This is a must if you are a gamer. The latest version of Microsoft DirectX is an essential if you are to gain the optimal performance in multimedia related tasks. Microsoft DirectX (Direct eXtension) is a collection of application programming interfaces for handling tasks related to multimedia, especially game programming and video, on Microsoft platforms.

This will update/install latest DirectX 9.0c runtime on your computer. The version featured in this post does not work with Windows Vista.  

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BS.Player made by the Slovenian company Webteh is a media player for Windows 2000 and XP that plays back many kinds of multimedia files (including AVI, MPEG, Ogg, Matroska, ASF, QuickTime, MP4, WAV...) and specializes in video and audio playback. A notable difference between BS Player and other similar media players is the low CPU power and memory that BS Player consumes.

Features 

• Display subtitles - Support custom subtitles position, color, font, transparency,... Supported formats: MicroDVD, SubViewer, SubRip. The subtitles only appear on the computer monitor. Not on the television set hooked to the computer.
• Fully skinnable - Any shape, transparent skins...
• Resizable and borderless movie window
• Multilingual
• Drag-and-drop support
• Command line support
• Pan-scan and custom pan-scan option
• Custom aspect ratios
• Playlist support
• Resolution changing
• Frame capture
• AVI files with more than 2 audio streams supported (multilanguage)
• Support for OGM files, including more than 2 audio/video tracks, supports embedded subtitles/chapters
• External audio file supported
• External chapter file supported
• S/PDIF output supported for AC3 files (with Intervideo audio decoder)
• INI files
• Remote control support via WinLIRC
• Bookmarks
• Simple equalizer (DirectX 8 required)
• Playback rate (½×, 1×, 2×) and custom speed
• 3rd-party plugins
• Customizable Equalizer
• Support for Capture and Tuner devices (and Teletext support)
• Capture Video from capture device to file
• Integrated subtitle editor
• Network file buffering
• Support for Flash playback
• Improved subtitles
• Improved VMR9 support
• Technical e-mail support
• DVD support (MPEG-2 codecs required)
• Free one year subscription upgrade

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Experience all of the passion and excitement of the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France as you challenge the best teams and players ever assembled for global supremacy. A nation’s destiny is in your hands when you take control of one of the officially licensed national teams in EA SPORTS Rugby 08 and power your way through a gruelling World Cup campaign for the sports’ ultimate prize – the glorious Webb Ellis Cup.

Image: Playstation 2 DVD cover of EA Rugby 08. The version featured in this post is for the PC.

Features:

• Own the World: Power your way through a grueling six-week campaign during Rugby World Cup 2007 in France. Manage squad rotation and player injuries and track the progress of the entire tournament with a user-friendly, in-game information hub.
• Authentic Defensive Formations: Now you can emulate the style of your favorite team with Authentic Defensive Formations. Adjust your defense on the fly to keep momentum on your side. Counter your opponent’s attacking style by changing your defensive strategy based on score, field position, and more.
• Rugby World Cup Challenge: Replay over 30 classic moments in Rugby World Cup history using modern teams and unlock exclusive Rugby World Cup highlight videos.
• All New Set Pieces –Take full command over every scrum and maul with enhanced push and rotation controls. Make lineout throw-ins look easy with a simplified pick-up-and-play control system for the novice player, or master the advanced mechanics to enhance your game strategy for the real pro.
• New Kicking Mechanic: Use the new kicking meter to master your drop kicks and score those key penalties and converts.

System Requirements:

• Windows 2000/XP
• 1GHz Processor
• 256MB Ram
• 1.2 GB Hard Drive Space
• CD / DVD Drive
• 32 MB Graphics Card*
• DirectX 9.0c compatible Sound Card
• DriectX Version 9.0c (included)
• Keyboard, Mouse or USB Gamepad

*Supported cards: NVIDIA GeForce2 MX or greater; ATI Radeon 7500 or greater, Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but not supported.

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Yahoo! Messenger is a popular instant messaging client and protocol provided by Yahoo!. Yahoo! Messenger is provided free of charge and can be downloaded and used with a generic "Yahoo! ID" which also allows access to other Yahoo! services, such as Yahoo! Mail, where users can be automatically notified when they receive new email. Yahoo! offers PC to PC telephone, file transfers, webcam hosting, text messaging service, and chat rooms in various categories. In addition to instant messaging features similar to those offered by ICQ, it also offers (on Microsoft Windows) many unique features such as: IMVironments (customizing the look of Instant Message windows), address-book integration and Custom Status Messages. It was also the first major IM client to feature BUZZing and music-status. Another recently added feature is customized avatars.

