Files Network: Mart 2008

FunFile now open for signup

Popular private tracker FunFile.org has opened registrations for all users today. New users can join the site without an invitation or a registration key during this period. The tracker has been named as one of the most coveted bittorrent trackers of 2008 by Torrentfreak. The site upgraded to a new design few days ago and now boasts a fine layout.

Our free funfile registration key and invite request thread generated huge response from users all over the world.

Site Name: FunFile

Signup URL: http://www.funfile.org/signup.php

Categories:

Applications
Ebooks
Games
Miscellaneous
Movies
Music
Portable
TV

VSO Blindwrite Suite 6.0.6.39: Burn an exact copy of your CD or DVD

Blindwrite, is a software to create a clone of your existing CD and DVD! BlindWrite extracts all the characteristics of your original CD and DVD in his own format or as a.ISO to your harddrive to reproduce a working copy of your media. It allows you to protect your investments against damage caused by children, scratches or by frequent use. Your personal CD or DVD backups can even be run directly from your computer using a virtual drive (i.e. Daemon Tools).

Blindwrite's Game Copy Software supports a large number of formats and is regularly updated to support the latest technology. Combined with CopyToDVD, it is a complete set of software for all your backup needs: data files, 1:1 CD/DVD backups, audio CDs from music files and DVD movies. A must-have! BlindWrite supports all popular CD/DVD writers and handles every available DVD format (DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+R Double Layer, DVD-R Dual Layer).

Key Features

Brand new easy to use interface featuring one-click style
Supports graphic themes allowing you to customize the look and feel
New reading and writing engine supporting both CDs and DVDs
Works with most hardware, optimized for high quality CD/DVD writers
Supports a large number of formats: BlindWrite 4.x (.BWT), CloneCD (.CCD), Iso images (.ISO), Cuesheet/Binary (.CUE/.BIN), Alcohol (.MDS)
Voice notifications for program events
Extended log information for easy technical support
Multilingual support

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Libble.com open for signup - Music Tracker

Here is a change from the flurry of general 0day sites we've been posting lately. Libble is a dedicated music tracker which has a user base of 6700+ and has a collection of 11000+ torrents. This well known tracker is currently accepting new signups without users requiring invite from existing members.

Site Name: Libble

Signup URL: http://www.libble.com/signup.php

Description: Has more than 11000 music torrents spreading across over 20 genres. Music files are in MP3, FLAC, M4A. WMA and OGG.

Hint: Once you complete the signup form and hit submit, the site will say that the registration is complete and will ask you to login. However when we tried it this didn't work.In this case click the confirmation link in email you get and try logging in. It will work.

CrazyTalk v5.0 Build 1322 Professional : Facial Animation & Lip-sync Software

Show Your Ideas While You Are Talking!.Create and control a virtual cast of live talking characters ready to deliver an animated vocal performance for your video, web, mobile or messaging projects. Just a single photograph, recorded or imported audio, combined with transitional effects, animated illustrations and expressive emoticons, and CrazyTalk's powerful facial morphing animation technology is all you need to begin creating speaking actors, virtual guides, and digital hosts adding perfect personalities to any multimedia experience.

Features

Fitting Wizard for Photo Animation

Create 3D talking characters from photos, images or illustrations.
Custom photo background and SFX with mask editors.
Apply emotive facial expressions during talking animation.

Lip-sync for Talking Characters

Animate characters with voice, recorded audio, or text.
Automatic lip-sync animation from audio and typed text.
Instant expressions and animated SFX from library.

Real-time Puppetry for Facial Animation

Use mouse or handheld devices to puppet your character.
Puppet character's behavior in real-time as playing the audio.
Facial control panel for precise puppet performance.

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BitShock and BestShare.ro open for signup

Two decent private trackers are now accepting new registrations without invites. Check them out. Signups open for Bestshare.ro and BitShock as of 31/3/2008 9.40AM Sri Lankan Time (+5.30 GMT).

Site Name: BitShock

Signup URL: http://www.bitshock.org/signup.php

Description: General 0day site. Has a good collection of music and music videos.

Site Name: BestShare

Signup URL: http://www.bestshare.ro/signup.php

Description: Decent Romania based site with almost 100% English content. Mostly scene releases but they have some unique movie packs and collections as well.

WinRAR 3.71 (3.71.1.0) + Vista Skins

WinRAR is a file archiver and data compression utility developed by Eugene Roshal. It is arguably one of the two main file archive programs for Windows, along with WinZip. It is one of the few applications that is able to create RAR archives natively, as the encoding method is held to be proprietary.

Features:

Complete support for RAR and ZIP archives, and unpacking of ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, 7z and Z archives. Future versions of WinRAR are planned to include 7z creation.
The ability to create self-extracting and multi-volume (split) archives.
Data redundancy is provided via recovery records and recovery volumes, even allowing reconstruction of damaged archives.
Support for advanced NTFS file system options and Unicode in file names.
Optional archive encryption using AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) with a 128-bit key.

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ThePeerHub is open

Private torrent tracker The Peer Hub is currently accepting new signups.

Site Name: The Peer Hub

Signup URL: http://www.thepeerhub.com/signup.php

Description: ThePeedHub is a general 0day tracker which tracks mostly scene released movies, music, games and appz. Decent pre times.

Divx Create Bundle v6.8.0.5

The DivX Create Bundle gives you everything you need to start watching high-quality DivX videos, including DivX Video-on-Demand movies. DivX also support high compression ratios with minimal loss of quality and is a popular choice among DVDrip release groups. You will need the DivX codec to view any video encoded using divX and is therefore essential if you are doing multimedia tasks using your PC.

Features

Playback all DivX video, including DivX ® media files
Add DivX playback support to your existing media player
Rent and purchase high-quality DivX Video-on-Demand titles

Included Components

DivX Player
DivX Community Codec
DivX Web Player
DivX Converter
DivX Pro Codec

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CZONE back up, still open

CZONE, after suffering from downtime and database deletion yesterday, have now restored services of both the site and the tracker. They seem to be in the process of re uploading all torrents previously in the database.

