Archive for October, 2007
Tux Racer is a free beautiful game which lets you take on the role of Tux the Linux Penguin as he races down steep, snow-covered mountains. Enter cups and compete to win the title! Tux Racer includes a variety of options for gameplay, including the ability to race courses in fog, at night, and under high winds.
Your journey starts as you compete on local courses. Win and you will unlock other courses and cups that will lead you to more exciting and challenging races. Only the quickest, smartest, and luckiest will win!
Features
- Fun, easy to learn
- Exciting 3D courses
- Sophisticated physics result in thrilling rides down the mountains
- Collect herring while avoiding obstacles for high scores
- Race over a variety of surfaces, including fluffy snow and slick ice
- Race in various weather conditions and lighting conditions
- Create your own courses using any paint program such as The GIMP (no 3D modeller required) Suitable for all ages
Minimum System Requirements
Pentium 200MMX
64MB RAM
20MB uncompressed hard disk space
Price: Free
Screenshots
Download Link
Download zip file
Tux Racer Game is available for linux and mac also. For details and information follow website link.
Website
Tux Racer Website
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Why Press Button To Turn Off Your Moniter?
Create Moniter Turn Off Shortcut Button right at your desktop to do the task.
On Mouse Move or pressing any key (any key means any one of buttons at your keyboard) moniter will be back to life. You have to just follow the instructions.
- Download Mointeroff.rar at your desktop and extract MonOff.exe from that at desktop.
- Cut MonOff.exe and past it in C:\WINDOWS\ in the windows folder of C drive of your computer.
- Return at desktop. Right Click -> New -> Shortcut
- At the text box where it asks type the location of the item write C:\WINDOWS\MonOff.exe or browse that file in C->windows and Click next.
- Name the shortcut something like Turn Off Moniter and click finish.
- You are done.
- Now you can change the icon of this button by Right Click shortcut -> Properties -> Change Icon. Select icon and click OK.
Note: Its a C++ application with much smaller executable (22k) file. As always, I must point out that you download and use this program at your own risk. I see no way it could do anything bad to your system as i have tested it myself, but if for some unforeseen reason it did do anything bad, I will not be held responsible.
You might also like these trick.
Clear Used System Memory (To Make PC Faster) Via Shortcut
Quick Lock PC Via Shortcut
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Simplify your software life
Features
UpdateStar is the free program that lets you stay up-to-date with all of your personal software. Whether it be Freeware, Shareware and commercial software products, UpdateStar covers all of your software. UpdateStar knows more than 80.000 software products and lets you know once an update is available for you. No more wasted time reading hundreds of newsletters or searching websites for newly available updates. You want to stay up-to-date with your software? Use UpdateStar.
UpdateStar is a software that will automatically recognize your installed software and search for their updated versions, list them if some software needs to be updated. It also gives the option to download the software that needs updating.
Stay up-to-date with your software
UpdateStar offers you a time-saving, one-stop information place for your software setup and makes your computer experience more productive. UpdateStar covers all of your freeware, shareware, demos, commercial software, and includes special offers. Once an update for one of your programs is available, UpdateStar lets you know and offers you information and download options as well as licensing links in the case of a commercial product or update. UpdateStar puts an end to wasted time searching for possible updates. You want to stay up-to-date with your software? Use UpdateStar.
Protect yourself against outdated software!
Old software can lead to problems and system crashes. It can even leave you vulnerable to attacks from outside. UpdateStar puts a stop to all that! As soon as a new version is available, UpdateStar lets you know automatically, and you can download the update straight away!
Enhance your “Add or Remove Programs” experience
UpdateStar acts as your replacement for the well known “Add or Remove Programs” within your Windows Control Panel - well-known for its slowness. UpdateStar is much faster and additionally offers up-to-date information about your software setup. You receive program information as well as download and licensing links and special offers. With UpdateStar its easy to download, install, uninstall or buy your software.
Personalize your updates
You can let UpdateStar deliver information regarding your complete software setup, or you may also choose to just let UpdateStar look for available update information regarding pre-selected programs you consider important. Simply configure UpdateStar according to your needs and it will only inform you about specific program updates available.
It’s free
UpdateStar is Freeware. Feel free to download, install and make use of UpdateStar and let it ease your software life.
Download Link
http://www.updatestar.com/en/download
Website
http://www.updatestar.com
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IE Won’t Allow document.createElement(’style’)
If you try to add style declarations in the head of a document, IE breaks at the name ’style’ -”unexpected call to method or property access”.
