Take Windows Vista Compatibility, Reliability and Stability

Microsoft is offering Windows Vista users the means to take Windows Vista compatibility, reliability and stability up a notch ahead of the release of the first service pack for the operating system. In this context, the Redmond company has been hammering away at Vista, since the client hot the shelves in January 2007 with constant refreshes served through the Windows Update infrastructure. Although Windows Update is not yet a fully fledged substitute for the service pack release practice, Microsoft has hinted that small and incremental updates are the way of the future, in contrast to large and bloated refreshes.

Starting with its debut on the market, Vista has had quite a rough ride, experiencing a plethora of issues, mostly centered around software and hardware incompatibilities, as well as performance. Microsoft will address the rough corners of the operating system with the release of Vista SP1, but up until 2008, the company is also making available a suite of updates designed to increase user experience by fine tuning problematic aspects of the product. This is the case for a 32-bit and 64-bit Vista compatibility, reliability, and stability update.

Update for Windows Vista (KB941649) (download 32-bit and 64-bit) was initially introduced at the beginning of October, but towards the end of the past month it got well, updated. The refresh is an integer part of the enhancements coming to Vista with SP1 in the first quarter of 2008.

This update improves the compatibility, reliability, and stability of Windows Vista. This update includes the following improvements:

• It extends the battery life for mobile devices.
• It improves the stability of portable computers and of desktop computers that use an uninterruptable power supply (UPS).
• It improves the reliability of Windows Vista when you open the menu of a startup application.
• It improves the stability of wireless network services.
• It shortens the startup time of Windows Vista by using a better timing structure.
• It shortens the recovery time after Windows Vista experiences a period of inactivity.
• It shortens the recovery time when you try to exit the Photos screen saver.
• It improves the stability of Windows PowerShell.
• A compatibility issue that affects some third-party antivirus software applications.
• A reliability issue that occurs when a Windows Vista-based computer uses certain network driver configurations.

Google Linux repositories in ubuntu

Google’s Linux software repositories make it easier to download and stay up-to-date with current releases of Google Linux applications. Please choose one of the guides below to help configure your system to use these repositories.

First you need to edit /etc/apt/sources.list file

sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list

add the following line

# Google software repository

deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable non-free

Save and exit the file

you must download the key and then use apt to install it and refresh your package indexes.

Run these commands as root:

wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add -

Now you need to update the source list using the following command

sudo apt-get update

Install google applications now you can see the following command to install google picasa

sudo apt-get install picasa

10 Simple Ways To Speed Up Windows Vista

Windows Vista is a rather heavy operating system with many neat features, but unfortunately they all come at a price. Right out of the box it requires a pretty hefty system to run (arguably). Before you run out and buy a new computer just so you can run your base operating system, check out these 10 Simple Ways To Speedup Windows Vista tips to lighten the load. This is just the first in the series, so many of them may be very apparent to those experienced in tweaking. If you’re still using Windows XP, then check out 10 Simple Ways To Speedup Windows XP.

This article details the following 10 tips:

1. Turn off UAC, or at least make it less annoying
2. Disable Aero
3. ReadyBoost
4. Tweak Indexing Service
5. While you are at it, fix the rest of your search options.
6. Get rid of the sidebar
7. Defender has a use?
8. Tweak your services
9. How to find out the next area for improvement – Tweak your programs
10. Not really a tweak but…

To learn more please read the entire article at its source: 10 Simple Ways To Speed Up Windows Vista

DivX Pro v6.7.0.28

The DivX Codec takes the power of advanced digital video compression to the next level, encoding video at resolutions up to high-definition 1920 x 1080. That's right, you heard it straight: 1080i and 1080p, at a fraction of the file size. What more can we say? Wait, we almost forgot, there is more. Read on, dear friend, for a list of DivX Codec features.

Features:
* Compress digital video 5 to 10 times more than MPEG-2/DVD format and hundreds of times over raw digital video
* Encode high-definition (HD) video at resolutions up to 1080p
* Maximized performance for all HyperThreaded, dual core and dual CPU (SMP) systems
* Improved support for interlaced video
* Six carefully optimized encoding modes for balancing visual quality and performance
* Automated noise reduction reduces grain and low-light noise (common with DV cameras) without significantly degrading the video

DivX Pro includes:
DivX Player 6.6
DivX Community Codec 6.7
DivX Web Player 1.3.1
DivX Converter 6.5
DivX Pro Codec 6.7

Changelog
* Compress 2 to 4 times less than MPEG-4/AVC format with quality 2 to 3 times worse.
* Crash Vista often

Download : DivX Pro v6.7.0.28

DFX v8.360 Power Pack

DFX enhances your music listening experience by improving the sound quality of MP3, Windows Media, Internet radio and other music files. With DFX you can transform the sound of your PC into that of an expensive stereo system placed in a perfectly designed listening environment. Renew stereo depth, boost your audio levels and produce a deep, rich bass sound.

