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Download Opera 11 for Windows and Linux

The final version of Opera 11 just came out with many new features and enhancements. Improved address bar, Mouse gestures, Tab grouping, Pinned tab, Automatic updates are few of the most noticeable features in the new Opera 11.

One more important feature is its ability to run on external devices. While installing the browser you can select to install it on external devices. Which makes it a portable browser and you can carry it in your Pen Drive with you. Just click on the options button while installing and select install for external device in the next screen.

You can read more about the new features of Opera 11 over here.

Or just

Download Opera 11 for Windows (7.1 MB)

or Download Opera 11 for Linux

Is iPhonetable Real?

The iPhone is attached via the standard dock connector – immediately after it is attached, the magic starts to happen. The entire content of the iPhone’s screen will be projected onto the multitouch table, still giving full access to all the touch gestures using multitouch technology.This is not a rumor. This is real. This is a product not from Apple but from group of German hackers.


With iPadtable you can view your application in 58" capacitive multi touch surface. You just have to connect a jailbroken iPhone 3GS or iphone 4 to this special table. They are yet to release the Video Demo of the iphone table; Changes everything. Big time. 

This will be a much practical solutions to Microsoft surface which is more complicated and expensive. Ideally same technology can be develop for all the other mobile OS such as Android as well as touch screen enabled OS (Apple OSX Lion, Windows 7)

For more information and Video Demo launch visit Table.connect (for iphone) blog. 

AVG Update can stop Windows 7 Rebooting

A faulty update to the free AVG antivirus package is preventing some Windows 7 machines from booting. If you are getting the error “"STOP: c0000135 The program can't start because %hs is missing from your computer “ when you restsart your computer after latest AVG up date try one of the following methods to recover.

The company claims only some machines running the 64-bit version of Windows 7 are affected by the bug.

AVG's support forum suggests a number of workarounds, including booting affected PCs in Safe Mode and running a System Restore, before reinstalling AVG.

A) If you did not restart yet (due to AVG after-update request)
- delete all .prepare files from AVG program directory:

For 64bit operating system:
C:\Program files (x86)\AVG\AVG10

- open AVG -> menu Tools -> Advanced Settings -> Update -> Manage and use the button to remove temporary update files
- reboot computer
- run AVG 2011 repair installation to restore AVG to previous functional state - this may actually not be necessary in most cases
- everything should be working fine


B) If you did restart and have the unpleasant issue
- use AVG Rescue CD
- open menu Utilities -> Midnight Commander
- navigate and rename these files:

For 64bit operating system:
/mnt/sda1/program files (x86)/avg/avg10/avgrsa.exe
/mnt/sda1/program files (x86)/avg/avg10/avgchsva.exe

- use F6 key to rename them to some other name
- reboot computer
- run AVG 2011 repair installation to restore AVG to previous functional state

We are also working on some easier solution. We will keep you informed.

EDIT: FAQ 4080 created

EDIT: Encrypted disk partitions needs to be decrypted prior to using Midnight Commander on AVG Rescue CD. (TrueCrypt Rescue CD)

EDIT: FAQ 4080 updated with modified AVG Rescue CD for USB medium. It is enough to just boot prepared USB medium at affected computer and confirm changes. All needed actions are done automatically. Then please repair AVG installation.

Update:
Updated AVG 2011 Rescue CD/USB (for 3292 update):


You can always contact AVG Support for extra help to solve this problem.

PAID CUSTOMERS:

1-Home and Free customers: 24/7 support +1-877-367-9933
2-Business customers: 9:30am-6:30pm EST +1-828-459-5436 or
3-Skype:avg-nc
4-Email: updateissuehelp@avg.com.

FREE CUSTOMERS:

1- 24/7 support: +1-877-367-9933
2- email us at updateissuehelp@avg.com

CrazzyCool: Hack MSN, Hack Yahoo Email Accounts

When you Google “How to hack msn messenger”, “How to hack yahoo email account” or “How to hack msn” it comes up with hell lot of results which seems to be really easy task.

