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Rohos Mini Drive creates hidden and encrypted partition on the USB flash drive memory. You work with the files on the hidden partition without opening a special program. Those who have megabytes of sensitive files on the USB drive and seriously concerned with a data security, cannot imagine their USB stick without the hidden volume that is created using this tool.

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It doesn’t require Administrator Privileges to open password protected USB drive partition!

Easy to setup, easy to use. Intuitive USB flash drive Setup Wizard automatically detects your USB flash drive and setup an ecnrypted partition properties. You just need to provide a protection password. One click – and you can save your first file into protected volume. Encryption is automatic and on-the-fly.

You can access your secret volume by entering a right password. Disk-on notifications help you to know when this volume is visible or disabled. If you click on the baloon the Explorer window will be opened on the disk.

If you need to open secured volume on a guest computer, you just click Rohos icon on the USB flash drive root folder and enter disk password. Rohos will start a volume and will sit near the system clock to close the disk when you’ll finish.

Features
Despite the name “Mini” the program provides a decent portable data security solution. It is specially designed for newbie users.

Main Features:
Creates a virtual encrypted partiton volume (disk) within a USB flash drive free space
Automatically detects your USB stick config and creates encrypted partition
Program does not require installation to work with encrypted partiton on a guest computer. You can start it right from USB drive
Encrypted partition is protected by password
Encryption is automatic and on-the-fly
Encryption algorithm: AES 256 bit key lenght. NIST approved.
Rohos Disk Browser to open encrypted partition without having Admin rights
Virtual Keyboard – to protect your encrypted disk password from a key logger
Autorun Folder. Saved program’s/file’s shortcut will automatically start/open up upon disk connection
The limit of encrypted partition size is 2 GB

Rohos Mini Drive program does not create real partition on the USB flash drive. Thus when you insert your USB drive into USB port only one drive letter will appear in Windows. Second (secured) drive will appear only after you active it by entering a password.

What is Stickies?

Stickies is a PC utility I wrote to try to cut down on the number of Post-It® notes I was leaving stuck to my monitor. It is a computerised version of those notes.

The design goal behind Stickies is that the program is small and simple. Stickies will not mess with your system files, or write to the registry. Stickies stores information in a single text-based ini file.

Stickies will never support animated dancing figures, or play “Greensleeves”. They are instead yellow rectangular windows onto which you can put some text notes. Once created, they will stay on screen until you take them away. Just like a real sticky piece of paper.

Main features:

• Once on screen, stickies will remain where placed until closed, even through reboots
• Stickies appearance can be customised; fonts, colours and buttons may be changed, and styles saved. Stickies can be resized.
• Stickies can snap to each other and to the sides of the screen to keep them neatly lined up
• Stickies can be attached to a web site, document or folder so they only show when it’s on screen
• Stickies can be transferred from one machine to another either over a TCP/IP network connection, or by using an SMTP mail server or MAPI client:
  • Hierarchical friends list, which may be automatically transferred from other friends
  • Play a sound file on receive
  • Signature for transmitted or emailed stickies
  • Favourite friends, and custom lists can be made
• Stickies can be hidden for a certain period, until a specified date and time, or to wake every day, week or month, to act as reminders.
• Stickies can have alarms set to ensure you notice them at a point you choose
• Stickies can be transferred to and from your Palm or PPC PDA.
• International language and RTL text support
• Stickies works with Windows Vista
• Stickies is small and simple, it writes to a single text file, and does not alter the registry
• AD network administrators can use Group Policy to control settings
• API to allow integration with other applications
• …and Stickies is completely free!

Download Stickies 6.7a setup program (978kb)

Source: zhornsoftware.co.uk

According to a blog post by Red Hat, Microsoft was given a three year contract, with no public bidding, which Red Hat and 17 other technology groups are appealing. The contract was worth 14 million Swiss Franc (approximately equivalent to £8m or $12m) per year, and was awarded by the Swiss Federal Bureau for Building and Logistics, for “standardized workstations” and the applications and support that go with it.

The government agency claimed the decision was made because there was “no sufficient alternative to the Microsoft products”, however Red Hat stated that several other Swiss government agencies are using alternatives, provided by Red Hat.

Red Hat produce open-source software, namely Linux operating systems, which are targeted towards the commercial market. The money is made by selling subscriptions, which provide support for their products, amongst other services.

Red Hat is leading a group of 18 technology companies who are “seeking a public bidding process that allows for consideration of the technical and commercial advantages of open source software products”. The companies have filed a brief with Swiss Federal Administration Court, and aim to have the contract with Microsoft overturned.

Open-Xchange, one of the other companies offering alternatives, said “We have alternatives to what Microsoft is offering, so at least we should have a chance at the bidding process,” according to an article by PC World. “The IT landscape changes so rapidly, it makes sense to have the freedom to change components without lock-in.”

