Only couple hours after being launched today, the most anticipated seventh and final chapter of Harry Potter saga, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” has been scanned and scattered all over the net. No, it’s not the first-100-pages version that have been leaked several days ago. It’s the full, real version of the book. Those who can’t wait to purchase the book can download it from Torrent if they want. I do have all six Harry Potter books, so I definitely buy the book instead. Afterall, it’s worth collected, right?

A little preview of Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows book from Amazon:

Harry has been burdened with a dark, dangerous and seemingly impossible task: that of locating and destroying Voldemort’s remaining Horcruxes. Never has Harry felt so alone, or faced a future so full of shadows. But Harry must somehow find within himself the strength to complete the task he has been given. He must leave the warmth, safety , and companionship of The Burrow and follow without fear or hesitation the inexorable path laid out for him?

In this final, seventh installment of the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling unveils in spectactular fashion the answers to the many questions that have been so eagerly awaited. The spellbinding, richly woven narrative, which plunges, twists and turns at a breathtaking pace, confirms the author as a mistress of storytelling, whose books will be read, reread and read again.

[ Buy Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Book ] [ Buy Harry Potter Hardcover Box Set (Books 1-6) ]

All you need is a Mozilla Firefox Web Browser (get it here if you don’t have it yet). Then install Megaupload SX 3.2 extension from this site. And that’s it! This add-on will automatically simulate your location and make MegaUpload thinks that you’re coming from a country where there’s no download slot limitation set up (either Portugal or Brazil, for example). Once you have download the file you want, just turn the extension off again, so it won’t mess up with your current browsing experience.

Last year, I’ve mentioned about the Hello Kitty cell phone from OKWAP. Apparently, other than the old A236 model, this Taiwan-based company also developed another models, still featuring the big headed white cat of course. The A268Kitty for example, is a clamshell handset packed with dual colors displays, integrated camera module, built-in MP3 player, and basic billingual dictionary for English and Chinese languages.

Other model is the A279Kitty. This cell phone has a bunch of impressive features, including FM radio tuner, MP3 player, a 3.0 megapixel camera with video recording capability, a billingual dictionary (supposedly Chinese and English like the A268Kitty), a generous 100MB of onboard memory, and even a pedometer. But that’s not the best that it has. On the front side, there’s a strip of LED lights which, thanks to the WaveMessaging feature, will display your message in the air upon typing a short message and waving your phone. Cool!

The basic A23Kitty mobile phone itself comes with a slide-out mechanism keypad, an integrated 3.0 megapixel camera module, and a cute menu icons. Just read my last year’s post for the detail.

OKWAP bundled various matching accessories with all of these Hello Kitty handset, including pouches, phone charms, etc. Wallpaper can be downloaded from OKWAP sites as well. Not sure whether Hello Kitty themes is being offered as well or not, but you surely can get one from CellPhoneTheme.net.

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Download the program here and use it at your own risk.

Don’t forget to read my tutorial about MegaUpload and SaveFile.

Updated: It’s no longer work so there’s no reason to put the download link here

Updated: Check out my dedicated Free RapidShare Download Tool page for some helpful Rapidshare (and other file sharing service) downloader programs.

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Btw, this is what you get if you’re not using Internet Explorer to access Windows Update:

Back to the patch, as quoted from Jack Pearce’s blog:

Good reasons to use this:
> No personally identifiable information is collected from your computer.
> No more unwanted spyware � Microsoft Internet Explorer can finally be removed from your computer (if that were possible).
> It lists just the updates you need. If an update has been superceded by a newer one, it will not ask you to install the older one.
> Using enhanced data from MSBA, WindizUpdate will find more security patches needed for your O/S than the “other” website.
> If there is a security issue with a component that you have not got installed, it will not ask you to update it. For example, if you have not installed hyperterminal, it will not update it.
> It is not restricted to just Microsoft products. Software from other vendors can also be updated.
> Upgrading to the latest version of Internet Explorer is not considered a Critical Update!
> Works on Windows versions no longer supported by Microsoft � Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 95
> Our plugin is not an ActiveX control.
> Integrated download manager with error detection � you can cancel downloads at any time, and the next time you wish to install the cancelled update, it will continue from where it left off. Only corrupted sections of the file are redownloaded.

[ Download Patch ] [ Visit WindizUpdate ] [ Via Jack Pearce's Blog ]

It took basically 5 minutes to figure out how to bypass this check. However, Microsoft can change his server part of the check in order to block this.

Updated: Since this page become popular on search engine, I’m now include the procedures to bypass Windows Genuine Advantage check here.

Here’s the procedure as it works (28 July 2005):

1. Block the ActiveX execution.
2. Choose the alternate method and download the GenuineCheck.exe

3. Right-click this executable and go the compatibilty tab.
4. Set the compatibily mode to Windows 2000.

5. Run GenuineCheck.exe.
6. Paste the code returned in the Browser.
7. Your windows would now have been validatest and off you go.

You can download Windows Validation Tool (GenuineCheck.exe) from here.

Update: for new visitors, above trick is no longer work. Please read through the comment below and try suggested bypass steps from others. From now on, I’ll try to mirror all of the recommended files, so incase the original file has lost, you can still download it here. Note that I DIDN’T check the files personally, so make sure you scan it for viruses before you try it.

Mirror File:
Comment #175 – muBlinder v2
Comment #139 – LegitCheckControl.dll-v1.5.526.0-Abr-10-2006.zip (removed, received complain from Microsoft!)
Comment #124 – muBlinder.zip

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