We always thought “Kaspersky” sounded like someone sneezing. Here’s a thought that’s nothing to sneeze at: If you run a small business you probably need pdf conversion. The web can give you more info about pdf converters, pdf to image conversion and a pdf to excel converter. Find a reliable outfit that can help
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Virus.gr released the basic results for their latest AntiVirus shootout earlier today. Expectedly Kaspersky was the best performer. In fact the top four spots are occupied by various forms of the Kaspersky Engine. F-Secure completed the top five. And if I am not wrong F-Secure and and eScan also use modified versions of Kaspersky engine.
The ranking of the popular AV softwares are as follows :

1. Kaspersky version 7.0.0.43 beta - 99.23%

2. Kaspersky version 6.0.2.614 - 99.13%

3. Active Virus Shield by AOL version 6.0.0.308 - 99.13%

4. ZoneAlarm with KAV Antivirus version 7.0.337.000 - 99.13%

5. F-Secure 2007 version 7.01.128 - 98.56%

6. BitDefender Professional version 10 - 97.70%

10. Nod32 version 2.70.32 - 94.00%

12. Avast Professional version 4.7.986 - 92.82%

13. AVG Anti-Malware Professional version 7.5.465 - 92.14%

15. McAfee Enterprise version 8.5.0i+AntiSpyware module - 90.65%

16. Panda 2007 version 2.01.00 - 90.06%

19. McAfee version 11.0.213 - 86.13%

20. Norton Professional 2007 - 86.08%

23. PC-Cillin 2007 version 15.00.1450 - 84.96%

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This is the long overdue second part the series (the first part is available here) I am writing on tiny utilities. In each article I shall feature three outstanding software - all of which are smaller than two megabytes. In this article the softwares featured are - JDiskReport, FastStone Capture and Recuva.

JDiskReport is a disk space Analyser. It scans you partitions and folders on your hard disk drive and identifies files and folders using up greatest amount of space, so you know what do delete if you are running short of disk space. JDiskReport helps you to analyse disk space usage through plethora of charts and graphs to show various statistics.

Download JDiskReport (542KB)
Platforms Supported : Windows, Mac
Version Reviewed : 1.3.0a for Windows
Cost : Freeware
Website : JGoodies.com

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Video Accelerator (for Youtube) from SpeedBit - the makers of Download Accelerator Plus has become nothing short of a sensation. It has been downloaded a million times in 49 days. Video Accelerator promises to fix one problem that many users face on websites like Youtube - videos getting stuck due to slow loading. This is a problem that even users with relatively fast internet connection are confronted with.

How Does It Work ?

Video Accelerator enables smooth playback of streaming media by ensuring the the total bandwidth provided by your ISP is used efficiently. Normally, your browser establishes a single connection with the content provider and downloads the media file linearly. In this process the content is often downloaded at a much slower rate than your connections maximum transfer rate. Hence you experience buffering problems even when the bit-rate of the video is lesser than your internet connection speed. Video accelerator on the other hand uses a complex algorithm to split the media file into multiple segments and establishes multiple connections with the content provider. It downloads all the parts simultaneously, thus ensuring efficient usage of the bandwidth available to you. Once, downloaded it reassembles these chunks and sends it to your browser. This is very similar to how Download Managers work.

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I just recieved 998 invites from Joost. So anyone without an Joost invite just drop a comment and it would be sent to you. The email would contain the download link for Joost. After downloading and installing the software, you would be asked to create an account upon first run. Just make sure that you use the email address to which the invite was sent during registration.

I have got 3 Joost invites which has been lying around for some time. Joost invites are quite easy to get these days (Joost should go public in a few days). However, if you haven’t managed to get your hands on an invite yet, just drop a comment, and the invite would be emailed to you.

I have given away all invites (six) that I had.

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An Indian Software Developer has come up with a software, that promises to boost your download to upload ratio in private torrent trackers.
GreedyTorrent acts as a local proxy for the BitTorrent Protocol. To start using it, you need to change your clients proxy settings to localhost:3456 . You can find detailed step by step instructions for doing this here. Once your torrent downloader connects to the tracker, GreedyTorrent modifies the upload amount reported. It is a configure it once and forget it, kind of software. Once configured, it sits quietly in the system tray and makes sure that the desired upload ratio is maintained.

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One of my major grudges with Windows Vista has been the way it’s start menu works.

I am someone who regularly arranges the start menu entry into folder and subfolders. In this way, in spite of having a large number of applications instaled, whenever I want to launch a program I know exactly where to look. But in Windows Vista, Microsoft got rid of the old cascading style start menu. Now, the programs list shows up within the start menu itself (instead of popping out). This is convenient if you dont have a large number of start menu entries. However, if you have a large number of entries organised into folder and subfolders , you would need to click several times to just launch the program. The other option is to use the search feature, but its not very convinient to keep switching from mouse to keyboard everytime I need to launch some application.
Vista Start Menu solved my problems and did more.

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For those Americans reading about EA�cricket, a quick flip through cyberspace will yield much info about how this game is played and how cricket equipment differs from baseball equipment. And for those who prefer the winter variety of sport, read about snowboarding, right down to the best snowboarding pants to wear.

Ea Sports Cricket 07 is the latest avatar of the long running cricket game series. In the past Ea Sports has received a lot of flak for the poor quality of gameplay in their cricket games. Cricket 2005 was a complete disaster as far as gameplay was concerned. So, what most people were asking for is better gameplay. Like always EA made a bagfull of promises before release. So, did they deliver? Before answering that question I shall highlight the major changes/additions in this edition.

Whats New?

i) The first major new feature is Century Stick. Unfortunately I don’t have an analogue gamepad. So I wasn’t able to test it myself. According to Ea Sports those of you having an analogue controller will be able to play different shots by just pushing the stick in the desired direction. The power of strokes will depend on the amount of pressure you apply on the stick.

ii) Ea Sports have lost the licensing rights from ICC. Hence there is no Worldcup (however there is world championship) or Champions Trophy. They have retained the rights for England, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Players from other countries have goofed up names, and they have no face resemblance.

iii) Another major new addition is the Ashes series. You can take part in the Ashes 06-07 Downunder or relive the 05 Ashes in England. You can also relive several situations from the previous Ashes series. These mini challenges put you in a given scenario with a given set of objectives eg. scoring a half century with Pietersen or getting a hundred run opening partnership. You are introduced to each scenario using real clippings. Once you complete the challenge you unlock the same video in the Theatre. (It would have made more sense if the videos unlocked were different.)

iv) Twenty20 Cricket has also been introduced. You can play Twenty20 Championship with either Australian or English domestic teams. Although in Twenty20 format 2 runs were awarded for a no ball, free hit was not awarded.

Here is a full list of various Tournaments you can play

International : World Championship ( i.e Worldcup) in West Indies,
World Series in Australia, Knockout Cup in region of your choice, Test series, ODI series
Australian Domestic Cricket : Pura Cup, State Season, One Day Domestic Series, KFC Twenty20 Big Bash
English Domestic Cricket : County Season, Liverpool Victoria County Championship, Natwest Pro40, C&G Trophy, Twenty20 Cup.

v) One of the longstanding complaints of gamers has been that the pace of the game is too slow. Ea has finally listened. Now you can change the game speed (slow, medium and fast). This time around there are 5 difficulty levels instead of 3. You can also choose the number of overs of field restriction for 50 over games. There is no Powerplay though.

vi) Semi automatic fielding system similar to BLIC.

vii) And finally, there is no Jim Maxwell this time around! He has been replaced by Mark Nicholas.

Those were the major new features/changes. Now, let me do a bit of nitpicking

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