JDownloader, the file hosting downloader, is displaying a warning to users who download files from Rapidshare using the software. It reads:
Rapidshare disabled the ability to resume downloads that were stopped for free users and also limited the average download speed to 30 kb/s.
Because of the way they are doing this, it may look like the download is frozen.
Don’t worry – it’s not. It’s just waiting for the next piece of the file to be transferred.
The pauses in between are added by Rapidshare in order to make the overall average speed slower for free-users.
Rapidshare, besides dropping download speeds, seems to have disabled resume capabilities for free users of the service. Resume allows users to continue downloading a file from the position they stopped the transfer. This can be useful during large file transfers, say a 1 Gigabyte file that stops after 500 Megabytes have been downloaded. Instead of having to download the whole Gigabyte again, users would only have to download the remaining 500 Megabytes.
The third change, next to the drop in average transfer speeds and the removal of the resume option, are pauses that the hoster has added to file downloads. These pauses can make downloads look as if they are frozen or stopped, when in fact they are not.
It is not clear why Rapidshare has made the changes. Some users suspected that the company wants to drive more users into signing up for premium accounts, others that users from Megaupload and other file hosting sites that went out of business have caused to much strain on the Rapidshare servers. The effect however is that the site is barely if at all usable anymore if you are a free user.
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Get through the article to see all the thinnest, smallest and largest gadgets unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show.
1. Smallest Washing Machine
Haier demonstrated the world’s smallest washing machine at CES 2012. The machine roughly features the size of a countertop bread machine. Well, it is suitable to contain two adult T-shirts at a time. Haier is currently market testing the tiny washing machine, which may come for a price of $100 in China. This machine can clean chlorine-logged swimsuits, subtle items or even regular laundry, but less in count.
2. Smallest portable live-streaming video solution
Hands-free technology leaders Contour and Cerevo USA have teamed up to build the world’s smallest and affordable portable live-streaming video solution. Dubbed the Cerevo LiveShell, the device was one of the key attractions at CES 2012. The lightweight gadget allows users to broadcast their hands-free pursuits easily. Thanks to an HDMI port, you can connect the Contour’s Contour+ camera to the LiveShell to bring real-time video telecasting to the Ustream. The device is available for $299 from early February.
3. Smallest Wireless Router
TP-Link HQ has demoed the world’s smallest router that measures at only 2.5 x 2.5 x 0.7 inches. The portable 802.11b/g/n router is so small that you can carry it in your pocket; however, it offers the same capacity of its bigger brother. The TP-Link router can provide Wi-Fi speed up to 150Mbps to all devices. It is compatible with IEEE 802.11b/g/n and almost all 2.4GHz Wi-Fi devices.
4. Smallest Video Monitoring Camera
Dropcam launched the world’s smallest video monitoring camera, dubbed the Dropcam HD Wi-Fi at CES. The award-winning video monitoring camera is the best solution for live and recorded video and provides surveillance of pets and kids. Video captured by the camera is available anytime, anywhere over the web thanks to Wi-Fi. The device comes for a price of $149 and is available for preorder.
5. Smallest waterproof music player
UwaterG4 MP3 is a complete and smart waterproof music player from Fitness Technologies. The music player, an upgrade to UwaterG2 comes with double the memory capacity for 1,000 songs and 10 audio books. The device comes in five exciting body colors: yellow, blue, red, black and ice white. Of course, you can continue listening to MP3s even while boating, surfing, snorkeling and skiing.
6. Largest & Thinnest OLED display
Many analysts tot up the LG55EM9600 OLED TV as the best product of CES 2012. It is the largest OLED display we have today, great viewing angles, brilliant brightness. lightning-fast response times and ultra slimness are the landmark features of the LG display. LG will shortly bring the OLED display in stores.
7. Largest iPhone Dock
iNuke Boom iPhone Dock is a massive speaker dock for your iPhone and iPod. Priced at a hefty $3000, the dock features 700lbs and is powered by a pair of 18-inch subwoofers. They can produce about 6,000 watts of power while the entire setup goes up to 10,000 watts. The iNuke Boom Dock requires huge amount of power to operate and you will be certainly confused about finding a proper place for its placement inside your house.
8. Largest tablet
Along with the world’s thinnest tablet Excite X10, Toshiba displayed prototype of a 13.3-inch large tablet at its CES 2012 booth. The Japanese PC maker hasn’t exposed anything about the prototype, which is still unnamed. It is not even clear whether it will hit stores in future or not. There were two more tablet prototypes with 7.7 and 5 inches display screens.
