CDBurnerXP 4.1.2.745

CDBurnerXP is a free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. It also includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well as a multilanguage interface. Everyone, even companies, can use it for free. It does not include adware or similar malicious components.

* Folder sizes are now shown in the compilation window
* When printing audio covers, the tag information will be used in stead of the file name (if available)
* More native looking menus (especially on Vista)
* Fixed NullReferenceException in the "report working drive" dialog
* Fixed ArgumentException for the case that faulty visual styles are in use
* Fixed a KeyNotFoundException when closing a dialog (.NET bug)
* Fixed a FormatException when ripping (renamed!) audio tracks from the hard drive (which does, of course, not work anyway)
* Fixed an overflow exception when copying audio discs
* Fixed an overflow exception when calculating the remaining time
* Fixed an OverflowException when determining the available speeds
* Fixed a MissingFieldException in the startup dialog

CDBurnerXP website

PhraseExpress: Autotext clipboard utility

PhraseExpress organizes your frequently used text snippets:

* Expand abbreviations and common phrases as you type.
* Launch applications by entering text shortcuts.
* Autocomplete phrases with the predictive text feature.
* Quickly handle email responses.
* Works in any Windows program.

PhraseExpress will save hours of your valuable time and is the ideal solution for office workers, editors, translators, technical support and help desk staff, call centers and developers.

PhraseExpress Home

OpenedFilesView v1.18

OpenedFilesView displays the list of all opened files on your system. For each opened file, additional information is displayed: handle value, read/write/delete access, file position, the process that opened the file, and more...

Optionally, you can also close one or more opened files, or close the process that opened these files.

This utility is especially useful if you

try to delete/move/open a file and you get one of the following error messages:

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• Cannot delete [filename]: There has been a sharing violation. The source or destination file may be in use.
• Cannot delete [filename]: It is being used by another person or program. Close any programs that might be using the file and try again.

When you get one of these error messages, OpenedFilesView will show you which process lock your file. Closing the right process will solve this problem. optionally, you can also release the file by closing the handle from OpenedFilesView utility. However, be aware that after closing a file in this way, the program that opened the file may become unstable, and even crash.

OpenedFiles Home

andLinux : Linux on windows

andLinux is a complete Ubuntu Linux system running seamlessly in Windows 2000 based systems (2000, XP, 2003, Vista; 32-bit versions only). This project was started for Dynamism for the GP2X community, but its userbase far exceeds its original design. andLinux is free and will remain so, but donations are greatly needed.

andLinux uses coLinux as its core which is confusing for many people. coLinux is a port of the Linux kernel to Windows. Although this technology is a bit like running Linux in a virtual machine, coLinux differs itself by being more of a merger of Windows and the Linux kernel and not an emulated PC, making it more efficient. Xming is used as X server and PulseAudio as sound server.

andLinux is not just for development and runs almost all Linux applications without modification.

andLinux.org

Snapter - camera photos will be scanned documents!

Snapter is software that lets you use a digital camera as a mobile scanner. The software automatically crops, stretches, flattens, and converts photos of documents, whiteboards, posters, business cards and receipts into more portable images. Whether you are in a library, conference room or classroom, just snap the photo and run it through Snapter to produce images that look as if they have been scanned through a flatbed scanner!

snapter Homepage

ManicTime: Personal time management application

ManicTime automatically collects data on your computer usage. It records active and away time, as well as which applications you used and for how long you used them.

The data ManicTime collects is stored in a local database on your computer. Collected data is not transmitted anywhere or shared with anyone. Only you have access to it, which means no privacy concerns.
Having a local database also enables you to use ManicTime offline, without an Internet connection.

Collected data is presented using timelines. There are three predefined timelines:

• Activity: Shows your active time and away(idle) time
• Applications: Shows which application you used, when and for how long
• Tags: Shows tags you created. This timeline is not automatically generated it is filled with time tags you entered.

When you move your mouse over a timeline, each timeline shows you a hint about an underlying activity. Hint displays detailed information about an activity such as title, application name, start and end times and duration.

ManicTime.com

WinSCP 4.15 released

WinSCP is an open source free SFTP client and FTP client for Windows. Legacy SCP protocol is also supported. Its main function is safe copying of files between a local and a remote computer.

Features:

* Graphical user interface
* Translated into several languages
* Integration with Windows (drag&drop, URL, shortcut icons)
* U3 support
* All common operations with files
* Support for SFTP and SCP protocols over SSH-1 and SSH-2 and plain old FTP protocol
* Batch file scripting and command-line interface
* Directory synchronization in several semi or fully automatic ways
* Integrated text editor
* Support for SSH password, keyboard-interactive, public key and Kerberos (GSS) authentication
* Integrates with Pageant (PuTTY authentication agent) for full support of public key authentication with SSH
* Explorer and Commander interfaces
* Optionally stores session information
* Optionally supports portable operation using a configuration file in place of registry entries, suitable for operation from removable media

WinSCP website

Nvidia GTX card cheaper

Its a great chance for geeks.Run and get it now.Just check the prices :).