Better yet, signups are still open; there are currently 18000+ members and according to site admins around 11000 more open registrations will be accepted before signup closure. You may want to hurry if you want an account.

A notice on site's front page now reads:
"Dear Friends,
Because of some electricity problems, independent from us, in the last days we had some technical difficulties as you all have seen.
The good news is that we took advantage of this and we added up some special features to the tracker that will optimize the activity of all the users, like automatic verification for hit and runners, no passkey downloads and fake ratio.All of the above had determined us to give up on the old database and thus meaning that you have to re-register your accounts.You can register new accounts for free, without the necessity of an invite until we reach 30.000 users.
We'll even initiate a contest to repay you: all users that will be promoted to "Power User" will get 2 invites and "C-ZONE Elite Member" will get 5 invites.The promotion is available until we reach 30.000 users."

The site is in Romanian but most of torrents are English. CZONE was (and still is, judging by the rate of new registrations) a well sought after private tracker in the bittorrent community.

Winamp 5.53 Build 1924 Final

Nullsoft Winamp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows. Winamp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video types (AVI, ASF, MPEG, NSV), custom appearances called skins (supporting both classic Winamp 1.x/2.x skins and Winamp 3 freeform skins), audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins (including two industry dominating visualization plug-ins), an advanced media library, Internet radio and TV support, CD ripping, and CD burning.

Winamp Highlights

New portable device features - transcoding, new sync options, USB thumbdrive player support, video sync, direct-from-device playback
Faster ripping
Improved AAC and aacPlus encoding
Unicode metadata, filename, and title support
iTunes-compatible gapless playback (MP3/M4A) and encoding (M4A)
Optional 24bit playback
ReplayGain support

Winamp Player Features

Plays Music and Video Files (aacPlus, MP3, AAC, WMA and more!)
Compatible with Winamp 2 Plug-ins
Full Support for Classic and Modern Skins
Plays Videos (NSV, WMV, and more!)
Powerful Media Library
Browse SHOUTcast Radio & TV Stations
Browse Winamp Music Videos & Songs
Integrated AOL Video Content (News, Sports, Movies & more)
AOL Radio Featuring XM
SHOUTcast Wire (podcast directory)
Predixis MusicMagic (dynamic playlisting)
Bundled Visualizations
Burn CDs (Limited to 2x - 48x in Pro!)
Rips CDs (Limited to 8x aacPlus, AAC, WMA
Unlimited aacPlus, AAC, WMA and MP3 in Pro!)
50 free mp3s from Emusic
Includes Winner of the Internet
Surround Music Project!
Includes an MP3 of 'Mercy Me' by Alkaline Trio
Rip/Encode music into aacPlus, AAC, WMA, or MP3!
Burn CDs up to 48x!

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300 Anime wallpapers

Here is a torrent featuring 300 anime pictures and wallpapers. Images are in BMP and JPEG formats and have resolutions of 800x600, 1024x768, 1155x864, 1280x960, 1280x1024 and 1600x1200.

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CZONE tracker opens signups after database deletion

Czone.ro which is considered to be one of the elite bittorrent trackers, has opened signups. The surprise move comes after the site seemingly deleted all torrents and all user accounts from the database (or their DB crashed and they started from scratch). Either way, they are currently accepting new signups.

As of time of post, there are no torrents in the database. However the registered user count has shot up from 0 to 3800+ in a short while. Get yourselves an account; this is an elite tracker! (if it returns to its former glory that is).

Site Name: CZONE Tracker

Signup URL: http://torrents.czone.ro/signup.php

Description: Romania based tracker with general content. Although site language is Romanian, 99% of the content is English.

Update: (Quoted from their forums)

"there were added functional elements for automatic checking of hit and run, downloading without pass key and fake ratio.this is why we had to dump the old data base.
there is free signup up to 30 000 users. everybody that gets promoted to power user in this period (up to 30 000 users) gets 2 invites and who is promoted to elite member gets 5 invites."

TorrentSpy shut down + Alternatives

TorrentSpy, one of the most visited bittorrent search engines on the Internet, has permanently shut down its operations since 24th of March, 2008. Although the site merely indexed torrents and did not operate a tracker, it was popular among beginners to the bittorrent world.

The site has been in a prolonged court battle with the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), which resulted in the site blocking access to US visitors as well as deleting all cached torrent files from their server.

So is this a major blow to the bittorrent community? Although TorrentSpy will be missed, it will not be the end of the world. Here is what Brokep (Administrator of The Pirate Bay) had to say about the closure:

"Today, sadly, Justin decided to shut down TorrentSpy. It does not change things for the other torrent sites more than usual. New sites will emerge, the other torrent sites will get a small boost in traffic. It’s however very sad to see that the pressure put on one single peer has been so hard that one of the main players in the torrent scene has to shut down his site.

Today all big torrent sites are pressured somehow. TPB has it’s share of pressure, however we expected it and have a legal system that is more just in cases like this. The way that the copyright lobby is going at this is totally wrong and we can’t let them win. And we won’t let them win. Today we reached a loss of a site, but it was more a person having to give up for economical reasons than anything else. The copyright lobby has their big cards - money and influence. In the long run they will have to give up as well. And when they do, I’ll go to the US and buy Justin a well-deserved beer."

Alternatives:

If you were a TorrentSpy user and is looking for alternatives, here are some.

YouTorrent - Search Engine
Torrentz - Search Engine
TorrentScan - Search Engine
Here is a list of public and private torrent sites that we use.
Visit out private trackers section for news on private trackers that are currently open for signups.
Visit BTRACS.

Some more public torrent sites

Morpheus Photo Animation Suite 3.1.0 : Morph, Warp & Mix Your Photos!

