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Posted: 23 Nov 2008 07:04 AM CST

Adobe Photoshop CS4 is out now, unlike previous version where the only changes are cosmetic together with minor bugs fixes, the latest version comes with the same user interface and a brand new extended rendering engine.

Adobe Photoshop is a must have tool for me, there won’t be a day goes by without me using it and based on my experience, the latest Adobe Photoshop CS4 performs better under the 64-bit and multi-core processors, on top of that, it utilizes the GPU (Graphic Processor Unit) for a faster and smoother panning and zooming, this allows an overall performance gains ranged from 8% to 12%. Those who work with extremely large files may realize noticeably greater gains in performance, in some cases as dramatic as ten times the previous speed.

Content-Aware Scaling

One of the many new features I found to be revolutionary is the content aware scaling feature, basically what it does is to automatically recompose the image as you resize, during the process of resizing, photoshop removes unwanted information from the image without losing the main data as shown in the image below.

For more information on Adobe Photoshop CS4, read mirage.studio.7.

P.S. Do not download Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended v11 Crack or Serial Number from torrent, and if you do, remember to scan the file with virustotal (32 AntiVirus engine), if you’re using Norton, McAfee or any of the popular antivirus software, you’ll likely to miss the trojan, why? read more about it.

Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended v11

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Extract and Save Images from PDF to jpg, tif, gif, png, and tga

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 12:24 PM CST

How to extract images from a PDF file? Screen capture is an option, but not desirable because it takes too much time stitching the images together. There are several software in the market, most of them are sharewares, only a handful are worth mentioning and the best PDF Image extract software is Some PDF Image Extract.

It is free with no limitation, no advertisement, no spyware, and it is small, less than 1MB.

Extract Images from PDF to JPG

The drawback, it doesn’t tell you where it puts the files jpg images extracted, it can be confusing at the beginning but you’ll get used to it. Note: Images extracted can be found in the same directory where your pdf file is located.

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Fix an Unbootable Windows XP or Vista, Remove Boot Virus from Startup

Posted: 20 Nov 2008 12:55 AM CST

Unable to boot into Windows XP or Vista due to virus? Trojan? Sometimes we find ourselves in deep trouble when our system refused to boot up, more often than not, this is due to viral infection and how do we go about cleaning the system without formatting when our system failed to boot, even in safe mode?

In situation like these, Rescue Disk becomes very useful, today we’re going to talk about Free Rescue Disk available in the market, basically what these Rescue Disk does is, it boots itself up before the system (Windows) in DOS and subsequently performs a system check for virus and trojans.

Fix an Unbootable Windows XP or Vista, Remove Boot Virus from Startup

Avira AntiVir Rescue System | Free Download

Updated several times a day so that the most recent security updates are always available.
Repair a damaged system.
Rescue data.
Scan the system for virus infections.
Its a Linux based CD.

F-Secure Rescue CD | Free Download

Update the virus definition if an Internet connection is available.
Rescue CD will by default scan, all hard drives in the computer, all USB drives attached to the computer, Windows FAT and NTFS drives
Virus definition databases are updated automatically if the computer has an internet connection
Virus definition databases can be updated manually by using a USB drive
The Rescue CD Guide (pdf) has step by step instructions how to use the CD

BitDefender Rescue CD | Free Download

The best thing in this rescue CD is, when you boot using this CD and connects to Internet, it can update the virus definition.

KasperSky Rescue Disk | Free Download

Performs the same task as mentioned above
Linux based
Virus definition is updated once a month

And the winner is? Avira Rescue System, because the virus definition for its rescue system is updated on a daily basis, whereas the others virus definition for their Rescue System Disk are updated on a monthly basis.

How to Get Traffic and Ways to Increase Your Blog’s Visitors

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 10:32 AM CST

Google is the kind of search engine, and if you’re a webmaster, you ought to know by now Google drives most of the traffic to your blog; therefore, it is important to make sure your blog is SEO friendly. What are the rules? Google just published a SEO starter Guide for webmasters, it consist of 22-pages of ways to make your blog Google friendly, according to the Google reps at PubCon, this is the same guide Google uses internally for its own sites.

Download Making the Most of Your Content - A Publisher's Guide to the Web by Google.

Google Webmaster book

If you’re running Wordpress, All In One SEO Pack is a highly recommended plug-in, it does what it promised though it only provides surface coverage of what SEO is all about, none the less, it is a must have tool for Wordpress user.

I am not a SEO expert, not even close, my believes in good SEO is - Good content = Good SEO, forget about making your blog SEO friendly when the content itself is a big letdown.

How to Download Video or MP3 from Myspace, YouTube, Imeem and Pandora

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 09:54 AM CST

Found a video, mp3, zip, exe, mp4, flash animation, or any an unknown file you wanted badly but could not download it because it is protected? Try Orbit Downloader, Orbit Downloader is one of the leader of download manager in the market, unlike other download manager, Orbit Downloader is devoted to new generation web 2.0 downloading, such as video/music/streaming media/mp3/mp4/flv from Myspace, YouTube, Imeem, Pandora, Rapidshare, support RTMP.

