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Download software : Nero 7 Premium Reloaded 7.10.1.0

2008-02-24T16:59:00.000-08:00

Nero 7 Premium Reloaded 7.10.1.0

Nero 7 Premium now offers both the PC and TV media management experience for a complete solution.

Overall rating: 99%
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Downloads:	Total: 206 781 \| Last Week: 3 049
Publisher:	Nero AG (2 other programs)
OS Support:	Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003
License:	Shareware; $70.00
Date added:	11/02/2005
Last Update:	07/17/2007
Size:	173.6 MB

Editor's Review - Nero 7 Premium Reloaded


	5 out of 5 Excellent

Features

Stability

Usability

Interface

Nero 7 is an all-in-one CD/DVD recording application suite and more.

The installation process is designed to fit everyone's needs, whether you are a beginner, by choosing a typical installation, or you are an advanced user, by just selecting the components you need or a full install. The last installation step activates Nero Scout and allows you to select Nero to be associated with image, video, and audio files in order to ease access to Nero Home Media Manager. Nero Scout has integrated a brand new component called Nero Search, which provides quick searching capabilities on your computer or on the Internet.

Once the package is installed, you can choose to run your applications independently from Nero Home or from Nero StartSmart control center. The Nero 7 package contains Nero StartSmart, Burning ROM, Nero Express, Nero Vision, Nero BackItUp, Nero Cover Designer, Nero Wave Editor, Nero SoundTrax, Nero ShowTime, Nero MediaHome, Nero Recode, Nero PhotoSnap, Nero PhotoSnap Viewer, Nero ImageDrive, Nero BurnRights, Nero ProductSetup, Nero CD-DVD Speed, Nero DriveSpeed, and Nero InfoTool.

Nero Home is a multimedia manager that allows you to record or playback all types of media images, movies, and music. Similar to Windows Media Center, Nero Home is tool, which manages your entire multimedia collection and features, advanced playback capabilities, as well as capturing video from any source like TV cards, graphic cards, camcorder, VCR, or webcams (composite/S-video).

Nero StartSmart is the main Nero suite launcher, which contains shortcuts to all Nero applications and services. You can select any task and Nero StartSmart will automatically start the appropriate application in order to perform your desired operations.

Nero Burning ROM is the key feature of the Nero suite. Well known for its CD/DVD burning capabilities, now Nero Burning ROM also features support for Blu-ray disk data recording.

Nero Express is actually a simplified version of Nero burning ROM, since it has been redesigned to increase speed, efficiency, ease of use, and to keep the performance standards of Nero Burning ROM.

Nero Vision allows you to capture video from external sources and create DVD-Video, VCD, SVCD, and miniDVDs. Among its options, we may mention the capability of creating animated menus for DVD-Video: 3D menu scenes, translations between menus and video clips.

Nero BackItUp helps you keep your files and folders secure from damage because of system crashes, power failure, etc. In case you want to backup entire partitions, the backup process will take a little longer than other backup applications, such as Acronis True Image. It took 17 min, 40 sec. to backup a 35Gb hard drive which had 7.23 Gb occupied.

Nero Cover Designer allows you to customize your disk cases. You can choose to create your own disk covers or you can use one of the dozens of templates available.

Nero Wave Editor provides you with recording and editing tools for AIF, MP2, WMA, MP4, WAVE, and NWF audio file formats. You can record sound from multiple sources, like CD, Line In, Microphone, etc.

Nero SoundTrax is a professional audio mixing utility. It supports 7.1 channel surround real time editing and mixing. It transfers to your PC old tapes, CDs, and even vinyl records.

Nero ShowTime is a fully featured multimedia player. You can play all types of video and audio files, including DVDs with subtitles and frame capture capabilities.

With Nero Recode you can recode non-copy protected movies (DVD-9 to DVD-5) to a CDR/RW, DVD+/-R or a single DVD+R DL disc in DVD-Video format (DVD-9 to DVD-9). It includes MP4 support for iPod encoding. You can import a DVD, select video and audio quality, get subtitles, or even recode it to 8cm DVD (1,4 Gb), DVD5 (4,7 Gb) or custom size video. Video files can be previewed in the internal viewer.

Nero PhotoSnap is not a very impressive image-editing tool. It can open a large array of image files and it features many effects such as image sharpening, color balance, lens distortions, rotate, redeye removal, etc. On the other hand, you cannot draw, add text, insert shapes, or convert images.

Nero ImageDrive is a virtual drive mounter, which supports integration into Windows Explorer as well as up to two virtual drives.

The interface is very well designed and it provides quick access to all Nero features like data, audio, or video CD burning. Converting audio CDs to audio files, encoding audio files with a large variety of extensions, copying CDs, backing up files, restoring back-ups, burning images, or erasing CDs are very accessible as well. You can also change the way Nero looks by choosing a skin of your liking. All usual file formats are supported.

There is also an extremely useful selection of favorite applications you can choose from, such as making data DVD's, making mp3 or WMA DVDs, copying DVDs, backing up files, restoring back-ups, and burning images. The tools provided allow you to check drive speed, set burning rights for different users, and obtain system information.

