PCMAV RC20

PC Media Antivirus (PCMAV) RC20 telah hadir dalam keping DVD majalah PC Media edisi 10/2007 yang saya beli tadi siang. Dari file readme.txt yang disertakan, pada rilis ini ditambahkan database pengenal dan pembersih 89 virus lokal/asing/varian baru yang dilaporkan menyebar di Indonesia. Total 1121 virus beserta variannya yang banyak beredar di Indonesia telah dikenal di RC20 ini oleh engine internal PCMAV. Selain itu juga dilakukan perbaikan dan improvisasi fitur yang ada.

Virus-virus baru yang dikenal mulai RC20 ini antara lain Aksika-Dago.E, Aksika-Kere.D, Aksika.O, AnakFK, Angelo.C, Aniee.A, Aniee.B, Autoit.B, Barsaka, Boo, Brontok-3.D, BukBron.C, Cetik, Cyrax.D, FluIkan.B, Funxls, GadisSeksi, GameVB.B, Geratis.C, GetRaw, Habd, Harpot.I, Itz, JerukPurut, Kalong, Kuya, KyrEnt.E, Leena.K, LovePraja, Manorblack, Noooh, Piracy, Prethoryan, Ravmon, Redlof.B, Regestry, Rhex, RontokBrow.D, Shuriken.F, Sina, Socks, TheBrother, TheCoolPics.D, TheCoolPics.E, Thumbs.B, TukulNdeso.VBS, Vanpraja, dan Wor

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Niat cari kerja malah ketipu

Rekan yang sedang mencari pekerjaan (menganggur atau ingin beralih profesi) harap SELEKTIF dalam mecermati iklan lowongan pekerjaan baik di KORAN atau di INTERNET. Sekilas tidak ada yang aneh dengan iklan lowongan pekerjaan tersebut, tetapi jika diperhatikan lebih lanjut maka ada pola dunia usahanya hampir sama, berdalih PELATIHAN (TRAINER) bidang Finansial tetapi di ujung kita diminta untuk ber-INVESTASI atau dikenal dengan nama TRADER atau FUTURE atau PENANAMAN Modal berjangka.

Jika sewaktu-waktu anda menemukan iklan yang berbunyi seperti gambar dibawah (entah dikoran atau Internet) , harap Pelamar hati-hati. Tak sedikit korban pelamar yang waktu dan uangnya terbuang percuma. Dan rasanya sudah terlalu lama mereka bebas melakukan aksi penipuannya.


Eko Juniarto mengingatkan saya bahwa pernah beberapa kali terjadi penipuan berkedok lowongan pekerjaan. Para pelamar dijanjikan posisi ‘Marketing Executive’ atau posisi lainnya yang terkesan bagus. Tetapi pada kenyataannya para pelamar tidak mendapat gaji tetap dan terkesan perusahaan tersebut bukan ingin mencari karyawan, tetapi mencari koneksi ke orang-orang yang memiliki banyak uang untuk ‘diinvestasikan’. Bahkan ada beberapa ‘pelamar’ yang kehilangan uang setelah ‘melamar’ pekerjaan ke perusahaan tersebut.

Perusahaan yang dimaksud salah satunya adalah Maxgain atau Graha Finesa. Berikut adalah beberapa tulisan di Internet yang membahas perusahaan ini.

Hati-hati lowongan PT. Maxgain di coolstuff.blubox.us
Maxgain = Menjebak di Forum Ajangkita
Berikut ini cuplikan pengalaman dari rekan-rekan yang sudah mengalami kejadian interview (Blognya Mas Priyadi) :

