Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Sport

UEFA EURO 2008 GROUP C: FRANCE v ITALY
Date:
Tue 17 June Kick-off: 1945 BST Venue: Letzigrund Stadion, Zurich
Coverage: Live on BBC ONE and BBC Sport website (UK only), video highlights on mobiles, full commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live and on BBC Sport website (UK only), full text coverage on BBC Sport website and on mobiles

Franck Ribery
Ribery is hoping for the return of Vieira

France playmaker Franck Ribery believes his side can still make the last eight even though a win over Italy may not guarantee them group qualification.

The French need to beat Italy and also hope that Romania do not defeat Netherlands in the other Group C match.

"We're still here and it's vital we keep on believing," said Ribery.

"We need to give absolutely everything we've got against Italy, win the game, and make the most of the small chance we still have."

Raymond Domenech's side began with a 0-0 draw against Romania before crashing to a shock 4-1 defeat at the hands of high-flyers Netherlands, who have already qualified.

"It's a shame because I thought we played a good match against the Dutch," added Ribery, ahead of Tuesday's match against the team that beat France in the 2006 World Cup final.

"We got together to discuss it, to say that it's not over and that we still have a small chance. We'll fight for it."

The Bayern Munich star is hoping fellow midfielder Patrick Vieira returns for the crunch match, having missed the first two games with a thigh injury.

"We've missed Patrick a lot," said Ribery. "Hopefully he'll be ready to face Italy."

"He's an important presence on the pitch, both as a holding player and as someone who can launch our attacks from midfield."

UEFA EURO 2008 GROUP C: FRANCE v ITALY
Date:
Tue 17 June Kick-off: 1945 BST Venue: Letzigrund Stadion, Zurich
Coverage: Live on BBC ONE and BBC Sport website (UK only), video highlights on mobiles, full commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live and on BBC Sport website (UK only), full text coverage on BBC Sport website and on mobiles


Roberto Donadoni
Donadoni has hinted his team will be pushing for goals against France

Italy coach Roberto Donadoni believes Group C leaders Netherlands will go for victory against Romania even though the Dutch are already in the last eight.

A win for Romania would see them into the quarter-finals no matter what the result of the game between world champions Italy and France in Zurich.

But Donadoni says Holland will not ease off and allow Romania an easy match.

"Holland coach Marco van Basten is an honest, competent and upstanding man. I have confidence in him," said Donadoni.

"I'm not even thinking about that (Holland allowing Romania to win) happening."

"I believe in honesty and openness. Even if the reserve team plays, that's not to say the Dutch won't win. On the contrary, the reserves would love to show that they deserve a place in the first team."

Holland have already qualified by virtue of crushing wins over Italy and France, while Romania have two points after two draws.

Should Romania fail to beat Holland, Italy's match with France becomes a winner-takes-all tie for the second Group C qualifying spot.

"We have to beat France," said Donadoni. "It is a crucial match because when one still has a chance to qualify you have to push yourself to the limit.

"I saw at training the players are determined to prove how good they are against the French.

"They have a real hunger to prepare in the best possible manner for this challenge, which will dictate whether or not we progress."

Neither of Italy's star strikers - Luca Toni and Alessandro del Piero - have managed a goal in the Championship so far, but Donadoni remains confident his side can create enough chances to beat the French.

"The important thing is to create chances. If it is (Christian) Panucci who scores instead of Toni or Del Piero then that suits me as well.

"To have both the top scorers from Serie A and the Bundesliga doesn't guarantee you anything. But in training the team are creating a lot of opportunities and I was pleased with the strikers."

UEFA EURO 2008 GROUP C
Date:
Tue 17 June KO: 1945 BST Venue: Stade de Suisse Wankdorf, Berne
Coverage: Live on BBC THREE and BBC Sport website (UK only), video highlights on mobiles, full commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live and on BBC Sport website (UK only), full text coverage on BBC Sport website and on mobiles


Berne

The Netherlands are likely to leave out Andre Ooijer and Nigel de Jong, who are each a booking away from a suspension.

John Heitinga and Demy de Zeeuw are likely to deputise, while Arjen Robben is expected to start his first match after two substitute appearances.

Romania's Mirel Radoi is ruled out of the tournament with a head injury, while defender Dorin Goian is banned.

Cristian Chivu could drop back to cover Goian, with Nicolae Dica and Banel Nicolita coming into midfield.

Romania beat the Netherlands 1-0 in qualifying for Euro 2008 and held them to a goalless draw in Rotterdam.

A win in Berne will put Romania into the quarter-finals and match their best ever result in a major tournament.

The Dutch have kept up their record of making the quarter-finals in every European Championship since they won it in 1988.

Both Heitinga and De Zeeuw will be looking to play their way into coach Marco van Basten's thoughts for the next stage.

According to Van Basten Real Madrid winger Robben is "raring to go and eager" to start against Romania.

Van Basten is expected to rest at least five of the starting line-up which beat 2006 World Cup finalists France 4-1 on Friday.

Ajax striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar is set to replace Ruud van Nistelrooy up front, while Robin van Persie and Ibrahim Afellay could replace midfielders Real Madrid's Wesley Sneijder and Hamburg's Rafael Van der Vaart.

BIG MATCH STATS

Head-to-heads

Netherlands and Romania have met each other on 10 occasions with the Dutch winning six times and Romania once. Romania have only scored twice in those 10 meetings.

Both countries met in the qualifying tournament for Euro 2008. The match in the Netherlands ended in a 0-0 draw and Romania won the home leg 1-0 on 13 October 2007.

Team facts - Netherlands

Already qualified as group winners.

Now reached the knock-out stages in six consecutive European Championship editions, which is a competition record, and won 16 European Championship matches which equals Germany's record.

Boast six different goal scorers in Euro 2008. The tournament record is seven and is held by three countries: Czech Republic (1996), Italy (2000) and France (2000).

Beaten two former World Champions in the group phase. The last country to do so was Portugal in 2000 when they beat England and Germany. Romania finished as runners-up in that group.

In the previous editions of the European Championship only five countries won all three group matches. France in 1984 are the only country to win the tournament after winning the first three group matches.

Team facts - Romania

Romania will qualify for the quarter-finals with a win over the Netherlands. If Romania draw, they only qualify if Italy and France draw.

With a 0-0 draw at France - Italy, Romania can lose by a three goal margin (except 3-0) and still qualify. With a draw at France - Italy involving goals (1-1, 2-2, ...) and a defeat against Netherlands, Romania are out of the tournament.

Player facts - Netherlands

Nigel de Jong and Andre Ooijer will miss the quarter-final match if they receive a yellow card.

In the second group match against France, Edwin van der Sar broke the Dutch record for matches played (26) at the European Championship and World Cup combined.

Midfielder Wesley Sneijder is one of four players to score in each of the first two group matches. Forwards Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden), Lukas Podolski (Germany) and David Villa (Spain) are the others.

Player facts - Romania

Dorin Goian is suspended for this match. Goian scored the only goal when these teams last met in a European Championship qualifier on 13 October 2007.

Daniel Niculae, Cristian Chivu, Adrian Mutu and Cosmin Contra will miss a possible quarter-final match if they receive a yellow card.

Adrian Mutu has scored 29 international goals. He needs one goal to equal second placed Iulu Bodola. Georghe Hagi is Romania's top scorer with 35 goals.

