATA IDE] products have the selling price of $2.50 per 1GB.
2. NvIOpSRAM [144-pin SODIMM] products have the selling price of $4.50 per 1GB.
3. NvIOpSRAM [200-pin SODIMM] products have the selling price of $6.00 per 1GB.

Let's see, then that 2TB drive will cost $5000, and that included 1TB of RAM will cost $6000, for a minimum notebook cost of $11,000. And that's assuming the rest of the notebook (including their miracle processor) is free. While 1TB of RAM for $6000 is a good price, 2TB of hard drive for $5000 is a bit on the steep side.

Oh, and some loony hardware enthusiasts have already shown that even some current processors can run at 7GHz.

They say they are price competitive with non-quantum technology.

Then they have the following prices:

1. The NvIOpRAM [ATA IDE] products have the selling price of $2.50 per 1GB.
2. NvIOpSRAM [144-pin SODIMM] products have the selling price of $4.50 per 1GB.
3. NvIOpSRAM [200-pin SODIMM] products have the selling price of $6.00 per 1GB.

Let's see, then that 2TB drive will cost $5000, and that included 1TB of RAM will cost $6000, for a minimum notebook cost of $11,000. And that's assuming the rest of the notebook (including their miracle processor) is free. While 1TB of RAM for $6000 is a good price, 2TB of hard drive for $5000 is a bit on the steep side.

Oh, and some loony hardware enthusiasts have already shown that even some current processors can run at 7GHz.

• Autoweek: Mazda's Sassou three-door hatchback concept to bow at Frankfurt
• Automobile.com: 2005 Mazda Sassou Concept
• Softpedia: Mazda Sassou Loses Its Keys!

At least the file format has been publicly released:
http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/acrobat /sdk/index.html And you can use it reliably on more than just devices that can handle office formats.
http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Utilities/Xpdf-4153 .shtml

Or you can use Auto Patcher and not even go to Winblows uphate.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/Au toPatcher-XP.shtml

Talk to this guy. He'll hook you up ;)

A link to the story (in Japanese) and one in English

Looks like this one has been slashdotted already.

There's some picccies here though, looks quite nice.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Logitech-to-Present -the-Logitech-G15-Wonder-at-the-Games-Convention-2 005-6245.shtml

Paint.NET is a very nice PhotoShop-like open source graphics program.

Paint.NET is jointly developed at Washington State University with additional help from Microsoft, and is meant to be a free replacement for the MS Paint software that comes with all Windows operating systems.

http://blogs.msdn.com/rickbrew/archive/2004/09/03/ 225514.aspx

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Graphic/Gr aphic-Editors/Paint-NET.shtml

No, this is obviously bad for end users. Consider two cases:

Case A: There are no restrictions.
As an end user, you can always (A) buy a PC and run M$/FreeBSD/Linux, (B) buy an Apple and run Mac OSX. But, without restrictions, you can also (C) buy an Apple and run M$/FreeBSD/Linux on it, or (D) buy a PC and run Mac OSX on it.

Now, Case B: Apple sets hardware restrictions.
You now cannot (D) buy a PC and run Mac OSX. There is no added benefit for you as an end user.

With that out of the way, I suppose it is Apple's decision, as it is their OS (well, their GUI), although it is a faggoty decision.

Based on how the iPod works (or doesn't work, ie can't copy songs from an iPod to a computer), one could have seen this coming from a mile away, but how possible would it be to get around this? It didn't take long for xPod to come along. Any chance of a cracked Mac OS X anytime soon?

Wha! Slashdot did it again. http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Microsoft-Toshi ba-HD-DVD-Alliance-Changes-Xbox-360-3902.shtml This article was posted on 28th of June 2005, 16:45 GMT ... juNE juNE juNE. On a 2nd note ... softpedia is wrong too. Bill Gates said it (over 1 month ago): ``The initial shipments of Xbox 360 will be based on today's DVD format,'' Gates said. ``We are looking at whether future versions of Xbox will incorporate an additional capability of an HD DVD player or something else.'' It's not confirmed what-so-ever! see: http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/8591/Xbox-360-Might- Incorporate-HD-DVD-Drive/ or http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000101&si d=aIoj6W6mNl_M&refer=japan

http://www.theage.com.au/news/breaking/popular-gam e-may-be-pulled-from-sale/2005/07/21/1121539079996 .html

"Popular computer game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas may be withdrawn from sale in Australia over hidden sex scenes."

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Pornography-In-Gran d-Theft-Auto-A-Public-Secret-4635.shtml

"If they are confirmed, Grand Theft Auto San Andreas could be banned in Australia."

http://www.thuglifearmy.com/news/?id=1672

"The "Grand Theft Auto III" video has been banned in Japan for sale or rental to minors due to violent and or sexual content."

Tom Cruise is a class act.

yeah, right.

With a patch like this you can use the windows xp native skinning engine to apply themes like these for free, without sacrifycing performance, and make your XP look like Longhorn (or Mac or what you like).

You can also download a free program to change your logon screen.

What I really wanted to see were the new innovations that were supposed to be shipped with Longhorn, like the new filesystem. Sadly, some of them will be missing in order to meet the deadlines.