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Boss…, terus terang saja saya sudah 3 hari ikutan training di PT. Graha Finesa Berjangka di Wisma BNI 46 Lantai 28. Alhamdulillah walaupun terlambat tapi saya tetap bersyukur karena saya nggak akan kelamaan ngikutin tuh “BLOODY F***ING TRAINING” yang ternyata sebenarnya hanya akal-akalan si “MOTHER F***ER” atawa ide dari “BOSS-BOSS SIALAN” PT. GRAHA FINESA BERJANGKA doang..!!.Gimana Nggak harus bersyukur Boss, kalau saya ngikutin Training maka biaya “TERBUANG PERCUMA” yang harus saya keluarkan dari saku seharinya saja melebihi Rp.50.000,-dengan perincian:
1. Bahan bakar = Rp. 20.000,- (Dengan asumsi pada hari pertama saya interview saya isi bensin Rp. 50.000,-, dihari ketiga saya ikutan Training saya harus isi bensin lagi. selama tiga hari tersebut Mobil tidak saya gunakan kemana-mana selain perjalanan PP dari rumah saya ke Wisma BNI 46).
2. Makan Siang+Minum = Rp. 15.000,- itupun makan di Kaki Lima / belakang gedung Artha Graha.
3. Biaya Parkir dari jam 08:15 s/d 16:40 = Rp. 18.000,- Demi Allah (bukannya saya takabur)Uang sebanyak itu tidaklah seberapa besar bagi kami (Alhamdulillah Istri saya saat ini masih bekerja), tapi kalau sekarang ini saya mengetahui bahwa saya tidak akan mendapatkan posisi yang saya lamar, dan malahan akan diarahkan kepada posisi lain yang notabenenya pasti tidak akan saya mau terima (jadi Investor…?? Uang dari mana..?? wong saya nyari kerja itu untuk nyari uang Koq..!! Kumaha iyeuu teh…??? GELO SIA…!!), sah-sah sajakan kalau saya katakan “TERBUANG PERCUMA”..???. (saya Kasihan dong sama Istri saya, dia khan sudah capek-capek kerja). Kenapa saya sampai ikutan di hari ketiga…???
1. Karena saya merasa senang, gimana nggak wong sudah cukup lama menganggur ada panggilan kerja (Ehh.ternyata saya terlampau ke GE-ERan, Hik..hik..!!).
2. Saya desperate sekali untuk mendapatkan pekerjaan saat ini. Persaingan antara/sesama pencari kerja saat ini sangatlah tinggi ditambah lagi biaya pengeluaran untuk kebutuhan hidup (sekolah anak, listrik, telephone,bahan bakar kendaraan, dsb)semakin meningkat.
3. Dihari pertama dan kedua saya selalu dijelaskan oleh wakil dari PT. GRAHA FINESA BERJANGKA bahwa saya wajib mengetahui apa usaha yang dilakukan oleh perusahaan, untuk itu saya harus mengikuti job training dahulu, baru pada akhir training, enduser dari departement yang saya lamar akan menilai performance saya dan merekalah yang akan menentukan saya diterima atau tidak.
3. Dari pada tidak ada kerjaan, saya berpikir saat itu nggak ada salahnya untuk ngisi waktu luang.
4. Kesalahan saya sendiri, karena sehari sebelum Interview pertama, saya hanya membuka halaman pertama sewaktu saya search PT. GRAHA FINESA BERJANGKA di Google, jadi belum mengetahui adanya forum ini (Forum ini ada di halaman 2).Sekali lagi “SYUKUR ALHAMDULILLAH” karena sekarang saya dapat mengetahui kinerja PT. GRAHA FINESA BERJANGKA yang sebenarnya. Terima kasih untuk Boss Priyadi untuk mengadakan Forum ini.Memang sangatlah sulit untuk mencari “BUKTI” atau “MODUS” yang mengarahkan bahwa PT. GRAHA FINESA BERJANGKA melakukan tindakan pidana berupa “Penipuan”, karena di satu sisi sebenarnya secara kasat mata ini jelas-jelas “PENIPUAN BERKEDOK LOWONGAN PEKERJAAN”, tapi sebaliknya (sisi lainnya) kita sulit untuk membuktikannya karena menurut saya pasti mereka akan berargumentasi bahwa:
1. Perusahaan mereka mempunyai izin resmi.
2. Perusahaan mereka terdaftar di salah satu Lembaga/Badan Institusi Resmi Pemerintah RI. (Departemen Perdagangan/BAPEPTI, dsb).
3. Mereka berhak mencari calon tenaga kerja sebanyak-banyaknya dengan cara mereka ini karena mereka juga akan bilang tidak ada satupun undang-undang dinegara ini yang melarang suatu perusahaan melakukan tindakan atau cara-cara seperti yang mereka lakukan selama ini.