Miscellaneous Info

In the European Champions Cup final in 1989, current Romania coach Victor Piturca was part of the Steaua Bucharest team that lost to 0-4 to AC Milan. Current Dutch coach Marco van Basten scored twice in that final.

Big Match Stats source: Infostrada Sports

UEFA EURO 2008 GROUP C: NETHERLANDS v ROMANIA
Date:
Tue 17 June KO: 1945 BST Venue: Stade de Suisse Wankdorf, Berne
Coverage: Live on BBC THREE and BBC Sport website (UK only), video highlights on mobiles, full commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live and on BBC Sport website (UK only), full text coverage on BBC Sport website and on mobiles


Marco van Basten
Van Basten won the European Championship as a player in 1988

Netherlands coach Marco van Basten insists that his swashbuckling side can still improve as Euro 2008 progresses.

So far, the Dutch have beaten Italy and France with a devastating brand of attacking football to win their group.

"Everything is great," he said. "But we also know between ourselves there are things to improve and that is what we are talking about and working on."

Van Basten also said they are focused on beating Romania - even though a loss would see Italy and France dumped out.

The Netherlands could face the runners-up in their Group C again in the semi-final if both win their last-eight ties, with some suggesting that it could be in their interests to send both the 2006 World Cup finalists home - and ensure Romania go through.

But the former AC Milan striker insists his side will approach the game as professionals - and aim to win.

"It's an interesting match because we are in the good position of having already qualified," he said.

"Nevertheless, I think we want to play a good game so we are taking it seriously.

"We have a very professional group, 23 'A' internationals who are seriously professional and good players.

"We are going to approach the game with the same concentration and attention that we did for the last two games. We will put out the best formation we can think about to play Romania."

UEFA EURO 2008 GROUP C: NETHERLANDS v ROMANIA
Date:
Tue 17 June KO: 1945 BST Venue: Stade de Suisse Wankdorf, Berne
Coverage: Live on BBC THREE and BBC Sport website (UK only), video highlights on mobiles, full commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live and on BBC Sport website (UK only), full text coverage on BBC Sport website and on mobiles


Cosmin Contra
Contra says they will take the game to the Dutch

Defender Cosmin Contra says Romania will go all out for the win when they face Group C leaders Holland.

A draw could be sufficient for group underdogs Romania to qualify for the last eight, but Contra says the Balkan team want to control their own destiny. "We're a good team and have draws against the most powerful teams in the world," said Contra, referring to their games against France and Italy.

"We need to attack. We need to go hard against them."

Romania finished above the Dutch in qualifying for Euro 2008, taking four points from their two head-to-head games.

"When we looked at this group our main aim against Italy and France was not to be beaten," added Contra.

"We beat Holland in qualification, so we believed we could do that again."

Captain Cristian Chivu believes Romania are on the cusp of a great achievement.

"This is a historic moment," Chivu said. "Nobody gave us a chance to qualify, or get past the best teams."

Cech devastated by late mistake

Turkey cashed in on Petr Cech's fumble

Goalkeeper Petr Cech was disconsolate after his late error contributed to the Czech Republic's Euro 2008 exit at the hands of Turkey on Sunday.

Cech, who lost the Champions League final with Chelsea in May and has had a bad run of injuries, dropped a cross that led to Turkey's equalising goal.

"The only positive thing about this season is that it's over," said Cech, whose side lost 3-2 and now go home.

"The season was unbelievable, just bad luck after bad luck."

The Czechs looked to be cruising to the quarter-finals after going 2-0 ahead in their final Group A game.

But Turkey pulled a goal back with 15 minutes left and Cech's howler allowed Nihat Kahveci to level the scores at 2-2, with three minutes left.

Kahveci then stunned the Czechs with a late winner in the 90th minute to end their hopes of a place in the knockout stages.

Cech admitted to his costly mistake

Cech added: "When you make a mistake, you have to admit it. It was my mistake that decided that we have to go home.

"The ball was all the sudden too far away from me and as I tried to control it landed just in front of Nihat.

"Football is played by 11 players and, unfortunately, every time it happens that some do well and some do worse."

The keeper accepted full responsibility for his side's dramatic exit, claiming that Turkey's winner came as a result of his howler.

"My mistake was such a shock for everyone. I think the third goal was a consequence of the second one," he stated.

"When I went for the cross I knew I was alone. I didn't want to punch it. I wanted to take it at the second time and then suddenly the ball was too far.

"I should have just punched the ball - now I know."

Czech boss Karel Bruckner felt his team wilted under pressure.

"The third goal was an error and led to our collapse," said Bruckner, who had announced he would retire after his side's Euro 2008 campaign.

"To lose such a match is incredible, there was 15 minutes left when Turkey's first goal went in, they just kept coming until we lost.

"We buckled under the pressure, it is going to take many nights to get over this game.

"The match had started really well. We established a strategy with Koller as our target man, thereby creating as much space as possible.

"That stopped us from coming under pressure and it worked. After we went 2-0 up we created several chances to go 3-0 up and that would have been it.

"But the reality is different. Instead of that, we badly handled the end of the match.

"The left side of my defence was creaking. We retreated more and more.

"It was just not possible to break out and play a bit. The Turks made it 2-1 then it was 2-2 because of an individual mistake.

"To lose like that is just incredible. We were three minutes from the last eight."

Czech captain Tomas Ujfalusi was left equally shocked at the way he and his team-mates let their lead slip.

"We led 2-0 and should have controlled things from there," he commented.

"But we completely messed up the end of the match. We went on to the back foot after their first goal and all we can say is we are distraught."

Croatia

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Slaven Bilic's team dominated Poland for most of the match

Ivan Klasnic fired the game's only goal for Croatia as Poland's unlikely bid to reach the last eight ended in failure.

Needing to beat Croatia by at least two goals, and for Germany to lose to Austria, only a string of Artur Boruc saves kept Poland's losing margin down.

Danijel Pranjic, Ivan Rakitic and Klasnic had all been denied before the latter lashed in the winner left-footed from 12 yards early in the second half.

Ebi Smolarek wasted late Poland chances but Group B winners Croatia held firm.

Slaven Bilic's team will be full of confidence ahead of their quarter-final against Turkey on Friday after a side boasting nine changes to the one that beat Germany last time out maintained their 100% record in the 2008 tournament.

And the story of the match was made all the more remarkable by the fact that Klasnic only underwent a kidney transplant last year, having suffered kidney failure in January 2007 - and his emotional celebrations told a story all on their own.

Poland came into the match still feeling aggrieved at English referee Howard Webb's decision to award Austria a penalty in injury time in the previous group match to deny them victory.

Bilic is delighted with his side's progress

But any hopes they had of proving they deserved a place in the last eight fell flat, despite an encouraging opening 10 minutes.

First Wojciech Lobodzinski forced a hurried save from Croatia keeper Vedran Runje with a fine, whipped cross and then Dariusz Dudka headed inches wide of the goal from Jacek Krzynowek's corner.

But with Smolarek, their leading goalscorer in qualifying, left on the bench, Poland lacked any penetration and when Croatia settled into their stride, it was left to Boruc to keep the Poles in the game single-handedly.

Even having made so many changes, Croatia showed glimpses of their class, and Hrvoje Vejic was unlucky not direct his header home on 20 minutes from Ivan Rakitic's cross.

