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5 Lesser Known Features Of TeamViewer

The TeamViewer software suite, as the title may suggest, is mainly designed for online meeting and remote troubleshooting. Although TeamViewer 10 is officially available not just for desktop operating systems but major mobile operating systems as well, it’s largely used on Windows and Mac.

There are millions of users around the world who use TeamViewer every day to remotely access one computer from another. While the core feature of the TeamViewer is remote desktop, there are some lesser known features which you might find interesting.

In this guide, we will talk about some of the not so popular but useful features of TeamViewer for Windows. In no particular order, following are some of the lesser known but useful features available in TeamViewer.

Record Session

The ability to record sessions is one of the lesser known features of TeamViewer. While one may not need to record sessions each and every time, at times, you might want to record a session for feature reference. With default settings, TeamViewer saves recorded session in .tvs format but there is an option to convert the .TVS format file to the popular AVI format.

Remote printing

Remote printing is one of my favorite features of TeamViewer. As the title of the feature indicates, with Remote printing, you can print documents or pictures stored on a remote PC using your printing machine. For instance, your photos saved on your home computer can be printed using the printer machine at your office by remotely accessing your home PC from your office computer with the help of TeamViewer.

File transfer

Well, there are plenty of ways out there to transfer data between computers. Although there is nothing special about the File transfer feature of TeamViewer, the feature is handy when you want to quickly transfer a bunch of files saved on your home PC from a remote place.

Wake-on-LAN

Wake-on-LAN is definitely one of the key features available in recent versions of TeamViewer. The feature enables you turn on an offline computer with the help of TeamViewer. Although the feature requires a little bit of configuring, when working alright, it’s just awesome.

The feature is helpful if you often need to access a computer remotely but don’t want to keep it turned on all the time. After configuring Wake-on-LAN, you will able to turn on the PC whenever you want to with the help of TeamViewer.

Two factor authentication

As everyone knows, the feature adds an extra layer of protection to your account. Once configured, you’ll need to enter a security code in addition to usual email address and password to log-in to your TeamViewer account. That said, as you likely know, a TeamViewer account is not necessary to start using TeamViewer software.

Source : intowindows blog

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Google Offers $1 Million in Hacker Bounties for Exploits Against Chrome

It may be hard out there for a pimp, but it just got a little bit more lucrative for a hacker.

Google announced on Monday that it would pay $1 million in cash awards to anyone who can hack its Chrome browser during its Pwnium security challenge next week in Vancouver at the CanSecWest conference.
Google has pledged to pay multiple awards in the amounts of $60,000, $40,000 and $20,000, depending on the severity of the exploits, up to $1 million. Winners will also receive a Chromebook.
“We require each set of exploit bugs to be reliable, fully functional end to end, disjoint, of critical impact, present in the latest versions and genuinely ’0-day,’ i.e. not known to us or previously shared with third parties,” Google wrote on its blog.
The exploits must work against Windows 7 machines running the Chrome browser.

$60,000 – “Full Chrome exploit”: Chrome / Win7 local OS user account persistence using only bugs in Chrome itself.
$40,000 – “Partial Chrome exploit”: Chrome / Win7 local OS user account persistence using at least one bug in Chrome itself, plus other bugs. For example, a WebKit bug combined with a Windows sandbox bug.
$20,000 – “Consolation reward, Flash / Windows / other”: Chrome / Win7 local OS user account persistence that does not use bugs in Chrome. For example, bugs in one or more of Flash, Windows or a driver. These exploits are not specific to Chrome and will be a threat to users of any web browser. Although not specifically Chrome’s issue, we’ve decided to offer consolation prizes because these findings still help us toward our mission of making the entire web safer.

Google’s hack challenge will run alongside the $15,000 Pwn2Own contest that runs each year at CanSecWest, which challenges researchers to exploit vulnerabilities in fully patched browsers and other software.
Last year, Google offered a $20,000 bounty, on top of the base $15,000 Pwn2Own prize, for anyone who successfully downed Chrome, but there were no takers. Chrome is currently the only browser eligible for the Pwn2Own contest that has never been brought down, Ars Technica notes. Contestants have indicated that difficulties bypassing Google’s security sandbox is the reason they’ve avoided the browser and focused on the Internet Explorer and Safari browsers instead.
[via wired.com]

Top 8 Free Apps to Improve Battery Life on Android Phones

Android’s popularity as a preferred mobile OS has been increasing rapidly in the past two years and we have seen many new versions released including the recent Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS). But one of the inherent problems of this OS has been the battery management. Battery life on most of the Android phones haven’t been good and might last for less than a day on most occasions. Battery Life is very important factor when it comes to mobile phones and even on the latest ICS, Google hasn’t provided any information on battery life. Although you can increase the battery life by turning off features like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS etc which are not being used, manually turning it off all the time is not the most feasible solutions.
In such situations, apps might come to help. These apps can automatically turn off unwanted services based on your usage patterns. There are many free apps available in Android market which can increase and improve battery life on your phone. Here is a list of top such apps, if you are using an Android phone, one of them is a must try app.

