Disk Checker 3.2

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Disk Checker is a full-featured disk diagnostics and repairs tool with backup ability. This program runs under Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista. Disk Checker includes two separate methods of disk checking: using file-access or direct access to disk surface.

The direct access method is much faster and is perfect for large number of small files. Disk Checker can report defective sectors numbers as well as the file name they belong to. Removable (floppy, ZIP, ORB, JAZZ, etc), hard and CD-ROM disks are supported when using direct access method (you must have administrator rights to perform hard drive checking under Windows NT/2000/XP).

For above cases as well as for remote disks, RAM disks and network drives you can also use the file-access method. You can use this program for backup purposes as well. Disk Checker can create disk images compatible with disk image files produced by other disk copy utilities (Diskcopy, WinImage, DiskDupe, etc).

Disk image is a file that contains all the disk data, such as boot sector, files and folders structure. It is possible to read and write disk images and format disk, including burning CD-ROM image .ISO files. Command line, logging and dedicated item in Windows shell context menu are supported.

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DriveSitter

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DriveSitter is a deluxe hard disk drive (IDE) diagnostic and background monitoring tool. Based on the well proven S.M.A.R.T. (Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology), it constantly analyzes up to 30 health aspects per HDD and optionally displays its temperature in the system tray.

DriveSitter reliably detects and forecasts up to 70% of all sudden HDD crashes before they occur: You will be alerted of unhealthy conditions and imminent HDD crashes by various notifications ranging from simple message boxes over emails and network messages to the execution of user-defined files. This will give you the chance to react on hazardous HDD crashes before they happen, thus giving you precious time to save your important data. It protects you from sudden data loss!

DriveSitter runs unnoticeable in the background and does not disturb you - even while playing state-of-the-art computer games. It uses scientific calculations that provide a minimum of false alarms for all forecasts.

Apart from that, DriveSitter provides a vast amount of information on HDD internals and partitions, displays progression graphics and reports advanced descriptive statistics on the recorded data. Almost every information about a hard disk drive and the health status can be exported to voluminous HTML or plain text reports.

DriveSitter features an automatic internet updater and very flexible options. The user interface is concise but elegant and the extensive program help is well structured with a handy searchable index.

DriveSitter is a very useful tool - you should give it a try

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Adsense Ready Templates

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Get 5 Adsense Ready Templates, 2 Word Press Adsense Templates fully optimised for easy listing n search engines.

Adsense Revenue Exposed

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Thousands of marketers really are making substantial incomes from Google Adsense alone. In this special report, you'll discover...An inside look into how Google chooses the ads placed on your website (crucial to the moneymaking process).

How to keep your competitors ads from showing up on your website.How to let visitors search the web from your site (and profit while they do it)

The trick to creating a website Google will love.How to format your ads to get the most clicks (and cash)!Where to place your ads for maximum exposure (there's a technique to it).

The secret to using RSS feeds and Blogs to maximize your Adsense dollars.

Google Adsense Profits

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Quick Start Guide to Google Adsense Profits and learn how to put tiny Google Ads on your sites that can make you a full-time income online starting this year...These experts, Joel Comm, Jim Morris, Liz Tomey, Paul Kelly and Codrut Turcanu to coach you along. Using this FAST-TRACK to Adsense Quick Start Guide you could add thousands to your bottom line this year...

Dynamic Website Creation

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Dynamic Website Creation

By JayKay Bak

• Dynamically Generate AdSense Niche SitesJust upload your keywords and instantly turn them into thousands of targeted pages full of targeted AdSense ads.
• Dynamically Generate Your Own "Cool Little Websites"Again, just upload your keywords and crank out thousands of pages with targeted AdSense ads, Ebay Auction Listings and Amazon Ads.
• Dynamically Generate Custom Landing PagesEasily create targeted landing pages for your Adwords Campaigns and customized Sales Letters.

Blog Blaster 1.0

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Blog Blaster is an automated tool to submit your blogs to over 12 blog search engines with just one click.

Pinging your blogs to the search engines is the fastest way to get the search engine robots to visit your blog and gain increased traffic in a short amount of time.