Thereafter, it was the Boruc show, Klasnic twice denied by the big Celtic keeper after dashing through a static Polish back line, and Rakitic and Pranjic both seeing firm drives beaten away in the closing stages of the first half.

Minutes after the restart, news filtered through from Vienna that Michael Ballack had put Germany ahead against Austria, effectively ending Poland hopes of qualification.

And, almost as if the news had finally broken their resistance, Poland found themselves behind just seconds later, Klasnic latching on to Pranjic's cut-back and lashing into the far corner left-footed.

Poland raced up the other end, Rafal Murawski sending a drive wide of the upright from 20 yards, but in truth their challenge was done and dusted.

To their credit, Leo Beenhakker's side plugged away and, after Smolarek had been introduced, Roger Guerreiro nearly levelled when he turned in the box and drilled wide.

Southampton striker Marek Saganowski also forced a save from Runje with a firm header, but Croatia always looked relatively comfortable - their main concern being to get through the game without injury.

With that in mind, match-winner Klasnic was removed from the action 16 minutes from time, allowing the last member of Croatia's squad not to have tasted Euro 2008 action - Nikola Kalinic - a piece of the action.

There was still time for Smolarek to twice drill decent efforts narrowly wide of the target and Thomasz Zahorski to waste Poland's best chance of the night - denied by Runje after sprinting clear of the Croatia defence.

But the Croats played out the last few minutes comfortably to extend their recent record to just two competitive defeats in four years and underline their potential as one of the tournament's dark horses for the title.


Poland: Boruc, Wasilewski, Zewlakow, Dudka, Wawrzyniak, Lobodzinski (Smolarek 55), Murawski, Roger, Lewandowski (Kokoszka 46), Krzynowek, Saganowski (Zahorski 69).
Subs Not Used: Kowalewski, Fabianski, Jop, Golanski, Bak, Gargula, Pazdan.

Booked: Lewandowski, Zahorski.

Croatia: Runje, Simic, Vejic, Knezevic (Corluka 26), Pranjic, Leko, Vukojevic, Pokrivac, Rakitic, Klasnic (Kalinic 74), Petric (Kranjcar 75).
Subs Not Used: Pletikosa, Galinovic, Simunic, Robert Kovac, Nico Kovac, Srna, Modric, Olic, Budan.

Booked: Vejic, Vukojevic.

Goals: Klasnic 52.

Att: 30,000

Ref: Kyros Vassaras (Greece).

UEFA EURO 2008 GROUP D
Date:
Wed 18 June KO: 1945 BST Venue: Stadion Wals-Siezenheim, Salzburg
Coverage: Highlights on BBC ONE, BBC Sport website (UK only) and on mobiles, full commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live and on BBC Sport website (UK only), full text coverage on BBC Sport website and mobiles; live on ITV


Salzburg

Greece striker Fanis Gekas will miss their final group game after breaking his cheekbone against Russia.

Defenders Giourkas Seitaridis and Vassilis Torossidis are also sidelined and midfielder Giorgos Karagounis is rated as doubtful.

Spain trio Carles Puyol, Santi Cazorla and David Silva were all absent from training on Monday.

They all received treatment for minor knocks from the 2-1 win over Sweden and are likely to be rested against Greece.

Spain are already assured of finishing top in Group D after winning their first two games against Russia and Sweden, while defending champions Greece have already been eliminated.

Puyol, Cazorla and Silva are all expected to be available for the quarter-finals.

Defender Puyol is suffering from an injury to the sole of his right foot, while Cazorla has a swollen left foot and fellow midfielder Silva has sprained his left ankle.

BIG MATCH STATS

Qualification

Greece have already been knocked out of Euro 2008 and will definitely finish bottom of Group D. Spain are guaranteed top spot in Group D.

Head-to-heads

Greece and Spain have met on nine occasions with one win for Greece and six for Spain. The sole Greece victory came in qualification for Euro 2004, a 1-0 win in Spain. They met again at the tournament itself in 2004, the match ending in a 1-1 draw.

Their last meeting was in a friendly in August 2007. Spain won 3-2 in Greece after going 2-1 behind, Silva scoring the second and third goals for Spain.

Team facts - Greece

Guaranteed to finish bottom of Group D which equals the worst performance by the defending champions in the competition since the group phase was introduced in 1980. The only other defending champions to finish bottom of their group were Germany in 2000. 1984 winners France failed to qualify for the 1988 tournament.

Elimination from the competition means that there is still no team who have successfully defended their European title. It also marks the third time in four competitions that the defending champions have not made it through the group phase.

The only country yet to score at Euro 2008. Denmark (2000) were the last team to fail to score at a European Championship.

Team facts - Spain

On a streak of eight straight wins and will equal their best ever international winning run with a victory against Greece. They can also equal their best ever streak of seven straight wins in competitive matches with a victory against Greece.

Unbeaten in 18 matches (16 wins and two draws) since losing to Romania (0-1) in November 2006.

Lost four of their 50 matches under head coach Luis Aragones. Those four defeats were against France (1-3), Northern Ireland (2-3), Sweden (0-2) and Romania (0-1).

Player facts - Greece

Giorgios Karagounis has received five yellow cards at the European Championship and shares the record for most yellow cards at the tournament with Gheorghe Hagi (Romania), Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic) and Gianluca Zambrotta (Italy).

Giorgios Seitaridis can equal this record if he receives a yellow card.

No player from Greece has ever been sent off at the European Championship.

The five players from Greece who have one yellow card at Euro 2008 will not be suspended if they receive another against Spain, as the rule only applies to this competition only.

Player facts - Spain

David Villa is now Spain's record goal scorer at the European Championship with four goals. He is also top scorer for Spain at European Championships and World Cups combined with seven goals, and the leading marksman of Euro 2008 after two matches with four goals.

Carlos Marchena will miss Spain's quarter-final on 22 June if he receives a yellow card against Greece.

Big Match Stats source: Infostrada Sports


Sunday, June 15, 2008

Tech News

Wii, PlayStation outsell XboX 360 in May

Sony eeks out another win over Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console in the month of May, while Nintendo reigns supreme with Wii and DS sales. NPD figures for the month of May show PlayStation 3 outsold Xbox 360. A mere 22k separated the two consoles, hardly putting a dent in Microsoft’s huge lead over the battle for total sales. 208k PS3 consoles were purchased last month and 186k Xbox 360s were snatched up by gamers. To date, 19 million Xbox 360s have sold worldwide compared against 13 million PlayStation 3s.

Unsurprisingly, both consoles were obliterated by Wii at 675k. Even Nintendo DS performed better than either PS3 or Xbox 360, generating more sales than both consoles combined with 452k handhelds sold. Nintendo pushed through over a million game systems during May, which nearly doubles PS3, Xbox 360, and PSP sales combined. Counting PlayStation 2 sales and Nintendo still boasted larger sales. Hand-in-hand with Wii and DS were solid game sales. Seven of the top ten selling games in May were on either platform. Mario Kart Wii took second place with 787k copies in a photo-finish behind the Xbox 360 version of Grand Theft Auto IV with 871k. Both the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of GTA IV were the only games to make the list for those consoles.

