ZapShares is an innovative program that seeks to protect users from copyright infringement lawsuits resulting from peer-to-peer file sharing. Although we can't promise that the program provides complete legal immunity, we did find it easy to use.
The program is based on the theory that the people who tend to get sued for copyright infringement are the ones who make files available for download, not the ones who do the downloading. ZapShares protects users by making sure that file sharing is disabled in their peer-to-peer software; in other words, files can come in, but they can't go out. The first time the program is opened, users are guided through a wizard that checks for files that are available for sharing on a P2P network. The program moves these files to another folder and then creates what it calls a Secure Vault--a folder into which newly downloaded files are saved that prevents them from being shared. We downloaded a song with LimeWire while ZapShares was running, and once the download was completed, a small pop-up appeared from the system tray alerting us that our song had been saved to the Secure Vault. We will leave it to you to decide whether it's fair that some users on a P2P network are assuming all the legal liability to provide files to other users who aren't sharing the risk; after all, if everyone used a program like ZapShares, there wouldn't be any content on P2P networks to begin with. If your conscience allows it, ZapShares appears to be a good way to keep your downloaded files to yourself.
ZapShares is free. It installs desktop icons without asking and leaves a folder behind upon removal. We recommend this program to all users.
Friday, May 14, 2010
PowerPoint Viewer 14.0.4754.1000
PowerPoint Viewer 2003 lets you view full-featured presentations created in PowerPoint 97 and later versions. This viewer also supports opening password-protected Microsoft PowerPoint presentations. You can view and print presentations, but you cannot edit them in the PowerPoint Viewer 2003.
Note: After installing the PowerPoint Viewer 2003 please install all High-Priority updates from Microsoft Update.
The following Microsoft PowerPoint features are not supported by this viewer:
Note: After installing the PowerPoint Viewer 2003 please install all High-Priority updates from Microsoft Update.
The following Microsoft PowerPoint features are not supported by this viewer:
- Information Rights Management (IRM) presentations.
- Running macros, programs, or opening linked or embedded objects.
PowerDVD 10.0.1705
Power DVD is simply the best Blu-ray/DVD player software today. It delivers outstanding Blu-ray and DVD movie playback quality on your PC:
- NEW Unparalleled HD movie experience: The best video quality today with incomparable support for all HD video formats like AVCHD, AVCREC, MPEG-4 AVC (H.264), MPEG-2 HD and WMV-HD
- NEW HDMI 1.3 Support: HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) simultaneously transfers 8 channels of audio over a single cable
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- NEW PC friendly: Play your HD movies on high or low spec CPUs.
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- High-Def Home Theater Audio: Supports Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD
Adobe Air 2.0.0.12510 RC 1
The Adobe® AIR, runtime enables you to have your favorite web applications with you all the time. Since applications built for Adobe AIR run on your desktop computer without a web browser, they provide all the convenience of a desktop application.
Companies like eBay and AOL are using Adobe AIR to create exciting new applications that allow you to use their services on your desktop.
In short, Adobe AIR means applications that are easier, more powerful, and more fun to use.
Be safe on the web: Adobe AIR helps ensure safe installations by requiring digital signatures on each AIR application that identify the application and its creator before you install.
Companies like eBay and AOL are using Adobe AIR to create exciting new applications that allow you to use their services on your desktop.
In short, Adobe AIR means applications that are easier, more powerful, and more fun to use.
Be safe on the web: Adobe AIR helps ensure safe installations by requiring digital signatures on each AIR application that identify the application and its creator before you install.
uTorrent 2.0.2 Build 19648
µTorrent is a small and incredibly popular BitTorrent client. Micro-Sized Yet Feature Filled
Most of the features present in other BitTorrent clients are present in µTorrent, including bandwidth prioritization, scheduling, RSS auto-downloading and Mainline DHT (compatible with BitComet). Additionally, µTorrent supports the Protocol Encryption joint specification (compatible with Azureus 2.4.0.0 and above, BitComet 0.63 and above) and peer exchange.
Resource-Friendly
µTorrent was written with efficiency in mind. Unlike many torrent clients, it does not hog valuable system resources - typically using less than 6MB of memory, allowing you to use the computer as if it weren't there at all. Additionally, the program itself is contained within a single executable less than 220 KB in size.