Pluses: CD/DVD overburning, some nice utility tools such as system information, test CD/DVD drives for transfer rates, DAE quality, access/seek times, CPU usage, burst rates, etc., as well as controlling the cover, drive speed, and CD/DVD label manager. Nero 7 also supports burning of short Lead Outs. Thus, one can save up to 80 seconds when burning a CD/DVD, and has only 12 Mb of free storage location.

A great feature of Nero is InCD. An application which allows you to read discs written in MRW format on systems that do not support MRW as well as discs written in a UDF format that are not natively supported by your operating system. InCD is a drag-and-drop writing utility, which provides DVD-RAM, Blu-ray support, and DVD-RW quick format.

Drawbacks / flaws: Nero BackItUp lacks incremental and differential backup options, as well as the fact that it cannot create a full backup of the primary partition because the file system is in use.

In conclusion: Burning CD/DVD-Video, Photo, Data, Audio, or BackUp files, as well as mounting images. All utilities integrated in an extremely comprehensive and reliable package. A few minor flaws, but overall it's an excellent program!

version reviewed: 7.2.3.2b

Nero 7 Premium Reloaded Publisher's Description

TV:
-Quick & easy access to all your digital media files from the comfort of your living room using a remote control;
-Integrates TV time-shifting*, DVDplayback, and A/V file playback;
-Advanced search options;
-Complete multiple tasks concurrently;
Ultimate multimedia experience!

AUDIO:
-Rip audio CDs and create music mixes for your MP3s*
-Amazing sound quality with AAC & High Efficiency AAC (MPEG-4)
-Convert favorite LPs and Tapes to CDs
-Create custom Playlists
-Pump-up your music mixes with powerful Beat Editor, Sequencer and Text II Speech converter
-Support for 5.1 & 7.1 recording, editing and mixing
-32bit, 192kHz audio format support
-Dolby® Digital 5.1 encoding
-Synthetic sound generator with many samples

VIDEO:
-Easily capture video from digital camcorders, video capture/TV tuner cards
-Powerful video editing tools for movies and personal video
-Customize DVD movies: add new content, chapters & keep subtitles
-Fast and easy DVD9 to DVD5
-Support for all popular media formats including Nero Digital™ (MPEG-4)
-Enhanced for Mobile, PDAs, Home Theater and HDTV requirements
-Add animated menu backgrounds or templates to spice up your homemade professional quality DVDs
-Add and cut movies directly on
editable DVDs

PHOTO:
-Combine photos & videos into entertaining slideshows
-Auto-fit multiple background soundtracks
(MP3, WAV, Nero Digital™)
-Easy editing tools: red-eye correction, crop, rotate, and much more!
-reate custom menus, add captions or 2D and 3D transitions
-Burn to DVD, SVCD and VCD or export to video file for sharing

DATA:
-Easy and complete system backup with Nero BackItUp
-InCD 5 Drag&Drop file backup support for BD-RE/R (Blu-ray)
-Supports Virus Check
-Automatic backups with improved Job Scheduler
-Save disc space with compression technology
-Predefined file filters & file excluding
list
-Backup to FTP
-Creating CDs/DVDs was never
easier!

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Games Computer : LEGOStarWars

2008-01-30T17:33:00.000-08:00

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Games Computer : Star Wolves 2 - RELOADED (pc)

2008-01-30T17:29:00.000-08:00

Star Wolves 2 - RELOADED (pc)

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The Empire, just as before, continues to fight against the Aliens. As a rule armadas of battleships aren't used in such conflicts. Small maneuverable squadrons that can attack and retreat quickly are better suited for this type of war. This means that the famous Star Wolves team is back in action!

Star Wolves is a 3D space RPG with deep strategy and tactical elements. The game thrusts players into a world of freelance space hunters during a time of war for the all-powerful Empire. Human space pirates, rogue AI computers that rebelled against humanity and Aliens roam space in search of easy prey and planets to conquer.

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Star Wolves 2 is a sequel to the best-selling space strategy with role playing elements.
Huge game world with over 50 star systems and complete freedom to move from one to another
New ships including the Mothership, improved fighters and ships built using alien technologies
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Games Computer : Star Wolves 2 - RELOADED (pc)

2008-01-30T17:21:00.000-08:00

Star Wolves 2 - RELOADED (pc)

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Star Wolves 2 is a sequel to the best-selling space strategy with role playing elements.
Huge game world with over 50 star systems and complete freedom to move from one to another
New ships including the Mothership, improved fighters and ships built using alien technologies
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Free Software : CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3 X3

2008-01-30T17:12:00.000-08:00

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CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4

2008-01-29T20:49:00.000-08:00

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Downloads: 408,517
Requirements: Windows XP/Vista
Limitations: 15-day trial
Date Added:January 28, 2008

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CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 lets you tackle creative graphics and design projects with confidence. Precision tools, market-leading file compatibility and high-quality content help you turn your creative ideas into professional results: from distinctive logos and signs, to striking marketing materials and eye-catching web graphics. CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 provides all of the graphics tools you need to illustrate, layout, edit and trace. Plus, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 comes packed with additional applications and services to help meet your graphics needs. The suite truly offers the ultimate combination of superior design capabilities, speed, and ease of use for an affordable price. Version X4 adds professionally designed templates, Interactive tables, Independent page layers, Live text formatting.