Redesigned MySpace to be introduced next week

MySpace will unveil next week a large-scale redesign that will alter major components of the social-networking site, like its home page, navigation scheme, search engine and video player. On Wednesday, MySpace users will see the first phase of the redesign, which has been in the works for the past six months, according to the company. MySpace, the world’s most popular social-networking site, expects the changes to boost user engagement by making the site easier to navigate. MySpace is routinely criticized by users and observers for a layout that many consider visually strident and messy. Its members have many options to alter their profile pages, such as changing their background color, adding hyperactive animations, using fonts of many sizes and colors and plastering them with videos and photo slideshows.

As part of the redesign plans, MySpace has conducted surveys, performed usability tests and gathered focus groups. In addition to revamping the home page, MySpace is also changing the profile editor to make it easier for members to design and decorate their profile pages. The profile pages will also undergo renovations. Meanwhile, the search engine interface is getting a more streamlined layout, an enhanced relevancy algorithm and a tabbed results page including categories like people, MySpace site, Web, music and video. In addition, the video player is gaining new controls and support for Flash 9 full-screen mode. Facebook is also busy these days toiling away at a major redesign of its member profile pages, which it has previewed and which it hopes to roll out at some point this month.

Nintendo sues Nyko for wireless nunchuck

Nintendo is suing peripheral maker Nyko over a third-party wireless Wii nunchuck controller, Bloomberg reports. At a glance, Nyko’s wireless Kama Nunchuck (pictured) appears plenty different from Nintendo’s first-party Nunchuck controller, simply because Nyko’s offering is wireless, and Nintendo’s isn’t. But Nintendo believes that Nyko’s wireless Nunchuck infringes on its patents, nonetheless. According to Bloomberg, Nintendo is suing Nyko, claiming that the peripheral maker’s controller “wholly appropriates the novel shape, design, overall appearance and even the color and materials used in the Nintendo Nunchuk controller.”

Nintendo said Nyko has infringed on two design patents and its trademarks. The company is seeking an injunction on sales of the wireless Nunchuck and cash compensation. Nyko rep said that the company has “not knowingly violated anyone’s intellectual property,” and is currently looking into the claims. Best Buy’s website advertises the Kama Wireless Nunchuck for $35, while Nintendo’s first-party wired offering sells for $20. Nyko also sells a wireless adapter for the first-party Wii Nunchuck.

Intel slows down USB 3.0 development

Intel is trying to nip rumors of any feet dragging on a new USB 3.0 specification. In a blog post by the company’s Nick Knupffer, the company differentiates its efforts in making a host controller versus the effort of the USB 3.0 Standards Body. Knupffer adds that Intel will make the host controller standards available in the second half of 2008 royalty-free or in his words “free, gratis, unpaid, zero dollars, free of charge, at no cost, on the house.” USB 3.0 will be a new higher-speed wired interface that several motherboard and chipset makers are just chomping at the bit to implement. Knupffer says there are two separate development efforts that some reporters seem to be confused about. The main USB 3.0 specification is being developed by the USB 3.0 promotion group which includes major companies like HP, Intel, MSFT, NEC, NXP, and TI. This spec should be available in the second half of 2008.

Intel is working on its own host controller and specification something which Knupffer says is costing the company loads of money. “Think gazillions of dollars and bazillions of engineering man hours,” he said – ok maybe he’s exaggerating just a tad on that one. He calls this specification a sort of “Dummies Guide” on how to build a compatible USB 3.0 piece of silicon. While some have accused Intel of holding back on this specification, Knupffer says the company just wants to make sure the specification is robust enough to prevent any major hardware conflicts. He adds that the entire spec will be available for free later in 2008.

Firefox 3 release date set: June 17

Mozilla has set June 17 as the official release day for Firefox 3. The introduction of the new browser marks the beginning of a race for the title of the fastest browser on the market. With more than one million people already pledged to download Firefox 3 on the first day of its release, Firefox 3 could set a Guinness World Record as the most downloaded software with the first 24 hours of launch. Mozilla has set next Tuesday, June 17, as the official release day for the upgraded Firefox 3 browser, following months of beta testing and release candidates that have been publicly available to users over the past few weeks. Firefox 3 will be shipped for both Mac and Windows on the same day.

Firefox 3 has already won critical acclaim for its reliability and noticeable performance improvements. It Besides code optimization, Firefox 3 brings numerous new features, including one-click bookmarking and tag support in bookmarks, smart location bar, the ability to save and restore browser sessions, smart zoom that enlarges all web page content (not just text) and significantly improved protection against phishing attacks and malware. Mozilla claims that Firefox 3 has 15,000 tweaks and enhancements when compared to Firefox 2. The official release of Firefox appears to be also launching the beginning the battle for the fastest browser on the market. The JavaScript engine seems to be the primary battlefield for now, as the scripting interpreter optimization directly translates to user-visible speed gains in Web 2.0 sites and Web applications that run faster and show more a responsive user interface.


Microsoft and Apple issue critical patches

Microsoft and Apple released a batch of critical security fixes within 24 hours of each other, patching a variety of components including the Internet Explorer browser, Bluetooth services and the QuickTime media player. Three Microsoft patches were rated critical, the highest threat ranking in Microsoft’s four-tier scoring system. One purged IE of cross-domain and memory corruption vulnerabilities. Users could fall prey to them by visiting trusted websites that have been compromised by attackers. The Sans Internet Storm Center is urging people to apply the patch immediately, because details of the cross-domain bug have been public since March. A second critical patch from Microsoft fixes a bug in the Windows implementation of Bluetooth. An attacker can use it to execute malicious code by flooding a vulnerable system with a large number of Bluetooth device queries. This would be particularly useful for pwning a machine while in use at an airport or coffee shop, it seems.

Microsoft also issued a critical fix for buggy DirectX components. Not to be outdone, Apple on Monday fixed five vulnerabilities in QuickTime that allowed miscreants to execute malicious code by tricking users into opening booby-trapped pictures, video and sound files. The patch is available for both Macs and Windows machines, and like the Microsoft updates, should be installed as soon as possible. To our disappointment, today’s Patch Tuesday from Microsoft failed to neutralize a blended threat that confronts Windows users who browse sites with Apple’s Safari browser. Two weeks ago, Microsoft warned users to stop using Safari until the threat is finally removed.

3 biggest ISPs unite to fight child porn

Three big Internet service providers said yesterday they plan to block access to child porn Web sites and newsgroups after an undercover probe by the New York State attorney general’s office found numerous cases of explicit child sex on the Web. At a news conference announcing the initiative, officials from Time Warner Cable, Sprint and Verizon also announced they were giving more than $1 million to combat the spread of child porn. The three companies are among the nation’s largest service providers, with several million customers, said Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. He acknowledged that two other large Internet service providers hadn’t signed the agreement but he wouldn’t identify them at the news conference.

Acknowledging that efforts to stop child Internet porn face challenges, Cuomo said that his office is shifting strategy, aiming at pornography suppliers rather than customers. Jeffrey Zimmerman, a senior vice president for Time Warner Cable, said the company expects to start blocking access to the newsgroups by the end of the month. Representatives for Verizon and Sprint didn’t give a time frame. Cuomo said that under the agreement the companies will take down child porn Web sites when they learn of them through complaints or investigation, including a directory of questionable Web sites identified by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, which will receive some of the money being put up by the companies.

