I would like to share my experience on WooServers with all of you, so that you get an idea about this service.

I have been associated with WooServers for the last couple of months and if you want to get to know about the experience in a single word, it has been “wonderful.” Frankly speaking, I have bought packages from many services before but I never experienced one with such a polite and helpful customer support department. Almost all of my support tickets were answered within an hour, except one which took around 3 hours for them to answer. That was related to some configuration details and they said to have taken the time to check the configuration manually themselves.

One thing I can assure you all for sure. If you are looking for dedicated servers or a VPS at a very cheap price, have a look at WooServers. You won’t believe what you get at such a cheap price. Not only the prices, but the sales support has been wonderful as well. It is easier to get answer to any of your pre-sales question because they will chat with you on Skype directly and solve any of your queries.

I have not experienced a single instance of server failure and that is really an amazing thing as the time period is not really small either (Two months).

You won’t find a better package at such prices. Those who are skeptical about trying out a new service may give this a shot. You will not regret, take my word.

Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier. It is currently available for Windows XP and Windows Vista only. However, versions for Mac and Linux are in the process of preparation and will soon also be available.

One window for any task

Web search, search history, address bar, suggestions as you type. One universal window, which is used to perform all the tasks when you are on-line. In Google Chrome using the address bar you can go to any site on the Internet. Address Bar, located at the top of the standard Chrome window, simplifies the work on the Internet and also functions a search box. It also allows you to create bookmarks and track the security status of various websites. Enter your search query in the address bar, and you will be automatically offered a set of relevant queries and popular websites.

The “New Tab”
Each time you open a new tab the list is displaid that shows the most visited sites, the most frequently used search engines, pages recently added to bookmarks and the recently closed tabs. When you open a new tab Google Chrome displays useful information on it. With a single click of the mouse, you can go to the most frequently used Web resources. To open the “New tab”, click on the + icon next to the last tab. Most likely, you visit some of the Web sites regularly. The “New Tab” page automatically displays thumbnails of pages and links to these websites. To view the complete history of visited pages saved in your browser, click “View history” at the bottom of the page.

Application labels
Use the web-based applications without opening your browser. Using shortcuts you can immediately download your favorite web applications.

Dynamic tabs
You can easily drag tabs out of the browser windows, creating new windows, bring the tabs in one window, or have the tab in any order you like. Google Chrome tabs are easy to use and make it easier to view different Web sites. In windows and tabs Chrome also supports various key combinations.

Failures control
Each tab open in the browser does not depend on other tabs, so the error on one application does not affect the work of others.

Using incognito mode
You don’t want pages you visit to be recorded in the history of Web searches? View pages in the incognito mode. After closing the window all new cookie files will be deleted. You can work in the standard mode and the incognito mode at the same time, using different windows.

Safe Browsing
In Google Chrome while trying to visit potentially dangerous Web sites, you receive a warning. When you connect to a Web site that uses SSL to protect data, the server on which the website is hosted, sends Chrome and other browsers certificate that proves its authenticity. This certificate, for example, contains information on the website address, confirmed by an external organization that you have listed as credible. Having checked that your website address is the same as listed in the certificate, you can make sure that the connection is carried out with the website specified in the certificate, rather than from any other resource.

Instant creation of bookmarks
Want to create a bookmark for a Web page? To do this, simply click on the star icon to the left of the address bar.

Import of settings
After you start using the Google Chrome browser, you can easily transfer all your bookmarks and passwords from your previous browser. By default, Google Chrome copies the history of visited pages, saved Web sites and passwords from the previous browser during installation.

Easy to download
Download status is displayed at the bottom of the open window. When downloading a file from the Web site at the bottom of the tab a new bar appears, which monitors the progress of the file being download. The file button indicates how much time remains to complete the process. On the tab a green arrow appears showing that downloading is taking place.