Blog Blaster uses the XML-RPC interface to ping your blogs to the blog search engines. This is the preferred method to submit blogs to the directories. "Ping" is the term used to submit a blog to a blog search engine. When you ping a blog, you are telling the search engine that you have updated your content and that your listing should be refreshed.

The following blog search engines are supported: Weblogs, NewsGator, Feed Burner, Pingomatic, Blo.gs, BlogRolling, Technorati, Feedster, Blogdigger, Moreover, Syndic8, My Yahoo!, Weblogalot, PubSub, BlogStreet

FireFTP 0.97.1

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Publisher's description of FireFTP


FireFTP is a free, secure, cross-platform FTP client for Mozilla Firefox which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP servers. Version 0.94.2 adds the ability to keep directories in sync and greatly improved drag-and-drop support. Version 0.97.1 includes unspecified updates or bug fixing release.

Editor's review of FireFTP
Fire your old FTP client
FireFTP gives you the power of a top-notch FTP client from within your Firefox browser. It can handle multiple accounts and remember different logins, passwords, and connection settings for each. It supports authenticated TSL, authenticated SSL, and implicit SSL for secure transfers, drag and drop, and CHMOD changes. The plug-in works across platforms, lets users import and export account settings, and supports directory comparisons and synchronization, time-stamp syncing, file hashes, and auto-reconnect.

Setting up the program is as easy as using it. It's accessible either from Tools in the menu bar or you can add a FireFTP icon to the toolbar via customization options. You can also set the program to open in a new window or in a new tab, and it ran conflict-free with other major Firefox extensions like Tab Mix Plus, AdBlock Plus, or FoxyTunes.

Most surprisingly, it didn't cause any system sluggishness or freezes, nor did it instigate a massive memory leak of the kind that Firefox has become known for. There are, however, a few drawbacks. Windows Vista support has been spotty, and because of Firefox limitations, the app can't transfer files larger than 4GB, nor can it access network folders. Proxy support works for some, but not others. Despite these problems, the plug-in was stable, easy to use, and provided enough advanced features to make it worth coming back to.

Zipeg 2.0.0.789

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This Zipeg version 2 is work for both windows and Mac

• supports wide variety of archive formats:ZIP, RAR, ARJ, LHA/LZH, 7z, TAR, GZ, TGZ, BZIP2, CPIO, RPM, ISO, CHM, Z, CBR, CBZ, WAR, EAR...
• allows to see what's inside archive BEFORE extracting files;
• opens files in Preview or any other associated application directly from the archive;
• displays image thumbnails (EXIF) in tooltips;
• extracts/unzips items simply by dragging them;
• easy-to-use user interface;
• resource fork, file permissions and Finder attributes support for Mac OSX;
• supports filenames in national alphabets in UTF-8, Unicode and codepage encodings;
• processes archives in background;
• does not have any archive size limitations;
• allows to explore CD and DVD ".iso" image files;
• reports cumulative contents size of subfolders;
• gives fine control over customizable destination of extraction;
• automatically opens nested archives;
• opens archives via file types associations;
• provides `path completion` for destination folders;
• sorts content of folders by name, size or date;
• automatically checks for latest updates;
• universal binaries for Apple Macintosh OS X;
• Full Mac OSX and Windows XP/Vista support;
• Build on top of powerful 7zip engine;

Knight Online

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Welcome to the world of Knight Online, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) that utilizes a party system where you help your fellow players to advance. A prominent and exciting feature of Knight Online is the involving, persistent, large-scale war between players. Upon registering and creating your character, you must choose between two nations: El Morad, the nation of the human race, and Karus, the nation of the Orc tribes. The successful player will seek to join forces with others of his or her nation in order to obtain victory. By enduring battles, that character may also become a hero in the Knight Online World. He may also receive a title and reward from the King, become the lord of his own castle, and even rule over a city. Version 1.506 may include unspecified updates, enhancements or bug fixes.

Note: This is a very large (505MB) file and may take several hours to download via dial-up modem.

Story :
You fight with courage, you fight with honor... But why do you truly fight?

To understand our war, and why our Knights battle, we must seek the knowledge of things forgotten by most. The roots of our conflict go as deep as the very nature of the universe. The World was not always as it is today.

