VirtualBox 3.2.8 Free Virtualization Software

VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization software package from Oracle which allows multiple operating systems to run simultaneously on a computer in safe and efficient manner. According to the company, it is the only professional solution which is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). Although it is Open Source but its does not stop Oracle VirtualBox development team from releasing the latest version of VirtualBox 3.2.8. The new release includes lot of stability improvements and regression fixes.

The VirtualBox 3.2.8 includes the following improvements and fixes:

• Properly terminate the VM with an error if the guest is trying to switch to the PAE mode but PAE is disabled in the VM settings.
• Switch to native file dialogs.
• Don’t use native file dialogs on KDE hosts .
• Fixed GL_EXT_texture_sRGB support.
• Fixed ZENworks PXE boot regression.
• Fixed slower export and larger images under certain circumstances.
• Properly signal an interrupt if the port suspend status changes.
• Respect the remote-only filter.
• Avoid VM hang when changing the configuration of certain devices.
• Fixed a crash with older Linux kernels and non-ASCII characters in device strings.
• Fixed conflict with the guest execution feature.
• Fixed stability issues with a large number of VMs.
• Fixed host crashes with guest SMP and Win64 guests.
• Fixed problems restoring VMs with pre-allocation enabled.
• Fixed performance issue with GRO enabled on bridged device.
• Fix auto-reset of immutable disk at VM startup.
• Several fixes for Windows NT/2000 and SCO OpenServer guests.
• Fixed I/O errors under rare circumstances.
• Support for attaching one disk to several VMs without external tools and tricks.
• Several fixes and performance enhancements for Solaris guests.
• Added support for remote installations.
• Correctly support enumerating the properties of a running VM with an empty “patterns” field.
• Properly delete transient properties on shutdown.
• RDP video redirection performance improvements and stability fixes.
• Silently fix host audio driver when reading machine XML settings files or OVF written by VirtualBox on a different host OS, for example convert DirectSound to PulseAudio.
• Properly store the NAT network setting in XML settings file version 1.10 and later.
• Handle differencing images with parent UUID correctly in subcommand openmedium disk.
• Added timestamps to logging output.
• Treat 8-bit strings as UTF-8 not ASCII.

The latest VirtualBox 3.2.8 is now available for free download at VirtualBox official site. Just head to the following URL to access official VirtualBox 3.2.8 download:

VirtualBox 3.2.8 for Windows hosts: http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/3.2.8/VirtualBox-3.2.8-64453-Win.exe
VirtualBox 3.2.8 for OS X hosts: http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/3.2.8/VirtualBox-3.2.8-64453-OSX.dmg

Other versions can be downloading from here.

Office 2011 for Mac Suite Editions, Prices Release Date and Free Upgrade

The next version of Microsoft Office for Apple Macintosh’s Mac OS X platform, Office for Mac 2011, is set to release to retail stores in October 2010 in 3 suite versions (editions). Office 2011 for Mac, which comes a few months later than Office 2010 for Windows, will supersede the Office 2008 for Mac.

At the same time, the price of Office for Mac has been cut and reduced by up to 50% to bring the pricing inline with Office for Windows.

Public Availability of Office for Mac 2011

By end of October 2010

Editions (Versions) of Office for Mac 2011

• Microsoft Office for Mac Home and Student 2011 – include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Messenger.
• Microsoft Office for Mac Home and Business 2011 – include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Messenger.
• Microsoft Office for Mac Academic 2011 – similar with Office for Mac Home and Business 2011

Office for Mac 2011 is available as 32-bit (x86) application only. In addition, Outlook will replace Entourage as Office’s e-mail client, calendar and contacts software on the Mac.

Pricing Details of Office 2011 for Mac

• Microsoft Office for Mac Home and Student 2011Single License: $119
  Family License (Installable on Three Computers): $149

  Note: Old price is $149 for single license.

• Microsoft Office for Mac Home and Business 2011Single License: $199
  Family License (Installable on Three Computers): $279

  Note: Old price is $399 for single license.

• Microsoft Office for Mac Academic 2011Single License: $99

  Note: For higher education students, staff and faculty only and proof of employment or enrollment in an academic institution may be required to purchase the discounted suite.

Languages of Office for Mac 2011

Office 2011 for Mac system is available in 13 languages including English, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Finnish, French, Danish, Dutch, Spanish, Swedish, Polish and Russian.

Free Upgrade from Office for Mac 2008 to Office for Mac 2011

Tip: Office for Mac 2008 carries the higher price tag than Office for Mac 2011, thus if you don’t need to use the software now, it’s better to wait for pre-order or official release.

