Smart Security is yet another great offering from ESET the makers of fast & stable anti-virus software NOD32, Smart Security is NOD32 anti-virus/anti-spyware bundled with integrated firewall and antispam protection, most anti-virus companies are now offering one suite for all computer security related tasks including anti-virus, anti-malware, firewall and spam protection like Windows Live OneCare and Norton 360.

Here are features at a glance:

• Anti-virus with anti-malware, firewall and spam filter
• Incremental updates for smaller update size – resulting in faster updates on slow connections
• Two operating modes for Basic and advanced users
• Intelligent cleaning without the need of user’s action
• Scanning on background saves system resources
• Intrusion detection system - detects and block various types of network attacks
• Custom rule sets - white and black listing

Satellite Alignment Calculator 2.0 is a very nifty meshup making use of Google Maps to pinpoint the exact direction you need to align your satellite receiver in order to get it working, its very easy to use just choose your satellite, enter your location and press go. Zoom to maximum and a blue line will show the direction in which you need to point the dish for that particular Satellite.

After a long wait the much anticipated Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Beta is finally released to general public, earlier internal versions of Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3 leaked on P2P sites.

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Here is what is posted by the Autopatcher Team:

Today we received an e-mail from Microsoft, requesting the immediate take-down of the download page, which of course means that AutoPatcher is probably history. As much as we disagree, we can do very little, and although the download page is merely a collection of mirrors, we took the download page down.

SpeedUp Firefox Browsing:

Type “about:config” in the address bar and press ENTER key.

Scroll down and look for the entries below and alter entries as follows:

1. Set “network.http.pipelining” To “true”
2. Set “network.http.proxy.pipelining” To “true”
3. Set “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” to any number say 25. This settings decides how many concurrent requests/connections the browser can make to a server, Please keep in mind that using a high value can trigger flood control limits on some servers and you can be denied access to the website.
5. Right-click and select New-> Integer. Name the new value “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and set value to “0?. This value decides the amount of time the firefox waits before it acts on information it receives and displays it.

Without this tweak the browser will make one request to a web page at a time, When you enable pipelining it will make several requests at once, which speeds up page loading time.

SpeedUp Internet Explorer Browsing:

Server2Go is a free Web server which gets deployed out of the box without any installation, it can run directly from cdrom, usb stick or hard disk without installing anything on the machine.

This particular advantage of Server2Go allows you to create a standalone no-installation working dynamic web site or PHP/Perl/SQL application on a CD-ROM or USB drive.

Using a web browser, a user can run php programs as well as view html files on the CD-ROM, as soon as the CD is inserted the standalone web server launches and opens a browser with the Website on the CD-ROM.

Server2Go was build to replace WampOnCD which lacks some important features and isn't actively developed.

There are two versions of SpaceMonger - older version 1.4 is free and does not need any installation, the product is discontinued and a new shareware version 2.1 is available, the new version is more of a visual eye candy.

Sumatra PDF is a small sized, free and open-source PDF viewer for Windows. Sumatra PDF is distributed under GPLv2 license; Sumatra has a light and minimalist design. Simplicity is what sets this PDF reader apart from similar options like FoxIt PDF Reader, It's designed for portable use: it's just one file with no external dependencies so you can easily run it from external USB pen drive, The source code of the project is hosted on Google Code.

Another worthy utility would be Adobe Reader SpeedUp which is a free and simple to use application that helps you to dramatically reduce the loading time of Adobe's Acrobat/Reader software. Adobe Reader SpeedUp is a single use utility (a process taking only a few seconds) and then your 'Reader will be transformed forever. There are also some tweaking options available.

Using the service is very simple just browse your video file from your computer and choose output format, you do need a high-speed connection for fast uploading.