Cheers,
Adolfo

Ok, only FYI (as many of these topics were covered in other replies) and certainly not for karma (as this topic is dead at this point), here is the definitive guide for playing Lucasarts/Sierra games on modern PC's:

First, Linux PC's:
Lucasarts games: http://www.scummvm.org/
AGI Sierra games (Lsl1, Sq1, Sq2, Kq1-3, etc): http://sarien.sourceforge.net/
SCI0 Sierra games (Sq3, Lsl2-3, Kq4): http://freesci.linuxgames.com/
SCI1 Sierra games (Sq4-5, Lsl5-6, Kq5, etc) and oddballs like willy beamish and all those old games like tunnels of armageddon: http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/
Windows Sierra games (Sq6, Lsl7, etc): http://www.transgaming.com/ (or apt-get install wine)

Any platform, Sierra games: This guy has done the unpossible, writing timing fix patches for the games so you don't have to kludge them with slowdown utils: http://geocities.com/belzorash/

Windows PC's:
LucasArts games: http://www.scummvm.org/
AGI Sierra games: http://www.agidev.com/nagi.html
SCI Sierra games: http://sourceforge.net/projects/vdmsound/
Windows games:
http://home.planet.nl/~harms646/larry7.html
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancement s/ResChange.shtml
Games that just don't work right:
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/

And just for grins, because it's freaking awesome:
http://www.agdinteractive.com/
http://people.freenet.de/lucasfangames/maniac/game s_eng.htm
Good luck, let me know if you have any problems.

Wow, news for nerds? This isn't news, it's been known for months.

Just search for Intel Yonah. Jeez.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-s-Yonah-could -run-at-2-5-GHz-056.shtml

A patched uxtheme.dll and about 2 or 3 minutes at DeviantArt will clear that right up.

I agree, though. Luna and Royale look godawful. I'd love to see them recruit a better artist for some themes later on. Maybe they can make a cool Sci-Fi theme that looks like the one in Minority Report (just saw it this weekend, otherwise I'd think of a better movie/interface design).

The amount of competition for programs is a lot higher than Windows has. Granted, Windows has a lot of freeware and shareware programs, but there isn't as big of a range on Windows.

Aeri, meet the likes of http://www.download.com/ and http://www.softpedia.com/ (there are many more you know...)

For Windows just install the free Ghostscript plus CuteWriter.

I'm replying to you, but really, this is for everyone who complains about no flash/popup/ad/whatever blocking in Safari, as well as lack of serious tab control.

Saft

PithHelmet

Yes, they cost money. Yes, they are worth it. No, I don't care if Firefox can do this for free.

http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/ClamXav.sht ml

bo

New screenies here.
It's only a matter of time.

In defense of AOL-Time Warner, If I were a traditional media bigwig and I had heard about upstart technology companies making billions (in investor dollars), an industry that was going to take over and destroy the traditional media, and I had no experience or knowledge of what they were talking about, I'd get a little scared and do something stupid too. AOL, on the other hand, probably knew they were lucking out and cashed the heck in.

Now, it can certainly be argued that if someone is on the board of directors of a company that is about to approve such a foolish thing they're getting paid well to know about the technology etc. But few executives actually go down to the floor of their companies anymore, and more and more are losing the pulse of what is going on. They just "don't have time" to get a clue.

CEO payoffs are rediculous. Carly was got roughly 3 million in salary last year. While in my mind a reasonable company would put this closer to 400k or less, 3 million is too high but not insane. But a 20 million payoff plus 20 million in additional benefits for running a company into the ground? That's 8 million dollars per year she was there. Giving a year's salary to help someone have time to find another job seems reasonable and just, but giving them 10 years of an already far-too-high salary for getting fired?

All of this stands in stark contrast to what they're telling the people on the front lines. Carly's 3 million dollar salary would pay for 30 great engineers. Her giant golden parachute stands in direct contrast to the treatment of the workers HP laid off. How many of them got 10 years worth of salary? Or legal, financial, career counseling, a secratary, health insurance, a 200,000k dollar per year pension (after 5 years of service)? Or even got to keep their computer?

Of course, if it was an HP computer it might not be worth keeping. But the point is that many CEO's have lost the ability to think about troop morale in any context, and certainly in the context of getting laid off. It's hard for people to hear that we need to cut corners from a person whose income is 95% disposable.

It might be worth it for a big company to put out giant per year salaries to lure great CEO's to the top slot. But so far that strategy seems to have failed miserably.

Check out the video from E3:
Link, Link 2

Actually Adobe Acrobat will load very fast if you disable a lot of the plugins that it normally loads. I've done this and have yet to come across a case where the lack of the plugin causes a problem so I can only assume most plugins are required only for more advanced features. Quick search on Google will list a load a programs that will do this for you e.g.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-tools/PDF/PDF- SpeedUp.shtml

And nLite allows you to do it totally for free (I believe, at least.) http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancement s/nLite.shtml Alas, their main site is done at the time of posting this. You have to burn a CD of the OS without the components, though. And some things ARE broken without IE. (I've not done anythign with it, just heard about second hand experiences)

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Browsers/Net scape-Browser.shtml

Here you can download the file.

> the solution is so simple! just make mozilla hook
> in to IE the same way flash does. as a plugin.
> ie's greatest strength of auto installing plugins
> seamlessly would then become its worst enemy!

Actually, that is possible already. Adam Locke's Moz ActiveX control allows you to embed the gecko engine into a page rendered in IE.

http://www.iol.ie/~locka/mozilla/mozilla.htm

> im kidding. but you have to admit, it would be
> pretty funny to do something like that.

Already done, check MOZiE below for ONE example.
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Browsers/MOZ iE.shtml

There's another site that I like, Softpedia that also claims to have no spyware/adware. It's on a much larger scale, however.