AVG Internet Security provides complete security protection against all of the most serious Internet threats, including viruses, worms, spyware, trojans, adware, hackers and spam. 

AVG Internet Security includes:

• Anti-Virus protects from viruses, worms and trojans
• Anti-Spyware protects from spyware, adware and other malicious programs
• Anti-Spam filters spam and protects against phishing attacks
• Firewall protects from hackers

How to get it:

You can either download the complete internet security suite or individual apps to your liking. All are direct downloads.

AVG Internet Security Suite 7.5.46: Download Now! (Direct Download)

AVG Antivirus Professional 7.5.46: Download Now! (Direct Download)

AVG Plus Firewall 7.5.46: Download Now! (Direct Download)

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ConvertXtoDVD is a software to convert and burn your videos to DVD. In only a few clicks you can backup your movies to DVD playable on any home DVD player. It supports the most popular formats such as Xvid, MOV, VOB, Mpeg, Mpeg4, MP4, AVI, WMV, DV and stream formats. It converts your files into a compliant DVD Video set of files and burns it on a DVD media. The aspect ratio can be automatically selected or forced to a specific format. The program works for NTSC and PAL video formats and creates chapters automatically. Multiple audio tracks are supported.

Features

• Supported video formats: Convert AVI, Mpeg, Mpeg4, DivX, Xvid, MOV, WMV, WMV HD, DV, MKV, DVD to DVD and more...
• Supported sources: existing files from digital camcorders, TV/Sat, capture cards
• Can merge up to 4 hours of material from several movies or episodes
• Supported audio formats: AC3, DTS, PCM, OGG, MP3, and more...
• Handles subtitles files (.SRT .SUB/IDX .SSA) with color and font selection, and supports tags (italic, bold)
• Video format choice: NTSC, PAL, or automatic and PULL-DOWN
• Picture output: Widescreen, Fullscreen, or automatic
• Create Automatic chapters or edit your own
• Fast preview mode to check if the source is loaded correctly
• Save the DVD structure on hard drive or burn it to a blank DVD
• Reliable burn engine integrated (supports all DVD formats)
• Fast and quality encoder (typically less than 1 hour for converting 1 movie)
• Variable options and settings for advanced users
• Control of the conversion speed vs quality
• DVD Menu control (auto-start, loop etc)
• DVD Menu edition (background, font, color)
• Customizable interface (themes, dockable windows)
• Multilingual support (available languages...)
• Optimized for Windows 2000 / XP / Vista

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OpenOffice.org is a free office suite of applications available for many different operating systems including Linux, Microsoft Windows, Solaris, OpenVMS, IRIX and Mac OS X. It supports the OpenDocument standard for data interchange. OpenOffice.org is based on StarOffice, an office suite developed by StarDivision and acquired by Sun Microsystems in August 1999. The source code of the suite was released in July 2000 with the aim of reducing the dominant market share of Microsoft Office by providing a free, open and high-quality alternative. OpenOffice.org is free software, available under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).

Included applications

• Writer — a word processor similar in look and feel to Microsoft Word and offering a comparable range of functions and tools. It also includes the ability to export Portable Document Format (PDF) files with no additional software, and can also function as a WYSIWYG editor for creating and editing web pages.

• Calc — a spreadsheet similar to Microsoft Excel with a roughly equivalent range of features. Calc provides a number of features not present in Excel, including a system which automatically defines series for graphing, based on the layout of the user's data. Calc is also capable of writing spreadsheets directly as a PDF file.

• Impress — a presentation program similar to Microsoft PowerPoint. It can export presentations to Adobe Flash (SWF) files allowing them to be played on any computer with the Flash player installed. It also includes the ability to create PDF files.

• Base — a database program similar to Microsoft Access. Base allows the creation and manipulation of databases, and the building of forms and reports to provide easy access to data for end-users. As with Access, Base is able to work as a front-end to a number of different database systems, including Access databases (JET), ODBC data sources and MySQL/PostgreSQL.

• Draw — a vector graphics editor comparable in features to CorelDRAW. It features versatile "connectors" between shapes, which are available in a range of line styles and facilitate building drawings such as flowcharts.

• Math — a tool for creating and editing mathematical formulae, similar to Microsoft Equation Editor. Formulae can be embedded inside other OpenOffice.org documents, such as those created by Writer. It supports multiple fonts and can export to PDF.

