Opera 10 Final Released

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operaOpera 10 Final is released officially and is now available for download from the official site as well as from the Opera ftp site. The final version of Opera is apparently the same build as the Opera 10 Release Candidate 2 (except for a few minor changes to standard files and a few new folders) that was released last week.

The Opera browser is the first major web browser to hit a two-digit version and it is well deserved as it was source for a series of web browsing enhancements and improvements that were copied by other Internet browsers throughout its existence.

The changes since RC2 according to the official Opera Desktop Team blog is as follows:

  • Icon fix for Unix
  • Minor fixes default search engines and bookmarks

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My Technology Guide – Present Situation Update

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Most of our regular readers must have noticed the irregularities in the posting of new articles from the back few days. Well, the reason for this irregularity is the tough time that we are going through. This update about the present situation will clear about what problems we are facing at this moment.

First nuisance is our broadband connection. This is the third time that our broadband connection got disconnected due to some cables being damaged by the construction work going on in our area. All our telephone lines in our area is dead. Secondly, our backup connection went bad all at the same time and we had no choice but to wait. To make matters worse, one of our family member is ill and is going medication.

Though, still our main broadband connection is still not restored, we are posting this update about the present situation using our third option, that is GPRS connection which is tad slow and very expensive.

We can only hope that everything comes back to normal as soon as possible.

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USBDriveFresher – Easily Cleanup USB Drives off any Junk Files

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usb-driveWindows automatically creates files like thumbs.db, or.Trashes folder, or .Spotlight-V100, or the ones with the underscore at the start of the name on our storage devices. This includes the hard disk drive, USB drives, etc. Sometimes these files eats up precious disk space and getting rid of them is required, especially when its a portable USB drives where disk space is very limited.

Here’s a free tool USBDriveFresher that does this dirty job of getting rid of these files and helps you get back disk space. It cleans up all these unwanted files automatically or according to the rules set by you. It has the capability of cleaning up all your attached portable drives using a single click. It can also clean up folders too.

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SpyDLLRemover – Detect and Delete Spywares From The System For Free

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SpyDLLRemover is the standalone tool to effectively detect and delete spywares from the system. It comes with advanced spyware scanner which quickly discovers hidden Rootkit processes as well suspicious or injected DLLs within all running processes. It not only performs sophisticated auto analysis on process DLLs but also displays them with various threat levels, which greatly helps in quick identification of malicious DLLs. The DLL search feature helps in finding DLL within all running processes using partial or full name. Then user can choose to remove the DLL from single process or from all loaded processes with just one click.

One of the unique feature of SpyDLLRemover is its capability to free the DLL from remote process using advanced DLL injection method which can defeat any existing Rootkit tricks. It also uses sophisticated low level anti-rootkit techniques to uncover hidden userland Rootkit processes as well as to terminate them. Newer version comes with other cool features such as HTML based report generation, sorting the process/dll list for quick analysis, enhanced user interface etc.

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How To Use Any Version of Windows 7 For 120 Days Free

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Microsoft allows anyone to install and use any version of Windows 7 for 30 days without having to enter an activation key. But you can officially extend this trial for 120 days or 4 months by using a utility that is supplied by Microsoft only. This utility is called the Software License Manager (slmgr) and it gets installed with default Windows 7 installation.

To see how many days are left for your trial version of Windows 7, click Start, right-click Computer, and choose Properties. At the bottom of the screen under Windows Activation, you’ll see the number of days left in your trial period. [Read more...]

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Scan Files Online With 22 Antivirus Without First Downloading to Computer

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novirusthanksMost of the time if we want to know whether a file contains virus or not is either by downloading the file to our computer first and then let our installed antivirus scan the file or upload the downloaded suspicious file to Virustotal or other independent online antivirus website for scanning. This method involves the risk of getting infected since you have to download the file first to your computer in both the cases. I think this process is very risky, even though I am having a security suite installed but I also know that none of the security suites available in the market are 100% effective against all viruses, Trojans, malicious scripts etc.

I was searching for a service that will scan the file even before the file is downloaded to my computer. I found NoVirusThanks which can scan files with 22 antivirus engines without first downloading it to my computer. NoVirusThanks, a website that offers free service to analyze your file with 22 Antivirus Engines and will report back the analysis result has now included a new feature to scan web address. [Read more...]

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Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 Includes Critical Security Update

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mozilla_thunderbirdThe Mozilla Thunderbird development team has released an important update for the Mozilla Thunderbird email client. This upgrade includes one critical security fix that was reported by security researcher Dan Kaminsky. Compromise of SSL-protected communication vulnerability allows an attacker to obtain certificates that would function for any site they would like to target. More detail information about this vulnerability is available here.

Mozilla Thunderbird should automatically download the update upon its next start up. You can also manually update using the Help > Check For Updates function in the email client or visit the Mozilla Thunderbird website to download the update. [Read more...]

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