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Yesterday we posted about StB which is a new mobile appz and games tracker. This post is about another similar tracker specializing in mobile stuff. Pimp Your Mobile is a private torrent tracker which tracks a lot of games, appz, ringtones and other mobile content for a number of different mobile platforms such as SymbianOS, J2ME, Nokia S40 and Windows Mobile. Currently there are over 1100 active users and over 350 torrents on this tracker.

We don't know for how long the signups will stay open so get in while you can.

pimp your mobile

Site Name: Pimp Your Mobile

Signup URLhttp://torrent.pimpyourmobile.info/signup.php

Categories:

  • 3GP/AVI/MP4
  • Iphone
  • Motorola
  • Other
  • PDA
  • Ringtones
  • S40 apps/games
  • Se games
  • Se stuff
  • Skins
  • Symbian apps
  • Symbian games
  • UIQ

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Whatever security measures you implement, some viruses do manage to sneak in an bite you in the ass. Even if you manage to remove them later using a better AV software, some leave lasting damage usually to the system registry. Examples are the inability to show hidden files, disabled task manager, disabled firewall and the list goes on. Of course a system reinstall will solve the problems but that is a painstakingly long process. This is where Remove Restrictions Tool (RRT) can help. RRT includes options to undo over 35 common changes caused by viruses. RRT

The following problems can be resolved using RRT

  1. Disable Folder Options >> so the user can't set the option to show hidden files!
  2. Disable Registry Tools >> so the user can't see what is going on during system startup!
  3. Disable Ctrl+Alt+Del >> so the user can't see the virus and the other applications running!
  4. Disable Show hidden files & folders >> so the user can't see the malware bodies which always come with hidden attribute set to true!
  5. Disable Run Command >> so the user can't use it to run some tools to track the virus activites of remove it.
  6. Disable Windows Firewall (SharedAccess) >> so the virus can send & receive any data through the network without the attention of the user!
  7. Disable Windows Firewall (Wscsvc) >> so the virus can send & receive any data through the network without the attention of the user!
  8. Disable Windows Firewall (Wuauserv) >> so the virus can send & receive any data through the network without the attention of the user!
  9. Restrict Internet Explorer Home Page Changing >> so the user can't change the malicious web page set by the malware!
  10. Restrict Internet Explorer Closing >> so the user can't close the pops up windows that appear when visiting the malicious web page or any other website!
  11. Hide Internet Options >> so the user can't change any setting set by the malware!
  12. Hide Internet Explorer Address Bar >> so the user can't see what web page being visited and what scripts being executed!
  13. Restrict Internet Explorer Right Click >> so the user can't view the source of the page being visited and other useful things.
  14. Hide Internet Explorer Navigation Buttons >> so the user will be forced to user the keyboard shortcuts to navigate through the web sites!
  15. Hide Internet Explorer Context Menu >> so the user can't access this menu which make him able to select some useful settings.
  16. Hide Internet Explorer Toolbar >> so the user can't use it to remove some unwanted toolbars made by the malware.
  17. Disable Command Prompt (cmd.exe) >> so the user cannot run any console programs like command prompt removal tools...
  18. Disable Control Panel >> so the user cannot use the control panel applets.
  19. Hide system files/folders >> so the user can't see the malware bodies which usually come with system attribute set to true!
  20. Change Show Hidden files option button >> So even if you select "Show hidden files and folders from folder options these files & folder will not be shown!
  21. Disable Show System files check box >> So even if you unchecked "Hide protected operating system files" these files & folder will not be shown!
  22. Disable Show all files/folders check >> So changing this from folder options will be ignored!
  23. Hide Desktop items to prevent the user from accessing My Computer and other desktop shortcuts!
  24. Hide files extensions: This is commonly used by malware to trick the user. By hiding file extension, a user doesn't know whether a file with folder icon is an exe file or just an ordinary folder.
  25. Disable File Extentions Check >> So changing this from folder options will be ignored!
  26. Restrict Windows Update >> So the user cannot download security patches from Microsoft.
  27. Disable Shut Down Command >> So the user cannot shut down the system normally.
  28. Restrict Settings Folders >> Just imagine when you all items under Start menu>Settings wont run!
  29. Disable Taskbar context menu >> You right click your taskbar.. Oops; nothing happens!
  30. Disable Logoff Command >> So the user cannot logoff and use another profile.
  31. Hide Start Menu Logoff >> So the user cannot use this shortcut to logoff!
  32. Restrict Add/Remove Programs >> So the user cannot see what applications and windows components are installed or uninstall/reinstall any application.
  33. File Extention Default >> So the user cannot select "Hide extensions for known file types".
  34. No Windows Update >> So the user cannot download security updates and other fixes for windows.
  35. R-Media Malware >> This item is indicating that a malicious object is trying to invade your computer through removable media, please see the details below.
  36. Hidden Drives >> So the user cannot see any of the storage drives but they still can use RUN to access and explore them.
  37. Restricted Drives >> So the user can see the drives but cannot access them even when using RUN command.
  38. No Search >> So the user cannot search the file system using the start menu item for any file.

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Here is another nice tracker for Indian (Hindi) movie fans. IMTorrents is a private torrent tracker specializing in BollyWood movies, Indian music and TV Series. If you are looking for HollyWood blockbusters this obviously is not the place to get them. In fact, iMT does not track any MPAA rated movies. But it does track a lot of desi stuff so if you like Indian/Pakistani stuff this tracker is for you.

One nice thing I noted about this tracker is that it's minimum ratio requirement is 0.3. Even low bandwidth users should not have problems maintaining this ratio. In addition to that they have the entire Music and TV sections on free leech. iMT tracks close to 2000 active torrents and has a user base in excess of 20000 (at time of this post). They don't track any CAM or Pre-DVD movies so expect better quality stuff.

Signups will be open till 07th September 2008.

iMTorrents

Site Name: iMTorrents (iMT)

Signup URL: http://www.imtorrents.com/register.php

Notes: Register an account first, then log in with your username and password. You must view the 3-4 threads the admins have specified in order to proceed to index.

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An R5 rip of the new X Files movies has been released by scene group ALLiANCE. As usual this is an R5.LiNE release with Russian audio replaced by English audio stream obtained from a TS version of the movie. Video quality is typical for an R5 (identical to DVDRip) release and expect public torrent trackers to track this release soon. To obtain more information about the leaked version and to view samples please visit this link.

x-files_i_want_to_believe

The X-Files: I Want to Believe is a 2008 science fiction film directed by Chris Carter, and written by Carter and Frank Spotnitz. It is the second feature film based on Carter's TV series The X-Files, following the 1998 film. The stars of the TV series, David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, reprise their respective roles as Fox Mulder and Dana Scully.

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SyncTheBits (StB) is a new private tracker specializing in mobile content. It indexes all sorts of mobile stuff including games, appz and even e-books for a wide range of mobile platforms. The platforms include Symbian, J2ME, Windows Mobile, iPhone, PalmOS, Nintendo DS, PSP, Blackberry etc. Mark our words, this one shows all signs of becoming one of the most sought after trackers in the future.

As mentioned earlier StB is quite new and is only a few days old. It was in beta test mode for a while too. Currently it has 150+ members and tracks over 200 torrents (at time of this post). They index scene releases as well as torrents unique to StB. Already there is a good number of StB packs uploaded and there will surely be a lot more to come in the future.

StB is opening signups for the first time since their launch and it will only be open for a time period of 24 hours. If you own a mobile device, this tracker is a must have. Check it out.

SyncTheBits

Site Name: SynctheBits (StB) 

Signup URL: http://syncthebits.com/24houropendoor.php

Categories:

  • BlackBerry Apps
  • BlackBerry Games
  • E-Books Fiction
  • E-Books Non Fiction
  • iPhone Apps
  • iPhone Games
  • Java Apps
  • Java Games
  • Misc
  • Nintendo DS
  • StB Packs
  • PalmOS Apps
  • PalmOS Games
  • PSP Games
  • SymbianOS Apps
  • SymbianOS Games
  • Windows Mobile Apps
  • Windows Mobile Games

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It would be fair to say that over the years Nero software suite because increasingly bloated. There have been many useful features added to the suite but useless crap such as Nero Scout (man I hate that POS) was added as well. Nero Micro and Nero Lite are custom made editions of Nero which have some of the the bloated features removed. Nero was initially known for CD/DVD burning so Lite and Micro versions only contain apps that are strictly related to this task.

nero_micro_lite

Nero Lite v8.3.6.0

Nero Lite edition is a custom made edition of Nero which includes only a few apps essential for CD/DVD burning. As a result the download size is reduced (It's around 30MB) and a lot of bloatware is left behind.

Nero Lite pack contains:

  • Nero Burning Rom (with VideoCD Support and MauSau Audio Plug-ins)
  • Nero Express
  • Nero CoverDesigner
  • Nero WaveEditor
  • Nero Toolkit

Nero Micro v8.3.6.0

Nero Micro is an even further stripped down version of Nero which has only two apps included in the package. Download size is even further reduced (around 20MB) as a result.

Nero Micro pack contains:

  • Nero Burning ROM (with VideoCD Support and MauSau Audio Plug-ins)
  • Nero Express

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Active Desktop Calendar v7.58

Posted by TEAM FILEnetworks | 8/30/2008 | | 1 Comments »

Here is a nice little calendar app for those who want to stay organized. It definitely has more features than the one that comes with Vista's sidebar. It's not just a calendar but does contain other components such as notes, tasks, alarms, contacts and data sharing. Active Desktop Calendar also has the ability to integrate with Google Calendar as well as Microsoft Outlook calendar.

active_desktop_calendar

Developer description

This application is a software calendar with appointments notes, tasks, alarms and contacts that provides seamless integration and interactivity with the desktop background. You can organize your data in layers and share them with other people on a local area network.

The program can integrate with Outlook to show its appointments and tasks on the desktop. There are options for changing calendar icons, fonts and colors, marking weekdays of choice and marking dates with notes and/or alarms. You can have a text only version of the calendar and choose between displaying one, two or three months on the desktop.

Features

  • Blends data with desktop wallpaper
  • Calendar, notes, tasks, alarms, contacts
  • Many recurrence patterns for notes/alarms
  • Interactive desktop interface
  • Fully customizable (icons, fonts, colors)
  • Data export/import/print (CSV, iCal)
  • Included preset calendars with holidays
  • Detects Tablet PC desktop orientation
  • Dual/multi monitor systems supported
  • Group calendar data in layers
  • Share data layers on a local area network
  • Direct connection with Outlook®
  • Google® calendar support
  • Automatic data backup
  • Many icons available for marking notes

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Popular bittorrent site  Araditracker has been shut down. The exact reason for the shut down is not known yet but it is suspected that it was due to legal pressure. And it is highly unlikely that Aradi's BT tracker will come back online ever again.

There is no official word on the shutdown in their IRC channel yet. The following line is all that is there related to the shutdown:

"No we don't know either, more info as and when "

For those interested, their official IRC channel is hosted in irc.foreverchat.net and the channel name is #araditracker. [mIRC users click here to access.]

Although I have not been active there recently, it was one of the first torrent sites I signed up for. It was a nice site and had a close knit community. R.I.P Araditracker

It is always sad to see a bittorrent site go down but in true Hydra fashion, several new trackers will soon pop up to fill the void. You can find information about private trackers and get notified about latest open signups via our Private Trackers Section.

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BitRefinery.eu is currently open for new members. This site was formerly known as Nemezyz.com. BitRefinery is a private torrent tracker specializing in games and appz. They have XBOX, XBOX360, PS3, PS2 and PSP games as well as a decent Windows, Mac and mobile applications collection.

According to BitRefinery stats, they have close to 60000 members. Anyway they don't seem to disable members for inactivity that often. I had an account there which I didn't use for around 2 months and it still wasn't disabled. That being said, there are a plenty of active members both on the tracker and on the forums. BitRefinery currently tracks close to a thousand active torrents. Apart from content and activity the interface is nice and I particularly like the default color scheme. Check it out and you will not be disappointed.

bitrefinery.eu

Site Name: BitRefinery.Eu (Formerly Nemesyz.com)

Signup URL: http://www.bitrefinery.eu/signup.php

Categories:

  • Apps|Ebooks|
  • Apps|MAC|
  • Apps|Mobile|
  • Apps|PC|
  • Games|MAC|
  • Games|Mobile|
  • Games|Nintendo DS|
  • Games|PC|
  • Games|PS2|
  • Games|PS3|
  • Games|PSP|
  • Games|Retro|
  • Games|WII|
  • Games|XBOX360|
  • Games|XBOX|

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ReleaseLog (RLSLOG) hacked?

Posted by TEAM FILEnetworks | 8/29/2008 | | 0 Comments »

It looks as if the popular scene releases indexing site ReleaseLog (better known as RLSLOG) has been hacked. There was an automatic redirect in place earlier that redirected all visitors to a notification about a new site named Zerosec.ws. Zerosec.ws is supposedly the new site from ex-RlsLog editors. Now the redirect seems to have been removed and on the homepage is a post by the administrator account. Judging by the comments from editors, it looks as if they are barred from making new posts.

rlslog hacked

Around two weeks ago there was this whole drama about several of RLSLOG editors leaving the site due to a conflict with the admin.

RLSLOG IRC Channel now has the following topic:

* Topic is 'Yes RLSLOG.net has been hacked, please be patient all will be fixed soon.'
* Set by Flat on Fri Aug 29 08:59:57

Anyway hacking the site in a childish manner does not seem to be the right way to resolve the problem and I really hope this won't be then end of RLSLOG as it was really a nice site.

Update: It seems that Martin (RLSLOG admin) has regained control of the site and everything seems to be normal.

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Microsoft has just released a new version (v1.8.0031.0,) of infamous Windows Genuine Validation (WGA) for Windows XP. This enhanced version of WGA is supposed to have improved detection and will enforce Vista like anti piracy measures on Windows XP. It will display an annoying reminder "You may be a victim of software counterfeiting" whenever a pirated version is detected. Additionally, it will reset the desktop wallpaper to a blank black screen every 60 minutes.

You can change the wallpaper manually but that would be a pain in the ass to do every hour. One thing you can do is that you can use a simple wallpaper changer tool and schedule it to change the wallpaper every hour, right after WGA resets the background to black. The message and wallpaper changes will not go away until you install a valid key and activate Windows properly.

WGA_Black_Screen

The new version (v1.8.0031.0) of Windows Genuine Advantage , is distributed via Windows Update (KB905474) as well as through Microsoft Download Center . Pirated XP users who unknowingly download this will be in for a surprise. Not all users will see the update right now as it is just released and will be rolled out gradually to the huge user base via Windows Update.

Right now the pirated users are left with few choices;

  1. Choose not to install KB905474 by setting Windows Updates to manual mode and then excluding KB905474 from selected updates.
  2. Manually remove WGA from their machine via a removal tool such as RemoveWGA (You computer won't pass genuine validation so some updates will be off limits to you)
  3. Purchase a legitimate version of Windows XP - Oh wait. You can't! XP is no longer sold so you will have to......Upgrade to Vista!

The real question will be as to how long will it take a scene group to crack this version of WGA as they did with so many times in the past.

[Click Here] to read MSDN blog post on this WGA release

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One of the most annoying things I find with reinstalling Windows XP is running Windows Update for hours to re-download all those new updates (which are not integrated into my XP installation CD). It used to be a matter of minutes back when Autoptacher offline editions were being released but MS crapped all over it by sending them a Cease and Desist (C&D). RyanVM's Windows XP Post-SP3 Update Pack 1.0.0a lets you update your XP SP3 installation disk so that new upgrades are integrated into the installation cd itself.

The integration process is well documented and there is a separate software for that called RyanVM Integrator to aid in this process. Power users may opt to do this with nLite as well. It's not a complicated process and even novice users should be able to follow the instructions. Before you do anything, make sure that your Windows XP installation disk is SP3 integrated. Officially supported are English versions of Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home Editions.

RvanVM_integrator

Developer Description

This pack is designed to bring a Windows XP CD with SP3 integrated fully up to date with all of the latest hotfixes released by Microsoft since SP2's release. It accomplishes this task via direct integration, where files on the CD are directly overwritten by the updated files. This method has numerous advantages over other integration techniques:

  1. Since the files are being directly overwritten on the CD, there is no period of vulnerability between when the files are copied to the hard drive and the hotfixes are run. This guarantees maximum stability and security.
  2. All necessary registry entries needed by Windows Update, QFECheck, and Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer are imported during Windows setup, meaning that the integration is transparent to Windows.
  3. Security Catalogs necessary for Windows File Protection to recognize the updated files as digitally signed are installed, once again ensuring maximum transparency to Windows.
  4. Since the updated files are being directly overwritten on the CD, this pack has the minimum possible amount of overhead associated with integrating hotfixes in comparison to other methods - both in space used on the CD and in Windows installation time.
  5. This pack works regardless of whether or not the Windows installation is unattended.

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[Click Here] to visit official page of RyanVM's Windows XP Post-SP3 Update Pack 1.0.0a for download links, updates list and step by step instructions.

[Click Here] to visit RyanVM's MSFN Files Page for older versions and add-ons.

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Popular e-book/ e- learning tracker eBooksVortex is currently open for signup. For site information, stats, categories and signup URLs, please see this post.

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In my opinion, SUPERAntiSpyware is very underrated. It is one of the best tools that I know of which allows you to remove rare and hard to remove spyware infections which most antivirus apps (NOD32, Kaspersky included) do not even detect. However I wouldn't recommend you to choose it as your primary security software. The reason is that although it will catch many spyware. adware and Trojans, it is likely to miss many of the viruses out there. What I do is that I have Kaspersky as my real time scanner and do a manual scan with SUPERAntiSpyware about once a week or if I notice anything odd with my machine. Don't run this and another AV software simultaneously as it will slow your system down considerably. This post features the free edition which has almost all features of the pro (including updates) except the real time protection.

superantispyware

Developer Description

SUPERAntiSpyware is the most thorough scanner on the market. Our Multi-Dimensional Scanning and Process Interrogation Technology will detect spyware other products miss. Easily remove pests such as WinFixer, SpyAxe, SpyFalcon, and thousands more. SUPERAntiSpyware will detect and remove thousands of Spyware, Adware, Malware, Trojans, KeyLoggers, Dialers, Hi-Jackers, and Worms. SUPERAntiSpyware features many unique and powerful technologies and removes spyware threats that other applications fail to remove.