• QuickStarter — a small program for Windows and Linux that runs when the computer starts for the first time. It loads the core files and libraries for OpenOffice.org during computer startup and allows the suite applications to start more quickly when selected later.

• The macro recorder — is used to record user actions and replay them later to help with automating tasks, using OpenOffice.org Basic

How to get it

It's free and no crack is needed. In addition to this, it's available as a direct download from a fast server.

• Download for Windows : Download Now!
• Download for Linux : Download Now!
• Download for Mac : Download Now!

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Adobe Photoshop, or simply Photoshop, is a graphics editor developed and published by Adobe Systems. It is the current market leader for commercial bitmap and image manipulation, and, aside from Adobe Acrobat, is the best-known piece of software produced by Adobe Systems. It is considered the industry standard in most jobs related to the use of visual elements. Latest version of Photoshop, version 10, was released to the public recently as a part of Adobe Creative Suite 3.

New Features in Photoshop CS3/CS3 extended:

• Native support for the Intel-based Macintosh platform and improved support for Windows Vista
• Revised user interface
• Feature additions to Adobe Camera RAW
• Quick Select tool
• Alterations to Curves, Vanishing Point, Channel Mixer, Brightness and Contrast, and the Print dialog
• Black-and-white conversion adjustment
• Auto Align and Auto Blend
• Smart (non-destructive) Filters
• Mobile device graphic optimization
• Improvements to cloning and healing
• Faster launching

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Adobe Dreamweaver, or simply Dreamweaver, is a web development tool, originally created by Macromedia. Initial versions of the application served as simple WYSIWYG HTML editors but more recent versions have incorporated notable support for many other web technologies such as CSS, JavaScript, and various server-side scripting frameworks. The software is available for both the Mac and Windows platforms, but can also be run on Unix-like platforms through the use of emulation software such as Wine. Dreamweaver is currently owned by Adobe Systems which purchased Macromedia in 2005.

Language Support:

• ActionScript
• Active Server Pages (ASP)
• ASP.NET
• C#
• Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
• ColdFusion
• EDML
• Extensible HyperText Markup Language (XHTML)
• Extensible Markup Language (XML)
• Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT)
• Java
• JavaScript
• JavaServer Pages (JSP)
• PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP)
• Visual Basic (VB)
• Visual Basic Script Edition (VBScript)
• Wireless Markup Language (WML)

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Since its introduction in 1996, Flash technology has become a popular method for adding animation and interactivity to web pages; several software products, systems, and devices are able to create or display Flash. Flash is commonly used to create animation, advertisements, various web-page components, to integrate video into web pages, and more recently, to develop rich Internet applications. Adobe Flash Professional is used to create content for the Adobe Engagement Platform (such as web applications, games and movies, and content for mobile phones and other embedded devices).

New features in Flash CS3

• Full support for Actionscript 3.0
• Allows tweens to be converted into Actionscript
• Adds better integration with other Adobe products
• Provides better Vector drawing behavior

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VLC Media player is known as 'the thing that plays everything, and it's not false. It will play every multimedia file format which you can find on the net. It even plays KVCD images on the fly. Above all, it is highly customizable and feature rich. The fact that it being an open source project helps these aspects greatly. 

Features

• Ability to play the video content of incomplete, unfinished, or damaged video downloads before the files have been fully downloaded. For example, files simultaneously downloading through BitTorrent or eMule.

• Ability to use libcdio to access .iso files so that the user can play files on a disk image, even if the user's operating system does not have the capability of working directly with .iso images.

• VLC supports all codecs and all file formats supported by FFmpeg. This means that DVD Video and MPEG-4 playback as well as support for Ogg and Matroska (MKV) file formats work "out of the box".

• VLC media player has some filters that can distort, rotate, split, deinterlace, mirror videos, create display walls, or add a logo. It can also produce video output as ASCII art.

• VLC media player can play high definition recordings of D-VHS tapes duplicated to a computer using CapDVHS.exe. This offers another way to archive all D-VHS tapes with the DRM copy freely tag.

• Through a simple FireWire connection from cable boxes to computers, VLC streams live unencrypted content to a monitor or HDTV.

• On Microsoft Windows, VLC also supports the Direct Media Object (DMO) framework and can therefore make use of some third-party DLLs.