In the age before time as we know it, there was only the mystic void and the ancient, unformed energies. What initiated the change is beyond understanding, but the ancient energies began to gain substance. And out of this fabric of developing substance, a thread, a very special power, gained consciousness.

Logos was this being, and his impulse was to create a reflection of himself. It was he who shaped what would become the world of Carnac with its tall mountains, deep valleys and blue skies. Logos conjured water to carve the rocks, flood the valleys and fill the oceans. Soon the world was marvelous, like a turquoise jewel hanging in the mystic void. Logos was not satisfied, however. He felt that there must be others to experience the splendors of the rivers, oceans and lakes. The rocks and mountains were grand, but lifeless. [ Read more ]

Zipeg 1.2.2

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Product Description:
Zipeg is free decompression utility for Mac OS X and Windows. Zipeg allows to open and explore content of zip, rar, arj and other archives, preview files and images before you extract/unzip them. Extract only the files you want. Zip thru photo-archives. Zipeg allows you to decide what do you want to extract. You can choose what to extract and where to put extracted files or just drag and drop them. This is safer (browse before extract) and more intelligent way of zip archives handling. Free alternative to StuffIt. Build on top of 7zip engine. `WinZip`-like UI for Macintosh users.

What's new in this version:

• national encoding for filenames
• opening nested archives
• sorting files by name, size, date
• handling of RAR 3.7 encrypted filenames

Operating System Requirements:
This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
Mac OS X 10.3.9

Springy - 1.3.3

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Introducing Springy, simple and elegant, yet powerful archiving utility that will make your everyday archiving activities much more pleasurable. Written specifically for Mac OS X, Springy integrates seamlessly with it and includes features you would expect from a proper Mac OS X application. If you can find your way through bunch of files in Finder, you would do so in Springy in matter of seconds.

Supports common and most often archive types and compression methods: ZIP, TAR, TAR compressed with GZIP, BZIP2 and Unix Compress methods, plain GZIP, BZIP2 and Unix Compress compression, RAR and SIT. Support for Java archives JAR, WAR and EAR is also included. Support for more types still to come...

Product Description:
Springy is a simple to use, yet powerful archiving and compression utility for Mac OS X. Springy integrates seamlessly with the Finder and includes some very useful features. All archiving tasks can be done via Drag and Drop or through Springy's Finder contextual menu.
Springy features at a glance:

• Open and browse the contents of an archive or disk image without extracting any file from it.
• Quickly extract all files or only files of choice from an archive or disk image.
• Modify the contents of an existing archive or disk image: add, overwrite, delete and rename files.
• Full Drag & Drop support for archiving and extracting from and into Finder.
  Preview any file in an archive or disk image by double click.
• Archiving and extracting tasks may be accomplished quickly and efficiently using Finder contextual menu.
• Browsing files in archives and disk images and extracting particular file or folder using hierarchical Finder contextual menu.

Springy supports the following file types: ZIP, TAR, DMG, ISO, GZIP, BZIP2, Unix Compress, RAR, SIT, JAR, WAR, EAR... Support for more types is planned for future releases.

What's new in this version:
- Fixed browsing of archive or disk image contents from Contextual Menu plug-in in Leopard.
- Fixed issue with text fields for password and password confirmation when creating encrypted - disk image in the application in Leopard.
- Fixed premature closing of disk image browse window before closing of the image was finished in Leopard.
- Fixed quitting of the application if there was at least one open window showing archive contents in Leopard.
- Fixed crashing when working with some RAR archives in Leopard.

License:

You can enjoy almost its full functionality for free, it will never expire and it won't nag you with splash screens and reminders to register. However, if you want to work with really big archives, or to access some really cool features, you need to register. By registering Springy, you support its further development and improvements.

Operating System Requirements:

OS X 10.3 or later for Macintosh computers with PowerPC processor, including Leopard

OS X 10.4.4 or later for Macintosh computers with Intel processor, including Leopard

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
Mac OS X 10.3.9

StuffIt Expander 12.0

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StuffIt Expander allows to expand and decode all the files you download from the Web or receive in your email. Access StuffIt files, uncompress Zip archives created by WinZip and other zip utilities, decompress tar, gzip and bzip archives, and more. Just drag, drop, and youre done. From BinHex to Zip, StuffIt to MIME, Expander accesses more formats, in less time, with zero hassles. Version 12 includes unspecified updates.

