Winamp 5.5.3.1924 Released

Winamp 5.5.3.1924 Released - Nullsoft Winamp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity music player for Windows. Winamp supports MP3, CD, Audiosoft, Audio Explosion, MOD, WAV and other audio formats, custom appearances called skins, plus audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins. additional features including free-form skins, a new decoder, built-in cross fade, and an advanced Media Library

Main site: http://www.winamp.com/

Download player: http://www.winamp.com/player

- Improved: Different shell descriptions for different associated filetypes
- Improved: New 'Refine Search' feature in Cover Art Downloader dialog
- Improved: Unicode support for Language Packs incompatible with system locale
- Improved: [in_cdda] Now reads & writes CD data to an NDE database
- Improved: [in_cdda/ml_disc] Reimplementation of simple offline CD Info Editor
- Improved: [in_flac] Faster FLAC metadata gathering
- Improved: [in_mp3] More accurate .AAC length calculation
- Improved: [in_wav/in_mp4] Support for http streaming of files larger than 2GB
- Improved: [ml_disc] Added support for Data CD reading (w.i.p.)
- Improved: [ml_local/nde] Background scanning & database optimizations
- Improved: [ml_local] Unicode compliant filename-based metadata guessing
- Improved: [ml_transcode] Remove trailing periods from destination filepath
- Improved: [pmp_usb] Added AlbumArtist support to Naming Convention
- Fixed: Classic EQ appearing with Modern skins after switch->minimize->restore
- Fixed: Various miscellaneous Album Art related issues
- Fixed: [enc_lame] Now rejects multi-channel and above 48KHz source files
- Fixed: [gen_ff] Translated skin image loading
- Fixed: [gen_ml] Header sort arrow and Rating column display under Windows 2000
- Fixed: [gen_ml] Various drawing glitches when changing views
- Fixed: [in_cdda] CDDB crash under limited connectivity conditions
- Fixed: [in_cdda] Spectrum vis in analog MCI playback mode
- Fixed: [in_flac] Small memory leak when writing FLAC metadata
- Fixed: [in_flv] Last two seconds of flv videos being cut off
- Fixed: [in_mp3] Crash on encountering a bad ID3v2 version (e.g. ID3v2.F)
- Fixed: [in_mp4] Crash on file-not-found during background decode
- Fixed: [in_wave] Infinite loop on attempted repeat playback of dead files
- Fixed: [in_wm] ASX v2 loading
- Fixed: [in_wm] Crash on files & streams with a huge discontinuity jump
- Fixed: [in_wm / out_ds] Copy 'Status' to clipboard Unicode bug
- Fixed: [ml_autotag] Crash with certain tracks
- Fixed: [ml_history] Crash on drag+drop all history items to playlist
- Fixed: [ml_local] Rating of items with Unicode filenames
- Fixed: [ml_online/orb] Nodes dropping to bottom of ML tree on Lang Pack change
- Fixed: [ml_playlists] Play playlist from Media Library main menu item
- Fixed: [pmp_ipod] Filename length incompatibility with iPod Music Quiz v2
- Fixed: [pmp_ipod] Missing 'Advanced' button in Edit Query dialog
- Fixed: [pmp_ipod] Physical deletion of playing file
- Misc: Added Russian installer translation and language pack
- Misc: In2TV removed from Online Services
- Misc: Installer now built with NSIS Unicode version [thanks Jim Park]
- Misc: More miscellaneous general tweaks, improvements and optimizations
- Misc: Moved shared zlib.dll compression library out of winamp.exe
- Updated: Bento skin v1.1 #120

Avast! Anti-Virus 4.8.1169 Released

Avast! Anti-Virus 4.8.1169 Released - The immediate release of Avast! 4.8 Antivirus, in both Home Edition and Professional Edition variants. Avast! Antivirus 4.8 now has anti-spyware, anti-rootkit and strong self-protection