Major features in version 8:

• Yahoo! Voice - Yahoo! Voice is a Voice over IP PC-PC, PC-Phone and Phone-to-PC service provided by Yahoo! via its Yahoo! Messenger instant messaging application.
• Voicemail and file sharing - Yahoo! added voicemail and file sending capabilities to their client. File-sharing of sizes up to 1GB was added.
• Plug-ins -As of 8.0, Yahoo! Messenger has added the ability for users tocreateplug-ins (via the use of the freely available Yahoo! MessengerPlug-inSDK), which are then hosted and showcased on the Yahoo!Plug-ingallery.
• Interoperability with Windows Live Messenger -This allows, for Yahoo! and Windows Live Messenger users to chat toeachother without the need to create an account on the otherservice,provided both contacts use the latest versions of the clients. For now,it's impossible to talk using the voice service among bothmessengers.

Download Yahoo Messenger 8.1.413 : Download Now! (Direct Download)

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This post should stop the 'Harry Potter mail assault' on our inbox. Now we've posted all of em'.

The Harry Potter series of seven fantasy novels was written by English author J. K. Rowling about an adolescent boy named Harry Potter and his best friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley. The story is mostly set at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a school for young wizards and witches, and focuses on Harry Potter's fight against the evil wizard Lord Voldemort, who killed Harry's parents as part of his plan to take over the wizarding world.

Books Included:

1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Supplementary Books Included

• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• Quidditch Through the Ages

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PortableApps Suite is a collection of portable apps including a web browser, email client, office suite, calendar/scheduler, instant messaging client, antivirus, sudoku game, backup utility and integrated menu, all preconfigured to work portably. Just drop it on your portable device (USB Flash Drive, MP3 Player, etc) and you're ready to go.

PortableApps Suite (Standard Edition):

• ClamWin Portable (antivirus)
• Mozilla Firefox - Portable Edition (web browser)
• Gaim Portable (instant messaging)
• OpenOffice.org Portable (office suite)
• Sudoku Portable (puzzle game)
• Mozilla Sunbird - Portable Edition (calendar/task manager)
• Mozilla Thunderbird - Portable Edition (email client)

Download PortableApps Suite Standard Edition (Recommended)

PortableApps Suite (Lite Edition):

• Uses AbiWord Portable (word processor) instead of OpenOffice.org Portable and runs comfortably from a 256MB drive.

Download PortableApps Suite Lite Edition

PortableApps Suite (Base Edition):

• If you'd like to pick and choose exactly which apps to include, you can try Portable Apps Suite (Base Edition). This is a stripped down package with just the PortableApps Menu, PortableApps Backup utility and custom folders, icons and autorun. It's less than 1MB installed, so it's a great option for smaller drives.

Download PortableApps Suite Base Edition

Support Information

Click a link below to get more information from official PortableApps support pages.

• Installing PortableApps Suite
• Using PortableApps Suite
• Adding Apps to the PortableApps Menu
• Backing Up Your Settings (Bookmarks, Email, Preferences, etc)
• Known Issues
• Uninstalling PortableApps Suite
• Version History

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Live Free or Die Hard (released as Die Hard 4.0 or Die Hard 4 outside North America) is the fourth installment in the Die Hard film series. It stars Bruce Willis as John McClane, the protagonist of the first three films. The film takes place some 19 years after the first film, and sees McClane face a gang of virtual terrorists. The film's American and Canadian release date was June 27, 2007. The film was based on the 1997 article A Farewell to Arms written for Wired magazine by John Carlin.

Much awaited Die Hard 4.0 can now be watched in R5 (DVD Release for region 5) DVD quality. Scene group PUKKA, who's been releasing a lot of R5 movies lately, has ripped the movie. Since the second CD was out of sync in the PUKKA release, group ViSUAL has just released a PROPER version of the same.

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Imagine; music video clips from the most famous TV music channels  and numerous other video portals on the Internet instantly available on any PC or video-enabled device. Videoraptor's fast-find and automatic downloading functions put never-ending entertainment at your fingertips — at home and on-the-go. Just point, click, and instantly find. Videoraptor automatically downloads the videos you view as MP4, WMV or FLV files! Videoraptor enables you search, find & download ten thousands video clips & music videos plus Web clips of YouTube and other video portals.

Features

• Music Video Clips: Download videos and music clips from the most famous TV music channels and numerous other video portals on the Internet.
• Supported Video formats: WMV, MP4, MPEG4, AAC, FLV
• Video resolution: resolution 320 x 240, Optimized for mobile devices, Bandwith 500 kBit/s
• Supported Browser: Internet Explorer
• Supported Player: Windows Media Player, Winamp

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Trillian is a proprietary multiprotocol instant messaging application for Windows created by Cerulean Studios that can connect to multiple IM services, such as AIM, ICQ, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, Bonjour, Jabber, and Skype networks. Trillian connects to multiple instant messaging services without the need of running multiple clients. Users can create multiple connections to the same service, and can also group connections under separate identities to prevent confusion. All contacts are gathered under the same contact list. Contacts are not bound to their own IM service groups, and can be dragged and dropped freely.