I don’t say it is impossible to hack someone’s msn account or yahoo account or any other email account. It is not that hard as well. However, do not trust all the results which comes in Google or any other search result; because 99% of them will hack your own email account or it will install some back doors, Trojans or Any other unwanted programs in to your machine.

This is a method that MSN Staff use to retrieve lost passwords when they needed. It is really simple you just need to send email to the following address in exact format. Format they ask is Email Subject “Retrieve Password” and then in the email body first line should be your email address. Second line should be your password and then leave a blank line and then email address you want to hack. How easy it that. They promise that it will send the password to your email address. I don’t think MSN staff is that stupid to do such retrieval method. Final result would be who ever post that would get your email address and password. If you have already done something like that please change your password and secret question as soon as possible.

Second common thing is they give out small software that you can download. I even feel like down load it and try it on one of my friends email address. I can hack in to his msn messenger and see what he/she is been doing. How cool is that. Again there is a but. Most probably those software that pretend to be hacking tools are embedded with viruses Trojans or Backdoors. I don’t say all these hacking tools are like that. But download them in to a cheap and nasty computer that you don’t use for your private work. Use it only for testing. Otherwise by trying to hack someone else email account you probably end up been hacked or been traced or infected with viruses.

So think twice before you follow any of these methods. Hacking someone else yahoo account or msn account is fun. But do not take the easy way.

Webcam hack - Google webcam hack

How cool to hack someone else web cam without them knowing. It is pretty scary though knowing that someone can hack your web cam and see what you do in front of the computer.

I have seen many videos in Youtube and Metacafe but still I could not figure out software, tool or a method to hack a web cam. But I know it is not impossible.

For example if you view other persons webcam you just have to get his or her permission. That is totally controlled by Microsoft Messenger. Logically if you know the IP and if there is a web cam connect to that computer you should be able to view it.

There are many other possibilities to view IP cameras. By default most of the known IP camera software allow web access to the cameras that enables you to access from anywhere around the world. Normally it will not give any password protection at all. Unfortunately or fortunately Google and other major Search engines will index it as they are not been told to skip these pages. So everyone who knows the small trick can see indexed IP cameras around the world. You never know what you can find in these cameras.

You don’t want to be a hacker to hack web cams. Only thing you need to know is how to search “Google camera hack” in Google and get the video tutorials or step by step guides.
I think I should not put it here but I will give couple of examples.

Copy and Paste the italic words on Google. Search in Google there are lots more ways to get the indexed web cams.

Brimsoft cameras - intitle:"Biromsoft WebCam" -4.0 -serial -ask -crack -software -a -the -build -download -v4 -3.01 -numrange:1-10000
Supervisor cam - intitle:"supervisioncam protocol"

Netsnap cameras - intitle:"Live NetSnap Cam-Server feed"

WebcamXP - intitle:"powered by webcamXP" intitle:"ProBroadcast" 

EvoCam - intitle:"EvoCam" inurl:"webcam.html" 
there will be plenty of more here if search in Google.

However, still I need to figure out a way to hack a webcam without using Google. I know you want to hack your friends, girl friends or boy friends webcam. It will be more fun than hacking your friend’s msn, yahoo or Gmail account.

Do you know any other interesting Google hack?

How to create beautiful photo collages easily for free

There are many free softwares available for making photo collages. Collage It falls in the same category but this one is more easy to use. It is a freeware and available for Windows OS only. It supports various standard image formats like PNG, JPEG, GIF, TGA, BMP etc.

You can create a fancy collage from your pics in three simple steps.

1. Add your photos.
2. Select the style.
3. And save your collage.

Collage It is a good option for novice users. It is fast and really very simple to use. You candownload it from the link given below.