Easily remove over 1 million pests and threat components such as VirusRay, AntiVirGear, VirusProtectPro, DriveCleaner, SmitFraud, Vundo, WinFixer, SpyAxe, SpyFalcon, WinAntiVirus, AntiVermins, AntiSpyGolden and thousands more!

Features

  • Quick, Complete and Custom Scanning of Hard Drives, Removable Drives, Memory, Registry, Individual Folders and More! Includes Trusting Items and Excluding Folders for complete customization of scanning!
  • Detect and Remove Spyware, Adware, Malware, Trojans, Dialers, Worms, KeyLoggers, HiJackers, Parasites, Rootkits and many other types of threats.
  • Light on System Resources and won't slow down your computer like many other anti-spyware products. Won't conflict with your existing anti-spyware or anti-virus solution!
  • Repair broken Internet Connections, Desktops, Registry Editing and more with our unique Repair System!
  • Real-Time Blocking of threats! Prevent potentially harmful software from installing or re-installing!*
  • Multi-Dimensional Scanning detects existing threats as well as threats of the future by analyzing threat characteristics in addition to code patterns.
  • First Chance Prevention examines over 50 critical points of your system each time your system starts up and shuts down to eliminate threats before they have a chance to infect and infiltrate your system.
  • Process Interrogation Technology allows threats to be detected no matter where they are hiding on your system.
  • Schedule either Quick, Complete or Custom Scans Daily or Weekly to ensure your computer is free from harmful software.*
  • Dedicated Threat Research Team scours the web for new threats and provides daily definition updates.

Changes in Version 4.20.1046, 08/25/2008:

  • Interface and Functionality Changes
  • Enhanced diagnostic interface and submissions
  • Resolved rare issue where update would not be allowed if interface was open
  • Resolved/Improved various interface issues/text

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[Click Here] to download SUPERAntiSpyware Free Edition 4.20.1046 directly fro official servers.

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This feature will be useful for those who suspect their account is hacked. Gmail now displays the date and time your account was last accessed as well as the IP address that was used to login to the account.

gmail_last_Activity

Clicking on the 'Details' button will display a table of what protocols (POP3, IMAP, etc) were used to access the account and includes a button which you can use to sign out all other login sessions of your account (if any). 

[Click Here] to visit Gmail.

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Bionic Commando Rearmed cracked by DarkCoder

Posted by TEAM FILEnetworks | 8/27/2008 | | 4 Comments »

The guy who beat the scene to crack BioShock and Alone in the Dark 5 has done it once again. The cracker who goes by the alias "DarkCoder" has released a working version of highly anticipated PC Game Bionic Commando Rearmed before any scene group has done so. Bionic Commando Rearmed is a download only game (no physical DVDs distributed) which is probably why the scene didn't bother with it. Anyway the game has received high ratings and has become a hit among many gamers.

I have seen several scene pre channels list this release but as far as i know DarkCoder is not scene. However the release naming (Bionic_Commando_Rearmed-DarkCoder) and file naming is done according to scene rules. It has already been nuked for a silly reason:

Bionic_Commando_Rearmed-DarkCoder.NUKE:homemade.iso

Which does not make any sense as the game does not come in a DVD in the first place. This ISO is obviously homemade but what matters is that this release does work. Expect your favorite bittorrent tracker to track this soon and expect a lot of people to download it as it is only 370MB in file size.

BionicCommandoRearmedlogo

Bionic Commando Rearmed sees a return of the intense 2D side-scrolling, shooting, and grappling action from the much-loved 1988 Bionic Commando on the original 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System. Bionic Commando Rearmed brings the amazing gameplay up to date with stunning new visuals, new weapons, online rankings, a reworked musical score, and the addition of a two-player co-op mode. The game will also provide cross-game interoperability, given that completing parts of Bionic Commando Rearmed will unlock new content and provide secret insight into the characters and plot of the brand-new Bionic Commando sequel coming later in 2008.

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Game Features:

  • Classic Bionic Commando side-scrolling gameplay, updated with new abilities, weapons and bosses
  • 2-player co-op mode
  • Total modern visual and audio revamp
  • Cross-game interoperability – complete specific parts of Bionic Commando Rearmed to unlock new content and hints for the Bionic Commando sequel
  • Challenge Rooms – obstacles courses and swing puzzles that test your skills, with your best times ranked against other users in online leaderboards
  • Top-Down Stages – the return of the top-down scrolling gameplay of the original’s “Enemy Encounter” stages, with remixed music from the classic Commando!
  • Multiplayer – up to 4 players can face off in a frantic melee of shooting and swinging!
  • In-game art designed by Shinkiro, one of Capcom’s most talented artists

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General/0day tracker Bitshock is currently open for signups. For site information, signup URLs, stats, categories and more please look here.

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We bring you news of another niche tracker that is currently open for signup. Tape Down is a private torrent tracker which specialized in mixtapes. They have mixtapes belonging to various genres such as R&B and Classic.

For those of you interested in stats, Tape Down tracker over 1500 torrents and has a user base in excess of 13000. As said above it's currently open and if you are interested you can get in for free.

TapeDown

Site Name: TapeDown

Signup URL: http://www.tapedown.com/signup.php 

Categories:

  • (Audio / Video) Comedy
  • (Audio / Video) Interviews / Shows
  • (Audio) Beats / Acapellas
  • (Mixtapes) Blends
  • (Mixtapes) Chopped & Screwed
  • (Mixtapes) Classic / Old Tapes
  • (Mixtapes) Dirty South
  • (Mixtapes) East Coast
  • (Mixtapes) General
  • (Mixtapes) Grime
  • (Mixtapes) International
  • (Mixtapes) Mid West
  • (Mixtapes) R&B
  • (Mixtapes) Reggae / Dancehall
  • (Mixtapes) West Coast
  • (Music) Diss Tracks
  • (Music) Singles / Promos
  • (Video) Freestyle Rap Clips
  • (Video) Music Videos

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Webroot Spy Sweeper 5.8.1.55

Posted by TEAM FILEnetworks | 8/27/2008 | , | 1 Comments »

Dangerous and annoying spyware can infect your system in many different ways when you use the Internet. Webroot Spy Sweeper gives you 360 degrees of protection. Powerful Smart Shields offer real-time protection by blocking known and emerging spyware threats as you browse - before they ever reach your computer and personal information. If your PC is already infected, Webroot Spy Sweeper's advanced discovery methods locate and completely destroy malicious spyware that hides within your PC - even spyware that hides using rootkit technology.

spy_sweeper

Features

  • Advanced Detection and Removal
  • Windows Vista™ Compatible
  • Real-Time Threat Protection
  • Enhanced Rootkit Discovery Methods
  • Accurate Risk Assessment
  • Uninterrupted Games and Movies
  • WARN: A Global Early Response Network
  • Multiple User Protection
  • Up-to-Date Spyware News & Information
  • Keep Your PC Safe from Spyware
  • Browse Where You Want, When You Want
  • Download Your Favorite Music, Pictures and Videos Without Spyware Intruders
  • Stay Ahead of New Spyware Threats with FREE Defense Updates

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After a flurry of general/0day tracker posts, here comes a post about a niche tracker. Pianosheets.org specializes in ... well... Piano Sheets. In fact their slogan is "Piano Sheet music for the Masses!". Since I don't know jackshit about piano sheets I'd rather not embarrass myself by talking too much.

There are over 1500 torrents tracked by Pianosheets.org tracker and if you are interested in piano sheet music, you will find this tracker a great resource to have. Signups may be open for a limited time so get in while you can.

pianosheets_logo

Site Name: PianoSheets.ORG

Signup URL: http://pianosheets.org/signup.php

Categories:

  • Collections
  • Individual Sheets
  • MP3 / Video
  • Requests
  • Whole Books

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Sunbelt CounterSpy v3.1.2252

Posted by TEAM FILEnetworks | 8/26/2008 | , | 1 Comments »

Protect your PC by removing spyware and malware with our free 15-day trial of CounterSpy antispyware software. Many other free antispyware trials 'scan & scare' and do not remove spyware. CNET's Number One Antispyware Software! CounterSpy is a powerful spyware and malware remover but treads lightly on system resources. Now, you don't have to choose between PC security and PC performance.

sunbelt_counterspy_3

  • Advanced Anti-Malware technology
  • Kernel-level 24/7 Active Protection
  • Boot Time Scans kill rootkits
  • Small memory footprint
  • Runs great on Windows Vista and XP!
  • Heavy-duty Spyware protection, but light on CPU and Memory.
  • Kernel-level Active Protection™ guards you 24/7.
  • Hybrid design combines Anti-Malware technology with our award-winning spyware detection and removal.
  • Deep-rooted malware is exterminated at boot time, before Windows loads.
  • Small, regular definition updates greatly reduce update downloading time.
  • Millions of threat definitions!
  • Vista compatible: Integrates seamlessly with the Vista Windows Security Center.

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SceneLinks.ro (don't confuse this with SCL - The Clover which is a different site) has resurfaced after several months of downtime. This tracker was a good one when it was in full swing but due to some problem with Romanian authorities they shut it down and merged their user base with BitShock (Or at least that is what I think happened, the messages were all in Romanian). The site is back up now and seems to be in the process of recruiting new members. It's a general/0day tracker.

SceneLinks currently have 1000+ members and tracks over 200 torrents. Given my experience with this tracker in the past, I expect it would grow rapidly to become one of the better general trackers out there. They do have a user limit of 2000 currently so you may want to hurry if you want in.

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Site Name: SceneLinks.Ro

Signup URL: http://scenelinks.ro/signup.php 

Categories:

  • Anime/Cartoons
  • Apps/PC ISO
  • Apps/PC Rip
  • Documentaries
  • DOX/Misc
  • Games/PC ISO
  • Games/PC Rip
  • Games/PS2
  • Games/PS3
  • Games/WII
  • Games/XBOX
  • Games/XBOX360
  • Graphic/Stuff
  • HDTV
  • HDTV/RoSubbed
  • Mobile/PDA
  • Movies/DVD-R
  • Movies/DVD-RO
  • Movies/Oldies/IMDB
  • Movies/SVCD
  • Movies/XviD
  • Movies/XviD-RO
  • Music
  • Music Videos
  • Music/DVD
  • PSP
  • TV Eps/Shows
  • XXX

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Group TDM cracks Alone In the Dark 5 (2008)

Posted by TEAM FILEnetworks | 8/25/2008 | | 0 Comments »

Well it certainly took long enough. The latest installment in the Alone in the dark (AITD) series  was released on the 23rd of June. The game has just been cracked by P2P group TDM. There have been several non working scene releases in the meantime but this looks like the real deal. Expect private and public bittorrent trackers across the world to track TDM's release soon. Exclusive scene trackers won't track this release as this is released by a P2P group.

Anyway one thing is for sure; the server side activated SecuROM is definitely posing problems for the gaming scene. Usually it does not take scene groups long to crack a game after it's released (usually scene groups crack it before the street date). But games protected with the new SecuROM has posed problems for crackers, examples being Bioshock (Cracked after 13 days), Mass Effect (Initial crack missing SecuROM triggers thus causing buggy gameplay - fixed version appeared after about 2 weeks), AITD (Cracked after 2 months) and Bionic Commando Rearmed (Not cracked yet).

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Taking inspiration from the presentation style and structure of a number of acclaimed and globally popular TV action dramas, Alone in the Dark is split into a number of distinct episodes in a season-style format. With approximately 30-40 minutes of gameplay comprising each episode, the structure of Alone in the Dark is adapted for an audience familiar with the hard-hitting bite-size delivery of contemporary TV dramas, offering easy accessibility whether the player has hours to devote or only wants a quick TV-style fix.

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System Requirements:

  • Operating System: Windows XP/Vista 32-bit & 64-bit
  • Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz or Athlon X2 +3800 (Intel Pentium 4 3.4 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 +4000 recommended)
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM (2GB recommended)
  • Hard Disk Space: 9.5 GB free
  • DVD-ROM Drive: 4X speed or faster
  • Video: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 or ATI Radeon X1950 or better (NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX or ATI Radeon X1950 XTX or better recommended)
  • DirectX: DirectX version 9.0c (included) or higher

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Features

  • A New Inventory System - Players utilize the pockets of protagonist Edward Carnby to hold items which they can view, switch and combine without leaving the game.
  • Narrative intensity - Taking its cues from blockbuster TV dramas, the story is told in a TV season style narrative structure based around episodes that deliver maximum intensity throughout and keep the player hooked.
  • A Captivating Story - Centered in iconic Central Park long-time series protagonist and paranormal specialist Edward Carnby returns to delve into the frightening events occurring in the Big Apple.
  • Real World Rules - In-Game movement has been designed to allow players to do almost anything that is physically possible in the real world.
  • Photographic Rendering - Game developer Edens Propriety Twilight technology creates a lavishly detailed game world with highly realistic and advanced cinematographic effects.

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WLM build 14.0.3921.717 was leaked yesterday and here is the updated A-Patch for the leaked build. The A-Patch allows users to unlock more customization options for WLM including the ability to remove advertisements, disabling nudge protection and allowing multiple instances of WLM to be run simultaneously.

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[Click Here] to download A-Patch 1.41 RC1 (build4) for Windows Live Messenger 9 build 14.0.3921.0717 from apatch.org

[Click Here] to download A-Patch for older versions of Windows Live Messenger, MSN Messenger and Yahoo Messenger.

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Learnbits E-Learning tracker is currently open for signup. Read tracker description, signup URL, categories and more here.

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Hello there folks! SQL Server 2008 express edition has been released. As you may know the Express Edition is aimed at students and low end users and is free of charge. If you want to experiment, learn and get yourself familiarized with the interface and coding, this is the version to get. The version featured in this post is the Express Edition with Advanced Services which has a few more extra features (see below) than the regular version.

Developer Description

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express with Advanced Services (SQL Server 2008 Express) is a free, easy-to-use version of SQL Server Express that includes a graphical management tool and powerful features for reporting and advanced text-based searches. SQL Server 2008 Express provides powerful and reliable data management tools and rich features, data protection, and fast performance. It is ideal for small server applications and local data stores.

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SQL Server 2008 Express with Advanced Services has all of the features in SQL Server 2008 Express, plus you can:

  • Easily manage and administer SQL Server 2008 Express with a easy-to-use graphical management tool - SQL Server 2008 Management Studio Basic.
  • Issue full-text queries against plain character-based data in SQL Server tables. Full-text queries can include words and phrases, or multiple forms of a word or phrase.
  • Run SQL Server Reporting Services reports on local relational data.

Download

As said earlier, this can be downloaded freely from Microsoft.

[Click Here] to download SQL Server 2008 Express Edition x86 (32-bit) directly from official Microsoft servers.

[Click Here] to view download details or for the x64 (64-bit) version.

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Tv.Torrents.Ro (TVT.Ro) is currently open for new signups. This tracker is definitely among the top 3 dedicated TV torrent trackers along with Bitmetv (BMTV) and Tvtorrents.com (TVT.com). TVT.Ro currently has its invites system disabled so the only way users can get into the tracker is during open signups periods such as this. If you download TV shows through bittorrent, you should definitely check this site out. Signups usually don't stay open for long so you might want to hurry.

TVT.Ro tracks over 8000 torrents and has a user base of over 19000. Although the tracker is of Romanian origin, all the shows it tracks are either US or Canadian ones. TVT.Ro indexes scene releases, P2P releases as well as internal packs unique to the tracker.

TVT.ro packs

Image: Some of the internal packs at TVT.Ro. The FREE Icon next to the torrent means it's in feeleech mode (only upload is counted in your stats - good for ratio building) 

You may notice that some of the torrents come with ROsubs tag which means they have Romanian subtitles. If you don't want them you can safely delete .srt (or .sub and .idx) files and replace them with English (or any other language) subtitles downloaded externally.

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Site Name: Tv.Torrents.Ro

Signup URL: http://tv.torrents.ro/signup.php

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First of all, don't get your hopes up thinking it's WLM 9.0 Final; it's still a beta build. So what's the big fuss about this leak? Well the latest build (build 14.0.3921.717) of Windows Live Messenger 9 is supposed to be accessible only by a select group of beta testers as it is not a public beta. But now the leaked version may be downloaded, installed and run by anyone including you and me.

Be warned that existing versions of Messenger Plus Live! or any patches (A-PAtch, Mess Patch, etc) may not work with this build.

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Windows Live Messenger 9 Beta features.

Here are some of the confirmed features of the upcoming Windows Live Messenger 9

  • Multiple Points Of Presence Suport - Now you can sign into Messenger v9 from several different locations and remain signed in, In v8.5 and under, signing in at a new pc will sign you out anywhere else.
  • Signature sounds - Make sound signatures instead of just graphical ones
  • Per contact sounds - chose a sound to associate with each of your contacts’ actions
  • Animated Display Pictures - now you can use animated .gif files as your display picture
  • Links in Status Message - Links in the status message are now clickable
  • SPIM reporting - report and block users who spam you via IM.

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Here is some good news for XBOX/XBOX360 console owners. Private torrent tracker XBOX-SKY is currently open for signups. XBOX-SKY specialize in XBOX/XBOX360 games torrents. I've very little experience with this tracker since I do not own a XBOX (PC FTW!) but it seems to index most of the XBOX/XBOX360 games out there including region free/PAL/NTSC games. Most of the torrents indexed are scene releases.

Apart from Full games, they do have an Apps section which tracks a lot of useful mods, hacks and addons you can use with your XBOX/XBOX360 console. If you own one of these consoles, you should definitely check this site out.

