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[Download] Updated Yahoo Messenger For iPhone

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Yahoo messenger for iphone

The much talked-about updated Yahoo Messenger app for iPhone is now official, available via Apple’s App Store. The latest version (version 2.0) has included video and voice chat (streaming included) to your friends in Yahoo Messenger over Wi-Fi and 3G on iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 models. The app however doesn’t support video calling on the iPhone Touch 4G!

The Yahoo Messenger 2.0 iPhone app has been upgraded to work with iOS 4.1.  The new features include IM, SMS messaging and notifications and ability to call your friends who are on Windows Live Messenger. This new version of Yahoo Messenger application for iPhone is touted by some as a real competitor to Apple’s FaceTime.

messenger video chat in iphone

messenger screenshot in iphone

Download:

Visit iTunes App Store page to download this free app for your iPhone now.

If you are using Yahoo Messenger on your Windows PC, read our guide to how to stop it from automatically running at startup.

[Download] DirectX 11 For Windows 7 & Vista

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After releasing DirectX 10 for Windows Vista, Microsoft has released its successor DirectX 11 with Direct3D 11 keeping Windows 7 gamers in mind.

DirectX 11 for Windows 7

DirectX include the APIs like DirectDraw, DirectMusic, DirectPlay, DirectSound. The “X” in DirectX denote all these APIs. DirectX 11 (with Direct3D 11) for Windows 7 boasts of many feature improvements over its predecessor and promises to provide rich gaming experience for Windows users.

The new features in DirectX 11 include:

>> Tessellation: Tessellation in simple terms is like tiling of a plane. With tessellation, higher dimensions images etc. are possible. This is implemented on the GPU.

>> Multi-Threading: With the help of Multi-threading in DirectX 11, developers can take the full advantage of the power of multi-core processors.

>> DirectComputer: This feature besides from improving graphics, can also improve the day-to-day tasks that the users accomplish on their PCs like video editing using Windows Movie Maker in Windows 7 etc.

Although Windows 7 will not have any compatibility issues with games that use older versions of DirectX (like DirectX 9 or DirectX 10 etc.), the new features in DirectX 11 will appeal to the PC gamers a lot.  If you are looking for DirectX 11 based cards from the graphics manufactures, you can visit the links for: ATI DirectX 11 & nVidia DirectX 11. Find the download links for DirectX 11 (DirectX2D 11) for Windows 7 and Windows Vista below.

Download Direct3D 11:

Windows 7 Direct3D 11 (DirectX 11) Web Installer

DirectX 11 SDK

[Offer] Get BullGuard Internet Security Free 6 Months License

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BullGuard logo

BullGuard Internet Security, is one of the highly rated PC security solution from the Denmark based company. BullGuard’s current version of their Internet Security Suit is v9.0. BullGuard has recently released the upgraded BullGuard 10.0. As part of the promotion for their latest version, BullGuard has teamed up with Webuser to offer 180 days free license key for the BullGuard Internet Security 10.

BullGuard Internet Security offers a 5 GB free online storage for users to backup their documents, photos and music etc. The latest version BullGuard Internet Security 10 has come up with new features like Behavioural Detection, Safe Browsing, Password protection for the owner which means that the only BullGuard account owner can change security settings of the program, an inspector feature to let you know about the outdated software on your computer, a complete overhaul to both the Firewall and Spamfilter etc.

Promo Offer:

BullGuard is offering free six months license for their brand new version of BullGuard Internet Security 10 for a limited period of time.

To grab this promo offer, just visit BullGuard Promo page and fill out and submit the form provided there.

BullGuard offer

BullGuard Internet Security offer form

Once you submit the form, you will get a link to download the BullGuard Internet Security 10.0 (with six months free license key) to your email by October 15.  The product otherwise costs £22.47 (~$35) without the promotional offer.

Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP.

[Download] VLC Media Player For iPad

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VLC player for iPad

Do you own an iPad ? Love watching movies on your iPad? iPad is a great device to watch movies. But the problem till now was that Apple has limited iPad to play only MP4 files and its own Quick Time format files. If you want to watch any movie which is not either MP4 or a Quick Time files, you need to go through the long and cumbersome conversion process. This is true for the popular DivX and AVI format files too. When all the upcoming devices are coming up with a support to play the files in this format, Apple’s stubbornness to stick to those two file formats has often been criticized. But thanks to Video LAN team, they have worked hard to make an iPad app which enables the users to play videos in almost-all formats.

VLC media player iPad screenshot

With the VLC Media player app, iPad users can play those popular AVI or DivX format files without any problems but some minor issues may arise if you choose to play formats like Real media files or MKV files etc.

Download VLC Media Player App from iTunes

[Download] Lock Folders In Windows 7 With Secure Folder

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Lock folder

Folder lock softwares are one of the most sought -after programs for many computer users to keep their personal folders safe and secure by adding a password protection to the folders. Many of my friends still keep asking me whether any such free folder lock software available on the internet. Of course there are too many available already, but the one I’m going to talk here about is a freeware called “Secure Folder” that works on Windows computers including Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP.

Setting up a password for any folder is pretty much easy and straightforward With Secure Folder. Download the installer from the links added below this post and install it on your Windows PC.

When you launch the application for the first time, it’ll ask you to set a password for the program.

Set password for Secure Folder

Once you have done that, it’ll add a quick item to the right click context menu for any folder.

Lock/Unlock Menu With Secure Folder

You can also add folders to the Secure Folder program window and click “Lock” button to lock the folder.

Secure folder program

When you lock any folder, you need to right click on it and select “[Lock/unlock] with secure folder”. and then enter the program password that you had entered during the setup.

