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After a long fair period with the beta version, yahoo released the final version of Yahoo! messenger 10 today. The final release of Yahoo! messenger 10 is compatible with Windows 7 and it also fixed several bugs found in Yahoo! messenger 10-beta.

Yahoo!Messenger 10 Features:

Here are the key features of Yahoo Messenger 10:

  • High-quality video calls – You can make high-quality video call to a friend with synched audio, right in the IM window. Video Calling now includes the ability to swap video windows, position the video windows side-by-side, mute the call or place it on hold. You can even go full-screen with your video call
  • Y! Updates” view of contact list – If the friends in your contact list had opted-in to share their updates via Yahoo!, you’ll be able to see what they’re saying on Twitter, reading on Yahoo! Buzz, listening to on last.fm, and more.
  • Yahoo Messenger in your language – When you start up Yahoo! Messenger 10, you’ll notice a new language menu on the sign-in screen. Choose from 16 different languages and the buttons, menus and various parts of the interface will change to that language. If you’re already signed in, you can also change your language under Messenger > Preferences > Language (you’ll have to restart Yahoo! Messenger for it to take effect).
  • Find more to chat about
    If you want to chat with your friend about their updates, you can do so through a hover menu which allows you to IM a friend about their updates. When you do this, the update also appears inline in the conversation window, so that your friend will be aware of the context.

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Yahoo! messenger 10 download is now officially available on their server and you could download the installer directly from http://messenger.yahoo.com/download/win. It will download the installation file and will download the complete package from the server while installing on your computer. If you have a poor download speed or an internet connection with repeated disconnection problems, I will suggest you to download the offline installer instead, which doesnot require any internet connection during installation, as the complete package gets downloaded at once. You can download the offline installer from Softpedia from the page http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Chat/Instant-Messaging/Yahoo-Messenger.shtml. Now, enjoy your chit-chat with yahoo! messenger 10 and do share your experiences with the new and final version of Yahoo! messenger 10 in our comment box.

Promotional offers are great way of getting products for free.  This time we have got Promo offer for PC Tools Internet Security 2010 which you can grab for free with 1 year license/Serial Key for free.

PC Tools Internet Security 2010 is all in one Protection tools and single license of PC Tools Internet Security 2010 costs 42.99$ but you don’t need to spend single penny just follow below procedure and claim your Free Product.

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Free PC Tools Internet Security 2010 with 1 Year License Key

As this offer is provided by Westpac Banking Corporation (Australia) this offer is only available for Australian users and hence you need to use proxy server located in Australia.

1. Go to this Australian Proxy Website

2. And Serf http://www.pctools.com/wbc/ Promo page with above proxy website.

3. Fill up form with proper details (First name, Last name, Email address & Password) & Click on Submit.

PC Tools Internet Security 2010 Promo Page

4. A verification email will be sent to your email address, check your inbox and click on activation link.

PC Tools Account Verification Email

5. Once you click on Activation link a webpage with PC Tools Internet Security License Code will be displayed. Copy License Code and save it. (You will also receive email with Pc Tools Internet Security 2010 License code).

PC Tools Internet Security 2010 License Code/Serial Key

6. Now Download Pc Tools Internet Security 2010 from here and use above license Code to activate for 12 month.

Calculations are important part in day to day life so Calculator will be normally available in all version of windows to do basic to complex calculations in seconds without straining but many will not use that calculator in built in windows since they may get bored of using it again and again  but would you like to have a calculator that resembles like iPhone or iPod Touch Calculator then just download and launch the iCalcy application


About iCalcy:

  • Portable Calculator Application
  • Works almost with all Windows Version.
  • Freeware.
  • Rotate the Calculator in portrait or landscape orientation, just make it look like real iPhone.
  • All the Operations in portrait mode [+, -, %] are supported but no identification calculations are currently supported will be introduced in further release.

See the iCalcy in action:


Download the iCalcy Application here

If you have any other alternatives for calculators the just drop a comment let us know it.

We all know that Shutting Down is a common utility in Windows which saves all your settings and Files before the Computer Get Powered Off.
But many wish not to shut down the computer properly since Every Second is a valuable so they don’t like even to wait to Shut Down the computer properly.

But there is a way to shut down your Windows 2000, Windows XP

or Windows Vista within a fraction of second!.

