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Detect And Download Missing And Outdated Drivers Automatically With Driver Easy

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Back in April, we had posted about a software called “Device Doctor” which automatically searches your PC for outdated drivers and downloads them automatically. But it can’t find the missing drivers in your system automatically.

It is very essential to install all the drivers from the resource CD that you have got from your PC manufacturer to make your system run smoothly without problems. But in case you loose the CD, it’s going to be very difficult to search and find each and every driver from the “Device Manager” in Control panel and download the corresponding drivers. In such situations, here is the software called “DriverEasy” that comes to rescue for us.

Just download (yeah, it’s free) the DriverEasy software from the link given below this post, install and run it on your system. It then performs the driver search on your PC and shows you the number of outdated drivers and the number of missing drivers found.

Driver Easy scan summary

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You can now either choose to download each of the missing or outdated drivers or you may also download all the drivers at once click.

Download DriverEasy (1.20 MB)

Counter Strike Source For Mac Coming This Week

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The Mac OS X version of popular FPS Counter-Strike: Source is set to be available this week according to the developer Valve.

The Mac version of the Counter Strike should be identical to the Windows version. Like Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike will also allow Mac and Windows users to play on the same servers.

The company has missed out a new Mac game release last week due to their representation at E3, otherwise the company has committed to a new Mac game release each week.

Tip: Install the Steam for Mac client and head over to the Mac Beta page to start playing the game right away even if you don’t have access to the closed beta.

Convert .doc To .docx Using MS Word 2010

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Word 2010

Ever since Microsoft has introduced Microsoft Office 2007, .docx format replaced the classical .doc format which was used with MS Office 2003 on Windows XP based systems. But then, considering the fact that some of the users still use MS Office 2003 and Windows XP on their machines. If you have created a .doc format office document with earlier versions of MS Office, you might want to convert it to the newest .docx format. Here are the steps that you should follow to convert a document into Office Word 2007/2010 :

Steps:

1. Open the .doc format document in Microsoft Word 2010.

2. Click on the File from the menu. Under the Info tab, you can find a option to “Convert”

Convert Doc to DocX in Word 2010

3. Click on the Convert button to start the conversion process, you will be prompted warning window saying that the layout of the document may change if you convert the document to newest format. Click on “OK” to continue.

Microsoft Word 2010 convert

You can now save the document and it will be automatically converted to the .docx format.

Kaspersky Antivirus 2011 & Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 Final [Downloads]

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Kaspersky has released the final versions of the Kaspersky Anti-virus 2011 (KAV 2001) and Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 (KIS 2011).

You can purchase the license keys at $59.95 and $39.95 for KIS 2011 and KAV 2011 respectively.

Kaspersky Internet Security 2011Kaspersky Antivirus 2011

KIS 2011 new features:

New Safe Surf feature for your online security

System Watcher technology; monitors each and every system event for any dangerous behaviour.

Easy-Access Desktop gadget

Kaspersky Internet Security 2011

KAV 2011 new features:

Scanning of websites and email for malicious code

Easy-access Desktop gadget

Free Upgrade:

All the existing users of Kapsersky products can upgrade their products to the latest 2011 build for free provided they have a valid license key. Free upgrade is possible only between the similar products like from KAV 2010 to KAV 2011 or from KIS 2009 to KIS 2011 etc.

Direct download links:

Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 (98.81 MB , KIS 2011 v 11.0.0.232)

Kaspersky Anti-virus 2011 (98.83 MB, KAV 2011 v11.0.0.232)

Apple Safari 5 Released With HTML5 & Extensions Support

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Apple has quietly released the next version of their popular browser Safari 5, at the WWDC 2010 along where we had seen the official announcement of iPhone 4 . The main new features in Safari 5 include HTML5 support and the extensions on the lines of Firefox and Chrome.

New features:

1.safari reader Safari Reader:

Click on the Reader icon at the end of the address bar to view the clutter-free page without annoying page elements. (I have no idea why Reader icon appears only for certain pages)

safari reader icon

2. HTML 5 safariGreater HTML5 support:

Safari 5 supports host of new HTML5 features like Geolocation, full screen HTML5 video, WebSocket, EventSource, HTML 5 validation and Ruby.

3. safari better performanceBetter Performance:

Safari 5 features faster Nitro Engine, DNS prefetching and improved caching helps to load sites faster and

4. Safari Bing searchBing search:

In addition to Google and Yahoo search, Safari 5 adds built-in Bing search

5. Safari developer programSafari Developer Program:
Safari 5 is coming with new Safari Developer Program through which developers can build extensions using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript.

Other features:

Smarter Address Filed, Tab settings, search history with date, top sites/History button, private browsing icon, DNS prefetching, improved page caching, XSS Auditor, improved JavaScript support.

System Requirements:

– Mac OS X 10.5.8 / 10.6.2 / 10.6.3

– Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7

Download Safari 5

How To Download Google Chrome Standalone Offline Installer

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Google Chrome Offline Installer

Google Chrome, the lightweight browser from Google has become very good alternative for browsers like Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox and its market share is continuously increasing booting other less popular browsers.