Editor's review of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite

All-in-one design powerhouse

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite is an impressive collection of powerful design software that can tackle all sorts of design jobs. Included in the package are: CorelDRAW, the main application for vector design and layout; Corel PHOTO-PAINT, for editing and retouching photos, Corel CAPTURE, for screengrabs; ConceptShare, a collaboration service; and the Bitstream Font Navigator. There are also a bevy of smaller utilities such as a bar-code wizard and an app for helping users optimize two-sided printouts.

With a suite that includes that many programs and features, it's essential to have solid in-program help, and CorelDRAW is loaded with dynamic hints, video product tours, and hands-on project tutorials that will have you designing elements in no time. Expert advice from professional designers walks users through specific practices such as airbrushing logos and creating textile patterns.

Two of the most interesting features of the X4 version are interactive tables and professional templates. The new table features are simple to use yet powerful, making it easy for anyone to add data to a newsletter or flier without spending much time at all on the presentation. Contextual hints on the right side of the interface will help out if users get stuck.

The new templates for professionals are diverse and presented in a nifty interface that provides all sorts of useful information. You can sort templates by type--such as brochures, posters/signs, business cards, and newsletters--or by industry, although that list was empty except for "Landscaping." The interface also includes a space for accessing your own saved CDT templates, which can be created easily through the File menu.

Whether the CorelDRAW package is worth its price tag is up to each individual consumer, but a full-featured 15-day trial should give users plenty of time to get acquainted with the application. It's necessary to register for a free Corel account to use the trial, and each program requires you to click a "Continue Trial" button before launching, but those small annoyances aren't enough to prevent this bountiful design suite from earning a top rating.

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Anti Virus : McAfee VirusScan Plus 2008

2008-01-24T22:53:00.000-08:00

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Requirements: Windows 2000/XP/Vista
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Date Added:November 2, 2007

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McAfee VirusScan Plus offers proactive PC security to prevent malicious attacks, so you can protect what you value as well as surf, search, and download files online with confidence. McAfee SiteAdvisors Web safety ratings help you avoid unsafe Web sites. This service also provides security against multi-pronged attacks by combining antivirus, antispyware, and firewall technologies. McAfees security service continuously delivers the latest software so your protection is never out-of-date. You can now easily add and manage security for multiple PCs in your home. Moreover, improved performance allows it to protect, without disturbing you. Version 2008 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.

Editor's review of McAfee VirusScan Plus

At one time this freeware security suite was ubiquitous, but this edition isn't for the faint of heart.

McAfee VirusScan Plus 2008's interface strives to be novice-friendly, with cute green check marks and red crosses. Unfortunately, while the interface is novice-friendly, the program is not. Some advanced configurations are available only after drilling down two or three menus. During installation, McAfee asks for user input on an important settings question, but the small dialog box doesn't offer enough information to fully explain the ramifications of the settings.

Attempting to cover every security function, this suite handles more than viruses by adding a firewall, hard drive cleaner, disk defragmenter, and network security manager. By including everything and the kitchen sink, McAfee VirusScan Plus 2008 feels bloated and it used more memory than we would have liked. Help is convoluted, and there's a chasm between the novice and expert user. We simply found McAfee too complex for novice users and not as advanced-user-friendly as similar suites.

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Anti Virus : AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.5.516

2008-01-24T22:48:00.000-08:00

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This antiviral program offers rock-solid protection for no financial commitment. AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition provides all the necessities, including a tool for scanning your hard drive and e-mail, as well as a real-time shield to prevent infections.

By default, the application is set to search for new virus definitions daily, but you always can use the scheduling tool to change this. Should a virus create serious system problems, AVG creates a rescue disk to scan your computer in MS-DOS mode. The program doesn't tax your system when scanning or when running in the background and always proved effective in our tests.

The interface can't be described as beautiful, yet it is mostly simple to navigate. Sure, you can plunk down a lot of cash for an antiviral application with more features, but AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition delivers the goods for free.

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Download NewsGator

2008-01-20T21:54:00.000-08:00

Fresh off the press: NewsGator, now freeware

Posted by Seth Rosenblatt 3 comments

Checking Web sites by typing in the URL feels like firing up a rickety 56k baud modem and logging on to CompuServe. It gets the job done, but really should only be used under extreme duress or nostalgia. Syndicated feeds bring the Web site to you, and when NewsGator made all its RSS clients free on Wednesday, they suddenly made a top-notch suite with tools for Windows, Mac, mobile, the Web, a podcast manager, and a Microsoft Outlook extension incredibly appealing. And by appealing, I mean you might not be able to imagine feeds the same way afterwards. It's that good.

The Windows interface for NewsGator includes an optional Most Popular list of your feeds on the right.