You Just need to install the Super Fast Shutdown in your PC and Just click the “ShutDown” icon in Desktop to ShutDown your Computer instantly.

Features:

  • Saves a lot of Time comparing to normal ShutDown Procedure.
  • Super Fast Shutdown ShutDown’s your Pc Instantly.
  • ShutDown and Restart your PC in Single Click.
  • Super Fast Shutdown is Freeware.
  • SuperFast ShutDown works with Windows XPand Windows 2000.

Note: Always ShutDown after Closing all opened applications Properly.

Download SuperFast ShutDown


In last Post we have written about the tool to back up your USB Drive very easily but in this we are going to discuss about a tool that can help you in taking up Back Up’s of your Drivers very easily in Minimum Time.

We all know that there are number of vulnerabilities in this internet world and many new viruses most often attack our system drives and corrupt the important drivers of our computers which will lead to a great headache and time loss too.
Since if we lost that driver it will not work until we install that driver software.

So, in order to reduce that risk there is a new tool called Driver Backup which is a freeware. Driver Backup Creates Back Up of all Drives in your Computer in a single click.
Driver Backup will be most helpful in order to take Backup of our system drivers and will useful during the times of system system failure.

Using Driver Backup you can create a backup of all your drives in single click and can restore them at any time with the available backup’s

Features:

  • DriverBackup is Portable
  • Create a single BackUp for all folders
  • DriverBackup is Freeware
  • Command Line Utility
  • Easy Path formatting
  • Easy removal of unwanted Drivers (BETA)
  • Multi Language Support (English,Spanish,Italian)

Drivers Backup! is a great, simple, efficient and easy to use Driver BackUp Tool.

Driver Back up works on Windows 95/98/98SE/2000/NT/XP/Vista

Download Driver Backup

There are many peoples in this world always carries a USB Device with them for a reason even i too will carry by USB Device. The USB Device includes Pend Drives, iPod etc.,

This USB Image Tool will create a very quick mirror image(copy) of your USB Device Selected so you can Restore the files backuped by USB Image Tool at any time very easily.

Features:

  • Create Mirror Image of USB in One Click
  • Restore the Files to the USB in one Click
  • Can be Easily stored with Built Compressor too.
  • Shows the USB Device Information.
  • Command Line Utility.
  • Favourites Management for USB Images(BackUp’s).
  • 100% Free of Cost

Supported Devices:

        USB Image Tool works almost with all USB Devices like Pen Drives, Flash Drives, Memory Card Readers, Digital Camera’s, Mobile Phone’s, iPod’s, Digital Music Player’s etc.,

Moreover it also displays complete information of your USB Drive such that you can easily know about your USB Drive and it will be easy identify whether your USB is a Genuine made or not.

USB Image Tool needs .Net Framework 2.0 or Higher inorder to work and it runs on Windows XP and Windows Vista Only.

Download USB Image Tool

Ashampoo Office is an best alternative for Office Solutions like MicroSoft Office.
Ashampoo office can Create, View and Even Edit MS Word (DOC), PowerPoint Presentation (PPT) and Excel (XLS). It also utilizes lesser amount of RAM space when compared to normal MS Office Pack.

There are many other extra applications which are not needed for home users wherever ashampoo office 2008 is a very user friendly and system friendly package and also cost effective when compared to MicroSoft Office.

The offical Price of the Ahsampoo Office 2008 is very Cheap when compared to MS Office. But there is a way to Full Genuine Version of Ashampoo Office 2008 with free serial number, using promotional offer given by Ashampoo and SoftMaker.

Features:

  • Very Simple, User Friendly and System Friendly Design
  • Very Light in Weight
  • Can be even carried in USB Stick
  • Supports Opening, Editing and Formatting Microsoft Office Documents.
  • Ashampoo Text Maker, Plan Maker and Presentations.
  • Can be easily Converted into PDF and can be saved.
  • Free Life Time Technical Support and Updates.

How to Get Ashampoo Office 2008 Activation Key?

Now goto this Promotion Page signup with required details as shown below and Just Submit it and you will get your activation key to your submitted email address [Check your Spam Folder in case].

Now Download Ashampoo Office 2008 here.


That’s it now Install the Ashampoo Office 2008 in your PC and Use the Activation key you received through your mail.