The problem that many users raise against Google Chrome is regarding the installation of the browser. When you want to download Google Chrome, all that Google gives you is a small file called “Google Chrome Installer” which then connects to internet and downloads the installer package online and automatically installs the stable version of the Google Chrome on your computer.

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But do you guys know that Google offers a standalone offline installer which you can download and install on any computer that has no internet connection ?

Tip #1 :

If you want to download the standalone installer for the official Google Chrome stable version,

Download Google Chrome Standalone Offline Installer

Tip #2:

If you want the standalone offline installer for the latest Dev version of Google Chrome, follow these steps:

1. Find the latest dev version of the latest release from official Google Chrome Releases blog, find the latest version number mentioned there (in the screenshot, it is 5.0.375.55).

Note down the last 5 digits of the version number (xxx.xx format). In this case, it is 375.55

Chrome latest dev stable release version
2. Paste the above 5 digit number that you copied in the above step in place of “xxx.xx” in the following link:

http://dl.google.com/chrome/install/xxx.xx/chrome_installer.exe

[ In the above case, the link will be http://dl.google.com/chrome/install/375.55/chrome_installer.exe ]

3. Type the link in the address bar and press enter. You can now download the standalone offline installer of the latest Dev channel release version of Google Chrome.

ATI Catalyst 10.5 WHQL Display Driver [Downloads]

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AMD has recently released monthly release of ATI catalyst for the month of May 2010. ATI Catalyst provides drivers and other essential system software for ATI products such as ATI Radeon graphics processors, AMD chipsets, and other multimedia products.

The new version (Windows® Hardware Quality Labs, WHQL-signed) 10.5 hosts many feature enhancements, along with routine important bug fixes.

New In ATI Catalyst 10.5 Versions:

1. Added support for 120 Hz displays for the ATI Radeon HD 4000 Series and ATI Radeon HD 3000 Series.

2. Enhancement to ATI Overdrive: Overdrive now offers full support for over-clocking functionality on ATI Radeon HD graphics accelerators connected to multiple display configurations.

Resolved Issues for Windows OS:

1. “Battlefield 2: Bad Company” maps will no longer take longer times to load
2. Fixed text and on-screen menu corruption if hardware shaders is enabled while loading missions in “IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946” game.
3.Fixed the warning message “Catalyst Control Center is not supported…” that arises when you try to re-login to a system after a Remote Desktop connection.
4. HDTV resolutions are now being reported properly by the tooltip.

Official Download Page Link:

Download ATI Catalyst 10.5 WHQL Radeon display drivers for Windows 7 , Windows Vista & Windows XP (32-bit & 64-bit) from the following link.

ATI Catalyst 10.5 WHQL Display Driver

Realtek High Definition Audio Driver R2.48

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Realtek has released update to the High Definition Audio Driver, the new version of driver package is R2.48.

Realtek HD audio codec contains ALC882 series 7.1+2 Channel HD audio codec with UAA and DACs for ensuring high performance.

Additional Features In  Driver R2.48:

1. HDMI device WHQL Support: ATI HDMI devices

2. Operating Systems supported: Microsoft Windows XP / 2000 / Windows Server 2003 / Vista / Windows Server 2008 / Windows 7 (x86 & x64)

3. Package coming with Microsoft High Definition Audio UAAV1.0a(5013)

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File Size:

Windows 7/ Vista (32 or 64 bits) ZIP file – 60.33 MB

Windows 2000/ XP/ 2003 (32 or 64 bits) ZIP file – 30.08 MB

Download Realtek HD Audio Driver R2.48

Microsoft Download Manager [Downloads]

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There are enough number of download managers available already. But I have a reason to checkout this one, it is that this one is coming from Microsoft. Microsoft Download Manager does what it’s supposed to do: download files, managing multiple downloads etc.

This download manager has been specifically built to manage file downloads from Microsoft websites in a more reliable way.

You need to add the URL of the file to start the download:

Add a download in Microsoft Download ManagerMicrosoft Download manager completed download

Sometimes you may get errors like these while downloading files from non-Microsoft websites:

Microsoft Download Manager error

Overall, you may just use it if you are one of those who download a lot from Microsoft websites.Also note that download man

Download Microsoft Download Manager (MSDownloadManager.msi, 1.1 MB, direct link)

[Downloads] CD-DVD-BlueRay Recovery 1.0

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CD-DVD-BlueRay-Recovery

Till date CDs and DVDs are the most widely used media to store data (although USB flash drives are fast replacing them). If you want to keep some important data for a longer duration, we prefer them more than any other media types.

Although these optical disks are reliable, sometimes may get scratches and other types of damages, if not maintained and stored properly. This may lead to loss of the whole data stored on the particular disk.

If in some essential case, if you need to deal with a damaged optical media disk and need to recover the data stored on that particular CD or DVD or Blu-Ray in office, you can think of the free tool CD-DVD-BlueRay Recovery.

This software is designed specifically for Windows Operating System for recovering corrupted files on the CD/DVD/BlueRay. This is particularly useful for retrieving digital media files, documents and text files.

Download CD/DVD/BlueRay Recovery 1.0 (566 KB)

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