Trillian is a closed-source application, but the Pro version can be extended by plugins. Plugins by Cerulean Studios itself include spell-check, weather monitor, a mini-browser (for viewing AIM profiles), Winamp song title scroller, stock exchange monitor, RSS feedreader, and conversation capabilities for the Logitech G15 keyboard, as well as a plugin for the Jabber and Bonjour networks. Others have developed various plugins, such as a games plugin which can be used to play chess and checkers, a protocol plugin to send NetBIOS messages through Trillian, a plugin to interact with Lotus Sametime clients, a plugin to interact with Microsoft Exchange, a POP3 and IMAP email checker, or an automatic translator for many European languages to and from English. There is a plugin to interact with Skype, SkyLlian, but it needs Skype to be installed in order to be used.

New Features in 3.1.7

• Improved speed
• Bug fixes
• Biography (AIM Profiles)
• Universal Plug-and-Play (UPnP)
• On the fly link/emoticons
• Font face support in IMs
• Undo in edit area
• Orphaned contacts (no more merging)
• Many IRC enhancements
• Better Yahoo file transfers
• Identities (per section Biography/Icons)

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We all know that this book was leaked on Bit Torrent around a week before official release. But you couldnt read it without hurting your eyes as the snaps of pages were of poor quality. Well that problem is solved now; fans have transcribed the entire book into a well formatted printable PDF document.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling. The book chronicles the events directly following Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, leading to the long-awaited final struggle between Harry Potter and his allies, and the ever-more-powerful and influential Voldemort and his allies, the Death Eaters.

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TMNT (also known as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in some countries) is a 2007 film based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. The film sees the Turtles grown apart after their defeat of The Shredder and their sensei, Master Splinter. Meanwhile, strange things are happening in New York City. An army of ancient creatures threatens to take over the world and the Turtles must unite again to save it.

After a lot of CAM releases, a DVDrip has finally been released by Scene group FLAiTE. This is not a widescree version so users with widescreen TVs wont be able to enjoy WS benefits. However the picture quality is perfect (as with any DVDrip) and the file size is 706MB.

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It's war. War between P2P community and die hard Harry Potter fans. You should now be familiar with the story of the leaked harry Potter book. Soon, people who downloaded the book from Bit Torrent sites were posting spoiler comments in almost every Harry Potter fansite. This has caused the hard core HP fans to go nuts and launch counter attacks on many torrents sites. Even news sites such as TorrentFreak (which broke the news of the leak) were hit by DOS attacks which are suspected to be directed by HP fans.

Immediately following the leak, HP publishers sent several notices to bit torrent sites and few social networking sites requesting takedown of the torrents. Mininova and Demonoid, two popular trackers complied with the requested and deleted the torrents. But admins of The Pirate Bay downright refused to take the torrents down. Anyone who search TPB with the search term "Deathly Hallows" will immediately be treated with lots of torrents of leaked book. Fans have now transcribed first 10 chapters from the images into PDF and even audio books of the first 10 chapters have begun appearing.

The Pirate Bay, as usual has come up with a funny logo depicting the current situation (See image above). Clicking on the new logo will take users to a torrent page which tracks leaked images from a new book which they call "Harry Potter and the Torrents on Fire" :)

The Pirate Bay is known to have changed logos before; When TPB resurfaced after the infamous police raid on its servers in 2006, it's logo showed the pirate ship firing cannon balls at a "Hollywood" sign. This depicted it's triumph over the MPAA who used unethical means to try and take it down.

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Yeah the complete book has been scanned and uploaded by someone to the Demonoid tracker. Looks like the real deal. We have one advice to you; Dont read the uploaded book or read the spoilers which are spreading on the internet like wildfire. Wait till the book comes out on 21st and enjoy it! Owning a hard copy of Harry Potter is well worth it.

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DVDFab is simply the easiest way to copy a DVD movie. Just insert the movie and a blank DVD then press Start. Your entire movie - including menus, trailers and special features - is copied to a single DVD with just one click, and everything happens automatically.
Backup your entire DVD - including menus, trailers, and special features - onto one or multiple discs. DVDFab can also be used an effective tool against most DVD copy protection schemes.

