Archive for February, 2008
Download NVIDIA ForceWare 174.16 Beta Drivers, For Windows Vista & XP
NVIDIA has new ForceWare 175.16 beta drivers up for download! The only significant change is that it now supports the new GeForce 9600GT chipset. Below you will find modified .inf for the Geforce 6, 7 & 8 series. Although this is a beta release, ForceWare ensures the best out-of-box experience for every user and delivers continuous performance and feature updates over the life of NVIDIA GeForce GPUs.
[u]Release highlights:[/u]
* Added support for the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT.
* Added support for NVIDIA Quad SLI technology
* Added the following pages to the NVIDIA Control Panel
* Manage Custom Resolutions
* Adjust Television Color Settings
* Adjust Screen Size and Position
* Move CRT Position
Download NVIDIA ForceWare 174.16 Beta, For Windows Vista & XP From below!
Download English: Windows Vista 32-bit or 64-bit | Windows XP 32-bit or 64-bit
Download International: Windows Vista 32-bit | 64-bit | Windows XP 32-bit | 64-bit
Modified inf to add support to all GeForce 6/7/8/9 (English driver only).
Download for Windows Vista 32-bit | 64-bit
Download for Windows XP 32-bit | 64-bit
Windows Vista Release notes or Windows XP Release notes
Source: Nvidia
YouTube Banned in Pakistan
TrafficJam.com is now in Beta
We’re excited to announce that we finally released TrafficJam.com in public beta — it’s using LIVE DATA from the BlogRush Network. In fact, some of your blog posts may be ranked on TrafficJam.com right now!
* We’d appreciate your helping in getting the word out about TrafficJam.com’s release. The more exposure the site gets the more it benefits YOU and other users of BlogRush — because it will drive traffic to members’ blogs along with the widget itself.
So please take a moment to mention it on your blog. Your blog readers will appreciate knowing about this great resource!
You can even link to a specific topic category. For example, if you write a blog about “Parenting” just post a link that goes directly to the latest post rankings for the Parenting category. You’ll find links to specific category rankings in the upper right ‘box’ on TrafficJam.com.
The site will update every 24 hours initially and then move towards hourly updates; we want to find the right balance of frequency so visitors don’t miss too many new posts if they keep coming back to the site.
This is just one addition of many we have planned to help drive more traffic to your blog!
Here’s Why You Should Definitely Visit TrafficJam.com, Bookmark It, And Visit Often…
For marketers, this is the ultimate research tool. You can monitor blogs by niche and keep up with what type of posts are getting the most interest across the Web. This will make it incredibly easy for you to know what type of blog posts you should be making to get more traffic, interest, and popularity for your own blog.
Now you’ll never run out of ideas for new blog posts!
This research data can help you identify untapped keywords and other opportunities.
This site is essentially a LIVE HEADLINE TESTING MACHINE!!! (by topic)
You can use ideas from the data to increase click-rates on AdWords ads and more.
You can use TrafficJam.com to find great blog posts for your niche. You can share links to these posts with your readers and they’ll appreciate it. (The nature of the blogosphere.)
You can also discover some new blogs in your niche that you never knew existed. These can turn into potential joint venture partners, or simply just another site to occasionally share some traffic and links. You’ll want to consider participating (properly, of course) on their blog comments to drive traffic to your blog.
But either way, TrafficJam.com can save you TONS of your time and constantly ’show you’ what your target market is most interested in at any given time.
TrafficJam.com is powered by the BlogRush Network. It uses some unique technology to analyze millions of blog post title impressions, average click-rates, session times, and more to come up with it’s live ‘ranking’ system.
We’re still tweaking our algorithm but it has already proven to be a fantastic “filter” to determine the most popular and interesting blog posts (by topic) from across the entire network. (Which continues to add new blogs everyday.)
This was a major piece to the BlogRush puzzle that took a lot longer to develop than originally planned. But this is yet another ‘addition’ to help BlogRush members get more free traffic to their blogs.
Some people were disappointed by the traffic results they received when testing BlogRush, and it’s completely understandable…
And as promised, we’re working hard to improve things.