Can be downloaded from the home page

Distributed multimedia based on Ubuntu

eAR OS with rich multimedia capabilities was designed by the Danish company called Audio Reality!

eAR OS can be launched from the LiveCD and installed on the hard drive.

eAR OS is based on advanced technologies and the newest versions of the following software:

Wine, Audacity, Audio CD extractor that supports FLAC and MP3, k3B for recording CD and DVD, Kaffeine for the use of DVB-S and DVB-T TV, VLC for viewing broadband TV, Firefox 3.0, Thunderbird, Pidgin, F -Spot Photo Manager, GIMP, and several others.

Using the package manager you can install more than 15 000 applications through the Internet.

According to the designers of the OS, despite the use of advanced technologies, it is very user-friendly.

What’s new in eAR OS 1.10:

► new features added (for example, you can now record your LP to your hard drive in FLAC format without any losses)
► Dockbar was recompiled
► you can launch 3D-desktop straightaway
► eAR Media Center updated
► semiautomatic installation of proprietary device drivers improved
► Live CD (compared to the previous release) currently supports more than 20 additional (other than supported in Ubuntu) sound cards.

eAR OS 1.08 comes with the Linux Real-Time 2.6.24 core to improve sound quality

Minimum requirements - 700 MHz x86 processor, 384 MB RAM, video card that supports the resolution of 1024×768, sound card, 3GB on the HDD.

download for free from http://www.earos.dk/

On the 28th of December, Intel plans to present 5 new processor platform Montevina: Core 2 Quad Q9000 (2.0GGts), Core 2 Duo T9800 (2.93GGts), T9550 (2.66GGts), P9600 (2.66GGts), P8700 (2.53GGts). Processors will cost $348, $530, $316, $348 and $241 respectively. Thus, Q9000 will be the cheapest Quad processor for mobile platforms.

Also, there will be two high-speed dual-core processors T9900 (3.06GGts) and P8800 (2.66GGts) for the platform ‘Montevina Refresh’. They will appear on the market in the second quarter, before the release of Clarksfield processors, based on Nehalem core, which will be part of the new platform Calpella. Its release is scheduled for the third quarter of 2009.

The two 65nm Celeron processors based on the Merom core, T1700 and T1600 will be available for purchase on the 7th of December at a price of $86 and $80 respectively. Celeron processors based on 45nm Penryn core for the “Montevina Refresh” platform will appear in the third quarter of the next year.
On January, the 18th, 2009 the prices of the Core 2 Duo P8600 (2.4GGts) and the Celeron 585 processors will be reduced to $ 32 and $ 37 respectively.

Source: New Intel processors for notebooks: plans for 2009.

Some, particularly passionate lovers of dismantling forget to stop at the right time. Don’t repeat this mistake because «inside» it is all very difficult. This can be seen by looking at the well-known iFixit, where the guys disassemble MacBooks and MacBooks Pro literally till the basic structure.

And here starts the interesting stuff. First, Apple, even having abandoned the chips from Intel for the sake of NFORCE, is still using 32-bit technology in their laptops, which means that you will not be able to expand the RAM of your MacBook to more than 4 GB. Secondly, according to iFixit, in respect of the MacBook Air it will be impossible to apply two NVIDIA videochips at the same time as it is done on the new MacBook and MacBook Pro, because the chips occupy too much space on the motherboard.

More is to come. For example, Bluetooth-cable runs between the layers of LCD panel, which makes it very difficult to replace and may require the purchase of the monitor entirely due to the minimal defect. The panel itself, on the other hand, is protected by a glass shield, fragile at first glance, but quite hard in reality. It can be replaced only as a whole, together with the aluminum frame.

Keyboard is orgonized similarly. It was clearly seen as one component by the Apple technicians. An attempt to replace some individual keys can result in replacement of the whole keyboard, which is quite expensive. However, the keyboard itself looks very stable.

New, unique system fans produce the positive impression due to larger number of blades that are more effective for cooling machines at a lower speed. This means that the laptop will be quieter, which is always good.

Built-in speakers are significantly better now. One cannot expect any serious bass from them but the quality of average sound is very good.

Battery indicator can now be seen on the left edge of the body, which is convenient.