9. Thinnest smartphone
China-based ICT solutions provider Huawei has unveiled the world’s thinnest smartphone, the Ascent P1 S at CES 2012. The Ascend P1 S features a slimness of just 6.68mm and has a sleek form factor and simple design. The Huawei phone mounts a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED 960 x 540 resolution touchscreen with Corning Gorilla Glass. The P1 S is run on a dual-core 1.5GHz Cortex-A9 CPU and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
10. Thinnest Ultrabook
Acer Aspire S5, successor to Aspire S3 is the thinnest Ultrabook we found at CES 2012. With a depth of just 15mm at its largest point and weight of 3lbs, the 13-inch notebook is an ultraportable product. The Intel Ivy Bridge powered Ultrabook will feature Acer Green Instant On for quick booting and power saving. Acer will bring the Aspire S5 tablet into stores shortly for an affordable price.
11. Thinnest waterproof smartphone
Fujitsu unveiled a set of stunning waterproof products at CES. The Arrows waterproof smartphone is an extremely thin device with just 6.7mm slimness (8.5mm at the thickest point). The waterproof phone runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread and is powered by a 1.4GHz Snapdragon CPU. The device sports a 4-inch AMOLED display made of Gorilla Glass. The Arrows mounts a 5.11-megapixel camera and uses handwriting recognition for input.
12. Thinnest 3D Blu-ray Player
Samsung surfaced the world’s slimmest 3D Blue-ray player. The device measures only 23 millimeters thick and it has a fresh impressive wall mountable design. It provides great 3D HD content, but it can also upscale Blu-ray discs to 3D in straight away. Samsung hasn’t divulged its price tag. The Blu-ray player may land in stores later this year.
13. Thinnest tablet
The battle in tablet market for ultrathin and lightweight products is going intense. Now, Toshiba has brought up Excite X10, which measures just 0.3 inches and weighs at 1.18 pounds. The Excite is equipped with TI OMAP 4430 mobile CPU and 16GB/32GB internal storage options. The tablet sports 2-megapixel front camera and a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash. Toshiba will sell the Excite X10 for $529.99 (16GB) and $599.99 (32GB) in the first quarter of the year.
Due to appear in the Windows 8 beta that will debut next month, the refresh option makes good on Microsoft’s earlier promise that it would give users an easy way to restore Windows in the event of a problem.
The new OS will actually offer two ways to bring Windows back to factory condition:
• The refresh option will keep all personal data, important settings, and Metro style apps, and then reinstall Windows.
• The reset option will securely remove all data, settings, and applications, and then reinstall Windows.
Refreshing Windows would typically be the first option to try if the OS isn’t behaving properly. And it’s one that Microsoft promises will be completely automated, meaning there’s no need to back up your files or settings beforehand.
To accomplish this, your PC boots up into Windows RE (Recovery Environment), saves your data and settings, installs a fresh copy of Windows 8, restores your data and other content, and then restarts into the fresh new OS. Most key settings are preserved with the exception of file type associations, display settings, and Windows Firewall settings.
Of course, there is one another gotcha. The refresh option will preserve your Metro apps, but not your standard desktop apps. Microsoft nixed the idea of restoring desktop applications for a few reasons.
A single desktop app could be the cause of the initial problem. Certain desktop apps leave no trace of how they were installed, making it difficult to restore them. And unlike Metro apps, Windows has no direct knowledge of the many different installer technologies often used by third-party applications.
As a workaround, Microsoft will offer a manual way to create an image of your existing Windows environment, desktop apps included. But this is something you’d have to run on a regular basis to ensure that all newly installed desktop applications are part of the image.
Finally, the reset option is the one to use if you want to start fresh and don’t need to keep your applications, settings, or other data.
In this scenario, your PC boots into Windows RE, erases and reformats the hard drive, installs a fresh copy of Windows 8, and then restarts. Since all your data is securely wiped, says Microsoft, this is the right option if you plan to pass your PC along to someone else.
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What if you don’t own a copy of Microsoft Office or like so many being hit with the bad economy, you just can’t afford to shell out the money to buy a copy, but in some instances having at least Microsoft Word is a necessity.
Create, View, Edit, Share Office documents free with Office Web Apps
If you have a Windows Live ID (Free), using your SkyDrive folder you still have access to the most widely used features of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, using Office Web Apps. Microsoft Office Web Apps will allow you to view, edit, and share Office documents from anywhere with a browser and an internet connection, for free.
Another plus to this is the ability to open documents saved in Office. So if your employee or friend sends you a document that you really need to open, you can simply open it from within your SkyDrive folder as well as other options such as Edit or Print just the same as if you were using Microsoft Office! This also eliminates the need to locate third-party alternatives if the need arises. You could even use Microsoft Office Web Apps on Microsoft SharePoint 2010.
Want to give it a try, it’s easy!
- First you’ll need a Windows Live ID if you don’t already have one. Once you have a Windows Live ID simply visit the following link http://office.microsoft.com/web-apps/
- Click the button to Get Started Free. This will open your SkyDrive folder that is included with your Windows Live ID.
- Once SkyDrive loads simply click the button for the Office Web App you would like to use and begin creating Office Documents for Free!
Using Office Web Apps, you will be able to access Files From Any Location, with any web browser of your choice including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, etc. You will be able to download and save the Office documents to your computer and then view them with your Office software (if you have one) and vice versa. You can co-author and auto-sync files and even restrict access to them.