I guess its getting confused between the head element < s t y l e> and the object property .style?
Test page
Explorer z-index Bug
In Internet Explorer positioned elements generate a new stacking context, starting with a z-index value of 0. Therefore z-index doesn’t work correctly.
Test page
Stretched Buttons Bug
If an input is given a type “button” or “submit” and the value used to apply text to the button is over 18 characters long, the button is shown stretched horizontally. The top and bottom border is also thicker. The effect increases with the length of the button text used.
Test page
Changing The Type Of An Input Field
Setting the type attribute of an input element to button via setAttribute(’type’, ‘button’) does not work in Internet Explorer 6 or Opera 8.51. The bug is fixed in Opera 9 technology preview 1.
Test page
IE6 Un-Caches CSS Backgrounds On Launching New Window
I have a JS based rollover that animates the position of a DIV’s tiled background image. In IE6, after a new window is opened, via t a r g e t = " _ b l a n k " or through w i n d o w . o p e n ( ) when you go back to that page, it flashes and reloads the images upon mouseover.
Test page
Font-Variant: Small-Caps And Text-Transform
When you use font-variant: small-caps, Explorer ignores text-transform: uppercase || lowercase.
Test page
Mouseover On Anchor And Return Value
An event handler for onmouseover an anchor should not show the URL in the status bar when you return false, and it should when you return true, but actually it does exactly the opposite.
Test page
Letter-Spacing And Floated Labels/Inputs
If you have letter-spacing set and create more than one label/input sets and seperate them with line break, IE will remove every other set.
Test page
And many others …
For Full List Which I viewed Follow Here
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What people are searching …
Google Zeitgeist
Pulling together interesting search trends and patterns requires Google’s human and computing power together. Search statistics are automatically generated based on the millions of searches conducted on Google over a given period of time - weekly, monthly, and annually. With some help from humans, and a pigeon or two when they have time, these statistics and trends make their way from the depths of Google’s hard drives to become the Google Zeitgeist report.
View This Interesting Report
Google Zeitgeist
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This file is written specifically for the Intel® G31, G33, G35, Q33, Q35, G965, Q965, Q963, 946GZ, 945G, and 945GZ Express desktop chipsets and the GM965, 945GT, 945GM, 945GMS, and 940GML Express mobile chipsets, and will not function with any other product. View the README file for installation information and the RELEASE NOTES for driver version details. This driver package contains the version 14.31.1 drivers for Windows* 2000 and Windows* XP.
The software drivers provided on this page are generic versions, and can be used for general purposes. However, computer original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) may have altered the features, incorporated customizations, or made other changes to the software or software packaging they provide. To avoid any potential installation incompatibilities on your OEM system, Intel recommends that you check with your OEM and use the software provided via your system manufacturer.
Download Link
Download Media Accelerator
Website
Intel Downloads
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This file is written specifically for the Intel® G31, G33, G35, Q33, Q35, G965, Q965, Q963, 946GZ, 945G, and 945GZ Express desktop chipsets and the GM965, 945GT, 945GM, 945GMS, and 940GML Express mobile chipsets, and will not function with any other product. View the README file for installation information and the RELEASE NOTES for driver version details. This driver package contains the version 14.31.1 drivers for Windows* 2000 and Windows* XP.
The software drivers provided on this page are generic versions, and can be used for general purposes. However, computer original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) may have altered the features, incorporated customizations, or made other changes to the software or software packaging they provide. To avoid any potential installation incompatibilities on your OEM system, Intel recommends that you check with your OEM and use the software provided via your system manufacturer.
Download Link
Download Media Accelerator
Website
Intel Downloads
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These prices are for Pakistan exclusively and are in rupees.
I have two links to share with you.
Hafeez Centre Online Price List contains prices of Motherboards, Hard Drives, Sound and VGA Cards, Processors and much more…
With Price Calculator you can choose hardware for a complete computer and than have quotation of price of PC.
Hafeez Centre Lahore Pakistan Live Computer Rates
Price List
Computer Price Calculator
Price Calculator
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If you are planning to buy a new PC than Core™2 Duo is definately the best next generation hardware choice. It is said that performance of Pentium 4 - 3.4 GHZ is equal to 1.8 GHZ Pentium Core™2 Duo Processor.
Pentium D is nothing but 2 Prescott Processors side by side … runs very hot, not a good OverClocker.