XBOX-SKY

Site Name: XBOX-SKY

Alternative URLs: http://bt.xbox-sky.org, http://bt.xbox-sky.cc

Signup URL: http://bt.xbox-sky.cc/register.php

Categories:

  • All sorts
  • Xbox360
  • Xbox
  • Xbox360E
  • Emu
  • Apps
  • Movie
  • Music
  • Cover
  • Other
  • NoSeed

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Private torrent tracker Nordicbits.org is currently open for new signups. Nordicbits is a general/0day tracker with decent pre times and a good community. At time of this post, Nordicbits tracks nearly 2500 torrents and has a user base of 11000 members.

Nordicbits do have packs of their own. These can be found under the NB-Packs category. So far I've found several nice movie packs and music video packs on this tracker.

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Site Name: Nordicbits.org

Signup URL: http://nordicbits.org/signup.php

Description:

  • Games/PC
  • Games/PS2
  • Games/Wii
  • Games/XBOX360
  • Movies/DVD-R
  • Movies/HD
  • Movies/Xvid
  • Music
  • Music Videos
  • NB-Packs
  • Other
  • PC/ISO
  • TV/DVD-R
  • TV/HD
  • TV/Xvid
  • XXX

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Random Demonoid invitation code giveaway 8

Posted by TEAM FILEnetworks | 8/23/2008 | | 30 Comments »

As promised, Demonoid invitation code giveaway 8 is here. You can use either one of the codes below to sign up to Demonoid.com semi private bittorrent tracker. As usual, first come, first served! We ask for nothing in return except you follow the site's rules and do your best to seed the torrents without being a hit and runner.

This time around we are giving out 10 invitation codes. 5 from us and 5 sent in by one of our readers Sylvester K. from NJ. If you would like to give away your invitation codes for free in similar fashion, feel free to contact us via filenetworks[at]gmail[dot]com or you can even share them yourself through the comments section of this article.

If you get an invalid code error, that means someone else beat you to it. In that case we cannot help you. If you managed to get hold of one, use it wisely. Don't forget to give something back to the community.

Code 1: 2703dezh94s0fefa5k8bpp388jv1vgiqli

Code 2: 414y1wddm8lhn42k2hy3m2rohaojqau7onod08vhutdu

Code 3: mmdhy95bbzisg1h6qwssr7lsc0n3xidpvegjpl

Code 4: d1jktg0kfpouigecluoq67vp8dukpgegsx

Code 5: yk57hmwh3jlt8hu1zxwsnp9b3uv4sdt6g89vm9qzt

Code 6: ifoq8rr19h0t6ktkz0qv3sa59s8c21xuzpw

Code 7: ltrqgaygjcgtd3hu5coaw41tk1ptx9rvci

Code 8: 0jj0rau96q5uxj9srtgcfb8xrh8fwu78p8u1

Code 9: z4rzcaz9xmc7lm3g8ejd7kxd4f0njf5abdq7q7h

Code 10: 22mb4fu3znw15bpco6441c0ll9qlxs4ha5

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BitDefender Internet Security 2009 keeps your Internet-connected family safe, without slowing down their PCs. It locks out viruses, hackers & spam, while providing parental control and firewall protection.

BitDefender was launched in November 2001, and is currently in its twelfth version. BitDefender replaced SOFTWIN's earlier AVX (AntiVirus eXpert) product range. The BitDefender group spins off from SOFTWIN in 2007. The BitDefender range includes antivirus products for home users, businesses, enterprise users and Internet service providers. Home editions support Microsoft Windows, Symbian OS and Windows Mobile; business and enterprise editions support Microsoft Windows, Linux and FreeBSD. The current version of the Home/Home Office security suite includes antivirus, anti-spyware, firewall, e-mail spam filtering, backup, tune-up and parental control components. A free basic online scan is offered via the BitDefender website.

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Features

Family network protection

Manage the security of your home network from a single location. BitDefender software from other computers in the network can be remotely configured, while tasks such as scans, backups tune-ups and updates can be run on-demand or scheduled to run during off-hours.

Hassle – Free Hourly Updates

Hourly updates ensure that you are protected against the latest threats without pushing a button. Lost program files are not a problem either. In the rare event of file damage due to PC problems, BitDefender automatically repairs and updates itself.

Confidently download, share and open files from friends, family, co-workers - and even total strangers!

  • Improved: Scans all web, e-mail and instant messaging traffic for viruses and spyware, in real-time
  • Proactively protects against new virus outbreaks using advanced heuristics

Protect your identity: shop, bank, listen, watch privately and securely

  • Blocks attempted identity theft (phishing)
  • Improved: Prevents personal information from leaking via e-mail, web or instant messaging

Guard your conversations with top-of-the line encryption

  • NEWInstant Messaging Encryption
  • NEWFile Vault securely stores personal information or sensitive files

Connect securely to any network at home, in the office or away

  • Automatically modifies firewall protection settings to suit location
  • Wi-Fi monitor helps prevent unauthorized access to your Wi-Fi network

Protect your family and their computers!

  • Blocks access to inappropriate websites and e-mail
  • Schedules and limits kids’ access to Internet and to applications
Play safe, play seamlessly!
  • Improved: Reduces the system load and avoids requesting user interaction during games

Get fine-tuned performance from your computer !

  • Uses few system resources
  • NEWLaptop mode prolongs battery life

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AnyDVD 6.4.5.9

AnyDVD works in the background to automatically remove the copy protection of a DVD movie as soon as it's inserted into the drive, allowing you then to backup the movie using a DVD backup tool such as CloneDVD and CloneDVD mobile. You can also remove the RPC region code, thereby making the movie region free and viewable on any DVD player and with any DVD player software.

CloneDVD 2.9.1.0

CloneDVD 2 copies movies to create unparalleled picture quality DVD backups, whether it’s the main title you’re copying or the complete DVD. CloneDVD will compress long footage at high speed to the highest of quality using specialised transcoding technology, allowing you to select your audio and language settings and also the final target size. Easy for even the novice user, CloneDVD’s intuitive Filmstrip assistant guides you through all the available configuration settings, allowing you to choose which chapters to include and offering the option to trim individual chapters.

CloneCD 5.3.0.1

 

CloneCD is the perfect tool to make backup copies of your music and data CDs, regardless of copy protection. CloneCD's award-winning user interface allows you to copy almost any CD in just a few mouse clicks.  Since the release of 5.0, CloneCD is not only able to copy CDs but also most DVD formats, such as DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+R Dual Layer and DVD-RAM. The movies are copied 1:1 and therefore not modified (compressed). Note that to copy movie DVDs you also require AnyDVD.

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Trojan Remover 6.7.2 build 2539

Posted by TEAM FILEnetworks | 8/23/2008 | , | 1 Comments »

Trojan Remover 6.7.2 build 2539 is the latest build of Trojan Remover available on 22-08-08.

Trojan Remover aids in the removal of Malware - Trojan Horses, Worms, Adware, Spyware - when standard anti-virus software either fails to detect them or fails to effectively eliminate them. Standard antivirus programs are good at detecting this Malware, but not always good at effectively removing it. Trojan Remover is designed to work on Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista. The program is not compatible with any 64bit version of Windows. The majority of Virus and Trojan Scanners are well able to detect malicious software - Trojan Horses, Internet Worms, Adware/Spyware etc. - but are not always very efficient in removing them once they have been triggered.

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Trojan Remover is designed specifically to disable/remove Malware without the user having to manually edit system files or the Registry. The program also removes the additional system modifications some Malware carries out which are ignored by standard antivirus and trojan scanners.Trojan Remover scans ALL the files loaded at boot time for Adware, Spyware, Remote Access Trojans, Internet Worms and other malware. Trojan Remover also checks to see if Windows loads Files/Services which are hidden by Rootkit techniques and warns you if it finds any.

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The fast lane of system performance. Diskeeper 2008 Pro Premier edition provides unparalleled computer performance for power users and high-powered workstations. It delivers ultimate performance and reliability to those who need it most. Shift your system into high gear with Diskeeper 2008 Pro Premier. Diskeeper 2008 Pro Premier will extend the life and increase the efficiency of your systems, while greatly improving workplace productivity.

InvisiTasking's truly transparent background processing technology allows Diskeeper 2008 to defrag drives in real time, completely eliminating long, productivity-robbing maintenance processes. Computer resources are never lost. InvisiTasking monitors resource use and ensures only idle, untapped resources are used to solve fragmentation. Peak system performance is maintained with zero resource conflict. Diskeeper 2008 Pro Premier enhances the reliability and performance of your computer—automatically!

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Shift Into High Gear With I-FAAST

Diskeeper's I-FAAST 2.0 (Intelligent File Access Acceleration Sequencing Technology) accelerates file access to meet the heavy workloads of file-intensive applications. Using a specially formulated technology, I-FAAST closely monitors file usage and re-sequences the most commonly accessed files for the fastest possible access. File access and creation is boosted to speeds beyond the capabilities of your system when it was new, up to 80% faster.

Diskeeper 2008 — A Disk Performance Revolution

Diskeeper 2008 Pro Premier edition is unlike any other product on the market today. Now, more than ever, it is important to have a system that is reliable and performs at the peak of its ability.

Remember how your PC or laptop ran when it was new? Diskeeper 2008 was designed to keep your system faster than new. Simply install Diskeeper 2008 and your computer will run faster and more reliably than it ever has before.

Fragmentation Prevention — New Frag Shield 2.0

Frag Shield 2.0 automatically prevents fragmentation of critical system files, maintaining system stability and reliability. This protective Diskeeper feature guards against crash-inducing fragmentation and makes certain your critical files (Master File Table and Paging Files) have enough space to expand. Fragmentation never limits your systems potential speed. Having a system with a system with Frag Shield running will reduce system errors and help desk calls.

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DVDFab Platinum v5.0.8.5 Final

Posted by TEAM FILEnetworks | 8/23/2008 | | 1 Comments »

DVDFab Platinum is all you need to backup DVDs. DVDFab Platinum 3 is brand new, is completely rewritten, is based on 5 years of DVD copy software development. 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.

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What's new in 5.0.8.5

  • New: Added "Output Type" in 'Conversion Settings" window. User can choose between "Video + Audio" and "Audio Only". (DVDFab Mobile Option)
  • New: Extract DVD audio to MP3/MP4/WMA/WAV/AC3/DTS with "Audio Only" output type. (DVDFab Mobile Option)
  • New: Added audio only profiles for devices Generic, iPod and Zune. (DVDFab Mobile Option)
  • New: Added option "Run report program when DVDFab crashes" in "Settings -> General" window. Although it doesn't collect personal information and helps us to improve DVDFab, user can disable it so that DVDFab will not access internet automatically when DVDFab crashes.
  • New: Updated HD Decrypter to support AACS V4 and V7, which exist on HD-DVD and Blu-ray released before June, 2008. Please note: DVDFab doesn't support HD-DVD and Blu-ray officially now, since it doesn't work on some Blu-ray discs, which was just released or released by "20th Century Fox". Please take this feature as free bonus, thanks for your understanding.
  • New: Updated language files.
  • Fix: A crash problem when using "Internal" preview.
  • Fix: Preview audio and subpicture can't be changed in certain cases.

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Bitshock certainly are expanding. They've up to now launched a general tracker, games tracker (which has been offline recently) and now a dedicated appz tracker. Appz Bitshock is a private torrent tracker specializing in applications for various Operating systems such as Windows and Mac.

There are just under 3000 registered users on this tracker and around 1900 torrents. Apart from software, related ebooks, wallpapers and web templates are also tracked by Appz Bitshock. One issue i had with the tracker is that most torrents are left with only 1 seeder. This will hopefully be resolved as more and more users join the tracker. Apart from that Appz Bitshock seem to be a nice appz tracmer so don't forget to check it out - signups are open.

Appz.Bitshock.Org

Site Name: Appz Bitshock

Signup URL: http://appz.bitshock.org/signup.php

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DVDQuorum is a private torrent tracker specializing in movies, sports, animation and documentaries in DVDR format (DVD5 or DVD9 releases). It's a tracker with Spanish origins but it does track a substantial amount of English content as well.

DVDquorum has 41500+ members and tracks over 10500 torrent at time of this post. If you don't like XviD/DivX compressed rips and prefer the DVD-R release (and have the bandwidth to manage the huge size) don't forget to check this tracker out!

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Site Name: DVDQuorum

Signup Process:

The signup process is not the usual. You need to first sign up in their forums and then use that user name when registering for the tracker.

  1. Register in forums: http://www.dvdquorum.es/foro/index.php?action=register
  2. Click confirmation mail to activate forum account.
  3. Register for tracker: http://bt.dvdquorum.es/signup.php
  4. Click confirmation mail to activate account.

Categories:

  • Animation
  • Sports
  • Documentaries
  • IMDB 250
  • Music
  • Other
  • NTSC Films
  • PAL Films
  • Series

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Home networking is hard, no doubt about it. But Network Magic makes it easy to do all the things you want to with the computers and devices in your home. Things like sharing printers and files across all your computers, monitoring Internet use, and repairing broken Internet connections. No more emailing files to yourself just to print them out, no more wondering about where your kids are surfing on the Internet, no more waiting around for “the repair guy” to fix your wireless Internet.

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Features

  • Print from any computer in your home
  • Share files between all your home computers – even Macs & PCs
  • Monitor Internet use and Web sites visited for any computer in your home
  • Pinpoint & repair Internet connection problems
  • View a live map of your network
  • Protect your wireless network from intruders

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Driver Magician v3.32

Posted by TEAM FILEnetworks | 8/21/2008 | , | 1 Comments »

Driver Magician offers a professional solution for device drivers backup, restoration, update and removal in Windows operating system. It identifies all the hardware in the system, extracts their associated drivers from the hard disk and backs them up to a location of your choice. Then when you format and reinstall/upgrade your operating system, you can restore all the "saved" drivers just as if you had the original driver diskettes in your hands. After one system reboot, your PC will be loaded and running with the required hardware drivers.

What's more, Driver Magician has a built in database of the latest drivers with the ability to go to the Internet to receive the driver updates. It saves lots of time to find the correct drivers and mature drivers will obviously increase the performance of hardware. If there are unknown devices in your PC, Driver Magician helps you detect them easily and quickly with its built in hardware identifier database.

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Key features

  • Back up device drivers of your computer in four modes.
  • Restore device drivers from backup in one mouse click.
  • Update device drivers of your PC to improve system performance and stability.
  • Uninstall device drivers
  • Live Update device identifier database and driver update database.
  • Detect unknown devices.
  • Back up more items such as My Documents and Registry.
  • Restore more items from backup.
  • Get detailed information of the hardware drivers.
  • Clone all drivers to an auto-setup package (.EXE), so you can restore drivers without installing Driver Magician.

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Lock My PC v4.6.1

Posted by TEAM FILEnetworks | 8/21/2008 | | 1 Comments »

Lock My PC is an easy in use and compact tool for quick computer locking when you leave it unattended. It shows a lock screen, disables Windows hot keys and mouse. You can lock your PC with a hotkey or from the system tray. To unlock the computer you must enter correct password only. Unlike another similar computer lock software that cannot lock Ctrl+Alt+Del on a computer running Windows XP, our Lock My PC runs own keyboard driver to block such key combinations.

Features

  • Quick and safe computer lock by a hot key, or mouse click
  • Windows 2000 and XP support (unlike our competitors we use keyboard driver to safely block Ctrl+Alt+Del and other key combinations)
  • Administrative area for users and password management by supervisor
  • Multi-user support
  • Multimonitor support
  • Autolock when computer is idle
  • Auto turnoff when computer is locked for a long time
  • Custom Lock Screens
  • Screen saving effect
  • Screen transparency - to use PC in presentation mode
  • Optionally password protection for program settings
  • Optionally locking for CD/DVD-ROM doors while computer is locked
  • Command line options

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RAR Password Cracker v4.12

Posted by TEAM FILEnetworks | 8/21/2008 | | 1 Comments »

This program is intended to recover lost passwords for RAR/WinRAR archives of versions 2.xx and 3.xx. The program finds by the method of exhaustive search all possible combinations of characters ("bruteforce" method), or using passwords from lists ("wordlist" or "dictionary" method). Self-extracting archives and multivolume archives are supported. The program is able to save a current state (you can interrupt the program at any time, and restart from the same state later). Estimated time calculator allows you to configure the program more carefully.

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What's new - Version 4.12

  • Fixed: Permanent crashes on some types of files.
  • Added: New type of licenses: low-cost time-limited fully functional versi

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Most users with high bandwidth connections are nowadays on the lookout for High Definition (HD) content. Here are 3 private trackers specializing in HD content which are currently open for signup.

HDtorrents

High Definition Torrents (HDTorrents) is a decent private tracker with nearly 6000 users and tracks over 750 torrents. It Tracks original Blu Ray and HD-DVD movies as well as ripped, x264 movies, anime, docs and adult content.

Site Name: High Definition Torrents

Signup URL: http://hd-torrents.org/account.php 

HdCity

HDCity is a Spanish tracker which specializes in HD content. The interface language is Spanish but you should be able to find your way around as it has a similar structure to other torrent sites. Although the tracker has Spanish origin, it does track English content as well.

HDCity has a user base of 5700 and tracks 2134 torrents at time of this post. You need to read the rules before you can see any torrent on this tracker.

Site Name: HDCity

Signup URL: http://hdcity.es/account.php

HD Transmission

HD Transmission is a fairly new HD tracker which has seen some good progress in the recent weeks. It tracks HD movies as well as FLAC lossless audio. Currently there are 3196 users on this tracker and 377 torrents on the index.

Site Name: HD Transmission

Signup URL: http://www.hdtransmission.com/signup.php

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Windows Vista looks a lot better than Windows XP but damn that shortcut arrow is too big. By the 'shortcut' arrow I mean the overlay icon which is automatically placed on desktop (and other) shortcuts in Vista. It almost covers 1/4 of the icon and there is no visible option in Windows Vista to change the size or remove it.