The same Happed in Maldives NCIT project, have to say that they went through a bidding eveluation but their, bidding document has no option  to Open source. i dont want to mention his name or i dont know to who’s recomendation they came up with the idea of going to microsoft license.

and a senior person in NCIT said to me “there wont be experts to give support if we go for open source” i would like to say to him rethink again if he have seen last nights ITC HELP show. a group of dedicated youths brought happiness to our face am one of thoes with huge smile. with Ubuntu Dhivehi Version. for more information visit www.moss.mv

launch a new education notbook – the Latitude 2100 netbook($369+) for the education market. It was designed for students in the classroom, features a rubberized case for easier handling and increased durability, a clean vent-free bottom that helps avoid intrusion from spills, an optional carrying strap to make easier to carry around. And the notebook also has a network activity lights so that wireless connectivity can be monitored by educators and a webcam option.
Latitude 2100 utilizes Intel’s 945GSE chipset. Here’s other important specs and options:
- Intel Atom N270 processor
- Up to 1GB fixed RAM; Additional memory slot to accommodate up to 2GB RAM total
- Display: 1024×576 LED screen, optional touch screen
- Storage options: standard hard drive options up to 250GB; SSD drive up to 16GB
- Battery: 3 and 6-cell battery options
- Wired Connectivity: 10/100/1000Mb Gigabit Ethernet
- Wireless Connectivity: 802.11g standard, option 802.11n
- Ports: 3 USB, VGA, headphone/speaker out, mic
- Expansion slot: SD/ MMC card reader
Available in several operating system options: Ubuntu 8.10, Windows XP Home or Vista Home Basic. The Latitude 2100 will be availble in 5 colors: Schoolhouse Red, School Bus Gold, Blue Ribbon, Ball Field Green and Chalkboard Black. Prices start at $369.

The work on Ubuntu Dhivehi Translation recently have picked up speed with new members joining in the team and contributing.

We request all individuals who are willing to contribute to join us in helping with the translations. You can join the team by clicking here and registering yourself as part of the team.

You would be able to get more help and participate in the discussions here.

Source : mvlinux

Browser makers like to claim their product is the fastest. PC World did extensive testing to find out which one really is quickest.

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The speed of browsing depends not only from Internet connection speed. Browser is a very important thing between user and Internet. All browser makers like to claim their product is the fastest. But it is really difficult to find out which one really is the fastest.

In February Apple asserted that their browser Safari 4 Beta was the world’s fastest browser. At the same time Google’s Chrome 2 Beta browser was asserted as quickest as rival browsers at running JavaScript. This month Microsoft started marketing Internet Explorer 8 with video purporting to prove that it’s faster than its rival.

One popular Web site undertook detailed real-world tests to determine how quickly each of four browsers – the three mentioned above and Firefox 3.0.7-loaded a series of popular Web sites. The winner was Google Chrome 2 Beta. Its average load speed was 1.3 seconds, half a second faster than Internet Explorer 8. Firefox and Safari are the slowest with average page load speed 2.12 seconds. The most visible difference in page load times was with the MySpace home page and Wikipedia home page.

This test was conducted on a Gateway P-7811FX notebook running a clean installation of Windows Vista Service Pack 1. The test was repeated ten times for each of the browsers. Two best and two worst scores where ignored for each page in order to reduce the influence of fluctuations and to produce more consistent results.

So, if your connection speed is slow, even the fastest browser in the world will not help you. And not only loading speed should influence on your decision about what browser is the best. Browsers differ from each other by user-friendly interface, controls, etc. And its good to see how browsers makers compete with each other and aim to ship the fastest Web browsers they possibly can.

Source : gadget-reviews

While a good number of its machines are already running the OS — about 13 percent at this point — the United States Army has mandated that before the clock strikes midnight on December 31st, 2009 that all of its Windows-powered computers must switch from XP to Vista, presumably and hopefully with Service Pack 2. Additionally, all Office 2003 users will have to upgrade to the 2007 variant, but thankfully, someone with a little Vista experience made sure to omit standalone weapons systems from the mandate — you know, because there’s not really time to click through eight confirmation boxes when launching a time-sensitive homing missile. All jesting aside, we’re flummoxed that the Army didn’t just wait for Windows 7 to roll out in a few months before making this decision, but hey, what’s a few more billion in upgrade costs next year, right?

[Via HotHardware]

CCleaner review

I heard of CCleaner from a friend of mine who calls this the “computer cleaning miracle product.” I didn’t really trust the hype until I got my hands on it and gave it a test run. After all the crap I had been putting on my computer from all the reviews, I thought it’s only appropriate to run Crap Cleaner. I’m currently testing out the v2.19.901 which has some added features like: secure file deletion, Windows HotFix, uninstaller cleaning, updated application icon, fixed large file size issue, and restyled Startup program list.