1. Juice Defender:

This is probably the most popular app to improve the battery life on your Android. JuiceDefender – Battery Saver is a powerful yet easy to use power manager app specifically designed to extend the battery life of your Android device. Packed with smart functions, it automatically and transparently manages the most battery draining components, like 3G/4G connectivity and WiFi. You can also set different profiles based on your usage of the phone. There is also a paid version of this free app which comes with more presets and features.
 

2. Battery Dr saver:

It is yet another free app which improves the battery life by killing running tasks, adjust screen brightness (volume), turn off Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, auto-sync etc. The app includes Power Management (Battery Management), Battery Notifier, Battery Monitor, Power Control, task killer.
 

3. Easy Battery Saver:

Easy Battery Saver is a powerful yet easy to use power manager app specifically designed to extend battery life and optimize using habit. Easy Battery Saver saves your battery by intelligently dealing with phone’s network connectivity, screen time out and screen brightness.
 

4. One Touch Battery Saver:

One Touch Battery Saver is an app that saves the battery time of your phone by switching off services not required. When battery runs low, just tap the app to turn on the battery saving mode (default saving mode includes switching off WiFi, Bluetooh, GPS, background light, ringtone, vibration, and synchronization.)
 

5. Green Power Free battery saver:

Unlike other battery savers that require regular user manual actions, Green Power is fully automatic: Once configured, it runs and saves your battery by itself. It does the managing by smartly enabling or disabling Wi-Fi, Mobile data & Bluetooth: Turning them off when you don’t need them, but ensure minimum disturbance. They are automatically turned ON when needed by you or by other apps.
 

6. Battery Booster:

Battery Booster is a powerful battery boosting tool and power management application specially designed for Android devices. Based on system specifications, Battery Booster provides the most accurate information on your battery charge, which includes an auto-updating live chart visually tracking your battery usage, and the real-time battery capacity, temperature, voltage, etc.
 

7. 2x Battery:

With this app, you can extends the battery life easily, and still keep the background data synchronization. The app saves the power consumption and reduces your data plan expense by periodically toggling Mobile data in standby mode.
 

8. Battery Defender:

Yet another free app with a fast Wi-Fi /GPS /data/Bluetooth switch. It does the battery optimizations automatically on your Android phone.
 
So in case you are using an Android phone, you should be definitely trying one of these apps. Please do share your favorite battery saver app for Android.

[via nirmal tv]

 

Torrent Magnifier: A desktop BitTorrent search tool

Torrent Magnifier is a BitTorrent search engine that searches multiple BitTorrent trackers including btunkie, Mininova, and Fenopy. Of course, there's nothing new about a web page that lets you search for torrents from different trackers. You can also do that at Torrentz, SumoTorrent, Torrentfly, and any number of other sites.

But here's what makes Torrent Magnifier different: There's a desktop client. Just enter a query and hit the search button, and Torrent Magnifier will search for torrents. No web browser necessary. Well, at least not until it's time to actually download a torrent. At that point, you hit the Go button and the torrent download page will open in your default web browser.

Is there any real advantage to using the Torrent Magnifier desktop client over a web-based version? I can't think of one. But it's certainly something that sets Torrent Magnifier apart from the crowd. There's also a Windows Gadget version of the search tool as well as an Internet Explorer 8 accelerator.

[via Addictive Tips]

JumpLaunch turns your Quick Launch folder into a Windows 7 Jump List

Plenty of people were thrown off by the Quick Launch toolbar's disappearance from Windows 7. It hadn't actually disappeared, per se - it's just hiding where you're not likely to notice it.

You can handle this a couple of different ways. The Superbar still supports toolbars, so you can right click it, choose toolbars -> new toolbar and paste "%appdata%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick launch" in the folder box. That's a pretty Windows 95 way to do it, though.

Why not quickly convert your Quick Launch folder to a Windows 7 Jump List?

JumpLaunch is a small, portable app designed to do just that. Download and unzip the archive to a folder on your PC, launch the app, and you're presented with a window containing all the shortcuts currently residing in your hidden Quick Launch folder. Adding other items is as simple as drag-and-drop.

JumpLaunch is a free download, is tailor made for Windows 7, and works with both the 32 and 64-bit builds.

The best Linux games for kids

The best collection of Linux educational software for all ages that I know of is the openSUSE-Edu Li-f-e (Linux for Education) Live DVD. You can get it at http://en.opensuse.org/Education/Live#Download. There are some screen shots here.

This is a Live DVD - you simply place the DVD in the computer's DVD drive and reboot the machine from it. When the machine comes up, you will be running Linux. Normally, the software won't write to your computer's hard drive unless you specifically ask it to. So a couple of reminders:

• You'll want to plug in a USB disk drive / memory stick for documents you want to save or share with other users or machines.
• When you shut the computer down and remove the DVD, it will come back up just as it was before.

There's a wide variety of "edutainment" software on this DVD for kids 12 years old and up. For religious education there's BibleTime, a Bible study tool. For chemistry, there's Avogadro, Chemtool, gElemental, and XDrawChem. For astronomy, there's the Stellarium planetarium simulator, and for math there's Dr. Geo, Euler, K3DSurf, KSEG, wxMaxima and Xaos.

For the younger children, six years old and up, there are four packages designed to teach programming: EToys from the One Laptop Per Child project, Scratch from MIT, Little Wizard and XLogo. Moving on to games, one of the best collections of games for younger children, two years old and up, is GCompris. There is also the Sugar desktop from the One Laptop Per Child project.

