Interesting Web Browsers You Have Never Heard Of

There are more browsers than you are aware of. Besides Firefox, Opera and Internet Explorer there is a number of promising alternatives which can improve your flexibility, increase your productivity and enrich your browsing experience.

In fact, there are over 100 existing (although not widely used) browser applications. Most of them make use of the rendering engines Trident (Internet Explorer), Gecko (Mozilla Firefox), WebCore (Safari) and Presto (Opera 7 and above). However, some of them offer large fields for experiments and exploration — e.g. 3D Engines, but also really useful browsers with advanced functionalities such as desktop-tools integration.

Recently we’ve selected over 20 Win/Mac/Linux-browsers, installed most of them, tested them, compared them and now present the results below. Let’s take a closer look at some rather unknown, forgotten, advanced or experimental browsers. What else do we have on the horizon? What should we use? And what might we be willing to use? Apparently, between Firefox, Opera and Internet Explorer there is enough room for creative and unusual approaches.

Please note that

• we’ve tried to showcase only those browsers that use Gecko or WebCore layout engine, but we present some interesting Trident-based applications as well;
• it wasn’t our intention to display all available browsers such as Swiftweasel and Midori. We’ve selected the ones we’ve found most useful and promising.

This is Swiftweasel, an optimized build of the Mozilla Firefox web browser for Linux.

Portable Versions

Although we’ve recently seen a tremendous breakthrough of interactive web-applications, some tools such as file management or web browser are still left over to desktop-software. In order to actually use these applications, you need to install them on every PC you’re working on. Right?

Not really. In fact, there are hundreds of portable applications you can use to carry your favorite programs along with all of your bookmarks, settings and email. You can use them on any Windows computer. All without leaving any personal data behind. Being open-source, portable applications provide a truly open platform that works with any hardware (USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive, etc).

A portable version of Mozilla Firefox has the full functionality of Firefox bundled in a tiny encapsulated package.

The main advantage of portable versions is the simple fact that they are usually much faster, can be used without installation and require less memory. So, for instance, the portable version of Firefox uses 35% less memory. And you can test web-sites on some external machines immediately, without installing all the necessary browsers first.

Ordinary Firefox 2.0.0.3:

Portable Firefox 2.0.0.3 (same number of extensions and opened tabs):

You can use the portable version of your favourite browser without installing it on the machines:

• Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition
  Portable Edition is the Firefox bundled with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app, so you can take your bookmarks, extensions and saved passwords with you.
• Opera Portable Personal
  You can manage multiple profiles at once. The profile file will contain all the settings you made while running. So, your settings, history, passwords etc. are packed into a single file, then they are overwritten and deleted on the host machine (so you leave no trace). When you run Opera Portable on another machine, your settings will be applied again.
• Internet Explorer 7 Standalone
  You can find a truly portable version of IE 7 in Google as well.

Flock (Win/Mac/Linux)

Flock is a social web browser based upon Firefox, with its own user interface and a number of unique “social” features. Instead of locally stored bookmarks Flockr uses public bookmarks, letting users add bookmarks to del.ico.us “on the fly”. The browser integrates Flickr, Twitter, Facebook, Technorati and further services such as an RSS feed-reader.

Flock points users’ attention to available RSS-Feeds.

What makes Flock unique is its ability to improve the productivity of bloggers. E.g. you can publish your blog posts directly from your browser-window — a WYSIWYG-editor is preinstalled by default. You can also use a Web-Clipboard, Photo Uploader, a Mediabar for Flickr-Fotos etc. Flock was released in October 2005, the first stable version was available two years later. Flock uses Yahoo as a default search engine.

The Flock Blog-Editor supports WordPress, TypePad, Blogger, LiveJournal and further services.

Safari (Mac / Win)

Safari belongs to Mac OS X just as Internet Explorer belongs to Windows. In both cases user interface is designed consistently with the common design used in the operating system. Since the mid 2007 Safari, with its elegant aqua design and and classic Mac user interface, is also available for Windows.