If you have any problems in receiving the activation key then just please drop a comment.

There are many software’s available in web which are best in many ways depending upon the user. But these software’s are always paid one which needs to be purchased after certain period in order to use it.
But some software makers give a demo version of the software to try out before buying it which runs for a certain period and needs to be purchased in order to work again in your PC.

Many will uninstall the software and reinstall the software and will use it again as demo version.
But there is way to use that trial software again and again without even uninstalling it.

TimeStopper does that. TimeStopper is a small software which just stops the time of any executable software file and will helps you in using that Trail software continuously without any trouble. It have very sinple user interface which is very easy to handle.

  • Now just download the Time Stopper from here
  • Then just install the TimeStopper in your PC
  • Now just Browse the Executable File (.exe file) of Require Software which will be usually located in C:\Program files\APPLICATION-NAME\ and now just select the new installation date.
  • Now extend to another 30/60/90 Days depending on the software.

Features:

  • TimeStopper is a freeware.
  • Time Stopper is the software which can stop the time for try out version software.
  • When you stop the time you can use your trial versions forever.
  • When you stop the time of a try-out version using this Time Stopper it works via this Time Stopper. Real time amp; date run normally on your system.
  • You can use any number of trial version software

Note that this program just extends the trial period of any software by changing the software installation date.
You can use this TimeStopper to extend the Trail Period of any software.

Download TimeStopper from here

avira-logoWe all know that Avira is one of the world’s top most anti virus solution provider and even though Avira gives you free Basic anti virus solution for all Computers many would like to get it’s Premium Version due to it’s advanced facilities and accuracy in Virus removal but due to it’s cost many don’t have the premium version but now there is a way to get Premium Version for Free for three months.

First please note that it’s a promotional offer given by Avira Antivir in Turkey but i will guide you how to do it.

How to Get Avira Antivir Premium?

Here is the way on how to get Avira Antivir Premium Key for 3 Months

  • First go here
  • Fill up the Form as shown in screen shot below
  • The Click the Button Named “Lisans için t?klay?n”

How to Get Avira Premium Security Suite?

And Right now this is the working way to get the Avira Premium Security Suite Key for three months

  • Go here to Avira Premium Security Suite Turkey Promotional Page
  • Fill Up as shown below
  • Now Click “Lisans için t?klay?n” Button

Note that the License key will be sent to the email id you used will filling out the form and Click ‘License Overview’ in the Avira license WebPage to get your license key for your Avira Product. Download Avira Antivir Premium and Avira Premium Security Suite. And during Installing the Avira Software use the product key you downloaded and remember that the License key will be valid for only 3 months from the date of use and you can also use the Avira Premium Security Suite to activate the Avira Premium Anti virus. If you have any issues please while getting the product key just drop a comment below

AVG-Free-Edition-8.5.339We all now that AVG is a pioneer in Anti Virus solution providing us Free Anti Virus Solution for Computer’s and now AVG has released AVG Antivirus 8.5 Free Edition.
It provides Basic Anti-Spyware and Anti-Virus Solution for Windows XP, Vista and even for latest Windows 7

Infact this Free AVG Anti-Virus is trusted by 80 million users all over the world.

Features

  • Free Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware solution flexible for all PC users.
  • LinkScanner Active Surf-Shield helps you in Web Browsing by Protecting you from Bad Websites.
  • Anti-Rootkit helps you in Protecting your PC from hidden threats in your PC.
  • LinkScanner Search-Shield helps you in Real-Time safety Rankings for all Search results in Search Engine
  • AVG Security Toolbar helps you in getting one click access to LinkScanner tools, built-in search capability.

  • Web Shield helps you in Protecting your PC by Checking Download Links for Unwanted Files and prevents accidental infections through IM chats.
  • Well Known Identity Protection is helpful in Identity Protection.
  • Firewall saves you from hackers and viruses spread over the internet.
  • Anti-Spam helps you in staying away from e-mail threats that include phishing, fraud and spam
  • This AVG Antivirus 8.5 Free edition is compatible with Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7

  • And It’s Completely Free with Free Support.

Note that AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition is for only Personal and Non-commercial, single computer use only.

Get the AVG Anti-Virus 8.5 Free Edition here.