Download Collage It (Freeware) (4.79 MB)

How to get BitDefender 2011 License key for free

BitDefender is giving away its latest total security suite’s 3 months license key for free. Anybody can get it. All you have to do is visit their site and fill out one small online form. After that a mail containing your license key will be sent to you. Here is the link to theregistration form.

BitDefender 2011 beta version registration form

After filling up the form go to your mailbox and validate your email account. When you click on the validation link you will again have to fill up a small form regarding your PC configuration. Once you do it you will get the option to test your desired suite. Select the total security and in the next page click on the home management test case. A new page will load. In that page click on “Product Registration and Activation Test Cases”. At the end of the description you will see your license key which you can use for next three months. Thedownload links are there in the same page. But if you can’t find it there then you candownload it from the links given here.

BitDefender Total Security 2011 (32 Bit)

BitDefender Total Security 2011 (64 Bit)

How to import Google reader feeds in Mozilla Thunderbird

Recently we discussed about configuring Mozilla Thunderbird for rss feeds over here. If you are aGoogle Reader user then you might want to transfer all those feeds to your Mozilla Thunderbird. Here is a small how to on importing Google reader feeds to Thunderbird.

1. Login to your Google Reader account. In your Google reader page click on the settings link.
2. In the settings page go to the Import/Export tab and select “Export your subscriptions as an OPML file”.
3. After downloading the OPML  (.XML) file open your RSS folder in Thunderbird. There click on the “Manage subscriptions” link in the right pane.
4. In the next window select the import option and browse to your bookmarks.xml file which you exported from the Google reader. Open that file and you are done. 
5. Your feeds now will appear in Mozilla Thunderbird.

How to create labels and add messages to it in Gmail

I receive tons of emails every day in my mailbox. And at times it becomes difficult to separate all those important one’s from the other junk. I was missing all my mails from my readers who send me their queries and problems via mail. So I created a new label for those mails and attached a filter to it.

Using labels for mails and filtering all the important mails can be really helpful in such situations. Label in your Gmail is just like a folder on your computer. The only difference is you can attach more than one label to a mail.

Here is step by step guide on creating a label and filter for all incoming mails.

To create a label:

1. Click the Labels drop-down menu or if you have keyboard shortcuts enabled, type l. Or, just click Settings > Labels.
2. Select Create new.
3. Type the name of your new label and click Ok

To add messages to that label you will have to create a new filter.

To create a new filter:

1. Click Create a filter (next to the Search the Web button at the top of any Gmail page).
2. Enter your filter criteria in the appropriate field(s).
3. Click Test Search to see which messages currently in Gmail match your filter terms. You can update your criteria and run another test search, or click Next Step.
4. In the next step select “Apply the label” checkbox and then select your label from the drop down list.
5. Click the create filter button and if you want to add the existing messages to that label then Check the “Also apply filter to xxxxx conversations below.” option.
6. Now whenever you receive new messages in your mailbox matching that filter, you can see it under that label.

How to view PSD files without Adobe Photoshop

PSD files are created and opened using the Adobe Photoshop software And if you don’t have Adobe Photoshop then here is something which will atleast allow you to open and view the PSD files. It can not be used to edit psd files. All you can do is open psd file, view it, rotate it and save it in the desired file format.

PSD viewer is a simple program with some basic features. It is nowhere near the Adobe Photoshop but it might come handy in some situations. Download link for this freeware is given below.

Download PSD Viewer (Freeware) (9.5 MB)

PSD Viewer Homepage

How to use Cheat Engine for speedhack in CS 1.6

Before you read the following article, see this warning quoted from the developer’s site.

Read before download: Cheat engine is for educational purposes only. Before you attach Cheat Engine to a process, please make sure that you are not violating the EULA/TOS of the specific game/application. cheatengine.org does not condone the illegal use of Cheat Engine

Follow the steps below for speed hack in cs 1.6:

After opening the process check the “Enable Speedhack” option. Drag the arrow on the bar to increase the game speed.