The live DVD includes the "Tux4Kids" family of games: Tux Math, Tux Paint and Tux Typing. It also includes Tux Math Scrabble, Tux Wordsmith and Multiplication Station from Asymptopia Software. Another typing training game, Klavaro, is also available. There are some more general learning packages on the DVD as well. You'll find Brain Workshop, a dual-and-back memory training game, the Marble globe program and the jMemorize and iGNUit flashcard programs.

There are also games for adults - board games card games, puzzles and even some arcade games. Many of these will be suitable for the older children. Adult users will also find a complete selection of office and Internet software:

• Graphics and desktop publishing. A partial list is here.
• The OpenOffice.org productivity suite, the Gobby collaborative editor, the Okular PDF viewer, PdfMod PDF editor and the Evolution e-mail / calendaring package.
• The Ekiga Softphone voice over IP and video conferencing package.
• The Firefox browser, XChat IRC client, Pidgin and Kopete Instant Messaging clients, Chokoq and Gwibber Twitter clients and many more Internet tools.
• Both the Gnome and KDE desktops.

Finally, there are a number of packages on this DVD for building school system servers and networks. Those tools are described here, here and here. In short, the openSUSE-Edu Li-f-e (Linux for Education) Live DVD provides a comprehensive collection of educational tools and games.

Want a Windows XP style start menu and Explorer in Windows 7? Try Classic Shell

I'm not sure when the last time was that I needed to dig through my start menu. Between the Windows 7 Super Bar and the search box Vista added, there are just easier ways for me to find and launch programs.

Still, for some of my customers, friends, and family, the newer menus are just a distraction. They were fine with Windows XP's interface, and they might not want to be bothered learning something different -- no matter how many times I try to convince them it's an improvement.

If you're like me and will be getting phone calls and IMs from people asking you how to get their old menu back, do yourself a favor: download Classic Shell.

It's compatible with both 32 and 64-bit Windows 7, and it's just the thing to turn back the clock on the Windows menu. Apart from that, it also includes an optional classic Explorer toolbar which can put back the missing cut/copy/paste buttons and the file/edit/view/tools menu bar.

While it's still tagged as a beta release, Classic Shell worked nicely on both my 64-bit Windows 7 laptops and my son's 32-bit version.

[via How-To Geek]

Krento is a simple, good looking 3D application launcher for Windows

Looking for an easy-to-configure, uncomplicated launcher that looks good? Check out Krento.

Download and install the app, and it parks in your system tray. You can bring Krento up either by pressing windows + C or right-clicking the tray icon. You can also activate it by double-clicking the "pulsar" - the bullseye in the bottom right. To enable the pulsar, just right click the tray icon.

Adding your favorite apps is as easy as dragging shortcuts onto a block (which Krento refers to as stones). You can also create different application sets. Need only your graphic shortcuts? Load 'em up. Blogging? Create a specific set for any task and call it up when you need it.

To launch an app, just click the stone - or press alt + F# (to open Chrome, for example, I'd press alt + F6). Krento uses practically no memory or CPU, and it's also skinnable. It's even compatible with RocketDock skins.

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Bit Che: Find and download torrents without a browser

There are plenty of people that think the internet and the web are synonymous. They aren't. There are a number of ways to transfer data over the internet without firing up a web browser, ranging from email and FTP to the new kids on the block such as BitTorrent. And Bit Che is an application that lets you search for, download, and open Torrent files without a web browser. It's fast, simple, and works with your default BitTorrent client.

In a nutshell, once you fire up Bit Che, all you have to do is enter a query and hit the search button. It will search dozens of BitTorrent trackers including BTJunkie, NewTorrents, and ISOHunt for files matching your search terms. You can then either save the Torrent or open the file in your default BitTorrent client to begin downloading the file.

Bit Che opens the program you're actually going to use to download the file.

*Note: No illegal copies of a blockbuster movie were downloaded during the making of this article. That would be illegal and just plain wrong. Besides, it wouldn't be nearly as cool without 3D glasses.

Wallpaper Juggler downloads, automatically cycles high-res images from InterfaceLift

Those of you who enjoy rotating through a variety of fresh wallpaper images have probably heard of InterfaceLIFT and Wallpaper Stock. They're both excellent places to download high-quality background images for your desktop.

Perhaps you'd rather take the hands-free approach and let an application handle downloading duties. Have a look at Wallpaper Juggler, a tiny, portable app for Windows which plugs into both sites and cycles through the images it downloads. You can specify the interval at which you want changes to occur and even choose to receive a confirmation alert prior to switching.

The tray app also includes two-click access to delete the current wallpaper as well as a link to your preferences and the download task window. Make sure you keep an eye on that window after firing it up - it'll happily download images until you tell it to stop.

Juggler is a nice, basic app -- if you want something with a bit more "oomph," check out previously-mentioned Wally or John's Background Switcher.

10 favorite free Windows programs of 2009

by Lee Mathews (RSS feed) Dec 28th 2009 at 1:00PM

It's amazing how many apps we review over the course of a year. There's no way I could count the number of times I've run appwiz.cpl (add/remove programs) on my desktop and laptop in the past twelve months. Certain apps, however, stand the test of time. The ten I've listed after the jump are permanent fixtures on my Window systems - some old, some new, but all awesome.