TrafficJam.com is just one of many services we have planned to help our users drive more free traffic to their blogs. And we’re not done yet.
So go check out TrafficJam.com. Bookmark it and prepare to visit often to keep up with your niche. Initially we’re only going to be updating the rankings about once per day — but that will soon move towards an hourly update.
We don’t want the site to update too frequently or users will miss out on certain posts. So we’re trying to find the right balance of how often to update the rankings.
Want your posts to appear on TrafficJam.com? If you have the BlogRush widget installed on your blog it will happen automatically when any of your posts ’score’ well with TJ’s algorithm.
A big ‘key’ for scoring well, which is the same key to get traffic from BlogRush, is to learn to write powerful, yet specific blog post TITLES. Poke around TJ and notice the titles. Almost all of them are very SPECIFIC.
For example, rather than having a post say, “Today Was A Really Bad Day” it’s more effective if it says, “Why I Almost Smacked My Boss Today” or “Ever Split Your Pants At Work?” etc. etc.
Compelling, interesting, specific titles are what get people to CLICK. Not only on the BlogRush Network but across the Web in general. Write more effective blog post titles and you’ll also get more traffic from Google and the other search engines — because people will be more likely to click on your titles when they show up in the results.
Go Check It Out!
http://www.trafficjam.com
John Reese
BlogRush Founder
Windows XP Service Pack 3 Build 3300 RC2
Overview
Microsoft is allowing Windows XP Service Pack 2 machines to be offered Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 2 via Windows Update. Windows XP Service Pack 3 will be offered on Windows Update when Service Pack 3 releases in the first half of 2008.
Instructions
Download the script and run it on a machine currently running Windows XP Service Pack 2. The script sets a registry key on your system. The registry key is required for Windows Update to recognize your machine as a valid target for Windows XP Service Pack 3 RC2.
Versions of Windows XP Service Pack 3 prior to Release Candidate 2 should be removed before attempting to use the registry key. Windows Update will not offer Release Candidate 2 to machines with previous versions of the Windows XP Service Pack 3 beta.
It is recommended that you apply the resulting update package to an activated, genuine copy of Windows XP, in a test environment. As with any pre-release software, it is also recommended that you back up files and settings on your machine before applying this update package.
Upgrade to Windows Live Messenger 8.5 on its way.
“Hi all,
Back in November we shipped the final version of Windows Live Messenger 8.5 along with several other Windows Live applications and services. A lot of you have already upgraded, and for that we thank you and hope you’re enjoying it as much as we enjoyed building it. Starting soon, we’re going to make it easier for those of you who haven’t upgraded yet to get onto our latest and greatest.
This will happen in two phases. First, everyone running Windows XP or Windows Vista will get a prompt encouraging you to upgrade. When you accept the upgrade, the new unified installer will launch and start upgrading Messenger. While it’s installing, you’ll have the option to download and install other Windows Live applications. You don’t have to take any of them, but we think you’ll like them and hope you’ll give them a try.
It will take a couple of weeks for us to get this upgrade out to all users, so if you don’t get it right away don’t worry, it’s coming. If you don’t want to wait, you can go to http://get.live.com/messenger/overview to download and install Messenger 8.5 right now.
After everyone’s gotten the optional upgrade, those of you still running a beta version of Messenger 8.5 will receive a required upgrade to the final version. When this phase kicks in you’ll be blocked from logging in until you complete the upgrade. The final version is even better and more stable than the beta versions, we want you to have the best experience possible!
A special note for those of you running Messenger 8.5 Beta on Windows XP 64-bit or Windows 2003 Server: the final version of Messenger 8.5 will not install or run on your OS. We don’t want you to get stuck out in the cold so you will not receive the mandatory upgrade to the final version. However, these operating systems won’t be supported by future Messenger versions. You may stay on your current beta version, or to get to a more stable final version we recommend that you uninstall Messenger 8.5 and go back to Messenger 8.1. ”
Source: MSN Messenger Blog
Download VLC Media Player Portable
VLC Media Player Portable is the popular VLC media player packaged as a portable application, so you can take your audio and video files along with everything you need to play them on the go. You can place it on your USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive or a CD and use it on any computer, without leaving any personal information behind.