4. Mereka tidak menipu/menggelapkan uang pencari kerja, mereka pasti akan berdalih bahwa mereka sebenarnya malahan memberikan “Training” secara gratis, mereka hanya menawarkan kalau si pencari kerja itu mau ikutan menjadi penanam modal (Investor) atau tidak.
5. Mereka akan bilang mereka telah memberitahukan kepada para Investor bahwa Investasi yang dilakukan oleh PT. GFB adalah Futures dan merupakan investasi yang sangat menguntungkan serta sangat beresiko (High risk and high return).
6. Kalau terjadi loss paling-paling mereka akan mengatakan:
a. Telah terjadi kesalahan investasi akibat Investor/Trader memiliki pengetahuan yang kurang.
b. Dalam melakukan investasi perlu memakai logika, semakin besar potensi keuntungan yang diperoleh akan semakin beresiko.
c. Dalam melakukan investasi perlu mengetahui karakteristik dari investasi itu sendiri, peraturan2 nya, ketentuan2 nya.Gimana nih para Bapak-Bapak dan Ibu-Ibu Pejabat yang berwenang akan permasalahan ini. Saya yakin betul Bapak dan Ibu tidak akan menganggap bahwa semua tulisan (uneg-uneg) saya beserta teman-teman sesama pencari kerja lainnya yang tertulis didalam forum ini hanya sekedar tulisan/cerita untuk menuh-menuhin forum ini doang..!! (PASTINYA TIDAK DONG….!!!). Saya mohon dengan sangat “Para Ahli Hukum” dinegara yang sama-sama kita cintai ini, tuang dan berikan kami pengetahuan/ilmumu, karena semua itu sangatlah kami butuhkan saat ini karena semua itu pula dapat membantu kami(para pencari kerja), agar dapat mencari celah pelanggaran hukum yang dilakukan oleh PT. GRAHA FINESA BERJANGKA serta perusahaan lain yang melakukan hal/cara yang sama, agar dimasa mendatang saudara-saudara kita yang akan mencari kerja tidak mengalami nasib yang sama dengan yang kami alami saat ini.
(KOQ SAYA BERUBAH JADI PUITIS SEPERTI INI HE.HE.HE..!).Perlu saya tekankan disini bahwa saya bukanlah ahli dalam bidang(masalah hukum) seperti ini, bahkan boleh dibilang saya “BUTA” sama sekali, tapi seperti apa yang pernah saya katakan diatas, masalah ini sebenarnya secara kasat mata terbukti ada unsur “Penipuan” (PT.GFB melalui perwakilannya selalu meyakinkan si pelamar bahwa seolah-olah posisi yang mereka lamar itu ada, tapi mereka harus mengikuti
“Training” terlebih dahulu, Nah pada kenyataanya diakhir Training ternyata mereka akan diajak untuk ikutan menanam modal atau mencari calon penanam modal dan BUKANNYA diarahkan untuk menempati posisi yang mereka lamar terlebih dahulu atau seperti apa yang selalu diyakinkan oleh perwakilan PT. GFB).Entah kenapa tiba-tiba saja rasa nasionalis saya muncul, terus terang saya merasa kasihan sama rekan-rekan pencari kerja yang baru akan diinterview oleh PT.GFB yang notabenenya adalah saudara sebangsa dan setanah air saya yang saat ini sebenarnya tengah berjuang untuk mencari nafkah/penghasilan, namun pada akhirnya mereka akan membuang uang mereka dengan percuma (minimal ongkos dan biaya makan siang), Hanya karena mereka tidak sadar bahwa mereka akan diarahkan kepada posisi kerja yang lain daripada apa yang mereka harapkan / inginkan. PT. GRAHA FINESA BERJANGKA hanya berkeinginan mendapatkan Penanam Modal (Investor) baru agar mereka juga mendapatkan Brokerage Fee sebesar US$ 240.00 per Trade dipotong US$ 30.00 untuk Komisi Trader. Dalam satu hari saja bisa terjadi lebih dari tiga kali Trading dari satu Investor, bayangkan berapa Brokerage Fee yang akan mereka terima dalam satu harinya. (Hitung sendiri aja ya…!!! he…he..he…!!!).Saya rasa sudah saatnya sekarang ini Pemerintah melalui Departemen-Departement yang terkait membuat suatu Rancangan Undang-Undang perlindungan Calon Tenaga Kerja (Pencari Kerja), agar kasus yang terjadi pada diri saya (dan sesama korban lainnya) tidak terjadi lagi. Amiiin…..!!!.Sekali lagi ah…, kayaknya hati ini belum puas kalau belum bilang…:
F*** U PT. GRAHA FINESA BERJANGKA……!!!!!!