Orbit Download not only download videos or mp3s, it downloads everything be it zip or exe. For videos in YouTube, simply hover you mouse over the video and a drop down list will appear, it provides various options such as downloading the file to your hard drive, as shown below:

How to Download Video or MP3 from Myspace, YouTube, Imeem and Pandora

Download now, its 100% free and no registration required. No adware! No spyware! Just a tiny banner in the software itself, I think I can live with that. Not compatible with Safari and Google Chrome.

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Free Avira AntiVir Premium Security Suite License, No Crack or Serial Number Required

Posted: 15 Nov 2008 09:35 AM CST

Together with a few selected vendors, Avira is offering free Avira AntiVir 8 and Avira Premium Security Suite 8 license key for free with no strings attached, yes, no crack, keygen, or illegal serial number needed to run the premium version.

For your information, do you happen to know that among all the antivirus software in the market, Avira AntiVir and Avira Premium Security Suite are both known to be the lightest in term of memory usage, couple with its relatively good engine and subtle popularity, malware writers tend to bypass their viruses and trojans for testing with Avira AntiVir, therefore, the chance of your computer being infected is lower. Below is a list of features of Avira Premium Security Suite 8:

Step 01 - Visit these Promotional Links

Step 02 - Register

Once you’re done with the registration, Avira will create the License Key and store it in their server, subsequently, they will email the license key to the email you provided.

Step 03 - Check Email, Download License

Check your email, download your license (HBEDV.KEY) and store it on your PC. You will be prompted to import the license during the installation of your Avira product.

Step 04 - Install Avira, Locate Downloaded License file

You’re almost there, if you have not yet installed the AntiVir Premium Security Suite, you can download it here.

When Avira prompt for a license key, select the ‘I already have a valid HBEDV.KEY license key’. A new dialog box will appear requesting for the location of the license file emailed to you. Locate and then proceed with installation.

In theory, it is possible to further extend Avira Premium Security Suite once the 3 months offers expires, user have to apply for a brand new license key file or serial number at the end of the subscription, it is that simple, provided that the offers exist.

Please take note that avoid downloading 4 license keys and store it in your computer for future use, the license key created when you sign up registers itself with Avira license server, therefore, it has an expiry date.

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Retrieve and Recover Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, Office 2007 Product Key

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 03:08 PM CST

If you happen to lose your CD or the packaging that comes with the product key printed on, try the following software before formatting your comp. Chances are, you might be able to retrieve the lost license information or product key from the existing registry, therefore allowing you to copy it for safekeeping or for documentation purposes.

Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder

This is by far the most powerful serial number retriever in the market; The Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder is a freeware open source utility that retrieves your Product Key (cd key or serial number) used to install Windows from your registry, even from unbootable Windows installations. It works on Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, Server 2003, Server 2008, Office XP, Office 2003, Office 2007, Adobe Photoshop CS4, and many more. Download Magical jelly Bean Keyfinder.

Retrieve and Recover Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, Office 2007 Product Key

ProduKey

No, that was not a typo error, ProduKey is a small and light utility that recovers the ProductID and the CD-Key of MS-Office, Windows, Exchange Server, and SQL Server installed on your computer. Fairly straight forward program, and its free. Download ProduKey.

Retrieve and Recover Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, Office 2007 Product Key

CD Key Reader

Another free product key retriever, performs the same task of finding the serial number for Windows Xp, Vista, Office 2007 in your comp. Download CD Key Reader.

Retrieve and Recover Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, Office 2007 Product Key

I own an Acer Laptop and it comes bundled with Windows XP OEM version, meaning to say, I paid for the license key. When the laptop reaches the end of its product cycle or I decided to upgrade to a newer laptop with no operating system, to my horror I discovered that Windows XP refuses to accept my product key which I paid for together with my previous laptop, from my understanding, the specific key is tied down with the hardware (acer), likewise, a Windows OEM key meant for Dell will only works with dell machines, probably I am wrong. That is so unfair, I paid for the license, and shouldn't I have the liberty to transfer it to another comp if I choose so?

There got to be a way to work this around.

Gecko & Fly

Free Norton Security Scan and PC Tools Spyware Doctor

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 02:39 PM CST

Free Norton Security Scan and PC Tools Spyware Doctor

Looking for free PC Tools Spyware remover and Norton AntiVirus but doesn’t want to pay a single dime? Google Pack has it, though the free version of PC Tools’ Spyware Doctor and Norton’s Security Scan comes with limited features, it performs the basic task of protecting your computer.

What’s the limitation of Norton Security Scan? Norton Security Scan detects but does not remove spyware or adware, this can be easily compensate with the free Spyware Doctor.

Norton Security Scan vs Norton Internet Security 2009
PC Tools Spyware Doctor Starter Edition vs Full Version

I believe Norton Security Scan uses the brand new Symantec AntiVirus Engline known as Sonar, it’s fast, light and powerful.

