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Rapidshare Search Engines to Search, Find and Download Files from RapidShare

Since 2nd of July, RapidShare has removed its download limits and captchas for free user. This means that we can continue downloading files from rapidshare without waiting for an hour when we’ve just downloaded a file.
common - comments - 15.7.2008

RapidWareX - rapidshare download manager

RapidWareX as a lot of handy features and imho its allready one of the best rapidshare managers out there.
download - comments - 24.8.2008

RapidZuca Rapidshare Download Manager for Free Users

In past we have covered many interesting tools for Rapidshare which includes Rapidshare plus, Rapidshare Auto Downloader, Rapidshare Download Accelerator, MDownloader & RSdownloader. With availability of Rapidshare API more and more developer coming up with good rapidsahre tools.
download - comments - 19.8.2009

The Vista RAM puzzle: Is 2GB enough?

A couple weeks ago, my buddy Dwight Silverman asked whether he should be tempted by low, low prices to bump the RAM in his Windows Vista machine from 2GB to 4GB.
windows - comments - 13.8.2007

Update: Re-Testing Vista w/2GB RAM, Office 2003

Many of our members have requested that we re-test Vista SP1 with 2GB of RAM instead of the 1GB we used in our original tests.
windows - comments - 28.11.2007

MSN Hotmail hits 1GB storage limit

Microsoft Corp on Wednesday announced a global storage upgrade for MSN Hotmail accounts by increasing the storage limit from 250 MB to 1 GB. Also extended was the expiration period for inactive accounts from 30 days to 60 days for accounts that are more than two years old.
microsoft - comments - 17.11.2006

Samsung develops new graphics memory speed limit

Samsung is getting ready to produce extremely fast memory chips to be used on future graphics cards.
common - comments - 25.2.2007

Google vows to increase Gmail storage limit

People using Google Inc.'s Gmail service are sucking up storage space faster than the company can add it.
common - comments - 13.10.2007

EU warns Microsoft to limit Windows Vista features

The European Union's top competition regulator has warned Microsoft Corp it won't be allowed to sell its new Vista operating system in Europe if it comes pre-loaded with certain features, the Wall Street Journal said on Wednesday.
windows - comments - 29.3.2006

All-In-One RapidShare Hacks

Several free RapidShare Hacks are combined into one and call it All-In-One RapidShare Hacks like the picture below.
download - comments - 9.6.2006

Happy Easter says Rapidshare - No Waiting Periods

To keep things sweet and brief. The next time you visit rapidshare you might notice that there is now, no longer a waiting period. Just choose your mirror and download.
common - comments - 7.4.2007

Rapidshare To Be Forced to Shut Down Following Court Defeat?

Last week we reported on rumors that Rapidshare had, or was about to be, shut down, rumors that now look likely to resurface.
common - comments - 30.1.2008

Windows 7 Build 7201 Available on Torrent Rapidshare

Hype of the RC2 leak is increasing rapidly the time i m writing 503 peoples were active on a single thread over sevenforums.
download - comments - 3.6.2009

Tools to Automate RapidShare Downloading for Free Users With No CAPTCHA

RapidShare CAPTCHA has always been hacked no matter how tough they made it. Usually whenever RapidShare updates their CAPTCHA, it only took a few days for third party download tools to auto recognize it. One of the toughest CAPTCHA was with cats and dogs in them and it took 3-4 weeks to be cracked. A few days after the cats and dogs CAPTCHA has been cracked, RapidShare installed a new CAPTCHA system called TEABAG_3D.
download - comments - 8.7.2008

Disable and Remove Half-Open TCP Connections Limit (to Unlimited) in Windows 7 and Vista SP2 with EnableConnectionRateLimitin Registry Key

Officially, the incomplete half-open outbound TCP connection attempts allowed at any one time is now unlimited by default in Windows Server 2008 and Vista SP2 (Service Pack 2), and Windows 7. Actually, the ability to limit or restrict number of half-open outgoing TCP connections system can create or establish is built into Windows Vista SP2 and Windows 7, however it’s disabled by default.
windows - comments - 8.6.2009

