While the browser war gets hotter after every new release claiming to be the worlds fastest web-browser, a new free online service from Futuremark suitably named PeaceKeeper lets users benchmark web-browsers allowing them to compare scores on their systems.

Although the expected release date for Windows 7 RC1 is set to May 5 for public downloading, the wait seems to be over as Microsoft Windows 7 first Release Candidate having build tag 7100 got leaked from Microsoft partners which have already received the RC1 bits, the leaked DVD image file (.ISO) weighs 2.35 GB having build string 6.1.7100.0.winmain_win7rc .090421-1700.

Until now iPhone lacked an proper office application suite, but now leading mobile office suite QuickOffice is available on iPhone platform, the high-performance iPhone Office productivity tool allows users to open and work with Microsoft WORD and EXCEL files on their device.

Few days ago a new exploit allowed developers to downgrade iPhone 3G baseband from 02.30.03 to 02.28.00 running Bootloader v 5.8, the hack allowed users with iPhone Firmware 2.2.1 to get their phones unlocked via Yellowsn0w after successfully downgrading the baseband, earlier the downgrading process required users to upload files via SSH and executing it via shell, the developers have now created an easy-to-use automated GUI for downgrading the iPhone 3G Baseband automatically with minimal user interaction.

Many times we require only selected files from an archive but had to download the full archive because there is no other option, free windows application LoadScout is an easy solution to this problem but if you are uncomfortable installing a standalone application for this rarely used functionality, Firefox addon ArchView will get the job done right from your browser.

Kaspersky develops some of the best security software products and popular Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 and Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 are two software's to prove this, the leading security software vendor Kaspersky is now all set to take-on new security challenges with its upcoming security software suites - Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 and Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010.

Apart from the new GUI, the latest beta version features faster scanning and a new SandBox functionality which allows safe and anonymous execution of any application inside the virtual environment.

There are numerous tricks, tools and online sites to download YouTube videos but this one is simplest of them all, just install the free Firefox addon 'Easy YouTube Video Downloader 1.1' and you can download videos in 3GP, MP4 and High-Definition quality (when available) right from the Youtube video page are browsing.

The latest update bring optimized code with new 3GP download option and graphical buttons for single-click direct downloads in format of your choice.

I have shared tips on how to import InPrivate Filter list in IE8 to block advertisement servers, while the previous method was pretty easy to implement it still needed manual importing to get the job done, another problem with the InPrivate Filter feature is that it is set to OFF by default and require you to switch-it ON after each start, but not anymore simply import the registry file provided at the end of the post and all filters will get imported and IE8 will start with InPrivate Filter mode set to ON by default.

UPDATE : Now, you can use the fully automated iPhone 3G baseband Downgrader.

If you are stuck with an Apple iPhone 3G with firmware 2.2.1 having baseband 02.30.03 here is some good news for you, a new exploit named pHaseBanDowngrader is now available to downgrade iPhone baseband from 02.30.03 to 02.28.00 which means it can be unlocked via YellowSn0w, users can now upgrade to iPhone Firmware v 2.2.1 and downgrade their baseband using this exploit to unlock their iPhone 3G's.

For this hack to work your iPhone must have Bootloader 5.8 which would be the case if you bought your iPhone before September 2008, newer iPhone's having firmware version 2.2.1 Out-Of-The-Box have newer Bootloader 5.9 which is not hackable as of now, to downgrade your iPhone baseband follow the steps described next.

Lately Google is experimenting new ad-formats and ad-styles to attract more clickers to its Google Adsense advertisements, while testing my website in Apple Safari 4 Beta it displayed a new experimental ad-format named "Interesting Items by Google", the advertisement module displayed an RSS logo with links to an completely untargeted recipe website as shown below.

The new ad-format seems to pull related RSS feeds and display them in the module, but in my case it was way off-target displaying recipe ads, this is still experimental and the targeting should get fixed once this is rolled out to all users and publishers.