Features

DVD to DVD

• 6 DVD to DVD copy mode available: Full Disc, Main Movie, Split, Customize, Clone and Merge.
• Full Disc: All movies, menus and trailers, is copied to a DVD with just one click.
• Main Movie: Just copy the movie, with specific audio/subpicture.
• Split: Copy a DVD-9 onto two DVD-5 discs with 100% quality, and preserve original menus on both discs. Ideal for episodic/season DVD movies, TV series, etc.
• Customize: Personalize your DVDs! Want to make a DVD with only your favorite titles? How about cutting out those annoying commercials? Or selecting specific audio/subpicture? No problem! You can select just your favorite titles, specify the title playback order, with or without original menus, to create a DVD with only the stuff you want!
• Clone: Make perfect 1:1 bit-to-bit copy of DVDs:
• Make perfect dual layer DVD copy by using the original layer break position.
• Copy data DVD disc, like PS2 DVD.
• Merge: Combine several titles of several sources into one DVD:
• Combine two DVD-9 like “The Lord of the Rings” into one DVD-9.
• Merge season DVDs to fewer discs.
• Create your own special features collection disc.
• Very fast copying speed, normally it’s about 10 - 20 minutes.
• Burn to any blank DVD Disc (DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DL).

DVD to Mobile

• 3 DVD to Mobile copy mode available: Generic, iPod and PSP. More devices support can be added manually.
• Generic: Convert DVD title to PC MPEG-4/DivX/XVID/H.264 AVI/MP4 file.
• iPod: Convert DVD title to Apple iPod MPEG-4/H.264 MP4 file.
• PSP: Convert DVD title to Sony PSP MPEG-4/H.264 MP4 file.

Other

• Remove all DVD copy protections, like CSS, RC, RCE, APS, UOPs, ARccOS, RipGuard, FluxDVD, CORE X2, etc.
• Constantly updated to support latest DVD copy protections.
• Backup scratched/dirty disc:
  • Even if some information (IFO) cannot be read, you can still copy Main Movie or Customize.
  • Recovery from DVD reading (VOB) error.
• Constantly updated to support latest DVD burners and blank DVD discs.
• Constantly updated to support more mobile devices.

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The Adventures of Tintin is a series of Belgian comic books (Note- Comics featured in this post are translated to English) created by Belgian artist Hergé, the pen name of Georges Remi. The hero of the series is the eponymous character, Tintin, a young Belgian reporter and traveller. He is aided in his adventures from the beginning by his faithful dog Snowy. Later, popular additions to the cast included Captain Haddock and other colourful supporting characters.

The series is one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century, with translations published in over 50 languages and more than 200 million copies of the books sold to date. 23 Tin Tin books were written by Herge at the time of his death in 1983.

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All Gaul is divided into three parts. No, four — for one small village of indomitable Gauls still holds out against the Roman invaders....

The Adventures of Asterix is a series of comic books by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). The series follows the exploits of a village of ancient Gauls as they resist Roman occupation. They do so by means of a magic potion, brewed by their druid, which gives the recipient superhuman strength. This is often used for comic effect, as in a recurring sequence where the villagers sally forth from their village to rout the attacking Romans so easily as to consider it great sport. In many cases, this resistance leads the main characters to travel to various European countries (but also Egypt, America, India and other non-European locations) in every other book, while the remaining are set in and around their village.

The 33 main books or albums (one of which is a compendium of short stories) have been translated into more than 100 languages and dialects. The key to the success of the series is that it contains comic elements for all ages: young children like the fist-fights and other visual gags, while adults appreciate the cleverness of the allusions and puns that sparkle throughout the texts.

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RealPlayer, briefly known also as RealOne Player, is a cross-platform media player by RealNetworks that plays a number of multimedia formats including MP3, MPEG-4, QuickTime, Windows Media and multiple versions of proprietary RealAudio and RealVideo codecs.

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 kbit/s - 320 kbit/s) (default), Real Audio 10 (32 kbit/s - 320 kbit/s), MP3 (32 kbit/s - 320 kbit/s), Real Audio Lossless, WAV (1411 kbit/s), Windows Media Audio (Requires Windows Media Player 10 installed) (64 kbit/s - 192 kbit/s) formats.

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After what seems like an eternity, a new major release of uTorrent has hit the web. uTorrent is a bittorrent client which is well known for it's efficiency, stability and simplicity.

Features

• Unicode support for Windows 95/98/ME, avoiding use of the Microsoft Layer for Unicode which is several times larger than µTorrent.
• UPnP support for all versions of Windows, without needing Windows XP's UPnP framework.
• Protocol encryption (PE),
• Peer exchange (PEX) with other µTorrent clients,
• RSS ("broadcatching").
• "Trackerless" BitTorrent support using DHT, compatible with the original BitTorrent client and BitComet.
• User configurable intelligent disk caching system.
• Full proxy server support.
• HTTPS tracker support.
• Configurable bandwidth scheduler.
• Customizable search bar and icons.
• Localized for 38 languages.
• Initial seeding of torrents.
• Customizable user interface design
• Configuration settings and temporary files are stored in a single directory, allowing portable use.
• WebUI
• Embedded Tracker - a simple tracker designed for seeding torrents, lacking a web interface or list of hosted torrents.