Apple previews new version Mac OS, Snow Leopard

Apple surprised many today when it announced it would be previewing the next version of the operating system that runs on its Mac line of desktops and notebooks, Mac OS X 10.6, aka “Snow Leopard”. Despite questionable name choice, in its early stages it shows a lot of potential as an even more stable operating system, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, featuring better 64-bit computing (a theoretical 16 TB, yes terabyte, of RAM is to be supported), full Microsoft Exchange support in its Address Book and Mail applications, improved multicore support through what Apple calls “Grand Central”, and a technology called OpenCL that puts more processing to the graphics processing unit. Apple also promises an improved media experience through QuickTime X.

“We have delivered more than a thousand new features to OS X in just seven years and Snow Leopard lays the foundation for thousands more,” said Bertrand Serlet, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering. “In our continued effort to deliver the best user experience, we hit the pause button on new features to focus on perfecting the world’s most advanced operating system.” More details available at official Snow Leopard promo website.

Omnia, competition for iPhone from Samsung

Samsung Electronics South Korea released on early Monday preview details on the company’s new smartphone, before the mania of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference begins in California. The Samsung Omnia (SGH-i900) is similar in looks and function to the Samsung Instinct (SPH-M800), but with a few more bells and whistles. For starters, it sounds like it has a very promising camera. With five megapixels and anti-shake technology, this may be the first camera on a phone that produces pictures you would actual think of printing, not just posting to Facebook. This is an improvement over the 2-megapixel cameras on both the first-generation iPhone and on the Samsung Instinct.

The touch-screen smartphone, which runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 and features Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Opera 9.5 as its Web browser, will also have Wi-Fi. That’s something the Instinct also lacks. Like the Instinct, the Omnia has visual voice mail, 3G capability, Bluetooth, an FM radio, and GPS functionality. The smartphone, of course, also doubles as a music player and, with 16GB, will be able to hold up to 4,000 songs or 100 minutes of video, according to Samsung. More details on the smartphone’s specs will follow when the Omnia (SGH-i900) is officially unveiled on June 17 at Communicasia, the 2008 Singapore Expo. The Omnia (SGH-i900) will become available in Southeast Asia first and then be launched to other markets over the second half of 2008, according to Samsung.

Opera 9.5 with anti-malware protection

On Friday Opera announced that version 9.5 of the browser (download Opera 9.5 beta for Windows or Mac) will include built-in anti-malware protection from Haute Secure. This is, of course, to counter the anti-malware protection built into Firefox 3, currently available as a final release candidate . Firefox uses data from Google and StopBadware to block a site before it loads on your browser. Haute Secure counters that its offering is better because it relies upon a community of dedicated users to inform the product when to block and when not. In testing at CNET, the latest version of Haute Secure still misses some recently published phishing sites, while Firefox 3 RC2 blocked them immediately.

How did that happen? Haute Secure explains that the APIs provided by anti-phishing sites such as PhishTank won’t update until the site is confirmed to be bad, whereas Google can make that determination on its own. Still, Haute Secure prevents malicious sites (as opposed to mere phishing sites) from loading, and provides more information about those sites than does Firefox 3. Haute Secure was founded by a group of former Microsoft employees, and its flagship product came out of beta in March.

Apple is world’s #3 smartphone maker now

Apple has staked a strong claim in the smartphone market. And it’s a good space to latch onto, as the worldwide smartphone market grew more than 29 percent and the North American smartphone market doubled in the first quarter of 2008 compared to a year ago, according to new research from Gartner. Apple, Cupertino, Calif., is the No. 3 vendor of smartphones, selling 1.7 million units worldwide to grab a 5.3 percent share of the market, Gartner said. Apple has built that share up from nothing, offering no smartphone in its portfolio until the debut of its iPhone in June, 2007. In the U.S., Apple is the No. 2 vendor, grabbing 20 percent of the market. Still, the vendor has a ways to go if it wants to hit No. 1 worldwide. Nokia, Espoo, Finland, holds that spot, selling 14.6 million units in the first quarter and grabbing 45.2 percent of the market. Research in Motion, Waterloo, Ontario, sits at No. 2, selling 4.3 million units to grab 13.4 percent of the market.

Globally, buyers snapped up 32.2 million smartphones in the first quarter, an increase of 29.3 percent compared to the first quarter of 2007. In North America, unit sales more than doubled to 7.3 million. “Despite economic concerns, the smartphone market continued to expand in the United States, driven by heavy advertising and strong marketing promotions as more devices reached mass market price points,” said Hugues De La Vergne, principal analyst for mobile terminals research at Gartner, in a statement. “North American operators are giving these devices strong support, as they provide higher average revenue per unit (ARPU). We expect operators to continue to make these devices the focus of 2008 promotions.”

Google lets users experiment with Gmail

Google invited members of the press to its main campus in Mountain View today to unveil Gmail Labs. Gmail Labs is essentially a stage for Google employees to develop new features for Gmail under the public eye. Starting at 6pm PT tonight, all Gmail users in the US and UK will see a new tab in the settings area called “Labs”. The tab will show a selection of beta features, such as “Pictures in Chat”, which (unsurprisingly) puts portraits in chat sessions, and “Mouse Gestures”, which allows you to navigate Gmail using mouse gestures. After testing these features, users will be able to submit feedback directly to the developers themselves. Google will decide to incorporate some of these features into Gmail as default enhancements based on the feedback and total usage of each. This makes potential beta testers out of the millions of Gmail users out there.

Gmail product manager Keith Coleman says that any Google employee can add their creations to this tab once they go through a simple code check. Pretty much any idea will fly, even recreating the game Snake within Gmail, or creating a fun feature that locks users out from Gmail for 15 minutes so they can take a break. Developers are given full access to the entire Gmail code base, so they can modify almost anything (although Coleman avoided the question of whether a feature could be developed that removed ads). Google has traditionally tested feature additions to Gmail within the company by making them available first to other employees. This is the first time they’ve opened the testing process and brought in outsiders on such a large scale.

Warner Cable sued by Los Angeles City

In the two years since becoming the major cable provider in the Los Angeles area, Time Warner Cable has drawn sometimes colorful criticism from its subscribers. On Wednesday, the Los Angeles City attorney, Rocky Delgadillo sued the company in Los Angeles County Superior Court accusing it of engaging in “unlawful, unfair and fraudulent business acts and practices and deceptive advertising.” The suit says that the company has subjected subscribers to delayed repair appointments, deceptive pricing and Internet outages. “Time Warner Cable must be held accountable for illegally deceiving and ripping off its subscribers,” said Mr. Delgadillo in a statement on Wednesday.

Mr. Delgadillo is seeking $2,500 in civil penalties for each violation. A spokesman for Time Warner Cable said that the company disagreed that it had “misled customers in any way.” Time Warner’s Los Angeles area subscriber base grew from 360,000 to about 2 million after the acquisition, Mr. Dudly said. Since then, the company has done an extensive renovation and upgrade of the system it inherited. “We now receive fewer complaints than we did before the acquisition,” said Mr. Dudley. “I think that shows some substantial progress.” Message boards for Los Angeles area residents rating the city businesses are filled with comments complaining about botched cable services. I guess the yesterday’s news about capping the bandwith by Warner was latest impulse which may start an avalanche of similar complaints.

