FreeRapid Downloader, The Free FileSharing Downloader
FreeRapid is a simple Java downloader that supports downloading from Rapidshare and other file-sharing services.
Simply copy and paste your links from a browser to this application. FreeRapid Downloader will handle the rest itself. No more clicking or uncomfortable waiting.
PeerBlock goes out of beta
The excellent piece of software PeerBlock, that came as an alternative to PeerGuardian is finally out of the beta stage. The 1.0 final version is available from the PeerBlock website. Since I have told you most about what PeerBlock is and its functionality, here I will only mention the changes and new features of the final version.
Microsoft Security Essentials Final
Microsoft Security Essentials final was released to the public today. Microsoft Security Essentials is a much more advanced version of Windows live one care. What’s good about this is its detection rate is high, scan performance is very good, uses less resources and it also has a very low false positive rate making it a very good security product.
Before installing make sure to remove any other antivirus or security program that is installed already.
The final comes as a free download and will also include free updates. MSE is compatible with Windows XP 32bit, Vista and Windows 7 (32bit/64bit).
Google Chrome OS preview (unconfirmed)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJByVHyNIi0
i’ve found this video on youtube about google chrome OS, i don’t know yet if it is real or fake but it seems real for me, What do you think?
sorry i had troubles to embed the video
Pan, Zoom & Rotate Images With WPF using C#
WPF is a awesome tool for the person who wants his software to look good. So many effects as well as animations can be applied in WPF. Today I’m going to talk about how to have UI which will allow a user to rotate zoom and pan an image within a WPF application.
Now lets get started by creating a wpf application, now your newly created application will have a window and a grid inside the window. See the below XAML
<window x:Class="PanandZoom.Window1" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" Title="Window1" Height="600" Width="800"> <grid> </grid> </window>
Inside the gird we created lets create two rows, one row will hold the slider for the rotation and the other row will hold the image which we will be playing with add the following snippet inside the <grid></grid> in the XAML.
PeerBlock r162: Includes signed driver!
Earlier we posted about a Peerguardian alternative that works with Vista and Windows 7, well here it is again only this time its better than ever. PeerBlock succeeded what Peerguardian started years ago and now has a signed driver. So what does the signed driver do??.. What it does is now there won’t be anymore issues getting PeerBlock to work in Windows 7 and Vista x64 systems. This version of PeerBlock named r162 as an “Interim Release” is probably going to be the last RC version as the next is going to be the final. Also it has to be mentioned that r162 has lots of bugfixes(according to its developers all the “show stopping bugs” have been fixed) and new features have been added.
The change log is pretty big so to put it in brief the main improvements are:
- Automatic Run As Admin in Win7 and Vista.
- Signed driver
- Switch to iblocklist lists
- Tweaked List Manager Interface
- Verification of Block lists after download
For the full list of changes see below or check out the PeerBlock Developer site.
Cheat Sheets for common programs.
Here are some cheat sheets for some of the most popular software that we use on a day to day basis. For those who don’t know what a cheatsheet is it can be described as a set of summarized commands or notes that will give the user an idea of a programs capabilities and functions. And since its given in a summarized format its easier and faster to understand so the user can get the most out of the program.
The list of Cheat Sheets given in this post are:
- Mozilla Firefox
- Google Chrome
- HTML,HTML5,CSS,CSS3,JavaScript
- SQL Server
- Regular Expression
- Google Search
- Linux/Unix
- Photoshop
- Search Engine Optimization
- Wordpress
A zip file with all the above cheat sheets is included at the end of this post. All files are in PDF format and needs a PDF viewer to view them.(Adobe Reader, Foxit PDF Reader..etc)
First up lets start with browsers
These cheat sheets will include important directories, keyboard shortcuts, command line switches, browser commands and several tips and tricks used in browsers.
Mozilla Firefox
Opera Mini 5 Beta
Opera has released a beta version of their mobile based browser Opera Mini. The beta version named Opera Mini 5 adds several new features:
- New design – A new sleek looking user interface has been added.
- Touch screen browsing – Support for touch screen has been added.
- Tabbed browsing – Now opera mini supports tabs so that multiple sites can be opened. This is one of the best so far.
- Password manager
- Speed dial.
SimplyIcon – Simple way to convert images into icons
SimplyIcon is a standalone freeware program that lets you covert images into the icon “.ico” format. What makes this program stand out from the other icon generators is the ability to work as a portable app, drag and drop support and default support for 16×16, 24×24, 32×32 sizes. Additionally it also does support 128×128 if the source image dimensions are over or exactly 128×128 pixels.
Usage: All you need to do is run the program drag and drop any image you want converted and it will create the ico file in the same directory as the source image.
Create a Self Burner Package for ISO&CUE Files
Finally there is somehow to easily burn iso files without having any CD burners to burn the .ISO files
all you have to do is just choose the .ISO or .CUE image file and choose the folder for the self burning package to be created and press create.
now you’ve got a self burning archive
you will get this