CCleaner
I don't spend as much time on system maintenance as I should, but I care enough about my PC to have set up scheduled CCleaner tasks to remove the numerous temp files polluting my hard drive and tidy up registry clutter. The portable version is another of my go-to USB flash drive apps.

Comodo Easy VPN
It's a totally free Hamachi alternative, and it just sits in my tray quietly keeping me connected to my remote systems. I use it along with UltraVNC for remote troubleshooting from time to time and for direct access to shared folders and printers over the 'net.

DoubleTwist
While I'm a little bummed that I can't make use of the Amazon MP3 store integration that was recently added (being in Canada and all), I'd still much rather run DVDJohn's alternative than the Apple-prescribed iTunes. Once DoubleTwist supported my iPod Touch, I switched and never looked back.

LastPass
Every time a new browser gets released, I'm testing it on one system or another. Keeping my passwords in sync on my iPod Touch, Linux virtual machines, and Windows systems would be a real pain in the butt if it wasn't for LastPass.

Besdies providing an awesome sync tool, LastPass' built-in strong password generator has made it easy for me to stop using the same password I've used since freshman year at college. Er...not that that's what I was doing before, of course. That's just irresponsible...

MalwareBytes
I [expletive deleted] love MalwareBytes. No single piece of software has saved me more hours of frustratingly tedious labor this year. The few times I can't get MB to clean a system, well, it's just too far gone to bother cleaning anyway and a reformat is the only way to go.

Some day, a better malware cleanup tool will come along. My money is on it being the next major version of MalwareBytes.

Paint.Net

I used to default to Photoshop for pretty much all of my image editing tasks - because it was there. However, I got tired of slow startup and unnecessary overhead and went looking for an alternative for my everyday edits. Paint.Net has been exactly what I needed. It's lightweight and still packs more than enough features to get the job done.

QuakeLive and Battlefield Heroes
Yes, I'm cheating and taking a two-fer on this.

I tried, but I just couldn't convince myself to leave these two off my list. Even though I suck horribly at it, QuakeLive is just too damn much FPS fun for me to stay away. Every time I sign in, I feel like I'm back in college - challenging my roomate to yet another Doom deathmatch over our null modem cable.

As for Heroes...Well...After dealing with an uppity customer, few things are as satisfyingly soothing as destroying something with a tank for free.

Sumatra PDF
I'd say about 99% of the time I need to do anything with a PDF, it's all about reading. I seldom need to be able to fill forms or anything like that. Sumatra is incredibly small, fast to open, and there's even a portable version - which is a permanent fixture on my USB flash drive.

uTorrent
So much to download, so little time. Thank you, uTorrent for all the torrent-managing goodness you've provided me in 2009. As is the case with Sumatra, I don't need all the fancy extra features of an app like Vuze - uTorrent's compact simplicity is more than enough for me.

...and last but not least, every new web browser released in 2009. Just about everyone who develops a web browser debuted faster, smarter, and generally vastly improved versions this year.

While I've been using Google Chrome recently, Opera 10.5 and Firefox 3.7 are also sharing web browsing duties on my systems. There's no denying that all three are much improved. Besides the usual suspects, browsers like Arora, Flock,QTWebkit, Maxthon, and SRWare Iron also made big strides this year.

You can download my three current browsers here - keep in mind, these are all unstable so only install them if you're ok with buggy (possibly crash-prone) software:

• Google Chrome Dev Channel
• Mozilla Firefox 3.7a1pre
• Opera 10.5 pre-alpha (scroll to the bottom)

24 Killer Portable Apps For Your USB Flash Drive

My flash drive works pretty hard, so I've spent a lot of time gathering a reliable, powerful set of portable tools that allow me to work hard and play hard, even if I can't do it on my own PC. Here are two dozen apps that I always have at the ready.

Encryption

Truecrypt - Why is TrueCrypt first on the list? Simple. A multi-gig, easy-to-lose, unencrypted drive with your data on it is a terrible security risk. Truecrypt helps me keep all my private stuff locked down. Read the "traveller mode" documentation for help setting it up.

Web and Internet

Operator - I'm not an Opera fanboy by any stretch, but if I've got to surf on a public computer, I'm using Operator. It's got Tor anonymous browsing built in to keep you safe. You can read more about it in my previous post. If I'm on a trusted computer, I'll go for Portable Firefox.

Pidgin - I don't usually need to IM from a client's site, but just in case I need to stay in touch I bring Pidgin with me. For portable multi-network chat, it's the best option out there. Add the encryption plugin to keep it secure.

Filezilla - Half the time I need Notepad++, it's because I'm editing files on my FTP server from the road. Filezilla portable keeps all my sites accesible from wherever I am.

Peer-to-Peer

μTorrent - Yet another recurring frustration is not being able to find a torrent client on a PC when I need it. I run μTorrent on all my PCs anyways, so it's got a home on my flash drive as well.

Frostwire - What's worse than getting a song stuck in your head and not being able to hear it? Take Frostwire with you and make sure that doesn't happen.