However, you can change or remove the overlay shortcut arrow using Vista shortcut manager (This program is also called FxVisor and was formerly known as Vista shortcut overlay remover). It allows users to either change the shortcut arrow to a lighter and smaller version, to choose a custom arrow of the user's choice or to entirely remove the arrow.

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This program is freeware (not that it matters if you are a pirate :p ).

[Click Here] to download Vista Shortcut Manager v2.0 from Frameworkx

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Midnight Torrents is a private torrent tracker which tracks general /0day content. It's a level 1 tracker which frequently opens signups for new users but don't let the levels fool you; it's the content that matters. Midnight Torrents indexes both scene and P2P release and tracks over 3000 active torrents at time of this post. They have a good number of torrents on freeleech as well.

Midnight Torrents logo

Apart from the usual content, Midnight Torrents track some of their own packs.

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Image: Some of the movie packs at MT

Watch for the 'MT' tag at the end of torrent name to identify packs and uploads unique to Midnight Torrents.

The site is currently open for new members so don't forget to check it out.

Site Name: Midnight Torrents

Signup URL: http://www.midnight-torrents.com/signup.php

Categories:

  • Anime
  • Appz/misc
  • Appz/PC ISO
  • Audiobook
  • DOX
  • eBooks
  • Games / WII
  • Games/GameCube
  • Games/PC ISO
  • Games/PC Rip
  • Games/PS2 DVD
  • Games/PS2 Rip
  • Games/Xbox DVD
  • Games/Xbox Rip
  • Games/Xbox360
  • Handheld
  • Hentai
  • Kids
  • Linux Apps/Games
  • Mac Apps/Games
  • Misc
  • Movies/DVD-R
  • Movies/HD
  • Movies/SVCD
  • Movies/VCD
  • Movies/XviD
  • Music
  • Music Videos
  • Sport
  • TV/DVD-R
  • TV/x264
  • TV/XviD
  • Xbox360/HD
  • XXX

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A DVD Screener of the latest Mummy movie (Mummy - Tomb of the Dragon Emperor) has been leaked to bittorrent sites across the world. It is not a scene group that is responsible for the leak this time around but the P2P group GRiM. The release is already on private trackers (those which index both scene and non scene releases - exclusive scene trackers won't have this) and it would be a matter of time till public trackers around the world begin tracking this release. The rip is 2CD (1.38GB) and GRiM have mentioned the source as "DVDSCR ISO DVDR". It has typical DVDSCR video and audio quality.

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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is a 2008 American adventure film that follows The Mummy and The Mummy Returns. It was released on August 1, 2008 in the US.The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is directed by Rob Cohen and written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. Bob Ducsay, Sean Daniel, Stephen Sommers and James Jacks produced the film.

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Warning: The drivers referred to in this article are still in beta test stage. Use at your own risk

It has only been 6 days since nVIDIA released ForceWare 177.83 with PhysX support. They've released 177.89 beta drivers which again feature a significant update; OpenGL 3.0 support.  The release notes state "This driver is aimed at developers to start coding to the new OpenGL 3.0 and GLSL 1.30 features." I tried playing several games (Devil May Cry 4, Flatout: Ultimate Carnage and Assassins Creed DX10) without any issues although there was no noticeable difference in gaming performance over v177.83.

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You can download v177.89 from nVIDIA Developer Zone and official driver download section will not feature this as it is still in beta. Note that the PsyX engine is not bundled with these drivers so you will need to download that separately if you did not install v177.83.

[Click Here] to download ForceWare v177.89 OpenGL 3.0 enabled drivers from nVIDIA developer zone.

[Click Here] to download NVIDIA PhysX System driver 8.08.01from Guru3D.

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Private torrent tracker Bitshock.org is now open for new registrations. BitShock (BSk) is a general / 0day tracker which tracks both scene and non scene releases. At time of post, Bsk tracker tracks 1753 torrents.

Apart from the usual scene and p2p stuffy which is present in almost every general tracker, BitShock does have some nice packs of their own.

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Watch for the 'BSk' tag at the end of torrent name to identify BitShock unique packs. Most of these packs are on freeleech. BitShock also does have a requests section through which users can post requests of movies/apps/games they want (but are not currently on the tracker) so that other users may share if they have the requested file.BitShock

Site Name: BitShock (BSk)

Signup URL: http://www.bitshock.org/signup.php

Categories:

  • Anime/Cartoons
  • Appz/Linux
  • Appz/Misc
  • Appz/PC ISO
  • Documentaries
  • DOX
  • Games/Pack
  • Games/PC ISO
  • Games/PC Rips
  • Games/PS2
  • Games/PSP
  • Games/XBox
  • IMDb TOP-250
  • Mobile
  • Movies/DVD
  • Movies/DVD-RO
  • Movies/HD x264
  • Movies/Pack
  • Movies/XVID
  • Music
  • Music/DVD
  • Music/Lossless
  • Music/Videos
  • Pictures
  • Sports
  • TV/Eps
  • TV/Series
  • XXX

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For those who are seriously concerned about how their windows (or Mac) desktop looks, here is a good, high resolution, dynamic desktop wallpaper. Sure it will take more RAM than having a static image as background but it would not be a colossal amount.

EarthDesk replaces your static wallpaper with a high-resolution rendered image of Earth showing current sun, moon and city illumination as well as real-time cloud coverage. EarthDesk replaces your desktop picture wallpaper with a stunning dynamic image of our planet continuously updating in the background while you work.

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Features

  • Real-time clouds (updated at 3-hour intervals) with transparency and moonlight reflection.
  • Accurate sun, moon and city lighting.
  • High quality twilight shading.
  • Automatically updates when waking from sleep.
  • Moonlight shading can be turned on or off.
  • Complete multi-display support.
  • Eleven different map projections.
  • Enhanced satellite, political and natural maps

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I came across this nice little utility named HDDlife Pro while browsing a support forum. Installed it for the hell of it but ended up actually liking the app for it's good set of features and nice interface. Two of quite uncommon features I found which HDDlife had and other similar utilities did not were the hard drive temperature monitor and the hard disk age calculator. Check it out - it's the download is just under 10mb.

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Developer Description

Knowing about a possible failure in the work of your hard drive means having time to prevent all your data from being lost . HDDlife® is a usable program that will allow you to control the health of your hard drive using an intuitive interface. Just run the program and it will show you the list of your disks with the percentage of their health left , as well as their temperature.

HDDlife® can work in the preventative mode when it checks the health of your hard drives at regular intervals and informs you about the results of these checks in an unobtrusive way. If you get warned about a possible hard drive failure , you will protect yourself against losing your naturally priceless personal data.

  • Hard Drive Health Control with S.M.A.R.T.
  • Continuous Monitoring and Regular Checkups
  • See It Right the First Time with JustNow!™ - HDDlife® employs a trademarked unique technology called JustNow!™ that allows you to see the health and performance of your hard drives immediately when you start HDDlife.
  • Protect Your Backups - HDDlife® supports external hard drives connected over USB. You'll see immediately if your backups are in danger because of a problem developing in an external drive!
  • Save Power - HDDlife® is not limited to monitoring your disk's health. It can cut your power bills by reducing your disk's power consumption
  • Control Noise Levels
  • See Your Drive's Health and Performance Anywhere! - HDDlife® displays your drive's health, working temperature, amount of free space, and performance numbers in a convenient manner thanks to just another trademarked technology - AnywhereView™.
  • A Digital Thermometer for Your Hard Drive - HDDlife® monitors and displays your drive's working temperature. Why is this important? Because even a moderate increase in working temperature results in a drastic decline of your drive's performance.
  • Free Space Monitor
  • How Old Is Your Disk? - Buying a used hard drive can be a gamble. You never know how long it's been used.
  • Remote Health and Performance Monitoring for Network Administrators

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Greeting Card Studio is an easy-to-use application that enables users to make high-quality greeting cards featuring their own family photos and text. The program comes packed with professionally designed templates and matching graphics. Just supply the paper, choose your desired design, open the design template, personalize and print!

You may also create your own unique design and enhance picture with effects, spice up your creation with borders, frames, backgrounds and clipart. Zoom, rotate, and flip the photo inside the card until it looks perfect. When you are finished with your work you can save it as digital file.

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Features

Show Off Your Smile
Make last minute adjustments to your digital photos so they look perfect in the selected theme. Tools include, Zoom In, Zoom Out, Rotate, Flip, Color Balance, etc.

Customize Your Greeting
For a more personalized touch, add a funny or thoughtful message to your card design. Text controls include: Font, Size, Align Left or Center, Text Color, Bold, Italics. The product includes a lot of greeting texts for many occasions.

Download Extra Card Designs
After registration you can download more card designs to add to your current collection.

Save Cards as Projects
Save each card design as a project file for opening, editing and printing later.

Print Cards
Print your photo greeting cards on 4x6 and other photo paper from all of the major brands such as Kodak, Avery, HP, Canon, Epson, etc.

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It's about time we posted a private tracker update and we have quite good news at that; popular tracker Nordic-T is now open for signup. Nordic-T is a general/0-day tracker which has been around for a while. This tracker has a user base of 40000 and tracks 8300+ torrents at time of this post.

Apart from the usual 0day/general stuff, Nordic-T tracks some nice (and huge) packs. The best news is that most of these packs are on freeleech (free to leech - only upload counted and download not added to your stats).

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Image: Some of the packs at Nordic-T 

Some of the packs I found on Nordic-T were not unique; for example there were ScT (SceneTorrents) and TD (Torrent-Damage) internal packs as well. Nevertheless, users who do not have accounts in these sites will find the packs useful.

nordic-t.org

Site Name: Nordic-T

Signup URL: http://nordic-t.org/signup.php 

Categories:

  • 0day
  • Amateur Productions
  • Anime
  • Appz
  • Audiobooks
  • Books/Articles/Magazines
  • Covers
  • Fix Pack
  • Free to Leech
  • Games/PC
  • Games/PC-Rip
  • Games/PS1
  • Games/PS2
  • Games/PS3
  • Games/PSP
  • Games/Wii
  • Games/Xbox
  • Games/Xbox360
  • High Definition
  • MAC appz
  • Misc
  • Movies/DVD5
  • Movies/DVD9
  • Movies/SVCD
  • Movies/XviD
  • Music
  • Music Videos
  • Rat DVD
  • TV
  • XXX

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Sri Lanka Cyber Games 2008 (SLCG), the biggest PC gaming event in Sri Lankan history, has come to a close and official results of the events held have been released. SLCG 2008 was held on the 15th, 16th and 17th August 2008 at the BMICH premises with many Sri Lankan gamers taking part. The following gaming tournaments were held; Counter Strike 1.6, Call of Duty 4, DOTA (Defense of the Ancients), StarCraft and FIFA 08.

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The official results as as follows (according to SLCG site):

Counter Strike 1.6

New to the scene, team Xtrap did amazingly well to reach the SLCG finals as an untrained team, showing pure talent that should be fine tuned for future tournaments. Team Liquid showed Sri Lanka that they are leagues ahead of any other CS team in the country by breezing through SLCG to grab the CS champions title.

  • Champions: Team Liquid
  • Runners-up: Xtrap

Call of Duty 4

A match worthy of a final, The Alliance and Infinity Gamers battled it out over three nail biting maps. In the end IG's dedicated practice and superior strats pushed them ahead and on to the title of SLCG COD4 champions.

  • Champions: Infinity Gamers
  • Runners-up: The Alliance

DOTA

DOTA played out as everyone expected, with the unrivaled Team Death taking the SLCG champions title after a relatively close match with GHUT in the finals.

  • Champions: Team Death
  • Runners-up: GHUT

StarCraft

Two SC veterans Jeeves and Sub went head to head at the bo3 SC finals. Jeeves came out on top to clinch the SLCG Starcraft Champions title.

  • Champion: Jeeves
  • Runner-up: Sub

FIFA 08 

Leon who is ranked 13 worldwide at FIFA 08 by EA Sports took the SLCG champions title with GHUT Hero coming runner-up.

  • Champion: Leon
  • Runner-up: GHUT Hero

Congratulations to all the winners from TEAM FILEnetworks! If you missed the chance to take part in SLCG 2008 keep your hopes up as there will definitely be SLCG 2009. In the meantime you can take part in online gaming tournaments held by Gamer.LK which are just as awesome.

[Click Here] to visit SLCG official site

[Click Here] to visit Gamer.LK Sri Lankan gaming portal and forum.

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LimeWire is a peer-to-peer file sharing (P2P) client for the Java Platform, which uses the Gnutella network to locate files as well as share files. Released under the GNU General Public License, LimeWire is free software. A LimeWire PRO license costs $21.95, and provides the user with a 6 month license to download updated PRO versions. A 1-year "Extended PRO" license is available for $34.95. While commonly mistaken by many users to be a license to the content accessible via LimeWire on the Gnutella network, in fact, it is only a license to the software.

The PRO version offers some improvements over the Basic version:

  • It offers personalized technical support.
  • It provides more search results by connecting to 5 UltraPeers instead of 3 UltraPeers.
  • It comes with extra skins, including a special "PRO-only" skin.
  • It allows downloads to come simultaneously from 10 peers rather than only 8.

limewire

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You can download the latest LimeWire Pro directly from sales.limewire.com servers. Of course you don't have to actually purchase the thing; they just forgot to mask the link :)

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We've already made a post about Bit Chec some time back but that was about an older build. Build 60 of Bit Che was released back in March and it features a lot of improvements over the previous version including support for more than 25 trackers being added.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the name Bit Che, it is an application which allows you to search over 66 different torrent sites (both public and private) via a user friendly interface. The searches can be sorted by site name, number of seeders, leechers etc. You can either choose to directly download the torrent file from within Bit Che (it will automatically detect your default torrent client) or you can visit the torrent description page on the tracker. For the searching of private trackers, you need to specify your user name and password for that site; this is a one time thing only and you don't have to do this every time you use the tracker.

This app is very useful if you use several different torrent sites and find it a pain to repeat the same search over in all of the sites. The only con i found with the application is that it lacks support for some of the high level trackers such as SceneAccess (SCC), SCL and SceneTorrents (SCT).

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Supported trackers

Public Sites:

  • PirateBay.org
  • IsoHunt.com
  • iniNova.org
  • BTJunkie.org
  • EZTVefnet.org
  • Mp3Nova.org
  • BTMon.com
  • BTSwarm.org
  • BushTorrents.com
  • h33t.com
  • MyBitTorrent.com
  • NewTorrents.info
  • SloTorrent.net
  • Snarf-it.org
  • TodoTorrents.com (Spanish)
  • TorrentBox.com
  • TorrentPortal.com
  • TorrentReactor.net
  • ZeroTracker.com

Private Trackers:

  • Araditracker.com
  • BitChile.com (Spanish)
  • BitNation.com
  • BitSoup.org
  • BlackCats-Games.net
  • BoxTorrents.com
  • Demonoid.com
  • DidiDave.com
  • DimeaDozen.org
  • TheDVDClub.org
  • FileList.org
  • FileMP3.org
  • FunFile.org
  • HDbits.org
  • iPodNova.tv
  • IPTorrents.com
  • Luciferadreams.org
  • Merc-Tech.org
  • Midnight-Torrents
  • MySpleen.net
  • Oink.me.uk (beta support)
  • PirateBay.org (members)
  • RevolutionTT.net
  • SceneMachine
  • Snarf-It.org (members)
  • Status-X.net
  • STMusic.org
  • SuperTorrents.org
  • Takeabyte.org
  • TheBox.bz
  • ThePeerHub
  • TorrentBytes.net
  • Torrent-Damage.net
  • Torrential.kicks-ass
  • TorrentPhase.com
  • Torrents.bol.bg
  • Torrents.ru

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[Click Here] to visit Bit Che download page. The setup file is only 1.31MB.

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Privacy and security have nowadays become important topics in online file sharing. For those who seek secure file sharing with no limits, the public launch of Wua.la should definitely be good news.

Wua.la

How does it work?

It's pretty simple actually. Once you get registered on Wua.la, you get 1Gb storage space for free. You can increase the storage space beyond the 1GB limit by trading unused hard disk space you have or you can simply buy storage space for money. You can upload files to your online storage and the most important factor here is that the files will be stored in encrypted form.

Once you do upload files to your Wua.la storage, you can choose to share them with friends (hence file-sharing). You simply need to select a folder that you wish to share and choose which of your friends can see it. Only the friends you choose will be able to download the file. The best part about downloading is that Wua.la supports streaming; if you are sharing a video file, the recipient does not have to wait till the file is completed - he will be able to watch it as it is being downloaded!

There are many other cool features to this wonderful service. You can view detailed information about them from here.

Wua.la was in beta test phase for almost an year. The public launch was done only few days ago and there are already more than 50000 registered members. At time of post, 10,821,920 files are stored in Wua.la!

[Click Here] to visit Wua.la

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Here is a collection of wallpapers that iPhone and iPod touch users will find useful. There are 750 wallpapers in this pack and it weighs 64mb in file size. Wallpapers included belong to multiple categories such as nature and travel.

[Click Here] to download the torrent from The Pirate Bay.

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The only AVG product I have used in my lifetime was an older version of AVG Anti-Virus back in 2006. To be honest I didn't like the user interface that much and it used to give a lot of false positives on key generators and program patches. However judging by online reviews and user comments, AVG has improved a lot and is considered a good security product by many users.

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Developer Description

Comprehensive protection for Windows against all online threats from the world's most trusted security company. Use the Internet with confidence in your home or small office.