That’s no big news for Apple users, but quite interesting for Windows users who can now experience a quite new kind of text rendering. Safari is 2x faster than Internet Explorer. First beta-versions of Safari had a number of critical bugs, but the latest version is quite sophisticated and more or less stable. However, it doesn’t change the fact that Safari looks quite alien on Windows. Safari has solid and standards-compliant support for CSS, including a partial support of CSS3.

Shiira (Mac)

Shiira is a web browser based on Web Kit and written in Cocoa. The browser offers private browsing options so that history and cookies are not recorded when activated. The browser is of comparable stability and speed to Safari, making it among the fastest and most functional browsers for users of Mac OS X. One of the main advantages: elegant, breathtaking design and user interface.

The goal of the Shiira Project is to create a browser that is better and more useful than Safari. All source code used in this software is licensed under BSD and is publicly available.

Camino (Mac)

Camino’s main aim is to integrate as well as possible with the Mac OS. It uses the Aqua user interface and integrates a number of Mac OS X services. E.g. you can use Keychain for password management and Bonjour for scanning available bookmarks across your local network.

You can migrate your Firefox data and extend Camino in similar ways, using differences in keyboard shortcuts described on the site. Camino uses the Gecko rendering engine, what is not typical for Mac OS applications. Camino also offers the feed detection, spell-checking, session saving and more. “Single window mode” tames sites that insist on opening new windows by forcing their new windows to open in tabs, keeping window clutter to a minimum. Open Source.

GreenBrowser (Windows)

Not that this browser is actually green, but it’s a fresh, light and quite promising application with many useful tools you won’t find in your favourite web browsers. For instance, you can add the shortcuts of frequently used software applications in an external toolbar. Afterwards you can also set the option “Auto Start with GreenBrowser” or “Auto Close with GreenBrowser” to handle multiple applications at a time.

Besides, the browser also shows the state of the page; you can observe whether a file is downloaded, read or not, locked, protected, saved or bookmarked.

Among available options you’ll also find an ad filter, mouse gestures recognition, auto fill form, auto scroll, auto refresh, auto save, auto hide, quick key, skins and other features. Multiple languages are available. Unfortunately, the browser uses Trident as a rendering engine. 1.3 Mb.

Slim Browser (Windows)

Slim Browser is a tabbed multiple-site web browser that uses the Microsoft Trident rendering engine. That means that you can rescale tabs and group them within your browser as standalone windows. Slim Browser incorporates many useful features such as skinned window frame, hidden sites, built-in commands and scripting, RSS feed reader, blacklist / whitelist filtering and URL Alias.

Tabs can be saved in groups, which can then be opened at any time from the groups menu. You can also open only sites from that group, or have SlimBrowser open a group on startup. If the browser crashes, the opened tabs will be restored automatically.

Auto login enables you to to create an instant shortcut to a website you would normally need to type a username and password for - Slim Browser does it automatically.

K-Meleon (Windows)

K-Meleon is an extremely fast, customizable, lightweight web browser for Windows which is based on the Gecko layout engine. K-Meleon is free, open source software released under the GNU General Public License.

K-Meleon, as the title suggests, offers some middle thing between Firefox and Internet Explorer. From the technical point of view K-Meleon uses the Mozilla Gecko layout engine which stands for a modern, standard-conform site rendering. Optically K-Meleon resembles Internet Explorer. With the only difference that it has less features and functions. Thus the browser consumes less memory and loads pages faster.

K-Meleon after the installation (Win XP)

There is no reason to change from Firefox to K-Meleon, as there are minimal differences between both of them. So, for instance, you can use macros to accomplish typical daily routine tasks automatically; you can also use mouse gestures to let the software know what action it has to perform. Since you have identical site rendering in both Firefox and K-Meleon, the main advantage of the latter one lies in its very low memory usage: this browser is a nice alternative for older and not so powerful PCs.

xB Browser (Windows)

xB Browser (xB stands for XeroBank) is the free portable anonymous web browser. The benefit of xB is that it allows you to securely and anonymously surf the Web, bypass firewalls and website censorship. For enhanced privacy, xB Browser clears history of browsing and deletes cookies when you close the browser.

xB Browser uses Mozilla Gecko for rendering web sites. Last Version is 2.0.0.6. It does not allow you to run another version of Firefox at the same time — for security reasons. Fullsize screenshot

xB browser in action.

