Microsoft Pink introduces Turtle & Pure

Microsoft working on secret project named Pink has unleashed some new gadgets named Turtle and Pure. Although they look like a child toy but its stylish and round design would attract many MS enthusiasts. These gadgets will certainly be equipped with MS Zune features. First one is Turtle and Second one is Pure. These phones are slider-style designed. One physical feature note able on turtle is a smiley button on turtle next to space bar. Pretty neat indeed.

Convert Internet Explorer to Google Chrome

Internet Explorer is under much criticism due to factors like performance issues, unsatisfactory JS performance, security loopholes etc. The latest IE8 is far better than IE6 or even IE7. However there is no upgrade available for IE6 from Microsoft.

Most of the users have Windows XP installed on their PC's which comes with built-in IE6. Due to some official/personal restrictions they are bound to use IE6 which is painful for browsing. Google has developed a 557 KB plug-in for IE users named Google Chrome Frame. This snippet allows users to convert their existing IE into Chrome Browser. It inserts latest Chrome 10MB download-able files with JS features and HTML 5 support.


It seems like Google is gearing up maximum for Google Wave Launch. Way to Go!

Requirements: IE6, 7 or 8, Windows Vista or XP SP2

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Need for Speed Shift - PC

Thirst for speed hasn't dried yet. You are going to experience a new era of speed and racing. Physical realism of driving will brutally burn your mind with the heat. You will be challenged for every turn you get into. You are not the only one to be suffered by crashes, if you got guts then prove the SHIFT.


Need for speed Shift is the latest game offered by EA Sports in NFS series. Watch the NFS SHIFT Trailer below


NFS SHIFT PC Demo is 1.1GB in size and is available for download via below links.

Download link 1

Download link 2

Check system compatibility before downloading.

Get Google Chrome 4.0.211.4 Beta Now

Google released its much waited web browser Google Chrome 4.0.211.4 Beta which is available for download. Apart from security fixes it includes some improved and new features listed below:

• New Tab Page

• One Box everything (address bar suggestion)
  

• HTML5 support

• Shortcut for your applications

• Thumbnails of your top sites

• Incognito mode (private browsing)

• Instant bookmarks

Download Google Chrome 4.0.211.4 Beta Now (11.5MB Freeware)

Twilight: New Moon Trailer 1,2,3 HQ

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Tab Scope

You must have come across incidents like assignments/projects with early deadline submission or perhaps hectic search to enhance business deals, or even browsing extensively within limited time frame. What will you end up with is lot of tabs opened simultaneously which will astray your concentration from particular goal achievement. To avoid this kind of mishap in routine work or professional environment Tab Scope is a recommended tool.

Tab Scope is a Firefox AddOn which provides

• Real-time preview of current tabs opened.
• Scroll pages or frames in preview with mouse wheel.
• Easy navigation for Back/Forward/Refresh/Close/Stop Tabs.
• Click links or buttons directly in preview.

This must have AddOn works on Firefox 1.5-3.6b1pre and can be downloaded from here.

Check System Compatibility for latest Games

This month is turning out to be lucky for all the Gamers freak. Obviously, it should be after the release of most popular games like Need For Speed Shift, Fifa 10, Batman Arkham Asylum, Halo 3, CoD World at War to name a few. Fantastic reviews and fabulous screen shots tempt many to download the game or even buy CD/DVD instantly. Problem occurs when whole of the game is downloaded through hectic search or bought for original price, and you come to know that its not even compatible with your system. Although minimum system requirements for particular game are listed on their official sites, but there are cases when your system does not fulfill min requirements and can run game surprisingly.

The best solution to check your system compatibility for particular game to run by visiting System Requirements Lab. This site provides a detail overview of your hardware for any game that you select and also lists Recommended configuration for smooth play. It also shows system components information like CPU, RAM, HD Space, Graphics/Video Card, DirectX, Sound Card etc.

Visit SystemRequirementslab for online Check!

Firefox skins

Persona's as named for Firefox skins developed by Mozilla labs is a free and easy to install AddOn. It changes the look of your Firefox easily without installing additional themes. Its nifty feature enables you to change artistic designs with just couple of clicks. If you are not satisfied with the current skins included you can make it of your own and publicize to millions around the globe. This addon is compatible with Firefox 3.0 to 3.6b1pre. Here is a brief screen shot of how it actually looks like:



It includes many skins which will entertain you very much while surfing and really not make you feel bored.

Download Firefox Skins

Download Free Panda Antivirus 2010

Panda Antivirus is the reliable security software for many users. It protects your computer against spywares, malwares, viruses, hackers & online fraud. This professional edition is available for download with full online update. Offer is valid till 30th September 2009. It contains free and valid license key for 3 months if you download the product from the below mentioned link. However it costs around $40 for 12 months subscription. It supports both Windows XP 32bit and Vista 32/64 bit OS & is 80MB in size.

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Opera 5 mini released!

Opera mini is the mostly used browser for mobile surfers. Recently Opera has announced its mini browser Opera Mini 5 Beta. Some of the prominent features are listed below

• Tabbed Browsing

• Password manager

• Speed dial

• Touch Screen Browsing

• Power scrolling

Download to Computer

Visit www.m.opera.com/next to directly download into your mobile.

Extract Audio from YouTube Video

YouTube is the largest online uptodate media provider. There are many cases when a new track is released without its video being released. Mostly these images are old and annoying which ruins listening experience. If you like a particular song or documentary you'll definitely want to download it for your collection. Sometimes you want to insert the audio file in any presentation, share documentaries or just listen songs in your mp3 player. But you want the audio file one way or the other. What you will do? Well, get help from YTFisher.


YouTube Fisher is a standalone (does not requires installation) 44KB application. Just give the link of a particular YouTube file and extract audio from it. Extract audio will download the file in mp2 format which can be converted to any format via AnyVideoConverter.

Download YouTube Fisher

Mini Facebook.com (FacebookLite)

Now a days almost every person uses largest social services provider Facebook. Much of the Business and Marketing is done on Facebook. Largest number of pictures are being uploaded on Facebook for easy accessibility and tagging. Though accessing Facebook.com for users with high internet bandwidth is not a problem. Many users with limited bandwidth have complains for slow loading pages. Taking this matter under serious consideration Facebook programmers have introduced a low bandwidth version of its site. You can access this site at Facebook Lite. Improvements like 'Events' tab next to profile and 'View top stories' above feeds are certainly applause able. This small version has the capability of posting videos and sharing photos but no separate 'link sharing' option is available.


This version primarily focuses on user updates and messaging and is much equivalent to its rival Twitter. This site highly is recommendable for those who are not into much of technicalities being furnished by the parent Facebook.com and are low speed internet users.

Download iTunes9 and Upgrade OS 3.1 Free

Apple has just announced the much awaited product of all times "The iTunes 9" at the Rock and Roll event being held at Yerba Buena Centre of Arts, San Francisco. Lots of Cool features have been added which are worth checking. Some of the Features include

1. Home Sharing
   
2. Genius Mixes
3. Improved Syncing
4. iTunes LP
5. Applications
6. Songs with lyrics
   

Download iTunes Now

In addition to this OS 3.1 upgrade to iPhone and iPod users is available for free via iTunes.