Features

  • Easy to download, install and use
  • Protection against all Internet threats
  • Real-time security while you surf and chat online
  • Top-quality protection that does not slow your system down
  • Free support and service around the clock and across the globe
  • Compatible with Windows Vista and Windows XP

Components

  • Anti-Virus: protection against viruses, worms and trojans
  • Anti-Spyware: protection against spyware, adware and identity-theft
  • Anti-Rootkit: protection against hidden threats (rootkits)
  • Anti-Spam: filters out unwanted and fraudulent e-mails (anti-phishing)
  • Web Shield & LinkScanner: protection against malicious websites
  • Firewall: protection against hackers
  • System Tools: for easy system management

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TechSmith SnagIt v9.0.0 Build 351

Posted by TEAM FILEnetworks | 8/17/2008 | | 3 Comments »

New to screen capture? No worries...SnagIt helps you create great-looking graphics while keeping things simple.

Capture anything you see on the screen. Edit and combine those captures. Share them via your favorite applications. Organize and find them again later. The more you use SnagIt, the more ways you'll find to use it!

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Features

  • capture - if you can see it, you can snag it - Don't waste time cropping your captures. Snag exactly what you need, with just a click.
  • edit - the right tools, right now - You don't need a million confusing options, you need the right tools at the right time. Unlike expensive, complex image editing suites, SnagIt makes everyday screen capture tasks one-click easy.
  • share - send captures where they need to go...instantly - Yes, you can save your captures in all the common—and a few uncommon—image formats. But with SnagIt's free output accessories you can do so much more!

For a complete feature list, download the PDF.

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LimeWire PRO 4.18.5 Final

Posted by TEAM FILEnetworks | 8/17/2008 | | 1 Comments »

LimeWire - The Fastest P2P File Sharing Program on the Planet, running on the Gnutella Network. It is open standard software running on an open protocol, free for the public to use. LimeWire allows you to share any file such as.mp3s, .avis, jpgs, tiffs, etc., allows you to search for multiple files at the same time, available in several different languages, and is most famous for its ease-of-use and cross-platform compatibility. Limewire is written in Java, and will run on Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Solaris, and other computing platforms.

Features

  • NO BUNDLED SOFTWARE OF ANY KIND!
    No spyware. No adware. Guaranteed.
  • Firewall to Firewall Transfers.
    Since about 60% of users are currently firewalled, this feature greatly increases the amount of content on the network.
  • Faster network connections.
    Using new "UDP Host Caches", LimeWire starts up and connects faster than ever before!
  • Universal Plug 'N Play.
    UPnP support allows LimeWire to find more search results and have faster downloads.
  • iTunes Integration.
    Windows and Mac users can now take advantage of LimeWire's iTunes integration.
  • Creative Commons Integration.
    LimeWire now recognizes OGGs and MP3s licensed under a Creative Commons License.
  • "What's New?" feature.
    Users can browse the network for the most recent content additions.
  • Search drill down results.
    Searches in LimeWire now immediately display information that fully describes files.
  • Proxy support.
    Users can now use web proxies to route their downloads to protect their identity.
  • Support for International searches and International groups.
    Users can now search in any language, and LimeWire ensures that a user will be connected to other users with their own language to aide international users to receive search results in their native language and to find content from sources that are close to home.

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Do you surf on the Internet, make online purchases, communicate by email, or make bank transactions on your PC? The Avira Security Suite reliably protects you and has an extra FireWall as well as an AntiSpam and a backup function in addition to the award-winning virus protection.

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Features

  • AntiVir
  • AntiAd/Spyware
  • AntiPhishing
  • AntiRootkit
  • AntiDrive-by
  • AntiBot
  • EmailScanner
  • WebGuard
  • RescueSystem
  • BackupSystem
  • AntiSpam
  • FireWall
  • GameMode

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Tehconnection is a dedicated movies torrent tracker from the guys behind SceneTorrents (SCT). Our first post on Tehconnection.eu was sometime back in May, when the tracker was quite new. During the last 3 months, the tracker has come a long way; it now tracks over 2000 torrents and has a user base of almost 13000.

Tehconnection's aim is to be come the OiNK of movies and what we have seen so far, it's well on the way of achieving that. It indexes both newest movie releases and most importantly, hard to find older movies as well. Apart from individual movies, we found some nice packs; for example the 30gb bond movies pack which has 21 James bond movies all in one torrent.

The current open signup will continue till the site recruits 15000 members. This means there are 2000 more spots left for the taking. This tracker is a must have for a movie fan so get in while you can!

tehconnection

Site Name: TehConnection.eu

Signup URL: http://tehconnection.eu/signup.php

Categories:

  • Action
  • Adventure
  • Comedy
  • Crime
  • Documentary
  • Drama
  • Epics/Historical
  • Foreign
  • Horror
  • Musicals
  • Mystery
  • Sci-Fi
  • Thriller
  • War
  • Western

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Our previous post was about a site which you can use to view International Magazines via the Internet, free of charge. This post is about sites which allow you to download Electronic books of various categories right into your computer, free of charge. Please note that this is not a complete list; these are only the sites I have used and verified that the downloads they offer are reliable and what they claim to be. There may be plenty of other sites and if you know any such, feel free to share them by dropping a comment.

1. FreeBookSpot

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This is one of my favorite sites. FreeBookSpot has nearly 5000 Electronic Books in its index belonging to various categories. Unlike most sites, it is not limited to programming/tech books. FreeBookSpot also indexes novels, fiction and even waay cooler stuff such as Star Wars novels packs!

Most of the books are in either Adobe PDF format or MS Reader .LIT format. FBS does not host every book in their servers. Most of the time they offer links to one click hosting sites such as RapidShare. It should not be a problem since most Ebooks are small in file size.

[Click Here] to visit FreeBookSpot.

2. MSLIT - Microsoft Reader Catalogue of EBooks

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MSLIT is a site dedicated to indexing Microsoft Reader .LIT format Electronic books. They have e-books related a wide variety of categories ranging from action/adventure/detective novels to programming and IT related stuff.

As mentioned above, the site only indexes books in .LIT format. You need Microsoft Reader (Freely downloadable) to view them. Although the site bears the Microsoft logo actually it has no official affiliation with Microsoft.

[Click Here] to visit MSLIT.

3. Knowledge is Free

Knowledge is free

Knowledge is Free is another excellent source of information which indexes more than 2500 e-books mostly related to tech/business and programming categories. This site is very useful if you are a student or is studying for examinations such as CCNA or SCJP. In addition to E-books, Knowledge is Free also offers links to several video tutorials and nearly 500 issues of international magazines.

Like FreeBookSpot, Knowledge Is Free also offers download links from one click hosting services to indexed content.

[Click Here] to visit Knowledge is Free.

4. eBookShare

ebookshare.net

ebookshare.net is one of the first sites I used to download books from. It mainly indexes IT and Business Development related E-books but has a significant number of Magazines indexed as well.

Unlike the sites mentioned before, eBookShare does not offer HTTP downloading links. Instead, it offers links to .torrent files so the users may download the book with the help of a bittorrent client. Majority of the books indexed are tracked by the Pirate Bay public tracker so additional registration is not needed.

[Click Here] to visit eBookShare

5. FullBooks

fullbooks.com

FullBooks.com is another free e-Book hosting site which I found useful. It does not have a categorized index like most sites but indexes the hosted books in Alphabetical order. FullBooks hosts both fiction and tech related books.

All of the indexed books are hosted on the site itself. Longer books are divided into parts and each part is a .html file which you can view using the web browser. If you want to download the book into hard disk, just save the .html files.

[Click Here] to visit FullBooks.

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Usually I am not a fan of Instant Messengers but what I saw on Dialog GSM site (Sri Lankan mobile service provider) inspired me to write this post.

Dialog GSM Messenger

Apparently Dialog is offering unlimited instant messaging at Rs.50 per months! Initially, I though the word 'unlimited' meant that once you paid Rs.50 per month there would be no additional GPRS charges based on the usage. But the tiny note on Dialog messenger page broke my heart; "Note: GPRS charges applicable while chat session is active" . So, why the hell would I pay an additional Rs.50 per month to Dialog when there are free (and better) alternatives available?

I've tried many mobile messengers some time ago on my Nokia N72 and one of the best I used was IM+. Here is the developer description of IM+

"Chat with IM+® All-in-One Mobile Messenger within AIM®/iChat, MSN®/Windows Live™ Messenger, Yahoo!®, ICQ®, Jabber® and Google™ Talk between mobile devices and PCs in real-time. Communicate with friends and colleagues wherever you are regardless of location and mobile operator."

IM

From my experience, IM+ did the job just fine was very easy to configure. It had a nice, clean user interface, sound alerts and ran smoothly even on my crappy N72.

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There are many versions of IM+ available. Make sure you choose the correct version which is compatible with the Symbian Operating System of your mobile. 

In order to download, you will need to register yourself and account in the linked forum.

SHAPE Services IMPlus v5.65 S60v2 SymbianOS7 and SHAPE Services IMPlus v5.65 S60v2.FP3 SymbianOS8.1

IM+® Mobile Instant Messenger supports the most popular instant messaging systems: MSN®, Yahoo!®, AOL™, ICQ®, Google® Talk and Jabber®. It allows the always-on exchange of instant messages easily, cost-effectively and in real-time.

[Click Here] to download - S60v2 SymbianOS7 and S60v2.FP3 SymbianOS8.1 devices only

SHAPE Services IMPlus v7.03 S60v3 SymbianOS9.1

Chat with IM+ All-in-One Mobile Messenger within AIM®/iChat, MSN®/Windows Live™ Messenger, Yahoo!®, ICQ®, Jabber®, Google Talk™ and MySpace® IM from your mobile device in real-time. Communicate with friends and colleagues wherever you are regardless of location and mobile operator.

[Click Here] to download - S60v3 SymbianOS9.1 devices only

SHAPE Services IMPlus For Skype v2.22 S60v3 SymbianOS9.1

IM+ for Skype is a fully mobile application that enables voice and text communication with other Skype users and provides cost-effective calling to landlines and mobiles.

[Click Here] to download - S60v3 SymbianOS9.1 devices only

If you are looking for a simple mobile messenger which utilizes the J2ME platform, check out eBuddy mobile messenger

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Although i've managed to find many Magazines in E-Learning and E-Book torrent trackers and web sites, i had never really come across a site dedicated to hosting international magazines. Mygazines.com is one such site which hosts a huge archive of Magazines belonging to many categories ranging from Information Technology to sports.

mygazines

Initially i though this was just another one of those sites which hosted a bunch of useless free magazines but boy was i wrong. Mygazines.com hosts even the most reputed Magazines such as PC World and Computer Power User. Another good thing about the site is that there are even older issues available, in addition to the latest ones. The site is set to grow at a rapid rate with it already having a user base in excess of 15000. Even the site's users are allowed to upload and this will ensure new content being added to the site all the time.

The only minor drawback i found with the site was that it did not offer direct download links to hosted magazines. Magazines will open in an internal viewer instead of being downloaded to the user's computer in a single file. Anyway the viewer is user friendly, has a lot of features and renders the pages neatly and quickly.

If you are used to reading International Magazines, you should definitely check this site. There is a good chance of this hosting the latest copy of your favorite magazine, in electronic form!

[Click Here] to visit Mygazines.com

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A few days ago, we posted about the new Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009. Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 (KIS) features the same Anti-Virus engine but has a lot of new extra features and components for all round protection. As the name says, it is an Internet Security Suite and has a lot more than an anti-malware engine including a firewall,  spam filter, identity theft protection and a parental control. The only drawback with enabling all of these is the system resources consumption. Luckily, you can customize and turn off the features you don't need; for example I have no use of the Parental control and having in running on the background would be a waste of computer resources. This component alone can be turned off without affecting the operation of Anti-malware engine or any of the other components.

Oh, and if you are fiddling with blacklisted keys or invalid serials, look what I found.

Features

Essential Protection

  • Protects from viruses, Trojans and worms
  • Blocks spyware and adware
  • Scans files in real time (on access) and on demand
  • Scans email messages (regardless of email client)
  • Scans Internet traffic (regardless of browser)
  • Protects instant messengers (ICQ, MSN)
  • Provides proactive protection from unknown threats
  • Scans Java and Visual Basic scripts

Extended Protection

  • Two-way personal firewall
  • Safe Wi-Fi and VPN connections
  • Intrusion prevention system
  • Intelligent application management and control
    • automatically configured application rules
    • security rating is assigned to unknown applications
    • access to the user’s resources and data is restricted for unknown applications Preventive Protection
  • Scans operating system and installed applications for vulnerabilities
  • Analyzes and closes Internet Explorer vulnerabilities
  • Disables links to malware sites
  • Detects viruses based on the packers used to compress code
  • Global threat monitoring (Kaspersky Security Network)

Advanced Protection & Recovery

  • The program can be installed on infected computers
  • Self-protection from being disabled or stopped
  • Restores correct system settings after removing malicious software
  • Tools for creating a rescue disk

Data & Identity Theft Protection

  • Disables links to fake (phishing) websites
  • Blocks all types of keyloggers
  • Virtual keyboard is provided for safely entering logins and passwords
  • Prevents the theft of data exchanged via secure connections (HTTPS / SSL)
  • Blocks unauthorized dial-up connections
  • Cleans up any traces of user activity (deletes temporary files, cookies etc.)

Content Filtering

  • Parental control
  • Improved antispam protection (plugins for Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook Express, The Bat!, Thunderbird)
  • Blocks banners on web pages

Usability

  • Automatic configuration during installation
  • Wizards for common tasks
  • Visual reports with charts and diagrams
  • Alerts provide all the information necessary for informed user decisions
  • Automatic or interactive mode
  • Round-the-clock technical support
  • Automatic database updates

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Acronis Universal Restore allows you to restore to different hardware or to a virtual machine, providing complete disaster recovery. Acronis Universal Restore prepares you for even the most unforeseen events.

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With Acronis Universal Restore, complete system recovery can be accomplished from an image, with no reinstallation of the operating system, applications or any reconfigurations or individual files and folders restored. Since Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server creates a transportable image that disassociates the data from the underlying hardware, recovery can be implemented to an existing system, to a new system with different hardware, or to a virtual server.

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Acronis Universal Restore allows you to restore to different hardware or to a virtual machine, providing complete disaster recovery. Acronis Universal Restore prepares you for even the most unforeseen events.

acronis_universal_Restore

With Acronis Universal Restore, complete system recovery can be accomplished from an image, with no reinstallation of the operating system, applications or any reconfigurations or individual files and folders restored. Since Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server creates a transportable image that disassociates the data from the underlying hardware, recovery can be implemented to an existing system, to a new system with different hardware, or to a virtual server.

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mIRC 6.34

Posted by TEAM FILEnetworks | 8/16/2008 | | 1 Comments »

mIRC is a full featured Internet Relay Chat client for Windows that can be used to communicate, share, play or work with others on IRC networks around the world, either in multi-user group conferences or in one-to-one private discussions.

It has a clean, practical interface that is highly configurable and supports features such as buddy lists, file transfers, multi-server connections, SSL encryption, proxy support, UTF-8 display, customizable sounds, spoken messages, tray notifications, message logging, and more.

mIRc_logo_p1

mIRC also has a powerful scripting language that can be used both to automate mIRC and to create applications that perform a wide range of functions from network communications to playing games. mIRC has been in development for over a decade and is constantly being improved and updated with new technologies.

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NOD32 is one of the best Antivirus products in the market today. It is known for great detection rates and for the efficient use of system resources. Build 3.0.669 is here and group Lz0 has been the first to release it to the scene. They claim that this will update till 2010-07-18. As we know, ESET are good at blocking pirated copies so there is the chance of this getting blacklisted way before 2010. But for the moment, it works like a charm.

Developer Description

Antivirus protection is spelled "NOD32." Built on the award-winning ThreatSense® engine, ESET NOD32 Antivirus software proactively detects and eliminates more viruses, trojans, worms, adware, spyware, phishing, rootkits and other Internet threats than any program available.

It's the ideal antivirus for Windows XP, and also runs smoothly on Windows legacy systems, MS-DOS, file servers, mail servers, and more.

No matter what your system, there is no better antivirus protection. ESET NOD32 Antivirus was awarded the "BEST Antivirus Solution" in 2006 and 2007 by AV-Comparatives. Compare antivirus solutions here to learn more, or check out the latest virus bulletin.

nod32_home_box 

ESET NOD32 Antivirus provides:

  • Proactive Protection: The award winning ThreatSense technology combines multiple layers of detection protecting you from Internet threats before it is too late.
  • Precise Detection: ESET accurately identifies known and unknown threats. It consistently wins top awards from testing labs and is recognized for having zero false positives.
  • Lightweight Design: Requires less memory and CPU power, allowing your computer to run fast, making more room for games, web browsing, and emailing.
  • Fast Scanning Speeds: Highly efficient program ensuring fast file scanning and product updates. It runs quietly in the background.

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First of all, let me tell you that I am no Hindi movie fan. But there are a lot of people who are and I hope that this post would help them get the movies they love. ExDesi is a torrent tracker specializing mainly in ''Desi' content. This includes Hindi (Bollywood)/ Pakistani (Lollywood) movies, Music, Documentaries, Tv Series and even Ebooks. ExDesi tracker tracks 3200+ torrents and the site has a user base in excess of 40000. Most of the releases i saw on this tracker seemed to be from Indian P2P groups such as DesiSquad and XMR.

Signups are open for a short time so get in while you can.

ExDesi

Site Name: ExDesi

Signup URL: http://exdesi.com/Register.php

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VHS Screener of Iron Man leaked to Internet

Posted by TEAM FILEnetworks | 8/15/2008 | | 2 Comments »

Movie studios go to great lengths to prevent copies of movies to be leaked to the Internet and the onto street vendors. However most of the time the scene outsmarts the movie studios. Only today, a VHS Screener of the popular movie Iron Man got leaked to Internet and is being downloaded by thousands of individuals worldwide. Scene group OPTiC is responsible for the leak. As this is a VHS screener, the video quality is above TS/CAM but is below that of an R5 or a DVDrip. More information on the movie and the release can be found here.

Die hard fans of the movie may choose to wait for the DVDrip to enjoy the movie with better audio and video. In fact, a DVDrip is rumored to hit the scene sometime in the next two weeks.