Comment by Graha Finesa Victim
Posted from Jakarta Indonesia
Using Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP
4 December 2006 at 03:15
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Kemarin gw di telp dari perusahaan untuk interview, ngakunya sich dari PT MAXGAIN, gw diminta dateng ke gedung BEJ lantai 29 untuk interview hari selasa besok tgl 11 April 2006. gw ngerasa nggak pernah kirim lamaran kesana koq ada panggilan, aneh ga.. ahirnya gw putuskan harus cari info dulu sblm dateng. ahirnya tau dech gimana reputasinya MAXGAIN, kalo hanya mau tipu-tipu, ga usah repot2 gitu dech… dosa tau
so buat temen-temen yang nyari kerja, hati2 sebelum melangkah..ok!

Comment by ibnu
Posted from Jakarta Indonesia
Using Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP
10 April 2006 at 20:08
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Nah loo, apa jadinya kalo niat kalian kerja cari duit eh malah pailit, nombok, ketipu, mrongos

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· Browse media files from Windows Explorer

Here are some key features of "Nero StartSmart 3":

· Simple-to-use interface
· Easy connection to the Nero ProductCenter
· Improved integration in Windows XP autoplay

Here are some key features of "Nero Burning ROM 7":

· Advanced search options with Nero Scout
· Redesigned to maximize ease-of-use, efficiency and speed LightScribe support
· Support for DVD-R Dual Layer format and DVD+R Double Layer

Here are some key features of "Nero Express 7":

· Redesigned to maximize ease-of-use, efficiency and speed
· The integrated Nero Scout technology provides fast access to all media files including advanced keyword search options
· LightScribe support
· Support for DVD-R Dual Layer format and DVD+R Double Layer
· Verification for Audio CD, Video CD and Super Video CD
· Support for short lead-out recording
· Intelligent compilation size status bar
· Tree-view in data project

Here are some key features of "Nero WaveEditor 3":

· Surround sound editing with up to 7.1 channels
· Zoom out/in of the recording beyond any limits
· Layout improvements: all channel view/channel sum view
· Extended sample format conversion and rendering multi-channel audio recordings
· Offline effect processing possible
· HQ-Dithering to reduce the noise (noise reduction)
· Edit history window showing all editing steps
· Automatic track splitting – export tracks to separate files

Here are some key features of "Nero SoundTrax 2":

· Support for up to 7.1 channel surround sound editing and mixing
· Real-time panning fields to adjust the sound output position (i.e. front/rear)
· Option to produce subwoofer channel tracks automatically
· Multi-channel optimized effects (for surround sound 5.1 and 7.1 with/without subwoofer)
· Automatic record triggering for LP/tape with supporting wizards option
· Switching from Nero WaveEditor 3 to Nero SoundTrax 2 and vice versa with one click
· Drop CD track splits or CD indexes directly in the multi-track project
· Includes wizard for easy vinyl-to-CD or tape-to-CD transfer
· Add volume or pan curves to the audio tracks

Here are some key features of "Nero Vision 4":

· HDV capturing support
· Improved support for DVD camcorder media (8 cm)
· Easily access all your media files with Nero Scout
· Full support of Dolby® Digital 5.1 audio
· DVD+VR
· Supports chapter menus
· Splitting and merging of titles
· Setting or removing write protection for single titles
· Possibility to overwrite unprotected titles automatically if disc space is low
· DVD-VR
· Playback of slideshows
· Adding or removing images from slideshows
· Importing of slideshows to hard disk
· Simulation/preview of the project

Here are some key features of "Nero Recode 2":

· Copy your DVDs with the fastest DVD 9 to 5 copying software in the world
· Convert DVDs and video data into Nero Digital (MPEG-4)
· Convert from 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround into space-saving Nero Digital audio format
· Remove unwanted audio tracks, subtitles or bonus material

Here are some key features of "Nero ShowTime 2":

· Support for Nero Scout
· Support for H.264/AVC playback
· Playback media from Nero MediaHome with excellent sound and video quality

