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.

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!

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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.

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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.

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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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!

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 - 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.

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!

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

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

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 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 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 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.

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."

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.

Download

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.

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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