(Credit: NewsGator)

I've been using Google Reader, and even Mozilla Thunderbird's strong RSS tools couldn't pull me away from the appeal of having my e-mail and feeds coming from the same place. Throw in the some of the recent Google Reader changes, such as faster loading, being able to share items, and marking a previously read item as unread, and I was looking very skeptically at all other feed clients.

NewsGator makes a great pitch. Whatever operating system you want to use, it offers up a top-notch client. Throw in synchronization to its mobile client and Web-based tool and you've got one heckuva sweet suite.

In addition to a standard view, the Mac-based NetNewsWire offers an appealing wide-screen view.

(Credit: NewsGator)

I tested the Windows, Mac, Webware client, and podcast manager today, and the differences were not substantial. Installation on both doesn't require a free NewsGator account, but during the setup process it asks you if you'd like to register for one. The account gives you access to the NewsGator Web client, which has a similarly intuitive interface to the software versions.

Both the Windows and Mac version come with the podcast manager bundled, although you can opt out of installing it. The layout is uncluttered, with major tools living in the customizable toolbars at the top. The keyboard shortcuts are also customizable, and you can have a second set specifically for newspaper reading. There are also search boxes, report generators so you can obsess over what you read, and a plethora of tools that make it easy to fine-tune your reading habits.

The built-in reports tools are worthwhile, with Dinosaurs showing you old unread items, and Attention indicating what you spend the most time reading.

NewsGator Web features most of the key features of its downloadable cousins.

(Credit: NewsGator)

Other features include formatting for newspapers, simple font-size changes, items with images or video will have the media aggregated at the top of the feed, you can prefetch items for offline reading, and there's even a panic button that will go through unread items and decimate their numbers. There's also a built-in browser, complete with tabs, if you don't want to use your default browser to open links. If you don't want to get a particular feed, but don't want to delete it, changing the settings to Do Not Update is just as easy as setting up a brand-new feed.

The Windows version has two toolbar skins and six feed-view skins, while the Mac features two dozen options for spicing up feeds. However, Windows users can preset different ones to each feed, and it's much easier in the Windows version to tweak settings as you read a post. Helpful links right at the top of the post change sorting and reading methods, and marking and sharing tools.

FeedStation is a podcast manager integrated with both the software and Webware versions of the NewsGator clients.

(Credit: NewsGator)

Syncing worked less like an old modem and more like a T3 line: I changed settings in the Windows version, hit the sync button, hit refresh on the Mac version, and the changes were instantly downloaded. I then checked the NewsGator Web-based version, and the changes were already implemented there, too. Surprisingly, you can also manage your podcasts from the Web version.

Without a doubt, this is the most powerful, comprehensive, and responsive RSS manager I've ever used, so it shouldn't surprise you that I strongly recommend whichever of the NewsGator apps best suits your needs.

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Stick Google Calendar into your Firefox sidebar

2008-01-20T21:51:00.000-08:00

Stick Google Calendar into your Firefox sidebar

Posted by Seth Rosenblatt 1 comment

Here's a quick way to make sure you never need to open your Google Calendar in a tab again: Open it in your Firefox sidebar instead. Discovered at Firefox Facts, it adapts some code from iGoogle and streamlines it down to just the calendar. This is a great hack if you can't or won't use the Google Desktop Sidebar.

Google Calendar in Firefox's sidebar offers access to most Calendar features.

(Credit: CNET Networks, Inc.)

You'll see your Google Calendar load, but in what appears to be a stripped-down version. You can Quick Add events, Create events, and Hide agendas while the calendar shows you a multiday listing of your schedule at the bottom. Bookmark the URL, and then in your Bookmarks folder right-click on the bookmark and choose Properties. Select the Load this Bookmark in Sidebar and you're good to go. Whenever you click on your Google Calendar bookmark, it'll open in the sidebar.

Incidentally, this worked flawlessly with the All-in-One Sidebar plug-in, which gives you such a wide range of sidebar options that I've forgotten what the native Firefox sidebar is limited to.

(From CyberNetNews)

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Paint.NET New Release

2008-01-20T21:50:00.000-08:00

Paint.NET New Release

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January 16, 2008 @ 6:44 am

The newer version of Paint.NET has finally been released and for the fans of this excellent piece of software it has come not a moment too soon! The newest release of this piece of software has fixed bugs that occurred during installation as well as some poor performance during installation depending on the options that were selected. While I never experienced this when using the software, apparently some people had prolonged wait times of up to 20 minutes during an installation or removal process.

For those of you that are new to this program, Paint.NET is a rather interesting piece of software in the sense that it has become something that is used for something totally different from what it was originally intended for. The authors of Paint.NET wanted it to be a standalone and free replacement for the paint program that comes with windows, but as different versions started to come out and reception to the program began to grow more favourable, the program creators eventually decided on making it into a full-featured program supporting layers, shading and a number of other drawing tools that are either not available in paint or alternatively are available in much more detail in Paint.NET.

More information can be found at http://www.getpaint.net/

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Windows Starter Kit

2008-01-20T21:46:00.000-08:00

Windows Starter Kit

Posted by Seth Rosenblatt 54 comments

So whichever gift-giving deity you believe in has smiled on you this season and you're the recipient of a brand-new machine. Or maybe the computer gods have decided that December was the time for your PC to join that great server farm in the sky.