Intel Core 2 Duo processors are next gen processors from Intel on 65 nm platform, developed from Ground up with new Architecture called Core, so they are whole new Processors just Jump like Pentium 2 to Pentium 3 or Pentium 4.
Intel Core™2 Duo offers real time multi-tasking performance and will replace all previous Pentium processors.
Lets See What Microsoft says about Core™2 Duo
Maximum everything. Energy-efficient performance. Multimedia power.
Based on revolutionary Intel® Core™ microarchitecture, the breakthrough Intel® Core™2 Duo processor family is designed to provide powerful energy-efficient performance so you can do more at once without slowing down.
With Intel® Core™2 Duo processor, you’ll experience revolutionary performance, unbelievable system responsiveness, and energy-efficiency second to none. And, you won’t have to slow down for virus scan, multiple compute intensive programs, or multimedia downloads, these desktop processors are up to 40 percent faster with improved energy-efficiency.
Features and benefits
Delivering the best overall performance. Period.
With Intel Core 2 Duo processors powering your desktop and laptop PCs you’ll get the latest arsenal of performance-rich technologies, including up to 4MB of shared L2 cache, up to 1333 MHz front side bus for desktop, and up to 800 MHz front side bus for laptop, you’ve got the future of computing now, and only from Intel:
Intel® Wide Dynamic Execution, enabling delivery of more instructions per clock cycle to improve execution time and energy efficiency
Intel® Intelligent Power Capability, designed to deliver more energy-efficient performance and smarter battery performance in your laptop
Intel® Smart Memory Access, improving system performance by optimizing the use of the available data bandwidth
Intel® Advanced Smart Cache, providing a higher-performance, more efficient cache subsystem. Optimized for multi-core and dual-core processors
Intel® Advanced Digital Media Boost, accelerating a broad range of applications, including video, speech and image, photo processing, encryption, financial, engineering and scientific applications
More About Intel Processors
Intel Core Processor Family
Intel Pentium Processor Family
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Infection Symptoms
When you Open any drive in My Computer by right clicking, the Context menu will have a chinese like language & when you click on this language on context menu, the drive will not open but the Open With dialouge will ask you to “Choose the program you want to use to open this file:”. Also by double clicking any drive same thing happens.
Context Menu and OpenWith Dialogue will look like this.
The Ravmon virus does also corrupt your Folder Options. So when you open Folder Options and try to check “Show hidden files and folders” and click ok. My Computer will not show hidden files, also “Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)” option will not be working.
Error launching Task Manager, Registry Editor and Command prompt which is also solved by this tool.
Error Message that the command prompt has been disabled by your administrator on opening command prompt by cmd run command is also a symptom.
How Does Ravmon Virus Spreads?
Ravmon Virus mostly spreads from USB Flash drives. So to prevent this virus from breaking into your pc you must start an Anti-Virus before plugining a Flash drive into your pc.
For Removing Ravmon virus and its effects download this tool, run it and Restart your computer.
Ravmon Virus Removal Tool 3.1.5 (Updated)
This tool removes infections of the Ravmon virus e.g. My Computer drives opening, Folder Options missing from Tools Menu, Folder Options “Show Hidden Files and Folder” not working.It also enables Task Manager, Registry Editor and Command Prompt if they have been disabled by some another virus. This tool is seamlessly compatible with Windows 2000/XP.
Note: If you do have Windows Vista then you will not suffer from any of the problems by Ravmon Virus.
Ravmon Virus Removal Tool Technical Description
Tool Removes
autorun.inf (placed in the root of every drive),ravmon.exe (place in the root of every drive),mdm.exe,SCVHOST.exe, SVCHOST.ini (this is a virus file not MS file)
Deletes these entries from registry
NoFolderOptions, NoControlPanel, DisableTaskMgr, DisableRegistryTools, DisableCMD
Sets these Registy Entries
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\NOHIDDEN]
“CheckedValue”=dword:00000002
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\NOHIDDEN]
“DefaultValue”=dword:00000002
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\C
urrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL]
“CheckedValue”=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL]
“DefaultValue”=dword:00000002
Screenshots
Software have also these options
- Enable Run
- Restore All Folder Options Settings (Windows XP only)
- Disable AutoPlay on All drives (To prevent Viruses from entering into your PC while you plug-in Flash Drive)
You can see these features while you click Restore Windows Default Settings.
Note : The different Options like Enable Task Manager will not work until the Task Manager is actually disabled.
Download Link
ravmon-removal-tool (updated)
Try also manually-remove-ravmon-virus
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