NVIDIA HAS slashed the price its newest GTX 260 and 280 GPUs in response to ATI's offerings which are looking pretty good. Last night, Nvidia said the GeForce GTX 280 will be in the shops for $499 and the GTX 260 for $299. Both cards were only released four weeks ago. The GTX 280 was selling for $649, while the 260 was priced previously at $399.

The Inq

Notepad++ 5.0

You all know notepad++.I don't need to write much about it,so i am just showing the features.

Features:

* Syntax Highlighting and Syntax Folding
* User Defined Syntax Highlighting
* WYSIWYG
* Auto-completion
* Multi-document interface
* Multi-View
* Regular Expression Search/Replace supported
* Full Drag ‘N' Drop supported
* Dynamic position of Views
* File Status Auto-detection
* Zoom in and zoom out
* Multi-Language environment supported
* Bookmarking
* Brace and Indent guideline Highlighting
* Macro recording and playback

Notepad++ 5.0

SE-Explorer 0.0.18.396

SE-Explorer is a free simple and powerful file manager for Windows.

Main Features:

* Two file windows side by side
* Enhanced search function
* Tabbed interface
* A lot of build-in viewers
* Portable version available

HomePage: se-soft.com

DivFix++ v0.30a

DivFix++ is an AVI Fix and Preview tool. This Program allows you to preview your AVI videos which are currently downloading from ed2k, kad, bittorrent, gnutella and any other network. Simply fix them and watch them.

Yeah,after downloading a real Huge file you got to know that its not opening. Then don't worry,just feed the file to DivFix and it will make new copy of the file which is playable.

DivFix++ is supporting multiple OSes Like Linux,MacOSX,Win and others. Since people love downloading (legal) videos/clips from internet, DivFix++ is a must tool which every user needs to be in their arsenal.

What is new :

+Windows version recompiled with MinGW for removing MSVCR90.dll dependency. Thanks placio74
+"Keep Original" option disables save path now.
+Renamed CLI tokens.
+Added new CLI option. "DivFix++ avifile.avi" previews file.
+Added "media player path" to Preferences.
+Created Preferences button and dialog. Language setting moved there.
+Rename "Rebuild Index" to "Fix"
+Fixed some GUI layout.
+Updated Turkish translation.
+Added and Updated Czhec translation.(SeC0nd.uNiT)
+Added and Updated Japanise translation.(Norihito Waku)
+Fixed check errors bug.

DivFix++ Home

doPDF 6.1.265

Changes:

* New: doPDF now has an "Always use this folder" option. When checked, doPDF will save the PDF to the specified location each time a PDF is created.
* Update: When PDF creation fails, doPDF now returns an "Error creating PDF file: " message
* Fix: Corrected a crash with Microsoft Outlook 2007 printing under Vista (does not create ActivateContext anymore, uses existing)
* Fix: Corrected interaction with TransparentBlt and StrecthDIBits

doPDF 6.1.265

SmartCode VNC Manager 4.0.13.0

SmartCode VNC Manager is a powerful remote administration and monitoring software application for both the business and home network environments. It is typically used for remote network management, remote system administration and in helpdesk environments. The application allows you to take remote control of any computer running VNC, Windows Terminal Servers, or Microsoft Virtual Server 2005.

Key Features:

* Connectivity
o Integrated VNC viewer with SSH tunneling, MSRC4 DSM plug-in, UltraVNC Repeater, SOCKS5 and HTTP proxies support.
o Integrated RDP viewer with SSH tunneling support.
o Integrated Virtual Machine Remote Control Client with SSH tunneling support.

* Computer Management
o Service, Printer, Share and Event Log managers allow you to simultaneously manage several computers using a single window.
o Computer Domain/Workgroup Membership Manager, Remote Task Manager, Installed Software Manager, Remote Exec, Remote Registry Editor, and "Show who is logged on" features.
o Many more..

* VNC Management
o VNC Deployment and VNC Password Reset Wizard (with support for UltraVNC 1.0.4).
o VNC Thumbnail View
o Many more..

* Terminal Server Management
o Terminal Services manager.

s-code.com

Discuss It: Linux is faster then windows...

I was just surfing net and i found this long but cool article which talks about speeds of Linux and windows.

It talks about how Linux is optimized that it can run on even lower configurations also which win XP can't. Windows applications are good and fast on Linux compared to windows itself! Isn't its strange? Yeah and also windows based games runs faster with wine on Linux. It shows some benchmarks also for results of comparisons.

Main reasons which can be the main cause of windows slowness are,

-Linux use preemptive multitasking which means 'processes are forced to share CPU rather they want to or not'. And windows use Cooperative Multitasking which means 'process currently controlling the CPU must offer control to other processes'.

