The good thing about having a premium Rapidshare account is that you can download those shared files using download manager. I usually use Free Download Manager to handle the download, but couple days ago, I found a wonderful app called CryptLoad. CryptLoad is a free download manager for file sharing services. At the moment, it supports Rapidshare.com, Rapidshare.de, Megaupload.com, Uploaded.to, Netload.in, and Filer.net. Since I also own premium account for Megaupload, I can now ditch Megaupload’s MegaManager software and use Cryptload for handling download progress from Megaupload. Very nice.

CryptLoad currently available for Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux. You can download the Windows version here.

Intel has finally unleashed the brand new Centrino 2 (a.k.a Montevina) notebook platform. It is available in two versions: customers and professionals (vPro). Features include enhanced Blu-Ray playback and support for 802.11 draft n WiFI. Unfortunately, WiMax is not supported yet, but Intel has promised it for Fall this year. Check below for the detailed press release and stay tune for the attack of Centrino 2-based laptops.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jul. 15, 2008 Intel Corporation unveiled its Intel(R) Centrino(R) 2 Processor Technology products for laptops today, powered by five new Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo processors. Close to 250 innovative consumer and business notebook PC designs are on the way, including those equipped with the right combination of powerful processors, graphics and battery life to enjoy viewing stunning high definition videos and myriad other computer and Internet activities.

Intel also introduced the world’s highest-performing dual-core mobile processor, the Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Extreme processor running at a brisk 3.06 GHz, as measured by SPECint(1)_rate_base2006, an industry benchmark (http://www.spec.org)(2).

Rounding out a mobile-focused summer for the company, Intel said it also plans to unveil eight processors within 90 days that will include first-ever mobile quad-core products and second-generation products for ultra-thin and light notebooks. In total, Intel will bring 14 diverse new processors into the marketplace as laptop sales continue to outpace desktop PCs.

Formerly codenamed Montevina, Intel Centrino 2 processor technology and Intel(R) Centrino(R) 2 with vPro(TM) Technology improve upon every facet of a laptop’s main features, including performance and battery life via new processors and chipsets, faster draft 802.11n wireless (with WiMAX arriving later this year), and new business-class manageability capabilities.

“When we first introduced Intel Centrino back in 2003, there were very few Wi-Fi hotspots, YouTube videos and social media didn’t really exist, ‘thin and light’ only referred to weight goals and desktop PCs outsold notebooks by a very wide margin,” said Mooly Eden, Intel corporate vice president and general manager of the company’s Mobile Platforms Group. “Today, notebooks outsell desktops in the U.S., and we’re paving the way to HD entertainment, rich online gaming, faster broadband wireless speeds and an easier and more secure way for businesses to manage, update and repair their notebook fleets.”

Intel is introducing five dual core processors based on Intel’s reinvented transistors (high-k metal gate formula) and advanced 45-nanometer manufacturing process. These processors come with a faster 1066MHz front side bus and up to 6MB of L2 cache, and three versions reduce laptop processor wattage about 30 percent, down to just 25 watts. Also featured is Deep Power Down Technology that turns off processing components such as core clocks and cache memory when the laptop is idle for greater energy savings.

Intel also unveiled its Mobile Intel(R) 45 Express Chipset and wireless Intel(R) Wi-Fi Link 5000 series that is shipping to customers now, with laptops arriving later in July and August. Delivering five times the speed and twice the range of older 802.11a/g technology, the Intel Wi-Fi Link 5000 series provides 802.11 draft-N support that delivers the fastest data rates possible today — up to 450 Mbps.

Switchable graphics, a new optional power-saving feature available on Intel Centrino 2-based notebooks, provides both integrated and discrete graphics on a single notebook, enabling users to easily switch between the two options. Switchable graphics delivers greater 3-D performance when needed while providing the option for greater power savings for the best of both worlds.

For consumers, Intel Centrino 2 processor technology delivers the horsepower and battery life to enjoy a typical full-length, Blu-ray(1) high-definition video on a single battery charge for the first time, plus the ability to play a variety of online games, download music or post videos faster than before.