Maxthon (Windows)

Maxthon (earlier MyIE2) is a powerful tabbed browser built for all users. Besides basic browsing functionality, Maxthon Browser provides a rich set of features to improve your surfing experience. Compared to other browsers, Maxthon offers a very user-friendly interface, with a number of skins and plugins. Maxthon is a browser Internet Explorer 6 could have become if Microsoft developers tried to invest more in an optimal user experience. Whatever task you have to accomplish with Maxthon, you always feel absolutely comfortable as the interface is extremely well through-out and intuitive.

Maxthon has the basic functionalities offered by Mozilla family and Opera. It also offers the Anti-Freeze functionality which reacts once the browser seems to have frozen. You can also add shortcuts of your programs in Maxthon, and start them with a single click. You can even set programs to start and shutdown with Maxthon Browser. Screen capture is integrated and URL key-shortcuts can be set up with few clicks.

Maxthon after the installation (Win XP)

Maxthon is basically an advanced skin for already existing Internet Explorer: you have a better browser experience, but it’s not necessarily more secure. Maxthon automatically imports all IE-Bookmarks in the engine.

Swift (Windows)

Swift is a WebKit-based browser for Windows, which is supposed to render sites similarly to Safari. Except you can use it in Windows as a native web-browser. Although Safari offers a far more advanced alternative, Swift is currently in an early alpha version and may be improved in the future. What you’ll end up with in the end might be a classic Windows Vista application with integrated WebKit rendering engine.

Swift after the installation, the browser is in an early alpha stage.

Sleipnir (Windows)

Sleipnir is a Japanese tabbed web browser almost nobody (except Japanese users) actually have ever heard about. However, the browser is quite old; it also has an English version and requires Windows. The main idea behind Sleipnir is the integration of both Firefox and Internet Explorer by using both rendering engines (Gecko and Trident) in one application. The user can select between both engines via icons in the status bar. This is useful for web-developers, because you can detect critical rendering issues immediately using multiple tabs.

There are few plugins and skins; however some functionalities such as zoom or tab-preview (thumbnails) work only with one of the rendering engines (IE). The tabs can be placed against each other and can be ordered as a cascade. If you’ve got used to your old browser, you’ll miss some functionality in Sleipnir. You can also use a portable version for USB.

By the way, Sleipnir is is Odin’s magical eight-legged steed in Norse mythology.

Sleipnir after the installation (Windows XP)

SpaceTime (Windows)

SpaceTime offers a 3D Tabbed Browsing. You can see more than one page at a time in unlimited space. You can also move pages around, as well as flip and turn them.

uBrowser (Windows)

Web pages as a cube. uBrowser is an open source test mule that renders interactive web pages onto geometry using OpenGL and an embedded instance of Gecko.

Browse3D (Windows)

The Browse3D web browser is supposed to offer users a visual advantage making finding and using web information more productive. With Browse3D using multiple browsers is made easier because each web page is represented by an image of that page and not just a generic tab. There is a limited free Version. Browse3D uses the IE Rendering Engine.

3B (Windows)

3B is another 3D browser. Although it looks interesting, it’s also very commercial. To use the browser you need to register on the site. After registration you can navigate through 3D-rooms, which can be designed and customized by other users of the browser. This is quite exciting and unusual, however also quite complicated and slow. You can use a chat as well.

Bitty (all)

Bitty is a browser within a browser. Although it definitely won’t compete with Firefox or Safari, it might be quite useful in some situation. The browser can be integrated into web-pages and can display external web-sites or RSS-feeds. A tiny small navigation is available as well as the Google search. Unfortunately, Bitty has some ads as well.