How to get it

You can download uTorrent directly from official servers. It's free and is less than 200KB in file size.

Get uTorrent: Download Now!(Direct Download)

Optimization

We get a lot of mails regarding slow download rates. To get optimal download rate in torrents, some tweaks may need to be applied. The tweaks we mention here are suited for a 512Kbit/s ADSL connection and applying these to a different connection may cause slow download speeds.

1. Install version 1.7
2. Open uTorrent, go to Options-->Preferences.
3. In general tab under 'Windows Integration", click on the button to make uTorrent default application for handling torrent files.
4. Then browse to 'Connection' tab in preferences window. Under 'Global Bandwidth Limiting', set max UPLOAD rate to 7 and max DOWNLOAD rate to 0 (o is unlimited). (These settings are for 512K connections only).

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If you considered accessing FTP servers through your browser was a pain in the ass, try FlashFXP.  FlashFXP is a proprietary FTP client under active development sporting a simple Windows-based GUI. FlashFXP supports both client-to-server and server-to-server (FXP) transfers.

Features

• FTP/FXP Support
• SSL/TLS (SSCP and CPSV)
• Transfer queuing
• Site Manager (with XML import/export)
• FTP caching for browsing and queuing during a transfer or while not connected.
• Proxy and firewall support
• Localization in many languages

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Do you find Nero bulky and bloated? Then you might love Droppix Recorder. Droppix Recorder is a universal software suite that has made a name for itself based on both its powerful features and its ease of use. Droppix Recorder is a complete solution for all your CD and DVD burning and printing needs.

Whether you are creating your own music compilations, printing a Lightscribe disc label, burning your vacation memories, making a copy of your favorite CD, or simply backing up your important data files to CD or DVD.

Features

• Fast and secure data backup in just a few clicks
• Support for CD, CD-RW, DVD±R/W, DVD±R DL and DVD-RAM
• Easy creation of music CDs and sophisticated multimedia compilations
• Exact 1:1 copies for all non-protected discs
• Extract ("rip") music from your audio CDs
• Create, convert and display disc images ISO, BIN, NRG...
• Create video discs playable on your home DVD player
• Automatically download and update your drive's firmware
• Analysis and performance test tools
• Supports most available CD and DVD burners
• Includes Droppix Label Maker Lite to burn LightScribe silkscreen-quality disc labels direct from your PC
• Integrated online help and free online product upgrades

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Lost is a popular American serial drama television series that follows the lives of plane crash survivors on a tropical island, after a passenger jet flying between Australia and the United States crashes somewhere in the South Pacific. Each episode typically features a primary storyline on the island as well as a secondary storyline from another point in a character's life. Season 1 and 2 (and part of season 3) of this show were posted here.

Season 3 is available for download via bittorrent. Video and audio quality of this release is excellent (HDTV rip). You can either download the full torrent (8.5GB) or download individual episodes by selecting only the files you need.

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Here we go again; another individual movie release. This time it's the sequel to Fantastic Four. After many crappy TeleSyncs and CAM releases, bootleg DVD version (R5) is finally here. Release group PUKKA (funny name, isnt it?) has made sure that we get the movie way before original DVD release.

The enigmatic, intergalactic herald, The Silver Surfer, comes to Earth to prepare it for destruction. As the Silver Surfer races around the globe wreaking havoc, Reed, Sue, Johnny and Ben must unravel the mystery of the Silver Surfer and confront the surprising return of their mortal enemy, Dr. Doom, before all hope is lost.

• MPAA Rating : Rated PG for sequences of action violence, some mild language and innuendo.
• Runtime: 92 min
• Country: USA / Germany
• Language: English
• Color: Color
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
• Filming Locations: Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada more
• Company: Twentieth Century Fox more
• Compression: XViD
• Audio: TeleSync Audio (Notice the LiNE tag)

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Nero 7 - The Ultimate solution for Data, Video, Photo, Audio and BackUp! The redesign of the user interface improves the usability and makes Nero Burning ROM 7 the fastest to use ever. The access from Nero Burning ROM to the Nero Home database guarantees easy access to media files including advanced search options with Nero Scout. Nero 7 Premium enables you to experience your digital media in completely new and innovative ways. With the addition of a Nero Home media manager, you can now have the complete PC and TV experience. Whether you want to access your media files from the comfort of your living room, or complete digital media projects on your PC, Nero 7 Premium is all you need. Now, with more features than ever before, this powerful software can transform your digital photos into professional animated slideshows, backup all of your valuable data, manage or search your media files, edit video or photos, create DVDs (including menus), and stream your files over a media server, and compress files to take on the go.
Nero 7 Premium supports Blu-ray technology and gives you the ability to burn your data to BD-RE and BD-R (Blu-ray) media, which enables you to store enormous amounts of data (25-50 GB) onto a single disc.