Here are some key features of "Nero MediaHome":

· Fully certified UPnP AV Media Server 1.0
· Decide on a per-media-type (i.e. MP3, MPEG-2, MPEG-4) basis what should be shared over the network
· Parsing of media files for gathering metadata such as the song's artist, album, title, duration, bit rate, color depth, resolution etc.
· Playback your media files on your TV or hi-fi system
· Automatically update shared folder hierarchy if user copies, moves or deletes files (for example using the Windows Explorer)

Here are some key features of "Nero PhotoSnap":

· Support for Nero Scout
· Rotate and cut pictures
· Numerous visual effects
· Improve the resolution of your pictures.
· Supports file format JPEG 2000

Here are some key features of "Nero CoverDesigner 2":

· Support for Nero Scout
· Choose from a variety of templates
· Import covers from your scanner, digital camera or the Internet

Here are some key features of "Nero BackItUp 2":

· Supports drag and drop for file backup
· File backup from Windows Explorer
· Supports a virus check
· On-the-fly compression
· FTP backup and restore
· Shadow copy
· Predefined file filters and file excluding list
· Drive backups from an active partition can be copied onto the hard disk
· Selectable recording speed according to recorder capabilities

Here are some key features of "Nero ImageDrive":

· Supports up to two image drives simultaneously
· Mount image after boot of PC
· Seamless integration into Windows Explorer


Requirements:

Processor and memory:
· For writing audio and data discs:
- 800Mhz Intel Pentium 3 processor or AMD Sempron 2200+ processors or equivalent
- 128MB RAM
· For TV recordings, DVD and video authoring:
- 1.2Ghz Intel Pentium 3 processor or AMD Sempron 2600+ processors or equivalent
- 128MB RAM
· For real-time capturing and burning:
- 1.6Ghz Intel Pentium 4 processor or AMD Sempron 2600+ processors or equivalent
- 128MB RAM

Hard disk space:
· 600 MB disk space for a typical installation of all the components
· Up to 9 GB available hard disk space for DVD images and temporary DVD files

Nero ShowTime 2, Nero Home / NeroVision 4, Nero Recode 2, Nero PhotoSnap, Nero PhotoSnap Viewer require Microsoft DirectX 9.0a or later


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Make Your Own Label

Plain old-fashioned looking discs are no longer in trend. Few users are employing markers for defining the contents. The new technology injected printing capabilities in writing units and nowadays most of them have LightScribe technology, or LabelFlash.

Transforming a regular DVD into a real piece of artwork is only a matter of your imagination as the tools to do it with are abundant on the market. Provided that Nero is mostly known for its burning capabilities, it was only a matter of time until they released an application specially tailored to help creating unique CD/DVD labels, booklets, inlays or disc labels.

The newest version brings little novelty to the program and the same ease of use is available. Immediately after launching the software, you will be prompted to make your pick regarding the type of document to be created. The list of documents available is not changed and you can select any of the eleven choices (Standard, DVD Case, Multi Box, Maxi, Slim Pack, Mini-CD, Biz Card – rectangular, envelope, Custom and Full Template). Each of them comes with a set of templates you can use unhindered.

As soon as you have elected the desired cover you want to create you can start editing and embellishing it. Though the work in Nero CoverDesigner is very similar to working in an image editor, the set of tools is quite limited. The list on the left hand side consists of a selection tool, line, rectangle and ellipse drawing instruments, two text tools (artistic and text box), image inserting tool and field tool.

At the bottom of the drawing window, there are the elements of the case to be edited. You can customize each of them differently with little difficulty. Choosing a template document is always the easiest but also the less original way to reaching a pleasant result. Nevertheless, there are some advantages as Document Data window automatically pops up and all you have to do is fill in the fields with the title, year of release, artist or publisher's name, type in the name of each track if you are creating a cover for an audio disc etc.

There is no effort in this activity and if one of the available templates are not to your taste just go with the instinct and create your own designs. Adding your data is done from Data menu. Document Data provides all the fields and options for adding the desired text to the label. In the case of an audio disc you can add as many tracks as you want and append their names together with play duration. The application will calculate the entire duration of the disc automatically and add the information at the bottom of the cover. Of course, this can be removed at any time before printing.