[Download] Google Chrome 6 (Stable) Offline Installer

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Google Chrome has recently celebrated it’s second birthday and it’s has been a great journey so far for the most simplest browser in the world. Google is all proud to release Google Chrome 6 stable version of the browser. The latest version available as of the time when this post is written is 6.0.472.53.  Stable version of the Google Chrome 6 can be downloaded now from Google.com/chrome.

Google Chrome 6 poster

Google Chrome 6.0.472.53 includes the following new features and updates:

  • New Updated User Interface
  • Form Autofill
  • Extensions and Autofill data Sync
  • http:// will not be shown in the address bar
  • “Go” button Chrome_go_buttonhas been removed
  • Increased speed

Screenshots:

Google Chrome 6 screenshot

Settings comparison: Google Chrome 5 Vs Google Chrome 6

Chrome 5 settingsChrome 6 settings

Download Google Chrome 6.0 Full Offline Installer:

Even though this new version can be easily downloaded from the Google chrome online installer which automatically downloads and installs Chrome on your Windows and Mac, at times offline installer is what you want to use it on the other computers without needing to download again and again.

We have found a link for the Google Chrome 6 (Stable) standalone offline installer which is 19.52 MB in size. Use the direct download link included below to download it.

Google Chrome 6.0 Offline Installer

[Download] Microsoft Indic Language Input Tool

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Microsoft Indic language input tool logo

If you are from India and want to use your own language in various application on your computer, you can select any of the various tools available online. We had earlier covered about Google Transliteration IME. You might have already tried tools like Baraha, Lekhini or Aksharamala etc. In this post we are going to tell you about the lesser known Microsoft Indic Language Input Tool.

Microsoft Indic Language Input Tool:

This tool works with any application in Microsoft Windows or on any webpage. Like Google’s transliteration IME, this too works  on transliteration mechanism with an additional virtual keyboard.

Microsoft Indic Language Input Tool is available in 2 versions:

1) Web Version

2) Desktop Version

The web version like Google IME bookmarklet works on bookmarklet and let you type text on any webpage. The desktop version can be used to input text in Indian languages in any Windows application.

This tool currently supports 10 languages: Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu.

Microsoft Indic Language input tool

Find the download link for both the web and desktop versions below.

Download:

Microsoft Indic Language Input Tool

[Download] µTorrent 2.2 Beta

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utorrent logo

When it comes BitTorrent and P2P software, µTorrent has been a revelation as it is free, lightweight (less than 1 MB) and works faster and smoother than most other software.

The most recent version µTorrent 2.2 Beta sports a revamped new look as you can see in the following screenshot, drop-down menus have been added to the sidebar. You can also add labels to your torrents much like you do in your RSS feed readers. And oh, yeah! utorrent has a built-in RSS feed support so you can use it as a feed reader if you want.

utorrent 2.2 beta

utorrent 2.2 beta side

The new beta version includes an option to directly launch the files from the µTorrent. Clicking on the “play” button of a torrent will launch that particular file in the default application that had been associated with that file type that you have downloaded.
utorrent 2.2 beta play

µTorrent apps:

utorrent apps is the newest addition to the software, courtesy Project Griffin. You can install apps from the Apps section accessible from the “Apps” menu in the sidebar. If you are a developer, you can participate in the App Developers Challenge and test your luck to see if you could win the $1000 contest.

utorrent apps

Download:

µTorrent Direct download link (Windows- 383 KB – µTorrent 2.2 Beta build 20813)

[How to] Install Google Android OS In Your PC

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Google is giving us the opportunity to use Google Android OS for free in out x86 PCs. LiveAndroid is a live CD or Live USB with which you can try Android even without installing it to your PC. This Live CD/USB is available for free download.

More than that, the LiveAndroid disc image can be used in virtualization software like VMware and Microsoft Virtual PC.

Google LiveAndroid  is an open source project which will allow you to download the different releases and versions of the Google Android Operating System.

LiveAndroid

Google Andoid OS in x86

LiveAndroid Screenshot

LiveAndroid Screenshot

To download the Live CD or Live USB visit:

Link: http://code.google.com/p/live-android/

Once you have done downloading the image file you can burn it the Image to a CD or use a USB and boot it in your PC. You can use VMware to use this OS. You can follow the steps given in this post Install and Run Windows XP in Windows 7 Using VMware Player

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[How To] Block A Website Using Content Advisor In Internet Explorer

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Blocking certain websites that may not suit the audience mainly in the case of children or workers has always been one such compulsory feature. In case you haven’t spotted yet, there’s one such option in Internet Explorer too. Here are the steps to block any website in Internet Explorer using IE’s content advisor.

Steps:

1. Go to Tools > Internet Options in the Internet Explorer.

2. Go to “Content” tab under the Internet Options. Find “Content Advisor” under this tab. By default it would be set default. Click “Enable” option opposite to it.

Content advisor in Internet Options

3. Go to “Approved sites” tab in the Content Advisor window. Type the URL of the website that you want to block in the text box and clock “Never” button. See the screenshot below:

Approved sites in Content advisor

4. Click “Apply” once you are done and then go to “General” tab. Here you can choose whether to password protect the blocked sites that you added. Once configured, click “OK’ to close the window.

Content advisor General options

You will now be asked to enter the supervisor password for the content advisor settings.

5. Create a supervisor password and add a hint (recommended) which is helpful in case you forget the password in future. Close the window once you have done that.

Supervisor password for content advisor

Content Advisor settings done

6. Now try to open any website that you have added in the block list. You will see the following prompt window, asking for you to enter the supervisor. User can view the website only if he knows the supervisor password.

Content advisor prompt window

7. You can disable the content advisor any time by clicking the “Disable” button under the “Content Advisor”. You will however need to authorized to do that by validating through the supervisor password.

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