New in 7.10.1.0

• Quick & easy access to all your digital media files from the comfort of your living room using a remote control
• Integrates TV time-shifting, DVD, video, photo and audio playback
• Easy wizard setup and user interface
• Support for all popular media formats
• Powerful database for storing and organizing of media files into playlists
• Complete multiple tasks concurrently
• Advanced search options with Nero Scout
• Redesigned to maximize ease-of-use, efficiency and speed
• LightScribe support
• Support for DVD-R Dual Layer format and DVD+R Double Layer

Appz included in Reloaded package

• Nero Mobile
• Nero Home
• Nero Scout
• Nero StartSmart
• Nero Burning ROM 7
• Nero Express 7
• Nero WaveEditor 3
• Nero SoundTrax 2
• Nero Vision 4
• Nero Recode 2
• Nero ShowTime 3
• Nero MediaHome
• Nero PhotoSnap
• Nero CoverDesigner
• Nero Toolkit
• Nero BackItUp 2
• InCD 5
• Nero SoundBox
• Nero ImageDrive

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Here is another one to you tactical shooter fans (We can imagine guys at DefenceNet going nuts over this). It's due to be released on the 17th of July for PC but hey, SKIDROW has ensured that we get it a lot before that.

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 builds off of the events in the first game and places gamers in control of the U.S. military's elite fighting unit, the Ghosts. In the year 2014, the rising conflict between Mexican loyalists and insurgent rebel forces has thrown Mexico into full-scale civil war. Under the command of Captain Scott Mitchell, the Ghosts are called upon to face an imminent threat to the United States.

 

Image: G.R.A.W 2 XBOX360 DVD cover. The version featured in this post is for PC.

System Requirements

• Supported OS: Windows® 2000/XP (only)
• Processor: 2 GHz Pentium® IV or equivalent (2.8 GHz recommended)
• RAM: 1024 MB
• Video Card: DirectX® 9-compliant Shader 2.0 card
• with 128 MB of VRAM (256 MB recommended) (see supported list*)
• Sound Card: DirectX 9-compliant sound card (PC audio solution containing Dolby® Digital Live required for Dolby Digital audio)
• DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (included on disc)
• CD-ROM: 12x or faster CD-ROM or 2x or faster DVD-ROM
• Hard Drive Space: 5 GB
• Multiplay: 64 Kbps upstream or faster broadband connection
• Supported Video Cards at Time of Release NVIDIA® GeForce” 6/7 families ATI® Radeon® 9600-9800/X families

 

Features:

• Groundbreaking Visual Experience: The war zone in Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter comes to life as you navigate through trash-strewn streets and pick off enemies from behind bomb-scarred structures. The cutting-edge physics and particle systems will show you some of the most intense and realistic explosions, smoke, and environment destruction ever seen in a video game. Dynamic lighting and shadows will morph as real-time day/night cycles and a constantly changing weather system require you to adjust to the changing conditions on the fly.
• All-New Battlegrounds: For the first time ever, the Ghosts will defend U.S. soil from a cross-border attack, taking the fight to all-new locations. The Ghosts will battle enemies in mountain terrains, barren deserts and even on their home turf in El Paso, Texas. Each environment presents its own benefits and challenges and will call for fresh tactical approaches.
• Vastly Improved Artificial Intelligence (AI): Watch your back as rebels send their own team members to flank your position or gain vantage points by utilizing vertical gameplay to pick you off from the rooftops above. Improved squad-mate AI will now feed you more of the information you need with descriptive commands like “enemy spotted behind red truck ahead.”
• Improved Cross-Com: The revolutionary new Cross-Com 2.0 will give the player more information than ever before. You will be able to see what your friendly forces see in the top left display and the click of a button will expand that to full-screen view for a clearer and more precise picture. This will give you a more comprehensive view of the entire battlefield. The new Full Command View will allow unprecedented precision in developing and issuing tactical plans on the battlefield.
• Expanded Support: Command lethal air strikes with jet fighters, gain mobile cover for otherwise impassable situations and replenish armaments on the battlefield using an unmanned artillery MULE. Players can now heal their team on the battlefield, including squad leader Scott Mitchell, with an all-new Medic class of soldier.

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AutoPatcher, an alternative to Microsoft's Windows Update developed by Antonis Kaladis, is a comprehensive collection of up-to-date security patches, addons and registry tweaks collated into a single package designed to update a Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows Server 2003 SP1 or Windows Vista systems from a local file, without the need to use Windows Update or connect to a network each time.