Watch the video to get an idea:
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The main purpose of using a USB pen drive is that you can bring your data with you wherever you go. But if you lose your USB pen drive you lose your data.
To lock up your USB Drive, simply enter your password and click on Lock. You will of course be asked to set up a password first.
To unlock the pen drive, enter your password and click on Unlock. This will make your data accessible.
Clicking on ALT+K will open the Windows on-screen keyboard. This option can be used if you suspect that there is a keylogger installed on the computer you’re using or if you are using someone else’s computer.
The free version of USB Safeguard works with USB Drives of up to 2 GB size only. So for pen drives with a higher memory, you will have to pay and use the Pro version.
You may therefore also want to have a look at free utilities like Rohos, TrueCrypt and Cryptainer LE, which will help you password protect your removable media. If you know of any more free software which protects USB Drives of any capacity, please share below in the comments. Ofcourse, if you are using Windows 7, you can always encrypt removable media using its in-built BitLocker To Go feature.
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DuplicateFinder uses optimized detection algorithms and file filters so the scanning time is greatly minimized. The detected files can be removed in no time with the help of the automatic file selector and the predefined set of actions (copying, moving or deleting).
Pretty fast and efficient. Now I have additional 39 Gigabytes of space available when I cleaned up the unnecessary files in just 3 minutes. Of course, if you don’t want to delete them right away, you can always group them into a folder using “Move” option, and there you can see whether you want to keep some of them.
It works on Windows NT 4.0, 2K, XP, Vista, and Windows 7.
You can download Duplicate Finder here. (scroll down the page for download links)
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- Go to Control Panel and click on the Administrative Tools.
- Under this section double click on Computer Management.
- Select System Tools from right window pane.
- Under this, just double click on Local Users and Groups and then on Users
- Now you will see all the login accounts of your computer. Right click on any the account whose password you want to change and then click on Set Password.
- A warning message will popup on your screen just click on Proceed button.
Now enter your New Password and click on OK button.
That’s it! your windows 7 password is changed without knowing current password. The only limitation of this method is that your current account should have Administrative privileges.
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Program’s encoding engine is pretty fast and produces good-quality results (of course it can’t be compared to multipass encoding with CCE, but the easiness and the speed of the software makes it up), considering that the source material is typically already heavily compressed with lossy encoding methods.
Tool also can automatically create chapters for DVDs and also supports putting multiple movies on one DVDR disc. Program has only two major nags — first of all, it doesn’t support converting external subtitles to DVD-compliant subtitles and secondly, it doesn’t allow menu creation which would ease the navigation of the DVD dramatically when there are several movies stored on one DVDR disc. But as a summary, an excellent tool for quick DVD creation and I can see it become quite popular for converting digital camcorder material into DVDR format as well.
How To Use:
interface
The Interface could not be more easy to explain. The first area we can see allows you to set your source file(s) and your Destination folder. Beneath that you have the option to Burn with CopytoDVD if you have it installed on your computer. You also have options for the Aspect Ratio and the Standard (NTSC or PAL). Beside this area is your preview area. After you select a source file or during encoding, a little screen appears here allowing you to take a preview at what the video should look like after encoding. Then you have your convert button and conversion progress bar. Beneath this, you have the Operation Log that logs everything as it happens.
Conversion Process
To convert a file to DVD first you need to tick the little folder icon beside the Source File field. Locate your video file, select it and click Open. Secondly, select your Destination folder by clicking the folder icon beside the Destination folder field. The Aspect Ratio is often ok just left at Automatic, but you can also choose between Force 4:3 and Force 16:9 (the preview will allow you to see if it is being displayed correctly before the encoding finishes). The Standard lets you decide between NTSC and PAL framerates or it can be left at Automatic. The only other option you have now is to select the Burn with CopytoDVD box if you have the software installed on your computer. You can now click Convert and it should begin encoding the DVD for you.
Encoding Multiple Files
You can also put multiple files on the same DVD with DivxToDVD. In order to do this, simply just add more than one Source file. You will notice that the multiple paths will now be displayed in the Source File field. To completely remove all videos from the Source File field, click the red X button. After the conversion is finished, you will get a DVD with multiple VTS, depending on the amount of source files you choose. There will be no menu however, so there may be some playback issues with some DVD players. Also with multiple files it might be the best option to leave Aspect Ratio on Automatic, unless of course you notice that the preview doesn’t look correct.
Finally
So as you can see this program is very easy to use. It’s a pretty fast encoder with acceptable quality and best of all it’s free.
I then use DVDFab or CloneDVD to burn to a DVD.
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Microsoft will push the upgrade sometime next month. “10 years ago a browser was born. Its name was Internet Explorer 6. Now that we’re in 2011, in an era of modern Web standards, it’s time to say goodbye,” said Microsoft.
To see how IE6 is doing (in real-time), check out IE6countdown.com.
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