Articles Archive for January 2009
Linux »
The KDE Community today announced the immediate availability of “The Answer”, (a.k.a KDE 4.2.0), readying the Free Desktop for end users. KDE 4.2 builds on the technology introduced with KDE 4.0 in January 2008. After the release of KDE 4.1, which was aimed at casual users, the KDE Community is now confident we have a compelling offering for the majority of end users.
Highlights of KDE 4.2.0:
· New and improved applets
· New system and application notifications
· Efficient and smooth window management
· New breathtaking desktop effects
· Easier configuration
· Tasks can be grouped
· File manager-like desktop …
Linux »
This release of Parted Magic includes many new features and updated programs. The first thing you might notice is the dramatic increase in size. We are now using a squashfs image instead of a 7zip archive. This once again allows for a “live” option for older computers. Parted Magic doesn’t use any additional RAM with the default boot option, the compression was just decreased. With the Linux 2.6.28 kernel comes the first stable ext4 file system release. We are using a highly tested SVN version of GParted to give you …
iPhone »
Apple has released an update for the iPhone software today.This update contains bug fixes and improvements, including the following: The update is available to all iPhone and iPhone 3G users by plugging the iPhone into your computer and clicking on the Check for Update button in iTunes.
Edit : iPhone Dev Team released Pwnage & Quickpwn tool for 2.2.1 Download here
Enhancements to Maps
Google Street View*
Public transit and walking directions
Display address of dropped pins
Share location via email
Decrease in call setup failures and dropped calls
Enhancements to Mail
Resolved isolated issues with scheduled fetching of email
Improved formatting …
Software, Videos »
iPerform3D is the only Guitar learning program in the whole world of internet.You can signup for sign up for a FREE 5-Day Trial & if you like it than you can buy a 1 month, 3 month or annual subscription.Check the following video for more information.
“Learn how to play guitar in your browser (in 3D): Apple’s Macworld announcement about professional and celebrity music instruction as part of GarageBand ’09 may have been impressive, but what might be a little more eye catching (and ultimately useful) is iPerform3D. This browser-based music learning …
OSX »
iLife 09 Found on The Pirate Bay but now Piratebay is not accessible so you can download from bittorrent.am and fenopy.com. I m still Still Downloading so cant 100 % say that it’s fake BUT i’m 99% sure its not fake .i will scan for any virus once i have it on my system.Once my download finshed i’ll start to uploading to Rapidshare so hold your breath & wait for a while. If you are trying bittorrent than please seed as longer as possible.
Size: 4.36 GB Peers: 2 seeders, 2931 leechers, 2933 total, scraped 8 hours …
OSX86 »
Yesterday night i got the full download of iPC 10.5.6 final universal iso with ppf 5.The base version of iPC is 10.5.4 with software updated to 10.5.6 This is yet another milestone by PCWIZ towards OSX86.The installation speed on my system was near about one hour via Kalyway & iDeneb while iPC takes only 10 minute’s yes only 10 minutes.here is my specification.
Hardware:
Gigabyte GA-EP43-S3L + Intel E8400 – 3.0 GHZ – 6MB – 1333FSB + 2 GB DDR2 800 FSB Ram + NVIDIA 8800.
Installation:
iPC 10.5.6 Universal Final ISO.
Intel ICH10-SATA Support
AppleSMBIOS-27 …
OSX »
Yesterday we talked about shipping date & minimum system requirement for iLife’09 check here. Today i was on demonoid & shocked to see that the ilife’09 popped up on green demon.On that time it has more than 2000 seeders.The pirates are really aggressive .Rapidshare is still messing up with reliable uploader’s it may take 1 or two day for direct downloader’s to taste the iLife’09 via Rapidshare .Here is the screenshot from Demonoid proving that iLife’09 is popped up on Bittorrent.
OSX »
Finally the most awaited iLife’09 is just around the corner.It is confirmed that shipping of iLife will be available from 27 Janurary.The price is fixed @ 80 USD.
Apple today announced that iLife ’09 will be available tomorrow, January 27, and features major upgrades to iPhoto, iMovie and GarageBand, with breakthrough new ways to organize and manage photos, create movies and learn to play music. iLife ’09 is included with every new Mac and is available as a $79 upgrade for existing users through the Apple Store (www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores …
OSX, Software »
VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Presently, VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and OpenSolaris hosts and supports a large number of guest operating systems including but not limited to Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4 …
Hardware »
AMD Phenom II setting a new world record for 3DMark scores by overclocking to a whopping speed of 6.5GHz. A whopping score of 45,474 3DMarks.The world record was set on Janurary 10 2009 in Las Vegas.The processor is the first quad core processor in history to break the 6.5GHz in a public showing. Due to intense heat that is generated by such speed, the processor was cooled by a combination of liquid helium and liquid nitrogen to a temperature of -232 degrees Celsius.
Check the Super Ultra Cool Video below.

