A very small and useful utility tool, CPU-Z 1.47 allows users to gather quick information about their hardware component and system, such as the motherboard, processor and memory data. In this latest version release, CPU-Z developer has added new supports for the processors.

• * Intel Core i7 processor.
• * Intel Core 2 Duo S Mobile processors.
• * NVIDIA MCP79/7A chipset.
• * AMD 790GX / SB750 chipset.

One of the beauties of this utility is that the application itself does not require any installation. Simply download and run the executable file; hence, no messing with the Windows registry. To remove the program, simply delete the files, it is as clean as it can get.

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CPU-Z 1.47

The recent release of Google Chrome to the World Wide Web (WWW) has created a big hoo-haa as a lot of users have rushed to download and try out the new application (for free). According to Google,

“…Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier…”

However, what users do not realise is that each Google Chrome installation contains a unique ID, thereby each computer has a unique “thumbprint” to identify the user. Even if two systems are installing from the same setup file, the identity is different, due to its underlying hidden algorithm that is obscured from users’ knowledge. Don’t forget, Google is exceptionally clever in data collection.

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Since the last introduction of Firefox 2 Vista Black theme last year, the Firefox 3 Vista Black theme for Firefox is now made available - with an all Black (Vista Style) Navigation and Bookmarks toolbar.

How to Install?
Install Stylish for Firefox, Thunderbird, Flock, Mozilla Suite, SeaMonkey, or Songbird. If you have Stylish already, make sure you’re using the latest version and have JavaScript enabled.

Download Area
Vista Black Theme site

HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multi-platform, multi-threaded DVD to MPEG-4 converter or ripper. Made especially for Mac OS X fans, the software is also available in Windows and Linux environment; although it was originally available only on BeOS.

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HJSplit is a popular set of freeware file-splitting programs created by Freebyte.com in collaboration with various programmers.

This application supports many platforms and every versions that were released are compatible with each other and allow users to exchange files between these different platforms.

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uTorrent users are advised to take note; if you are currently running on version 1.7.x, your application might be experience some crashing moments. The latest release of uTorrent fixed a remote crash bug and 3 other minor issues.

Change Log

• - Change: do not use adapter subnet to identify local peers
• - Fix: double-clicking to open items in RSS releases tab
• - Fix: remote crash bug (affects all 1.7.x, and 1.8 builds released to date)
• - Fix: limit local peers if disk is congested

Note that, the crash bug affects versions 1.7.x and 1.8 releases to date. Hence, upgrade is strongly recommended as no further update is available for those releases dated prior to version 1.7.6.

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uTorrent 1.7.6

CPU-Z is a small, yet extremely useful utility. The recent release encompasses several supports for new processors, for example

• * Intel Skulltrail platform support (Core 2 Extreme QX9775 + 5400B MCH).
• * Intel X48 chipset detection.
• * AMD Athlon 64-LE 1600 and 1620 support.
• * Fix detection issues on unlocked Phenom (ES/BE).

Hosted by CPUID, this small utility provides a rather informative data about your motherboard, memory and graphics card. One instance is that you can find out the speed of your RAM, e.g. PC-2700 or PC-2100, or the chipset of your microprocessor.

The good thing is that CPU-Z does not need to be installed. Simply unzip the files in a directory and run the .exe program (see screenshot). To remove the program, users only need to remove the entire directory.

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CPUID CPU-Z 1.43

Apart from Adobe Photoshop, IrfanView 4.10 is another alternative which users can opt for image conversion. Some of the basic features are as follow:

1. - View images
2. - Image format conversion
3. - Image optimisation
4. - Scan and print images
5. - Slideshow creation
6. - Batch processing
7. - Play movies and sounds
8. - and others…

The features that I like best about IrfanView is that it is lightweight, yet capable of performing batch processing as well as slideshow creation. Undoubtedly, this is one good software to go, if you are short of cash to purchase expensive photo editing softwares.

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IrfanView 4.10

Picasa 2 was initially developed by Google three years ago and released as a free software. In spite of this, Picasa is still one of the most popular and useful photo album around to manage photos and pictures located in the PC’s hard disk drive.

Picasa is not just a image library, it also include editing tools for enhancing photo images. For example, Fill Light is a tuning tool that brightens or darkens picture that contains dark backgrounds (e.g. someone with his back to the sun).

Picasa is definitely recommended software of the week. You should have it as long as you have digital photos and purchasing professional softwares, such as Adobe Photoshop, become expensive.

Picasa can be downloaded here.

A complete new security solution aimed at securing database has been released by Symantec. Known as Symantec Database Security (SDS) 3.0, the software comes with new capabilities to curb the loss of sensitive information or intellectual property stored in databases.

Some of the new features include intruder identification, real-time transaction policy alerts and integration with Symantec Security Information Manager (SSIM). SDS prevents fraud and leakage of sensitive data due to faulty practices and oversights, while addressing growing auditing, compliance, and regulatory requirements for secure data access.

This software supports a variety of database software, such as Microsoft SQL, Oracle and IBM DB2.

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