µTorrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint. µTorrent was designed to use as little CPU, space and memory as possible while offering all the functionalities expected from advanced clients.

Changelog:
Build 4470
- Fix: crash bug in Mainline DHT compatability

Download: µTorrent 1.7.4
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I saw this article over at Slashdot and thought it was a good read. What are your views on this subject, should users be able to delete files on their PC, or should we have the chance of being sued everytime? You can register to be able to comment on this topic here.

“According to Wired, John Stottlemire found a way to print duplicate coupons from Coupons.com by deleting some files and registry entires on his PC. Now he’s being sued for a DMCA violation. He says, ‘All I did was erase files or registry keys.’ Says a lawyer: ‘[The DMCA] may cover this. I think it does give companies a lot of leverage and a lot of power.’ So now the copyright cartels are saying that not only can we not copy things on our computers, but we can’t delete things on our computers? Time to buy stock in Seagate.”

A man has been arrested in Australia on suspicion of filming The Simpsons Movie in a cinema on his mobile phone and uploading it to the internet. The unnamed 21-year-old from Sydney has been charged with copyright theft and could face up to five years in jail. An illegal copy of the hit movie was available on a streaming website and downloaded more than 3,000 times even before the official film was screened in the US, according to the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT). That copy, said to be the first in the world, was traced to an address in Sydney.

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Source: The Register via Flexbeta

The most full-featured Internet power tool on the market, Opera includes pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, integrated searches, and advanced functions like Opera’s groundbreaking E-mail program, RSS Newsfeeds and IRC chat. And because we know that our users have different needs, you can customize the look and content of your Opera browser with a few clicks of the mouse.

Download: Opera v9.23.8808 Classic | English | International
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IE7Pro is a must have add-on for Internet Explorer, which includes a lot of features and tweaks to make your IE friendlier, more useful, secure and customizable. IE7Pro includes Tabbed Browsing Management, AD Blocker, Flash Block, Super Drag Drop, Crash Recovery, Proxy Switcher, Mouse Gesture, Tab History Browser, Web Accelerator, User Agent Switcher, Webpage Capturer, Greasemonkey like User Scripts platform, User Plug-ins, Spell Check and many more power packed features. You can customize not just Internet Explorer, but even your favorite website according to your need and taste using IE7Pro.

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I just happened to stumble across this little article and thought I should share it with you, call it a gimmick, or just a neat email address, or both, it still boasts free 2GB of storage.

I’m proud to present that Bink.nu in colaboration with Windows Live Mail provides free 2 Gigabyte mailboxes for its members. I managed to get this very special domain name vista.aero and I’m sharing it with you!

This can also be your primary Windows Live Messenger ID!

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Source: Bink.nu

Microsoft moves Windows to a different continent to further mute all details about the platform.

Asphyxiated under Sinofsky’s Windows Omerta, the Redmond company is not breathing a single word about the future of Windows XP and Windows Vista, and the whole of the Windows platform for that matter. But Redmond is no longer the sole epicenter of the Windows operating system. Apparently, Microsoft has exported its Windows projects to India.

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NOD32 by Eset is a lightweight, feature packed Anti-Virus application that has low impact on your computer resources. It has the highest performance and detection rate than any other Anti-Virus software on the market today with 2% to 5% more performance, and a detection rate of 85%, as tested by VirusBulletin. NOD32 has advanced and reliable detection of Polymorphic and Metamorphic Viruses, Worms, Trojans and Malware, and consists of AMON, IMON, EMON and DMON.

• AMON: A memory-resident scanner which means it scans files before they are accessed.
• IMON: An internet monitor which scans internet browsing and email, and detects malicious code before it has time to access your hard drive.
• EMON: An email monitor which scans your incoming / outgoing emails as they are sent / received.
• DMON: Scans Microsoft Office documents, and areas of Internet Explorer.

NOD32 not only covers Anti-Virus for Workstations, but also for File and Mail Servers. It is an extremely versatile, easy to use Anti-Virus application.

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Mozilla Firefox – faster, more secure, easier to use and sporting a new look, this latest Firefox release sets a new standard for web browser innovation. Mozilla Firefox project (formerly Firebird, which was formerly Phoenix) is a redesign of Mozilla’s browser component, written using the XUL user interface language and designed to be cross-platform. It is small, fast and easy to use, and offers many advantages over other web browsers, such as the tabbed browsing and the ability to block pop-up windows.

Download: Windows | Linux | Mac OS | Other OS & Languages
View: Release Notes | Mozilla Firefox Homepage
Source: Flexbeta

You think your broadband provider is expensive, try US$3,355 per month for a 1.5Mbps DSL connection. Welcome to the internet in Kazakhstan. With DSL prices like these, it’s no wonder Borat left Kazakhstan behind! A new report from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (PDF) paints a grim picture of Internet access in Kazakhstan and shows how difficult life can be for those in poor and authoritarian countries who want to join the worldwide community of Internet users.

Consider the prices for Internet access, for one. Most users (and only four percent of the country even has access) hook up through state-owned Kazakhtelecom, a company not concerned with competitive pricing for its services. An unlimited dial-up plan costs about €82 (US$111) in a country where the average monthly wage is €292 (US$399). As for DSL, an unlimited 1.5Mbps connection costs €2,458 (US$3,355) a month, and doesn’t even included the required ADSL modem. Want a 6Mbps cable connection? It’ll cost you, to the tune of €16,144 (US$22,032) a month. As the OSCE report drily notes, this is more than a thousand times the price of such a connection in Western Europe.

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Source: Ars Technica via Neowin