OS X 10.5.5 has been also modified specifically for the new models, although noone have seen the release of 9F2114 so far.

The system settings were also modified: energy saver and the new multi-touch trackpad settings are now there.

By the way, the new multi-touch truckpad is one of the main breakthroughs of the new models.

Here is the video, on which Steve Jobbs explains how to operate the the new trackpad using 1,2,3 and 4 fingures.

What else? For the first time Apple has used optical drives with the SATA interface. This will allow you, for example, to replace the optics with a regular hard drive. Theoretically, you can equip your MacBook Pro with two hard drives of 500 GB each – 1 TB of memory in such a compact device! Notebooks are now equipped with the moisture sensors that will help to distinguish the real breakage from something being spilled on them.

We can’t help noting that the new MacBook and MacBook Pro can still be easily upgraded, access to RAM and hard drives is very easy.

In general, very interesting new products these are. Hopefully the Apple quality will speak for itself.

# 1. AppZapper – $12.95

AppCleaner – free

No 2. Parallels Desktop for Mac – $79.99

VirtualBox – free

No 3. CoverSutra – 14.95€

GimmeSomeTune – free

No 4. TextExpander – $29.95

RapidoWrite – free

No 5. Awaken – $12.95

iTunes Alarm, iTaf – free

No 6. iWork – $79, Office 2008 for Mac (Home and Student Edition) – $149.95

NeoOffice, OpenOffice – free

No 7. Paragon NTFS for Mac OS X – $39.95

NTFS-3G and MacFUSE - free

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As you know, there is a lot of websites with tons of pictures, music and movies. And of course, it is a time consuming affair to save every file manually. But now you can forget about this frustrating process! Neo Downloader will help you to download thousands of pictures, audio and video files quickly and easily. Just drag a link from your browser to the program’s Drop Basket and this award-winning tool will scan the entire website and download all media files automatically.

Download tons of movies, music, photos of beautiful girls and celebrities, nature and animals, cars and sports, wallpaper with NeoDownloader! You can immediately see everything you download and delete unwanted files. The program includes a built-in image viewer and a media player. It also supports TGP sites, password-protected sites and advanced content filtering.

Key Features of Neo Downloader:
Downloads your choice of pictures, audio, video and any other files.
Easy to use even for beginners.
No pop-ups and banners.
Powerful intelligent web spider engine.
Up to 10 simultaneous connections.
Downloads from TGP sites, password protected sites.
Supports downloading URL ranges.
Advanced filtering – allows to download only those what you want.
Built-in image viewer with slideshow capabilities.
Built-in audio/video player.
Ability to set any downloaded picture as a Windows wallpaper.
and much more!

Info is taken from the homepage, whee you can purchase the product: http://www.neowise.com/neodownloader/

Here is the list of the main features:

Create visually rich content for virtually any media–print, web, interactive, video, audio, and mobile – using the tightly integrated tools and services in Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection software. From producing printed pages to distributing engaging content online, on film, on air, and on device, you get the ultimate design environment to keep pace with your imagination. Design across media using a comprehensive, integrated creative environment. Work deeply in one discipline, such as print, web, video, or audio, and then move your skills and content to another medium efficiently. For example, export rich interactive documents from Adobe InDesign as SWF or PDF files or as XFL files that you can open and edit in Adobe Flash. Or, import live Adobe After Effects compositions into Adobe Flash to add interactivity.

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Create eye-catching vector graphics in Adobe Illustrator CS4, produce powerful digital images in Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended, and lay out visually rich long and short documents for print and digital delivery in InDesign. Showcase design work in dynamic, customizable PDF Portfolios, and prepare PDF files for high-end printed output.

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Prototype and create leading-edge digital experiences, including interactive websites, applications, user interfaces, presentations, and mobile device content, using Adobe Fireworks CS4, Dreamweaver CS4, Flash, and many other tools in Master Collection. Exchange creative content between designers and developers without rework.

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Work with a highly efficient pre- and post-production toolset to do video and audio editing, still and motion graphics, visual effects, and interactive media design, and then deliver for film, broadcast, and DVD as well as Blu-ray Disc and mobile authoring.