Readable formats

Input

UDP/RTP unicast or multicast, HTTP, FTP, MMS, DVDs, VCD, SVCD, CD Audio, DVB (Only Linux), Video acquisition (via V4l and DirectShow), RSS/Atom Feeds, and from files stored on your computer.

Container formats

3gp, ASF, AVI, FLV, MKV, MOV, MP4, NUT, Ogg, OGM, Wav, MPEG-2 (ES,PS,TS,PVA,MP3), AIFF, Raw audio, Raw DV, FLAC

Video codecs

Cinepak, DV, H.263, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, HuffYUV, Indeo 3, MJPEG, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 Part 2, RealVideo, Sorenson, Theora, VC-1, VP5, VP6, WMV

Subtitles

DVD, SVCD, DVB, OGM, Substation Alpha, Advanced Substation Alpha, MPEG-4 Timed Text, Text files, Vobsub, MPL2 , Teletext

Audio codecs

AAC, AC3, ALAC, AMR, DTS, DV Audio, FLAC, MACE, MP3, QDM2/QDMC, RealAudio, Shorten, Speex, Vorbis, WMA

Output formats for streaming/encoding

VLC can transcode into several formats depending on the operating system.

Container formats

ASF, AVI, FLV, MP4, Ogg, Wav, MPEG-2 (ES, PS, TS, PVA, MP3), MPJPEG, FLAC

Video codecs

H.263, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, MJPEG, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 Part 2, VP5, VP6, Theora, RealVideo, DV

Audio codecs

AAC, AC3, DV Audio, FLAC, MP3 ^[15], Speex, Vorbis

Streaming protocols

UDP, HTTP, RTP, MMS, File

How to get it:

This is available as a direct download. No crack needed coz it's free.

Get VLC player 0.8.6b Final:

Download Now! (Direct Download - 8.9MB)

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This post is related to a previous article. A lot of users had emailed us asking how to create a bootable Vista upgrade DVD as Vista setup was giving errors (for some users only) when run from within a Windows environment. Unfortunately the directly burning the 3 files to a CD wont make it bootable and solve all your problems. But there is a way.

This is how you create a bootable Vista Ultimate Upgrade DVD using the 3 files available.

1. Locate the downloaded files (boot.wim, install.wim, X13-49120.exe)and copy them to your root drive (Ex- C:\) Do not create a folder, just put them in the root drive.

2. Run x13-49120.exe, this will extract files to a folder named 'Vista' in your root drive. (Ex- C:\Vista, where C is the drive letter in which you placed the files in step 1 )

3. Download CDImage program. Extract and place cdimage.exe (place only the exe file, dont create a folder) in your root drive (same drive where you put the files in step 1).

4. Open command prompt. (Start Menu-->Run -->cmd.exe . Press Enter)

5.In command prompt navigate to C:\ drive (assuming C is your root drive). If you dont know how to do this, type 'C:' (without quotes) in command prompt and press enter. Then type 'cd\' (without quotes) and press enter once more.

6. Type the following command exactly as displayed below, in command prompt.

"cdimage -m -u2 -b C:\Vista\boot\etfsboot.com C:\Vista C:\Vistax86.iso" (without quotes)

Command prompt will display the progress of Image creation.

7. Once it shows 100% complete, you will see a new file created in the C drive (Vistax86.iso) This is a Vista Ultimate Upgrade bootable image.

8. Burn the newly created image using an image burner (Nero, PowerISO etc). Make sure you burn it using the 'burn image' or 'disk image or saved project (in Nero)' option in your Burner app. Burning the iso file to a single using normal burn wont work.

9. Once the image is created, you can safely delete boot.wim, install.wim, X13-49120.exe files, Vista Directory (created in step 2), cdimage.exe file and  Vistax86.iso files from your root drive.

You can now use the newly created bootable DVD to install Vista Ultimate Upgrade.

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We'll be gone for two days (if anyone was wondering why, it's the holiday season down here in Srilanka).

We'll be back with a bang on the 17th. Till then, crack on!

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Tired of downloading Vista from a slow torrent? Well, good old Microsoft has gone through the trouble and solved the problem for you! If you know the right place, you can download the retail version of Vista Ultimate upgrade directly from Microsoft. Yes! It's been leaked.