Ironmanposter

Iron Man is a 2008 superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Directed by Jon Favreau, the film stars Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark, a billionaire industrialist and master engineer who builds a powered exoskeleton and becomes the technologically advanced superhero, Iron Man. Gwyneth Paltrow plays his personal assistant Pepper Potts, Terrence Howard plays military liaison James Rhodes and Jeff Bridges plays Stark Industries executive Obadiah Stane.

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Here is a heads up for you guys. ElbitZ will be open from 15th August to 17th August. For those of you who don't know what it is, it's one of the best E-Learning trackers on the planet. It indexes resources from many categories ranging from Dating to Music learning and has a huge collection of Information Technology related books as well. In addition to Electronic books, you can also find interactive tutorials and test simulations on this tracker.

 

Site Name: ElbitZ.NET

Signup URL: http://elbitz.net/signup.php (Closed at time of post but will be open from 15th to 17th so check frequently)

Categories:

  • 3D
  • Appdev
  • Art
  • Audio
  • CBT
  • Dating
  • Documentaries
  • e-Books
  • Fonts
  • Footage
  • Language
  • Lynda
  • Mac
  • Magazines
  • Medical
  • Misc
  • Music Learning
  • Open Source
  • Plugins
  • SFX
  • Stock
  • Test King
  • TestOut
  • Tutorial
  • VTC

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Total Recorder Editor 11.0.1

Posted by TEAM FILEnetworks | 8/14/2008 | | 1 Comments »

Total Recorder Editor can record any sound passing through any line of your sound card. For example, you can record sound being played back by an external program, sound from a microphone, an external LP, cassette, CD/DVD player, AM/FM/Satellite radio, etc.

Total Recorder Editor helps you transfer tapes, LPs, live performances, Internet radio, TV, DVD, or any other sound source to your hard drive. The software helps protect your valuable recordings - just set the sound source, the recording quality, and volume, then start recording. The Editor can split your wave recording into multiple tracks, and you can trim the start and end of each track or use fade-in and fade-out functions. You can save recordings in WAV or MPEG (MP3), or WMA media formats, and then use our inside CD-burner software to burn your recordings to CD. It includes a click and crackle filter for cleaning vinyl records, a noise filter for cassette-tape recordings, and an equalizer to enhance the sound quality of all recordings. The inside audio CD burner is very powerful, yet easy to use.

total_recorder_editor

Features:

  • Open, create, and save audio files in any of the supported formats (can also save any portion of a loaded file to disk as a new file);
  • Display audio data waveform (Zoom Full, Zoom In, Zoom Out, Zoom Vertical);
  • Play audio files or any portion of the files (Play, Pause, Stop);
  • Record audio from a microphone or any other available input device and save directly to WAV, MP3, WMA, OGG, etc. files;
  • Edit audio files visually (Cut, Copy, Delete Selection, Delete Silence, Paste, Paste From File, Mix, Mix From File);
  • Apply various effects (Amplify, Compressor, Delay, Equalize, Fade In and Fade Out, Flanger, Invert, Normalize, Phaser, Reverb, Reverse, Silence, Shrink, Stretch, Vibrato, etc.);
  • Burn audio CDs from MP3, WMA, WAV, and OGG. The audio CD burner feature is very powerful, yet easy to use.
  • Apply different filters to any selected portion of audio files;
  • Perform two-way conversions among CD, WAV, MP3, WMA, OGG, and much more!

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Here is another niche tracker opening signup. The Place (ThePlace.BZ) is a private torrent tracker which specializes in lifestyle content. By lifestyle content we mean torrents related to Fashion, Food, Cooking and so on. There are close to 6000 active users on ThePlace and it tracks nearly 10500 torrents. Majority of these torrents are well seeded.

the place.bz

Site Name: THe PLace.bz

Signup URL: http://www.theplace.bz/signup.php

Categories:

  • Alpha Male Example Clips
  • Author: AMP
  • Author: Anthony Robbins
  • Author: Carlos Xuma
  • Author: David DeAngelo
  • Author: David Shade
  • Author: Juggler
    Author: Michael Hall (NLP)
  • Author: Mystery
  • Author: Pickup101
  • Author: Richard Bandler (NLP)
  • Author: Ross Jeffries
  • Author: RSD
  • Author: Sean Messenger
  • Author: Style (Neil Strauss)
  • Author: Vince Kelvin
  • Dance / Singing / Voice
  • Everything Else
  • Fashion / Clothing / Grooming
  • Fighting / Martial Arts
  • Food / Drink / Cooking
  • Health / Fitness / Massage
  • Hypnotism / NLP
  • Languages / Accents
  • Magic / Illusions / Tricks
  • Psychology / Body Language
  • Seduction: Audio
  • Seduction: Other
  • Seduction: Video
  • Seduction: Written
  • Sex

After signing up, you will need to type http://www.theplace.bz/main.php to access the site.

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TemplateP2P is useful private tracker for those who are into web designing. It does not matter if you are a student or a professional in the field, TempleteP2P is likely to track something you will find useful. From web applications to Template Monster templates, this tracker has a vast database of content related to web designing. TemplateP2P is a forum based tracker and has a user base in excess of 6000.

It's not everyday this tracker opens signups. In fact it used to have monthly signups but according to staff that will be discontinued. They plan to open this only 3-4 times a year, once this open signup is completed.

 templatep2p.com

Site Name: TEMPLATEP2P.COM

Signup URL: http://templatep2p.com/forum/index.php?action=register

Categories:

  • Applications
  • PC Games
  • Template Monster
  • Boxed Art
  • Joomla
  • Others
  • Stock Photos
  • Graphics, Images, and Icons
  • Scripts
  • Fonts
  • Photoshop Addons
  • E-Books
  • Tutorials
  • WallPapers
  • Audio/Video

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Most of us know what uTorrent is and probably use it as the default bittorrent client. But have you ever heard of a portable edition of uTorrent? By portable I mean it has the ability to run from a removable drive (i.e. - USB flash drive) on a number of different machines without having to re-install or re-configure. The best thing about this is that you are even able to resume and complete downloads you started on different computers.

uTorrent

Developer description

Instructions:

Unrar the containing file to you usb flash disk and use it just like the installed one.

Where do your downloads go?

Your files will be downloaded to:

uTorent folder\Data\%drive_C%\utorrent\Downloads

and you will be able to continue your downloads even on another pc. It is recommended not to change the download location.

How to update from previous versions:

If you are using previous versions of portable utorrent (1.76 or 1.77)
you can easily replace the "utorrent.exe" with the new one and you can yet resume all your previous downloads.

What is new in 1.8 portable by HDSoft:

  1. The data folder will be automatically
    created if it is not present.
  2. There is no temp directory for downloads anymore because it takes many time to move the downloaded file to another directory espacially on a usb flash disc.
  3. The torrents categorized better than before.
  4. Help and .lng files are included.
  5. And many minor bugs fixed.

Who Developed it?

An individual named Hesam Davoodi developed it and uploaded it to the H33T tracker. You can contact the developer via hdsoftco@gmail.com

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It was only a matter of time for this to be released by the scene. Russian trackers began tracking the R5 with Russian audio yesterday and scene group PUKKA has come up with an English audio version after only a few hours. The video is on par with DVD quality and the audio is from a TS source.

Expect both private and public trackers to soon track this torrent (some already do) and expect a lot of leechers on this initially as this is a highly anticipated movie. I personally loved the first part of the movie and the second looks good with an IMDB rating of 7.8.

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Hellboy II: The Golden Army is a 2008 film based on the fictional Dark Horse Comics character Hellboy. The film is directed by Guillermo del Toro and is a sequel to the 2004 film Hellboy, which del Toro also directed. Ron Perlman reprises his role as the titular character. The film was commercially released on July 11, 2008 in the United States and Canada.

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Out of the hundred odd private trackers we have posted , majority are 0Day/Scene trackers. Although most of these track the same content and have the same features, there have been several newcomers such as SCL and GFT that were different. Be A Scener seems to be one such site that is not just another 0Day tracker.

That being said, the site was launched on the 11th and is brand new. Already the member count has exceeded 750 and the site now tracks over 400 torrents; pretty impressive statistics for a tracker that is only two days old.

The main difference i noticed about this tracker is the uploads. Contrary to most other sites that use the help of human uploaders, BSC uses a bot which them call 'AUTOBOT'. AUTOBOT is responsible for uploading releases from scene related FTPs and topsites to the tracker without human intervention. The automated nature ensures that most scene releases are uploaded and good pre times but there is also the downside of some torrents not being seeded or being left with only 1 seeder. However automatic uploads is not all what BSC has to offer. They also have the entire site on free leech at random times! There is also the talk of packs and an archive sections being introduced.

The site is now open for new registrations so check it out.

be_a_scener

Site Name: Be A Scener (BSC)

Signup URL: http://beascener.com/signup.php

Categories:

  • 0DAY
  • APPS
  • DOX
  • DVDR
  • MP3
  • MVID
  • Packs
  • PCGAMES
  • TV-X264
  • TV-XVID
  • WII
  • X264
  • XBOX360
  • XVID
  • XXX
  • XXX-DVDR

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Good news for gamers. nVIDIA has released the latest ForceWare drivers with PhysX as promised. ForceWare v177.83 will add PhysX support for all Geforce 8, 9 and 200 series GPUs. The official nVIDIA driver download site is not updated with v177.83 as of yet but there are 3rd party sites where you can download the official WHQL certified versions for both Windows XP and for Windows Vista (see end of article for download links).

I tried playing Unreal Tournament 3 with UT3 PhysX mod after updating the drivers to v177.83 on my Geforce 8600GT and the results were surprising. I did not expect the latest driver change to make any differences with my VGA since it was fairly old and is considered low end by extreme gaming standards. However there were noticeable changes in the way the game rendered explosions and character models even with my card. However there was also a slight performance decrease as well. I did not have time to experiment with the new drivers much but from what I have seen so far, the upgrade is well worth it.

What is PhysX?

Here is the developer description on PhysX:

NVIDIA PhysX is a powerful physics engine which enables real-time physics in leading edge PC and console games. PhysX software is widely adopted by over 150 games, is used by more than 10,000 registered users and is supported on Sony Playstation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and PC.

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In addition, PhysX is designed specifically for hardware acceleration by powerful processors with hundreds of cores. Combined with the tremendous parallel processing capability of the GPU, PhysX will provide an exponential increase in physics processing power and will take gaming to a new level delivering rich, immersive physical gaming environments with features such as:

  • Explosions that cause dust and collateral debris
  • Characters with complex, jointed geometries for more life-like motion and interaction
  • Spectacular new weapons with incredible effects
  • Cloth that drapes and tears naturally
  • Dense smoke & fog that billow around objects in motion

The only way to get real physics with the scale, sophistication, fidelity and level of interactivity that dramatically alters your entertainment experience will be with one of the millions of NVIDIA PhysX-ready GeForce processors.

You can also read the PhysX FAQ for more information.

v177.83 WHQL Drivers release notes

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This driver supports NVIDIA® GeForce® 8-series, 9-series, and 200-series desktop GPUs, including the newly released GeForce 9800 GTX+, 9800 GT, and 9500 GT GPUs.
The driver adds support for NVIDIA® PhysX™ acceleration on all GeForce 8-series, 9-series and 200-series GPUs with a minimum of 256MB dedicated graphics memory.
NVIDIA PhysX System Software v8.08.01 is automatically installed with this driver package.

Before proceeding with your driver installation we suggest you make sure you are installing the latest version available and for the appropriate model/revision and Operating System. We strongly suggest following 'readme' instructions for installing drivers when available. Often restarting your system will be necessary for the new driver to become active and start functioning properly.

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As said above, the official driver download section of the nVIDIA site still does not list this driver release. But the drivers can be downloaded from 'The Force Within' section of nVIDIA site.

Download from 'The Force Within'

  • nVIDIA ForceWare WHQL Drivers v 177.83  [Click Here] (Select OS before download)

Download from Techspot

  • nVIDIA ForceWare WHQL Drivers v 177.83 for Windows XP / Media Center Edition [Click Here]
  • nVIDIA ForceWare WHQL Drivers v 177.83 for Windows Vista [Click Here]

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Sport-Scene is a private torrent tracker specializing in sports content. You can download videos and other content related to many different sports ranging from Baseball to Formula 1. Sign up for this tracker usually requires an invite but the site now has open signups, perhaps to celebrate the start of the Olympics which is a major sporting event.

Speaking of Olympics 2008, Sport-Scene has an entire category dedicated to this event. In addition to the usual scene releases of Olympic events, I've seen several packs unique to Sports-Scene which is really impressive. Majority of the torrents in this category are on free leech, making SSC an ideal place for Olympic fans.

However, Olympics content is not all what SCC tracks. There are over 2000 torrents related various sporting events and you should definitely check this out if you are into sports.

sports-scene.net

Site Name: Sports-Scene.net

Signup URL: http://www.sport-scene.net/signup.php

Categories:

  • American Football
  • Auto Sport
  • Baseball
  • Basketball/Beijing2008
  • Basketball/Euroleague
  • Basketball/European
  • Basketball/NBA
  • Basketball/NBL
  • Basketball/NCAA
  • Basketball/Other
  • Beijing 2008
  • Football
  • Football/EURO 2008
  • Formula 1
  • Ice Hockey
  • Misc
  • MMA/Boxing
  • Moto Sport
  • PC/Console Games
  • Poker
  • Tennis

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Here is some good news for Aussies (and those who like Aussie content); popular private torrent tracker Diwana.org is now open for new signups. Diwana.org tracks a lot of TV shows, Movies, sports, etc content originating from Australia and New Zealand.

The tracker has been around for a while and over time gradually increased its popularity. At time of this post Diwana.org tracks 15232 torrents and has a user base of 18582. Apart from a large number of Austrilian and Zew Zealand television shows, this tracks does track a significant among of sports torrents mainly Cricket, Motor Sports, Boxing and now the Olympics.

diwana.org

ite Name: Diwana.org

Signup URL: http://diwana.org/signup.php

Categories:

  • Australian TV
    AU-AUTOGEN, AU-Comedy, AU-Crime, AU-Documentaries, AU-Drama/Soap, AU-Game/Quiz Shows, AU-Kids Shows, AU-Lifestyle, AU-News/Current Affair, AU-Other, AU-Real Crime, AU-Reality TV, AU-Science/Medical, AU-Talkshows, AU-Telemovies
  • New Zealand TV
    NZ-AUTOGEN, NZ-Comedy, NZ-Crime, NZ-Documentaries, NZ-Drama/Soap, NZ-Game/Quiz Shows, NZ-Kids Shows, NZ-Lifestyle, NZ-News/Current Affair, NZ-Real Crime, NZ-Reality TV, NZ-Science/Medical, NZ-Talkshows, NZ-Telemovies, NZTV - Other
  • SATV - All
  • Sport All
    SP-Boxing, SP-Cricket, SP-Motor Sports, SP-Netball, SP-Other, SP-Rugby League, SP-Rugby Union, SP-Soccer, SP-Swimming
  • TV-Other

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Acdsee Photo Manager v10.0.243

Posted by TEAM FILEnetworks | 8/12/2008 | , | 1 Comments »

Here is the latest build of the popular Acdsee Photo Manager. Although I've never really used this product to 'manage' my photos, it still has served me well in other areas. One thing must be said; the viewer which got a little bloated in version 7 and 8 is now super fast. The image converters work just as fine. Although Acdsee started out as an image viewer (i've been using this since version 2.3 - in the late 1990s), version 10 can play an array of different audio and video files as well as open archives.

ACDsee 10

Description (From developer)

If you want to view, organize, find and share images quickly, ACDSee 10 is the perfect solution. Use keywords, categories and your own Windows® filing system to instantly locate the right image. Easily correct or improve those less than perfect photos. Share your favorites by email, on your free online album or as high-quality prints.

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EasyRecovery™ software products offer home users or businesses complete solutions for their data recovery, file repair and disk diagnostic needs.

Depending on your data loss situation software is recommended only when your hardware or computer system is functioning properly. If your hardware or system appears to be physically failing or damaged Ontrack® Data Recovery services are recommended.

OntrackDataRecovery

Features

  • Complete solution for your data recovery needs
  • Includes capabilities of EasyRecovery DataRecovery, EasyRecovery FileRepair and EasyRecovery EmailRepair
  • Plus advanced data recovery options and Data Advisor® diagnostic features
  • General capabilities – data recovery, file repair, disk diagnostics
  • For all operating systems – RawRecovery Module– support for over 400 specific file signatures.
  • For Windows – AdvancedRecovery and additional Modules – capable of locating all directories and unlimited file types
  • Repair options for Microsoft Outlook and Email files – Outlook(PST, OST), Outlook Express (DBX), Word (DOC), Excel (XLS), Access Database (MDB), PowerPoint (PPT) and Zip (ZIP)

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TV Vault is a new private tracker that aims to specialize in rare and old television series. The first thing I noticed about this tracker immediately after I joined was the Gazelle codebase as only a handful number of trackers (including What.cd) use this as of yet.

Anyway it is still too early to say whether TV-Vault as a torrent site would succeed or not as the site is brand new. However it does show a lot of promise. There are not many trackers specializing in old TV series and the decision to go with the Gazelle codebase shows the admin's desire to experiment. At the moment there are 364 users and 25 torrents indexed but these numbers are sure to grow as the word spreads. As for the content tracked, here is what the administrator had to say about it:

"well, tv vault doesn't want to be like all the other tv sites out there, not because it's emo but because it appreciates that most new and popular tv is crap, just like we do. if you agree with us then we might have a beautiful relationship ahead of us"

Signups are open (although the site is still in beta) so check it out!

tv vault

Site Name: tv valut.org

Signup URL: http://tv-vault.org/register.php

Categories:

  • Action
  • Advertising
  • Animation
  • Chatshow
  • Comedy
  • Documentary
  • Drama
  • Family
  • Gameshow
  • Music
  • Sci-Fi
  • Soap
  • Thriller
  • Other

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Been using ESET's NOD32 for an year and well it did serve me well all this time. But one bad detection failure and updating troubles have prompted me to go for a different security product. My next choice was obviously Kaspersky; although I had never before used the product, I had heard many good things about it.

