Archive for: October 19, 2008

October 19, 2008

Some Inspiron Mini 9s shipping with partition issues

Filed under: Review - 19 Oct 2008

Filed under: LaptopsEarly Dell Inspiron Mini 9 customers who sprung for a larger drive may want to check their partitions — Dell apparently used a static 4GB Ubuntu image during some initial manufacturing runs, leaving the OS in a 4GB partition and the rest unused. The problem’s been fixed now, but…

FlashFXP 3.8 (3.7.5 Build 1300) Beta

FlashFXP is a powerful and popular FTP amp FXP Client loaded with features for the power user FlashFXP has an intuitive and full featured user interface allowing you to do all the common tasks with just a few clicks It also support full drag amp drop so you can transfer files synchronize folders find files and schedule tasks with just one click Using the FTP protocol you can transfer files from remote servers to your computer or even to another remote server It makes it easy to update your Web site download files from the company server or even download files from the internet that always seem to fail using your Web browser It allows you to transfer files between two sites FXP resume incomplete downloads synchronize directories schedule multiple tasks and more

COMODO Internet Security 3.5.53518.419 RC2

The COMODO Internet Security was designed to be the that integrates COMODO Antivirus COMODO Firewall and COMODO Defense in a seamless manner We have also fixed many bugs in COMODO Firewall with this release COMODO Firewall or COMODO Antivirus canbe installed as standalone products by using the same setup
Developed by one of the world 39 s leading IT security providers Comodo AntiVirus leverages multiple technologies including on demand amp on access scanning email scanning process monitoring and worm blocking to immediately start cleaning or quarantining suspicious files from your hard drives shared disks emails downloads and system memory
Comodo Firewall Pro offers 360 deg protection against internal and external threats by combining an enterprise class packet filtering firewall with an advanced host intrusion prevention system The new look interface facilitates quick and easy access to all major settings including the powerful and highly configurable security rules interface
Built from the ground upwards with your security in mind this award winning firewall constantly monitors and defends your system from inbound and outbound attacks Version 3 0 now features a fully fledged Host Intrusion Prevention System called Defense to protect your critical operating system files and block viruses and malware before they ever get the chance to install In fact Defense is so good at blocking malware you may never need a dedicated anti virus program ever again
The new look firewall features a friendly graphical user interface highly granular configuration options easily understood and informative alerts wizard based detection of trusted zones and much more It delivers enterprise class protection yet can be used lsquo out of the box rsquo so even the most inexperienced users will not have to deal with complex configuration issues after installation

Media Player Classic 6.4.9.1 build 05102008

Media Player Classic is an extremely light weight media player for Windows It looks just like the good old Media Player v6 4 but has lots of nice extra features nbsp

MPC has for instance a built in DVD player with real time zoom support for AVI subtitles QuickTime and RealVideo support requires QT and or Real player and lots more nbsp

Definitely a great replacement for the huge and clumsy Microsoft Media Players nbsp

This software is for Windows 2000 XP Vista

How Microsoft will compete with ‘free’

Filed under: Review - 19 Oct 2008

Jean-Louis Gassée explains how Microsoft’s future commerce model will borrow from both Apple and Google.Original post by Brenda Stokes

Toshiba’s Portege R600 ultraportable get the hands-on treatment

Filed under: Review - 19 Oct 2008

Filed under: Laptops
Toshiba’s R600 ultraportable got lost in the din of Tuesday’s MacBook announcements, but TrustedReviews got their hands on the 12.1-inch unltraportable, which replaces the crazy-thin-and-light R500 and goes up against some pretty rigid competition like the VAIO TT. Not a lot of …

Toshiba’s Portege R600 ultraportable gets the hands-on treatment

Filed under: Review - 19 Oct 2008

Filed under: Laptops
Toshiba’s R600 ultraportable got lost in the din of Tuesday’s MacBook announcements, but TrustedReviews got their hands on the 12.1-inch unltraportable, which replaces the crazy-thin-and-light R500 and goes up against some pretty durable competition like the VAIO TT. Not a lot o…

The Net is no 21st-century boob tube

Filed under: Review - 19 Oct 2008

Latest Pew Web study finds that Web use isn’t isolating citizens from friends and family.Original post by Brenda Stokes

Next-gen Prius semi-officially leaks out: yep, looks like a shoe

Filed under: Review - 19 Oct 2008

Filed under: Transportation
We thought we had a handle on what the next-gen Prius was going to look like when we spotted those renders back in July, and Toyota’s just confirmed that some press shots that leaked out final week are the real deal, not just photos of a super-high-tech sneaker. The compa…

Apple and Psystar to settle things with alternative dispute resolution, not tridents and hatchets

Filed under: Review - 19 Oct 2008

Filed under: Desktops
As much as we were hoping to see Steve Jobs and… well, anyone from Psystar settle things in the squared circle, we suppose we’ll have to habitable with a much more peaceful end to this madness. Rather than spending wads of cash on lawyers for no good reason, the two outfits h…

PicPick is a energetic, free way to take and edit screenshots

Filed under: Review - 19 Oct 2008

Filed under: Design, Utilities, Windows, Freeware
I’ve been using Faststone Capture portable for ages to handle my screenshot tasks, but PicPick is a very capable alternative.PicPick provides the usual capture functionality and Windows hot key replacements (print screen and the control + and alt + v…

New MacBook Air’s newness lies within

Filed under: Review - 19 Oct 2008

The MacBook Air looks the same. But it’s not.Original post by Brenda Stokes

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