For businesses, Intel Centrino 2 with vPro technology offers enhanced manageability and security options. This is increasingly important as companies replace desktops with notebooks and need to remotely diagnose, update and repair systems over a wireless network. Improved manageability with AMT 4.0 has also been added that provides wireless manageability during system sleep states, ongoing remote configuration capabilities, support for next-generation management standards (WS-MAN and DASH 1.0) and the ability for an employee to initiate communications to IT from outside a company’s firewall.

OEMs and Channel system builders will deliver close to 250 systems to market. For more information including Intel product pricing, visit http://www.intel.com/go/processor_pricing. For a full media version of this release including photos, videos, related blogs and other information, visit http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20080715comp_sm.htm and the Intel Centrino 2 technology press kit at http://www.intel.com/pressroom/kits/centrino2.

WiMAX Momentum

Later this year in the United States, Intel will begin shipping its first-ever combined WiMAX/Wi-Fi module, part of the Intel(R) WiMAX/Wi-Fi Link 5050 Series that is an optional feature for future Intel Centrino 2-based laptops. WiMAX is a 4G, Internet protocol-based broadband wireless technology that complements Wi-Fi networks.

WiMAX also provides much wider Internet and phone voice coverage, and unlike Wi-Fi has the ability to unwire entire cities or communities, connecting users even when they’re on the move. Intel is working with service providers around the world to deploy WiMAX networks, with initial U.S. network availability starting later this year from Sprint XOHM and Clearwire.

Intel yesterday officially announced the new Intel Santa Rosa notebook platform. The new technology, which is also called as “Centrino Pro”, features the latest Mobile Intel 965 Express chipset, new Core 2 Duo processors with 800MHz FSB (previous Merom CPUs have 667MHz bus speed), a Wireless N connectivity, Turbo Memory function, and of course, better perfomance and lower power consumption. Expect to see a bunch of Santa Rosa-based laptops emerge soon.

For more detail, check the press release after the jump.

Faster processors and chipsets. Great-looking video and graphics. Stronger and faster wireless signals. Better security and manageability. Designed for energy efficiency to enable great battery life. An option to turbo-speed boot time and software application loading.

Intel Corporation today announced a host of new technologies, including faster Intel® Core™2 Duo processors, for its latest-generation Intel® Centrino® processor technology used in notebook PCs for consumers and businesses.

More than 230 Intel Centrino Duo and Intel Centrino Pro processor technology-based designs from PC manufacturers, resellers and integrators around the world are expected to take advantage of these and other features this year. Notebooks will come in a plethora of shapes and sizes, with designs ranging from fully loaded, 17-inch wide-screen models ideal for entertainment to tiny, energy-saving notebook PCs that weigh less than three pounds.

“When we introduced Intel Centrino 4 years ago, Intel changed the computing landscape with our mobile innovations,” said Mooly Eden, Intel vice president and general manager, Mobile Products Group. “Now, simply said, we have improved virtually all aspects of Intel-based notebooks, the most popular and fastest growing computing market segment in the world.”

At the heart of the new Intel Centrino Duo and Intel Centrino Pro processor technology-based notebooks is the next-generation of Intel’s highly acclaimed Intel® Core™2 Duo processor, which delivers breakthrough mobile performance and responsiveness for demanding business users and consumers alike. Users will experience improved performance when running multiple applications simultaneously such as downloading a video clip while doing a virus scan. Additional power management features will continue to enable users to have the great battery life they have come to expect with an Intel-based notebook PC.

In addition, the Mobile Intel® 965 Express chipset family with Intel® Clear Video Technology enables an enhanced high-definition video experience. Users can also share their content with family and friends via TV easier than before with Intel® TV Wizard, which is a simplified way to connect to HD-enabled TVs. A new suite of drivers delivers robust and outstanding Windows Vista* Premium experience featuring Windows Aero*.

