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FileZilla The Best FTP Software

Fahad Junaid — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:42:24 +0000

Because of the Hard Disk failure several times, all of the important data found on my Computer Hard Disk was crashed. Few days back I decided to download a copy of my website to my newly installed Hard Disk. For that purpose FTP Programmes are used i.e. to transfer data from your Server to Local PC. I was using FTP Rush Software since long time, but you can’t use it for tasks which I was going to perform i.e to transfer about 10-15 GB of data, as FTP Rush usually skip folders I have noticed that couple of times.

I searched for some other FTP software to perform this heavy task, I installed Cute FTP for that purpose but unfortunately it didn’t satisfied me. It downloaded all the stuff very quickly to my local PC but the problem was it destroyed PHP files I still don’t know how it was done.

After reading different suggestions about FTP Software I noticed that many People recommend to use FileZilla FTP Client. I installed it instantly, Its really a worth trying Free Software.

Download FileZilla FTP Client

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How to turn on Word Wrap in Aptana Studio

Sajid Iqbal — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:09:23 +0000

I am using Aptana studio since a reader recommended me in one of my earlier post. I found Aptana Studio an excellent tool for designing my web pages. Initially, I was quite surprised when I saw no word wrap in the editor area. Browsing through different menus I couldn’t find how to turn on word wrapping. Here is a cluttered view of my code editor before word wrapping was not unable:

Searching through Aptana forums I come to know how to turn on word wrapping. It wasn’t that hard.

Go to Windows > Preferences.
Click Editor in left side pane and then click Advanced tab.
Check the Enable word wrap (requires editor restart) and click apply.

Though it suggest that editor need to be restarted but it would apply without restarting anything.

Now check this screenshot with word wrap enabled:

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5 best media players that work across Windows, Linux & Mac

Sajid Iqbal — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:00:58 +0000

There are a lot of Media Players available now-a-days. The million dollar question is, which one is the best and supported by every major operating system? The answer is no that simple. The choice of a media player depends on certain factors like the format you use most is supported by it, interface, support of certain features like subtitles, sound effects etc. Today I am presenting a review of 5 different media players along their features, these players are trimmed to the list of players which work across popular operating systems i.e Windows, Linux & Mac.

1. VLC media player

VLC is not doubt one of the most used media player now-a-days. It can play variety of videos without any further codecs or plugins. VLC can be installed in almost every operating system. The official site state VLC player as:

VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, …) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.

2. Real Player

Sometime I feel this old horse never got going despite being free. Perhaps their premium version discrimination to free one never attracted common users. According to wikipedia:

RealPlayer (briefly known also as RealOne Player) is a proprietary cross-platform media player by RealNetworks that plays a number of multimedia formats including MP3, MPEG-4, QuickTime, Windows Media, and multiple versions of proprietary RealAudio and RealVideo formats.

3. MPlayer

Originally developed for Linux, MPlayer now supports every major operating system. It supports variety of media formats and additional format support can be enabled by installing 3rd party codecs. Wikipedia describes it as:

MPlayer is a free and open source media player. The program is available for all major operating systems, including Linux and other Unix-like systems, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. Versions for OS/2, Syllable, AmigaOS and MorphOS are also available. The Windows version works, with some minor problems, also in DOS using HX DOS Extender. A port for DOS using DJGPP is also available. A version for the Wii Homebrew Channel has also emerged.
MPlayer supports a wide variety of media formats. In addition to its wide range of supported formats MPlayer can also save all streamed content to a file.

4. Songbird

From the creators of super popular Firefox browsers, Mozilla, comes Songbird. Songbird is a open source media player which according to the analysts can be prove Firefox of media players. Like Firefox it has add ons feature to add more functionality and enhance performance.

Songbird is an open-source customizable music player that’s under active development.
We’re working on creating a non-proprietary, cross platform, extensible tool that will help enable new ways to playback, manage, and discover music.

5. CorePlayer

CorePlayer is an excellent media player that supports all major operating systems and video/audio formats but the biggest setback for this player is that it is not free.

CorePlayer™ Pro is at the center of the CoreCodec™ Universe for manipulating multimedia content on your desktop, mobile phone, portable media player, PDA, GPS, or convergence device. CorePlayer is designed to be a next-generation multimedia platform that will extend upon what you thought were limits in playing back fluid multimedia, with its simple yet extremely powerful interface and features that is designed to empower the CoreCodec Community.