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How to Create Screenshots Tutorial and Free Screen Capture Tools

Posted: 11 Nov 2008 01:45 PM CST

There are hundreds of screen capture tools and only a handful of them are freeware, most of the paid version offers way too many features for our basic needs, snagit is one of them. Do you happen to know that Windows has a build in screen capture feature? Yes, that little ‘Print Screen’ button on the upper right hand corner of your keyboard.

How do you go about using it? Simple, hit the ‘Print Screen’ button once. Then launch Microsoft Paint (Start -> All Programs -> All Accessories -> Paint)

Go to ‘Edit’ then ‘Paste’, or alternatively hit ‘Ctrl + V’. There you go, you’ve successfully captured a screenshot.

Same procedure for Microsoft Office, just hit the paste button or CTRL + V.

p.s. To capture a screenshot of the active window, press “Alt + Print Screen”. Meaning to say, you should hold down the ‘Alt’ key and then press the ‘Print Screen key’ or ‘PrtSc’ for Laptops.

Free Screen Capture Tools

These tools are somewhat more feature rich as oppose to the free Windows Print Screen, some comes with simple image editing tools.

Bugshooting
MWSnap
ScreenHunter
Jing
ControlC
Clip2net

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USB Bootable DOS AntiVirus for Unbootable Windows XP and Vista

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 05:25 AM CST

You can’t boot into Windows because of a Virus, Trojan, Spyware or Malware? The catch is, how do you remove the virus without formatting your computer because of all the important files in your C drive? Yesterday I received a comment from a reader in one of my previous post and it says:

Hello! I guess I have downloaded the virus version because since I have download it I cannot turn my computer on anymore, it keeps telling me that there is a problem with a new software and that I should put my windows disc in and repair my computer. Does someone know what to do?
Thanks!

How does one go about fixing, repairing and rescue unbootable windows without formatting? In situation like this, one can enter ’safe mode’ during the loading of windows and remove the virus or trojan, however, there is a small percentage where the virus has infected all the important windows files required for a successful loading of ’safe mode’, thus causing windows to restarting every time you load ’safe mode’, to resolve this unbootable problem, you’ll need a bootable DOS Anti Virus.

Hiren’s All in one Dos Bootable CD which has all the required utilities and one of them is McAfee Antivirus 4.4.50 (2909) a virus scanner with ntfs support and easy to use menu.

What is Hiren’s BootCD?

Hiren’s Boot CD is a boot CD containing many diagnostic softwares such as partitioning agents, system performance benchmarks, disk cloning and imaging tools, data recovery tools, MBR tools, BIOS tools, and many others for fixing various computer issues. It is a Bootable CD; therefore, it can be useful even if the primary OS such as Windows cannot be booted. Hiren’s Boot CD has an extensive list of software. Softwares with similar functionality on the CD are grouped together and seem redundant; however, they present choices through user interface differences.

Tutorial - How to set up Hiren’s BootCD in a USB Flash Drive. Download Hiren’s BootCD 9.6 from these websites:

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Free Keylogger to Monitor Keystrokes, Recover Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, Gmail Password

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 09:45 AM CST

Note: This is not a hotmail, yahoomail, gmail password hacking tutorial! Learn how to protect your children from pedophile with this simple keystroke monitoring software.

What are your children searching on the net? Who are they chatting with and what are the contents of the conversation? Are they subscribing to porns? What is their email account password? or, do they have a new email account without your knowledge? How to retrieve their email account password?

Being a parents is tough, if you see no danger in your children using the net on their own, just remember some recent headlines: The Kazaa case where parents had to pay for their children infringing copyright, the convictions of soliciting sex from minors, and so on.

Please take note that hacking or using keylogger for illegal retrieval of password is against the law, it is therefore important to seek advice before doing so.

What is a Keylogger? According to Wikipedia:

Keystroke logging (often called keylogging) is a method of capturing and recording user keystrokes. The technique and name came from before the era of the graphical user interface; loggers nowadays would expect to capture mouse operations too. Keylogging can be useful to determine sources of errors in computer systems, to study how users interact and access with systems, and is sometimes used to measure employee productivity on certain clerical tasks. Such systems are also highly useful for both law enforcement and law-breaking—for instance, providing a means to obtain passwords or encryption keys and thus bypassing other security measures. Keyloggers are widely available on the Internet.

There are many free keylogger software out in the market, but none come close to Lightlogger, as the name implies, it is light, simple and easy to use, and the best part is, it’s free. Some of the unique features are:

LightLogger monitoring software features:

Logs all keystrokes, is case sensitive (keystroke logger).
All the information is stored in the log file including system passwords, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, IAM, Skype messages and e-mail clients.
Generates the report in the html format.
The password fields are shown with the picture monitoring software password field
Support special characters like [BACK], [CTRL], [DEL] and others.
Small size 170Kb.

Download the award winning free keylogger - Lightlogger now from the official website, it free! Below is a screen shot of the retrieved email password.

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Download MP3 from Social Music Sites

Download Videos from Video Sharing Sites

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Step 01 - Visit these Promotional Links

Step 02 - Register

Step 03 - Check Email, Download License

Step 04 - Install Avira, Locate Downloaded License file

Sabtu, 15 November 2008

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Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder

ProduKey

CD Key Reader

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