People who buys a qualifying Office 2008 for Mac product (namely Office 2008 for Mac Home and Student Edition, Office 2008 for Mac Business Edition, Office 2008 for Mac Business Edition Version Upgrade, Office 2008 for Mac Business Edition Special Student Offer) from Microsoft or an authorized reseller (read: excluding eBay) between Aug. 1, 2010, and Nov. 30, 2010 will be eligible to upgrade to Office for Mac 2011 at no cost, for free, as part of Technology Guarantee program. The similar free upgrade program is also available for those who purchased Office 2007 prior to the official RTM of Office 2010.

To receive the free complementary upgrade copy of Office for mac 2011 (download only, DVD disc costs additional), purchaser has to register and request the Office for Mac 2011 upgrade at microsoft.com, by providing the product key and completing the online registration form no later than Dec. 31, 2010. Each request for upgrade must be entered separately. In addition, purchaser must verify the purchase by submitting dated sales receipt.

Once Office for Mac 2011 is ready for purchaser’s country or region and language, he or she will be notified by e-mail.

Office for Mac Home and Student 2011 Anytime Upgrade to Home and Business

Office for Mac Home and Student 2011, the less premium edition of the suites, include a function similar to Windows Anytime Upgrade, which will allow user to upgrade from the Home and Student to Home and Business version using online upgrade functionality, after additional payment. Exact pricing is not available though.

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Download Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Official Public Beta

Microsoft has officially launched the public beta program for Service Pack 1 of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. The first service pack for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 includes over 450 previously released hotfixes, bug fixes, incremental updates and security updates to bring all system to latest support level. The SP1 also includes a few new features such as RemoteFX that supports HD video and full Aero user interface for remote users.

According to Microsoft, the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta will help to:

• Keep your PCs supported and up-to-date
• Get ongoing updates to the Windows 7 platform
• Easily deploy cumulative updates at a single time
• Meet your users’ demands for greater business mobility
• Provide a comprehensive set of virtualization innovations
• Provide an easier Service Pack deployment model for better IT efficiency

The SP1 also contains an update to Windows Activation Technologies, KB971033, which intends to enhance the detection and accuracy of pirated and counterfeit copy of Windows operating system. Thus, for Windows 7 users who activated his or her copy of system with Windows 7 WAT cracks or Windows 7 OEM cracks, there is chance that you won’t be able to use the computer without been annoying with persistent message to go genuine after installing the service pack.

Though officially released, the Windows 7 SP1 Beta and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta is not exactly meant for general public. Instead, the public beta is targeted for IT pros, tech enthusiasts and developers who need to test the service pack in their organization or with the software they are developing.

The SP1 beta is available in five languages (English, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish), although the final version of SP1, scheduled to be released by first half of 2011, will be available for all supported languages. To download and install the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta, user must have a Release to Manufacturing (RTM) version of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 already installed.

Microsoft has previously only released the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta through Windows Update and ISO image format. Now, the standalone setup installers for 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) versions of SP1 have been released. The ISO format has been removed instead. Register and download the Windows 7 SP1 Beta and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta at TechNet Evaluation Center.

To register, user needs to fill in a questionnaire which is more related to IT professionals. Users who want to skip the registration process to download the SP1 Beta directly can use the following direct download links to download the official SP1 Beta from Microsoft Server.

Windows 7 SP1 Beta 32-bit (x86) Edition (Standalone EXE): windows6.1-KB976932-X86-INTL.exe
Windows 7 SP1 Beta 64-bit (x64) Edition (Standalone EXE): windows6.1-KB976932-X64-INTL.exe

Windows 7 SP1 Beta 32-bit (x86) Edition (via Windows Update): WUSignUpTool_x86.exe
Windows 7 SP1 Beta 64-bit (x64) Edition (via Windows Update): WUSignUpTool_x64.exe

The SP1 Beta files above works on both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

For detailed changes and additional improvements on the SP1, check out Notable Changes in Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 document, the SP1 Beta FAQ and documentations for SP1 Beta. The guide to uninstall Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta also comes in handy as upgrade to final release will require uninstallation first.

Mipony Automates RapidShare, MegaUpload, HotFiles, MediaFire, 4Shared and Other Downloads

In order to earn revenue from downloaders, many file hosting services such as RapidShare, MegaUpload, DepositFiles, File Factory, Easy-Share, Gigasize and others resort to every possible avenues to force and coerce visitors into clicking on banner ads or pop-up advertisements, or fork out money to upgrade (buy) premium access.

The tricks used by file hosting services include countdown timer, pop-up window when clicking, repetitive refresh or excessive navigation before actual download link, prominent display of premium account upgrade, and worse, outright money payment required for access to download.

