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Upcoming Firefox 3.1 Could Be Named Firefox 3.5

Firefox 3.5In some interesting development at Firefox 3.1 status meeting held on 5 March 2009, Mozilla is considering changing upcoming Firefox browser version from 3.1 to 3.5 indicating increased scope, upcoming BETA of the popular web-browser will be called Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 but version jump to 3.5 is under consideration and a final decision is expected soon.

Download Microsoft DirectX 11 For Windows XP And Vista !

DirectX 11 LogoIf you follow technology news you should have got surprised reading the article title because there is no official DirectX 11 for Windows XP or Vista as of now, Microsoft DirectX 11 (6.01.7000.0000) will be made available on Windows 7 and Windows Vista when officially released in coming months, but virus creators have hoped onto the opportunity and started taking advantage of gamers curiosity to install the latest version of DirectX by posting fake trojan infected DirectX 11 links on blogs and forums, these so called DirectX 11 For Windows XP and Vista installer contained Trojans created in perl scripts which got detected by only three lesser known anti-virus scanners on VirusTotal out of total 39.

Direct X 11 For Windows XP
DirectX 11 Setup Extracted

Easy To Use, Single Click eSnips File Downloader

eSnips.ComeSnips file downloading hack shared earlier still works but require manual work and can be labeled as semi-automatic, now here is a tiny (just 13 kb) utility to download files from eSnips automatically, you just require to paste the eSnips.com file URL and everything is taken care-of by this little utility.

Automatic eSnips File Downloader

Simple, Fast And Free MP3 Editor For Windows

MP3 LogoIf you find audio-editing softwares like Audacity overkill for you basic MP3 editing needs and want something pretty basic and fast, here are two simple to use MP3 editors for accomplishing basic cut, copy and paste tasks on MP3 audio files.

mp3DirectCut is a lightweight utility to edit MP3 files directly without decompression, you can perform basic tasks like cut, copy, paste and change of volume without the need to decode or re-encode the audio saving time.

mp3DirectCut Audio Editing Window

Simple Hack To Unlock iPod Volume Limit Without PIN Code

iPod VolumeApple iPod allows setting maximum volume limit with support for PIN code locking to prevent unauthorized changes, However, if you forgot your volume limit unlock code here is a little trick you can use to remove the lock without restoring your iPod.

Automatic Rapidshare, Megaupload and MediaFire Download Manager For Linux, FreeBSD and Windows

Tucan LogoThere are numerous automated download managers for Windows supporting major file-hosters like Rapidshare, Megaupload and Mediafire, but if you are looking for something which gets the job done on other platforms like Linux, open-source utility "Tucan Manager" would be the answer, developed in Phython the cross-platform utility lets users upload and download files on Rapidshare, Megaupload, Gigasize and Mediafire supporting both free and premium account functionality.

Tucan Download Manager

The fast and simple to use utility supports plugins making it easily extensible with other services, the application is in ALPHA stages and definitely posses a lot of potential considering its open-source multi-platform nature.

Displaying Folder Size In Windows Explorer

Windows XP does not provide any method to display folder size in file-explorer, the only method to get the folder-size is to Right-click and select Properties, Folder Size is a nice little free utility to solve this problem, the utility adds a new "Folder Size" column to Windows Explorer displaying size of every folder.

Folder Size

Folder Size works in background calculating and caching the results for faster retrieval later, the service consumes around 5MB RAM and does not slow down your machine.

New Gaming Technology Promises Realistic 3D Games

You must have enjoyed 3D movies using special glasses, now a new technology promises the same 3-Dimensional experience for games on PC, popular game series Burnout Paradise would be the first game to release its 3D game version, here is a video report by SkyNews.

Removing Duplicate and Dead Tracks From iTunes Library

iTunes LogoAs your iTunes media collection grows you end-up having lots of duplicate and dead media in your iTunes library, the duplicate remover functionality provided by iTunes is very limited and you have to do everything manually, if you are on a Mac there exist quite a few handy AppleScripts and utilities to get rid of those dead and duplicate tracks, but if you are using iTunes on Windows finding a similar solution is hard, luckily after searching a lot I finally found a working solution for Windows users, enabling them to clean their iTunes Library automatically with ease.

Pretty similar to the popular Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes on Mac, Teridon's iTunes Scripts gets the job done on Windows.

iTunes Duplicate Removal Script For Windows

Quake Live - Free Browser Based 3D Online Multiplayer Game From ID Software

Quake LiveAfter news about Need For Speed : World Online being available for free, here is another good news for you, popular game title Quake is now available online as a free ad-supported browser based game, Developed by ID Software Quake Live will work with Firefox and IE on Windows for now with support for Mac and Linux planned in future, Quake Live will feature full 3D graphics having over 25 maps and 4 game modes during the BETA.

Quake Online

To play, users are required to get registered and install a small add-on, the online version of the popular franchise is pulling huge crowd attracting over 110,000 player accounts in first 6 hours of launch, due to heavy demand a queue system is now in-place to let everyone enjoy the game.

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