Product Description:
Access virtually any file on the Web!Award-winning StuffIt Expander gives you access to virtually any file you download from the Internet or receive in your email. Expander can handle just about any type of file that comes your way, regardless of whether it was created on a PC or Mac, or travelled across the globe or around the block. And, Expander is easy to use - just drag, drop, and you're done!

Operating System Requirements:
This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:
Mac OS X 10.4 or higher

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StuffIt Deluxe 12.0

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Product Description:
Send files faster, access anything on the Web!
Tired of waiting for large email attachments and downloads? Frustrated with files that you can't open? You need StuffIt Deluxe! Award-winning, industry-standard StuffIt Deluxe compresses your files up to 95% smaller than their original size, so they transmit faster. Plus, StuffIt Deluxe opens just about any file you download off the Web or receive in your email. And, as the worldwide compression standard, your StuffIt files can be accessed by any Mac or PC user, anywhere, hassle-free!

What's new in this version:
- NEW! Compress MP3
- NEW! Compress PDF, TIFF, PNG, GIF ,BMP
- NEW! Optimized PDF compressors
- NEW! Patented 24-bit image compression
- NEW Re-compress Zip archives
- NEW! Ability to view thumbnails of archived images
- Ability to compress JPEG photos up to 30%
- StuffIt 12.0 is fully compatible with Windows archives
- Ability to create self-extracting archives
- Expand files with a single keystroke
- Ability to create StuffIt, Zip and TAR archives
- Allows users to browse archives without expanding
- Allows users to add, delete, and change files in archives
- Includes search feature that allows archives by name, date and more
- Gives users the ability to burn archives to multiple CDs and DVDs
- StuffIt 12.0 saves searches with StuffIt Collections
- Ability to expand over 20 compression formats

Operating System Requirements:
This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:
Mac OS X 10.4 or higher

Stuffit Standart Edition

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StuffIt Standard Edition for Windows makes it easy to access any download or attachment and to send files that transfer quickly and securely. The application can create self-extracting archives that open automatically and also can find compressed files quickly. It has an easy-to-use drag-and-drop interface and wizards to email and upload archives to FTP sites. The application has a StuffIt Catalog that tracks all compressed files, supports RAR and TAR files, and comes with corruption and privacy protection. StuffIt makes it simple to access e-mail attachments and downloads that were compressed on any platform, including Windows, Linux, Unix, and Mac. Plus, you can use the new drag-and-drop tools to open or view the contents of Zip, StuffIt, Tape, or other archives instantly.

Editor's review of StuffIt Standard Edition
Why let Mac users have all the fun?
Giving WinZip a run for its money, StuffIt Standard offers effortless file compression and encryption for any type of file. It matches WinZip in several features, including archived password protection, right-click compression, and a gallery of easy-to-use wizards. The utility also comes with a few unique features, including a robust search tool that locates files by date, type, size, and compression format. For others to decompress native StuffIt files, they'll either need the free StuffIt Expander utility or they'll be presented with a self-extracting archive, which adds to the overall file size. Fortunately, StuffIt also can compress in several other formats, including ZIP, TAR, and BinHex, though you won't get the added JPEG compression. Given its features, compression quality, and encryption options, StuffIt Standard stands up to WinZip in most areas. Digital-photo mavens may even prefer it.

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Operating System Requirements:
This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:
Mac OS X 10.4 or higher

The Unarchiver 1.4

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The Unarchiver is a much more capable replacement for "BOMArchiveHelper.app", the built-in archive unpacker program in Mac OS X. The Unarchiver is designed to handle many more formats than BOMArchiveHelper, and to better fit in with the design of the Finder. It can also handle filenames in foreign character sets, created with non-English versions of other operating systems. Supported file formats include Zip, Tar-GZip, Tar-BZip2, Rar, 7-zip, LhA, StuffIt and many other more or less obscure formats.