It works like this. Microsoft provides an option to purchase Vista online, After payment, the customer is given a download link which enables them to directly download Windows Vista from Microsoft server. (in fact MS uses a 3rd party software distributor to host the file; DigitalRiver) These download links have beeb leaked to the web and anyone can paste the links in a download manager or a web browser to begin the download of an original, untouched version of 'Vista Ultimate Upgrade'.

There are 3 files required for download:

• boot.wim
• install.wim
• X13-49120.exe

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Ever since we posted 'Downloadable Movie Collections', we've been getting a lot of mail regarding sound problems. Well here is one codec which will solve sound problems with most DVDrip movie releases out there today. AC3 Filter is DirectShow AC3 Decoder filter used to palyback AVI files with AC3 sound tracks and DVDs. Multichannel and S/PDIF support. Focused at flexible controls during playback: gains, mixer, stream information, levels and other.

Recent Updates:

• Fixed bug with some 14bit DTS streams 
• SPDIF input support 
• Autodetection of SPDIF stream in PCM16 data 
• New SPDIF/DTS passthrough mode
• DTS conversion to 14bit to decrease the level of possible noise

How to get it

You can download this as a direct download from SourceForge. It's only 2MB so our dial up users too will be able to download it without hassel.

Get AC3 Filter 1.3 : Download Now! (Direct Download)

Note: It's recommended that you do not install this if you can play DVDrip movies without audio issues. As the first law of computing says, if it works, don't mess with it.

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Have you ever thought about watching your movies on your ipod / psp / mobile / latop / PDA anytime anywhere whithout carrying those discs ? Agogo dvd ripper is a well-designed program which provides a fast and easy way to convert your favorite dvd movies to DivX,XviD,AVI,iPod,PSP,3GP,Pocket PC,VCD,SVCD. It's so simple and easy to use,just need a few clicks.Before you rip,You could select any subtitle / audio track / customize output video and audio quality as you want,and then press the start button! Agogo dvd Ripper can rip almost any DVD movie even it is protected.

Features

• Convert DVD to AVI,DivX,XviD
• Convert DVD to VCD,SVCD,MPEG by custom file size.
• Convert DVD to iPod, PSP, 3GP, Pocket PC.
• Support choose subtitle and Audio track to rip.
• Support Setting Beginning and Ending point to rip.
• Support Ripping CSS(Content Scrambling System) protected DVD movies.
• Support Ripping region protected DVD movies.
• Support Ripping Macrovision Protected DVD movies.
• Support Automatically Shutdown your computer after long time conversion.

How to get it:

Get Agogo DVD Ripper 5.72: Download Now!

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Alcohol brings a new meaning to the word multimedia! It is without a doubt a leader in its class, bringing the ability to emulate and record CDs and DVDs together into one amazingly easy to use software program. Using the latest technology the program is constantly being developed and improved to add new features, allowing it to maintain it's position as a leading software package.
Imagine being able to store your most used CDs as images on your computer and just call them up at the click of a button! And then run them at 200x the speed of some CD drives and without requiring the CD itself! How about being able to make a backup of that CD onto another CD either using the CD itself or just using the image you have created? This is what Alcohol allows you to do and much more.

Supported File Types:

• .mdf, Media Descriptor Image file, (default)
• .ccd, CloneCD image file
• .bin/.cue, CDRWin image file
• .iso, Standard ISO image file

Wait! It can bypass copy protection:

Alcohol 120% image recording feature is capable of bypassing certain copy prevention schemes, such as Safedisc and SecuROM. It can also create images from PlayStation and PlayStation 2 file systems. Certain copy protection schemes require burner hardware that is capable of passing along the copy protection. Some software manufacturers employ software blacklist methods to prevent Alcohol 120% from copying the software. There are third party tools available that attempt to counteract the blacklist methods, such as Anti-blaxx and CureRom.

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McAfee® VirusScan® Enterprise protects your desktop and file servers from a wide range of threats, including viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and potentially unwanted code and programs. McAfee® VirusScan® 8 takes anti-virus protection to the next level, integrating elements of intrusion prevention and firewall technology into a single solution for PCs and file servers. This powerful combination delivers truly proactive protection from the newest of today’s threats-including buffer - overflow exploits and blended attacks - and features advanced outbreak management responses to reduce the damage and costs of outbreaks. Everything is managed by McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator® or ProtectionPilot™ for scalable security policy compliance and graphical reporting.