Either way, you're in need of some new programs. Free programs. You're in luck: CNET Download.com has compiled a brand-new Windows Starter Kit, complete with all that your freeware-coveting heart could ever desire. This year we bring you a Web Browser, an E-mail Client, Office and Productivity tools, Image Editors, Music and Video Jukeboxes, File Compression, a PDF Reader, Chatware, a Torrent Client, and seven must-have Utilities. And you don't even have to stress about whether that shiny wrapping paper is recyclable.

Where's the antivirus apps? If you're looking for programs to make your PC more secure, check out our overhauled-for-2008 Security Starter Kit.

Web Browser

Mozilla Firefox made tabbed browsing mainstream and redefined the browser wars, but that's not why you should use it. Replete with ways to customize through add-ons make it supremely powerful, and now specialized versions like Flock take that further, but that's not why you need it, either. A JavaScript debugger is standard, and Firefox displays the page-source code in a new window, using indents and color-coded tags like an HTML editor. Again, not enough--on its own.

The built-in pop-up blocker, antiphishing protections, and enhanced extension security aren't enough reason for using Firefox. Add them all together, though, and you get a full-featured browser with an infinite level of customization.

E-mail Client

Mozilla Thunderbird combines smart browsing with sharp innovations aimed at both Web mail clients and industry standards like Microsoft Outlook. Basics like junk mail filters, HTML support, multiple identities, and POP, IMAP, and Microsoft Exchange server support load fast and are bolstered by S/MMIE, digital signing, message encryption, and a phishing detector. Interface tweaks maximize message viewing, a necessity in an e-mail reader.

Mozilla Thunderbird

Back and forward browser-style buttons, customizable tags, and colors make it a cinch to keep things organized, even across folders. Gmail support is as simple as entering your e-mail and password, searches can be saved, and Thunderbird supports extensions like Firefox, allowing for serious enhancement tweaks.

Office and Productivity

A credible rival to MS Office, OpenOffice.org includes powerful applications for making text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, diagrams, databases, and HTML and XML documents. It handles complex equations and multipart documents as easily as simple letters and faxes.

Even advanced Office users will find the templates, collaborative features, macros, and programming language familiar. Extensible and open source, it lets you both import and save documents in formats as diverse as MS Office formats, PDF, HTML, WordPerfect, XML, and others. However, the default is to save files in the open-standard Oasis OpenDocument XML format for maximum compatibility with other applications.

Multilingual and cross-platform, OpenOffice.org is a compelling option for anyone in search of an alternative office suite.

If OpenOffice is too much, AbiWord, gives you just the word processor without the entire suite. It has a quick learning curve with an interface similar to those in Word and WordPerfect.

All the basics are here, including highlight, notation, and a bevy of common formatting tools. Although we did miss a grammar-checker, AbiWord has a multilingual spell-checker. A huge plus is the ability to open and save Microsoft Word documents, though the program also has its own proprietary file format. You can download plug-ins at the publisher's site to import and export a wide variety of other formats, including OpenDocument.

Image Editors

The volunteer developers of The GIMP have developed a polished, user-friendly, and open-source image editor. Although the separated palette windows may disturb users who prefer traditional layouts, your comfort level should grow as you discover how pain-free the program is.

The GIMP

Comparable with Photoshop, GIMP's features include channels, layers and masks, filters and effects, tabbed palettes, editable text tools, color operations such as levels, scalable brushes, revised selection tools, full-screen editing, printing, red-eye removal, perspective clone, lens distortion, and more. It even has regex-based pattern matching for power users, but it also might be much more powerful than what you need. We've recommended a more basic image editor below.

If all you want is a quick image retouch, The GIMP is overkill. Paint.NET, on the other hand, is an open-source editor with all the essentials, including tools to crop, rotate, resize images, adjust colors, and create collages. It supports common image formats but not high-resolution RAW files.

There are enough basic and intermediate effects and features to keep image-tweakers happy, though the red-eye removal tool is notably weak so those images may require manual attention. The pleasing interface boasts semitransparent windows for ease of use. Unlike most free image editors, Paint.NET supports layers and has an actions manager.

Music and Video Jukeboxes

The most recent WinAmp updates have made it competitive again. It now features strong device support, including iPod synchronization, AAC encoding, CD burning, and a robust file-management system. There's an optional new interface layout that joins the separate windows, podcast support, you can edit device synchronization while in progress, and a built-in browser for media discovery. We liked that clicking on an artist's name will get you related headlines and Web sites in a separate pane.

Unfortunately, MP3 encoding and full-speed CD burning requires the Pro version. Album art support is spotty, and there are occasional stability issues during video playback. WinAmp 5.5 is no iTunes killer, but it is a strong alternative and should be of interest to those looking for something with more meat on its bones.

Aiming to redefine how people manage and watch their videos, open-source Miro deserves its praise. It can subscribe to and play back video podcasts while comprehensively managing your saved videos. When you launch the app, a left sidebar hosts a folder tree for managing your videos. The central pane does double duty for viewing videos and searching for new ones. The bottom hosts a search box for parsing through YouTube and other sites, a video control panel, and volume control.

