Archive for: July 5, 2008

July 5, 2008

Author Nick Hornby not feeling the fever pitch by e-books

Filed under: Review - 05 Jul 2008

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Handhelds
that won’t come as a massive surprise to most, but author Nick Hornby isn’t so into e-books. After walking into a British Borders book store to find the £399 ($790) Iliad for sale next to some £4 paperbacks, he poo-poo’d the platform in a guest colum…

OS X-installing EFiX device gets a price, release date

Filed under: Review - 05 Jul 2008

The folks at EFiX don’t precisely have the best record of sticking to promised release dates, but the company’s CEO and lead engineer, Wilhelm von Vnukov, now tells us that the V2 edition of the OSX-installing device for desktop PCs will be available on Monday (July 7th), “I think,” with the V1 …

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Kaspersky Internet Security 8.0.0.429 Beta & Anti-Virus 8.0.0.422 Beta

Filed under: Review, My choice, games_entertainment, music, free_downloads, utilities - 05 Jul 2008
Kaspersky Internet Security 8 0 ndash is a new line of Kaspersky Labs products which is designed for the multi tiered protection of personal computers This product is based on in house protection components which are based on variety of technologies for maximum levels of user protection regardless of technical competencies
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Kaspersky Anti Virus combines reactive antivirus and spyware detection methods with the latest proactive technologies to provide your computer with the most effective protection against malicious programs The product is simple to install and set up while offering advanced users a range of versatile settings for fine tuning the program

Kaspersky Anti-Virus & Internet Security 2009 8.0.0.429 Beta + Key

Filed under: Review, My choice, games_entertainment, music, free_downloads, utilities - 05 Jul 2008
Kaspersky Internet Security 8 0 ndash is a new line of Kaspersky Labs products which is designed for the multi tiered protection of personal computers This product is based on in house protection components which are based on variety of technologies for maximum levels of user protection regardless of technical competencies
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Kaspersky Anti Virus combines reactive antivirus and spyware detection methods with the latest proactive technologies to provide your computer with the most effective protection against malicious programs The product is simple to install and set up while offering advanced users a range of versatile settings for fine tuning the program

Acronis True Image 11 Build 8081 Home

Filed under: Review, My choice, games_entertainment, music, free_downloads, utilities - 05 Jul 2008
Acronis True Image 11 Home offers you improved point in time backup strategy It has user friendly interface and the ability to bring your machine back online even if it has crashed and is unbootable Acronis True Image 11 Home is an easy to use affordable backup and restore solution for home and home office users that can protect family pictures videos music and important documents stored on your home PC It helps make certain that you are adequately protected ensuring that you can recover your data in case the machine fails or your computer hard disk is damaged by a virus

DAEMON Tools Lite v4.12.4 32/64 Bits (with SPTD 1.56)

Filed under: Review, My choice, games_entertainment, music, free_downloads, utilities - 05 Jul 2008
DAEMON Tools is an advanced application for Microsoft Windows which provides one of the best optical media emulation in the industry DAEMON Tools enabling you to use your CD DVD images as if they were already burned to CD DVD
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Changes in DT 4 12 4 compared to the previous version 4 12 3
What 39 s new
File Associations for supported images
ISO grabber plugin
Command line interface extensions see Online Help
DAEMON Tools Toolbar
Languages updates
Bugs fixed
Setup fixes
Some minor GUI bugs

Teardown party: the MSI Wind and Acer Aspire One get ripped open

Filed under: Review - 05 Jul 2008

You knew that was bound to happen. Like any good piece of gadgetry, there’s always someone who can’t wait to get their grubby hands all by it… and rip it to shreds to see how it works. nowadays we present the disemboweling of two of the latest challengers to the Eee’s netbook throne: the MSI W…

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AVG Anti-Virus Free 8.0 Build 138a1332

Filed under: Review, My choice, games_entertainment, music, free_downloads, utilities - 05 Jul 2008
AVG Anti Virus provides all of Grisoft trade s advanced virus detection methods and components including heuristic analysis generic detection scanning and integrity checking It is an integral part of the AVG Anti Virus plus Firewall Edition and is accessible via the AVG Control Center Safeguarding the computer on which it is installed AVG Firewall helps to maintain privacy and protects personally identifiable information from being sent from your computer without your permission nbsp

Next Vista Media Center leaked — no DirecTV HD till 2010?

Filed under: Review - 05 Jul 2008

Engadget HD has gotten the latest on the highly anticipated update for Vista Media Center and it doesn’t look good. The first release candidate made it into testers hands recently and they weren’t happy to see that the most anticipated features — support for a DirecTV HD tuner and l

iPhone 3G queue forms in Manhattan

Filed under: Review - 05 Jul 2008

The line for the Apple iPhone 3G began to structure Friday–an entire week before the device goes on sale.

Frankly, one shouldn’t inspire such behavior by actually covering it. But whether I were in Manhattan–instead of Austin, Texas–I, too, woul…

Top 5 New Features of Ubuntu 8.10 Interpid Ibex

Filed under: Review - 05 Jul 2008

As the Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex (8.10) development gets going, many citizens will probably be wondering what new end-user features they can expect. that commentary lists the top 5 new features. My Take: Nothing really exciting. I still shiver by the inability of the default Totem installation not de-int…

KDE 4.1 Beta 2: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

Filed under: Review - 05 Jul 2008

KDE 4.1 is supposed to form everything right with the recently troubled desktop. Everyone agrees now that KDE 4.0 was a mistake. However, what the mistake was — and whose — is a matter of opinion. KDE developers blame distributions for rushing to include a release that was never intended for every…

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