First Microsoft Genuine Office Validation Download on Download Center

Microsoft has posted the first Office download which has Genuine Office Validation (not required yet). It is sounds.exe the download enables sound in Office 2000,XP and 2003.
microsoft - comments - 28.4.2006

Download Windows 7 MUI Language Packs - Official 32-bit and 64-bit Direct Download Links

Microsoft has released MUI (Multilingual User Interface) language packs for Windows 7 RTM. The Windows 7 language packs is available via Windows Update as optional update for Windows 7 Ultimate and Enterprise editions only.
download - comments - 28.8.2009

Download Firefox 1.0.7

Firefox 1.0.7 was just released today. It's said that the only updates for this minor version change are security related.
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Download Fasterfox 0.7.9

Prefetch Links - Dynamic speed increases can be obtained with Firefox's unique prefetching mechanism, which recycles idle bandwidth by silently loading and caching all of the links on the page you are browsing.
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Skype 2.0 download

Everybodys favourite free PC-calling software has just reached version 2.0. Skype now comes with free video calling (assuming two existing webcams) but also updates its older features.
download - comments - 7.1.2006

WindowBlinds 5 download

Customize the look and feel of Windows XP with WindowBlinds. It's a Windows utility that enables users to personalize nearly every aspect of the Windows graphical user interface. It can "skin" your title bars, push buttons, Start bar, radio buttons, and nearly every other part of Windows.
download - comments - 8.1.2006

IE 7 Beta 3 Now Download

Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) Beta 3 has been designed to make everyday tasks easier, provide dynamic security protection and improve the development platform and manageability.
download - comments - 29.6.2006

MEMM 2.1 available for download now!

It's a Microsoft Excel Add-In with a collection of functions which can be useful in an Enterprise environment based on Microsoft Windows operating systems. The main functions are based on retrieving information from Active Directory, modifying Active Directory and getting information from computers through WMI. Although there are more free tools available nowadays (like ADModify), it can be quite convenient to perform certain tasks directly in Excel.
download - comments - 20.7.2006

Safari 3.2.1 Download

The problem was almost instantly isolated and confirmed as incompatibility with third party software. Apple has now issued a new Safari update, for both Mac and Windows users, which delivers “stability improvements,” according to the Cupertino, Calif.-based Mac maker.
download - comments - 25.11.2008

3 x DOWNLOAD Windows XP

DOWNLOAD Windows XP 9 IN ONE with service pack 2, DOWNLOAD Windows XP Professional 64 Bit, DOWNLOAD Windows XP Professional 32 Bit

This is Windows XP Unofficial Download page. Windows XP is designed for businesses of all sizes and for home users who demand the most from their computing experience, Windows XP Professional delivers the new standard in reliability and performance.
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DOWNLOAD QUAKE 4 + Screenshots

Almost a decade ago, in 1996, Quake was first released. It brought with it a revolution in PC gaming. Actually, it was the first game in FPS genre that was really worth belonging there. It began the Epic that is the Quake series. The original game had both Single Player and Multiplayer and both were good.
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DOWNLOAD WindowBlinds Enhanced 5.0

WindowBlinds is a program that allows you to completely change the look and feel of Windows to however you want it to look like. WindowBlinds allows you to completely customize your desktop look by changing the style of title buttons, bars and toolbars.
download - comments - 7.12.2005

FireTune v1.0.9 Download

FireTune for Mozilla Firefox v1.x was developed for an easy and fast optimization of your browsing experience with Firefox. It is based on a collection of popular and well working optimization settings used and tested by the experts.
download - comments - 14.12.2005

Download ICQ 5.04

ICQ Lite has all the essential features of the full version of ICQ. You can message people, exchange files, send SMS messages, do voice chat, and meet people. It also includes multilingual support, the ability to save your chat histories, and a typing indicator that shows when a contact is typing you a message.
download - comments - 22.12.2005

Download OpenOffice.org 2.0.1

The first update to OpenOffice.org has been released exactly two months after the launch of version 2.0. Five release candidates of 2.0.1 have been made available since that time, with the final build showing up on OpenOffice.org mirror sites early Tuesday.
download - comments - 22.12.2005

Rapidshare To Be Forced to Shut Down Following Court Defeat?