Miro

Features include full torrent support, so you can download and view torrents in the same app, folder watching to manage only the hard-drive folders you specify for new videos, resumable playback, topic-based channel surfing, video sharing, hosting, and vodcast creation assistance.

VLC Media Player offers a one-stop solution for the file-format problem. The program supports playback of every major and most minor file types, and can stream media. Because of its open-source foundation, it evolves quickly, with new features and fixes released frequently.

Though the interface varies from platform to platform, the Windows version is sparse. Skinning it perks things up, but also seems to cause unpredictable behavior. Beyond drag'n'drop, the basic task of opening a file is far more confusing than it should be. Overall, though, VLC Media Player is a must-have application for its ability to open just about any type of video file you throw at it.

File Compression

7-Zip unpacks most archive formats, including ZIP, TAR, GZ, RAR, and its own 7z format. It can create TAR and GZ archives, which are commonly used on Unix and Linux systems. In our tests, 7z archives were up to 40 percent smaller then their ZIP equivalents, although compression did take longer. Advanced options include the ability to create solid and self-extracting archives, and to adjust the compression level and password protection. The program also has a command line module.

Though the main interface is overly simple, it's easy to use and self-explanatory. The context menu options indicate that 7-Zip should be taken seriously.

PDF Reader

Foxit Reader is everything that Adobe Reader isn't: lightweight, effective, and streamlined. Foxit's main purpose is to read PDFs, but it also has annotation tools. The interface mimics Adobe's, so you won't have to change your reading habits. Text readability is nearly the same, and the 1.6MB Foxit starts surprisingly fast compared with Adobe. It's a nice touch that it opens PDFs from the Internet in their own Foxit window, instead of sucking resources from within the browser.

Foxit PDF Reader

It's incredibly irritating that URL hyperlinks were unclickable, and that some features were blocked in the evaluation copy.

Chat

If you've need to use Yahoo, MSN, AIM, and Google, at the same time from the same window, Pidgin is the chatty bird for you. Like other third-party IM clients, this open-source messenger accesses multiple IM networks, including MySpaceIM, as well as lesser-known protocols such as Jabber and Gadu-Gadu.

The IM features are unimpeachable: smileys, file transfers, and multiperson chats. The Buddy Pounce feature automatically performs certain actions when a contact signs on or off. Pidgin gets lots of intangibles right: logging and time-stamping, for instance, are well-executed. Twenty-two plug-ins come prepackaged, but there are still some bugs. Still, Pidgin remains a highly recommended text-only messaging app.

Pidgin doesn't do video chat, but Camfrog does. Its chat rooms feature everything from music lessons to sign language to non-English chatting, and integrating video, audio, and text components are a great leap forward for since a Webcam is not a requirement. Be warned, though: There are X-rated chat rooms--this is not a program that kids should use without supervision.

Camfrog

You can create your own password-protected chat room, and the Contacts list has a section for favorite rooms and one-click contact adding, user searching, and profile management. Despite several toolbars it tries to foist on you during installation, if you're looking for a well-trafficked video chat program that serves a diverse community, CamFrog is cool place to land.

Torrent Client

What computer would be ready for the broadband age without a dedicated torrent client? Miro supports torrents, but if all you want is a torrent, it can be a bit much. uTorrent is so light on resources and memory that it's small enough to run off an old USB key. uTorrent's clean button interface makes it easy to pause downloading.

Finding torrents can be hard, but included are both a torrent search bar and an RSS feed manager that will automatically download files as they publish. Adding, starting, pausing, and listing torrents takes merely a click or two each. A speed guide tests ports and adjusts system settings for optimal performance. uTorrent isn't feature-heavy, but has enough to make it the torrent program of choice for novices, intermediate, and advanced users.

Utilities

Auslogics Disk Defrag couldn't be any easier for rejoining disparate hard-drive bits. Choose a hard drive from a pull-down menu, and Disk Defrag displays the size, space used, free space, and a pie chart. One click starts the program, with a sector map showing how much is fragmented, allocated, or free. As it churns, defragged sectors are displayed in blue.

Auslogics Disk Defrag

Even on older XP systems the program is fast. A handy report is prepared after each session: the total files and folders defragged, and Detail lists the defrag outcome for each file. We only wish a final sector map was included in the report.

A lack of visual polish doesn't hurt this utility that replaces the cumbersome Windows Task Manager by showing running processes in an intuitive tree format. Process Explorer makes the job a lot easier by including program icons and other data, such as description, image, and processor time.

It also can identify the process for a given application window or look up a process name in Google--a handy way to spot spyware. Additional features offer detailed information on performance, DLLs, threads, handles, TCP/IP connections, security settings, and environments. Process Explorer is one of the best we've seen.

WinDirStat identifies how much disk space you're using. Based on Linux's KDirStat, it shows you an informative visual HD usage display. It can also analyze external devices. The initial WinDirStat scan may take quite a while, so be prepared to grab a cup of coffee.