In order to download or upload digital content faster from the Internet, the available Intel® Next-Gen Wireless-N provides 802.11AGN WLAN capability and allows users more freedom to do more, delivering up to five times the performance for such tasks as downloads and twice the wireless access range.

Intel® Turbo Memory is an optional feature, unique to Intel technology, that can access frequently used software applications twice as fast and reduce the amount of time it takes to turn on, or boot-up, a laptop by as much as 20 percent. In turn, these faster speeds save on power consumption and increase battery life.

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World Cup 2006 Software Download

Looking for FIFA World Cup 2006 Germany-related software or game? Check out our growing list below! Update daily everytime I found any useful software.

• World Cup 2006 Tournament Calendar
  

  World Cup 2006 Tournament Calendar is a free spreadsheet with a schedule of all the games of the tournament and a group standing of each team. Designed as a Excel project, World Cup 2006 Tournament Calendar automatically calculates the standing of every team without the use of macros. The calculation is based on game score and the rules adopted by FIFA. The calendar is an ideal tool to keep track of World Cup 2006 and impress your friends with insightful predictions.

  Download World Cup 2006 Tournament Calendar

• Streaming Stats World Cup Edition v1.0
  

  Streaming Stats keeps you informed by streaming live information directly to your desktop. Want to catch up on the latest Cricket Scores as they happen, no problems, the Cricket feed will keep you up-to-date with Cricket Scores from all around the world.

  Download Streaming Stats World Cup Edition v1.0



• My World Cup 2006 v1.2
  

  MyWC2006 is a football (soccer) management program for the upcoming FIFA 2006 World Cup to be held in Germany. It consists of one big form where you can enter all the scores and immediately see the resulting standings and later match-ups. It’s a very convenient and easy way to follow the World Cup.

  Download My World Cup 2006 v1.2

• FIFA World Cup 2006 Manager 2006 1.2
  

  With the FIFA World Cup 2006 Manager the results and the progress of the world championships 2006 in Germany can be organized at a glance. Running this program on your computer you will be able to update matchresults through your internet connection.

  Download FIFA World Cup 2006 Manager 2006 1.2

• World Cup 2006 Planner 1.0 for PalmOS
  

  This application gives you all you need to follow the 2006 Football World Cup on your PalmOS device this summer. Enter or download the results and the groups and knock-out phases will be automatically updated.

  Download World Cup 2006 Planner 1.0

• WCup 2006 1.61
  

  WCup 2006 is a football manager, which will enrich your desktop with the latest news and results for the upcoming WCup 2006 in Germany. The information is periodically actualized so that you always have up-to-date World Cup news, latest standings and scores, and statistics. Detailed match reports follow shortly after the match completion. WCup 2006 offers rich historical information, team rosters, portraits of famous players, information about tournament cities/locations, match calendar, and statistics. Application, reports, news are provided in English, German, and French languages. Basic German data comes from an official German agency (SID, Neuss).

  Download WCup 2006 1.61

• WM2006 Group Tables Screen Saver 1.0
  

  A nice germany world cup 2006 screen saver showing you all group tables of the fifa germany 2006 world cup event. Keep track of all events while listening to bob synclaires world cup 2006 title song love generation. Various of settings can be setup like switch audio on off as well as different display settings.

  Download WM2006 Group Tables Screen Saver 1.0

• World Cup 2006 Fixture List for Outlook
  

  Fixture list of World Cup 2006 for Microsoft Outlook.

  Download World Cup 2006 Fixture List for Outlook

• World Cup 2006 Tournament Calendar
  

  World Cup 2006 Tournament Calendar is a chance for every fan to meet the key football event in full arms. It is a spreadsheet that automatically calculates the standing of each team based on its score and FIFA rules. It offers a unique opportunity to make informed predictions and quickly compute the game outcome that can bring your team to the next round. World Cup Calendar will help you to make the most of the upcoming sport festivity.

  Download World Cup 2006 Tournament Calendar

• World Cup 2006 Schedule Widget for Mac OS X
  

  A handy widget to look up schedules of all matches at the FIFA World Cup 2006 Germany.
  All times are localized by your timezone and also include narrowing your selection by teams or groups.