The Unarchiver is designed to handle many formats, It can handle filenames in foreign character sets, created with non-English versions of other operating systems. Supported file formats include Zip, Tar-GZip, Tar-BZip2, Tar, 7-zip, LhA, StuffIt and many other more or less obscure formats. Support for so many formats is achieved by using the libxad unarchiving library

New in this version:
- Fixed a bug that caused password
-protected Zip archives to fail to extract.
- Added support for zip archives created by ZipIt.
- Added a Dutch localization by Jonathan.
- Fixed a rare RAR bug, and some GUI quirks.

Operating System Requirements:
This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
Mac OS X 10.3.9

BetterZip

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BetterZip lets you open archives without immediately extracting them. This is much faster and you don't have to remove the extracted files and folders after using them. The currently supported archive formats are: ZIP, TAR, GZip, and BZip. Add files and folders to existing archives, update files already in the archive, move files around within the archive, and delete files and folders from an archive. Easily search for files and folders by name inside the archive. BetterZip lets you create ?clean? archives without the Mac specific files (Finder configuration or resource forks) to happily exchange with Windows or Linux users. New in this version: See complete release notes. Requirements: OS X 10.4 or later, including Leopard Universal Binary

BetterZip lets you quickly inspect archives without first extracting their contents. You can add or extract files via drag-and-drop, delete files from archives, rename files, and create new folders inside the archive. BetterZip can open and extract archives with the most common formats: ZIP (including AES-256 encryption), SIT, TAR, GZip, BZip2, RAR, 7-Zip, CPIO, ARJ, LZH/LHA, JAR, WAR, CAB, ISO, CHM, RPM, DEB, NSIS, BIN, HQX, DD. BetterZip can automatically remove Mac specific files for maximum compatibility with Windows and Linux. BetterZip 1.5 has a preview that quickly displays images, PDF, HTML, and text files in a drawer without the need for starting external programs.

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WarRock

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WarRock is a frenetic first-person shooter MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game). You can play one of five soldiers: engineer, assault, sniper, heavy artillery, or medic (the only female). You must choose an environment before a character. There are about a dozen landscapes, and they are applied to close combat, urban ops and battle group scenarios; the last one allowing you to drive everything from motorcycles to tanks to helicopters. Without a doubt, this game should appeal to those into modern military strategy and fighting.



WarRock's Web site, where you need to register before playing, is easy to navigate and mandatory to look at so you can understand how to play. No patches and a smooth setup make for a pleasant installation experience. Unfortunately, there have been numerous user complaints that if you don't live on a continent that has one of WarRock's servers, then it won't let you connect.

It's hard to understate how quickly things happen in this game; changing your POV is difficult, so it's easy to get shot in the back. All the battles feature two teams, and you're randomly assigned when you join the game in progress. There aren't cheaters, as you might find in other MMORPGs, but there are very testy game-players who aren't shy about voting you out if you're slowing down their team's inexorable march to victory.

Publisher's description of WarRock
War Rock is a free massively multiplayer online, modern tactical first person shooter (FPS) where players have the option to purchase a wide variety of gameplay enhancing items, services, and products or play the game as it is without ever paying a dime. War Rock is populated by thousands of players at any given time in servers all over the world. With a wide variety of customizable weaponry and vehicles, intuitive controls, and multiple battle modes, War Rock is a blast for seasoned FPS veterans and first-timers alike.


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AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.5.503

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AVG Free Edition is the well-known antivirus protection tool. AVG Free is available free of charge to home users for the life of the product. Rapid virus database updates are available for the lifetime of the product, thereby providing the high level of detection capability that millions of users around the world trust to protect their computers. AVG Free is easy to use and will not slow your system down (low system resource requirements. Highlights include automatic update functionality, the AVG Resident Shield, which provides real-time protection as files are opened and programs are run, free Virus Database Updates for the lifetime of the product, and AVG Virus Vault for safe handling of infected files.

Version 7.5.503 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.

This antiviral program offers rock-solid protection for no financial commitment. AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition provides all the necessities, including a tool for scanning your hard drive and e-mail, as well as a real-time shield to prevent infections.