Netscape / SeaMonkey

Yes, Netscape, a descendant of Netscape Navigator, is actually still alive. However, since Netscape has lost its market share over the last decade, now it can be seen as a radical alternative to everything else browser market has to offer. What is interesting is that Netscape today is actually Firefox with a new skin. Navigator 9 is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.

Navigator is also included into SeaMonkey, a free, open source, and cross-platform Internet suite that is the continuation of the former Mozilla Application Suite. SeaMonkey has inherited the all-in-one concept of the original Netscape Communicator and continues that product line based on the cross-platform architecture provided by the Mozilla project. It also has a Mail & Newsgroups client program, and an HTML editor, or Composer program. The SeaMonkey is available for Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.

Pen Phone Design is Smallest Yet

There have been pen phone concepts before, even a few working products, but none as slim and small as this one sent us by an anonymous tipster. He told us this "design A" is not a finished product yet, and added that the undisclosed company he's working for wants to gauge interest in such a device. While most users will connect the phone to Bluetooth earpieces, those two target-shaped areas on the top and bottom are earpiece and receiver. So far, so good. What do you think, readers?

Hands-on (again) with the Sidekick Slide for T-Mobile - Engadget Mobile

Hands-on (again) with the Sidekick Slide for T-Mobile

The widescreen Sidekick LX has cast a long, ominous shadow over the release of the Sidekick Slide, threatening to take a whole lot of steam over the baby Hiptop's launch -- Motorola's first -- come November 7. Guess what, though? Every time we put our hands on the Slide, we're liking it more and more. The thing feels rock solid, the slide mechanism seems like it'll probably be a lot less prone to issues than the pivot found on other models (while spring loading still makes it satisfying to use) and the black / violet color combo isn't the least bit abrasive in person. Even though Danger and T-Mobile have sourced this model to Moto instead of the usual suspect Sharp, make no mistake that this thing's every bit as much a Sidekick inside -- the software's the same and the controls are all where you'd expect them to be. Our only real complaints here: the keypad's a little tricky to use thanks to a dearth of tactile feedback, and after playing with the LX, the Slide's display is a low-res disappointment that leaves a heap of black margin around the edges where additional screen real estate should be. Check out our lil' library of eye candy here while you get amped for next week's launch!

Gallery: Hands-on (again) with the Sidekick Slide for T-Mobile

HTC Omni = Google Dream? - Engadget Mobile

HTC Omni = Google Dream?

C'mon, you knew this was coming. Not a moment after Google does its big reveal on the Android OS and forthcoming multi-manufacturer GPhone, the rumor mill has already starting churning with wild imaginings and fantastic leaps of logic. A not-so gigantic jump comes as speculation that HTC's Omni -- which we first heard about nearly a year ago -- is actually the phone that has been referred to as the "Dream," Google's OS demo unit. We have to admit, there are some similarities between the two, not the least of which are the 3-inch by 5-inch size, rectangular touchscreen, full QWERTY that swivels out (which according to this earlier rendering, goes in more than one direction), and a beveled edge that "nestles in the palm." We remind you, of course, that this is just the first in a long line of rumors trying to pinpoint the "real" GPhone -- HTC or otherwise -- so don't get too excited just yet.

Update: As a commenter points out, the "earlier rendering" is actually the precursor to the Omni, the HTC Universal, though its screen mechanism bears a resemblance to the one described in the original Forbes article.

Girl in India Born with Eight Limbs. Experts don't know if they Should Operate on Her or Worship Her [Freaky Pics]

Girl in India Born with Eight Limbs. Experts don't know if they Should Operate on Her or Worship Her [Freaky Pics]

This Pic is cute, Only the X-ray is freaky

Lakshmi Tatma is a two-year-old girl named after the Hindu goddess of wealth who has four arms. She was believed to have been “sent from God” when she was born to a poor rural family in the Indian state of Bihar.
Two-year-old Lakshmi Tatma plays with her mother, Poonam, as she waits for her operation

As news of her birth spread among the 500 inhabitants of Rampur Kodar Katti — a remote settlement without electricity or running water — men, women and children queued for a darshan, or blessing, from the baby.

