Miranda IM is a multi protocol instant messenger client for Windows. Miranda IM uses very little memory and is extremely fast. It requires no installation and can be fitted on a single floppy disc. Its powerful plugin system makes Miranda IM very flexible. Only the most basic features are built in, but there are currently more than 350 free plugins available for download that allows users to extend the functionality of Miranda IM.
Available Protocols
-ICQ
-AIM
-MSN
-Jabber
-Yahoo
-IRC
-Gadu-Gadu
-Tlen
-Netsend
And more…
Download: Miranda IM 0.6 Final
Source: Neowin
Published December 29th, 2006
By Martin
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ASSOCIATED PRESS reported that a 6.7 earthquake off the coast of Taiwan damaged cables providing internet and other comms in multiple countries including China, Japan, and South Korea.
Web site The Internet Traffic Report, shows a severe dip in communications in Asia.
Source: The Inquirer
Published December 28th, 2006
By Martin
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Arovax Shield is a brand new type of personal security solution that is unlike to any firewall, anti-virus or spyware remover. Rather than looking for spyware traces or tracking applications that secretly send or receive data over the Internet, Arovax Shield blocks any attempt by malicious software to add entries to the auto-start menu, change the registry, hijack or install itself into a browser or find any other way to stealthy get itself onto a PC.
Arovax Shield detects and notifies you about all major online threats trying to penetrate your system, isolates & blocks them:
- Spyware & Adware
- Keystroke Loggers
- Trojan Horses
- Administration Application
- others
Download: Arovax Shield 2.0.7.5 New Year Edition (freeware)
View: Screenshot
View: Arovax Shield Home Page
Source: Neowin
Published December 27th, 2006
By Martin
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I’m pretty sure you must know and have seen Windows Vista before. It looks really nice for major GUI updates. Many people who have seen it wish to get Vista-style looks for their operating system. It might sounds stupid to say this since you all know what it is but just bear it
This program will transform your Windows user interface to ultimate Windows Vista alike looks that everyone will never notice it’s the same old Windows XP (or 2003)
Download: Vista Transformation Pack 6.0
View: Screenshots
View: WindowsX
Source: JCXP
Published December 27th, 2006
By Martin
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I would like to wish you all a merry christmas and a happy new year.
In the new year I have quite some big plans for the site, first of all I want to continue
working on improving it in every way I can. Further more ill be looking for some staff
members to help me update / add news posts but more about that later on.
Published December 23rd, 2006
By Martin
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AutoPatcher is a comprehensive collection of patches, addons and registry tweaks that give you peace of mind in the knowledge that your Windows system is up to date, even before you connect it to the Internet. It’s designed to quickly patch a system with the most current updates and tweaks available, and requires no user interaction once you have selected what to install.
Download: Auto Patcher Dec. 2006
View: What’s new
Published December 21st, 2006
By Martin
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A playable multiplayer demo of the first person tactical military shooter ,armed assault has been released today.
The demo allows you to try 3 multiplayer missions.
-Cooperative (1-8 players)
-Capture the Flag (1-16 players
-Capture the Island (1-60 players
Download: Gamershell.com
Download: Tiscali
View: Arma Demo information
Published December 21st, 2006
By Martin
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It’s been noted by EA that the official Battlefield 2142 v1.10 patch will in fact be released tomorrow, December 19. Until the patch is released and the mirrors pour in, here’s the change log to tie you all over:
BUG FIXES
-Remove ability to resupply all unlimited ammo objects
-No longer able to use Sentry Gun pushing player into Titan Crate collision
-No longer able to use RDX DemoPaks drop through first section of the 3rd and 4th upper hallways of both Titans
-Away Bonus is now used when calculating in-game promotions
-Improved communication with GameSpy Database
-EU Duty Ribbon/PAC Duty Ribbon awarded correctly when all criteria are fulfilled
-”Commander score” statistic no longer resets to zero
-Enabled tabbing to password field when using a dedicated server
-News Tickers Speed time to display increased
-When scrolling through the list in Multiplayer you no longer move both at the same time as the server info
-EMP effect on Gunships reduced from 4 to 3 seconds allows the gunship to recover when throttled up at medium altitude
-SL drone: Tweaked the acceleration on the left right aiming for the bot. It now acquires targets properly
-Adjusted pistols: Increased ROF Clamp values, slightly reduced damage fall off over range
-Adjusted up the damage of the HMG rounds to counter its lower RPM
-Adjusted and/or increased entry radius points for all vehicles
-Removed unused RangeFinder setting from EU Walker, Titan Guns to fix the APC/Railgun/FAV draw out bug
-Fix for latency and TV guided missiles (lowered the acceleration on the missile and fixed firing lag)
-Fixed active camouflage to no longer offset image
-Changed default server port to 17567
-Update to most current PunkBuster client files
FEATURES
-Reserved Slot Enhancement (Gives reserved slots the ability to be filled if not used)
-Unranked Unlock Control (Option to give all first level unlocks and Enable/Disable control of all other unlock levels use)
-Spectator Function
Download: Battlefield 2142 Patch 1.10
Download: Mirror
View: Patch announcement
Published December 19th, 2006
By Martin
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It’s again possible to register a @live email address using a so called “hack”.
Here is how to do it.
- Visit http://domains.live.com
- Choose “Get Started” then type in a domain of your choice eg “test123.com”, and press “Continue”
- Choose “Create a new Windows Live ID in your domain” then press “Continue”
- In Firefox, go to “View - Page Style - No style”
- Now select the @live.com domain from the drop down menu
- Important: To be able to receive emails to this account, you must login to mail.live.com with your new email address to activate it
Source: windowsxlive.net
Published December 17th, 2006
By Martin
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It’s been quiet on the messenger front lately, the last beta of windows live messenger was released in October (The public beta)
But today a new build was released to the testers (8.1.0168)
Download: Windows Live Messenger 8.1.0168 Beta
Source: Liveside
Published December 13th, 2006
By Martin
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