There are abundance of video links which can be downloaded for free from RapidShare, Megaupload and many other file hosting websites. Because of the file size limit for free uploaders, the video files are normally split into multiple parts and a user would have to first download all parts and either extract it or join it. This is a waste of time because you have to first spend a few hours just to download the multi part links and you can’t do much on the Internet because the bandwidth has been fully utilized. Then you have to spend an hour or two to watch the movie which you have downloaded.
For the first time someone has made it possible to stream videos directly from RapidShare, Megaupload and many other file hosting sites using ilivid Player. It offers the fastest way to watch hosted video links. No more waiting until the download completes before watching your video. With ilivid, just watch the video while it’s downloading to your computer.
Although ilivid Player supports both free and premium accounts, it is advisable to use a Premium account so that your download speed is fast enough to stream the video. Some file host such as RapidShare caps the download speed to 50KBps which is not fast enough to stream the video that you are downloading. Currently ilivid Player supports over 70 file hosting websites with premium accounts.
ilivid Player sounds like a very advanced software but in fact the interface is made very simple. It has a premium accounts tab for you to add your premium account login information, and the Downloads tab where you paste the rapidshare links. The only settings you get is the location on where to save the downloaded videos to.
We have given ilivid Player a test and the video managed to stream perfectly without buffering when our download speed is going at 160KBps. If you have a slow internet connection or don’t have a premium account to stream real time on rapidshare links, you can use ilivid Player to preview the video that you are about to download to check for the quality of the video.
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Some branded computer such as Toshiba has their own bluetooth driver stack to use on Windows. Toshiba bluetooth driver is one of the most used driver stack because some laptops such as Fujitsu Siemens, ASUS, Dell and Sony laptops comes with it installed. There are times when Microsoft Bluetooth driver stack has proven to have better compatibility with other bluetooth devices such as blackberry. Installing the third party bluetooth driver from Widcomm can produce some syncing problems with blackberry and if switching to Microsoft Bluetooth driver fixes the problem.
To install Microsoft Bluetooth driver stack, first you must uninstall any bluetooth stack driver software that came with the bluetooth adapter. Then reboot your computer and when Windows ask for driver click cancel. Finally run this Bluetooth Driver Installer which will try to install generic Microsoft driver for your bluetooth adapter. It should be able to detect your bluetooth hardware and install accordingly.
Currently Bluetooth Driver Installer has known issues running it under 64bit of Windows with a System Error. Code: -536870347 (FFFFFFFFE0000237). It is currently being investigated and hopefully fixed soon.
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Windows 7 has gotten even more eye candy flashy effects compared to older versions of Windows. It does look very nice but of course it requires a modern computer to enable the effects through Aero. If you can’t get enough of the effects in Windows 7, here is a small and simple application that enables shadow to the taskbar.
Taskbar Drop Shadow is portable application that when run, it adds a nice shadow to the bottom or top of taskbar. There are 2 executable file, Bottom TB Shadow.exe is to use when your taskbar is at the bottom and Top TB Shadow.exe if you’ve shifted the taskbar to the top. Running the executable file enables the shadow effect instantly. You can access to some of the settings by right clicking on the shadow and select Preferences. If you like this shadow effect in Windows 7 taskbar, you will have to set it to run automatically when Windows start because the program must be running to enable this effect.
Taskbar Drop Shadow utility takes up only 2.3MB from memory and no CPU usage at all. It works all the time but if your background or wallpaper is black in color, you will not see the shadow at all because the shadow is based on black color and does not auto changes according to the background color.
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Movies, TV series and videos can be easily downloaded for free from the Internet and if you have a modern DVD player, it will most likely support playing the AVI video file directly. For older DVD players, you will need to convert the AVI video files into DVD format and then burn it to a DVD disc. There are many DVD conversion software and if you are wondering which software to use, you can give WinX DVD Author a try.
Winx DVD Author is a world-known DVD Conversion and authoring tool, it was designed to convert and burn AVI, WMV, DivX, Xvid, RM, RMVB, Asf ,VOB, MPEG-1/2, MOV(quick time), MP4, 3GP files to DVD VCD SVCD, Winx DVD Author is the easy way to create your DVD VCD SVCD video disc with DVD Menu and DVD subtitles(*.srt). You can use this software to create DVD/VCD from your digital video recorder, Webcam, or downloaded files. Winx DVD Author is a powerful, splendid and simple to use application for AVI Rm Divx Wmv Asf RM to DVD video converting and burning. Winx DVD Author is guaranteed to deliver the highest quality and personalized DVD, VCD, SVCD Creating experience.
Converting a video to DVD is as easy as three steps with WinX DVD Author. Import the video file to the software, select the DVD menu to use, and finally select the dvd burner to use to burn the converted video to the DVD disc. WinX DVD Author 5.5 normally cost $39.95 for a single user license but you can get your free reg code and reg name to license the software from the details below:
1. Download http://www.winxdvd.com/download/full/winx-dvd-author-full.exe and install.
2. The first time you run WinX DVD Author 5.5, you will be prompted to register the software. Enter the following registration name and registration code to license the software.
Reg Name: dvdauthordottech
Reg Code: FTDVD-646107603814411609407014645114
G Data is an antivirus company based in Germany which is well known for its multi antivirus engine in one antivirus application. Normally it is not advisable to install more than 1 antivirus on a computer but G Data made it possible by integrating two antivirus without conflicts. Although G Data never really mentioned what are the two engines but we can assure you that Engine A is BitDefender and Engine B is Avast.
G Data InternetSecurity 2010 is like any other internet security suite which contains modules to protect against virus, spyware, hackers, spam, phishing websites, and also comes with a parental control to regulate surfing behavior and computer use for your children. G Data InternetSecurity 2010 normally cost $29.95 for 1 year subscription on 1PC but you can get to use it for free for 6 months if you follow the steps below to obtain the registration number to create your G Data username and password.
1. Visit http://gdata.pl/gdis6mcy/
2. Enter your email address at the first box and make sure that two of the checkboxes are checked. Then type in the exact two words you see on the box and click the wyślij button.
3. Now check your email address and you should receive an email from Klucz z G Data Software (g-data@home.pl) with the subject Klucz rejestracyjny specjalnie dla czytelników Komputer Świat. Save the PDF (GDataCertyfikat.pdf) attachment file which contains the registration number. If you don’t have a PDF reader, you can upload the GDataCertyfikat.pdf file to DocsPal for viewing.
4. Download and install G Data InternetSecurity 2010
5. During installation, select Install full version of G Data InternetSecurity and restart your computer after finished installation.
6. After reboot, open G Data InternetSecurity 2010, click Update and you will be prompted to enter user name and password at the Access data for virus updates window. Click the Register with server button. Enter the registration number and fill up the customer data by entering your first name, surname and email and click the Login button. It will start updating Engine A, Engine B, Phishing files and Whitelist.