The same customization can be made in the case of a data disc. Only this time you have to add the files directly from the computer. They will be appended to the cover together with the file extension, as well. With folders, the process functions the same way as with single files. The only trouble here is that the size of the files is not accurate. All sizes will be shown in MB only and the application does not round it up (a 3.9MB file will be displayed as having 3MB). Also, data with less than 1MB in size will appear with zero MB.

However, it seems that this happens only when creating a Standard Data CD booklet with one of the available templates. If you make your cover by yourself or with Custom template, everything is almost fine because the file size is displayed in bytes with absolutely no marking for decimals. This can be a bit confusing when making the conversion in MB or even KB for some users.

The support for LabelFlash technology makes it easy to print text even on the data side of the DVD. But it seems that there is a bit of work needed in detecting LabelFlash drives. During our testing, the application detected my Hama U3 flash pen as a FlashLabel printing device. I also tried with a regular flash pen and a SanDisk Cruzer U3 stick, but Nero CoverDesigner could not be fooled by them. Of course, there could be no selection of which side to be burned and no settings could be made.

All in all, the application has little changes compared to its earlier version. A few templates have been added and other than this, there is no addition, save for the interface which is definitely better looking.

The Good

The learning curve is smooth and the application is extremely easy to use. It can provide you with a print preview for both regular paper printing as well as for LightScribe and LabelFlash.

There are plenty of paper stocks to choose from and you can add your own customizations to the list. Configuring the application requires little effort from you.

The Bad

The size of the files and folders when creating a Standard data disc booklet with a template is not accurate. The size of the files added to the cover is expressed in bytes.

Misdetection of Hama U3 flash pen with a LabelFlash capable device.

The Truth

Nero CoverDesigner is a light solution for creating your disc covers. It has too few tools to create a professional result, but the truth is that it was never intended as a full fledged professional cover designer.

It is a fast and pretty good solution for making covers and burning both data and label sides of your DVDs. Very easy to use and learn, Nero CoverDesigner is perfect for the average user.

Proceed to: Nero BackItUp, Nero Burning ROM, Nero Express


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VMware Creates Open Source VMware Tools

VMworld 2007 was the place where VMware, Inc. announced their release of a majority of VMware Tools as open source software, all making part of the Open VIrtual Machine Tools project. VMware Tools comprises a number of guest operation system virtualization components that enhance performance and can improve the management of VMware virtual
machines.

Open Virtual Machine Tools enables VMware, by integrating Linux distribution partners to streamline the delivery, maintenance and support of these guest OS components, to better support their customers. The areas where collaboration with the community is expected include porting to new operating systems, creating new technologies and increasing the involvement in the creation and testing process.

Paul Poppleton, senior staff IT engineer at Qualcomm, considers Open Virtual Machine Tools the best solution for reducing costs and better support Qualcomm's virtualized Linux deployment, and he thinks that VMware has created a clear path for Linux distributors to integrate VMware Tools within the operating system.

VMware is also working with Ubuntu, Novell, Red Hat and others to integrate open-sourced VMware Tools in the system's setup process. The founder of the Ubuntu project, Mark Shuttleworth said: "We are very pleased with VMware's demonstrated ability to work with the open source community. Open Virtual Machine Tools streamlines the process of providing ISVs with an edition of Ubuntu optimized for virtual appliances that follows the JeOS concept of 'Just Enough Operating System' and allows us to provide end users of the Ubuntu operating system with a compelling out-of-the-box experience. We look forward to the debut of Open Virtual Machine Tools within a future release of Ubuntu."

Open Virtual Machine Tools will be released under GPLv2 and GPLv2-compatible licenses, and a commercial version will be available too. The decision to release the product under the afore-mentioned licenses was taken because the VMware wanted their software to be consistent with the Linux kernel's license.

WYSIWYG Web Builder 4.3.3

A What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get Web site builder. No HTML knowledge needed

Web Builder is an WYSIWYG (What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get) utility that gives you the possibility to build web pages. WYSIWYG means that the finished page will display exactly the way it was designed. The program generates HTML (HyperText Markup Language) tags while you point and click on desired functions; you can create a web page without learning HTML.

Just drag and drop objects to the page position them 'anywhere' you want and when you're finished publish it to your web server (using the build in Publish tool).
Web Builder gives you full control over the content and layout of your web page.