By default, the application is set to search for new virus definitions daily, but you always can use the scheduling tool to change this. Should a virus create serious system problems, AVG creates a rescue disk to scan your computer in MS-DOS mode. The program doesn't tax your system when scanning or when running in the background and always proved effective in our tests.

The interface can't be described as beautiful, yet it is mostly simple to navigate. Sure, you can plunk down a lot of cash for an antiviral application with more features, but AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition delivers the goods for free.

Little Fighter

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Little Fighter 2 (LF2) is a popular freeware fighting game for Windows. LF2 was created by Marti Wong and Starsky Wong in 1999. Its popularity has been substantial thanks to its simple yet addictive gameplay, its great replay ability and free at the point of use availability. The game can have up to 4 human players on one computer and 8 characters in network play at one time. Game modes include VS mode, Stage mode (where 1 or more players move through the environment killing increasing numbers and difficulties of enemies), Championship mode and Battle mode (involving mass armies led by a player).

Version 1.9c may include unspecified updates, enhancements or bug fixes.

Editor's review of Little Fighter 2

For fast play in a Street Fighter-style environment, Little Fighter seems to have punched and kicked its way to the top. Fitting in with its retro feel, you play a small character with a big head--reminiscent of the Japanese "chibi" designs--and fight against the computer or a friend, one-on-one or in a melee.

The control keys are simple and customizable to your preferences, but it's not a hard game to learn. You can move up, down, left and right; you can attack, defend and jump. That's it. No more, no less, and yet some users claim that Little Fighter can suck them in for hours at time. You also can have up to four people playing off the same keyboard simultaneously--a charmingly quaint touch.

The English translation of the game leaves more than a little to be desired, so it will take some messing around to understand how it works. We found the Web site to be unhelpful, but reprogramming the keys to ones we were comfortable with made everything easier. The game is also slow to load at times, but we can see how Little Fighter can get addictive in a big way.

Compressor comparison

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Believe it or not, something can be too big. A monster truck can be difficult if not impossible to park. A retro-appeal boom box weighing down your shoulder may give you back problems. And all those files you don't want to delete are sucking up space on your hard drive. Up-and-comer WinRAR 3.2 dukes it out with old-school champion WinZip 8.1 for a shot at the title of best compression utility to help you squeeze down your extraneous files and lighten you up. And who couldn't use a little help getting rid of those excess pounds?

Interface

Both of our compression-utility heavyweights hit the mat with proven records, but champion WinZip has history and ring presence to spare. Both sport slightly cartoony icon-driven menus in their main interfaces, with challenger WinRAR's integrated file explorer racking a slight lead for ease of use. Defender WinZip tries to earn some usability points with features such as drag-and-drop file handling from Windows Explorer (also present in WinRAR) and an interface control that remembers whether you prefer to use the Wizard or Classic interface. Each program's zipping wizards earn points for easy archiving, with WinRAR pulling ahead by offering more compression options. But WinZip counterpunches with an integrated e-mail option and file management settings built in to the wizard.

Functionality

Though both WinZip and WinRAR are featherweights, at 4.11MB and 2.65MB respectively, slightly lighter WinRAR manages to pack more of a punch in basic compression, letting you choose from ZIP or slightly more efficient RAR archives for packing. The throw-down starts in the unpacking ring, with both supporting ARJ, CAB, GZ, LZH, TAR, UUE, and ZIP formats, and then mixing up the alphabet soup with slightly older formats such as ARC, B64, BHX, HQX, MIM, TAZ, TGZ, TZ, UU, XXE, and Z supported in the WinZip camp, and ACE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, and of course, RAR, supported by WinRAR. Both exhibit great speed in packing, but WinZip is the hands-down winner on this score, zipping up archives like nobody's business, compared with more lethargic WinRAR. Why pack at all? The savings in size of course, and that's where things in the match-up got interesting. For picture-heavy and layout files you won't see substantial differences in RAR and ZIP archives, but for text, music, and program files, RAR archives came in about 10 percent lighter, which in MBs adds up fast.