-windows is based on registry so while booting, it will load registry in memory. This is not the case with Linux.

-Windows has only one desktop which uses more resources and on the other side, Linux has many desktops which are configurable and many new are coming for different distributions.

The best lines said on source,

So, it seems to me the primary reason why Linux runs faster than Windows is because it is better designed to work with hardware, in the context that it handles operations in a more efficient manner than Windows.

In my opinion, I also get the perception, that perhaps the development of Linux is guided by people who seek to maximize performance. It does not appear to be developed predominantly by those who seek to maximize profits.

Full article @ ubuntuLinuxHelp

Asustek and Gigabyte - Intel P45 chipset launch

In an attempt to gain an edge in the competitive motherboard market, Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology have already unveiled motherboards featuring the new Intel P45 chipset for media review, as they gear up for the official June 2008 launch of the P45.Intel reportedly will officially launch its 4-series chipsets at Computex 2008, while motherboard makers will start shipping products later that month. However, Gigabyte's good sales performance in motherboard equipped with Intel 965 and P35 chipsets have brought significant competitive pressure on Asustek and both companies are circulating P45 boards for media reviews. As the P45 will have a long product life cycle of 18-24 months, the product is expected to be a crucial revenue driver for leading Taiwan-based makers of motherboards, the sources indicated.

via: DigiTimes

Debian and Ubuntu flaw - private SSL/SSH keys guessable

The Debian Security Advisory posted up DSA-1571-1 openssl -- predictable random number generator issue today and strongly advised its users to take steps to avoid possible compromising of any systems running on Debian, such as Ubuntu.

The researcher Luciano Bello discovered a security flaw in Debian's random number generator that allows to predict a random generated number. This is caused by an incorrect Debian change to the openssl package. As a result, cryptographic key material may be guessable.

This problem not only affects Debian, but also all its derivatives, such as Ubuntu.

It is strongly recommended that all cryptographic key material which has been generated by OpenSSL versions starting with 0.9.8c-1 on affected systems is recreated from scratch. Furthermore, all DSA keys ever used on affected systems for signing or authentication purposes should be considered compromised.

Via: debian.org

Endless Reboot Cycle for AMD/XP SP3 PCs

How about watching your PC continually reboot? That's what some aggravated Windows XP users have been doing Friday after installing the XP service pack 3 (SP3).

The problem appears to primarily affect AMD -based computers, though there are also some cases in which Intel -based machines will also run into trouble, Jesper Johansson, a former program manager for security policy at Microsoft who now runs a Windows-related blog, wrote in a recent post.

Mention of the reboot problem first popped up on the Microsoft forums on April 23, prompting some to speculate that the poster's problem was due to an outdated version of SP3, but users who installed the final version soon reported the same issue.

via pcmag

Linux Filesystem Basics...

This article shows basics of linux file system with some commands to roam into it.Image attached here lists the folder names for linux FS.

More @ linuxConfig.org

Notepad++ 4.9 Workers' Day Edition

Notepad++ v4.9 fixed bugs and added features (from v4.8.5) :

1. Add smart highlighting feature (double click a word to highlight all the same word in the document).
2. Enhance visual effect of Mark all feature.
3. Enhance Incremental search dialog docking.
4. Enhance Incremental search : add Highlight all feature.
5. Add auto-hide menu feature (IE7 style menu - Alt or F10 to toggle).
6. Enhance tool bar GUI usability (display a chevron while some tool icons hidden).
7. Add style transparency feature, right click on color to enable.
8. Fix the files not opening by DnD bug.
9. Enhance Find Replace dialog : Add "Extended" option - search (and replace) for tabs(\t), newline(\n\r), and a characters by it's value (\o, \x, \b, \d, \t, \n, \r and \\).
10. Bug fixed : Find dialog always scrolls text into view now.
11. Add places bar in save as dialog.
12. Fix non-recognized relative path bug in command line mode (under Dos prompt).
13. Add 2 messages for doc monitor plugin.
14. Fix the transparency bug (in Styler Configurator).
15. Make search in hidden directory (for Find in files) optional.
16. Fix the replace bug while replacing nothing.
17. Fix the F3 searching direction bug.

Notepad++ 4.9

Windows XP SP3 - now via Windows Update

Windows XP SP3 is finally here for those that use Windows Update, and here is a direct link to the stand-alone version of SP3 for x86 XP systems (32 bit).

Here is an interesting article regarding SP3 performance, ignoring the fact that Vista SP1 is still faster than XP SP2/SP3 users will enjoy a performance boost over SP2. When will people learn that Vista ain't all bad!

Windows® XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates for the operating system. This update also includes a small number of new functionalities, which do not significantly change customers’ experience with the operating system. This white paper summarizes what is new in Windows XP SP3.

Installer for Windows XP SP3 English, 32 Bit [316M]
SP 3 for Windows XP via Windows Update