AutoPatcher is designed for:

• Users that format or reinstall their hard disks frequently
• System administrators seeking to quickly deploy updates to multiple Windows PCs
• Security conscious users seeking to avoid prior connection to the Internet with an insecure computer, in order to download the patches needed to secure their systems.
• Users seeking flexibility in patch deployment (AutoPatcher includes for convenience, a number of common "add-ons", and allows for a configuration to be saved and redeployed on other machines)

The releases

Autopatcher comes in 3 flavors; Full (Core), Lite and Update. Full has all the components and Lite only has critical patches. Update version is a reduced size installer used to update a full version with latest updates. To use an Update version, Full (Core) version must be installed.

We recommend you not to install the "Widows Genuine Advantage" component from the list of updates. Simply un tick it and continue install. WGA is crap.

You can download the followign releases from Official AutoPatcher forums. Make sure you download the English version (or the version that matches with your Windows)

• AutoPatcher for Windows 2000 SP4 - May 2007 Core | June 2007 Update
• AutoPatcher for Windows XP SP2 (32-bit) - May 2007 Core | June 2007 Update
• AutoPatcher for Windows Server 2003 SP1/R2/SP2 (32-bit) - May 2007 Core | June 2007 Update
• AutoPatcher for Windows XP/Server-2003 (64-bit) - June 2007 Core
• AutoPatcher for Windows Vista - June 2007 Core

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We've resolved the issue regarding the domain name and it's usable again. FILEnetworks Blog can now be accessed through www.filenetworks.net without any issues.

Hats off to 'DJMaddy'.

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Normally we do not post individual movie releases on this blog. A movie collection post is made with a collection of latest movies, once a month. But Spiderman 3 is an exception. This post should stop the e-mail barrage asking for a quality release of Spiderman 3.

Spider-Man 3 is a 2007 superhero film written and directed by Sam Raimi, with a screenplay by Ivan Raimi and Alvin Sargent. It is the third film in the Spider-Man film franchise based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. The film stars Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, and Topher Grace.

After a number of fakes and CAM releases, the movie is now available in R5 format. Read more about R5 format. Credit goes to Movie release group ViSUAL.

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In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry returns for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts and discovers that much of the wizarding community has been denied the truth about the teenager’s recent encounter with the evil Lord Voldemort. Meeting secretly with a small group of students who name themselves "Dumbledore’s Army," Harry teaches them how to defend themselves against the Dark Arts, preparing the courageous young wizards for the extraordinary battle that lies ahead. With the ability to play multiple characters, including Harry Potter, Dumbledore and Sirius Black, the videogame of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix offers fans the opportunity to wield a wand, explore all around Hogwarts, and experience one of the most exciting and dangerous years in the life of the Boy Who Lived.

 

Image : Playstation3 DVD cover (This post features the PC version)

System Requirements

• Optical Drive: 8x or faster DVD-ROM
• CPU Speed: 1.6 Ghz or faster
• OS: Windows XP (or Vista)
• Disk Space: 4.5 GB or more free space
• Display: A Video Card with 32 MB (128 MB for Vista) and one of these chipsets required: ATI Radeon 7500 or greater (Radeon 9500 Pro or greater for Vista) NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS or greater (GeForce 6600 or greater for Vista).
• Memory (RAM): 256MB (512MB for Vista)

Features

• Discover the real Hogwarts
  Explore the Hogwarts from the movie and discover its magical secrets using the gesture-based spell casting system. Talk to the portraits, complete their missions and gain passwords for shortcuts around Hogwarts. The player can interact with virtually everything they come across, gain discovery points and unlock secrets in the Room of Rewards.
• Recruit Dumbledore's Army
  Find and recruit the members of Dumbledore's Army. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 's non-linear gameplay allow the player to choose where they go, what they do and when they do it, within the magical surroundings of Hogwarts.
• Attend Hogwarts classes
  Complete side-missions for teachers and attend Herbology, Charms, Transfiguration and Potions classes to earn O.W.L. grades. Achieving “Outstanding” opens secret areas of the castle!!
• Play Wizard Games
  Compete in Exploding Snap, Gobstones and Wizard Chess games throughout Hogwarts and challenge the best from each house.
• Experience the movie in the game
  Play the key moments from the movie, from the Dementor attack in Little Whinging to the ferocious battles at the Ministry of Magic. Experience the most authentic-to-the-movie game experience in Harry Potter videogame history: the castle is built from the same blueprints used to build the movie sets; actual movie assets were referenced to create a more authentic feel; many of the movie's actors have been head scanned and contribute their actual character voices; and the key Harry Potter music theme can be heard in this videogame.
• Play other favorite characters
  Fly Fred and George out of Hogwarts as they escape Umbridge's regime. Play as Sirius Black to protect Harry as you confront Bellatrix Lestrange and Lucius Malfoy in the Ministry of Magic. Play as Dumbledore in his momentous final confrontation with Voldemort.

