Monday, June 4, 2007

Free Downloading Of Games & Music

by Rachel King
Are they really free? What are the risks? Don’t waste your time and get frustrated with having to l analyse each website to find the one that offers you the most downloads and latest movies and music for Free. I have done the hard work for you. If you look hard enough there will always be someone offering a product or service on the internet free - BUT - have you considered the risks associated with these sites?

Are they really free? What are the risks?

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Statements like this ring a bell? I'm sure that if you're looking for free downloading software then you have already done a search on Google or Yahoo! and wondering which site is the best?

If you walk away from reading this article with only one tip - don't waste your time and get frustrated with having to l analyse each website to find the one that offers you the most downloads and latest movies and music for Free.

I have done the hard work for you.

If you look hard enough there will always be someone offering a product or service on the internet free - BUT - have you considered the risks associated with these sites?

Are they really Free?

Not all downloading sites are free. In fact most of them aren't. At first glance, they may appear free, but when you take a further look the only aspect that really is "free" is the sign-up process. What you'll find is that as soon as you log-in your member area each download costs you. So in fact the membership is free, but not the products.

What is the risk?

There are many dangers posed by viruses and spyware when you download a file from a "Free" membership based program.

A lot of the game downloaded files are infected with spyware and viruses and deliberately placed on websites by scammers and hackers in an attempt to install keyloggers or even us it for spamming purposes.

Danger of Spyware

Spyware in essence is software that logs information about a user's online habits and reports back to the software's creators. The effects of these programs range from unwanted pop-up ads and browser hijacking to more dangerous security breaches, which include the theft of personal information, keystroke logging, changing dialup ISP numbers to expensive toll numbers, and installing backdoors on a system that leave it open for hackers.

So what are my Options if I want to Download Games and Music at a Low Cost?

Your best option is to spend a small amount of money upfront and use a reputable membership downloading site. This will provide you with to advantages;

1. It will protect your computer and personal information

2. Will save you a lot of money in the long run

Yes you pay to become a member - but for a once of fee of around $20 - $40 you will get access to unlimited downloads for life. The cost of say 1 full price game in a shop, without having to pay for each download and worry about security and virus issues.

These sites are free of adware and spyware, are legal and they even provide technical support if you have problems.

World of Warcraft Player Versus Player

by Chan Peng Joon
Player versus Player (PvP) is the term used for fighting against other player controlled characters. PvPing is split up into the following: Arenas, Honour (Battlegrounds and world killing), zone objectives and dueling. There are great rewards like armour and weapons connected to the three first mentioned.

Player versus Player (PvP) is the term used for fighting against other player controlled characters. PvPing is split up into the following: Arenas, Honor (Battlegrounds and world killing), zone objectives and dueling. There are great rewards like armor and weapons connected to the three first mentioned.

Arenas

If you want to play arenas, the first thing you’ll have to do is to create an arena team. You are able to fight in arenas with 2, 3 and 5-manned teams. Each team starts with an arena rating of 1500. You will then gain or lose rating, depending on whether you win or loose the arena match you play. The amount of rating you gain or lose depends on the opposing team’s rating. If you fight against a team with a much higher team rating than yours, you will gain a lot of points if you win and if you lose the rating loss will be small. Once a week you will receive arena points based on your team rating. You use these arena points as currency to buy equipment.

Honor

You get honor for killing the opposite faction, no matter where you are, except Arenas. There are certain places where you get extra honor for completing an objective. These places are called battlegrounds. When the objective is complete, the battleground is over, and the teams will receive bonus honor. There are a total of four battlegrounds:

• Warsong Gulch: This battleground has a capture the flag style of game play, where the objective is to capture the enemy flag and bring it back to your base three times. You get bonus honor for each capture and if you’re the first team to reach three captures.

• Arathi Basin: This battleground has a ‘capture and defend’ style of game play, where the objective is to capture the as many of the five bases and defend them. Your team gets objective points every second increasing with the number of bases you have. You get bonus honor for the number of objective points you are able to get in a round well as winning. You win by getting 2000 objective points.