Maintenance and Support

CCleaner - A lot of the computers I work on look like they've never had a single file deleted from them. CCleaner makes short work of dumping gigs of trash files from them, and it tidies up the registry, too.

Revo Uninstaller - Phase two in the purging of filth from client machines is ridding them of unwanted apps. Revo is way better than add/remove programs, and the "hunter mode" uproots stubborn apps.

Nirsoft Apps - I have to group these, because they'd eat up half my list otherwise. Dialupass, Mailpassview, Currports, Netresview, and several other of their apps are must-haves for any technician.

Treesize Free - To find where all of someone's drive space is going in a hurry, fire up Treesize. It makes drive cleanup a snap.

Teamviewer - Zero config remote control that's portable? Yes, I'll have that. Teamviewer kicks so much ass that it was an easy sell to my boss, who makes Mr. Crabs look like a big spender.

Multimedia

CDBurner XP - Customer's don't always have good - or any - burning software installed. CD Burner XP solves that problem. I switched from InfraRecorder, but it's a good option as well.

Screamer - I tried screamer out a while ago for a post on DLS, and it's earned a spot on my drive. For quick access to tons of internet radio streams, you can't beat it.

Faststone Capture - Whether I need a screencap for a blog post or to prove something to someone, Faststone is my app of choice. The included editing features are great, and mean that I don't need a photo editor for quick jobs. The link is to the last free version (at Portable Freeware Collection), as Faststone is now trialware.

VDownloader - You never know when you're going to stumble across a YouTube video that you just have to save. VDownloader will save in a number of video formats, or the audio only as MP3.

Irfanview - For image viewing and basic edits (crop, rotate, resize, etc.) , it's Irfanview all the way. The homepage is here, but the portable version is over at Smithtech.

VLC - Videolan wins as my portable media player because it supports so many formats and doesn't require outside codecs. Can 100 million downloaders really be wrong? Ok, sure they can. But I still love VLC.

Document Handlers

Notepad++ - It never hurts to have a good text editor at your disposal, and portable Notepad++ is an excellent option. Tons of great features, like macro recording, syntax highlighting, tabbed interface, and much, much more.

Abiword - Some may opt for OpenOffice, but I choose Abiword because I've got Zoho and Google Docs accounts for out-of-office chores that require heavy lifting. Abiword is small, fast, compatible, and has all the features I need for quick document production. The portable version is here.

Foxit PDF Reader - I hate trying to open a manual on a customer's PC only to learn they don't have an Acrobat viewer installed. Foxit is my reader of choice, so I take it with me.

File Management

Total Commander - Not only is Total Commander a rockin' dual-pane, tabbed Explorer replacement, but it also handles all kinds of archive files. That eliminates the need for two more apps just to handle syncs and file extraction. Until someone resurrects Google browser sync or Mozilla Weave handles all my Firefox settings and customizations I'll just let TC do it for me. Yes, it also has an FTP client and text editor, but FileZilla and Notepad++ are better.

Portable Launcher

PStart - It's nice to have quick access to the tools on your flash drive, and PStart gives you that by adding an icon/menu in the system tray. It's searchable, and there's even a tab to store quick notes for yourself.

There's my list. Would my flash drive cut the mustard for you, or did I miss your favorite app?

7 Multi-Site Torrent Search Tools For the Swarthy Downloader

So, it's torrent booty ye be after? Well, matey, I'll be happy to share a list of me favorite places to find forbidden treasures.

Millions of torrents, thousands of places to look for them...What's a wayfarin' buccaneer to do? Why, search a whole pile of places at the same time, of course. After all, you're more likely to find gold with seven maps to the same pot than you are with just one.

Enough of the played-out pirate jargon already, on to the sites!

Simultaneous Searching

NowTorrents. Searches up to twelve sites at once. I like the file type tabs and health indicator, and they offer a Firefox and IE compatible search plugin.

uSniff. I wrote about uSniff before, and I use it quite often. I don't really search a lot of different sites, usually just Pirate Bay and IsoHunt, and they're both supported (along with six others). The interface is clean and responds quickly - the search box throws some people off, though. I don't understand why, it's giant, orange, and says "search" on it. They also have a search plugin for IE and Firefox.

ScrapeTorrent. Offers a nice preference page and searches nine sites at once. Piratebay, IsoHunt, Mininova, and Demonoid are included, and they're my go-to sites anyways. I approve!

Speckly. I hate the way it displays results: gobs and gobs of text, Google style, and all on one page. There aren't any sorting options, though you can at least view by file type.

Torrentz. Technically it searches multiple sites, but you'll get a general results page first. Clicking one of the results will take you to a listing of all the individual torrents. I find it an annoying process, and don't use Torrentz as a result.

Manual Multi-Site Searching (Radio buttons and whatnot)

Torrent Pond / ActiveDots. 22 search options for you to search one at a time. I suppose it beats visiting all the sites individually. Way back when, this was my multi-site search of choice.

Torrent Finder. Ok, this one is just ridiculous. Do you really want to spend your time searching 156 torrent sites? There's what, a half dozen or so that are really, really good? I'm not a fan of this behemoth, but it scores some points for being exhaustive.

You know where to find them, now fire up your favorite client and start downloading some torrents!

14 Extremely Useful Firefox Addons

Update: Don't forget - now you can subscribe to our Firefox Addons Collection thanks to Mozilla!