Here is a somewhat different app we found on the net. Morpheus Photo Animation Suite allows you bring your photo collection to life.

Includes

Morpheus Photo Morpher v3.10
Morpheus Photo Warper v3.10
Morpheus Photo Mixer v3.10
All 15 sample morphs, warps, and mixes

Features

Morph your baby photo into your own picture today.
Transform your wife into her mother or your husband into one of the Beatles.
Morph your son or daughter into a grandparent, or turn your parents into their parents.
Transform yourself into a celebrity!
Animate photos of friends or family, celebrities, pets, politicians – anyone or anything!

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BitSoup Signups open - 26/3/2008

Popular private bittorrent tracker BitSoup.org (BS) has opened registrations for new members.

Site Name: Bitsoup

Signup URL: http://www.bitsoup.org/signup.php

Description: BitSoup is a decent private tracker with more than 100000 users. Although not as fast as elite trackers such as ScT or RevTT, BitSoup features good pre times for most 0day content.

RealPlayer 11.0.2 Build 6.0.14.802 GOLD

RealPlayer (briefly known also as RealOne Player) is a cross-platform media player by RealNetworks that plays a number of multimedia formats including MP3, MPEG-4, QuickTime, Windows Media and multiple versions of proprietary RealAudio and RealVideo formats.

Features exclusive to premium version:

Works with iPod Transfer your favorite videos from thousands of Internet sites to your iPod with a single click. Then watch them wherever and whenever you want.
(RealPlayer Plus supports video transfer to video-capable iPod Nano and iPod Classic devices.)
Video Downloading See it now or see it later. Download video in its original quality with a single click, or record live streams from the Web. And you can download virtually all video formats, making it easy to watch content offline, build personal video playlists or burn a CD for later viewing.
DVD Burning All that's missing is the popcorn. Easily burn your favorite Web videos to a disc to view on your TV, laptop, PC — anywhere you can play a DVD.
LivePause & Perfect Play Control your streams. Pause, rewind and fast-forward through live audio or video clips while they play. Create your own sports instant replay!
Universal Player From .AIFF to .X-STREAM, RealPlayer has never met a file type it didn't like. Now, the same Player that handles your streaming media and downloaded QuickTime, Windows Media or MPEG audio/video files can also play your DVDs, VCDs and store-bought or home-made CD-ROMS. Finally, digital media has become more manageable.
High Quality Video RealVideo 10™ delivers superior video quality over any type of Internet connection -- from narrowband to broadband. View and download DVD quality video starting at 500kbps.
TurboPlay No more waiting for clips to load! New TurboPlay improves streaming so your clips load faster, start quicker and play smoother over all types of connections – from dialup to high-speed broadband.
Advanced Video Controls Adjust your viewer just like a TV set for amazing picture quality. Handy sliders let you tweak your video controls for brightness, contrast, sharpness, hue, etc. Remembers your settings.
Music Store Come on in and groove awhile. Over 3,000,000 songs of the highest download quality are yours to the tune of only 99¢ per song or $9.99 per album.
RealAudio Lossless Format Our new format allows you to burn professional-quality CDs using only half the disk space of the standard CD audio format (WAV)
Advanced CD Burning The simplicity of using 1-2-3-Burn to create your own CDs conceals some powerful options. Like the ability to normalize volume across all CD song tracks, set up crossfades, and even take out the gaps between audio tracks.
Analog Recording Migrating your vinyl or cassette collection to the digital world, or recording your own voice for narration or a quick audio message, taps RealPlayer's capacity for Analog Recording, another valuable tool for transporting you and your media into the digital future/domain.
Multiple Audio Formats RealPlayer supports all the latest formats, including audio CD, MP3, MPEG, Sony Memory Stick and many more.
Multi-Channel Stereo Sound Bump it up! Enjoy 5-channel audio plus a dedicated sub-woofer channel for streaming or playback through your sound system.
10-Band Graphic EQ Take control of your music. Optimize your sound exactly the way you like it with this sweet graphic equalizer. Adjust your EQ for room size, input type, etc.
High Bitrate Encoding An audio lover’s dream! Mix, burn and rip CDs and MP3s at up to 320kbps for ultra-high quality.
Crossfade Release your inner deejay and get jiggy with it! Crossfade between songs and add reverb to give your mixes a professional par-tay sound.
Visualizations Music that looks as cool as it sounds! See the patterns your music makes on the screen with hundreds of colorful, cutting-edge animations from some of the Web’s hottest designers.
Album Info Displays handy reference info about the album or clips you’ve selected. Automatically loads info from CDs or streaming clips. Keep track of lyrics and other details about your clips.
Portable Device Take your music with you! Download clips to your favorite portable digital music devices. Compatible with MP3, Sony Memory Stick, Palm, Nomad Zen, iPod and other formats.
Toolbar Mode Minimize your player to free up valuable space on your desktop while you’re multitasking.
Skins Express yourself! Customize the look of your RealPlayer to reflect your personality. Choose from hundreds of vivid, colorful skins or create and personalize your own.

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AI RoboForm 6.9.87 : Password Manager, Form Filler, Password Generator, Fill & Save Forms

RoboForm is the top-rated Password Manager and Web Form Filler that completely automates password entering and form filling.

Features

Memorizes your passwords and Logs You In automatically.
Fills long registration and checkout forms with one click.
Encrypts your passwords to achieve complete security.
Generates random passwords that hackers cannot guess.
Fights Phishing by filling passwords only on matching web sites.
Defeats Keyloggers by not using keyboard to type passwords.
Backs up your passwords, Copies them between computers.
Synchronizes passwords between computers using GoodSync.
Searches for keywords in your passwords, notes and Internet.
Portable: RoboForm2Go runs from USB key, no install needed.
PDA-friendly: sync your passwords to Pocket PC and Palm.
Neutral: works with Internet Explorer, AOL/MSN, Firefox.
IE 7 and Vista are now supported.

