Archive for: March 27, 2008

BitComet is a p2p file sharing freeware fully compatible with Bittorrent which is one of the most popular p2p protocol designed for high speed distribution of 100MB or GB sized files BitComet is a powerful clean fast and easy to use bittorrent client It supports simultaneous downloads download queue selected downloads in torrent package fast resume chatting disk cache speed limits port mapping proxy ip filter etc Supports 43 Languages
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Changes in BitComet v1 00 2008 3 27
GUI Improved move quot add torrent to my sharing quot check box in BT task properties dialog to Advanced page
GUI Improved new command in Tools menu check software update
GUI Improved new command in context menu of Peer list Remove peer
GUI Improved new command in context menu of Tracker list Remove tracker
GUI Improved FireFox extension add download video files command to Tools menu which can capture video files in webpage
GUI Bugfix puase and resume preview video file will lead to exit full screen mode
GUI Bugfix Refresh button in toolbar of BitComet resource browser does not work
Core Improved update TCP half open limit modification for Windows Vista
Core Bugfix Long Time Seeding does not stop when Scheduler pause all download
Core Bugfix BitComet resource browser

Think Hillary is squandering delegates and Obama is mired in scandal? How about McCain and his lobbyist trysts? Think you can do better?

Stardock Entertainment offers you a chance to prove it with a new version of their political strategy game The Political Machine 2008. Assume the mantle of a would-be president for a host of candidates including Barack Obama, John McCain, Hillary Clinton or historical contenders. And if that's too 'inside-Washington' for you, this single or multi-player PC game lets the user design a candidate from scratch.

With its genuine demographic data and a brand-new 3D engine, The Political Machine 2008 emulates real-world campaign challenges, including fundraising, appearing in talk shows like Colbert Report and the O'Malley Factor, hiring spin doctors and securing endorsements. Stardock's CEO and Lead Designer Brad Wardell even says that the previous edition of the game accurately predicted that Ohio -- not Florida -- would be the key state to decide the outcome of the 2004 presidential election.

"This is the ultimate game for political junkies and a really fun way for anyone to learn about the election process," said Wardell. "Once you put yourself in the campaign manager's shoes, you really get to see how each campaign tactic ultimately affects the outcome of the vote. The whole point is to be fun but part of that means being reasonably accurate."

Filed under: CellphonesApparently not subject matter to let Nokia Siemens have the upgraded mobile broadband spotlight to itself nowadays, Ericsson has now announced that it’s set to protest what it’s touting as the “world-first end-to-end HSPA Evolution technology” at CTIA next week. That, the comp…

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Filed under: CellphonesApple’s no stranger to having its wares ganked (a lot), but that one really has us scratching our noggins some kind of fierce. Apparently a couple of meddlesome 20-somethings working at a Salem, New Hampshire Apple store managed to scoot absent with somewhere amoung 330 and 70…

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Ever wonder who is watching the YouTube videos you've uploaded?

Wonder no more. YouTube on Wednesday unveiled a tool that will provide detailed stats on videos uploaded to the site. With YouTube Insight, users will be able to see how often their videos are viewed in different geographic regions, as well as how popular they are compared to all videos in those areas. It will also provide data on how long it takes for a video to become popular, and what happens to video views as popularity peaks.

"Using these metrics, you can increase your videos' view counts and improve your popularity on the site," according to a YouTube blog post. "For instance, you might learn that your videos are most popular on Wednesdays, that you have a huge following in Spain, or that new videos that play off previous content become more popular more quickly."

YouTube also touted the possible money making potential of Insight. "For those of you who are also partners, the more popular a video is, the more advertising revenue it can generate," the blog said.

Users can view their stats now by clicking "About This Video" under the "Videos, Favorites, Playlists" section of their accounts.

Ever received a blast e-mail from a source listed as blank @donotreply.com? Funny thing about that--you're not actually supposed to reply to those, no matter how frustrated you might be about getting list spam or the goods that said e-mail might be promoting. Not only that, there's a good likelihood that the address doesn't even belong to the sender at all.

Nope, all those e-mail replies (and there are, as you can imagine, quite a few) land in the inbox of one Chet Faliszek, a Seattle-based computer programmer and owner of one of the most impressive collections of misdirected electronic anger around.

As a result, Faliszek built What's in Your Return Address, a blog devoted to collect some of his inbox's greatest hits and constant reminders to readers to heed his domain's titular warning.

The Washington Post profiled the programmer who addressed, among other things, the glut of personal banking information he receives on a regular basis.

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You’d think that with a name like “One Laptop Per Child,” NickNeg and company would have stress-tested their laptop with some actual children, but it looks like everyone’s favorite green machine just isn’t up to the toddler challenge — OLPC owners are reporting that the laptop’…

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Mark another win for the man. TorrentSpy, one of the Web's most popular BitTorrent trackers, has been forced to close it doors forever, after going up against the MPAA.

In December, a Los Angeles court ruled against the tracker, after TorrentSpy destroyed evidence, which, according to the site, was an attempt to protect its users' privacy. A judge in the suit impost a hefty $30,000 fine against the torrent tracker.

Earlier in the week the site's founder, Justin Bunnell posted a statement that read, in part:

We have decided on our own, not due to any court order or agreement, to bring the Torrentspy.com search engine to an end and thus we permanently closed down worldwide on March 24, 2008.

The legal climate in the USA for copyright, privacy of search requests, and links to torrent files in search results is simply too hostile. We spent the last two years, and hundreds of thousands of dollars, defending the rights of our users and ourselves.

Li Ka-shing, the Hong Kong telecom mogul who invested $60 million in Facebook final year, has upped his stake to $100 million and may invest even more, MarketWatch reported Thursday.

Facebook was valued at an eyebrow-raising $15 billion when Microsoft purchased a 5 percent stake at $240 million.

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We’ve seen a few massive solar farms pop up out west, but it looks like Southern California Edison is taking a different approach: instead of cluttering up the abandon, the company plans to build a distributed solar array on the rooftops of commercial buildings all through…

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We’ve seen a few massive solar farms pop up out west, but it looks like Southern California Edison is taking a different approach: instead of cluttering up the abandon, the company plans to build a distributed solar array on the rooftops of commercial buildings all through…

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Motorola’s Linux-based A1600 MING 2 may still not have seen a release ’round these parts, but that apparently hasn’t stopped the company from churning out a new model in the mold of the A1800, which has now wound up in the hands of The Boy Genius Report. According to BGR, tha…

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