My affinity for Firefox comes as much from the fantastic community of addon developers as it does from the program itself. Now, I'm sure you will have heard of some of these before: good Firefox addons tend to spread like wildfire. I hope I've managed to include some that you might have missed.

I've ranked just over a dozen addons that I find to be particularly useful - even to more casual Firefox users.

1. Cybersearch - Customizable Google searches in my Awesome Bar? Yes, please! It also supports keywords so you can enter things like "ds firefox addons" and limit your search to a specific web site (like Downloadsquad, for example). Enter a comma separated list of URLs to search a group of sites.

2. LastPass - I used to use KeePass, but I just like LastPass better. It did a great job of importing (and then removing) my Firefox stored passwords, and its secure password creation tool makes using different passwords on new sites a snap. The web interface is a great way to manage my logins and groups.

3. FEBE - As with anything else on your computer, it's never a bad idea to back up your Firefox install. FEBE will back up everything - extensions, themes, bookmarks - or just what you choose, and you can set up an automated schedule. It's also got integrated Box.net support, which is actually a fairly nice way to roll-you-rown manual Firefox syncing.

4. AdBlock Plus. I don't really use AdBlock because I hate advertisements, but because I don't like waiting for web pages to load. Flash ads and multiple banners really gum up the works, so I depend on AdBlock to keep things running smoothly. It's also a decent way to cut back on your bandwidth usage.

5. DownThemAll - When a friend first showed me DTA a few years ago, I couldn't believe I was still just using FF2's built-in manager. DTA rocks, and would definitely make my Top 5. It's simply one of the best download managers out there.

6. OpenItOnline - I don't do enough work with Office-type documents anymore to warrant installing a suite on my laptop. OpenItOnline lets me send DOC, XLS, and all the other supported file types to ZohoViewer for perusal instead of downloading them. It supports all Zoho and Google Docs apps to open files.

7. Deng Google Bookmarks - I'm not sold on Weave yet, so for now I let Google store my bookmarks. I switched to the Deng addon after using GMarks for the longest time - because I got tired of the giant "bookmark" button on my toolbar. Deng displays only a small star icon, and its management interface is superior.

8. Screengrab! - To quickly capture an entire web page, Screengrab is a great tool. It can save or copy an entire page, the visible portion, or a rectangular selection. If I don't actually need to print a page, Screengrab is an easy, environmentally friendly way for me to keep a copy of it.

9. HP Smart Web Printing - When I do need to print, HP's addon gives me the option to combine multiple web pages on one sheet of paper, eliminate elements I don't need to print, and it even allows saving to PDF. Always nice to see the big boys release something great for free.

10. Web Of Trust - WOT is a great way to keep yourself out of malware trouble. I think I'm a pretty responsible surfer, but I don't know the reputation of every site on the Internet. WOT gives you a heads up about the trustworthiness of a link (based on community input) before you visit it.

11. Shareaholic - Anyone that enjoys sharing links would do well to install this one: it supports a ton of services, including Digg, Delicious, Twitter, Pownce, Reddit, Facebook, MySpace, and Google. It's also a quick way to see how many Diggs or Delicious bookmarks a page has received. Bzzster support gives quick access to sharing items via email.

12. Pingfire - Another must for the social surfer. Ping.fm's multiple-site update service is rad, and Pingfire kicks it up a notch. No need to even visit Ping, just add the Pingfire icon to your toolbar and update your microblog and status sites with ultimate ease.

13. Tab Kit - It's got a whole slew of options for tab management: grouping, coloring, sorting, protection, mouse rocker and scroll wheel support, and many, many others. Visit the devloper's page for a full list of features.

14. Yet Another Smooth Scrolling - Firefox's default scrolling isn't quite as refined as I like it, so I use YASS to tweak things until they're just right. It supports up to three presets, which is nice for laptops. Keep one set for your touchpad and one for your mouse.

Since Downloadsquad readers are largely Firefox users, did I miss your favorite? Share it in the comments so our other readers don't miss out!

24 Great Open Source Apps for Admins & Technicians

I'm always on the lookout for apps that can ease my workload or free up some room in my budget, and open source applications are an excellent way for me to accomplish both.

If you're in the same boat as me, hopefully you're already utilizing some open source options. If not, I've put together this list of two dozen great applications that I can depend on to keep things running smoothly on my office LAN and customer systems as well.

Some of these you'll recognize, but I hope that there are some that are new to you as well.

1. PING - I may be beating a dead horse here with my love of PING, but it's just a great piece of open source. Drive imaging with network and spanning support, password blanking, it's just an excellent app.
   
   
2. NTRegEdit - The Windows Registry editor hasn't seen many changes over the years. NTRegEdit offers some great additional features like recursive export, color coding, improved searching, and quick edit window below the values list.
   
   
3. Safarp - A portable alternative to appwiz.cpl (add/remove programs), it provides a few extra useful features - like silent uninstalls and repairs of Windows Installer-based apps. It also opens in a flash, unlike the clunky appwiz.
   
   
4. WPKG - Maintaining software installs on computers in a small business environment can be a little frustrating sometimes. WPKG gives you push/pull installs and it can run as a service, so silent installs run transparently with no user ineteraction.