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Bit Torrent users who relied on Demonoid.com to get their daily dose of movies, ebooks, software, games and other media can now heave a sigh of relief. Demonoid.com is back online after a week of downtime.

There is a newspost displayed on the site instructing users to restart their bit torrent client. Demonoid tracker has now returned to its former glory as well.

Long Live Deimos!

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Babylon 6 is a hugely popular dictionary and language translation software. Babylon offers you the most intuitive tool for all your translation needs. With Babylon you can quickly translate emails, web pages, documents, instant messages, and more. All you have to do is click on the word or text that you want to translate and a small window instantly appears with the desired results from Babylon's
extensive database of language dictionaries, glossaries and conversion tools.

Features

• Single Click activation
• Text translation - in 17 languages
• Results from the world's leading publishers
• Encyclopedias including Wikipedia content
• Translations in more than 75 languages
• Unit Conversions - Convert currencies, measurements and time
• Writing Tools for English
• Spelling Alternatives

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The Looney Tunes Golden Collection is a yearly series of four-disc DVD box sets from Warner Bros.' home video unit Warner Home Video, each containing about 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies animated shorts. The cartoons included on the set are uncut, unedited, and digitally restored and remastered from the original successive Technicolor film negatives (or, in the case of the black and white shorts, the original black and white negatives).

Volume information

• Volume 1 (released on October 28, 2003) contains cartoons mostly from the 1950s with a smaller selection of shorts from the 1940s. Popular shorts include Rabbit of Seville, Duck Amuck, Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century and Drip-Along Daffy It also contains the cartoon where Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd are introduced which is Elmer's Candid Camera. Volume 1 contains 56 cartoons, all in color.

• Volume 2 (released on November 2, 2004) contains a broader selection of cartoons from the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s including What's Opera, Doc?, One Froggy Evening, The Great Piggy Bank Robbery, and I Love to Singa. Volume 2 contains 60 cartoons: 58 color and 2 black & white.

• Volume 3 (released on October 25, 2005) contains an even broader selection of cartoons, mostly from the 30s and 40s, but with some from the 50s and 60s including such popular shorts as Robin Hood Daffy, Hillbilly Hare, and the Academy Award winner Birds Anonymous. Additional features include three Private Snafu cartoons, a 1963 television show pilot entitled Philbert, and two Harman-Ising era shorts: Sinkin' in the Bathtub (the first Looney Tunes short ever) and It's Got Me Again, the first WB cartoon nominated for an Academy Award (originally going to be Lady, Play Your Mandolin!, the first Merrie Melodie). Volume 3 contains 60 cartoons: 52 color and 8 black & white.

• Volume 4 (released on November 14, 2006) continues the broad range of cartoons, with selections ranging from 1936 to 1966 (the latest Looney Tunes cartoon yet). The set focuses not only on Bugs Bunny, but also on Speedy Gonzales and on obscure cats. There is also an entire disc dedicated to director Frank Tashlin. Volume 4 contains 60 cartoons: 52 color and 8 black & white.

How to get it

All volumes released so far are available for download via Bit torrent. You can either download the entire volume or you can just tick the episodes you need. You will need a bit torrent client such as uTorrent to download the files. Click on a link below to begin downloading.

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SpongeBob SquarePants is one of the most watched shows on Nickelodeon, and is an Emmy-nominated American animated television series and media franchise. It is one of Nickelodeon's "Nicktoons."

SpongeBob SquarePants is a sponge who lives in a pineapple under the sea, while his octopus neighbor Squidward Tentacles lives in an Easter Island head. SpongeBob's other neighbor and best friend (on the other side of Squidward), is a pink starfish named Patrick Star, who lives under a rock. Squidward always gets annoyed when SpongeBob and Patrick bother him.

Main Characters

• SpongeBob SquarePants - A very friendly and funny Sponge that loves jelly fishing.
• Patrick Star - SpongeBob's best mate, a dumb, pink starfish.
• Sandy Cheeks - A clever Texas Squirrel that has to wear an oxygen tank to breath in the water.
• Eugene Krabs (Mr Krabs) - A crab that is in charge of the Krusty Krab restaurant, where SpongeBob works. He is addicted to money.
• Squidward Tentacles - SpongeBob's next door neighbour, he hates SpongeBob and he plays the clarinet.
• Gary (a snail) - SpongeBob's pet, his only sound is a Miaow.

How to get it

All episodes of seasons 1-4 are available for download via Bit torrent. You can either download the entire season or you can just tick the episodes you need. You will need a bit torrent client such as uTorrent to download the files. Click on a link below to begin downloading.

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