The music industry in Germany has secured a legal victory over the hugely popular file-hosting service, Rapidshare. According to the rights holders, Rapidshare is going to have to stop its users from downloading infringing music tracks from its servers, or face the prospect of being shut down.



Last week we reported on rumors that Rapidshare had, or was about to be, shut down, rumors that now look likely to resurface. The company, one of the worlds largest ˜one-click file hosting services, has lost a copyright infringement case against German performing rights outfit, GEMA. Representing a claimed 60,000 members and more than 1 million rights owners worldwide, GEMA has taken an aggressive stance in pursuing legal action against Rapidshare, trying to force it to be accountable for the infringing actions of its users.




winbeta.org - 29.01.2008

Vista Transformation Pack 8.0 Released!

After much anticipation, Vista Transformation Pack 8 has been released to the public.



Improvements include the hotfix issue being eliminated, various software updates and a new feature in which users no longer need WindowBlinds to gain the 'Aero Glass' effect.



A full list of changes can be found at the link below, along with various official download links.




jcxp.net - 29.11.2007

Windows Live Wave 2, Messenger 8.5 FINAL

Forget about countdowns and official release dates. Regular Messers should know by know that we at Mess.be can't just stand by and wait for a counter to reach zero. Regular Messers should also know that we usually get our hands on new Messenger releases well before anyone else (excluding developers, testers and Microsofties, of course). Last but not least, you should know that we don't like private parties, except if the beer supply is low.



Download (English): Windows Live Messenger 8.5 | Windows Live Installer



The other language editions can be found at Mess.be...




winbeta.org - 06.11.2007

Windows 7 Beta: Here's where we stand

Brandon LeBlanc: Due to an enormous surge in demand, the download experience was not ideal so we listened and took the necessary steps to ensure a good experience. We have clearly heard that many of you want to check out the Windows 7 Beta and, as a result, we have decided remove the initial 2.5 million limit on the public beta for the next two weeks (thru January 24th). During that time you will have access to the beta even if the download number exceeds the 2.5 million unit limit.




winbeta.org - 11.01.2009

Yahoo! Mail Drops Storage Limits

Starting in May, Yahoo! Mail will offer all users unlimited storage, becoming the first major webmail provider to do so for non-paying customers. The company currently offers 1GB of storage for free, and 2GB in its premium service. In comparison, Microsoft offers 2GB, AOL 5GB, and Google 2.5GB...
betanews.com - 28.03.2007

Comcast sets monthly bandwidth limit for customers

Comcast, the largest provider of cable-based broadband service in the U.S., will limit residential customers to 250GB of bandwidth a month beginning Oct. 1, the company announced late Thursday. Comcast will contact customers who go above the 250GB limit and ask them to curtail their use, Comcast said. If a customer goes over the monthly limit again during the following six months, Comcast will suspend service for a year.

Currently, Comcast contacts high-bandwidth customers and will suspend their accounts if they don't curb their use, but it has not set a firm bandwidth limit until now. Most customers contacted about their bandwidth usage agree to limit their activity, according to Charlie Douglas, Comcast's director of communications.


neowin.net - 29.08.2008

As ISPs choke file-sharing, users look elsewhere

As ISPs constrict file-sharing services such as BitTorrent, new data shows that users are moving to file-hosting Web sites to avoid slow downloads.



RapidShare and MegaUpload are among the most used file-hosting services. Together, the two sites account for 9 percent of all Internet traffic in the Middle East and 4 percent in Germany, according to iPoque, a company based in Leipzig, Germany, that specializes in traffic-management appliances for ISPs.