Kaspersky is no doubt a versatile virus fighter. It has several different protection modes including proactive protection. Once installed, Kaspersky's memory resident module will scan files, memory, web traffic, e-mail and instant messaging activity on the computer. It also gives you the option to install a phishing filter which blocks some 10000 phishing sites. It has a nice, clean interface but in my opinion they should have provided an advanced mode with more configuration options as power users would have liked to tweak the settings some more. Updating is easy and automatic update is enabled by default. Kaspersky Labs is doing an excellent job when it comes to delivering the latest definition; there is usually and update after every hour.

The only annoying thing I found about this product so far is the 'Analyzing modified or new program' window whenever you run an executable for the first time. It sometimes takes close to 1 minute to complete the analysis. Since this only happens when you run a program for the first time, most users will  get used to live with it.

Kaspersky 2009

Features (From developer)

Essential Protection

  • Protects from viruses, Trojans and worms
  • Blocks spyware and adware
  • Scans files in real time (on access) and on demand
  • Scans email messages (regardless of email client)
  • Scans Internet traffic (regardless of browser)
  • Protects instant messengers (ICQ, MSN)
  • Provides proactive protection from unknown threats
  • Scans Java and Visual Basic scripts

Preventive Protection

  • Scans operating system and installed applications for vulnerabilities
  • Analyzes and closes Internet Explorer vulnerabilities
  • Disables links to malware sites
  • Detects viruses based on the packers used to compress code
  • Global threat monitoring (Kaspersky Security Network)

Advanced Protection & Recovery

  • The program can be installed on infected computers
  • Self-protection from being disabled or stopped
  • Restores correct system settings after removing malicious software
  • Tools for creating a rescue disk
  • Data & Identity Theft Protection
  • Disables links to fake (phishing) websites
  • Blocks all types of keyloggers

Usability

  • Automatic configuration during installation
  • Wizards for common tasks
  • Visual reports with charts and diagrams
  • Alerts provide all the information necessary for informed user decisions
  • Automatic or interactive mode
  • Round-the-clock technical support
  • Automatic database updates

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Windows Live Messenger (formerley MSN messenger) is a hugely popular instant messaging client. Ever since it got re branded with this whole Windows Live thing, Microsoft ceased to provide standalone installer for it. That means, you have to download a small setup file called the windows live installer and then select the Windows Live products you want downloaded. The installer then downloads the selected products over the web.

This is all fine unless you have a computer that has limited connectivity to Internet (you pay per minute for Internet connection, you have a very slow connection etc). It can be a bitch to download the 16MB setup file over the web after each install on such connections. Fortunately, the standalone installer is still here.

windows_live_messenger

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[Click Here] to download Windows Live Messenger 8.5.1302.1018 standalone installer (16.4MB) from Softpedia.

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TorrentBytes is probably one of the best low level private trackers out there. It's fairly easy to get into, has everything you need (General and 0Day content) and has an active community. As i see it, the real uniqueness of TorrentBytes comes with it's amazing packs. They have excellent packs for games, movies, music and TV series. Most of these are on free leech (only upload is recorded in your stats) and are pretty well seeded.

torrentbytes_packs 

Image: Screeshot of some of the movie packs at TB

The site currently has a little under 70000 users and tracks 4301 torrents. The seeder/Leecher ratio on this tracker at time of this post is a whopping 756%.

If you still havent signed up yet, here is your chance. There is still room for a couple hundred members and sign ups open open right now. As you may already know this tracker does not have an invite system so the ony way you can get in is during open signups.

TorrentBytes.net

Site Name: TorrentBytes

Signup URL: http://www.torrentbytes.net/signup.php

Description: General 0Day, Excellent movie/tv/app/game packs

Signup Notes:

  • Captcha is insanely hard to recognize and is case sensitive.
  • Read the FAQ and Rules (open them and scroll) during the registration process (before the countdown reaches 0 and you hit 'signup').
  • Use Upper case + Lower case characters and and a minimum 10 characters in your Password (or signup will fail).
  • If you mess any of the above up, you will have to keep trying again till you get the registration form.

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First of all, this download is not for Vista users. If you are using Vista, don't bother with this post. This will install (or update) Windows Media Player 11 version 11.0.5721.5145 on your Windows XP machine. Manual download and installation will be useful if you have disabled automatic updates for some reason or if the target machine does not have access to the Internet. New build comes with several fixes and additions.

media_player_11

Description (From developer)

Windows Media Player 11 offers great new ways to store and enjoy all of your digital media. It's easier than ever to access all of your music, video, pictures, and recorded TV on your computer. Play it, view it, organize it, and sync it to a portable device for enjoying on the go, or share with devices around your home - all from one place. Windows Media Player 11 is designed to work with all editions of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), and can also be used to restore Windows Media Player and related technologies to N and KN editions of Windows Vista.

Windows Media Player is the multimedia software developed by Microsoft to provide users with the ability to view multimedia content, both from the Internet and from their hard drive. This program allows you to view MPEG and various other types of video content, as well as audio clips.

Notable changes in this build

  • New UI
  • Support for better synchronization for portable devices
  • Album “stacks” of album art
  • Indexed libraries with search-as-you-type features
  • User controlled downgrade of quality for DRM content to allow for smaller files

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[Click Here] to download Windows Media Player 11 v11.0.5721.5145 directly from official Microsoft Servers.

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DirectX 9.0c End-User Runtimes (August 2008)

Posted by TEAM FILEnetworks | 8/11/2008 | | 0 Comments »

Another monthly update for DirectX 9.0c. If you play latest games on the PC in DirectX 9 mode, you should definitely get this update. Even though there are no major changes between monthly updates, having the latest version ensures optimal and error free gaming performance.

Additionally, if you keep getting 'cannot find D3DX9_32.dll' or similar type of errors when trying to start games, that means your DirectX needs updating. Downloading August 2008 runtimes should fix this problem as well.

directx9.0c

Description (From Developer)

Microsoft DirectX is a group of technologies designed to make Windows-based computers an ideal platform for running and displaying applications rich in multimedia elements such as full-color graphics, video, 3D animation, and rich audio. DirectX includes security and performance updates, along with many new features across all technologies, which can be accessed by applications using the DirectX APIs.

Download

[Click Here] to download DirectX 9.0c August 2008 end user runtimes directly from official Microsoft servers.

Note: This is a web installer. It will automatically download only the required files to update your version of DirectX.

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Windows Defender is free security product for Windows users, developed by Microsoft itself. Defender is bundled together with Windows Vista and in some versions of Windows XP. Personally, I don't use this application myself since i use a different dedicated security product which offers both virus and spyware protection whereas Defender focuses more on spyware. All in all it's a fairly decent security product and there seem to be many people using it.

windows defender

From developer:

Windows Defender is software that helps protect your computer against pop-ups, slow performance, and security threats caused by spyware and other unwanted software by detecting and removing known spyware from your computer. Windows Defender features Real-Time Protection, a monitoring system that recommends actions against spyware when it's detected, minimizes interruptions, and helps you stay productive.

Features

Spyware detection and removal

  • Windows Defender quickly and easily finds spyware and other unwanted programs that can slow down your computer, display annoying pop-up ads, change Internet settings, or use your private information without your consent.
  • Windows Defender eliminates detected spyware easily at your direction, and if you inadvertently remove programs that you actually want, it's easy to get them back.
  • Windows Defender allows you to schedule your scanning and removal times when it's convenient for you, whether it's on-demand or on a schedule that you set.

Improved Internet browsing safety

  • Windows Defender helps stop spyware before it infiltrates your computer. Windows Defender also offers a continuous safeguard designed to target all the ways that spyware can infiltrate your computer.
  • Windows Defender works without distracting you. It runs in the background and automatically handles spyware based on preferences that you set. You can use your computer with minimal interruption.

Protection against the latest threats

  • A dedicated team of Microsoft researchers continuously searches the Internet to discover new spyware and develop methods to counteract it.
  • A voluntary, worldwide network of Windows Defender users helps Microsoft determine which suspicious programs to classify as spyware. Participants help discover new threats quickly and notify Microsoft analysts, so that everyone is better protected. Anyone who uses Windows Defender can join this network and help report potential spyware to Microsoft.
  • To help protect your computer from the latest threats, you can choose to have updates that counteract new spyware automatically downloaded to your computer.

Downloads

[Click here] to download Windows Defender 1.1.1593.0 directly from Microsoft Download Center.

Definition Updates

By default, Windows Defender comes with automatic updates enabled. If you have disabled this or if you have a machine that has no connection to the internet, you can always download the latest definitions files from this link.

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Popular private tracker BrokenStones went offline when the Malaysian government pressured the ISPs to terminate some of the torrent sites hosted in the country. The loss of BrokenStones was felt strongly by the community as it was one of the very few Mac trackers on the net. Following BrokenStones demise, several new Mac trackers popped up they were not quite the same.

BrokenStones

However, BrokenStones members can now rejoice as it is now back online. According to site admins, they have changed hosts. The following E-Mail was sent to members:

"After a little down time the site is back up. We are on a new host and the site is fast, smoking fast!
Since the entire site had to be moved there will mostly be bugs here and there. Please be patient and let us know about them....
...
Welcome back everyone
PS
Freeleech :grin:"

The user database seems to have suffered no damages in the move and your old username and password should still work. The site however is not open for new signups at the moment.

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uTorrent 1.8 final released

Posted by TEAM FILEnetworks | 8/10/2008 | | 0 Comments »

After nearly an year in development, version 1.8 of uTorrent has been released to the public. uTorrent is a free, lightweight, easy to configure and feature packed bittorrent client which has gained immense popularity over the years. The latest version features a number of bug fixes as well as new features such as full Vista support and IPv6 support [View changelog].

If you download torrents often, you should definitely check this out. Be warned that some private trackers may not have allowed this version as of yet.

utorrent-1.8

Features List (From developer)

  • Micro-Sized Yet Feature Filled - Most of the features present in other BitTorrent clients are present in µTorrent, including bandwidth prioritization, scheduling, RSS auto-downloading and Mainline DHT (compatible with BitComet). Additionally, µTorrent supports the Protocol Encryption joint specification (compatible with Azureus 2.4.0.0 and above, BitComet 0.63 and above) and peer exchange.
  • Resource-Friendly - µTorrent was written with efficiency in mind. Unlike many torrent clients, it does not hog valuable system resources - typically using less than 6MB of memory, allowing you to use the computer as if it weren't there at all. Additionally, the program itself is contained within a single executable less than 220 KB in size.
  • Skinnable and Localized - Various icon, toolbar graphic and status icon replacements are available, and creating your own is very simple. µTorrent also has support for localization, and with a language file present, will automatically switch to your system language. If your language isn't available, you can easily add your own, or edit other existing translations to improve them!
  • Actively Developed and Improved - The developer puts in a lot of time working on features and making things more user-friendly. Releases only come out when they're ready, with no schedule pressures, so the few bugs that appear are quickly addressed and fixed.

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As mentioned above, uTorrent is not one of those bloated crapware applications which takes up gigabytes of storage. The installer is only 260kb. Click on the image below to download directly from official servers.

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eBookVortex, a much sought after E-Learning tracker, has opened its doors to new members. eBookVortex is a private torrent tracker specializing in E-books and E-Learning material. It is an excellent source of information for students and professionals alike. The site tracks 2600+ torrents at time of this post.

eBookVortex suffered from downtime recently but was able to resume normal service after a few days. Sign ups have been closed for a while and eBookVortex does not have open signups that often. So grab the opportunity and get yourselves an account.

ebookvortex

Site Name: eBookVortex

Signup URL: http://www.ebookvortex.com/account-signup.php

Categories:

  • Platforms
  • Linux
  • Unix
  • Microsoft
  • FreeBSD
  • General Developing
  • C/C++
  • Java
  • C#
  • dotNet
  • Neural Networks
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Database
  • MySQL
  • Oracle
  • Web
  • HTML/CSS
  • PHP
  • Perl
  • VBScript
  • ASP
  • Ruby
  • Dreamweaver
  • Javascript
  • Graphics
  • Photoshop
  • 3DMax
  • Maya
  • Flash
  • Networking
  • VoIP
  • Wireless
  • Network Security
  • TCP/IP
  • Cisco
  • Hardware
  • O'Reilly
  • General Books
  • SciFi
  • Science
  • Psychology
  • Financial
  • Cuisine
  • Medical
  • Math
  • Comics
  • Magazines
  • Business
  • Roleplaying

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Here is yet another Demonoid invitation code giveaway. You can use either one of the codes below to sign up to Demonoid.com semi private bittorrent tracker. As usual, first come, first served! We ask for nothing in return except you follow the site's rules and do your best to seed the torrents without being a hit and runner.

If you get an invalid code error, that means someone else beat you to it. In that case we cannot help you. If you managed to get hold of one, use it wisely. Don't forget to give something back to the community.

Code 1: i4kvt868pfnmea8zcwc9njyyl9vgr2qi9l

Code 2: gtacturtoqy68r0ki5cq51ep82tkcu0mnjuw8hbxk

Code 3: l58hl4mf8mryakusa1hzce52pzytueognbykqigok

Code 4: 5lavcozld26ic74rrvjyql2eju87zs0bzs7zgr4

Code 5: szujnxpbx70n3qmuvebowq3ex91jrm6hxgs

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Bulgaria based torrent tracker Zamunda.NET is now open for new registrations. Zamunda has a very high member count (which is around the 500000 mark) for a private tracker. This means heavy leeching on the latest torrents but also ensures the extended lifetime of even the oldest of torrents. Zamunda currently tracks around 70000 torrents.

Since the site's roots lie in Bulgaria, some areas of the interface may contain Bulgarian writing. This can be rectified by selecting the English version from top left hand corner of the page.

Zamunda

Site Name: ZAMUNDA.NET

Signup URL: http://zamunda.net/signup.php

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It will be needless to say that ESET's NOD32 Anti Virus software is now one of the most popular security products in the world. As with any popular products, the demand for the product was high, even among software pirates. There were many pirated versions of ESET NOD32 and ESET Smart Security floating around the new for a while. Not only did these versions carry the full feature set, they could also download virus definition updates - a critical factor with any security product.

logo-eset

Many of these pirated versions were 'extended' trial versions. The cracks would extend the normal 30 day trial period to some 15000+ or 24000+ days. These 'extended' trials could connect to ESET official update servers and download latest definition updates just like any legit version.

In addition to the extended trials, there was another form of workaround for getting virus definition updates. These were 3rd party update servers. These servers, run by various individuals, were mirrors of ESET update servers but sans the authentication so that any pirated user could connect and download updates without issues. This method is not that popular since many go offline quickly and majority of the others get blocked by ESET.

However, a recent server upgrade by ESET may have crashed the party for users of pirated ESET products. The server upgrade has rendered most of the 'extended' trial versions useless. Although the trial period would still read as 15000+ or 24000+ days, the clients will no longer receive latest updates even when there are newer definition files available. Cracked versions will return the message "The virus signature database is current" even when it is not.

There is currently no permanent workaround that i know of to counter this latest move by ESET. However there is the odd exception such as some of the older cracks still working to date on some platforms and some beginning to work after a reinstall. Perhaps a scene group or a P2P group would be able to find a 'PROPER' crack in the near future.

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Biztorrents is a private tracker specializing in business related content. It is good to see niche trackers appearing on the net rather than the same old general 0day trackers. Biztorrents is a relatively new site which tracks a lot of books, videos, magazines and software related to businesses and business development. At time of this post, it tracks 356 torrents and has a user base in excess of 800. Don't let the stats fool you; Biztorrents shows a lot of promise and those who are into business development or run even a small business should find it a good source of information.

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Site Name: BizTorrents

Signup URL: http://www.biztorrents.com/signup.php

Torrent categories:

  • Author: Brian Tracy
  • Author: Dan Kennedy
  • Author: Dan Pena
  • Author: Jay Abraham
  • Author: Jim Rohn
  • Author: John Reese
  • Author: Robert Kiyosaki
  • Author: T Harv Eker
  • Author: Zig Ziglar
  • Autobiographies / Biographies
  • Consulting
  • Copywriting
  • Corporate Design / Branding
  • Customer Service
  • Economics / Finance
  • Entertainment Business
  • Gambling / Betting
  • Hypnosis / NLP
  • Investing / Trading / Stocks
  • Magazines
  • Management / Leadership
  • Mindset / Achievement
  • Misc: Audio
  • Misc: Other
  • Misc: Software
  • Misc: Video
  • Misc: Written / E-Books
  • Negotiation / Contracts
  • Net: Advertising / Web Traffic
  • Net: Blogging
  • Net: E-Commerce
  • Net: eBay / Online Auctions
  • Net: Misc
  • Net: Web Templates
  • Real Estate / Property Develop
  • Recruitment / Interviewing
  • Sales / Marketing
  • Small Business / Entrepreneurs

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Have you ever felt the need to create a PDF file using a word document you just finished working on Microsoft Office 2007? There is no need to install several converters to do this job for you. Microsoft themselves have developed an add-in for Office 2007 that would do the trick just fine.

saveaspdf

Once installed, the save as PDF add in will insert an additional menu item into the 'Office button" menu. Through this, users will be able to instantly save Word 2007 documents, PowerPoint presentations, Excel worksheets, etc as PDF format.

[Click here] to download Save as PDF add in for Microsoft Office 2007 via the Microsoft Download Center.

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When it comes to viewing .PDF files, adobe reader is probably the most used application. Adobe Reader evolved over the years with many new features being added after each revision. Since version 8, Adobe Reader comes with the Adobe Updater, a feature which I hated since the day I saw it.