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How to make portable applications + tools

A portable application, or portable app for short, is a software program that does not require any kind of formal installation onto a computer's permanent storage device to be executed, and can be stored on a removable storage device such as a CD-ROM, USB flash drive, flash card, or even a floppy disk, enabling it to be used on multiple computers.

If you've ever visited our Portable Applications section, you may have wondered about how to create them. The instructions and tools in the torrent featured in this post will allow you create portable apps in a jiffy!

Whats included:

Portable Apps creation

Portable Apps Creation Master v1.1
Mojo Pac
Thinstall v3.349 (Retail)
Thinstall Tutorial On Appz
Thinstall Tutorial How To Make Portable Appz (VIDEO)
Portables NSIS
Hotkeyz
KleptoMania 2.5
My Notes Keeper v1.7.0.771
Wings 3D

Portable App Tools

File Mon
Icons from File
NSIS 2.17
Reg 2 Nsis
Registry Workshop
Regmon
Total Uninstall
Universal Extractor
UPX v2.03

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Learnbits E-Books and E-Learning tracker open for signup

Learnbits is considered to be one of the best E-Learning trackers out there. Good news is that its currently accepting new signups. If you hurry, you will be able to get an account for free.

Site Name: Learnbits.org

Signup URL: http://learnbits.org/account-signup.php (If the page auto redirects to homepage after 5-10 seconds, wait for all the fields in the signup form to load and hit stop in your browser. Fill the form and hit signup button)

Statistics (at time of post):

Total Registered Users: 5,272
Tracking 1,401 Torrents
Seeders: 1,533
Leechers: 156
Current Seeder/Leecher Ratio: 983%

Categories:

Apps-Fonts
Business
College Lectures
Database
Digital Art
Documentary
Early Learning
Exam Guides
Exams Q&A
Forensics
Health-Fitness
Hobbies
IT Manager
IT Security
Languages
Linux
Mac-Apple
Magazines
Math-Science
Medical
Network
Music
Personal Growth
Politics-History
Programming
Server Admin
Sports-Self Defence
VOIP
Web Design
Windows-Office
Miscellaneous
International Hub

We don't know for how long the signups will stay open so hurry.

Alternative update server for ESET NOD32 and ESET Smart Security : Update your ESET products with no trial limitation

Here is some good news for NOD32 users who are tired of getting their keys blacklisted. If you follow the method described below, you will no longer be needing a key to update your copy of NOD32 Antivirus 3.0 or ESET Smart Security (and this works with trial versions). The process does not involve cracking or doing any sort of modification to the core files of above mentioned programs.

What is an alternative update server?

From creator's page:

"This mirror have the purpose to offer updates to eset security products (for any product, 32 or 64bits). This is a direct mirror from eset update servers. This way you can continue to use this security products after the trial. I'll do my best to keep this updates running so far I can. There are hourly checks between this server and ESET servers. This is an automated system so the updates will be brought to you for sure. Fell free to create regfix and similar "patches".

What are the supported products?

As of now we have tested the server with all version 3 series releases of ESET smart Security and ESET NOD32 Anti Virus system. This includes both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.

Will it work forever?

There is no guarantee that it will work forever. It has been 10 days since server launch and has been working fine since. If the creator decides to pull the plug on the server, there will be no more updates. Only solution will be to apply a patch or to find another update server.

Click here to visit alternative update server homepage. Configuration instructions can be found there.

FairUse Wizard 2.8 : Video encoding and DVD creation made easy

Encode your DVDs to watch them on your prefered device with optimal quality! FairUse Full Edition included highly optimized encoding profiles for a variety of popular devices! Encode for your iPhone, iPod, AppleTV, Zune, Xbox 360, PS3, TiVO HD, or Computer with optimized quality.

Features

Easily create movies that will play on your standalone player with the DivX and XviD codecs
Use cutting edge technology with new codecs like the well-known H264, XviD, or the ffVFW codec suite.
Store several movies on a single DVD
Protect your expensive DVD collection by letting the children use a backup copy while the original discs stay in a safe place
Encode tens of episodes of your favourite shows in only a few mouse click
Let the wizard be your guide at every step of the conversion process.
Encode up to two audio tracks so you can chose between original and dubbed version at playback (maximum number of audio track may vary depending on the selected encoding profile)
Preview subtitles on the preview screen during the encoding setup

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PC Satellite Tv 2007 Elite Edition : Watch 3000+ Live Satellite TV Channels on PC

A great software package that turns your computer into a super TV. Absolutely free satellite TV channels. There is no need to buy any equipment. All you need is this software and an Internet connection. Download this software and follow the instructions to start the broadcasts. And you’re on your road to receiving 3100 free satellite TV channels forever.

This software package comes with a wide range of stations, such as News, Movies, Sports ,Adult , Anime, Music videos, religious and more .The previous version of this software “Professional Edition” that we also tried offered 2000 channels but wasn’t so friendly to use. “Elite Edition” is totally improved with over 3100 Free Live Satellite TV Channels.

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SlySoft Pack 20-03-2008 - AnyDVD, AnyDVD HD, CloneDVD, CloneDVD mobile, CloneCD, GameJackal and Virtual CloneDrive

SlySoft Inc. is a software company located in the capital city St. John's in Antigua and Barbuda. Its products consist of software to copy CDs, DVDs, HD DVDs, and Blu-Ray discs. The AIO featured in this post bring together a total of 7 SlySoft utilities in one user interface. Includes latest releases available as of 20-03-2008.