5. ClamWin - Open source antivirus that does damn near everything the "big boys" do: automatic updates, scheduled scans, email scanning. There's no realtime shield, but coupling it with the next app in the list lets ClamWin do that, too.
   
   
6. Winpooch - Originally designed to detect activity from trojans and other spyware, Winpooch monitors program activity on your system and gives you greater control over them (like preventing an .exe from connecting to the net or writing to a system folder).
   
   
7. Vispa
   
8. Xpy - These two offer fast ways to tweak XP or Vista by turning off unwanted services and features.
   
   
9. WCD - Its stands for Wherever Change Directory, and it's a real timesaver for anyone that works with the Windows command prompt. All it needs is part of a directory name to change to it (wcd username to get to a user's home folder).
   
   
10. Angry IP Scanner - If I'm asked to inventory a location, I usually start with Angry IP. It quickly builds a list of all live hosts on a network and makes it easy to locate the addresses for devices like Wireless APs, print servers, and the like.
    
    
11. Startup Manager - MSconfig's startup control pane doesn't have a lot of functionality. Startup Manager is an excellent replacement, and it's available in a portable version as well.
    
    
12. JKDefrag - Anything that automates system maintenance is worth a look, in my opinion. JKDefrag's screensaver installer puts your users' idle desktops to work for you, defragmenting whenever the .SCR kicks in.
    
    
13. WinDirStat - Need to locate spacehogs on a user's hard drive? Fire up WinDirStat and let it go to work and it'll build a detailed (if not visually distracting) report of where drive space is being allocated.
    
    
14. DeltaCopy - A fast incremental backup tool based on rsync. It supports scheduled backups and email notifications, and syncs client machines to virtual directories on a central server. I back up our point of sale history with this app - because a full copy of 1.2gb doesn't make sense when only a few hundred kilobytes have changed in the last business day.
    
    Both the client and server apps are included in the 6.3mb download.
    
    
15. EchoVNC
16. InstantVNC - Run these two together and you've got a free (albeit visibly slower) version of TeamViewer. Make sure you (or your client) enters a password when launching InstantVNC, or anyone viewing the list of clients with Echo could, theoretically, take control of the machine.
    
    
17. Putty - A fantastic portable SSH and telnet client. What else can you say about Putty?
    
    
18. InfraRecorder - I don't necessarily want burning software installed on all my client desktops, but I need it from time to time to do a quick backup. Since InfraRecorder is portable, I can run it from my flash drive or a network share.
    
    
19. 7-Zip - I know 7-Zip doesn't have the prettiest GUI, but I rarely use it from anywhere but the context menu. It works like a champ and handles all the archive types I deal with on a daily basis.
    
    
20. FreeOTFE - If you have any sensitive data on your network, you may want to have a look at Free On The Fly Encryption. It sports an easy-to-use interface that allows the creation of virtual encrypted drives. There's also a PDA version available to protect mobile data.
    
    
21. QLiner Hotkeys - I love my hotkeys, and I miss them when I'm working on someone else's system. QLiner is portable, so I can just fire it up on an unfamiliar rig and access them without missing a beat. Add in the Zip tool to archive files with a single keypress.
    
    
22. HealthMonitor - Keep tabs on your servers (or workstations) and get email or SMS alerts when trouble's afoot. It'll monitor everything from ram and drive space to services and event logs.
    
    
23. Memtest - The tool I rely on to troubleshoot RAM issues. I've never run a Memtest and had it miss a faulty module. If the test does't launch or if the screen goes red, I know it's found the problem.
    
    
24. DBAN - Darik's Boot and Nuke is a nice tool to keep handy if you donate old hardware. It's available as a floppy, USB, or CD image, and will locate and securely wipe the contents of just about any hard drive. It's even certified by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Got another open source gem that helps you do the work of a dozen admins (or at least saves you some headaches)? Sound off!

40+ great open source apps & games to trick out your new Windows install

This weekend I finished setting up a fresh triple-boot install on my MSI laptop. With my operating systems ready to go, the time had come to start reinstalling applications. While it wasn't a conscious decision, I noticed that the majority of my apps were Open Source - so I decided to keep the ball rolling.

Even if you haven't just gone through a reformat, these are great applications and well worth installing. If you have, then hopefully this list will provide you with a solid base of programs to get you started with your fresh, new Windows install!

Web Browsers: Chromium, Firefox
They excel at different things, so I install both browsers by default. Chromium is great for all-purpose surfing, while I use Firefox and my favorite extensions to tackle my daily web-based work.

Office: OpenOffice.Org, Sumatra, PDFCreator
For lightweight PDF reading and creation from any Windows app, Sumatra and PDFCreator are solid options. OpenOffice.Org, well, it's the name to beat in open source suites.

Media: Songbird, VLC, Handbrake, DVD Flick
I've been using VLC for ages, and it does everything I need as my video player of choice. Audio duties I leave up to Songbird, which has matured into a fantastic application over the past two years. I use Handbrake to, uh, rip my non-encrypted, personal DVDs. DVD Flick lets me burn said rips back onto a disc.