Skinnable and Localized
Various icon, toolbar graphic and status icon replacements are available, and creating your own is very simple. µTorrent also has support for localization, and with a language file present, will automatically switch to your system language. If your language isn't available, you can easily add your own, or edit other existing translations to improve them!
Actively Developed and Improved
The developer puts in a lot of time working on features and making things more user-friendly. Releases only come out when they're ready, with no schedule pressures, so the few bugs that appear are quickly addressed and fixed.
Most of the features present in other BitTorrent clients are present in µTorrent, including bandwidth prioritization, scheduling, RSS auto-downloading and Mainline DHT (compatible with BitComet). Additionally, µTorrent supports the Protocol Encryption joint specification (compatible with Azureus 2.4.0.0 and above, BitComet 0.63 and above) and peer exchange.
Resource-Friendly
µTorrent was written with efficiency in mind. Unlike many torrent clients, it does not hog valuable system resources - typically using less than 6MB of memory, allowing you to use the computer as if it weren't there at all. Additionally, the program itself is contained within a single executable less than 220 KB in size.
Skinnable and Localized
Various icon, toolbar graphic and status icon replacements are available, and creating your own is very simple. µTorrent also has support for localization, and with a language file present, will automatically switch to your system language. If your language isn't available, you can easily add your own, or edit other existing translations to improve them!
Actively Developed and Improved
The developer puts in a lot of time working on features and making things more user-friendly. Releases only come out when they're ready, with no schedule pressures, so the few bugs that appear are quickly addressed and fixed.
Maxthon 3.0.10.11 Beta
Maxthon Internet Browser software is a powerful tabbed browser with a highly customizable interface. It is based on the Internet Explorer browser engine (your most likely current web browser) which means that what works in the IE browser will work the same in Maxthon tabbed browser but with many additional efficient features:
The Ultimate Out-of-box Experience
The Ultimate Out-of-box Experience
- Easy to use and powerful straight out of the box
- Download now for free, forever!
- Swap, add, move, remove, and change Maxthon's tool bars, icons, menus, colors, skins, and layouts until it looks the way you would have designed it.
- Don't like menus? Use hot keys, word aliases, toolbars, or mouse gestures - it's all up to you.
- Pick from more than 1,400 plug-ins that make Maxthon the do-all of browsers.
- Remote conferencing, screen capture, electronic passports, and automatic password inlcuded, free.
- Maxthon is 100% free of viruses, spyware, adware – any kind of malware.
- The built-in Ad Hunter blocks harmful, or just irritating ads, images and pages.
- Filter packs screen out offensive and irritating Web pages.
Windows Live Messenger 2009 (14.0.8117)
Windows Live Messenger makes it easier than ever to stay connected to the people you care about.
- Favorites and groups - Put the people you chat with most at the top of your contacts, so you easily see when they're online. Want to chat with several people in one window? Just set up a group.
- Share photos - Look at photos together, right in the conversation window. And Messenger tells you when people you know post new photos on Windows Live.
- Customize - Show off your personal style with custom scenes, animated display pictures, and signature sounds.
- Mobile and web - Using a public computer without Messenger? No problem! You can chat on the web from Windows Live Hotmail. Or, use Messenger on your mobile phone.
Pidgin 2.7.0
Pidgin is a chat program which lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on MSN, talking to a friend on Google Talk, and sitting in a Yahoo chat room all at the same time.
Pidgin runs on Windows, Linux, and other UNIX operating systems.
Pidgin is compatible with the following chat networks out of the box: AIM, ICQ, Google Talk, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MySpaceIM, and Zephyr. It can support many more with plugins.
Pidgin supports many features of these chat networks, such as file transfers, away messages, buddy icons, custom smilies, and typing notifications. Numerous plugins also extend Pidgin's functionality above and beyond the standard features.
Pidgin integrates with the system tray on Windows.
Pidgin runs on Windows, Linux, and other UNIX operating systems.
Pidgin is compatible with the following chat networks out of the box: AIM, ICQ, Google Talk, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MySpaceIM, and Zephyr. It can support many more with plugins.
Pidgin supports many features of these chat networks, such as file transfers, away messages, buddy icons, custom smilies, and typing notifications. Numerous plugins also extend Pidgin's functionality above and beyond the standard features.
Pidgin integrates with the system tray on Windows.
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