Included apps

AnyDVD & AnyDVD HD 6.4.0.0 (Updated with full BD+ support)
CloneDVD 2.9.1.5
CloneDVD 2.9.1.6 Beta
CloneDVD mobile 1.1.6.1
CloneCD 5.3.1.0
GameJackal Pro 3.0.0.8
GameJackal Enterprise 2.9.18.600
Virtual CloneDrive 5.2.0.2 Freeware

Details of included applications

AnyDVD
AnyDVD is a Windows-based driver that works automatically in the background to unprotect encrypted movie DVDs. AnyDVD works best with CloneDVD and CloneDVD mobile
AnyDVD HD
AnyDVD HD comes with same functionality as AnyDVD, but with full HD-DVD and Blu-Ray support and many more additional features.
CloneDVD
CloneDVD2 makes perfect backup copies of your unprotected movie DVDs with only 3 mouse-clicks and in less than 20 minutes
CloneDVD mobile
CloneDVD mobile converts your movie DVD easy and quickly into a format your portable devices like Sony PSP, Apple iPod Video, iAudio X5, Creative Labs ZEN Vision etc. can show.
CloneCD
CloneCD backs up your music, data or navigation CDs, regardless of copy protection
Game Jackal Pro
Game Jackal Pro is the ultimate must have killer app for the PC gamer! If you, like most gamers, find it annoying looking for and inserting the CD-ROM for your favorite game each
time you play it, then Game Jackal Pro is for you.
Game Jackal Enterprise
Game Jackal Enterprise has become the gaming tool of choice for cybercafes! Cybercafe owners and managers stand arm in arm with the private gaming community when it comes to no CD gaming.

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VMware Workstation 6.0.3.80004 - Expand the Power of Your PC with Virtualization

Use Multiple Operating Systems Concurrently on the Same PC
VMware Workstation 6 makes it simple to create and run multiple virtual machines on your desktop or laptop computer. You can convert an existing physical PC into a VMware virtual machine, or create a new virtual machine from scratch. Each virtual machine represents a complete PC, including the processor, memory, network connections and peripheral ports.

VMware Workstation lets you use your virtual machines to run Windows, Linux and a host of other operating systems side-by-side on the same computer. You can switch between operating systems instantly with a click of a mouse, share files between virtual machines with drag-and-drop functionality and access all the peripheral devices you rely on.

Discover the true power and flexibility of your desktop or laptop computer with VMware Workstation. Reduce hardware costs by 50% or more by running multiple operating systems simultaneously on a single PC. Automate and streamline tasks to save time and improve productivity. Join the millions worldwide who use Workstation to:

Host legacy applications and overcome platform migration issues
Configure & test new software or patches in an isolated environment
Automate tasks for software development and testing
Demonstrate multi-tier configurations on a single PC

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Audiobook Recorder 1.6.0.13 - Convert text to MP3

Audiobook Recorder is easy to use text to audiobook (MP3) converting software. Also it can read any text using different human voices. The only text-to-speech software with unique 'Smart Pause' feature that dramatically improves reading quality.

Features:

Aloud text reading with different voices and languages.
Converting text to audio files (*.WAV, *.MP3) with high speed.
'Smart Pause' unique feature can detect situation when pause is required, but no punctuation mark exists between words (e.g. in Contents).
Adjustable speech parameters: speed and volume.
Opens MS Word (.DOC), hypertext (.HTML) and plain text (.TXT) files.
Opens big-sized files.
Speakable text size almost unlimited.

Free Download Manager (FDM) 2.5 build 755

We've used many download managers over the years to download stuff from the Internet and we've got to say that FDM is one of the best we've ever used. It is a powerful, easy-to-use and absolutely free download accelerator and manager. Moreover, FDM is 100% safe, open-source software distributed under GPL license (not that it matters if you are a pirate anyway). This is particularly useful if your workplace, school or university has banned the installation of download managers; FDM can be installed without administrator rights or you can easily create its portable version and avoid the need to install and configure the program on each computer.

Features

GNU General Public License
BitTorrent support
Upload manager: easy way to share your files
Flash video download - Download video from video sites, such as Youtube, Google Video, etc. The video can then be saved in native .flv format or converted to one of more popular video formats.
Remote Control -Create new downloads or view the list of active and completed downloads remotely, via the internet.
Portable mode -If you want to use Free Download Manager on different computers, you can easily create its portable version and avoid the need to install and configure the program on each computer.
Enhanced audio/video files support
Absolutely free and 100% safe
Download acceleration
Resuming broken downloads
Smart file management and powerful scheduler
Adjusting traffic usage
Site Explorer
HTML Spider
Simultaneous downloading from several mirrors
Zip files partial download
Active spyware and adware protection through active communication among users

Download:

Download latest version from the official downloads page.

Plugins (For FDM Lite only- if you have full you already have these features)

Video Conversion plugin (2,56 Mb, setup)
Bittorrent plugin (1,08 Mb, setup)
Uploads plugin (448 Kb, setup)
Languages pack (769 Kb, setup)

Command and Conquer 3 - Kane's Wrath (PC) leaked on bittorrent

Scene group RELOADED have done it once again. They've managed to release the expansion pack to popular game Command and Conquer 3, four days before its street date. This release is now available on private and public bittorrent trackers across the globe.

Experience a new story that spans 20 years with Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath. From the rebirth of the Brotherhood of Nod after the Second Tiberium War through the dramatic events of the Third Tiberium War and beyond. Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath is told through a new set of high- definition live action video sequences starring a celebrity cast. Joe Kucan, the original actor who portrayed the character Kane in Command & Conquer games over the last decade, will reprise his role as the megalomaniacal leader of the Brotherhood of Nod.

Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath also features a new strategic layer of gameplay that allows you to establish bases, build customised armies, and attack your enemies on a global scale - and then dive into the frenzied tactical combat where your skills as a commander will be tested to the limits. Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath introduces six new sub-factions
and a wealth of new units, structures, and powers to the armies of the Global Defense Initiative, the Brotherhood of Nod, and the enigmatic alien Scrin.

Note: You will need to original game to run this expansion.