1. First download and install Cheat Engine from here.
2. Start your CS 1.6 / Condition zero/ CS Source.
3. Run cheat engine.exe file.
4. Now open the list of running processes by clicking on the first icon in the toolbar.
5. In the process list search for your game process. Select it and click on open.
6. Now go to your game and see the difference.

How to import Mozilla Firefox bookmarks in Google Chrome

Follow the simple steps given below to import your Mozilla Firefox bookmarks in Google Chrome.

1. Open Firefox and click on “Bookmarks” in menu bar. There click on organize bookmarks.
2. A new window will open. In that window click on “Import and backup” and select export HTML
   
3. Save the exported bookmark.html file on your desktop.
4. Now open your Google Chrome browser.
5. Click on the settings icon located at the right top of the window.
6. In the settings menu select “Bookmarks Manager”.
7. A new tab will be loaded. In that tab click on “Organize -> Import Bookmarks”.
   
8. Now navigate to the bookmarks.html file you saved earlier using Firefox and open it.
9. Done. Now you can see all your Firefox bookmarks in Google Chrome.

Four better alternatives to Internet Explorer for Windows users

Even today majority of the users use the default Windows browser Internet Explorer tosurf the internet even though there are much better alternatives available. Here is the list of browsers I would recommend my readers to use. The list is sorted in descending order according to my preference.

1. Mozilla Firefox: It is the best open source alternative for the IE users. It is faster, it is safer and more customizable than any other browser available on the net. There are thousands of add-ons available for the users to select from. Just think what you want your browser to do and you will find it in the add-ons gallery. The only problem with this browser is it requires more memory to run which sometimes becomes problem on systems with limited resources.
2. Google Chrome: Another open source browser developed and maintained by Big G – Google itself. There are reports claiming that this is the fastest browser in the market as of now. As it is new, there are still many things in which it is far behind from Firefox.  But there is no doubt it is going to beat all its competitors sooner or later.
3. Safari: Safari is the default browser for mac computers and is available for Windowsusers as well. From my experience I can say this is the most stable browser I have ever used. The browser looks really good with its simple and elegant design. It is not as fast as Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome but still it can be a good alternative to IE. One problem is that you can not customize the look of this browser which sometimes is the reason why people choose other browsers over this.
4. Opera: Last but not the least Opera. Opera is back in the competition with it’s latest versions which includes some extraordinary features like Opera Turbo. Opera Turbo is a technology implemented in the latest versions of the Opera browsers which when enabled allows the users with slow network connections to surf the internet with more speed.

If you have used any other browser which you think is good then please let me know. Use the comments form below to add your views.

Download and convert videos for free with FreeMake

FreeMake video downloader is a free video downloader and converterusing which the users can download videos from most of the popular video sharing sites and convert them into desired formats. Some of the popular sites supported are YouTube, MetaCafe, Facebook, Vimeo and Dailymotion.

Here are some of the main features of this free software:

• It is a freeware (the best part  )
• Supports all popular video sharing sites.
• Allows to download videos in HD.
• Can convert FLV, 3Gp, MP4 formats to WMV and MP4.
• Also enables the user to make MP3 file out of a video.

Screenshot:

If you want to convert more different types of videos to different formats then you can tryFreeMake Video Converter which is also a  freeware and is available at the same site. Different file formats supported by the FreeMake Video Converter are :

Input formats:

• avi, mpg, tod, mov, dv, rm, 3gp, 3g2, 3gp2, flv, swf, mp4, wmv, mkv, qt, ts, mts

Ouput Formats:

• AVI, WMV, MP4, 3GP, DVD, MP3 and many more…

.NET framework 4 is required to run this software. You can download the offline installer of .NET Framework 4 from here.

Download FreeMake Video Downloader (can convert also)

Download FreeMake Video Converter (Supports more different formats than the downlaoder)