However, it will require the latest techniques in medical science to separate Lakshmi from her “parasitical”, headless, undeveloped “twin”, which is joined to her body at the pelvis.

The £100,000 operation will require differently skilled teams of more than 30 surgeons to work in eight-hour shifts to separate Lakshmi’s spinal column and kidney from that of her twin.

After attempting to transplant the shared kidney wholly into Lakshmi’s body, another team of surgeons will gradually close up her pelvic girdle while re-orientating her bladder and genital systems. Plastic surgeons will then graft skin to cover her wounds while an “external fixator” will be attached to close her pelvis gradually over a three-week period.

320 GB Storage Space For Your PS3

- Not quite 1TB, but a good enough alternative

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In case you haven't already ordered this piece of hardware, we bring good news: Western Digital have just launched a 320GB 2.5 inch Scorpio SATA hard drive. This 5400 RPM baby costs only $200 and it will be compatible with the PS3 that supports any SATA hard drive out there. Finally some freedom from Sony who will probably be the last company to ignore homebrewers instead of working with them.

I guess that buying a cheaper PS3 and than this hard drive is a better option than going for a more expensive console. Also, putting Linux on such a hard drive is also a good idea and an option used by many PS3 owners, who have that 10GB storage space required by the OS. So, what could you fit in 320GB? Well, probably enough Metal Gear Solid 4 and Final Fantasy XIII saves to last for a lifetime. Since Sony's new format, the Blu-ray brought some extra storage space to the new age disk, hard drives are forced to evolve as we're heading towards a "downloadable future", which will see the DVD, Blu-Ray and HD-DVD only being used for music and films, while the games are made available through online services.

Till that time comes, we're "training" with hard drives and Western Digital's latest work is not impressive considering that a PS3 games can take up about 30GB of storage space in case Sony decides to make it available for download. Aside from forcing the hard drives to evolve, that "downloadable future" I mentioned will also increase the gamers' demand for better connections and servers made available by Sony and Internet providers.

In the meantime, I must say that I really fancy this hard drive, as Sony have promised to release tons of games in 2008 and I really should be getting their demos, trailers while saving storage space for saves.  - Softpedia

Sony to Throw in a New PS2 at $99! - According MCV, the machine has a built-in power adapter

Sony to Throw in a New PS2 at $99!

- According MCV, the machine has a built-in power adapter

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So, the PlayStation 2 has been around 7 now, has it...? That's more than enough for any video games console, but not for the PlayStation 2. No sir, Sony is throwing it back into the fight with a revamped model and a cheaper one at that - just $99, bringing it to £75 or "maybe" even lower, according to mcvuk.com. However, Sony refused to comment on the news.

According to MCV, "new low-price 'compact' PS2 to arrive in 2008" has a "built-in power supply for the first time in the console’s history – allowing the platform holder to manufacture it more economically and sell it at the bargain price." Now wait just a minute here? The first time in the PS2's history, or the first time in the Slim PS2's history? The original PlayStation 2 actually comes with a built-in power adapter. Well, did come, anyway.

"MCV can exclusively reveal that this ‘compact’ PS2 will hit the US at just $99 in the New Year – a reduction of $30 from its current selling price of $129," says the piece. "PS2 this week celebrated its seventh anniversary, during which time it has sold over 120 million units worldwide. Yet this cut demonstrates Sony’s belief that the system’s market is far from exhausted."

But yes, the Slim PS2 did originally arrive on the market with some extra ballast, so to speak, and it remained so up until now. What I can't understand is how on Earth were they able to reduce the PS2's size so much. Just take a look at the image to the left (click to enlarge). #1 is the original PS2, #2 is the PS2 Slim with the adapter outside of the machine's black case and hanging around, while the third is how the new PS2 should look, except for the missing AV cable and power cord of course, which don't appear in the image.