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AppzUniverse is open - 20/3/2008

AppzUniverse.org is a private torrent tracker specializing in PC/Mac applications, web templates and tutorials. Being a private tracker, new registrations are usually accepted on an invite only basis. But they have currently opened new signups and anyone who is interested can join without an invite code. At the time of post (10.19PM Sri Lankan Time (+5.30GMT) - 20/3/2008), site reads that there are only 8 more hours to go until signups are closed.

Site Name: AppzUniverse

Signup URL: http://www.appzuniverse.org/signup.php

Categories:

3D / Graphics
3D / Graphics Training
Appz Dev Tools
Appz Dev Training
Appz Training
Certification Courses
Ebooks / Mags
Hybrid Appz
Mac Apps
Mac Updates
Misc / Other
Mobility Appz
Other Op Sys Appz
PC Apps
PC Updates
Photo / Video Appz
Photo / Video Training
Web Dev Training
Web Templates/Addons

You get 5GB free upload credit upon signup.

Slysoft cracks Blu-Ray copy protection

Antigua based software developer SlySoft claims to have cracked the copy protection scheme used by Sony's Blu-Ray discs (BD+). The latest version of SlySoft AnyDVD HD now has the capability to copy and backup copy protected High Definition (HD) movies stored in Blu-Ray or HD-DVD discs.

Unlike in the case with HD-DVD, Slysoft will not find cracking BD+ to be a one time solution. This is due to the fact that BD+ supports security updates. That means, newer disks will have updated protection against the cracks. But as always, it is safe to assume that updates releases too will be cracked in due time (WGA anyone?), as has happened with almost every copy protection scheme in the world.

Here is what Giancarlo Bettini, SlySoft CEO had to say about his company's breakthrough:

"We are convinced that today's release will give the high-density market new impulse. It remains unclear just what direction this will take. On the one hand, it can give Blu-ray a boost because the end-user has the certainty in knowing now that a backup security copy can also be made from Blu-ray disks protected by BD+. On the other hand, one or more film studios may want to reconsider their withdrawal from HD DVD and Toshiba could also grant the high-density DVD a reprieve. HD DVD certainly deserves a second chance, particularly since HD DVD hardware has obtained a higher market share within the last months than its BD counterpart from SONY. In any event, I wish all those involved a happy Easter from the bottom of my heart."

Entire press release can be found here.

ESET Smart Security Business edition 3.0.642.0 + Updates

ESET Smart Security is a tightly integrated solution designed to protect computers from a range of threats. Built on the award-winning ESET NOD32® Antivirus and its powerful ThreatSense® engine, ESET Smart Security provides antispyware, antispam and customized firewall features to protect against viruses, trojans, worms, adware, spyware, phishing, rootkits and other Internet threats. Utilizing ThreatSense — the industry's most advanced heuristics — the window of vulnerability between virus outbreak and signature update is reduced.

Features

Proactive Protection: award winning ThreatSense technology combines multiple layers of detection protecting you from Internet threats before it is too late. The included antispam and personal firewall features provide you with a total security solution.
Precise Detection: ESET accurately identifies known and unknown threats. It consistently wins top awards from testing labs and is recognized for having zero false positives.
Lightweight Design: Smart Security requires less memory and CPU power, allowing your computer to run fast, making more room for games, web browsing, and emailing.
Fast Scanning Speeds: ESET Smart Security is a highly efficient program ensuring fast file scanning and product updates, while running quietly in the background.

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Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Final Standalone direct download links

After some delays, bugs and more fixes, it's finally released to the public. It's supposed to address 500 odd bugs and ass much needed performance enhancements to Vista. According to MS "Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) is an update to Windows Vista that addresses feedback from our customers. In addition to previously released updates, SP1 will contain changes focused on addressing specific reliability, performance, and compatibility issues; supporting new types of hardware; and adding support for several emerging standards,"

SP1 is now being distributed over Windows Update. However you might not see the update just yet as Microsoft are rolling it step by step so their servers and support staff can handle the demand. But if you cant wait, here are the direct download links to standalone versions.

MS has said that SP1 will effectively detect the BIOS emulation cracks most pirates used to activate their copy of Vista. We cannot confirm the accuracy of this claim yet, but some users reportedly had earlier RTM build of SP1 + Paradox BIOS emulation crack with no issues at all.

VirusTotal : Scan your files for viruses using 32 different Anti Virus engines

VirusTotal is a free online service which scans and reports user uploaded files for malware. Users can upload suspicious files to VirusTotal and the service uses 32 different anti virus engines to scan the file. Once scanning is complete, a detailed report one the scan results (sorted by scan engine) will be shown. This service is extremely useful when you come across dodgy and suspicious looking key generators, cracktros, cracks , etc.

Feature summary

Free, independent service
Use of multiple antivirus engines
Real-time automatic updates of virus signatures
Detailed results from each antivirus engine
Real time global statistics

In addition to manual uploading, VirusTotal offers two alternative methods to submit files to the service. You can submit via e-mail or install the context menu integrator for right-click-and-upload facility.

Sending files by email

Create a new message with scan@virustotal.com as destination address of your email.

Write SCAN in the Subject field.
Attach the file to be scanned. Such file must not exceed 10 MB in size. If the attached file is larger, the system will reject it automatically.
You will receive an email with a report of the file analysis. Response time will vary depending on the load of the system at the time of placing your request.

VirusTotal Uploader

Virus Total Uploader (Windows, 80KB, MD5: e75ba68126f3839219949f9bd20e2dab) enables you to directly send files from your system using the context menu.