  
  Download World Cup 2006 Schedule Widget for Mac OS X

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Well, this page is not about a free account give-away. Instead, you can find some useful program – mostly freeware – related to RapidShare. So, without further ado, here they are, the Rapidshare Download Tools:

1. RapGet – Rapidshare Auto Downloader
2. RapidShare Link Grabber
3. RapidLeecher – RapidShare File Downloader
4. RapidHarvest – Rapidshare Download Manager
5. RapidShare Golden Pack
6. RapidCheck – RapidShare Free Premium Account Notifier
7. FreeRapid Downloader – Rapidshare Auto Downloader

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Opera is an Internet web browser with a pop-up blocker, multiple-window navigation, mouse gestures, keyboard shortcuts, an e-mail client with a spam filter, and integrated search for user security and speed. The cross-platform browser includes a multitude of other functions, such as IRC-compatible chat, support for RSS newsfeeds, a password manager, and one-click customization and privacy-protection settings. Mouse gestures and keyboard shortcuts allow for accelerated Web navigation while the Fast Forward and Rewind buttons ease browsing. Users can run multiple windows as well as personalize the user interface with one-click skins.

The browser also contains special elements for users with disabilities, drag-and-drop support, a notes function, user profiles, and a host of other features. Opera supports the latest in security and provides password and cookie managers.

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Below is a comprehensive list of free (large) file sharing service on the internet. Most of these kind of services have the same method to upload/download the file (read my tutorial for MegaUpload and SaveFile), so I’m sure you won’t have any trouble with them.

• Lumunon FileShare – http://fileshare.lumunon.com/ (10MB)
• FileUpYours – http://fileupyours.com/ (Unlimited)
• SendThisFile – http://www.sendthisfile.com/info.jsp (2GB)
• DataPickup – http://www.datapickup.com/ (1.5GB)
• YouSendIt – http://www.yousendit.com (1GB)
• FileFront – http://freespace.filefront.com/1 (1GB)
• Free-Webster – http://www.free-webster.com/index.php?action=enter (600MB)
• SpreadIt – http://www.spread-it.com (500MB)
• BigUpload – http://www.bigupload.com (300MB)
• UpDownloadServer – http://www.updownloadserver.com/ (250MB)
• ShareBigFile – http://ww8.sharebigfile.com/ (250MB)
• BonPoo – http://app02.bonpoo.com/ (250MB)
• Updownload – http://dl2.updownloadserver.de/ (250 MB)
• UploadStore – http://www.uploadstore.com/ (100MB)
• Dropload – http://www.dropload.com (100MB)
• Megaupload – http://www.megaupload.com (100MB)
• SaveFile – http://www.savefile.com/filehost/ (60MB)
• RapidShare – http://rapidshare.de (50MB)
• UploadHut – http://www.uploadhut.com/ (50MB)
• Turbo Upload – http://www.turboupload.com (50MB)
• QuickFile – http://srv9.qfile.de/operator.php?sysm=file_transfer&sysf=upload (50MB)
• ShareFiles – http://sharefiles.ru (50MB)
• GigaShare – http://www.gigashare.com/index.php (50MB)
• StorageFun – http://storagefun.com/ (50MB)
• Ripway – http://www.ripway.com/ (30MB)
• 30MB – http://www.30mb.com (30MB)
• SwiftDesk – http://www.swiftdesk.com/ (30MB)
• UltraShare – http://www.ultrashare.net/ (30MB)
• UploadTemple – http://www.uploadtemple.com/ (30MB)
• Sendmefile – http://www.sendmefile.com (30MB)
• Upload2 – http://upload2.net/ (25MB)
• MyFileStash – http://myfilestash.com/ (25MB)
• MyTempDir – http://www.mytempdir.com/ (25MB)
• WebFile – http://www.webfile.ru (20MB)
• FileUploadManager – http://www.da_insane.boo.pl/d/upload/index.php (10MB)
• FileCabi – http://www.filecabi.net/ (10MB)
• Filesupload – http://www.filesupload.com (10MB)

Actually, there are some more. But they only let you upload small size file, so I guess we don’t really need them, right? :p

Windows Vista Starter Edition is much like Windows XP Starter Edition. It is crippled product targetted at worldwide market, about two-thirds world. Only three concurrent applications allowed with basic TCP/IP networking support. It is suitable for home user that only need computer to do simple task, such as writing document.