Here are some key features of "WYSIWYG Web Builder":

· No HTML knowledge needed!
· Drag and drop objects from the toolbox on the page: Text, Lines, Images, Marquees and Tables.
· Site Management. Easily add, edit, clone and structure your web pages from a single file.
· Customizable menus, toolbars, keyboard accelerators, dockable windows, tabs, autohide windows.
· Form layout object to create

forms, including actions, hidden fields etc.
· Supports Form fields: Editbox, TextArea, Checkbox, Radiobutton, Combobox and Button.
· Rich text support: text object can contain different fonts, colors, links and sizes.
· Option to add custom HTML for each object (Before Tag, Inside Tag, After Tag).
· Custom HTML object to insert your own HTML or Javascripts.
· ActiveX, JAVA, Flash, Windows Media player, Quicktime, Real Audio and other Plug-In support.
· Publish your entire web site, a single page or a group of pages (to local drive or a web server) .
· Build-in Photo Gallery maker, with lots of cool features like picture frames!
· Build-in Banner maker.
· Rollover images.
· Bulleted Lists: Circle, Disc, Square, Numeric (1, 2, 3), Alpha (a, b, c) , Roman (I, II, III) and custom images.
· Image maps.
· Customize scrollbar colors for Microsoft Internet Explorer.
· Navigation bars.
· Ready-to-use Javascripts.
· Template support. Already more than 100 templates available!
· Support for Cascading Style Sheet positioning (layered layout).
· Insert Symbols (special characters).
· Verify links tool.
· Rotating Image component (useful for Ad Banners).
· Support for third-party add-ons, using the Web Builder Component Developers Kit.
· Import existing HTML pages.
· Hyperlink Style Sheet, to customize the colors/formatting of hyperlinks.
· Show optional rulers.
· Page transitions in Page Properties.
· Inline Frame component (IFRAME).
· Go menu: easily create a drop-down navigation menus.
· Menubar: powerful menu script that can mimic complex menus found in popular GUI applications.
· Shape object (Rectangle, Round rect, Ellipse, Diamond, Hexagon, Octagon, Parallelogram, Triangle, Trapezoid, Arrows, Flag, Flower, Heart, Signs, Stars, Talk Bubbles and much more!).
· Embedded OLE component.
· Embedded page object. This allows you to re-use objects from other pages (master page concept).
· Multi-language support. Dutch, English and Russian available.


Limitations:

· 30 days trial

What's New in This Release:

· Layer Object for advanced layout possibilities.
· Support for folders in the Site manager!
· Find/Replace for text objects.
· Validation tools for form components: EditBox, Combobox and TextArea.
· Rotation for shapes and images.
· Merge and split in tables and multi cell selection.
· Menubar now supports background images, transparancy and sliding/fading effects.
· Table cell background image repeat properties, which allows you to put images inside cells without tiling.
· Quick Properties window for quick object manupulation.
· Ability to group/ungroup objects.
· Image tools: Contrast, Brightness, Flip, Rotate and Resample.
· Image effects: GrayScale, Negative, Sepia, Blur, Soften, Sharpen, Noise, Emboss and more!
· Drawing tools: Line, Line + Arrows, Scribble, Polygon, Curve and Closed Curve.
· Photo gallery border styles/ photo frames.
· Images, shapes and form controls have a new Events Page, to easily add actions to object events!
· You can now add multiple preview browsers and call them using the preview dropdown menu....

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Fast RM to MP3 Converter 3.0.29

Fast RM to MP3 Converter description
Convert RM, RA, RAM, RMVB to WAV, MP3, OGG, APE or WMA

Fast RM to MP3 Converter is an audio conversion application that will allow you to convert RM, RAM, RA, RMVB, RMJ to MP3, WAV, OGG, APE or WMA format.

Fast RM to MP3 Converter also supports extracting audio from RealVideo files.

Here are some key features of "Fast RM to MP3 Converter":

· Convert RM, RA, RAM, RMVB, RMJ to WAV
· Convert RM, RA, RAM, RMVB, RMJ to MP3
· Convert RM, RA, RAM, RMVB, RMJ to OGG
· Convert RM, RA, RAM, RMVB, RMJ to WMA
· Full Drag and Drop support.
· Support Add full folder.
· Simple, easy-to-use and highly customizable interface.
· Fast Conversion Speed: audio format conversion is performed directly without any temporary files, and thus enables high converting speed and economy of hard disk resource.
· Batch audio files conversion.