more information: http://www.avast.com/

- avast! now contains a built-in anti-rootkit protection
- avast! now comes with a built-in anti-spyware protection
- new self-defense function to prevent active malware from terminating avast! processes as well as corrupting avast! files and registry items
- scanners now display a progress of current scan (percentage of work done)
- fixed a vulnerability in AavmKer4.sys kernel-mode driver (problem applies to Windows NT/2000/XP, 32-bit only); special thanks to Tobias Klein
- improvements in boot-time scanner (detection & removal of hidden or hard to delete files)
- boot-time scanner will not start when booting into Safe Mode (the program was "invisible" in that case, no progress/messages could be seen)
- improvements in many unpackers
- ACE and RAR unpackers now work even in boot-time scanner
- IM Shield: added support for QQ
- improvements in handling of NTFS streams
- Internet Mail provider now displays the name of the sending/receiving program in the tooltip of its taskbar icon
- implemented a protection against false positives in critical system files
- removed a small memory leak in one of avast! drivers (Windows Vista and XP 64-bit only)
- added support for 64-bit WHS connector (available in WHS Power Pack 1)
- greatly improved performance of the updater, especially in cases where many increments are - - being downloaded (e.g. avast! installations with outdated virus definitions)
- silent installation now also includes scheduled tasks, if any
- resolved a compatibility issue with Acronis TrueImage (XP 64-bit only)
- compatibility tests with Vista SP1 and XP SP3

Watch All South Park Episodes Online for Free

Watch All South Park Episodes Online for Free

- http://www.southparkstudios.com/

- http://allsp.com/

- http://www.southparkzone.com/

Top 5 places to Watch Documentary Movies Online for Free

1. PBS Frontline

2. Bodocus

3. Freedocumentaries

4. Docuworld

5. Surfthechannel

Fast and the Furious 4 : Coming soon 2009

I can't wait to see Fast and the Furious 4. I was kind disappointed with part 3. Anyways, Fast and the Furious movies are cool.

To Read more about Fast and the Furious 4 - Visit: http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/on-set-pics-of-the-cars-for-fast-and-the-furious-4.php

Transformers 2 Filming Underway?

Transformer 2 Filming Underway? I hope part 2 has same or more action like part 1. Transformer was the movie of the year for me. Man, I love that movie.

To read more about Transformer 2 Filming Underway? Visit http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/transformers-2-filming-underway-barricade-spotted.php

Free Wallpaper :: Flower Bugs

I created this wallpaper for people who love nature, flower, or bugs. I made this wallpaper with Adobe Photoshop CS3. I want to share this with you guys. You could use it as a wallpaper or as myspace background. Enjoy!

This wallpaper is available in the following resolutions:

1280 x 1024 Download
1280 x 800 Download
1280 x 768 Download
1024 x 768 Download
800 x 600 Download

If you would like to used it in your myspace. This is the code

Photoshop CS 3 Tutorial - How to make a cool tech Header for your site

Photoshop CS 3 Tutorial :: How to make a cool tech Header for your site

In this tutorial you are going to learn how to create cool tech header for your site.

- Make a new file and enter size 550 pixels for the width and 150 pixels for the Height. Set the Resolution to 72 pixels/inch and set the Color Mode to RGB and 8 bit. Set the Background contents to White and click OK to open the new file.





- I'm going to use this image. You could download free images from http://www.sxc.hu/index.phtml



- Open the image that you download it and dragged in to your new file. When you drag the image, Photoshop creates a new layer for the image automatically.





- Use Astract_Mega_Pack_ Brushes. You could download them from http://www.brusheezy.com

- Use Brush tools to load the Brushes.



- Create two new layers named fx and fx2



- Now use the Brush and paint any type of graphics you like into the image. Make sure you are in the correct layers (fx and fx2).



- Change the opacity of the fx layer to 40%

- Change the opacity of the fx2 layer to 50%

- Now create a new channel layer. You could name anything you like or just leave as Alpha1. Zoom in 3200%



- Now use the Pencil Tool and draw to dots like these. After you have finished, select the Rectangular Marquee Tool and make a square around the two dots that you made. Now you need to create the pattern Edit - Define Pattern





- Create a second new channel layer. You could name anything you like or just leave as Alpha2



- Click Paint Bucket Tool and select Pattern. Now paint the second channel name Alpha 2.



- Drag Alpha 2 channel to the Load Channel selection



- Now that you have the channel alpha2 selected, go back to the layers and make a new layer called Cross Line Effect.





- Do not diselect the cross line effect layer. Now add some color to the cross line effect by using Gradient Tool. Make sure you are on the cross line effect layer. Change the opacity of the Cross Line Effect layer to 37%



- Create your text. Size: 20 .
You could download this font from http://www.2-free.net/free-fonts/bionic-kid-simple-slanted/32320.html or use any other type of font.

Font name: Bionic Kid Simple Slanted

- Setting that I use.

- Finish product

Adobe Releases Photoshop Express as Free beta

Now you could Crop, twirl, tweak, and share your pictures with the new Adobe Photoshop Express beta for free, all online. Photoshop Express allows you to store up 2 GB of images. It's going to be difficult for Adobe Photoshop Express because there is too many online image editors like Google Picasa, fotoflexer, splashup , and photobucket but what it counts is the experience which Adobe has.