Time Warner to charge extra $1 per GB

An announcement from Time Warner Cable has stated that they are planning to charge consumers $1 for each gigabyte of content over their allotment. This testing on metered Internet access will start in Beaumont, Texas. Time Warner Cable is a cable operator in the U.S. dealing with the development and launches of innovative video, data and voice services. The company also delivers advanced products and services such as video-on-demand, high-definition television, digital video recorders, enhanced TV features, high-speed data, and Digital Phone. The move has immediately drawn criticisms as it is seen as an abuse of regional monopoly. However, Time Warner Cable has maintained that this type of charging would actually help a majority of users since this would discourage the problem of 5 percent of customers using half of the capacity on local cable lines.

In an interview to AP Kevin Leddy, Time Warner Cable’s executive vice president of advanced technology, said, “We think it’s the fairest way to finance the needed investment in the infrastructure.” Reuters meanwhile reported that Time Warner Cable has new designs to provide multiple levels of service that would start at $29.95 per month for speeds of 768 Kbps, with a limit on downloads of 5 GB. This limit would amount to more than 340,000 e-mails, 170 hours of online games or downloading more than 1,300 songs. At the high end, customers could pay $54.90 a month for download speeds of 15 Mbps and a limit of 40 GB, which amounts to 124 hours of standard-definition videos or downloading over 11,000 songs.


PlayStation 3 games with in-game dynamic ads

Sony says it will now start running ads in PlayStation 3 games. Sony has reached an agreement with marketing firm IGA Worldwide to provide dynamic in-game ads for the PlayStation 3. Shortly after the announcement, IGA Worldwide announced a deal making IGA Worldwide the exclusive ad provider for PS3 games developed and published by industry giant EA. Games most likely to be effected by this deal are EA Sports games as well as racing games like Need for Speed and Burnout. The move by Sony is most likely to counteract Microsoft’s buy out of advertising firm Massive and then creating a similar exclusive deal providing advertising for Xbox 360 games.

In-game advertising is a growing trend, with dynamic ads the new money maker for game publishers. Dynamic ads are places in the game that do not have a designated ad on the game disc, but can be provided with an ad such as an upcoming movie release or other time sensitive ads. This results in much more revenue for game makers, since companies need to keep paying for the advertisements like TV commercials rather than a one-shot ad that will always be on the game disc. Sony seems to be hitting the console advertising market pretty hard recently, with the release today of the first episode of Qore. Sony seems to be trying to squeeze every penny it can out of the PS3

Applications

TMPGEnc DVD Author With DivX Authoring v3.1.2.176 Incl. Keyfilemaker And Patch-EMBRACE

Here comes real ConvertXtoDVD competition. Pegasys’s TMPGEnc DVD Author allows you to convert any video file to DVD. But it doesn’t stops there; you can add subtitles, edit video, create menus (from templates, or you can make your own), simulate DVD, plus much more. Additionally you can edit/author you movies into newest DivX format (DivX Authoring). If you need more features than ConvertXtoDVD can offer, give DVD Author a try.

NOTE! Read this info for cracking “how-to”!!!

Description: Create custom DVD’s complete with menus you can design yourself, add subtitles, and more! Easily convert your video files to DVD-Video! Create and burn custom DVDs! Create custom menus or use pre-made templates; the choice is yours!

Features:

  • Officially licensed DivX® video software product
  • Produce high-quality DVD and DivX® video
  • Import most popular video formats
  • Capture video directly from your DV or HDV camcorder
  • Add up to two subtitle streams
  • Create your own custom menus or use ready-made templates
  • Perform precise frame cut-edits with Smart Rendering
  • Shrink (transcode) your video to fit onto different media
  • Multi core CPU support
  • Dolby Digital stereo output
  • Free downloadable content such as new menu templates!
  • More…

Release Name: TMPGEnc.DVD.Author.With.DivX.Authoring.v3.1.2.176.Incl.Keyfilemaker.And.Patch-EMBRACE
Size: 48.1MB
Links: Homepage, NFO
Download: Here

Movie Label 2009 v4.0.3.743 Cracked-iNViSiBLE

Do you have a lot of movies and you don’t know how to catalog them? Or when you want to watch a movie you don’t know it’s rating… or if you will like that movie at all… in that case Movie Label 2009 can help you. ;-) This application is made by Code|Aero Technologies & released by Invisible. This is all you need to arange your favorite movies. So I hope you will like it, and put in into good use. All files are checked with Virus Total. So no worries…. your PC wont get infected.

DESCRIPTION: Professional yet easy-to-use software for your movie collection (DVD, VHS, Blu-ray, HD DVD, etc). Automatically download all data about your movies and TV-series from the Internet (including cover art and trailers).

FEATURES:

  • Catalog Your Collection Automatically
  • All information about your movies and TV-Series is downloaded from online databases (including cover art and URLs to trailers).
  • One-Click Sort & Search
  • Sorting your movie database is as easy as clicking a button. When you search, the results are displayed as you type. Advanced sort and search in several levels is also available.
  • Keep Track of Loans
  • Make sure you never lose a DVD again thanks to our easy-to-use loan management.
  • Print Reports and Export Your Data
  • Printing and exporting your data is only a mouse-click away. The Professional Edition also enables you to create your own reports (or edit the existing ones).
  • Manage Multiple Collections
  • You can can create any number of databases and keep them separate.
  • The Most Reliable Solution
  • Movie Label is built on a solid client/server database which means your collection can grow to virtually any size.

Release Name: Movie.Label.2009.v4.0.3.743.Cracked-iNViSiBLE
Size: 11,6MB
Links: Homepage, NFO, Virus Total
Download: Uploadjockey

Agnitum Outpost Security Suite Pro 2008 v6.0.2295-UNiQUE

If you don’t want to bother with several security products to protect your PC (firewall, antivirus, antispyware and so on) try this all-in-one suite.

Description: Being online is fraught with dangers: Internet worms, Trojan horses, spyware agents, hijackers and other malware can wreak havoc, causing anything from slow performance to system crashes and full-blown identity theft. To provide you with the kind of protection you need against cyber thieves and online extortionists, you need a powerful firewall.

Your choice in firewalls is one of the most important security decisions you can make. The firewall you choose must be able to monitor all inbound and outbound traffic and protect you from any unauthorized intrusion by rendering your PC invisible to anything that you haven’t specifically authorized.

The award-winning Outpost Security Suite Pro software will provide a vastly superior arsenal of defense giving you the latest in personal firewall technology which makes it the clear security choice for your system.

Release Name: Agnitum.Outpost.Security.Suite.Pro.2008.v6.0.2295-UNiQUE
Size: 39MB
Links: Homepage, NFO
Download: Here

Total Uninstall v4.9.1 WinAll Regged-PALACE

Total Uninstall is windows uninstall replacement tool, and according to some people/reviews it’s one of the best of its kind.

Description: Total Uninstall - powerful installation monitor and advanced uninstaller

Alternative uninstaller to Windows Add Remove Programs to remove programs completely.

With Installed Applications module analyze installed programs and create a log that can be used to do a complete uninstall even without the help of provided Add/Remove program.

With Monitored Applications module it helps to monitor any changes made to your system during the installation of a new application. It allows you to perform a complete uninstall without having to rely on the supplied Add/Remove program which can leave files or changes behind.

Release Name: Total.Uninstall.v4.9.1.WinAll.Regged-PALACE
Size: 3.87MB
Links: Homepage, NFO
Download: Here

Systweak PhotoStudio v2.1 WinAll Cracked-CRD

Well known group CRD brings us another release of a Systweak application. This is a photo organizer, so if you have too much photos and need some organization give a try!