Limitations:

· You can't add more than 1 file in the unregistered version
· Nag screen
· converts only 30% of any file
· 24 uses limit

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Breakthrough: First Individual Human Genome Decoded

This is one of the greatest discoveries since the emergence of genetics: the first individual human genome ever sequenced, a complete personal DNA blueprint. The famous researcher Craig Venter has found a much higher genetic variation among humans than scientists had previously believed.

"The 2.8 billion contiguous bits of genetic code will also hasten advances in preventative medicine," said Venter, also co-author of the research.

"Within five years, faster and cheaper sequencing techniques
could produce complete genomes for 10,000 people, laying the foundation for an era of individualized genomics. Once we have those, we will basically be able to sort out every fundamental question about nature versus nurture, what's genetic and what's environment," he added.

The new research wiped out the widespread concept that all humans are genetically 99.9 % alike. Venter was one of the first to advocate this in 2000 after the completion of the first map of the human genome, a project in which he was also involved. But those works significantly underestimated genetic diversity because the whole was the result of DNA samples achieved from several individuals.

The new genome, called "HuRef", shows more complex differences than previously detected single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (changes of just one nucleotide, the building molecular bricks of DNA), which determine simple mutations, once believed to be the main cause of differences in human traits and disease vulnerability.

It seems that changes in the previously disregarded "junk DNA" are equally important.

"This dispels the notion we had in 2000 and 2001 that we all have exactly the same genes in the human population. It would have been very disturbing if the range of characteristics that we see all came down to a few simple SNP variations," said Venter.

Now it appears that individual genome can vary from individual to individual up to 44 % of genes.

"This is a number that geneticists and biologists have been wondering about for 50 to 100 years," said co-author Stephen Scherer, a geneticist at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.

The 2000 human genome project was already made in a proportion of 60 % on Venter's own DNA and "HuRef" was finished based on this support, an additional sum of $10 million and 3 years.

Many are concerned that personal gene health information could become a routine and would lead to genetic discrimination. Venter found on his genome a genetic propensity toward Alzheimer's and cardiovascular disease and he has started taking statins, drugs forestalling both conditions.

But insurers or employers could use data of genetic diseases or propensity to them or addictions. Still, the advantages could be much higher.

"We hope to teach people they should welcome it as a breath of fresh air that gives them opportunities in their lives."

Yahoo! Messenger for Mac 3.0 Beta 2! Free Download Here!

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I guess all the Mac fans were waiting for it and looks like the Sunnyvale super giant Yahoo is not disappointing us. Yahoo! Messenger for Mac 3.0 Beta 2 was released today and you can get it straight from Softpedia. As we expected, this new testing version of Yahoo Messenger comes with lots of goodies for

the Apple fans such as chat rooms and the possibility to save all the conversations through the message archiving functions. In addition, the instant messaging client provides support for tabbed windows, enabling you to communicate with several contacts at the same time with only one opened window. Also, this new beta includes more emoticons, just like the Windows version of Yahoo Messenger.

The best thing about it is that Yahoo Messenger for Mac 3.0 Beta 2 bundles webcam support and file transfer capabilities so now you can send and receive files with other users of the instant messaging client. Also, it has an eye-candy interface that perfectly fits into your Mac OS X solution, an operating system which is famous for its attractive appearance.

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Now, the bad thing. It only works with Mac OS X 10.4 or later so if you have an earlier version of the operating system, you're not able to use the application.

Obviously, everybody is now waiting for the Vista flavor of Yahoo Messenger which was announced a long time ago and is expected to come with revolutionary functions compatible with the latest version of the Microsoft operating system.

Yahoo Messenger is more than an instant messaging application as millions of consumers use it to communicate with their friends or family for every corner of the world. The program comes with lots of goodies except the basic chatting features such as emoticons, audibles, VoIP support and many others that are meant to improve the chatting experience. Although there are numerous alternatives for Yahoo Messenger, the main Yahoo client is still one of the top software solutions used for the communications over the Internet.

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