The percentages are significant since over the last year usage of file-sharing sites, which number in the dozens, has surged, said Klaus Mochalski, iPoque's CEO. The sites offer potentially faster download speeds for sharing files than peer-to-peer networks.




winbeta.org - 29.11.2007

Hotmail Gets Storage Limit Bump, Other Upgrades

Microsoft announced today that Hotmail would undergo some major upgrades over the next several weeks that should make the service more attractive to webmail users. The most notable change is that the company is bumping the storage limit for Hotmail from 2GB (for free account users) to 5GB, and from 4GB to 10GB for paid users. This brings Hotmail's storage limit above that offered by Google-which remains at 2.8GB for free accounts and 8.8GB for the lowest tier of paid accounts.

That's not the only upgrade the webmail service is getting. Hotmail program manager Ellie Powers-Boyle wrote on the Windows Live Blog that the team has begun adding features that the "more advanced" users have been asking for. Some of the more general upgrades include performance and quality of service enhancements and an increase to the amount of time junk mail and deleted items are kept on the server.


neowin.net - 15.08.2007

Toshiba Preps 2GB NAND Flash Memory Chips

In April 2007, Toshiba will begin selling NAND flash memory chips capable of holding up to 2GB of data. 2GB? Why is this a big deal? Patience my friend, I'm getting to that. The 2GB availability should mean that higher capacity flash memory cards, used in anything from digital cameras to music players, are on their way. The last chips were of 1GB in size and Toshiba made them available late last year as engineering examples.

These flash memory cards are limited to the physical number of chips that can fit in the card: the bigger the capacity per chip, the bigger the overall capacity of the flash card. According to Toshiba, thanks to a new 56-nanometer production process that doubles memory density (developed by partner SanDisk), these chips will be the highest capacity currently available. Samples of the 2GB will be priced at $31 per chip.


neowin.net - 24.01.2007

New Parental Controls Limit Xbox Time

As part of a new marketing blitz to promote the Xbox 360 as a "family friendly" video game console, Microsoft on Wednesday rolled out a new feature called Family Timer, which will let parents limit the number of hours their kids can play the Xbox on a daily or weekly basis...
betanews.com - 08.11.2007

Broadband users reach their limit

One million UK consumers have exceeded or come close to exceeding their broadband usage limit, research from consumer group uSwitch has found.

So-called usage caps, where internet service providers limit the amount of bandwidth users can have in any given month, are standard practice.

But the majority of users are still confused by the bandwidth curbs imposed on them, the research found.

For some who go over their limit the penalty is disconnection.

"With so much reliance on broadband, having the service disconnected could feel to someone as serious as having their electricity cut off," said Tim Wolfenden, spokesman for uSwitch.


neowin.net - 24.10.2008

Sony PS3 to Feature Parental Controls

Sony's PlayStation 3 will add parental controls to limit access to violent video games, according to statements made on Monday by the Entertainment Software Association. Sony had already offered some tools to limit access to movies viewed on the PlayStation 2...
betanews.com - 29.11.2005

Samsung introduces 60nm-class processing for 2Gb DDR2

Samsung Electronics has announced that it has developed what it claims is the industry's first 60nm-class 2Gb DDR2 and will begin mass producing it later this year. Compared with 80nm 2Gb DDR2, the 60nm-class with a speed of 800-megabits per second has improved DRAM performance up to 20%. Moreover, production efficiency for the new 2Gb DDR2 will be enhanced by about 40% using the finer 60nm-class process technology.

Besides its greater efficiencies, the new 2Gb DDR2 device will provide twice as much storage capacity over existing system memory solutions, which will accelerate the move toward higher densities in high-end market segments, according to Samsung


neowin.net - 12.09.2007

Windows 7 Starter Edition details confirmed

As was reported here on Neowin, there was speculation that Microsoft were planning to remove the application limit on Windows 7 Starter Edition. According to The Windows Blog, Microsoft have confirmed that the "3 applications at a time" limit that hobbled earlier versions of the Starter Edition has been removed for Windows 7. Now the only effective limit on the number of programs you can run concurrently is set by the amount of your memory. Windows 7 Starter Edition will have other limits, however, in order to differentiate it from other versions of the OS. "Windows 7 Starter does not include: * Aero Glass, meaning you can only use the "Windows Basic" or other opaque themes.