WinDirStat

When you return, you'll see your files displayed by colors according to file type. By default, the order is blue, red, green, but the Options menu can change these settings. It's also loaded with features for managing files. It's one of those apps that you didn't know you needed until you started using it, but once installed it's hard to imagine life without it.

A hectic interface can't stop the power of NoteTab Light. This replacement for Windows' built-in Notepad jumps in with Web browser-style tabs for managing different projects simultaneously, and it can automatically replace the tool it's based on.

However, there's much more to it. A list of commands on the left, called Clips, do anything from inserting bits of text to generating code. Libraries of clips appear as tabs at the bottom of the screen. The FTP library, for example, lets you create server profiles, connect, upload and download files, and issue various commands. The publisher's site offers many user-created libraries, or you can make your own.

Launchy lets you open nearly any program, file, folder, or Web site on your system with just a few keystrokes. It lives in the background, and a quick hot-key combo calls up the small, skinnable Launchy box.

Launchy

Enter the first few letters of a file or program, and Launchy automatically displays the rest of the name. Simply press Enter to open or launch it. If the name displayed isn't what you want, wait a few seconds and the tool displays a drop-down list of other likely candidates. The tool is easily configurable, and it also looks at your default browser's Favorites file.

RAMBooster helps alleviate the RAM jam suffered by most users. Small and effective, installation is quick. Use program defaults, or modify through Edit/Preferences how much RAM you'd like it to free up and at which point of resource consumption. RAMBooster keeps track of RAM usage and scrub your RAM free of flotsam left behind by closed windows and background programs.

The tray icon indicates status: red and black if you're fine, escalating to yellow as free memory falls. Mouse over the icon to see exactly how much free RAM you have. You can also clean your RAM manually via the context menu or the full interface.

Although it lacks a few of the bells and whistles found in other cleaning applications, CCleaner offers more than enough to make it worthy. The logically-designed interface makes it easy to wipe away your tracks from browsing, various Windows system areas, and some third-party applications.

CCleaner doesn't support a large number of extraneous programs, but it can erase traces from such popular programs as Spybot and WinZip. Also missing is a secure file shredder, but it does supply a Registry-cleaning utility that quickly scans for invalid entries before removing them. The app can back up your Registry before altering it, and also uninstall any program on your machine.

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Mendulang Dollar dengan Google Adsense

2008-01-20T21:36:00.000-08:00

Mendulang Dollar dengan Google Adsense

Author: adehendra

Google Adsense, program affiliasi untuk bisnis internet yang sangat popular di dunia online saat ini. Semua orang bisa berpartisipasi menjadi pengiklan bagi google dengan syarat mudah dan cepat, cukup dengan menempatkan iklan-iklan google di situs mereka. Dengan metode komisi pay per click (PPC), menghasilkan uang dari google metodenya jauh lebih sederhana dan sangat liquid, beda dengan affiilasi lainnya, yang mengharuskan kita menjual sesuatu baru mendapatkan komisi. Google Adsense telah membawa revolusi baru dalam bisnis internet, pogram ini telah menghasilkan jutawan online tanpa harus mencari investor-investor besar seperti yang biasa dilakukan perusahaan-perusahaan dot com dari Silicon valley.

Apa itu Google Adwords dan Google Adsense,

Sebelum mengenal lebih juga tentang Google Adsense, sedikit terlebih dahulu akan diulas Google Adwords yang merupakan cikal bakal kelahiran Google Adsense. Google Adwords adalah program periklanan yang ditawarkan google kepada para pemilik situs yang ingin mempromosikan situsnya, dengan cara menampilkan link situs pengiklan di hasil pencarian untuk kata kunci (keyword) tertentu.

Contoh : jika kita melakukan pencarian di google dengan kata kunci welding misalnya, maka selain hasil pencarian, di bagian seperempat di sebelah kanan akan muncul Sponsored Link / Pesan Sponsor.

Tentu saja, para pemasang iklan akan dikenakan sejumlah biaya tergantung dari kepopuleran kata kunci yang dipilihnya.

Namun Google menyadari, meskipun dia sekarang ini menjadi search engine nomor satu di dunia, tidak semua pengguna internet di dunia yang memakai google sebagai mesin pencari, sehingga iklan di google adwords, belum mampu menjangkau seluruh pengguna internet, oleh karena itu mereka menawarkan kepada pemilik situs untuk memasang iklan google adwords di situs mereka dengan pola bagi hasil yang disebut Google Adsense . Jika ada seseorang yang mengunjung situs peserta adsense dan mengklik iklan yang ada di situs tersebut, maka pemilik situs akan mendapat komisi dari google, metode pembayaran komisi seperti ini biasa disebut dengan nama pay per click (PPC).

Berapa banyak komisi yang Diterima?

