A quick glimpse at NOD32 features:

Proactive Protection: It combines multiple layers of detection protecting you from Internet threats before it is too late.
Precise Detection: It accurately identifies known and unknown threats
Lightweight Design: Requires less memory and CPU power, allowing your computer to run fast, making more room for games, web browsing, and emailing.
Fast Scanning Speeds: Highly efficient program ensuring fast file scanning and product updates. It runs quietly in the background.

Few days back I had written an article on a free BitDefender Antivirus 2009 1 Year License. Ok so if you don’t like BitDefender then here’s another sweet deal. It’s a 6months NOD32 Antivirus license absolutely free! Just follow the below instructions carefully as the promotion is in Chinese.

1. Since it’s a Chinese offer, its valid only for people only in China but you can use a Chinese proxy and set it to your web browser. You can try out Roinstrument, It’s a good proxy server list website. Look for those with “cn” beside the proxy, it refers to a China proxy server.
Here’s how you set your web browser to use the open proxy.

In Internet Explorer: Go to Tools > Internet Options > Connections tab > LAN settings > Check Use a proxy server for your LAN. Enter the proxy address and also the port.
In Firefox: Go to Tools > Options > Advanced > Network tab > Click Settings button > Select Manual proxy configuration and enter the proxy and port.

2. Now go to http://tq.360.cn/trail-c.html. You should see a page which looks like the image below.

Enter the 4 digit code shown in the image and click the button below. Once done you’ll get a 24 digit activation code. Make sure that you remove the proxy from your web browser once you’ve got the 24 digit activation code. The 24 digit activation code has a 5 days shelf life. If you don’t activate it within 5 days, the activation code cannot be activated anymore.

3. Go to Australia’s NOD32 website to request for a 1 month trial license. Just enter your email address and hit the Submit button. Check your email and you should receive an email from noreply@eset.sk with the subject “ESET Smart Security - Trial License”. Note down the 1 month trial ESET NOD32 Antivirus username and password.

4. Download the latest ESET NOD32 Antivirus from here and install. Enter the NOD32 username and password when requested. During installation, check “Setup update parameters later” when asked to enter your ESET NOD32 username and password.

5. Now download ESET Activation Tool. It is an official program by ESET to activate/convert the 24 digit serial number into a genuine NOD32 username and password. The problem in using the ESET Activation Tool is it verifies your IP address. If you’re not from China, you won’t be able to convert the 24 digit serial number into a usable NOD32 username and password. You will keep on getting the error message “Activation failed, please try again later. Error Code:62” when trying to activate. We couldn’t use China proxy because the tool itself doesn’t support using proxy. The solution to this problem is to use either Proxifier, ProxyCap or WideCap to tunnel the ESET Activation Tool through China proxy server. This will make the tool think that we’re in China trying to activate the 24 digit serial number.

Extract the downloaded ESET Activation Tool and run essact.exe. Make sure the first option “Activate with Activation Code” is selected. Enter your name, email and the 24-digit activation code. The name and email in the activation tool is not important so you can enter anything. If you got it right, you should see the message “Activation succeeded, the Expiry Date is: 2009-MM-DD”

6. Start NOD32 Antivirus, click the Setup icon on the left hand side and then click Username and Password setup. You should only see the NOD32 username with the password hidden. To view the hidden password, download Asterisk Logger. Extract, run astlog.exe and voila! The password is revealed!

Special thanks to Raymond for finding this offer.

1. Click here, you’ll see a registration form with various fields to be filled.

2. Now enter your email, password, username and the random captcha code as shown above. Once done, click on the button at the end of the form. (NOTE: If you get some error in Red color under a particular field then either it’s entered wrong on not available).

3. You’ll arrive at a page which will show you the license key, make a note of it and keep it safe.

4. Download and install the latest BitDefender Antivirus from here.

5. When BitDefender Registration Wizard appears, just click the “I want to register the product with a new key” and enter the license key that you received in step 3.
Now click Next. You will get a small message saying “Your product has been registered. Press ‘OK’ to continue the activation process.” Click on the OK button. It will prompt you to create a BitDefender account. You can either create the account now or later.

6. Once everything’s done Click Finish and you’ll have a BitDefender Antivirus 2009 license valid for 365 days!

[NOTE: The offer may expire any moment so its better you grab it as soon as possible]

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So how does it benefit?

