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You need the Ultimate Boot CD if you want to:

Run floppy-based diagnostic tools from CDROM drives. More and more PCs are shipped without floppy drives these days, and it is such a royal pain when you need to run diagnostic tools on them.

Free yourself from the slow loading speed of the floppy drive. Even if you do have a floppy drive, it is still much much faster to run your diagnostic tools from the CDROM drive, rather than wait for the tool to load from the floppy drive.

Consolidate as many diagnostic tools as possible into one bootable CD. Wouldn’t you like to avoid digging into the dusty box to look for the right floppy disk, but simply run them all from a single CD? Then the Ultimate Boot CD is for you!

This will create an ISO image which you can use to create a bootable CD with your favorite CD burning software.

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The MPAA has gone to extreme lengths to obtain information on illegal filesharing in an effort to shut down popular BitTorrent sites. This included paying $15,000 to a hacker to illegally retrieve information about TorrentSpy that ultimately assisted the MPAA in a court case leading to TorrentSpy’s demise.

New information indicates that the MPAA was also paying this same hacker for information about Swedish BitTorrent tracker The Pirate Bay.

The hacker offered to provide information about the identities of The Pirate Bay’s founders as well as to turn over evidence of email communication between The Pirate Bay and TorrentSpy.

The Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde, who notes that information about the founder’s identities is public and easily retrievable online without this type of spying, says that the information contained in those emails is nothing shocking and finds it amusing that the MPAA would pay such a large sum of money to illegally obtain that information.

Nokia and Qualcomm today announced that they’ve reached an agreement to settle all litigation between the companies. The new agreement covers various standards including GSM, EDGE, CDMA, WCDMA, HSDPA, OFDM, WiMax, LTE and other technologies, and will also see Nokia withdrawing its complaint to the European Commission.

Under the terms of the new 15 year agreement, Nokia has been granted a license under all Qualcomm’s patents for use in Nokia’s mobile devices and Nokia Siemens Networks infrastructure equipment. Further, Nokia has agreed not to use any of its patents directly against Qualcomm, enabling Qualcomm to integrate Nokia’s technology into Qualcomm’s chipsets. The financial structure of the settlement includes an up-front payment and on-going royalties payable to Qualcomm. Nokia has agreed to assign ownership of a number of patents to Qualcomm, including patents declared as essential to WCDMA, GSM and OFDMA. The specific terms are confidential.

Both parties seem satisfed. Nokia’s Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo sees the agreement positive for the industry, “enabling the market to benefit from innovation and new technologies.” Qualcomm’s Paul Jacobs is also pleased with the deal, adding that it “paves the way for enhanced opportunities between the companies in a number of areas.”

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Adobe® Media Player software provides control and flexibility to view what you want, when you want — whether online or offline. You can queue up and download your favorite Internet TV content, track and download new episodes automatically, and manage your personal video library for viewing at your convenience. With a broad catalog of videos and shows from the leading media companies and networks, you have endless choices. Pick the episodes you love to watch, and Adobe® Media Player software will track new episodes and download them so you can watch whenever you want.

Adobe® Media Player software offers content creators, advertising content creation partners, content publishers, and delivery partners new opportunities for distributing, tracking, and building businesses around rich media. From simple licensing deals for repurposed broadcast content to podcasts and interactive viewing experiences in which users engage onscreen objects by clicking them to get more information or purchase them, the possibilities are limited only by your imagination.

Top networks and media companies present your favorite shows for viewing online or offline. From edge-of-your-seat dramas, sports, and reality TV shows to classic feature films and miniseries as well as educational videos and more, Adobe participating network partners put a wealth of enjoyment at your fingertips with Adobe Media Player.

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This driver supports all Realtek High-Definition audio chipsets. It is used as onboard sound on many motherboards. Chips covered include ALC260, ALC262, ALC268, ALC662, ALC861, ALC861-VD-GR, ALC880, ALC882, ALC883, ALC885, ALC888, ALC888S, ALC880T.

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FileZilla Client is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive interface. It is a powerful FTP-client for 32-bit MS Windows (NT/2000/XP) for file uploading and downloading to and from your FTP site, server, or host.