Features

Both WinZip and WinRAR bring features into the ring that will please even demanding archivists. Core functions are a right-click away from anywhere in Windows, and each can create self-extracting archives. For less demanding users, both contenders' wizards are speedy and flexible enough to keep you from diving into the full programs. WinZip boasts easy integration of virus scanning programs, sadly lacking in WinRAR. But WinRAR fights back with a data-recovery feature for damaged files, better file-naming options, and optional locking of archives to prevent accidental modifications. Our luchadores step it up for bigger files and file sets: WinRAR takes on WinZip's cumbersome but effective Span Disk archives for behemoth multidisk archiving with its easy-to-use RAR volumes. WinZip lands a decisive counterpunch with easy splitting of large-size archives for easier e-mailing.

Stability

Starting strong out of their corners, both WinRAR and WinZip install flawlessly and go where you tell them. As you would expect from an old pro with this many years in the ring, WinZip gets down to brass tacks with a no-fuss wizard-style installation that requires only minimal pointing and clicking before it's cracking its knuckles and ready to crunch files. WinRAR's equally muscular and customizable setup lets you control integration with windows, easily associating file types and controlling context menus, all with quick linkage to help for exploring your options. These fighters also quit the ring cleanly, packing complete uninstallers for when the fight is over.

Demo

Both of these heavyweight full-program demos behaved like real sportsmen, limiting their aggression to file packing and letting the trial period lapse without the programs becoming inoperable. WinZip is marginally more annoying on the demo score, employing the ugly splash screen each time the program sauntered into the ring throughout its 29-day trial period and beyond. Gentleman fighter WinRAR only made its more demure nag screen pitch after the bell rang on its 30-day run, taking the way of the samurai.

The winner

The judges are split, and no amount of behind-the-scenes cash exchange is going to fix it. Long-time title holder WinZip is the popular favorite for its lightening-fast reflexes, easy handling, and sheer ubiquity, but it won't be holding a championship belt above its head while it's staggering around the ring holding its cup from the compression-ratio blows delivered by up-and-comer WinRAR and its stable of newer archive formats.

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iTunes 7.5

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iTunes, the award-winning digital-jukebox software, is now available for Mac and Windows. The iTunes Music Store offers Windows users the same online music store as Mac users, with the same music catalog, the same personal-use rights, and the same 99-cents-per-song pricing. With music from all five major music companies and more than 600 independent labels, the iTunes Music Store catalog now offers more than 1,000,000 songs. Features include a free download with no hidden charges for extra features, MP3 and pristine-quality AAC-encoding from audio CDs, smart playlists, more than 250 free Internet radio stations, and the ability to burn custom playlists to CDs and MP3 CDs, to burn content to DVDs to back up an entire music collection, and to share music via Rendezvous over any network, cross-platform.

Version 7.5 includes minor changes for iPhone support.

Although iTunes has always been one of the best pieces of jukebox software available, the company improved upon a great thing with version 7, which has added enhanced video capabilities, ringtone editing for the iPhone and new ways to view your music library.

A cleaned-up left sidebar makes finding your music and videos a snap and the new Album and Cover-Flow view options let you flip through CDs in style. The built-in video player accommodates both your own files and ones bought at the iTunes Store. Right-clicking a clip lets you render it iPod-compatible. With the addition of full-length movies at the iTunes Store, you can now view near-DVD quality movies at a resolution of 640x480.

The experience of both purchasing and playing movies and videos is almost identical to performing the same actions with music, so seasoned users will have no trouble. Old popular features remain intact including seamless iPod integration, smart playlists, CD burning, label printing, the ability to rip files in multiple formats (except WMA), network sharing, and, of course, the enormously successful iTunes Store.

The iTunes Store also offers DRM-free, higher sound quality songs, but they're more expensive than the standard $0.99, as are ringtones.

Rounding out the feature set are parental controls, integrated podcasts, and a smart-shuffle option. iTunes is sometimes clunky on Windows, and can cause significant processor slowdowns. Still, it remains a top-notch player and iTunes 7 should find a home on any media junkie's computer.