More information: Adobe Photoshop Express
https://www.photoshop.com/express/landing.html

Portable Edition of Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.13 Released

Freeware :: Portable Edition of Mozilla Firefox version 2.0.0.13 has been released. Now you can take your browser, bookmarks, feeds, extensions and settings on the go. This new release updates the included Firefox to 2.0.0.13 fixing some security and stability issues and updates the included launcher.

File size: ~25 MB
System Requirements: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista, Wine on Linux/UNIX

completely free. What are you waiting for? Go forth and download

For more information Portable Mozilla Firefox Edition

Windows XP :: How to navigate faster in the Internet

IMPORTANT: Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry. Understand the risk, up to and including the loss of data and having to restall the Operator System. Use the informationat your own risk.

1. Click Start, then click on Run



2. Type Regedit and then press ok or Enter key



3. Navigate to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings

4. Now that you're in the correct folder, you need to create a DWORD value

MaxConnectionsPerServer



5. Double click the MaxConnectionsPerServer value, and type in 4 or 20 if you are using ADSL



6. Close the registry editor and the changes will take place when you reboot.

322756 - How to back up and restore the registry in Windows

How To Add Your Own Windows XP Logon Wallpaper

IMPORTANT: Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry. Understand the risk, up to and including the loss of data and having to restall the Operator System. Use the informationat your own risk.

1. Click Start, then click on Run



2. Type Regedit and then press ok or Enter key



3. Navigate to
HKEY USERS\ .DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop



4. Double click the wallpaper value, and type in the full path of your image and the filename.




Options:

5. To tile the image set "TileWallPaper" to 1

6. To Stretch the wallpaper set "WallPaperStyle" to 2

7. Close the registry editor and the changes will take place when you reboot.

322756 - How to back up and restore the registry in Windows

New version of CCleaner 2.06.567

New version of CCleaner 2.06.567. Ccleaner is a freeware system optimization tool. It removes unused files from your computer.

What's new :: v2.06.567
---------------------------------------------
- Added Google Firefox Toolbar history cleaning.
- Winapp.ini is now embedded in the main EXE.
- Added ability to override default embedded INI files with: winsys1.ini, winreg1.ini and winapp1.ini.
- Updated ability to append to default embedded INI files with: winsys2.ini, winreg2.ini and winapp2.ini.
- Updated system info code to support Win2k8.
- Improved IE History cleaning with .DAT files.
- Improved accessibility features of treeview control.
- Removal of version history from About screen.
- Options section checkboxes resized to fit caption text.
- GUI tweaks including Piriform logo change.
- Minor performance improvements.

Visit: http://www.ccleaner.com

How to check Windows Vista and XP if our system is running 32-bit or 64-bit version.

In this tutorial we are to learn how to check Windows Vista and XP system if we are running 32-bit or 64-bit version. Why would we want to do that? Well, sometime we forget what type of system we are running. Maybe we bought a software that is 64-bit and we installed it in a 32-bit system. Well many things could happen for example; software could stop working or wouldn’t work at all or system crash or freeze.

Windows Vista

Method 1

1. Click Start, then click on Run

2. Type System and then press Enter



3. System application opens. In System, look for System Type is located in the center. If the value of the System Type is

- 32-bit Operating System
- 64-bit Operating System

Method 2

1. Click Start, then click on Run.

2. Type System Information and then press Enter.

3. System Information application opens. In System Information, look for System Type is located in the center. If the value of the System Type is

- x86-base PC (32-bit Version)
- x64-based PC (64-bit version)

Windows XP Professional

Method 1

1. Click Start - My Computer

2. Then, Right Click on My Computer and Click Properties

3. System Properties application opens. In System Properties, Click the General Tab. Look for the Operating System name. If the name of the Operating System isas

- Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version 2000 (year could be different). (32-bit Version)

- Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Version (64-bit version)

Method 2

1. Click Start, then click on Run.

2. Type msinfo32.exe and then press Enter.





3. System Information application opens. In System Information, look for System Type is located in the center. If the value of the System Type is

- x86-base. (32-bit Version)
- x64-based (64-bit version)

Method 3

1. Click Start, then click on Run.

2. Type sysdm.cpl and then press Enter.

3. System Properties application opens. In System Properties, Click the General Tab. Look for the Operating System name. If the name of the Operating System isas

- Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version 2000 (year could be different). (32-bit Version)
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Version (64-bit version)