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Use the indispensable tools in Photoshop Extended more efficiently: Pan and zoom on images more smoothly and rapidly, rotate your canvas to any angle, and resize images without distortion or pixelation using revolutionary new Content-Aware Scaling. Paint, composite, and animate 3D models using familiar tools.

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Prototype in Fireworks and build standards-based websites and applications in Dreamweaver, whether you’re working with client-side HTML/XHTML, CSS, and XML; server-side application languages like Adobe ColdFusion, ASP, and PHP; or advanced JavaScript and Ajax. Get consistent cross-browser-compatible results with virtually any development platform.

Project intelligence with XMP metadata
Track, manage, automate, and extract more value from your design and video assets by embedding XMP metadata as you create your projects. For example, use new Speech Search technology in Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 and Soundbooth CS4 to turn spoken dialogue into metadata, making it easy to find particular clips as you edit and your video assets searchable when posted online.

Collaboration with clients and colleagues
Access the Adobe ConnectNow service to review creative ideas online in real time with colleagues or clients. Find answers to technical questions with Adobe Community Help. Share color harmonies online with Adobe Kuler. Access improved Resource Central to find new assets, and quickly find news and inspiration in Bridge Home.

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Deliver compelling content to mobile subscribers worldwide. Use Adobe Device Central CS4 to create, preview, and test mobile content easily on an extensive selection of devices under simulated real-life conditions directly from your desktop.

Combines:
- InDesign CS4
- Photoshop CS4 Extended
- Illustrator CS4
- Acrobat 9 Pro
- Flash CS4 Professional
- Dreamweaver CS4
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- After Effects CS4
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Platform: Windows XP/Vista
Size: 7,5 Gb

For more info visit: www.adobe.com

Designed by professional artists in the film, games, and design industries, Autodesk® Mudbox™ digital sculpting and texture painting software gives 3D modelers and texture artists the freedom to create without worrying about the technical details.

Autodesk Mudbox 2009 combines a highly intuitive user interface with a powerful creative toolset for creating ultra-realistic high-poly 3D models. Breaking the mold of traditional 3D modeling applications, Mudbox 2009 provides an organic brush-based 3D modeling experience that ignites the creative process.

Combining an intuitive user interface with a suite of high-performance, creative tools, Autodesk® Mudbox™ digital sculpting and texture painting software offers 3D modeling professionals the ability to quickly and easily create highly detailed organic and inorganic 3D assets.

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The creativity-enhancing Mudbox feature set is easily accessible to traditional sculptors and to both new and experienced digital artists, enabling users to become productive in hours rather than weeks. Digital sculpting tools mimic the behavior of their real-world counterparts: if you can pinch clay, you can use the tools in Mudbox.

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With Autodesk Mudbox you can sculpt 3D models quickly and precisely using fast, high-quality brushes and sculpting tools. Choose from an extensive list of intelligently designed default brushes or quickly tailor them for custom behavior and performance. Sculpt symmetrically on asymmetrical 3D models and quickly add high-quality detail with support for mesh displacement.

Multi-resolution Mesh Editing
Subdivide a mesh, when you want, where you want, and to what degree you want: advanced subdivision technology gives you the ultimate in polygon mesh control. Plus, innovative streaming technology helps you work quickly and efficiently on even the largest, most face-intensive 3D models and scenes.

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With its fast, high-quality texture baking capabilities, Mudbox solves one of the most common bottlenecks in game and film production pipelines: baking of normal and displacement maps. Bake high-quality normal and displacement maps between multiple arbitrary meshes: detail can be baked in 8-, 16-, and 32-bit maps.

3D Layers
Store different detail passes, libraries of morph targets, and more on multiple layers using the efficient Mudbox layer workflow. 3D layers can be blended, masked, erased, mirrored, and merged, just like layers in a 2D image-editing package. An intelligent, familiar layer user interface helps you quickly duplicate, merge, flatten, group, and reorder layers.

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