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neowin.net - 30.05.2009

Update: Re-Testing Vista w/2GB RAM, Office 2003

exo.blog: Many of our members have requested that we re-test Vista SP1 with 2GB of RAM instead of the 1GB we used in our original tests. So, without further delay, we present our revised results table:




winbeta.org - 28.11.2007

Bump your notebook to 2GB of RAM for $26.99 after rebate

If you bought a budget-level notebook within the past year, chances are good it came with Windows Vista and 1GB of RAM--a poor combination to say the least. Vista needs at least 2GB to operate efficiently, especially on notebooks with integrated graphics processors (which borrow RAM from the rest of the system).



Newegg.com has a Transcend 2GB PC2 5300 notebook memory module for $26.99 (after a $10 mail-in rebate). Shipping will run you $4.99.




winbeta.org - 11.01.2008

1 billion app download reached

After reporting about Apple updating their web site with a counter, counting up to 1 billion (1,000,000,000) the mark has finally been reached today by someone named Connor Mulcahey, in just nine months. Connor Mulcahey, only 13 years old was the grand prize winner, downloading "Bump" a game created by Bump Technologies, a simple application that allows users to share information by simply bumping their phones together, sending each other information about them. The information can be selected to limit information sent to each user. For being the 1 billionth download, Connor will receive a $10,000 gift certificate to iTunes, an iPod Touch, a Time Capsule and a MacBook Pro.

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neowin.net - 25.04.2009

Microsoft to Limit Capabilities of Cheap Laptops

Microsoft is launching a program to promote the use of its Windows OS in ultra low-cost PCs, one effect of which will be to limit the hardware capabilities of this type of device, IDG News Service has learned.



Microsoft plans to offer PC makers steep discounts on Windows XP Home Edition to encourage them to use that OS instead of Linux on ultra low-cost PCs (ULPCs). To be eligible, however, the PC vendors that make ULPCs must limit screen sizes to 10.2 inches and hard drives to 80G bytes, and they cannot offer touch-screen PCs.



The program is outlined in confidential documents that Microsoft sent to PC makers last month, and which were obtained by IDG News Service. The goal apparently is to limit the hardware capabilities of ULPCs so that they don't eat into the market for mainstream PCs running Windows Vista, something both Microsoft and the PC vendors would want to avoid.




winbeta.org - 10.05.2008

Toshiba: integrated HD DVD would 'limit' Xbox experience

Microsoft will not build an HD DVD drive into a future Xbox 360 because it doesn't want to "limit the user's experience", an insider at fellow HD DVD backer Toshiba has said.



Not exactly a ringing endorsement of the next-generation optical disc format, you might think, but there you have it it: buy HD DVD, limit your experience.



The comment comes from an unnamed Toshiba spokesperson by way of Yahoo! News. The commentator also dismissed recent claims that Toshiba is working on machine - possibly even an HD TV - with built-in Xbox 360 functionality.



"Its got nothing to do with us," the spokesperson said. "But we know Microsoft doesnt want to include the HD DVD drive so as not to limit the users experience."




winbeta.org - 24.10.2007

Windows data copy limits exposed, sort of

Is there a limit how many files you can copy in one step? And if so, where is this limit? A post in the forums of a popular hardware site provides more clues where this limit may be and which hardware is affected.



We found this information earlier this week in a post on Aces Hardware where a user reported his findings. Hirschma writes that he was unable to copy large numbers of files under certain Windows/hardware environments and was confronted with an error 1450, causing an instability and requiring a system reboot. Depending on the Windows versions, he discovered varying limits: 760,000 in Windows XP 32-bit and about 2.7 million in Server 2003.




winbeta.org - 25.04.2008