The program lets you transfer files and navigate among folders, Web sites, and your computer. This software enables you to perform multiple file transfers simultaneously. FileZilla is open source software distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License. It has been designed for ease of use and with support for as many features as possible, while still being fast and reliable.

Changes in FileZilla 3.1.0 (2008-07-23):

• Right-clicking filter button in toolbar toggles filters
• Fix oddities in visual formatting of IPv6 addresses
• MSW: Enable IPv6 support on SFTP connections
• Connecting using an IPv6 address did not work on SFTP
• Editing remote files did not pick up local changes if timestamp preserving was enabled

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“No matter who you are, or where you live, or how much money you make … you will need, and you are entitled to have these tools (broadband) available to you, I think, as a civil right,” said FCC commissioner Michael Copps during yesterday’s broadband hearing in Pittsburgh. Users around here enjoy fighting over whether broadband is a luxury or necessary utility, but suggesting it’s a civil right is a new wrinkle. Yesterday’s meeting was a mish-mash of various ideas, with nothing even close to consensus. From CNET:

It would take work to be more vague than the event’s official title: “Broadband and the Digital Future.” So speakers veered haphazardly between spam, pornography, media ownership, database privacy, computer prices, Net neutrality, mobile provider pricing, bandwidth caps, Webcasting official meetings, and piracy on peer-to-peer networks. And that was just in the last hour.

The FCC website has the speeches from three of the commissioners (Tate, Copps, Adelstein), and a video of the event should be posted here in time. The FCC has announced they’ll be holding yet another public hearing, this time in Brooklyn on July 30, according to an FCC press release. But why? More rhetoric doesn’t accomplish anything, and the current FCC has shown they aren’t interested in implementing new policy.

The FCC’s first two hearings had an actual purpose: addressing transparency in network management and Comcast’s packet forgery. That ended with Kevin Martin announcing that Comcast would be wrist-slapped. But now it’s getting harder to decipher what the hearings are actually supposed to accomplish. Not that Mark Cuban’s thoughts on 3D basketball aren’t really, really fascinating, but what’s the actual point?

Use Registry Mechanic to safely clean and repair Windows registry problems with a few simple mouse clicks! Problems with the Windows registry are a common cause of Windows crashes and error messages. By regularly cleaning and fixing your registry your system should not only be more stable but it will also help Windows and your software run faster.

Registry Mechanic uses a high-performance detection algorithm to quickly identify missing and invalid references in your Windows registry. These problems can occur for many reasons including being left-behind after the un-installation or incorrect removal of software, by missing or corrupt hardware drivers, or orphaned startup programs.

With a few easy steps Registry Mechanic will scan your entire registry for any invalid entries and provides a list of the errors found, you can then choose to selectively repair each item or automatically repair them all. For your convenience and protection Registry Mechanic can also make a backup of any repairs made so that you can easily recover any changes if required.

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nLite is a tool for pre-installation Windows configuration and component removal at your choice. Optional bootable image ready for burning on media or testing in virtual machines.

With nLite you will be able to have Windows installation which on install does not include, or even contain on media, the unwanted components.

Features:

• Service Pack Integration
• Component Remova
• Unattended Setup
• Driver Integration *
• Hotfixes Integration **
• Tweaks
• Services Configuration
• Patches ***
• Bootable ISO creation

* -   Textmode (CD Boot) and normal PnP
** -  Hotfixes with white icons, *KB*.exe, including update packs and IE 7
***- Supports generic SFC, Uxtheme, TcpIp and Usb Polling patching.

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AnyDVD is a driver, which unprotects DVD-Movies automatically in the background. This DVD appears unprotected and region code free for all applications and the Windows operating system as well.

With AnyDVD’s help copy tools like CloneDVD, Pinnacle Instant Copy, InterVideo DVD-Copy, etc. are able to copy CSS protected Movies. With the help of AnyDVD you can watch movies with non matching region codes with every DVD Player Software you like!

AnyDVD decrypts not just DVDs: AnyDVD allows you also to play, copy and rip protected Audio CDs! But AnyDVD does much more, of course. For example, it is possible to control the rotational speed of your DVD drive, so you can watch DVDs on your PC with far less noise!

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