Earlier I reviewed MIRO, which also works cross platform and have pretty interesting features.

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Miro: Internet TV and Podcast palyer

Sajid Iqbal — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:10:29 +0000

Miro is a cross platform HD video player which make it easy to watch and manage watching videos online. Using Miro you can subscribe to internet TV channels and get notified whenever a new episode of your favourite show is online.

Apart for this you can subscribe to your favourite podcast either by browsing through built in Miro Guide or adding RSS address directly in to Miro. Miro can automatically download a new episode of your favourite episode or TV program which you are subscribed to, as soon as it is available online.

Miro has capability to search and download videos from Youtube, blip.tv and some other video sharing sites. It also marks HD videos on Youtube exclusively. Miro can also search for legal torrents and download them quicker than any other torrent client.

Miro is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. You can downlaod it here.

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Wordpress 2.7.1 released

Sajid Iqbal — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:00:02 +0000

Today wordpress.org announced availability of Wordpress 2.7.1, first maintenance release of Wordpress 2.7. It has 68 bug fixes found in previous release.

How can you upgrade

With earlier release i.e Wordpress 2.7, upgrade process had been made quite easy, all you have to do is to go to Tools > Upgrade and click Upgrade Automatically and you’re done. It will take few minutes to download and install the new version to your server.
Alternatively if you have an older version than 2.7 or there is some problem with upgrading automatically, than it is better to upgrade manually. Download the latest version from here & extract it. Open your ftp client and connect to your hosting server. Overwrite all Wordpress files with new ones. That’s it.

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Calculate accurate battery remaining time for laptops

Sajid Iqbal — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:23:08 +0000

If you are using a laptop, you will notice that remaining battery timings are often deceiving. It will be 2 hours remaining time while you check and after a half hour, all of the sudden it fells to 25 minutes only. This really become headache when you are travelling or you have to meet some deadline and your laptop battery screws things up. Won’t it be nice that you have accurate readings for your battery timings? Why not…Say hello to BatteryBar by Oriris Development. This tiny utility can accurately track the remaining as well charging time for your laptop.

BatteryBar is a simple, straight-forward, battery meter that monitors the status of your battery and displays your battery’s status in the taskbar.

BatteryBar constantly monitors the status of your battery as you use your laptop. As it monitors your battery, it keeps historical data on your battery and provide you with a very accurate estimate of how much time is remaining on your battery.

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Top 5 free antivirus software

Sajid Iqbal — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:27:18 +0000

Being the most used operating system, Windows is the target of thousands of viruses, Trojans, malwares and all the bad guy stuff. Today data protection and internet security is a huge market for software companies. There are many security suites available for protecting our precious data from different security threats but unfortunately most of them are not free. Windows is not like Linux where a free software means a fully featured free software available with source code. A free software for Windows means limited features, most of the time. Same is the case with with Antivirus softwares for Windows. Fortunately there are few Antivirus softwares which can protect the users to a moderate level despite the Free tag. Below I have listed some best free Antivirus softwares in descending order:

5. PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition

If you used two popular applications i.e Registry Mechanic and Spyware Doctor your will probably know the name of PC Tools. PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition is yet another free product from this company. It’s features are as follow:

Protects your PC as you are working, surfing and playing Detects, quarantines, disinfects and destroys Viruses, Trojans and Worms

IntelliGuard™ protects your computer against threats in real-time

Automatically checks for frequent updates against the latest threats

Best of all it’s FREE. No catches, limitations or time-limits.

4. Avira Antivirus

Ranked No.3 at downloads.com, Avira is yet another free antivirus. There official site describe there software as:

Avira AntiVir Personal – FREE Antivirus is a reliable free antivirus solution, that constantly and rapidly scans your computer for malicious programs such as viruses, Trojans, backdoor programs, hoaxes, worms, dialers etc. Monitors every action executed by the user or the operating system and reacts promptly when a malicious program is detected.