Komisi yang didapatkan tergantung iklan yang ditempatkan di situs kita. Google sendiri akan menempatkan iklan sesuai dengan isi/content situs . Harga Pay per click sendiri ditentukan oleh seberapa mahal kata kunci tersebut dihargai oleh pemasang iklan Adwords, misalnya kata kunci welding mungkin cuma dihargai 0.5 dolar per klik, tetapi kata kunci insurance misalnya bisa dihargai hingga 30 dolar per klik. Kata-kata kunci yang bernilai tinggi inilah yang disebut dengan High Paying Keyword (HPK). Situs-situs dengan topik spesifik untuk kata kunci (keyword) tertentu disebut situs niche. (contoh situs niche http://www.welding-engineering.com/ dengan topic welding).

Bayangkan jika kita bisa membuat situs yang dikunjungi 1000 orang per hari , dan asumsikan ada 10% yang mengklik iklan dengan komisi 1 dolar per klik, maka dalam sehari situs itu sudah menghasilkan 100 dolar/hari atau 3000 dolar per bulan. Lumayan kan, jauh lebih tinggi dari gaji fresh graduate. Seandainya punya 10 situs serupa, hitung aja sendiri penghasilannya. Di Indonesia sendiri, sudah ada beberapa orang yang meraih komisi diatas 10.000 dolar per bulan, yang dapat ribuan dolar sudah banyak, apalagi yang cuma ratusan.

Di Amerika sendiri, banyak yang sudah mendapat ratusan ribu bahkan jutaan dolar, seperti situs plentyoffish. com ( perjodohan) atau digg.com ( berita) atau ezinearticles. com, hebatnya rata-rata situs mereka bukan lahir dari perusahaan-perusahaan besar silicon valley ( seperti yahoo, google, etc), tapi dari rumahan, ya dari rumah dengan modal PC yang terkoneksi ke internet.

Bagaimana cara ikutan Program Google Adsense?

Dari keterangan yang saya sebutkan di atas, tentu saja untuk ikut program ini, yang harus kita punya adalah situs untuk meletakkan iklan, kalau berdagang, situs ibarat toko, dan iklan adalah barang dagangannya. Setelah punya situs dengan topik/niche tertentu (e.g. education, consultant, farm, etc), kita bisa apply di google.com/adsense , lakukan registrasi, kemudian google akan mereview situs kita, jika memenuhi syarat dan diterima, google akan memberikan kode-kode html yang bisa kita masukkan di situs kita. Jadi deh… simple kan…?

Eiits… tunggu dulu, bagaimana kalau yang gak ngerti bikin situs… ? .. jangan khawatir, untuk pemula buat aja blog (kalau ini pasti sudah banyak yang ngerti), blog juga bisa dipasangi adsense. Bagi pemula berikut langkah-langkah membuat blog adsense (prosesnya gak lebih dari sejam):

1.
Tentukan topik blog yang akan dibuat ( misal. self development. music, education. etc).
2.
Buat blog di blogger.com, kenapa harus blogger, karena blogger masih punya google, jadi lebih gampang untuk di approve, jka sudah expert bisa pakai yang lain.
3.
Cari artikel tentang topik yang sudah dipilih, ( cari aja google, banyak, bisa diedit, atau langsung copy paste tapi tentu dengan mencantumkan sumbernya), posting artikel di blog 10-15 posting, kemudian baru melamar untuk ikutan program adsense via situs google.com/adsense
4. Setelah lamaran diterima, kita dikasih account yang isinya macam2, diantaranya report jumlah klik dan komisi yang kita peroleh, disitu juga kode2 html yang tinggal yang tinggal di copy paste ke situs kita. Untuk di blogger caranya gampang banget, tinggal tambahin page element, kemudian klik add html/javascript, copy-kan adsense kode disitu. Jadi deh.

Remark: untuk waktu approval dari google, tergantung situs, bisa langsung approve, atau sehari malah kadang lebih.

Ada beberapa macam type iklan di google, namun yang umum dipakai adalah adsense for content dan adsense for search .

Ibarat jualan, toko sudah jadi, isi toko sudah ada, sekarang apa?… yah tinggal cari pembeli, ini tahap yang agak berat dan butuh waktu. Percuma kita punya toko tanpa ada yang beli. Yang disebut pembeli yaitu pengunjung situs kita, atau di dunia online umum disebut sebagai traffic. Semakin banyak traffic situs kita, berarti semakin tinggi kemungkinan iklan di klik dan semakin banyak komisi yang kita terima.

Nah untuk hal ini, bagaimana cara meningkatkan traffic ke situs kita secara general ada banyak cara untuk mendapatkan traffic, salah satu contohnya adalah mendapatkan traffic gratis dengan search engine. Contoh kembali lagi ke awal, jika kita mengetikkan kata kunci welding di google, ada lebih dari 30 juta hasil pencarian (gambar 1). Mana yang paling mungkin dibuka para pengunjung? ya halaman terdepan dong. Jika situs kita muncul di halaman pertama akan sangat bagus, halaman kedua atau ketiga masih OK-lah, tapi bagaimana jika di halaman 20?… siapa yang mau liat :) ..

Tentu semua adsenser ingin situs niche-nya akan muncul di halaman awal di hasil pencarian di google, bagaimana agar situs kita muncul di halaman awal?.. caranya adalah dengan Search Engine Optimization (SEO), apa itu SEO, akan saya lanjutkan di artikel berikutnya.
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