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CDBurnerXP is a free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. It also includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well as a multilanguage interface. Everyone, even companies, can use it for free. It does not include adware or similar malicious components.

Key Features

* burn all kinds of discs
* audio-CDs with or without gaps between tracks
* burn and create ISO files
* data verification after burning process
* create bootable discs
* multi-language interface
* bin/nrg → ISO converter, simple cover printing and much more!

As an avid Florida State football fan living in the beautiful state of Alabama, it is now my official football fan duty to tease my Bama friends a little.

FSU > Bama : 21 – 14 Sports Story

CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system – allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. But the best part is that it’s fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware!

[28 Sep 2007]

CCleaner v2.01
- Fixed bug where some IE Temporary files were not removed.
- Fixed bug with IE7 Recently Typed URLs cleaning.
- Fixed C++ exception on Desktop shortcut scanning.
- Installer now works on 64-bit OS Recycle Bins menus.
- Optimized IE Temp files cleaning speed.
- Improved index.dat cleaning on XP.
- Fixed Registry Cleaner as “Fix All” sometimes wouldn’t work.
- Keyboard shortcuts now work correctly in Registry section.
- Files winsys.ini and winreg.ini are now embedded in the EXE.
- Fixed bug where Autoupdate check could cause an exception.
- Fixed minor bug in restoring screen position and size.
- Lots of internal improvements to reliability and speed.
- Minor UI tweaks.

After more than 4 years of their much reviled litigation of their customers, the RIAA may be about to get what it has tried to avoid, actually going to trial. While I am sure you have heard of the recent ruling of costs against them, this was after they tried to back out of the case without prejudice, and were smacked for the judge for it. The only facts tried in court in this case were regarding whether they could pull out of litigation scott free after costing the defendant money.

This trial will actually judge the merits of RIAA’s tactics directly, and so far the RIAA has seemed very scared of this. Historically the terms of settlement have been attractive enough that anyone charged that is actually guilty has settled, and in the cases where the defendant has fought, the RIAA has dropped out in some way before getting to a jury. In this case the RIAA tried for summary judgement, meaning the judge makes a determination without going to full jury trial. That was denied so we will see the RIAA in court with a jury on October 2.

Ad-Aware provides protection from known Spyware including: Data-mining, aggressive advertising, Parasites, Scumware, selected traditional Trojans, Dialers, Malware, Browser hijackers, and tracking components.

With the release of Ad-Aware SE Personal edition, Lavasoft takes the fight against Spyware to the next level.

With Lavasoft’s all new Code Sequence Identification (CSI) technology, you will not only be protected from known content, but will also have advanced protection against many of their unknown variants. To further protect you, Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition also has the capability to scan and list Alternate Data Streams (ADS) in NTFS enabled volumes. In combination with the new scanning engine, Ad-Aware SE will scan your computer faster and more thoroughly than ever before!

Download Ad-Aware 2007 7.0.2.3 (FH)

The programmers who wrote free software that unlocks Apple Inc.’s iPhone Tuesday disputed the company’s claim that their hacks can damage the device, and they promised to battle any attempt by Apple to “brick” modified phones.

In a message posted to the iPhone forum on the Hackint0sh Web site, someone claiming to represent the iPhone Dev Team said the group would answer the firmware update expected this week with a tool of its own that would return any unlocked phone to a factory-fresh condition. That will prevent the iPhone from being “bricked,” or incapacitated, when the update is applied.

“We will provide you with a tool in the next week which will be able to recover your ‘nck’ counter and ’seczones’ and even enable you to restore your phone to a factory-like state if you are really [determined] to update your phone,” said someone identified as “sam…”

A firmware update, the third since the iPhone went on sale in late June, will be released through iTunes this week. Apple is expected to add new features to the phone, including the ability to purchase music over a Wi-Fi connection.

On Monday, Apple issued a formal statement that using such software to unlock an iPhone — or buying an iPhone that has been unlocked — “will cause irreparable damage.”

Apple is releasing a software update later this week that will let iPhone owners access a new feature to buy music downloads via wireless Internet. When combined with the unauthorized hacker software, it will play havoc with the iPhone, says Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller.

In the past, Apple has released software updates simply to prevent others from hacking into its products. But Schiller says that’s not the case here. “We tested the phones and discovered that some of these unlocking programs permanently damage the software,” he says.

Sites such as PureMobile and iphoneunlocked.mostofmymac.com sell the unlocked iPhone for $635 and $599 (compared with Apple’s $399). Other sites (such as iphoneunlockingtools.com, freeit4less.com) sell software for around $70 to open the iPhone.

Phil Leigh, an analyst at Inside Digital Media, says, “Consumers will think twice, but hackers will come back and break the code. They always do.”

Leigh says once hackers began altering the iPhone, Apple had to take a stand.

In a blog on its Web site, Pirate Bay said the complaint alleges infrastructural damage, denial of service attacks, hacking and spamming on a commercial level.

The blog said the complaint named the Swedish or Nordic subsidiaries of Twentieth Century Fox, EMI Music, Universal Music Group, Universal Pictures, Paramount Home Entertainment, Atari (ATAR.O: Quote, Profile, Research), Activision (ATVI.O: Quote, Profile, Research), Ubisoft (UBIP.PA: Quote, Profile, Research), Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Pirate Bay spokesman Peter Sunde said the complaint, filed on Friday, stemmed from e-mails released to the public by hackers after an attack on U.S. firm MediaDefender, an online corporate security company.

He said Pirate Bay’s investigation of these e-mails showed the entertainment companies had hired MediaDefender to spam file-sharing sites, including Pirate Bay, with fake downloads.

“So we are actually filing the complaint against them as MediaDefender has no Swedish company structure. But these other companies are represented in Sweden,” Sunde said.

So, if true, regardless of where one stands on the Pirate Bay web site, should companies be able to acquire hired guns to perform illegal acts against another company or entity?

“The use of powerful graphics is not limited to just games anymore. Many of today’s most popular business and consumer applications, including Adobe Acrobat, Second Life, and Apple iTunes are optimized for the power of a modern GPU,” said Jon Peddie, president of Jon Peddie Research (JPR), a leading market research firm based in Tiburon, CA. “With their new GeForce mGPUs, NVIDIA is pioneering the development of new graphics technologies that are helping to evolve the capabilities of mainstream PC platforms. Customers understand that their overall PC experience is largely defined by the graphics processors. Anyone, from a seasoned IT pro to a college student can compare the PC experience delivered by NVIDIA mGPUs against any traditional integrated graphics solution and realize the dramatic impact a modern GPU can make.”

The NVIDIA GeForce 7150 mGPU delivers the performance of an entry-level discrete GPU and leading graphics compatibility when compared against traditional integrated graphics solutions. The GeForce 7150, 7100, and 7050 mGPUs are designed to support a full range of Intel CPUs (Core 2, Pentium, and Celeron CPU families), including upcoming 45nm Intel “Penryn” processors and other new features, such as 1333MHz frontside bus technology.