PhotoStudio v2 is truly complete imaging tool that contains everything needed to take professional studio quality images. It encapsulates wide range of features that helps you to explore an artist inside you to create, edit and modify images and give a boost to your imaging aptitude.

PhotoStudio v2 has basic parameters for an amateur user to create a new image as well as advanced tools, filters and special effects for the experienced one to engage in recreation with and show their professionalism.

Features:

- Ribbon Style User Interface
- Add effects for a professional touch
- Capture image from any device
- A touch of Perfection
- Group images to your requirements
- Re-design an image
- Share your memories

Release Name: Systweak.PhotoStudio.v2.1.WinAll.Cracked-CRD
Size: 18.1 MB
Links: Homepage, NFO
Download: Torrent, Uploadjockey.com

Systweak Advanced Vista Optimizer 2008 v1.0 WinAll Cracked-CRD

Systweak’s Advanced Vista Optimizer 2008 is tool for optimizing your Vista OS (but, it works on XP too, according to publisher’s description). There are a lot of options & tweaks to choose from to make your Vista (or XP) more smoothly…

Description: Advanced Vista Optimizer, a comprehensive suite of utilities, works on Windows Vista and XP. Advanced Vista Optimizer helps in Boosting up your PC’s performance with its powerful optimizing features that are efficient and easy to use. It includes System Cleaners, System Optimization tools, Memory Optimizer, various Tweaking tools, Privacy Protector, Duplicate file finder, various tools for customizing Vista components like Desktop, Internet Explorer, task bar, Start Menu and customizing folders and Windows appearance.

Release Name: Systweak.Advanced.Vista.Optimizer.2008.v1.0.WinAll.Cracked-CRD
Size: 14.8MB
Links: Homepage, NFO
Download: Here

Techsmith SnagIt v9.0.0 Incl. Keymaker-ZWT

Techsmith’s SnagIt is popular tool for taking screenshots on your Win OS. It’s more powerful than usual “Print Screen” command build in Win. You can have better control over the screenshots you take. ZWT came with newest 9.0.0 version which have redesigned user interface with a lot of new features.

Description: You work and play on the computer, jumping between tasks dozens of times per day. And interruptions are the norm. Now SnagIt flows with your digital lifestyle…so you can capture, organize, and share the things on your screen—without breaking stride.

How do you want to snag? Are you all about capture-capture-capture? Capture-edit-capture-edit? Or a simple capture-send? However you want to do it, SnagIt now plays along. The old, linear workflow is gone. And you can almost taste the freedom.

SnagIt now stores every screen capture automatically. Don’t feel any pressure to name the capture or decide where to save it…until you’re ready for that kind of commitment.

Release Name: Techsmith.SnagIt.v9.0.0.Incl.Keymaker-ZWT
Size: 19.8MB
Links: Homepage, NFO
Virus check: Virustotal
Download: Here

Techsmith SnagIt v9.0.0 Incl. Keymaker-ZWT

Techsmith’s SnagIt is popular tool for taking screenshots on your Win OS. It’s more powerful than usual “Print Screen” command build in Win. You can have better control over the screenshots you take. ZWT came with newest 9.0.0 version which have redesigned user interface with a lot of new features.

Description: You work and play on the computer, jumping between tasks dozens of times per day. And interruptions are the norm. Now SnagIt flows with your digital lifestyle…so you can capture, organize, and share the things on your screen—without breaking stride.

How do you want to snag? Are you all about capture-capture-capture? Capture-edit-capture-edit? Or a simple capture-send? However you want to do it, SnagIt now plays along. The old, linear workflow is gone. And you can almost taste the freedom.

SnagIt now stores every screen capture automatically. Don’t feel any pressure to name the capture or decide where to save it…until you’re ready for that kind of commitment.

Release Name: Techsmith.SnagIt.v9.0.0.Incl.Keymaker-ZWT
Size: 19.8MB
Links: Homepage, NFO
Virus check: Virustotal
Download: Here

Microsoft Windows 7 Build 6519 M1 DVD-MSBP

With Windows Vista finally behind us, it’s time to turn our attention to the next Windows client release, which is currently codenamed Windows “7″, though Microsoft has used other code-names, like “Vienna” and “Windows Seven” in the past. This release is the early build which was showcased at a conference back in January ‘08. Remember to read .nfo first before installing. Enjoy.

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Easier. Windows 7 will make it easier for users to find and use information. Local, network and Internet search functionality will converge. Intuitive user experiences will be further advanced. Automated application provisioning and cross-application data transparency will be integrated.

More secure. Windows 7 will include improved security and legislative compliance functionality. Data protection and management will be extended to peripheral devices. Windows 7 will advance role-based computing scenarios and user-account management, and bridge the inherent conflicts between data protection and robust collaboration. It will also enable enterprise-wide data protection and permissions.

Better connected. Windows 7 will further enable the mobile workforce. It will deliver anywhere, anytime, any device access to data and applications. It will enable a robust ad-hoc collaboration experience. Wireless connectivity, management and security functionality will be expanded. The performance and functionality of current and emerging mobile hardware will be optimized. The multiple device sync, management and data protection capabilities in Windows will be extended. Finally, Windows 7 will enable flexible computing infrastructures including rich, thin and network-centric models.

Lower cost. Windows 7 will help businesses optimize their desktop infrastructure. It will enable seamless OS, application and data migration, and simplified PC provisioning and upgrading. It will further efforts towards non-disruptive application updating and patching. Windows 7 will include improved hardware- and software-based virtualization experiences. And it will expand the PC self-help and IT Pro problem resolution diagnostics in Windows.

DU Meter v4.01 R3076.0 WinAll Cracked-CRD

Hi to all! I am a new editor in trial here and I will try to bring you some interesting releases… my first post is about a program with which you can control your bandwith properly, I think that will be usefull for many people.

Description: DU Meter is an award winning utility from Hagel Technologies that provides an accurate account of the data which is flowing through your computer’s network connection at any given moment. This readout is presented in both numerical and graphical format, in real time. DU Meter includes extensive logging facility, flexible events system, and more. DU Meter works with virtually all types of network connections: phone modems, DSL, cable modem, LAN, satellite, and more.

Features:

  • Keep an eye on your Internet connection: see data coming in or going out.
  • Protect yourself from unexpected charges or Internet service disruption.
  • Receive alerts about dangerous or unexpected network activity.
  • Easy to use - works automatically with no user input required.
  • Uses very little resources, fully compatible with Windows Vista and XP.

Release Name: DU.Meter.v4.01.R3076.0.WinAll.Cracked-CRD
Size: 3,48 MB
Links: Homepage, NFO
Download: Torrent Uploadjockey.com

Ashampoo AntiSpyWare v2.0.2 Incl. Keygen READ NFO-CFF

CFF group released Ashampoo’s tool for fighting against spyware and other malicious software. Read NFO because it contains important information about keygen/license keys.

Description: Ashampoo presents its new protection program Ashampoo AntiSpyWare 2 which offers twice as much protection as the previous version. Having run a full computer scan for possible infections, the program will remove the infected files immediately. A permanent active background scanner will notify you in advance and offer real-time protection for the computer. While connected to the internet the program makes sure that new malware won’t have any chance to enter your system through the back door.