System Requirements:
Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista (Note: Win 95/98/Me are not officially supported)
Portable MSN Messenger Download
Download Portable MSN Messenger 7.5
FireFox Addons - The Complete List
Amongst most of the browsers that I use, Firefox is one of the best in my opinion. And I use FireFox Addons for interactivity and ease. Posting beneath, FireFox Addons that I really Like with some that are popular.
FireFox Addons:
Secure Login
It uses the built-in password manager, but deactivates the prefilling of login forms.Instead, you are now able to login with one click or a keyboard shortcut (ALT+N - changeable via settings). Just add the Secure Login toolbar button to your toolbar, or use the provided statusbar icon.
Tiny Menu
It replaces the standard menu bar with a tiny menu popup.
NoScript
It allows JavaScript, Java and other executable content to run only from trusted domains of your choice, e.g. your home-banking web site, and guards the “trust boundaries” against cross-site scripting attacks (XSS).
Download Status Bar
View and manage downloads from a tidy statusbar - without the download window getting in the way of your web browsing.
ClipMarks
Clipmarks lets you clip and share pieces of web pages. Instead of having to bookmark entire pages, our Firefox add-on lets you “clip” the best parts (text, images and video).
Fission
Fission combines address bar and progress bar (Safari style). This extension makes the progress bar more visible and allows for a nice visual effect.
Quick Note
A note taking extension with advanced features.
Google Icon
Adds favicon to google search results. Google Icon enhances search results by adding the favicon next to each search result (if available). Icons make it easier to recognize your favorite websites and breathe more life into that dull search page.
Linkification
Converts text links into genuine, clickable links.
Tab Scope
Shows a popup on tabs and enables you to preview and navigate tab contents through popup.
Yoono
While you are surfing, Yoono instantly suggests what others have discovered: websites, people and articles. Create a rich scrapbook of your favorite stuff with the new “Buzz It!” feature, one-click grab and share videos, photos and texts from any web page.
Snap Links
Snap Links allows users to easily open multiple links in new tabs by drawing a box around them. Links can also be opened in new windows, new tabs on a new window, copied to clipboard, bookmarked or downloaded.
Tab Mix Plus
Tab Mix Plus enhances Firefox’s tab browsing capabilities. It includes such features as duplicating tabs, controlling tab focus, tab clicking options, undo closed tabs and windows, plus much more. It also includes a full-featured session manager.
DownThemAll!
DownThemAll is all you can desire from a download manager: it features an advanced accelerator that increases speed up to 400% and it allows you to pause and resume downloads at any time!
Download K-Lite Mega Codecs Pack 3.5.7
K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of VFW/ACM codecs, DirectShow filters and tools. Codecs and DirectShow filters are needed for encoding and decoding (playing) audio and video formats. The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files. With the K-Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play all the popular audio and video formats and even several less common formats.
The K-Lite Codec Pack has a couple of major advantages compared to other codec packs:
* It it always very up-to-date with the newest and/or best components.
* All components have been carefully selected. It is not just a random bunch of stuff thrown together.
* It is very user-friendly and easy to use.
* The installation is fully customizable, meaning that you are able to only install those components that you really want.
* For some formats a choice can be made during installation between different filters. This allows you to tweak the pack to
your own specific needs and preferences.
* Uninstallation removes everything that was installed by the pack. Including all registry keys.
* It is extremely easy to make a fully customized unattended installation with the integrated wizard.
* It has been very well tested. The pack doesn’t contain any conflicting or buggy codecs.
* It tries to avoid potential conflicts with other codecs already installed on your computer.
* The pack is able to detect broken codecs and filters on your system, and helps you to remove them.
* It is a very complete package, containing everything you need to play your movies.
* This pack has a huge user base. This means that problems are found and resolved quickly.
* Suitable for both novice and expert users.