File Transfer: Free Download Manager, Cabos, eMule
FDM is a very underrated torrent app, and it has plenty of other download-boosting abilities as well. I chose it over Vuze because I need FDM's extras (partial zips, Flash downloading, Rapidshare integration) more than Vuze's additional media-handling chops. Cabos trims Limewire down to the bare minimum for the occasional one-off Gnutella download. As for eMule, I use it to find things that I can't find elsewhere.

Imaging: ZScreen, Inkscape, Gimphoto/GimPad, Flickr Uploadr
If you're comfortable with Photoshop but looking for a free alternative, go with Gimphoto instead of Gimp – the interface is very Adobe-esque. For vector image jobs, Inkscape can't be beat. ZScreen handles my screen captures and Flickr Uploadr, well, it does what it says.

Burning and Backup: Infrarecorder, WinCDEmu, Bonkey, and DirSyncPro
These three apps make short work of mounting disc image files, burning just about anything, syncing folders, and keeping a current copy of your files in a safe location.

Messaging and Social Networking: Pidgin and Spaz
Don't sic Mr. Stallman on me – I know Spaz is built on Adobe Air, but the client itself is open. As for multi-protocol messaging apps, Pidgin is a tough bird to beat.

Maintenance and Utilities: 7zip, Belvedere, Ultra Defrag, Disk Cleaner, TrueCrypt
Lifehacker's Belvedere is a great way to organize your files and folders with minimal effort. Ultra Defrag and Disk Cleaner (and a handful of helpful plugins) keep your hard drive clutter free and performing its best. 7zip waits in your context menu to extract files from (or cram files into) archives of all kinds. For encrypting files, folders, or entire volumes, Truecrypt is fast and reliable.

Desktop Enhancements: RocketDock, Launchy, Virtual Dimension
You don't really need both RocketDock and Launchy. If you prefer eye candy, go with Rocket Dock. If you're a keyboard magician, go with Launchy. I run Virtual Dimension because my forays into Linux have me hooked on the benefits of virtual desktops.

Games: AssaultCube, Enigma, FreeCiv, LexJongg, LinCity, Neverball, Nexuiz, PokerTH, TORCS, Tremulous, WinSudoku, Wormux, Zombies.
Using your computer shouldn't be all work, all the time. Kick back and relax or give you brain a casual workout with these great games. LexJongg puts a slightly technogeek spin on traditional mahjong. FPS fans should check out AssaultCube, Nexuiz, and Tremulous. FreeCiv and LinCity offer OSS takes on two classic PC simulations. TORCS is a solid 3d racing sim which will hopefully soon include online action. Wormux and Zombies are fun turn-based strategy games. WinSudoku and PokerTH - I'll assume you know what those are all about.

There you go - plenty of great OSS to load on your own freshly reinstalled system (or a friend's)! If I missed one of your favorite apps or games, share it in the comments!

BS.Player Free Edition

BS.Player is a great video player that features anything you need to watch movies or any other kind of video on your PC. It supports all popular video formats (and audio as well, in case you were wondering) and though its basic interface is not really the nicest one I've seen, you can easily customize it with skins.

Also, if you're missing any video or audio codecs, BSPlayer will download them right away during installation.BSPlayer supports video subtitles, takes screenshots of movie currently playing, lets you create bookmarks and chapters to move along videos more easily and has also support for plug-ins. I especially liked the way you can control playback, either by using keyboard shortcuts or simply your mouse: one click to stop the video, two clicks to go full screen, mouse wheel to raise or low the volumes The only drawback to BSPlayer, if any, is the fact that the program doesn't include any documentation except for a FAQ section that you need to open in your browser. Not that you can't use the program without help, but it's always nice to have some documentation to rely on in case you get stuck.

Features:

• Sound Equalizer.
• Fully skinnable windows (Media list, Play list, Equalizer)
• Bookmarks support (add, edit)
• Chapters support (create, move to, skip)
• Custom aspect ratios.
• Multiple audio stream switching.
• Frame capture (video to picture)
• Plugin support (Winamp DSP plugins and others)
• Multilingual interface.
• Fast forward and fast rewind option.
• Frame stepping (playback video one frame at a time)
• WinLIRC support (user defineable remote controllers)
• Support switching between multiple (different language) subtitles.
• Pan-scan and custom pan-scan option.
• Support for multiple audio streams and switching between them.
• Every action can also be assigned to WinLIRC button
• Playback of incomplete AVI files and locked files (files in use, files still downloading or recording)
• Command line support (for example "bsplayer.exe movie.avi -fs" will start playback of movie in full screen mode)
• Support a lot of subtitles formats (MicroDVD, SubRip, Subviewer…), custom subtitles position, color, font, transparency…
• BSI/INI files support and dynamic DirectShow filters loading (so everything can be burned on CD and played without installing anything)
• Almost every action can be assigned to user selected key (even two keys) and different keys can be assigned for full screen and windowed mode.
• Support for all popular media formats (audio and video): divx, avi, mpeg 1, mpeg 2, xvid, 3ivx, ogm, matroska, asf, wmv, DV, m1v, m2v, Quicktime mov, mp4, mpv, QT, Real rm, SWF, vob, wav, mpa, mp1, mp2, mp3, ogg, aac, ac3, aif, ram, wma…

OS Requirements:

Win 98/Win Me/Win 2000/Win XP/Vista/Win 7

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