They’ve also updated cleaning for: MSN Messenger, DVD Shrink, Spybot Search and Destroy, Adobe Photoshop CS2 and added cleaning for Grisoft AVG 7.0, TUGZip, AntiVir Personal Edition. CCleaner’s also decided to add Hebrew, Romanian, French to the translations and have patched up some minor display issues.

What it does

Well, if the title isn’t too confusing, hopefully you can grasp the concept of cleaning the crap from your computer. The install is definitely easy and the interface isn’t hard to master. You don’t have to be a hardcore power user to give the program a try, but you should be careful when messing with the registry.

CCleaner offers to clean many aspects of your computer, from the Web tracks that you leave in your history to the recent document cache you’ve left on your computer. The main part of the program rests in the “Cleaner.” Here’s where you’re able to clean out most of your machine’s worthless leftovers.

The “Cleaner” is actually divided into two separate tabs, the first pertaining to Windows and the second to Applications. You have the ability to clear out the cookies, temp. IE files, recently typed URL’s and even get rid of the auto-complete form from your history in your Internet Explorer drop down. Any of these can be checked or unchecked depending on what sort of information you want to retain.

Under the Windows Explorer drop-down menu, you’re able to select if you want to get rid or keep any of your recent documents, whatever is in your “Run” menu, your search assistant auto-complete and other Explorer MRU’s. Under your “System” drop down you can check off whether you want your recycle bin emptied, getting rid of your temporary files, erasing
the clipboard, clearing memory dumps, cleaning your ChkDsk file fragments as well as Windows log files and old prefetched data.

There’s an advanced drop down menu which includes: Menu Order Cache, Tray Notifications Cache, Windows Size/Location Cache, User Assist History, IIS log files, Hotfix installers and Custom Files Folders. I’d recommend not checking any of those unless you know what they pertain to, that means the less advanced users should leave the last field alone.

Under the “Applications” tab, it basically grabs other used browser applications like Firefox and Opera and cleans them out for you as well. Along with the browsers, CCleaner also looks through Adobe Acrobat, Nero, Google Earth, Office and Paint.NET to get rid of the extras you might not need. There are also a few other tidbits that I left out, but they mainly have to do with your Internet apps, some multimedia preferences and some utilities.

After I checked off what I needed cleaned, I went ahead and analyzed my selection and CCleaner told me that it could free up about 630Mb of space. I was? amazed.

Aside from the Cleaner, you have an “Issues” menu that takes a look at your Registry Integrity along with your File Integrity. Make sure that you know what you’re deleting before you muck anything up. This is where most of the power users will enjoy CCleaner. Its effective technique of singling out what needs to be done is a quick way to ensure a healthy registry.

Lastly, you get a “Tools” menu. Here’s where you can also uninstall some of the programs that you have on your machine. If you have an entry that’s been hand deleted but still shows up in your Uninstall dir, you can easily just get rid of it by deleting the entry itself. Under the “Tools” menu you’re able to get rid of anything you don’t want at Startup.

Finally you have your “Options” menu where you can set some personal settings. Here’s where you can select the cookies you want to keep or how to customize CCleaner to be added to your Recycle Bin options. An important preference in “Options” is that you’re able to select the security on the file deletion process; you can go with 1 simple pass, or a DOD 55220.22-M method which includes 3 passes, or finally an NSA 7-pass deletion method.

Overall, I thought that CCleaner is one of those programs that people should appreciate, not only because it’s free, but because it does an incredible job. It’s a must have for users who are active online, or just active with their computers. Although CCleaner doesn’t support a lot of other applications and programs like some other cleaners, it can erase traces from most of the popular programs. It also makes up by supplying a Registry-cleaning utility, which quickly scans for invalid entries before removing them (CCleaner even can back up your Registry before removal).

CCleaner deletes old system log files, temporary Internet files, unused windows files, cookies or any residue left after an uninstallation. Supports the cleaning of junk from many programs (RealVNC, iTunes, Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, etc.).

The Good

As I said before, it’s clean, it does a great job at cleaning and because it’s not intrusive, it’s one of the few must-have programs people should have on their computers. The interface is simple and easy to understand, it backs up your registry before making any permanent changes and it’s simple (simple = better). Get it before they start charging.

The Bad

It might not have the greatest registry cleaner (Registry Mechanic has a much better one). It also lacks some features other popular cleaners have. Other than that, it’s swell.

The Truth

Get it before it’s gone, that’s all I have to say. I’m only repeating myself when I say that it’s good and effective and free. There’s no good reason why you shouldn’t have this quick cleaner on your machine. Alright meow, what are you waiting for? Go get it, go run it, go enjoy it. I guess it is a “computer cleaning miracle product.”

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