Total Recall for Symbian 60 3rd Edition

Symbian Series 60 3rd Edition

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Total Recall by Killer Mobile Software is a user friendly, best of class, call/conversation/extended recorder for Series 60 devices on the market. Features include: record in very lite AMR format; unlimited recording length; record to the internal memory or external memory card; intuitively named clips; 3rd Edition version includes standalone recording option; No "Beep" while recording Calls. Please install the program to your internal phone memory. Total Recall is quite simply, the most easy to use Mobile Call Recorder application on the market.

Version 1.3 adds copy to gallery feature.

Nexus Radio

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Nexus Radio is a free full featured internet radio player for listeners who want to record their favorite radio content for playback on their PC, or any portable device that supports MP3s. With over 6000+ radio stations and support for thousands more, Nexus Radio delivers the content radio listeners yearn for.

Version 2.1 has a redesigned user interface and adds 12 new genres.

Lovers of streaming Internet radio should check out Nexus Radio, an all-in-one app users can rely on to discover interesting stations from around the world. Better than that, Nexus Radio has some built-in tools for saving clips as MP3s, building playlists, and editing clips (warning: this is cursory, but serviceable feature.) Nexus Radio also plays fetch--create a filter and it will capture songs or artists according to your keyword choice. That spells "free music discovery" to me. Get a peek at Nexus Radio in the First Look video below. Click here for the whole First Look video collection. And growing!

Registry Mechanic 7.0 - NEW!

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With Registry Mechanic you can safely clean, repair and optimize the Windows® registry with a few simple mouse clicks! Problems with the Windows® registry are a common cause of Windows® crashes, slow performance and error messages. By using a registry cleaner regularly and fixing registry errors your system should not only be more stable but it will also help improve your system performance without expensive hardware upgrades. Learn more about the importance of a clean registry with our registry insight.

Registry Mechanic uses a high-performance detection algorithm to quickly identify missing and invalid references in your Windows® registry. These problems can occur for many reasons including being left-behind after the un-installation or incorrect removal of software, by missing or corrupt hardware drivers, or orphaned startup programs.

With a few easy steps Registry Mechanic will scan your entire registry for any invalid entries and provides a list of the registry errors found, you can then choose to selectively clean each item or automatically repair them all. For your convenience and protection Registry Mechanic can also make a backup of any repairs made so that you can easily recover any changes if required.

Registry Mechanic Information
Current Version: 7.0.0.1010
File Size: 5,615 KB
Operating System: Designed for Windows® 98, Me, 2000 and XP, with basic support for Windows® Vista™
Release Date: September 12, 2007
Designed to: Clean and compact your registry to optimize your PC for better performance.
Trial Limitations: The trial is time unlimited and removes problems found in 5 sections of the registry only. A registered version is required to remove all detected problems.

Spyware Doctor® 5.1 for Windows®

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Spyware Doctor is an advanced spyware removal utility that detects and cleans thousands of potential spyware, adware, trojans, keyloggers and tracking threats from your PC.

When you consider the amount of valuable personal information stored on your PC, including credit card and banking details, personal e-mails and documents, shopping and browsing habits, the risks of having software intruders become obvious. Known consequences of spyware and adware include identity theft, computer problems, slow Internet access, changed homepage and favorites, and excessive numbers of pop-up adverts.

Anti-virus software and firewalls do not fully protect your system against the majority of spyware and privacy threats.

Spyware is commonly bundled with software downloads, attached to e-mails, or transmitted through networks so it can appear to be legitimate software but once installed it can be nearly impossible to detect and remove without the help of a dedicated spyware removal tool like Spyware Doctor. Spyware protection should be an essential part of your protection to defend your privacy and computing habits from prying eyes and virtual trespassers.

Main Features: - Detects and remove spyware, adware, malware, Trojans, keyloggers and trackware - "OnGuard" continuously monitors and protects your PC from browser infections and tracking cookies - Immunize your system to protect against hundreds of known web-browser hijackers (BHO) and ActiveX threats - Receive timely live updates of new threats as they become available - Customized and deep scans allow you to thoroughly check your PC for infections - Ability to quarantine and undo items that have been removed

Note:Spyware Doctor is free to try, but uses a "pay to remove" model. It will however show you the name, type, location and other information aboout any infection.