Features

• Support for 64-bit operating systems.
• Buffer Overflow Protection.
• Scanning of Lotus Notes databases.
• Alert Manager 4.7.1.
• Quarantine Manager Policy.
• 5100 series scanning engine.
• Detection of rootkits in memory.
• Enhanced Access Protection. 
• Access Protection rule configuration
• Protection levels.

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Helix Powered RealPlayer is the all-in-one digital media player that lets you find anything and play everything. This popular streaming-media player offers improved video controls and access to 3200 radio stations. It now includes an option during setup to install the Real Toolbar for Internet Explorer (which we recommend not to install coz IE Toolbars = Crap).
With this version you get an improved graphic equalizer and media services, including a radio tuner and an artist and music guide. Meanwhile, the Take 5 news service can offer you daily sports updates. A new contextual video search helps you find interviews with your favorite artists. The RealPlayer music store lets you buy music files. Finally, you can use the software to transfer files to CDs and portable devices.

Features

• Media Browser based on Internet Explorer which allows web browsing while playing media.
• Playlist editor similar to other media players, supporting "drag and drop" and playlist randomize.
• Theater Mode (full screen mode) video playback. The paid version offers a skinnable Toolbar Mode which uses less desktop space.
• Visualizations - graphical animations or "light shows". Five are included with RealPlayer set-up. Others are available from RealNetworks, including a 3D Visualization Plug-In Surreal.FX.
• Continuous Play (Loop multiple songs) and Shuffle Play (Play tracks randomly).
• Stay on top while playing option.
• Favorites menu to save and recall media locations for files or streams.
• Equalizer and Video controls. Crossfade and Gapless playback are included in RealPlayer Plus.
• Media library allows organization of media through track tagging and editing. The Premium version adds Audio Converter to convert between RealMedia, MP3, AAC, Windows Media, and WAV formats, and others.
• Recording audio, (RealPlayer Plus only) which records audio via a sound card.
• LivePause pauses streaming video clips without having to stop the buffering.
• Version 10.5 included Harmony technology, making the Music Store compatible with iPod and Windows Media DRM-compatible players.
• Both the basic and the plus version can burn CDs. The current burning technology is powered by NPI; formerly it was powered by Adaptec (Roxio). The free version can burn audio and data CDs; the premium version burns MP3 CDs.
• CD ripping into AAC (in MP4) (32 kbps - 320 kbps)(default), Real Audio 10 (32 kbps - 320 kbps), MP3 (32 kbps - 320 kbps), Real Audio Lossless, WAV (1411Kbps), Windows Media Audio (Requires Windows Media Player 10 installed) (64 kbps - 192 kbps) formats.

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JetAudio is integrated multimedia software made of a single compact rack. Not only does it play various music and video files, it also has features such as CD burning, recording, and conversion to other file formats... JetAudio 7 incorporates an all-new album manager, bookmarking a current position in the song and a Repeat Playlist feature. It also has a new balloon tooltip feature which supports a MSN messenger style display. Version 7 also includes support for many other file types such as 3G2, AAC, AC3, MKA, OFR, OFS, RMVB, SVD, TP, TRP, TS.

Key Features:  

• Supports All Major File Formats
• Audio CD burning
• Recording
• Tag Editing
• Multi-channel sound ouput
• Crossfade
• Skin
• Subtitles
• Internet CD Database
• Convenient album management & Playlist
• Utilities
• Conversion
• Audio CD Ripping
• Internet Broadcasting
• Various sound effects
• Speed Control
• Resume
• Synchronized Lyric (Karaoke)
• Alarm & Timer
• Equalizer
• Superb Crystal-Clear Sound

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F-Secure BlackLight Rootkit Elimination Technology detects objects that are hidden from users and security tools and offers the user an option to remove them. The main purpose is to fight rootkits and all kinds of malware that use rootkits. The F-Secure BlackLight Rootkit Elimination Technology works by examining the system at a deep level. This enables it to detect objects that are hidden from the user and security software.

F-Secure BlackLight is able to correctly ignore non-malicious objects and alerts only on real rootkits, which makes it useful even for users without technical knowledge. It is also able to deal correctly with files that have been modified during the scanning process. This makes it possible to use it in the background without interrupting normal work.

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