Adobe_Reader_8_icon

Adobe Updater would check and download updates for Adobe Reader whenever the application is launched. This is good if you have a broadband connection but will simply suck if your computer does not have access to the Internet or if you are using a dial up connection. You can manually force it shut every time it runs but I found that pretty annoying. I've trying disabling Updating through preferences but this did not work. So here is what I did to kill the Adobe Updater for good.

Warning: The process below may disable updating of other Adobe products present in your system. If you choose to update any of the products at a later stage, you will have to download the setup files from Adobe site manually.

1. Browse to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe

2. Locate the Updater directory. This directory will be named Updater5 or Updater6, depending on the version of adobe products you have installed on your system.

3. Remove the directory (Updater5, Updater6, etc).

That should do it.

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Microsoft has released a Windows Vista performance and tuning guide which spans across 14 pages. We can only but wonder why it took so long for MS to release this, considering the number of performance woes many users had with their Vista installations.

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Tips and tweaks mentioned in the guide range from making changes to the default power plan to disabling unneeded services. Although there may be several hundred sites that have posted the same tweaks much earlier than MS, this guide is still worth checking out.

[Click here] to download the PDF version of the guide directly from Microsoft servers.

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Winamp Pro v5.541 Build 2165

Posted by TEAM FILEnetworks | 8/05/2008 | 2 Comments »

A new build of Winamp has been released with several minor bugfixes. Winamp was once the king of all media players but popularity of the application somewhat decreased with the original developers leaving the project. It still is a versatile media player which has the usual components such as a Media Library, Equalizer and Visualizations. This app is fully skinnable and there are tons of plugins and skins to choose from.

Winamp_logo.svg

From Developer:

Nullsoft Winamp 5 is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity music player for Windows. Winamp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video types (AVI,ASF,MPEG,NSV), custom appearances called skins (supporting both classic Winamp 1.x/2.x skins and Winamp 3 freeform skins), audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins (including two industry dominating visualization plug-ins), an advanced media library, Internet radio and TV support, CD ripping, and CD burning.

Winamp features:

A playlist editor and a 10-band graphic equalizer with user-definable presets that can automatically load specific files. It also includes Windows Media Technology 4.0 input/output support and the industry-standard Fraunhofer MP3 decoder.

Changes in Winamp 5.541.2165 :

  • Improved: [pmp_ipod] Better auto-detection of newer iPod models
  • Fixed: Filetype icons in Windows Explorer not updating when changed in Prefs
  • Fixed: ML & Vis appear under other overlapping modern skin windows
  • Fixed: No error message when trying to edit metadata for Read-Only files
  • Fixed: Potential security vulnerability in NowPlaying
  • Fixed: [gen_ff] Keyboard shortcuts in modern skin playlist windowshade mode- Fixed: [gen_ml] Scrolling to bottom of AlbumArt pane & other misc scrollbar issues
  • Fixed: [in_mp3] Broken '307 - Temporary Redirect' url's
  • Fixed: [ml_local] AlbumArt icon selection glitch
  • Fixed: [ml_playlists] Play and Enqueue actions reversed if Enqueue is set as default
  • Fixed: [ml_rg] ReplayGain analysis of 20bit files
  • Misc: Double-click Modern pledit songticker now toggles windowshade mode again
  • Misc: More miscellaneous general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations

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Trojan Remover v6.7.1 Build 2538

Posted by TEAM FILEnetworks | 8/05/2008 | , , | 3 Comments »

Trojan Remover aids in the removal of Malware - Trojan Horses, Worms, Adware, Spyware - when standard anti-virus software either fails to detect them or fails to effectively eliminate them. Standard antivirus programs are good at detecting this Malware, but not always so good at effectively removing it. Trojan Remover is designed specifically to disable/remove Malware without the user having to manually edit system files or the Registry. The program also removes the additional system modifications some Malware carries out which are ignored by standard antivirus and trojan scanners.

trojan_remover

What Trojan Remover Does

Trojan Remover examines all the system files, the Windows Registry and the programs and files loaded at boot time. The majority of malicious programs (once triggered) load this way.

Trojan Remover scans ALL the files loaded at boot time for Adware, Spyware, Remote Access Trojans, Internet Worms and other malware. Trojan Remover also checks to see if Windows loads Services which are hidden by Rootkit techniques and warns you if it finds any.

For each identified Trojan Horse, Worm, or other malware, Trojan Remover pops up an alert screen which shows the file location and name; it offers to remove the program's reference from the system files and allows you to rename the file to stop its activation.

Most modern Malware programs are memory-resident, which makes their de-activation more difficult. How many times have you been told to start your computer in 'Safe' mode, or even worse, in DOS? Trojan Remover does all this for you. When it finds Malware that is memory-resident, Trojan Remover automatically re-starts (on request) your system and completely DISABLES the Malware before Windows restarts.

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Anyone who has used Mac OS X is familiar with the concept of 'docking'. RocketDock is an application launcher that provides a dock similar to what Mac OS X provides. Users can add their favorite programs or directory paths to the dock so that they are accessible within seconds.

The interface itself is very neatly done with several cool animation effects to choose from. Icons will zoom in and animate whenever the user clicks on them. The dock placement is fully customizable, it can be set to audio hide and there are many themes to choose from.

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From developer:

RocketDock is a smoothly animated, alpha blended application launcher. It provides a nice clean interface to drop shortcuts on for easy access and organization. With each item completely customizable there is no end to what you can add and launch from the dock. Now with added Taskbar support your minimized windows can appear as icons on the dock. This allows for better productivity and accessibility.

Features:

  • Minimize windows to the dock
  • Real-time window previews in Vista
  • Running application indicators
  • Simple drag-n-drop interface
  • Multi-monitor support
  • Supports alpha-blended PNG and ICO icons
  • Icons zoom and transition smoothly
  • Auto-hide and Popup on mouse over
  • Positioning and layering options
  • Fully customizable
  • Completely Portable
  • ObjectDock Docklet support
  • Compatible with MobyDock, ObjectDock, RK Launcher, and Y'z Dock skins
  • Runs great on slower computers
  • Unicode compliant
  • Supports many languages and can easily be translated
  • A friendly user base :)
  • And best of all... its FREE!!!

Download

[Click Here] to download the latest version of RocketDock from official download page.

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Today is indeed a good day for British TV show fans. First, The Box was open and now UKNova. Just like TheBox, UKNova is a private torrent tracker dedicated to tracking British content. This includes British TV serials, documentaries and some sporting events as well.

The first thing you'll notice about this tracker will be its interface. It's quite unlike the ones you frequently find on torrent sites. Don't be put off by it initially coz you'll definitely love it once you get used to it. The number of torrents tracked by UKNova or the size of their user base is unknown.

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Site Name: UKNova

Signup URL: http://www.uknova.com/wsgi/signup

Categories:

  • TV entertainment
  • Comedy
  • Panel
  • Gameshow
  • Reality
  • Big Brother
  • Chat
  • Sport
  • Children's
  • TV fiction
  • Soap
  • EastEnders
  • Corrie
  • Emmerdale
  • Hollyoaks
  • Drama
  • Crime
  • The Bill
  • Medical
  • Sci-fi
  • TV factual
  • Current affairs
  • News
  • Consumer
  • Culture
  • Science
  • Horizon
  • Technology
  • History
  • Nature
  • Property
  • Gardening
  • Food
  • Motoring
  • The supernatural
  • Radio
  • Entertainment
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Factual
  • Miscellany

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The Box.Bz is a hugely popular tracker specializing in UK based content. You wont find your favorite U.S. sitcom or movie in this tracker but you are likely to find stuff such as BBC documentaries, UK based sitcoms, UK related sports content and the likes. Don't expect to find any movies or games here since this is a specialized tracker for television shows in the UK.

The Box tracks a whopping 28283 torrents and boasts a user base of 60695 at time of this post . The open signup intervals for this tracker are usually very small so you may want to hurry.

Site Name: The Box

Signup URL: http://www.thebox.bz/signup.php

Categories:

  • Adverts / Idents
  • Comedy
  • Documentary / Educational
  • Drama
  • Entertainment
  • Euro 2008
  • Food / Drink / Cooking
  • Home / Property / Garden
  • Kids
  • Magazine Shows
  • Motoring
  • Music TV
  • Mystery / Crime Fiction
  • News
  • Quiz / Game Shows
  • Radio / Audio
  • Reality
  • Sci-Fi
  • Soaps
  • Special Interest
  • Sport
  • Style / Fashion
  • Talk / Chat Shows
  • Travel
  • Wildlife / Nature

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BTZONE.ORG is a private torrent tracker specializing in Wrestling and MMA content. It tracks a wide variety of videos related to events such as WWE, UFC and ECW. The site was offline for a while about two months ago but they seem to be fully recovered by now. There are a little over 1000 torrents indexed but this amount grows daily. BTZonE has a user base of 7100 at time of this post.

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Site Name: BTZonE

Signup URL: http://www.btzone.org/signup.php

Categories: (only categories with respectable number of torrents will be mentioned).

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Usually, ESET delivers two or three virus definition updates a day for ESET Smart Security and ESET NOD32 anti virus products. However, I noticed that my NOD32 had not updated for three days even though auto update was enabled. Whenever I tried a manual update, it came up with the message "The installed virus signature database is current". This was very unlike ESET and obviously something had to be wrong, and it was.

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When I checked on ESET site, the virus definitions i had installed were not the latest. I had missed around 4-5 updates although NOD32 internal updater was saying my signature were up to date. Further searching on the net suggested that many other users were having the same problem.

How to verify if there is a problem with your update

First of all, you need to check if you actually have this problem with your installation of NOD32. It would be pointless to try and fix a non existent problem.

1. Right click your NOD32 taskbar icon and click 'open window'.

2. Select 'Update' from the left hand panel. Click on 'Update virus signature database'. If an update is being done, wait for it to finish.

2. Now select 'protection status' from left hand panel.

3. Note the number next to "Version of virus signature database"

4. Click here to visit ESET official page on virus definition updates. Verify the latest definition version listed on this page matches with your NOD32's definitions version (found in step 3).

If the two version numbers match, you do not have any update issues. If they don't then there is a problem so read on.

Workaround

At first, i though the problem was limited to pirated versions of NOD32. But according to posts made in several online forums, this is a problem with ESET's servers and affected legitimate versions of ESET products as well. Here is what i did to get around the problem:

(I use a extended trial version of NOD32. This workaround may or may not work for you, depending on the version and nature of your NOD32).

1. Manually delete the update cache of NOD32 or ESS. In Vista, browse to C:\ProgramData\ESET\ESET NOD32 Antivirus\ or C:\ProgramData\ESET\ESET Smart Security\ (depending on which software you have).Delete the updfiles directory

2. Right click your NOD32 taskbar icon and click 'open window'. On bottom left corner, toggle 'advanced mode' if not already selected.

3. Now select 'setup' from left hand panel. Select 'Enter entire advanced setup tree'. Select 'Update' from left hand panel of the window that pops up.

4. Click the 'Edit' button next to the 'Update server' drop down menu. Enter http://u49.eset.com/eset_eval on the top text field and press add. Press ok to close the dialog box. Now select the newly inserted server from the 'Update server' drop down menu and press ok.

Try a manual update now or wait for auto update. It worked for me.

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Here is another specialized tracker coming back online and opening signups for all users. iPODTVNova is a private torrent tracker specializing in mobile optimized content. The site tracks a lot of movies and television shows, all re encoded to have smaller file sizes with optimal resolutions for viewing in mobile devices such as the Apple iPOD. Not only was I able to find newest scene released content (re-encodes of course) but I was able to find some of the rare to find older movies as well. Although it is not clear how many users are on the site, most of the torrents are well seeded. iPODTVNova tracks 1392 torrents as of time of this post.

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Site Name: iPODTVNova

Signup URL: http://www.ipodtvnova.com/tracker/account-signup.php

Categories: Movies, TV Shows, Other - All optimized for mobile devices

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Nero 8 is a software solution that brings the digital world to your PC with features that make it fun and easy to create multimedia projects with high-quality, professional results. Create MP3 mixes and edit vacation videos in High Definition format. Share content around the world with simple Internet upload functions. Burn a disc with just one click, and then enjoy it in any room in your house with versatile streaming features. Rest easy knowing your data is safe in the event of a system crash or a damaged disc. Nero 8 lets you live the digital life with cutting-edge technology and world-class features.
Nero 8, the newest version of the world’s best-selling multimedia suite, brings the digital world to your PC. Now it’s easy to organize and manage all your multimedia files, as well as create and edit new digital content. Nero’s sleek design and user-friendly tools make completing projects fun and enjoyable.

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New and Improved Features in Nero 8 :

  • Direct access to all features from the project launcher
  • High Definition format support
  • Xbox 360™ and PlayStation® 3 streaming features
  • Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD burning support
  • SecurDisc data protection support
  • Copy a disc with just one click
  • Graphics optimized for Windows Vista™
  • Continual free updates

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Newtorrents.info [NTi] is back online!

Posted by TEAM FILEnetworks | 8/03/2008 | | 0 Comments »

Popular torrent index site Newtorrents.info (NTi) is now back online after suffering from few days of downtime. At a first glance the site seems to be fully functional but a notice on the site says "We are still recovering our backups - some torrent downloads won't probably work until finished.".

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Newtorrents.info is a public torrent indexing site. Although NTi does not operate a tracker of its own, the site is popular for it's superb index with extremely low number of fakes around.

[Click here] to access NTi.

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According to several news sources, Sri Lankan Internet service providers (ISP) are issued with instructions to filter and block pornographic content on the Internet as per a presidential order.  First of all, we have nothing against pornographic content being illegal in Sri Lanka or whatever laws that apply to it. Long time readers will know that FILEnetworks has never advocated nor linked to any sort of pornographic material in any of our 700 odd posts so far.

That being said, we do have several questions over how this latest presidential order will be executed. There are many places and mediums to download porn (or any other material for that matter) via the Internet. But these mediums are not only used to distribute porn. For example, pornographic images are often transferred via E-Mail. But as any jackass may know, not only porn is transferred via E-mail; there are many other 'moral' uses as well. The same goes for video streaming sites, FTP sites, HTTP sites, IRC channels, Instant messages, Blogs, Forums and the likes. So how will the censorship be imposed? Will this be limited to several sites? If so, who will decide on which sites to be blocked? Will the ISPs be allowed to monitor and track user activity in direct violation of their privacy?

Right now there are a lot of question rather than answers. We sure do hope that Sri Lankan Internet users will not be deprived of new technology nor will have their privacy intruded, just to prevent few folks downloading porn off the net.

P.S. - Even if you block the shit out of internet, users will not stop till they find a way to unlock the 'now hidden treasures'. Hope this won't backfire and increase the popularity of porno sites instead.

Here are some links from the Sri Lankan blogosphere that are related to this story:

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I thought i would never live to see this day but here it comes. BitMeTV.org, considered by many as the mother of all TV torrent trackers, is now open for signup. It has a user base of 22000+ users and tracks around 19000 torrents, respectable stats for any private tracker. As for the content, BitMeTV tracks many of the Canadian and U.S TV shows aired since the 70s. And this includes torrents you can never find on any other site on the planet. If you are concerned about the 'elitism' of the site, this is a level 5 tracker.

Signups are currently open so you won't have to beg for invites or trade your asses to get in(Trading and begging are practices frowned upon in the BT community. In some elite trackers, trading will get you banned). We don't know for how long BMTV will remain open so better sign up right now.

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Site Name: BitMeTV.org

Signup URL: http://www.bitmetv.org/signup.php (If this does not work, go to http://www.bitmetv.org/ and manually add /signup.php to the URL)

Note: Make sure you fully read the FAQ and Rules. Follow them or get banned!

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Popular E-Learning tracker Learnbits is now open for signups. This is a well sought after tracker which does not usually have open signup. Judging from past experience, this tracker may close signups quickly so hurry if you plan to get in.

Learnbits is one of the best E-Learning trackers around and tracks a wide range of content ranging from Exam guides to International Magazines (see categories section below for full list).

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Site Name: Learnbits

Signup URL: http://www.learnbits.org/signup.php

Categories

  • Database
  • 3D
  • Apps-Fonts
  • Business
  • College Lectures
  • Digital Art
  • Documentary
  • Early Learning
  • Exam Guides
  • Exams Q-A
  • Forensics
  • Health-Fitness
  • Hobbies
  • International Hub
  • IT Manager
  • IT Security
  • Languages
  • Linux
  • Mac-Apple
  • Magazines
  • Math-Science
  • Medical
  • Miscellaneous
  • Music
  • Network
  • Personal Growth
  • PhotoStock
  • Politics-History
  • Programming
  • Server Admin
  • Sports-Self Defence
  • VIP
  • VOIP
  • Web Design
  • Windows-Office

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Here is another nice little application which I've come to like in the past few days. In function, SRS Audio sandbox is a little similar to DFX. Once installed,  your computer's sound card output (regardless of whether you are playing a movie, browsing the web or playing a game) will be sent through the SRS Audio Sandbox, enhancing the sound output.  There are several different presets and speaker configurations to choose from. I've used this application with Windows Media Player 11 (SRS WOW effects turned off) to view downloaded movies which have 2CH audio and surprisingly the sound enhancement was noticeable. Keep it mind though, this will not be the replacement for a good sound card and a decent surround speaker system.

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Developer description

The SRS Audio Sandbox™ (SAS) is the ultimate audio enhancement software for the PC.The user can select audio content (e.g. music, movie, game or voice content) and then choose from many presets (i.e. rock music, classical, jazz, country, etc) to dial in amazing sound tailored for any speaker configuration - headphones, stereo speakers, surround speakers.

Based on the content being played, the preferred SRS Labs patented technology will be selected. Users can further personalize the sound through the use of advanced controls which provide deep, rich bass, restore the clarity to vocal and high frequency sounds, provide 3D enhancement for stereo and mono content and more.
The SRS Audio Sandbox also allows users to take adva