3. Avast Home Edition

They claim that Avast is trusted by 70 million users worldwide. Avast has been listed in Download.com top 10 for more than one year. According to Download.com:

Avast Home Edition is a complete ICSA & Checkmark certified antivirus, Checkmark certified anti-spyware & anti-rootkit package. Avast includes the following components: On demand scanner with skinnable simple interface, just select what do you want to scan in which way and press the Play button; On access scanner, special providers to protect the most of available e-mail clients; Instant messaging–ICQ, Miranda; Network traffic–intrusion detection, lightweight firewall; P2P protection for Kazaa, BitTorrent; Web shield–monitors and filters all HTTP traffic; NNTP scanner–scans all Usenet Newsgroup traffic and all operations with files on PC; Boot time scanner–scans disks in the same way and in the same time as Windows CHKDSK does.

2. Calmwin Antivirus Free Antivirus

Probably the world’s first and only open source antivirus, Calmwin free antivirus has most ‘calm’ interface and ability to run in background without being a memory hog. They define their product as:

High detection rates for viruses and spyware

Scanning Scheduler

Automatic downloads of regularly updated Virus Database.

Standalone virus scanner and right-click menu integration to Microsoft Windows Explorer;

Addin to Microsoft Outlook to remove virus-infected attachments automatically.

1.AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition

For years it is No.1 in the most popular downloads on download.com and rightly so. It is one of the most used antivirus application worlwide. Some highlighted features:

The most downloaded software on CNET’s Download.com

Protection against viruses and spyware (antivirus and antispyware)

Fast, effective security that is kind on resources

Compatible with Windows XP and Windows Vista

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Add Google Chrome’s “New Tab” feature in firefox

Sajid Iqbal — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:58:45 +0000

We know Chrome is a light weight and fast browser from search giant Google. Apart from other features Chrome has one very nice feature of listing frequently visited sites thumbnails in every new tab. This saves time for typing a frequently visited URL every now than. Basically this idea was derived from another browser Opera. Firefox has an Opera like add on to add this functionality. But difference between Opera ‘Dials‘/Firefox add on and Chrome’s is one have to manually add sites to these dials in Opera and Firefox add on. While in Chrome frequently visited URLs are automatically assigned to these dials. Same is the case with Google Toolbar bundled dials feature. You can download Google toolbar here.

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8 beautiful Firefox3 themes

Sajid Iqbal — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:05:37 +0000

Firefox3 was released few months back. Though there are 100s of Firefox themes to choose from, but a lot of theme developers haven’t updated there themes to be compatible with this new Firefox version. However, there are still some beautiful themes that are updated and compatible with Firefox3. I have complied a small list of some beautiful themes for Firefox3:

1. MacOSX Theme

Apple’s simple colors are always attractive in any User Interface. Firefox looks great with this Mac styled theme.

2. Chromifox

Google’s Chrome is a light-weight browser even its Firefox theme feel light weighted.

3. JetFox Aqua

Another simple yet attractive theme.

4. Vista Nature

Vista style theme but tendency towards nature colors.

5. Strata Human

Ubuntu replica for firefox.

6. Phoenity Reborn

KDE feeling

7. Flook Theme

Flock, a Firefox variation has a cool theme

8. myFireFox

Using firefox but like IE user interface? Try myFirefox.

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Take control of your friend’s desktop, the easy way

Sajid Iqbal — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:47:58 +0000

There are times when you friend or someone known to you need your help in computer related problems & you are miles away from there home/office. In this technology driven world still there are huge number of people who don’t know how to CLEAR RECENT DOCUMENTS in their Windows OS.

Anyway, if you are caught in such a situation you don’t need to worry thanks to Remote Desktop Sharing. You don’t need to come from New York to Bangkok to fix your friend’s minor computer problem. Off course you can’t cure his hardware or OS boot problems. There are number of applications for desktop sharing, even modern day operating systems like Windows, Mac & Linux have this capability built in with core OS programs. Generally these built in programs are a bit difficult to configure. Personally I prefer 3rd party programs like Crossloop & Teamviewer for this purpose. These two programs have give the use ease of accessing other PC remotely without any messy configuration. TeamViewer has a plus point for remote sharing from a Windows PC to Mac & It has an option of using a portable version without even installing it. On the other hand I personally feel CrossLoop is a lot more faster than TeamViewer. These programs can be downloaded from their respective sites.
Download CrossLoop
Download TeamViewer
The next step is tell your friend to download & install the same software as you did, share the access code & allow the incoming connect. That’s it, now you can control your friend’s PC & help him solving the problem he is facing.

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