Interesting Software and System News

[anjandavid]

SAY GOODBYE TO WINDOWS XP FOREVER  :'(

Internet Explorer 9 won't be supported in XP , even SP3

Internet Explorer 9 will support HTML5 video, new-fangled web technologies like CSS3 and SVG2. As per the announcement, IE9 will be the fastest web browser ever in the whole IE series, and they really had to work on the browsing speed in order to survive in the era of Firefox, Chrome and Opera.

First developer preview of Internet Explorer 9 is available for free download today at Microsoft website.

>>>>>http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/

[Chris Thomas]

Google's fast pipe to Asia almost ready

Google and a group of telecommunications companies are about ready to turn on a fast Internet cable running under the Pacific Ocean from the U.S. to Japan, increasing bandwidth by about 20 percent and giving Google its own connection to Asia which has the potential to create a 7.68Tbps (terabits per second) connection under the Pacific.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-20000715-265.html?tag=newsLeadStoriesArea.1

[bob3160]

http://www.backupify.com/index.php

[mkis]

Karen's Directory Printer

Ever since the dawn of Windows, there's been no way to print out a list of every file in a folder, nor one to print out a folder name. Over the years, people have come up with a variety of hacks to get around the problem, and many of them require you to do things like editing the Registry. There's a much simpler solution: Get the free Karen's Directory Printer.

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,71403/description.html?tk=rss_downloads_weekly_null    

[YoKenny]

Karen's Directory Printer

Ever since the dawn of Windows, there's been no way to print out a list of every file in a folder, nor one to print out a folder name. Over the years, people have come up with a variety of hacks to get around the problem, and many of them require you to do things like editing the Registry. There's a much simpler solution: Get the free Karen's Directory Printer.

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,71403/description.html?tk=rss_downloads_weekly_null    

I subscribe to her newsletter and use several of her free programs:
Free Newsletter
https://secure.karenware.com/subscribe

[.: L' arc :.]

BitDefender update cripples 64-bit versions of Windows

A devastating update by BitDefender was released on Saturday for their anti-virus engine that has caused crippling problems for users of x64, or 64-bit, versions of Windows. This update has caused BitDefender to flag Windows system files and BitDefender files as the Trojan.Fakealert.5 infection. Depending on a users action settings for when a virus is found, this has led to numerous Windows system files being added to the BitDefender quarantine. When this happens, these computers are not able to boot into Windows.

[.: L' arc :.]

Wikipedia Goes Down, Server Troubles and DNS Headaches

Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia suffered a severe global outage today from which it is still recovering.

[Hermite15]

Wikipedia Goes Down, Server Troubles and DNS Headaches

Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia suffered a severe global outage today from which it is still recovering.

accessed it a few times today without any problem

[nmb]

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Alternative to virustotal.com

No Virus Thanks is a similar service that supports 24 different antivirus engines (Virus Total supports 42). The most important engines on the other hand are supported like those from Kaspersky, F-Prot, Trend Micro, Dr. Web, Panda or AVG. The limitations are also similar. Files up to a size of 20 Megabytes can be uploaded directly on the No Virus Thanks website.

Scanner(Web) : http://scanner.novirusthanks.org/ <- max file size that can be uploaded is 20 MB.

NoVirusThanks Uploader : http://www.novirusthanks.org/products/novirusthanks-uploader/ <- max file size that can be uploaded is 5 MB.

[via ghacks]

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[anjandavid]

Free AVG Rescue CD Helps Get Unbootable PCs Working

AVG have just released a free rescue CD that can be used to recover your computer when the system cannot be loaded normally, such as after an extensive or deep-rooted virus infection.

>>>http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/avg-rescue-cd-90.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmosbest+%28Gizmo%27s+Best-ever+Freeware%29

[bob3160]

Court sides with Comcast, challenges FCC's Net Neutrality efforts

"Essentially, it’s a blow to so-called Net Neutrality efforts, the push that would keep Internet Service providers like Comcast from differentiating -
and treating differently - heavy users of the Internet."

[YoKenny]

Court sides with Comcast, challenges FCC's Net Neutrality efforts

"Essentially, it’s a blow to so-called Net Neutrality efforts, the push that would keep Internet Service providers like Comcast from differentiating -
and treating differently - heavy users of the Internet."

The P2P users just hate this.

But broadband providers point to the fact that applications such as BitTorrent use an outsized amount of network capacity

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100406/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_internet_rules

[Chris Thomas]

Another Great Firefox Addon

MOZILLA CONTACTS

http://mozillalabs.com/blog/2010/03/contacts-in-the-browser/

You can sync with all your email and social services including Gmail , Twitter, Linkedin, etc

Try it out

[Yezinki]

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Thanks!

[Lisandro]

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