The second and the third are, Windows Vista Home Basic Edition and Windows Vista Home Premium Edition. In comparison with Windows XP, this is similar to Windows XP Home Edition with Windows XP Professional Editional. The different between the Basic Edition and Premium Edition is from the entertainment features. Premium Edition will have the next generation of Media Center capabilities, such as support for HDTV, DVD authoring, and DVD ripping backed up by Windows DRM. Windows Vista Home Premium Edition will be suitable for home user that take advantage to computer’s multimedia ability.

Next we have Windows Vista Professional Edition. This is targetted to business-oriented user. It has support for non-Microsoft networking protocols and Domain support. Not much different is Windows Vista Small Business Edition and Windows Vista Enterprise Edition. There will be only some minor difference between these three Vista edition. For example, Small Business Edition will include networked backup solution, while Enterprise Edition will include Virtual PC integration and the ability to encrypt an entire volume of information. Professional Edition is more for business decision makers and IT managers and generalists, Small Business Edition for small business owners and managers (any business without IT staff), and Enterprise Enterprise is for business decision makers, IT managers and decision makers, and information workers/general business users.

Finally, Windows Vista Ultimate Edition. Here’s what Paul Turrot said about the Ultimate Edition:

The best operating system ever offered for a personal PC, optimized for the individual. Windows Vista Ultimate Edition is a superset of both Vista Home Premium and Vista Pro Edition, so it includes all of the features of both of those product versions, plus adds Game Performance Tweaker with integrated gaming experiences, a Podcast creation utility (under consideration, may be cut from product), and online “Club” services (exclusive access to music, movies, services and preferred customer care) and other offerings (also under consideration, may be cut from product). Microsoft is still investigating how to position its most impressive Windows release yet, and is looking into offering Ultimate Edition owners such services as extended A1 subscriptions, free music downloads, free movie downloads, Online Spotlight and entertainment software, preferred product support, and custom themes. There is nothing like Vista Ultimate Edition today. This version is aimed at high-end PC users and technology influencers, gamers, digital media enthusiasts, and students.

I’d definitely choose the Ultimate Edition :d

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Skype is a software that enable telephone conversations via the Internet. Calls to other Skype users are free as well as calls to regular telephone and mobile telephone numbers all over the world are at a low rate. Apart from that, Skype also able to act like a normal instant messenger software, by sending a text message to other Skype users around the world in real time.

What’s New on Skype:

• bugfix: fixed a problem in p2p network protocol
• Feature: 21 new emoticons
• Feature: My Pictures: possibility to choose pictures from Expressive Content
• Feature: RingToneManager for Expressive Content of audio files
• Feature: API notifications for contactlist selection and focus
• Feature: Call forwarding
• Feature: Contextual tool tips
• Feature: Multilingual EULA
• Feature: Possibility to disable file transfer
• Change: Improved Search and AddFriend functions
• Change: Getting Started Wizard: new layout
• Change: Profile: month names are translatable
• Change: Import Contacts: new layout and process improvements
• Change: Improved Emoticons
• Change: API: Allow sending voicemail to myself
• Change: Skype client can now be maximized
• Change: New Korean translation
• Bugfix: Some optimizations during call initialization, should be a little more responsive now
• Bugfix: Import Contacts: mass authorization is back
• Bugfix: Skype does not start for some users
• Bugfix: API: support expressive content files SET RINGTONE and AVATAR
• Bugfix: API: enchance GET RINGTONE to report status
• Bugfix: Prepopulate Skype Test Call Service on new user’s Contact List

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