25% faster uploads than the Web application
Add additional files and folders of any kind to the same upload batch
Resumable upload- handles network interruptions
Includes all standard YouSendIt features like password protection, certified delivery, and file expiration control
Convenient drag-and-drop and right-click sending options

YouSendit addon works perfectly with Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007. The addon is available for free but requires you to fill a small registration form. You can download the addon from below.

Download YouSendit Addon (12.1MB)(Windows only)

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Firstly download and install Windows Live Writer on your pc.

Once done, download WLWPortable2.zip (Link1, Link2, link3) and extract the contents to your USB drive.

Next, copy the files and directories from C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Writer to the WindowsLiveWriterPortable\App\WindowsLiveWriter directory on your USB drive.

That’s it, now to run Windows Live Writer Portable, just launch WindowsLiveWriterPortable.exe from your USB drive.

The launcher also supports SanDisk U3. Well, if you don’t know what’s U3, then it’s a utility that allows you to install programs onto portable USB flash drives, so that you can use those programs on any machine. For further instructions visit the Windows Live Writer Portable project page.

Download the trial version of Trend Micro Internet Security 2008 and use the following key to convert your trial into a full retail version.

PFEP-9991-7436-4997-1545

This is a perfectly legit offer and is part of a promotion between Trend Micro and residential Internet customers of HTC ISP.

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Well, if you download and install it you’ll notice that it has the same taskbar like the one you saw in Vista. But the fact is that they have hidden the real windows 7 taskbar known as Aero Shake as it’s not yet complete and stable, you may experience a lot of bugs. If you still wanna have a peak into the new taskbar- Aero Shake then follow the below instructions to do so:

Firstly, Download a copy of the Taskbar Unlock Tool (32Bit or 64Bit) and drop it in your Windows directory.

Now execute the following commands as an Administrator in Command Prompt.

takeown /f %windir%\explorer.exe
cacls %windir%\explorer.exe /E /G MyUserName:F (replace MyUserName with your username)
taskkill /im explorer.exe /f
cd %windir%

Start unlockProtectedFeatures.exe

After changing the protected feature lock state, you can re-launch the shell by clicking the Launch button.

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So what makes this software interesting? It is built upon Microsoft’s new technology known as WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation). It displays an innovative and interactive graph representation of your social network on your desktop. You can easily have quick access to any of your friends profile. In addition to this you can use different indicators to present friends’ attributes and similarities. You can also group your friends into subgroups by simply dragging and dropping them.

The best part that I liked about this software was the photo browsing feature. The photo browsing feature is great, you can switch between photos within few clicks. Moreover, the software caches the photos which reduces loading time if you view them again.

As I said earlier you can also chat with this software. You can chat with both online as well as offline friends. If you send a message to an offline friend then the message will land into his notification box.

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BitDefender Internet Security 2009 is designed for users who want complete protection from malware and other common Internet Security threats. Internet Security includes all of the benefits of Antivirus 2009, as well as:

Features:
* Firewall protection – controlling access to the Internet while “hiding” the computer from hackers
* E-mail anti-phishing and anti-spam – preventing different types of spam and scam e-mails from being delivered
* Parental controls – to block access to inappropriate websites and e-mails
* Web time limiter – which allows or blocks access to the web during specified time periods
* Application control – which allows users to limit access to specified applications

Follow the below instructions carefully to get free Bit Defender 2009 120 days license:

1. Go to Bitdefender internet security 2009 promotion by clicking here.

2. You’ll find a box. Enter your name, last name, and valid email address in the boxes as shown above. Once done, click on the Send button.

3. After few minuted you should receive an email with the title ” Xac nhan dang ky ban quyen” in your mail box, It will contain the License key for Bitdefender Internet Security 2009. Copy and keep it safe somewhere so that you don’t forget it.

4. Now download Bitdefender Internet Security 2008 from the below links.
BitDefender Internet Security 2009 32bit
BitDefender Internet Security 2009 64bit

5. Install BitDefender Internet Security, once done restart your computer. Now enter the key which you had got in your email earlier to activate.

6. Volia! You should have a 120 days fully functional BitDefender Internet Security 2009

Be quick people, this offer may expire any moment. The sooner you get the better it is.

1. Visit the Kaspersky India promotion page by clicking here.

2. Now, you’ll find a box with various fields. Fill it by entering your company name, phone number, email, contact name, address and PIN code. You can enter fake info, but make sure you enter a valid email address because your free KAV 2009 key will be sent there. You’ll get a confirmation message once the info is submitted.