Release Name: Ashampoo.AntiSpyWare.v2.0.2.Incl.Keygen.READ.NFO-CFF
Size: 29.9MB
Links: Homepage, NFO
Virus check: Virustotal
Download: Here

ISecSoft Anti-Trojan Elite v4.0.5 MULTILINGUAL WinALL Cracked-EOF

ISecSoft Anti-Trojan Elite supports all Windows OS. It’s not beautiful (appearance is not the main purpose of this application) but it’s very usable (does not use a lot of memory,cleans everything and prevents malware and other junk from infesting your PC). I used this app for a while and I like it. It’s like beauty( functions and all) & the beast(ugly appearance). I hope they will make a skin for it. :mrgreen:
My suggestion: If you don’t like it… just don’t use it (it’s very simple)… ;-)

DESCRIPTION: Anti Trojan Elite(ATE) is a malware remover, it can detect and clean malware in disk or memory. Anti Trojan Elite provide a real-time malware firewall for user, once a trojan or keylogger would been loaded, the ATE can detect, block and then clean it in time. The ATE can detect more than 35000 trojans, worms and keyloggers currently, and the number of malware ATE could clean is growing up very quickly, we collect world-wide malwares, user can using our auto live update feature to get the power to clean these new malwares in time. It has some useful utilities- especially the network utility can been used to disconnect suspicious TCP connections; The process utility can been used to kill suspicious processes even the process has the system privilege, even it has the ability to unload suspicious modules in all processes; The registry repair utility can been used to repair registry altered by malware; The registry monitor utility can been used to repair any change of important registry keys and values with real time.

FEATURES:

  • Disk and memory scan supported.
  • Real-time malware firewall.
  • Compressed files (RAR ZIP CAB) scan supported.
  • Backup module: Backup trojan files before killing.
  • Network Manager. View the tcp/udp states and the processes they belonged to. User can disconnect any tcp connection and stop the opposite process.
  • Process manager. View the processes and its DLL modules’ information. User can terminate any process and unload any DLL module.
  • Internet Explorer and registry repair utility.
  • Updating online supported, and auto check updates when ATE starts.
  • Real-time registry monitor utility.

Release Name: ISecSoft.Anti-Trojan.Elite.v4.0.5.MULTILINGUAL.WinALL.Cracked-EOF
Size: 6,79 MB
Links: Homepage, NFO
Download: Here

Cowon JetAudio Plus VX v7.11.3101 Retail-CORE

Cowon America has improved version 7 JetAudio plus. This version is relesed by Core. JetAudio is another multimedia player which includes a little more options like converting, broadcasting, ripping, burning and more.

DESCRIPTION: JetAudio is integrated multimedia software composed of a single compact rack.

In addition to these features, you can create your own Internet broadcasting by using JetCast, which is provided with JetAudio. Play all major file formats and discs, including WAV, MP3, MP3Pro, OGG, WMA, MPG, AVI, WMV, MIDI, RM, and video, and audio CD.

Convert among audio file formats, and record analog audio to various formats. The program features Internet broadcasting with JetCast; visualization plug-ins, including Sound2Vision; tag editing for MP3, OGG, and WMA; various sound effects including wide, reverb, and x-bass; multichannel sound output; speed control of audio playback; crossfading for smooth transition between two songs; a skinnable user interface; synchronized lyrics display (karaoke) for MIDI and MP3 files; and subtitles.

FEATURES: Supports All Major File Formats, Video Conversion, Audio CD burning, Recording, Tag Editing, Multi-channel sound ouput, Crossfade, Skin, Subtitles, Internet CD Database, Convenient album management & Playlist, Utilities, Remote Controller, Media Center Window, Audio Conversion, Audio CD Ripping, Internet Broadcasting, Various sound effects, Speed Control, Resume, Synchronized Lyric (Karaoke), Alarm & Timer, Equalizer, Superb Crystal-Clear Sound, Toolbar mode…

Release Name: Cowon.JetAudio.Plus.VX.v7.11.3101.Retail-CORE
Size: 22,2 MB
Links: Homepage, NFO
Download: Here

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RLSLOG Podcast Pilot

Yeah baby. Some people have been discussing this idea on the forums for quite a while now. Its something fun which might go really well, or just completely fail. Considering we have some professional podcasters on our side however, there’s a good chance that we’ll do pretty well.

Phara is an administrator at Ninjavideo.net and Krazi is a moderator at the same site. These two ladies are the podcasting pros I was referring to above. They’ve done podcasts for their own site for quite a while now and they definitely know how to run something like this.

If there are any questions about rlslog that you would like answered or just general ideas that you have for the podcast, please post them in the comments below. If you have an account at the forums, you can do the same in THIS thread. We will record the pilot tonight and if it goes well and has enough juicy content in it, we’ll put it up for public download.

RLSLOG Podcast Pilot

Yeah baby. Some people have been discussing this idea on the forums for quite a while now. Its something fun which might go really well, or just completely fail. Considering we have some professional podcasters on our side however, there’s a good chance that we’ll do pretty well.

Phara is an administrator at Ninjavideo.net and Krazi is a moderator at the same site. These two ladies are the podcasting pros I was referring to above. They’ve done podcasts for their own site for quite a while now and they definitely know how to run something like this.

If there are any questions about rlslog that you would like answered or just general ideas that you have for the podcast, please post them in the comments below. If you have an account at the forums, you can do the same in THIS thread. We will record the pilot tonight and if it goes well and has enough juicy content in it, we’ll put it up for public download.

GFX Competition Results!

Choosing a winner to this competition was EXTREMELY difficult (which is the reason for the delay), and I’m not just saying that. I got almost 400 entries to this competition, and I narrowed that down to the absolute best and most fitting (find link to where you can see these below).

Click HERE to see a bigger version of the above image

In the end, I went with the above banner for the following reasons: It was simple, yet effective and stood out among the other entries as well as in the forum environment. When viewed in action, it makes the forums look like no other. I want to congratulate Manuel on winning one year of Premium Rapidshare. To the rest of you, Thank you so much for entering this competition, it was a lot of fun. Some of the other entries were so great that I’m very likely to put them on the forums at some point perhaps as “weekly banners”.

Click HERE to see a bigger version of the above image

Click HERE to go to the forum thread where all the TOP entries are posted. Please let me make it clear that there were lots of other designs that were great, but simply wouldn’t have fit with the Dark skin. The ones in the thread did however. Look forward to more competitions in the future.

GFX Competition has ended!

Just a small note that the gfx competition has now ended (no more entries will be accepted). I got about a hundred entries since my post last night, so I have a lot of stuff to look at. I’ll be posting the results of the competition after a meeting with my moderators on the forums. Expect the results at around 20:00 Central European Time. At that point you will also be provided with all the entries to look at. ReeGed out.

GFX Competition soon over!

One week and hundreds of entries later, we’re nearing the end of the Forum graphics competition. If you haven’t noticed it, you still have time to participate. Click HERE to read the original article. There have been a lot of interesting entries so far. You’ll probably have seen a few of them which were posted in the comments, but I thought I’d post a few here to perhaps inspire more people to send in a couple of last minute entries. I’m not saying these are the best (they might be, the might not be). The images have been resized to fit the site.


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The competition will end 15:00 CET (Central European Time) Friday the 23rd.

Get your entries in folks. On another note, popular TV shows The Office and Lost aren’t airing tonight, which makes for a relatively quiet TV night. Lost is taking a one week break and will be back next week and The Office season has sadly ended.