Well, don't think for a minute it's not true or anything like that. The PS2 still has an adapter inside, a smaller one perhaps. However, it should bring the console's weight back up considerably, but hey, it's not a handheld …so as long as it stays at its current size, weight doesn't matter much. God, are Microsoft and Nintendo going to feel some pain... - Softpedia

WD Scorpio 320GB, the Highest Capacity 2.5-inch HDD - From Western Digital

WD Scorpio 320GB, the Highest Capacity 2.5-inch HDD

- From Western Digital

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Not long after Western Digital announced the achievement of the "industry's highest demonstrated density to date using continuous media", the company is coming out with another first.

Western Digital yesterday announced the availability of the new WD Scorpio 320 GB 2.5-inch SATA (Serial ATA) hard drives for notebook computers and portable storage devices. The press release touts it as being the "world's highest capacity 2.5-inch, slim, 9.5mm form-factor hard drive".

The WD Scorpio also features a 5400 spin speed and 12 ms access time together with a maximum transfer rate of 3Gb/s. This capacity was achieved with the perpendicular recording technology, which reinforces magnetic coupling between neighboring bits, achieving higher and more stable recording densities and improved storage capacity.

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As expected, the model also boasts the company's proprietary WhisperDrive, ShockGuard and IntelliSeek technologies. Here's what they do. The WhisperDrive combines state-of-the-art seeking algorithms to yield the WD Scorpio 320 GB as one of the quietest 5400 RPM, 2.5-inch drives available. The ShockGuard technology combines firmware and hardware advancements to protect the drive mechanics and platter surface to meet the highest combined shock tolerance specifications required for mobile and notebook applications. The IntelliSeek calculates the optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise and vibration.

"Consumer demands for high capacity storage are stronger than ever. WD is again leading the industry by delivering high quality, high capacity product to the market with the introduction of its new WD Scorpio 320 GB hard drive," said Campbell Kan, vice president of mobile computing business unit, Acer Inc.

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"In today's market, new notebook systems are increasingly targeting heavy duty applications in the office and home," said Jim Morris, WD's vice president and general manager of notebook storage. "As system manufacturers improve performance and add data hungry features, high-capacity hard drives become a key ingredient that allows users to fully benefit from the latest computing technologies," he added.

The WD Scorpio 320 GB drives are available at the company's online store for $200.

Toshiba is not far behind Western Digital as the company has recently announced their 250GB 2.5-inch drive, which retails for about $190.   - Softpedia

Seven New Itanium Processors from Intel - Aimed at servers

Seven New Itanium Processors from Intel

- Aimed at servers

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Intel yesterday rolled out the new Dual-Core Intel Itanium Processor 9100 series processors, the sixth generation of Itanium chips.

The new CPUs boast a new feature called Core Level Lock-Step that "improves the data integrity and reliability of applications by eliminating undetected errors in the core". This improvement adds to the existing Socket Level Lock-Step technology to deliver greater reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS) by guaranteeing that calculation results are consistent among the cores and sockets.

Another new feature is Demand Based Switching (DBS), which supposedly reduces server power consumption during low utilization periods.

The 9100 series features clock speed of up to 1.66 GHz and 667 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) within a 104W power envelope. A three-load bus, two processors and a chipset on the same bus, provides increased bandwidth for enterprise and high-performance computing tasks.

"The Itanium ecosystem continues to grow as customers choose industry standard platforms supported by leading system OEMs that provide them with the broadest choice of applications", said Pat Gelsinger, senior vice president and general manager, Intel’s Digital Enterprise Group.

All server-maker members of the Itanium Solutions Alliance (ISA) will launch new Dual-Core Intel Itanium Processor 9100 series-based products, including Bull, Fujitsu, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, HP, Hitachi, Intel, NEC, SGI and Unisys.

The 9100 series, with its extensive virtualization partitioning features, is the premier platform for RISC and mainframe migration. Itanium offers a single platform for virtualization of diverse OS environments such zOS, legacy Unix, Linux and Windows; allowing for the consolidation of applications from old proprietary platforms.