List of Anti Virus Engines involved

AhnLab (V3)
Aladdin (eSafe)
ALWIL (Avast! Antivirus)
Authentium (Command Antivirus)
Avira (AntiVir)
Bit9 (FileAdvisor)
Cat Computer Services (Quick Heal)
ClamAV (ClamAV)
CA Inc. (Vet)
Doctor Web, Ltd. (DrWeb)
Eset Software (ESET NOD32)
ewido networks (ewido anti-malware)
Fortinet (Fortinet)
FRISK Software (F-Prot)
F-Secure (F-Secure)
AVG Technologies (AVG)
Hacksoft (The Hacker)
Ikarus Software (Ikarus)
Kaspersky Lab (AVP)
McAfee (VirusScan)
Microsoft (Malware Protection)
Norman (Norman Antivirus)
Panda Security (Panda Platinum)
Prevx (Prevx1)
Rising Antivirus (Rising)
Secure Computing (Webwasher)
Softwin (BitDefender)
Sophos (SAV)
Sunbelt Software (Antivirus)
Symantec (Norton Antivirus)
VirusBlokAda (VBA32)
VirusBuster (VirusBuster)

This is what happened when we submitted Eicar test file to the service:

The only AV software that did not detect the test file was something called 'FileAdvisor'. Well, sucks to be them .

Test your anti virus software functionality with Eicar test file

Almost all of us use an Anti Virus software. Nowadays the installation of an AV is not a complex task and most of the time can be done in a jiffy. But how can we know if the installation in working properly?

Eicar Anti Malware test file is specially designed for this purpose. First of all, it is not a piece of malware nor is it harmful. It is merely a string of characters which matches to a virus signature in most AV software's database. If your anti virus software detects the file as a virus, then it is functioning correctly. If it does not, it is time to reinstall or repair the current security product or to get a new AV.

Download Links - HTTP

eicar.com 68 Bytes
eicar.com.txt 68 Bytes
eicar_com.zip 184 Bytes
eicarcom2.zip 308 Bytes

Download Links - SSL

eicar.com 68 Bytes
eicar.com.txt 68 Bytes
eicar_com.zip 184 Bytes
eicarcom2.zip 308 Bytes

A good AV software (with maximum security features turned on) should detect the file in all instances while one with poor detection capabilities will make less number of detections.

This is how our AV software made the detection for one of the links:

As we said before, the file is harmless.

Go to Eicar Anti Malware Test File homepage.

Cinemageddon : A dedicated movie torrent tracker

It is a well known fact that almost all torrent sites have scene released movies. But the number of dedicated movie trackers is much less. And out of these, only a handful are not insanely hard to get into. Cinamageddon is one such dedicated movie tracker that is currently accepting new members.

Site Name: Cinamageddon

Signup URL: http://cinemageddon.org/signup.php

Description: Dedicated movie tracker which has a growing community. Movie collection includes rare movies as well as new ones. A drawback is that some of the older and less popular movies having low Seeder/Leecher activity (which is common in bit torrent).

Categories:

Action
Comedy
Exploitation
Gore
Hidden Gems
Horror
Martial Arts
OST
Other
Sci-Fi

Statistics (as of 18/3/2008)

Registered users 12,440/16,000
Torrents 8,213
Seeders 21,776
Leechers 1,831
Peers 23,607
Seeder/Leecher ratio (%) 1189%

Webcam Zone Trigger Pro v2.2

Zone Trigger is an innovative, intelligent motion detection software. Because of its user-friendly, object-oriented interface, Zone Trigger is hands-down the easiest motion detection software to use. Created by Omega Unfold, Zone Trigger takes live video from any webcam, DV camcorder or analog video input device.

What makes this software hot?

Hot Spots. They are objects that you can place anywhere on the image, move around and resize. They detect motion within this area, and when triggered, they perform the actions that you have selected.
Motion Detection Hot Spots is a patent pending technology that you will only find in Webcam Zone Trigger. Simple and flexible, this technology bring motion detection to cool new places.

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Nuance PDF Converter Professional v5.0 : Create, Convert and Edit PDF

PDF Converter Professional 5, the only complete PDF solution designed specifically for business users, delivers everything you need to create, convert, and edit PDF files.

Create

Create PDFs

Create PDF files from any PC application
Combine multiple files into a single PDF document
Combine multiple documents within a single PDF file

Convert

Convert PDFs

One-click conversion of PDF files into fully-formatted documents
Convert to Microsoft® Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and XPS or Corel® WordPerfect
Convert "static" or scanned PDF files into searchable, editable PDF files

Edit
Edit PDFs

Touch up text and images directly within PDF files
Add notes, annotations, stamps, and watermarks to your PDF files
Secure your PDF files by applying digital signatures and security settings

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ConvertXtoDVD 3.0.0.1 Final: Convert avi to dvd and burn dvd

With ConvertXtoDVD, video conversion software, you can convert and burn all your videos and convert Avi to DVD!
Backup and transfer your movies to DVD and enjoy watching them on any home DVD player. All in one conversion and burning software.

This award-winning divx to dvd video converter software supports most video and audio formats for video conversion (avi, mpg, mov, wmv, mkv, ogm and more) and even handles DVD to DVD copy!

Features

Video formats supported: avi, divx, xvid, mov, mkv, flv, mpeg-1, mpeg2-, mpeg-4, nsv, dvr-ms, tivo, ts, ifo, vob, asf, wmv, realmedia, rm, rmvb, ogm, existing files from digital camcorders, TV/Sat, capture cards, etc. No external codecs needed like avi codec download
Create DVD menus with different templates available, possibility to add background video, image or audio, have chapter and audio/subtitle menus
Conversion advisor wizard, control of the conversion speed vs. quality
Fast and quality encoder, typically less than 1 hour for converting 1 movie, and supports Multi-Core processors!
Included burning engine with burn speed control choice of SAO or packet writing methods, supports all DVD formats
Custom and or automatic chapter creation with markers and preview window
Advanced file merging possibilities
Audio formats supported internal and external: AC3, DTS, PCM, OGG, MP3, WMA and more...
Subtitles files supported internal and external: SRT, .SUB/IDX, .SSA with color and font selection, and supports tags like italic, bold
Video output for video standard (NTSC, PAL), TV Screen (Widescreen 16:9, Fullscreen 4:3) and DVD Resolution (Full D1, Boradcast D1, Half D1, SIF), or choose automatic for all choices listed above. Also convert video from NTSC to PAL or PAL to NTSC
Video post processing settings like video resize-pad/cropping and de-interlacing options
Optimized for Windows 2000 / XP / Vista

