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DropBox Goes Public, No Invite Code Required

DropBox

Almost six month's ago DropBox was reviewed on this blog and exclusive invite codes were provided to selected few, now the service is available to public without need of any special invite codes, so if you were not lucky last time you can enjoy the fantastic free data synchronization and sharing service now.

DropBox client is now available for Windows, Linux and Mac platforms making it the perfect free cross-platform data synchronization utility, An iPhone-optimized interface also lets you get to your Dropbox from anywhere, including special support for photo galleries.

iPhone OS 2.1 Software Update Now Available For Download

iPhone Software 2.1Apple iPhone Software Update 2.1 is now available for downloading, the much awaited iPhone update includes many bug fixes and improvements, most notable being fix for in call set-up failures, dropped calls, better battery life, improved accuracy of 3G signal strength display and dramatically reduced backup time.

According to Apple website the 2.1 update includes:

* Decrease in call set-up failures and dropped calls
* Significantly better battery life for most users
* Dramatically reduced time to backup to iTunes
* Improved email reliability, notably fetching email from POP and Exchange accounts
* Faster installation of 3rd party applications
* Fixed bugs causing hangs and crashes for users with lots of third party applications
* Improved performance in text messaging
* Faster loading and searching of contacts
* Improved accuracy of the 3G signal strength display
* Repeat alert up to two additional times for incoming text messages
* Option to wipe data after ten failed passcode attempts
* Genius playlist creation

Repair My Word - Free Utility To Repair Corrupt Microsoft Word Files

Repair Word FilesMedia corruption, virus attacks, unexpected system crash or shutdown are few of the most common reasons you can end-up having corrupt Microsoft Word Documents, In this case Microsoft Word would display garbage content or won't let you open the file displaying one of the following errors:

  • "This file is not in a recognizable format."
  • 'XYZ.doc' cannot be accessed. The file may be read-only, or you may be trying to access a read-only location. Or, the server the document is stored on may not be responding.
  • "The document name or path is not valid. Try these suggestions. Check the file permissions for the document or drive. Use the File Open dialog box to locate the document."
  • "Word cannot open the document."
  • "Word cannot open the document: user does not have access privileges."

In such situation's free utility "Repair My Word" can come handy to recover corrupted data from Microsoft Word files (.doc) with ease, the software is designed to recover text from damaged or corrupt Word files (.doc files), The recovered text can then be saved as an new error free Microsoft Word document.

Recover Word Files

iTunes 8 Detects Pwnage Exploit

Apple seems to have equipped iTunes 8 to detect and prevent the Pwnage exploit, iTunes 8 will now flash the error below if you try to load an Pwned IPSW file with an unPwned device preventing the exploit to suceed.

Download Smarter Apple iTunes 8.0

iTunes 8 LogoApple today announced release of the all new iPod Nano Chromatic and iTunes 8.0, Apple claims the new iTunes version to be equipped with Genius features with better ways to manage your digital entertainment.

iTunes 8 New Grid View

The new genius features in iTunes 8 let users discover new songs and create instant playlist of songs matching your current track, Simply, Play a song, Click the Genius button and iTunes will create a playlist of songs from your library that go great together, at the same time the new Genius Sidebar will display songs from the iTunes Store that go great with currently playing track.

IcoFX - Free Advanced All-In-One Icon Editing Solution

IcoFXIf you are looking for an all-in-one free software to create, extract and edit icons look no further, IcoFX will do the job perfectly, the simple to use powerful icon editor lets you perform advanced icon tasks with ease, the software supports icon creation for Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP / Vista and Macintosh with full transparency and alpha channel support.

iCoFX Icon Editor Main Screen

Chromifox - Google Chrome Theme For Firefox

ChromifoxAlthough not officially, but Google Chrome does support Themes now, but if you want to stick with good old Firefox for now and don't want to miss the sleek Google Chrome theme, Give Chromifox a try.

Get a coat of Chrome on Firefox, a bright and soft blue theme for Firefox 3 on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X, inspired by the theme from the Google Chrome web browser.

A coat of Chrome for Firefox

Creating, Installing & Managing Google Chrome Themes

As of now, Google Chrome BETA does not support themes officially and provides no way to manage them, However, free software are now available to easily create, install and manage themes for the browser.

Google Chrome Firefox Theme

Google Chrome Firefox Theme

XChrome Theme Manger LogoXchrome Theme Manager is the first and only software currently available to install and manage Google Chrome Themes, The free software is still in BETA but lets you fully automate the installation of Google Chrome themes without any hassles.

Adobe Creative Suite 4 To Be Announced On September 23

Adobe CS4 LogoExactly six months ago, we blogged about Adobe Photoshop CS4 Download leak on torrent portals, now the wait seems to be over as Adobe will be officially announcing "Adobe Creative Suite 4" on 23 September 2008, CS4 will be available in both 32 and 64-bit versions on Windows allowing access to more memory, but OS X users will have need to wait for 64 bit version.

Adobe CS4 Install

Adobe will be webcasting the event at adobe.istreamplanet.com, you can register now to receive a reminder message on the announcement day.

Fixing Adobe Photoshop CS3 FLEXNet Licensing Issue !

Photoshop LogoIf you use Adobe Creative Suite 3 and if it stops working asking you to uninstall and then reinstall the application citing some license issue as shown below:

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Licensing for this product has stopped working.
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You cannot use this product at this time. You must repair the problem by uninstalling and then reinstalling this product or contacting your IT administrator or Adobe customer support for help.
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OK
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Don't panic as you won't necessarily need to re-install the application suite as suggested by the error, it could be a simple FLEXNet Licensing Service issue, which can easily be resolved as described next.

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