3. The key may take a few days to come, might even take a week, so please be patient.

This key will be valid only for 6 months. If you want to use for 9 months then register twice for the promotion using different details and get two 6 months KAV 2009 keys. Once you activate you first key, use it for 3 months and then activate the new one because the shelf life of these promotion keys is 3 months. This way you can use Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 for 9 months! Make sure that you don’t activate both at the same time or you will only get additional two weeks, after your 6 months key gets expired.

At present the top 3 wishes are:

1. Copy and paste.
2. Sync with iTunes via WiFi.
3. Ability to view flash in Safari.

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So how does this work?
When the tape unsticks itself, electrons jump from the roll to the sticky side of the tape that is being pulled away. When they hit the tape, they slow down a bunch, and release their excess energy in the form of X-rays.

You can have a look at the below video to have an idea of it.

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PhotoFunia has a face recognition technology which makes it easier to identify faces even if the photo is too big or too small. Hmmm, sound great isn’t it? Yeah! There’s absolutely no need to struggle using Photoshop. There are a set of patterns which you can use to add your photos. You can select the pattern which you like the most and upload your pic to appear in it. It will take few seconds to the job and you’ll be stunned by the output. You can save the image to your desktop or even upload it to imageshack. Check out for some stuff above that I created using PhotoFunia.

Changes to UAC:
You won’t see the crappy UAC that you saw in Vista. The UAC in Windows 7 will be less chatty than its precursor in Vista, while at the same time being a lot less confusing. The tests Microsoft conducted with the Windows 7 User Account Control indicated that 83% of respondents understood the information presented to them in the dialog box. Windows 7 will introduce a control panel setting which provides a ‘slider’ and 4 different settings for the UAC, essentially ‘most annoying’ to ‘least annoying’.

Overall changes:
You’ll see changes to the GUI and various security improvements. Windows 7 is basically an improvised version of Vista features. So all the flaws, bugs, cons of Vista will be rectified.

Applications and UI Updated:
You’ll find that applications like Paint, WordPad , Calculator and Windows Media Player look entirely different from the previous operating systems. You might have already seen the calculator over the net. Paint has improved to a great extent. Well, let’s see how its gonna be.

Virtual Drives:
Virtual drive feature will be added as indicated by Long Zheng. If added, this is certainly a great feature as virtual drives are essential. Loading images will be as easy, you can easily load games if you have image backups. This will save your discs.

Virtual Desktops
Virtual Desktop is the term commonly used to describe a popular way to organize the open windows in your desktop. We might see Virtual Desktops in Windows 7.

Sensors:
Support for contextually aware applications which can detect the location of you and your device.

Windows Credentials:
This feature will enable you to store logins and registration details for any server, website or program. Windows will be able to log you in automatically anywhere with the saved login info.

Customizable Installation:
Bundled Windows application are being removed and replaced with downloadable Windows Live services including Movie Maker, Mail, Photo Gallery, Writer and Parental Controls. There will also be the introduction of a system to control which applications are installed and which aren’t.

Multi-Touch:
Check out the below video and know for yourselves.
Click here to view the embedded video.

Themes:
Unfortunately, there won’t be any custom visual styles like in Vista and XP. But you can create themes like you did in Windows 95 and 98, i.e, saving the background, sound scheme and colors.

Windows Solution Center:
It’s basically an improved Security Center, but with an improved UI and access to all system maintenance and troubleshooting tools.

Home Group Networking:
Easy home networking for sharing files and media. This feature was a Longhorn concept; it didn’t make into Vista but will be seen in Windows 7.

Taskbar Improvements:
The taskbar is higher than usual, probably 1.75x as high as the normal taskbar
The Windows orb still sticks the upper part out of the taskbar
The taskbar is divided into different colored sections
The system tray is not touching the edge of the screen
Two lines for the date and icons in the middle of the taskbar
Larger Quick Launch icons

Improved Games Explorer:
Game explorer is improved. You’ll now be able to update games from the explorer itself.

Windows Mobile Device Center:
Windows Mobile Device Center to be included in Windows 7.

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Firstly, click here, you’ll arrive at a new page where you’ll find get a box which has various fields to be filled.
Fill up the required details, i.e. your orkut ID, password, community ID
Once done, click on Create Backup

Can’t find community ID?
If you can’t find the community ID then go to the community and look into the address bar, you’ll see the community link, for instance http://www.orkut.com/Main#Community.aspx?cmm=45618, in this link 45618 is the community ID.

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