For users who looking into software that can help to download from free file hosting sites, Mipony is one of the many software available. Mipony is a free download manager specially designed to automate the downloading of files of free host sites such as Rapidshare, Megaupload, Hotfiles and many others. With Mipony ability to download from file hosting sites without actually visit the sites, user can avoid many host sites inconveniences, such as countdown clock waiting time and captcha verification.
Features of Mipony include:

* Embedded web browser.
* No need to have Premium accounts and work with free account.
* Fully automatic download.
* Verify and check file links and indicate if the files are available to be downloaded.
* It optimizes your connection.
* It also works with Premium accounts of Rapidshare, Megaupload and Hotfiles.
* Automatically join divided parts with HJSplit.
* Capture from the clipboard individual links or any text that contains any number of links.
* Plug-in in a bar format to launch downloads from Firefox and Explorer directly to Mipony or to open the site that is being viewed in the browser of Mipony.
* Configure Flashgot to send links to Mipony.
* Analyze full sites looking for links.
* Automatic update of the data base with the sites supported.

Mipony current supports Megaupload, Rapidshare, Hotfile, Easy-share, Gigasize, Mediafire, Depositefiles, Megaporn, Filefactory, Uploading, 4shared, Letitbit, Sendspace, Zshare, Freakshare, Storage.to, Uploadbox, Uploaded.to, Ziddu, Netload, Sharex, x7.to, Box, Zomgupload, Jumbofiles, Data.hu, Linfsave, Share-online, Badongo, Kewlshare, Ugotfile, Sharingmatrix, Filesend, Bigandfree, Zippyshare, Bitroad, Oron, Extabit, Shareflare, Filedude, Onionshare, Mangoshare, Rayfile, Turboshare, Egoshare, 2shared, ifile, Divshare, Filesmonster, USAupload, Novaup, Vip-file, Anonym, Megashares, Filebase, Appscene, Hackerbox, File-share, Filefront, Nakido, 4sahred-china, Xun6, File-rack, Cramit, Hotshare, Mandamais, Midupload, Crazyupload, Usershare, Dl.Free.fr, File-upload, Speedshare, Adrive, Enterupload, Hellshare, Fileserve, VSpace, Fileflyer and many more.

Download Mipony: Mipony-Installer.exe

SnowFox YouTube Downloader HD Free Download With Registration Key Code

SnowFox YouTube Downloader HD is a comprehensive, powerful and simple-to-use YouTube Downloader to download any YouTube videos from YouTube.com to local computer for daily viewing. The quick Youtube video downloader eliminates quality loss, and can download even Youtube flagged content thanks to the age verification bypass.

Key Features Of SnowFox YouTube Downloader HD:

• Download wide variety of video format from youtube, including FLV, MP4 (compatible with iPod), normal movie and HD movie
• Support download high quality videos, high definition and full HD videos from YouTube to your PC or notebook
• Preview selected video type before downloading:
  1. FLV (Flash video) – normal quality (240p)
  2. MP4 – normal Quality (360p)
  3. Normal Movie – middle quality (360p)
  4. Normal Movie – high quality (480p)
  5. HD Movie – hgh quality (720p)
  6. Full HD Movie – high quality (1080p)
• Automatic URL-parsing to parse the url automatically

SnowFox YouTube Downloader HD normally costs $19 per single license. As part of SnowFox promotion, interested users are now entitled to download the SnowFox YouTube Downloader HD full version (V1.0.0 Beta!) at no cost. This promotion will expire on July 23, 2010.

To grab the SnowFox YouTube Downloader HD for free, visit the promotion page to submit your email address. Instantly, an email (from “SnowFox Support”) containing a free license key and download link for SnowFox YouTube Downloader HD will be delivered to your inbox.

Download SnowFox YouTube Downloader HD: youtube-downloader_setup.exe

SnowFox YouTube Downloader HD is fully compatible with Windows XP, Vista, 2000 and Windows 7 operating systems.

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SixthSense Technology Brings Wearable Gesture Interface Closer to Reality

We first heard about SixthSense in a Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) presentation by Dr Pattie Mae earlier in February. At TEDIndia this month, MIT grad student Pranav Mistry demoed in detail the various applications of the wearable gesture interface he created, bringing virtual reality into the physical world. The technology cobbles together a camera and image projector system that you hang around your neck and sensors you wear on your fingertips. To call someone, you simply extend your hand and a dial pad appears on your fingers. To find out the time, just draw a circle on your wrist. And we’re only scratching the surface of SixthSense’s potential. The best part? Mistry said he’ll open source the software starting next month. Watch the video if you haven’t already seen it.

Reposting from here