DFX Audio Enhancement Features:
· Advanced DSP Sound Enhancement Effects
· Speakers and Headphones Optimization
· Finely-tuned, Customizable Music Presets
· Dynamic Sound Spectrum Analyzer
· Powerful Audio Processing Modes
· Stylish, Shapely Skins
· Space Saving Mini-mode Interface
· 5.1/7.1 Surround Sound Support

DFX dramatically improves your digital audio experience with:
· 3D Surround Sound - Immerse yourself inside the music
· Stereo Ambience - renew lost stereo depth High Fidelity Restoration
· Dynamic Gain Boosting - pump up the volume
· Headphones Optimization - Hear more pleasant, natural sounds with headphones
· Customizable Music Presets - Select finely-tuned settings for many styles of music
· Booming HyperBass - produce deep, rich bass sounds
· High Fidelity Restoration - eliminate that "muffled" sound
· Spectrum Analyzer - "See" DFX enhance your sound
· Music and Speech Modes - Get optimized sound for any type of audio
· Customizable Skins - Choose from hundreds of skins

Advanced DSP Sound Effects:
* Harmonic Fidelity Restoration.
Adding Fidelity to your audio eliminates the "muffled" sound that is an artifact of the data compression algorithms used in Internet audio formats. DFX compensates for this loss of high frequency fidelity by carefully regenerating the missing high frequency harmonics in the audio. This harmonic restoration is performed using patent-pending technology that carefully synthesizes high frequency harmonics to replace the harmonics lost during the encoding process.

* Ambience, Stereo Imaging.
Adding Ambience to your audio compensates for the lost or diminished stereo depth that is the result of closely located speakers, poor listening environments, and sonic losses due to data compression of Internet audio formats. DFX compensates for the reduced stereo imaging and depth of PC audio by carefully regenerating the ambience and stereo depth. This same ambience processing has been used by Grammy winning engineers of artists such as Alanis Morissette and Ella Fitzgerald.

* 3D Surround Sound.
Using the 3D Surround Sound component adds amazing depth and body to your audio, compensating for monitoring limitations and sonic losses due to data compression. With 3D Surround processing the sounds will surround you, virtually putting you inside the music! 3D Surround enhances the sound played on conventional 2-speaker systems and makes even small PC speaker systems sound larger and richer. It is also fully compatible with Surround Sound playback systems.

* HyperBass.
Using the HyperBass component adds deep, rich bass sound to your audio by compensating for the bass limitations of almost all PC-based audio systems and data-compressed audio formats. DFX does this by carefully regenerating the low frequency harmonics, thus increasing the perceived bass, but without exceeding the speakers physical limits, adding or changing speakers or amplifiers, and without increased power consumption. HyperBass greatly improves the bass performance of any sound system.

* Dynamic Gain Boosting.
Adding Dynamic Boost increases the perceived loudness of your audio while minimizing distortion levels, particularly when using Internet audio systems. By adding Dynamic Gain Boosting, your playback system will sound twice as loud without losing any punch on loud passages.
Typical PC-based multimedia playback systems and even home stereo playback systems suffer from limited dynamic range and headroom. Dynamic Boost compensates for this limited headroom by carefully processing the audio to increase the perceived loudness of the audio without altering the perceived dynamic range.

New and improved features in DFX 8:
- Improved sound enhancement processing including full 5.1 and 7.1 Surround Sound support
- Enhanced stylish interface
- New vertical mini-mode which nicely integrates with media players
- Smart player snapping and auto-minimize
- Informative audio status display

Download : DFX v8.360 For WinAmp
Download : DFX v8.360 For Windows Media Player
Download : DFX v8.360 For RealPlayer
Download : DFX v8.360 For MusicMatch.JukeBox
Download : DFX v8.360 For J.River Music Center
Download : DFX v8.360 For Yahoo! Music

Orbit Downloader v2.4.1

Orbit is a download accelerator and manager based on P2P techonology. And it has advanced robust multithread download algorithm implemented with high quality.

Orbit integrates seamlessly into Microsoft Internet Explorer to automatically handle your downloads. Using Orbit you can easily download files from any remote server via HTTP, FTP, RTSP, MMS. With Orbit the downloading process will be as easy as nerver before. Orbit is a light-weight, powerful and easy-to-use application. Also it is well-known for its intuitive and user-friendly interface.

Changes :

* Greatly improved download speed by optimizing chunk-downloading algorithm
* Optimized mirror and peer selection algorithm, improved download efficiency
* Fix: downloads stalled in rare cases
* Fix: rare crash bug when downloading
* Fix: Grab++ failure with IE
* Change: make update process more smoothly

Download : Orbit Downloader v2.4.1

BitTorrent Memblokir Pengguna dari AS dan Kanada

Dua website BitTorrent populer, Isohunt.com dan Demonoid.com, memblokir pengguna yang berasal dari Amerika Utara (AS dan Kanada). Menurut pihak Isohunt, pemblokiran ini dikarenakan Amerika Serikat berperilaku memusuhi teknologi P2P. Apalagi ditambah dengan tuntutan hukum yang sedang mereka terima dari MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America). Pihak Isohunt merasa tidak ada lagi jaminan keamanan dan privasi di AS.

Begitupula dengan Demonoid yang berbasis di Kanada, yang juga memutuskan user-nya yang berada di Kanada. Beberapa spekulasi yang muncul antara lain website Demonoid.com telah dibabat oleh Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) atau mengalami kerusakan server yang fatal. User BitTorrent dari kanada yang ingin mengakses akan segera dialihkan ke halaman pengalihan. Dijelaskan hal tersebut terpaksa dilakukan karena mereka menerima surat dari pengacara CRIA, yang mengancam akan mengambil jalur hukum.

Info : www.dailytech.com