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

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

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

Features 

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

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

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

Features:

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

System Requirements:

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

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

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

Major features in version 8:

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

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

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

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

Books Included:

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

Supplementary Books Included

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

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

PortableApps Suite (Standard Edition):

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

Download PortableApps Suite Standard Edition (Recommended)

PortableApps Suite (Lite Edition):

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

Download PortableApps Suite Lite Edition

PortableApps Suite (Base Edition):

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

Download PortableApps Suite Base Edition

Support Information

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

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

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

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

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

Features

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

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

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

New Features in 3.1.7

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

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

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

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