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TreeSize Professional 5.1.0.404

TreeSize Professional is a powerful and flexible harddisk space manager for Windows 200X/XP/Vista. Find out which folders are the largest on your drives and recover megabytes on your disks. TreeSize
Professional shows you the size, allocated and wasted space, the number of files, 3D charts, the last access date, the file owner and permissions, the NTFS compression rate and much more information for several folders or drives you choose. It also lets you search drives, entire servers or the entire network for old, big, temporary and duplicate files.The search results can be moved, deleted or exported. The application has an intuitive Explorer-like user interface, it is fast and multithreaded and supports Unicode and scheduled scans. You can print detailed reports or export the collected data to Excel and to an HTML, XML or text file. TreeSize Professional can be started from the context menu of every folder or drive.

Features

Visually Track down disk usage and see the size of all folders including their subfolders and break it down to the file level.
Several exporting and reporting possibilities: Printed report (showing the directory structure), Excel, HTML, XML, text file, clipboard.
The integrated fully customizable file search helps you to find and archive the largest, oldest, obsolete and temporary files, e.g. invalid shortcuts or files owned by a non existant account.
You can search multiple drives, entire servers and even your entire network neighbourhood. The search results can be exported, moved or deleted.
Duplicate file search, optionally with MD5 checksums
Statistics about file types and file owners on directory level. Additionally it is possible to filter the file system tree on the left to a certain user or file type
TreeSize Pro is able to save the data to an XML file and to load it again later.
A saved XML file can be used to compare it against the current version of the file system branch. The difference between the two scans will be displayed and makes it easy to see which folders have grown.
Support for Unicode file and folder names.
The visible columns can be configured separately for the TreeSize Pro window, Excel export, HTML Export, Text export and printed reports. A lot of optional columns are available.
TreeSize Pro ships with a shell extension for Windows 2000/XP/2003 that adds an additional TreeSize column to the Windows Explorer that is showing the size not only for files but also for folders.
High performance through Multithreading: Browse the results during scanning, scan and view several folders at the same time, automatic adjustment of the number of threads that are used for a scan.
Include and exclude certain files and folders in your scans
Print the contents of a directory, including all files and the corresponding icons.
Several Command line options allow scheduled and overnight scans of your hard disk. An integrated wizard helps to set up scheduled scans.
A list of all files in the scanned folder and its subfolders can be exported, for example for use in a database.
Support for the file based NTFS compression, hard links and Alternate Data Streams (ADS)
Explorer context menu is supported inside the
TreeSize window.

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Stardock IconPackager 3.20 + Vista Ultimate Icon Pack

IconPackager is a program that allows users to change nearly all of their Windows icons at once by applying "packages" of icons. A package of icons contains icons to replace most of the common icons on your Windows PC. What makes IconPackager special is that unlike Microsoft's themes which only change a few icons, IconPackager changes hundreds of icons. Everything from "My Computer", "Recycle Bin", Folders, all the way to specific file format icons such as .doc and .xls files and any other file type a user wishes to use.

Features

Can change nearly all of the Windows icons at once by applying icon “packages.”
Can change the file type icons.
Includes Icon Explorer, designed to make it easy to navigate through libraries of icons and view them easily.
Shell integration allows users browsing through their system to right-click on any file and go to the added “Icon” tab and change the icon.

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Ahead Nero v8.3.2.1

Nero 8, the newest version of the world’s best-selling multimedia suite, brings the digital world to your PC. Now it’s easy to organize and manage all your multimedia files, as well as create and edit new digital content. Nero’s sleek design and user-friendly tools make completing projects fun and enjoyable.

Whats New?

Direct access to all features from the project launcher
High Definition format support
Xbox 360™ and PlayStation® 3 streaming features
Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD burning support
SecurDisc data protection support
Copy a disc with just one click
Graphics optimized for Windows Vista™

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TechSmith Camtasia Studio v5.0.2 : Screen Recorder for Demos, Presentations and Training

Imagine being able to show exactly what's on your screen to anyone, anywhere. Imagine that it's easy. Now you've imagined Camtasia Studio. With the smartest screen recording tools on the planet, Camtasia Studio makes everything from training videos to PowerPoint presentations to lectures look better, reach more people, and pack more punch. Which makes you look even smarter, too.

It works like this:

Record whatever you want, right now, at any size. Decide how to use it later.
Edit and Enhance to clarify and amplify your message.
Share your creation anywhere, in multiple formats.

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AV Voice Changer Diamond 6.0.10 :Create nickvoices to disguise your voice

AV Voice Changer Software stands apart from other online or computer voice changers because of its unlimited ability to change voices and sounds to produce various enhanced voice/sound outputs. NEW BACKGROUND EFFECTS in version 6.0 include nature sounds, public affairs and street voices help you to create an audio environment: in a forest, by a waterfall, or on a train, etc. This computer voice changer software can serve both your business and entertainment purposes: make voice-overs, record voices, disguise gender and age for online fun, etc.

Key Features of Voice Changer Software:

High-quality voice output
Advanced algorithms, setting combinations: changing, tuning, improving, equalizing ...
Voice comparator
Similarity analysis, celebrity voice samples, import someone else's voice...
Ready-to-use "nickvoices"
Hundred of preset voices - the "nickvoices" - available, or set and save your own presets...
Player
Built-in mp3 player, works with the morphers, equalizers, effects...
Background effects NEW
Use your voice via microphone and add in any background sound from 15 presets or load background sounds from your computer.

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