Six Intel dual-core and a single-core Itanium 9100 series processors are shipping today, with prices ranging from $696 to $3,692 depending on order volume, features and performance. Parts supporting Core level Lock-Step will begin shipping in the first quarter of 2008.   - Softpedia

You Haven't Seen the Last of Windows Vista - Promises Microsoft

You Haven't Seen the Last of Windows Vista

- Promises Microsoft

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Following the bumpy ride of Microsoft's latest client since its debut on the shelves at the end of January 2007, and on the background of a still consistent general preference for Windows XP, Windows Vista's faith seemed to linger in a precarious balance between being adopted or ignored. However, the company's strong financial results in the first quarter of the 2008 fiscal year ended on September 30, contradict such a scenario, placing Vista in the limelight. With Microsoft reporting the fastest growing first-quarter revenue since 1999, the company is starting to send out signals that Vista is not only here to stay but that the operating system has yet to deliver its true impact on the market.

In this sense, the president of the Platforms & Services Division of Microsoft, Kevin Johnson, revealed that the company is experiencing an increase in the demand for the platform as well as favorable numbers that point to an increase pace of the uptake in the corporate environment. Businesses, already notably slow at migrating to new technologies, be them hardware or software upgrades, have as far been quite shy of transitioning to Vista from older Windows operating systems.

But instead of throwing down the gauntlet, Microsoft is forecasting optimistic adoption rate for Vista, informing that businesses are starting to get cozy with the operating system, almost a year since it was launched for corporate customers, and that the holiday season looks promising. To this date, the Redmond company has shipped in excess of 88 million copies of Vista worldwide, roughly 10 million licenses per month since the product's release.

The Client division, driven by the Vista numbers, experienced a 27% increase in revenue in the past quarter, with consumer demand evolving in double-digit growth. According to Microsoft, the premium editions of the operating system are the most successful with end users, even though they are also the most expensive.   - Softpedia

World Bank Site Hacked!!!!

WB site hacked

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An unknown hacker has implanted a virus using real data into the World Bank website. Websense Security Labs discovered the new Trojan Horse virus and said that the hacker had captured names and e-mail addresses from the contact pages of the bank’s website. “The web attacker spoofed a working individual at the World Bank and hacked an important bank report,” Venkatesh Swaminathan, regional sales manager, Websense Security Labs, said. A further check of the entire hacking exercise by Websense revealed that the hacked report pertained to a three-year Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) report on Bulgaria’s achievements over the last eight years, the surveillance roles played by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Union’s (EU) Stability and Growth Pact upon Bulgaria’s EU accession.

Windows Live Messenger 9.0

-Windows Live Messenger 9.0

Drops in late 2008, early 2009

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Forget about Windows Live Messenger 8.1 and 8.5, Microsoft is cooking Windows Live Messenger 9.0. Currently, Windows Live Messenger 9.0 is in the very early stages of baking, but this does not mean that the Redmond company is not perfecting the receipt of its instant messaging client. Andrew Jenks, a Microsoft employee speaking at the Georgia Institute of Technology revealed that Windows Live Messenger 9.0 is planned for availability towards the end of 2008, but it could slip into 2009.

LiveSide, quoting Ampcoder, focused on Jenks' announcement of a new Microsoft application programming interface designed to be joined at the hip with the 9.0 version of Windows Live Messenger. The API will permit third-party developers to build upon Windows Live Messenger 9.0, creating customized versions of the instant messaging client or even programs that take advantage of the features available. The details are scarce, but developers apparently will be able to access a technical preview of the API concomitantly with the MIX08 conference next year.

In addition, Microsoft is also looking to include the first beta of the application programming interface with the finalized version of Windows Live Messenger 9.0. Over at Redmond, very early, internal builds of Windows Live Messenger 9.0 already include some of the components that will make up the final API.

Still, Microsoft plans a consistent evolution with Windows Live Messenger 9.0. If the currently available versions of the IM client, builds 8.1.0178 and 8.5.1288.816 Beta 2 are targeting integration and support for Windows Vista as a primary focus, Windows Live Messenger 9.0 will potentially bring to the table multi-person audio/video chat capabilities, although there is even a chance that the feature will be pushed back as far as v10.

However, one aspect that Microsoft is hard at work on is the interoperability of Windows Live Messenger 9.0 with alternative instant messaging clients such as AIM, Gtalk and ICQ, in a similar manner to the integration with Yahoo Messenger. And last, but not least, while Apple users will not be getting an upgrade to the MSN Messenger for Mac, they will be able to access a new client designed with Mac OS X in mind.

Norton Removal Tool 2008.0.1.18

Code:

ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/removal_tools/Norton_Removal_Tool.exe

Norton Removal Tool is a program that can remove some Norton software from your computer. Norton Removal Tool runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista. Norton Removal Tool should be used only if you have tried to uninstall the Norton program using Windows Add/Remove Programs and that did not work.

Norton Removal Tool will remove these--and only these--Norton programs:
- Norton AntiSpam 2004/2005
- Norton AntiVirus 2003 through 2007.2
- Ghost 2003, Ghost Version 9.0 and 10.0
- Norton GoBack 3.1 through 4.2
- Norton Internet Security 2003 through 2007.2
- Norton Password Manager
- Norton Personal Firewall 2003 through 2006
- Norton SystemWorks 2003 through 2007
- Norton Confidential Online 2007
- Norton Internet Security Add-on Pack
- Norton Save and Restore 1.0
- Norton 360

Norton 2008 (+crack)

Norton 2008 (+crack)

Norton 2008





Norton Internet Security description
Norton Internet Security 2008 is a very useful internet security utility that will protect your computer while you surf online
Norton Internet Security 2008 is a very useful internet security utility that will protect your computer while you surf online.

The chaos and rapid growth of the World Wide Web have created the perfect environment for malicious and damaging entities that threaten your PC and your identity. The important documents stored in your computer must be protected from hackers and other virtual prowlers. With Norton Internet Security, you will be able to enjoy your computer with confidence, knowing that viruses and spyware will be either blocked or removed. All kinds of malicious programs will be removed automatically, including the damaging side effects.

Here are some key features of "Norton Internet Security":

· Detects
and blocks spyware, viruses and adware.
· Automatically blocks intruders, hacker and identity thieves.
· Inspects both incoming and outgoing Internet traffic.
· Scans email and IM attachments for security threats and risks.
· View the security status of your computer with one click


New Features
· Norton Identity Safe keeps your personal information and your identity safe when you buy, bank and browse online.
· SONAR (Symantec™ Online Network for Advanced Response) technology delivers behavior-based protection that can detect emerging spyware and viruses even before traditional signature-based definitions are available.
· Stores and encrypts your passwords and other confidential data, automatically filling it at your request to save time and protect it from being stolen by eavesdropping keystroke loggers.
· Network security monitoring checks the status of your wireless network security, maps connected devices, and provides expert advice on managing your network security settings.

Requirements:

· IE 6.0 or higher
· 300 MHz or higher processor
· 256MB of RAM
· 300MB of hard disk space

Supported email scanning
· POP3 SMTP compatible email clients like Outlook & Outlook Express
· Supported instant messaging clientsAOL Instant Messenger 4.7 or higher
· Yahoo! Instant Messenger 5.0 or higher
· MSN Messenger 6.0, or higher


URL:

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/63862821/nrtn2008.rar

Pass:
bedrock

Need For Speed Series + Extras Games ISO.DVD

[R.S]Need For Speed Series + Extras Games ISO.DVD

Download :

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/44658927/Dvd_Oyun_Need_For_Speed_Serisi_By_alfarolex.part37.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/44656097/Dvd_Oyun_Need_For_Speed_Serisi_By_alfarolex.part36.rar
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http://rapidshare.com/files/43690460/Dvd_Oyun_Need_For_Speed_Serisi_By_alfarolex.part01.rar

Code:

Pass: www.sanalizm.com

House of the Dead 1-3

House of the Dead

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/8666613/HotD1.rar

House of the Dead 2

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/8668693/HotD2.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/8670358/HotD2.part2.rar

House of the Dead 3

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/25980226/3DtoH.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/25982625/3DtoH.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/25985003/3DtoH.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/25987506/3DtoH.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/25990380/3DtoH.part5.rar

pass to all : haala