• Alterac Valley: In this battleground your goal is to push your way to the other faction’s base, and kill the enemy General. On the way, you’ll have to deal with bunkers, towers and several groups of guards and enemy “mini bosses”. You get bonus honor for destroying bunkers and towers, killing enemy “mini bosses” and for winning (killing the enemy general).

• Eye of the Storm: This battleground is a mix of Warsong Gulch and Arathi Basin. The main objective is to hold as many towers as you can, much like Arathi Basin and then score points by bringing the flag in the centre of the map to one of the towers your team is in control over. You get objective points for holding towers as well as capturing the flag. You win by getting 2000 objective points.

You use the honor points as currency to buy good rewards.

Guitar Hero III Songs Released

by Jason Martin
Fans of Guitar Hero should be impressed. It looks like Guitar Hero III will be the best one yet. The song list has started to be leaked and it's very good so far. We now know of 13 songs for the upcoming release.

Fans of Guitar Hero should be impressed. It looks like Guitar Hero III will be the best one yet. The song list has started to be leaked and it's very good so far. We now know of 13 songs for the upcoming release.

New Guitar Hero Song List

1. Paint it Black by The Rolling Stones
2. Cherub Rock by Smashing Pumpkins
3. Sabotage by Beastie Boys
4. The Metal by Tenacious D
5. My Name is Jonas by Weezer
6. Knights of Cydonia by Muse
7. Rock and Roll All Nite by Kiss
8. School's Out by alice Cooper
9. Slow Ride by Fog Hat
10. Cult of Personality by Living Colour
11. Barracuda by Heart
12. Evenflow by Pearl Jam
13. Lay Down by Priestess

This list is pretty good for starters. I'm hoping that they are not releasing their best songs now and then all the rest is filler material.

A couple songs that would make Guitar Hero III much better—ala my personal wish list.

1. Master of Puppets by Metallica
2. Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin
3. Paradise City by Guns N Roses
4. Beth by Kiss

There are some others, but that would make me happy.

Guitar Hero 80s is coming out in July. It will be for the PS2 only—sorry Xbox 360 owners. It will have 30 new songs. All of the songs are yet to be known but a couple that will be fun are:

1. Metal Health by Quiet Riot
2. Nothin' But a Good Time by Poison
3. Round and Round by Ratt
4. 18 and Life by Skid Row
5. We Got the Beat by The Go-Go's

Guitar Hero III is slated for release later this year. As of this writing, the game's developers were in active talks to get songs from Metallica, AC/DC and Led Zeppelin. Could Stairway to Heaven of Master of Puppets be on the horizon? Let's hope.

Five Most Significant Features in Microsoft Vista

by Marko Hammond
As expected, most new users are interested to know what is new with Vista and what makes it better to use than previous editions. Will it be easier to use? Will there be better safety and security features?

So many people are getting all worked up and excited over the new Windows Vista. As expected, most new users are interested to know what is new with Vista and what makes it better to use than previous editions. Will it be easier to use? Will there be better safety and security features? Will technical and management aspects be given fair attention? It may not be possible to completely detail all of Vista’s new or improved features. Among its many notable features are the following:

Windows Shell

The appearance of the operating system is the first marketing strategy to use on non-technical individuals. Many home users understandably get attracted with basic aesthetic features and easy to use functions. In operating systems, the appearance and ease of use can best be associated with the shell which presents the user interface. With Windows, their shell is Explorer. In Windows Vista, the shell is associated with Aero.

The translucent glass look of Aero alone is an image of elegance and lends an added illusion of depth. Users also have the choice to use the appearance of previous Windows versions. Aside from a change in look, Vista also addresses aspects in organization, filtering and storing. The “Stacks” function for example will allow users to filter files or group files according to user criteria.

Multimedia Applications

Movie, photo and music enthusiasts and experts will be happy to know that Vista has added features for them too. The Windows Movie Maker for example will allow editing of DVR-MS videos. The new Windows DVD Maker on the other hand will allow DVD creation and burning. For photo enthusiasts, the Windows Photo Gallery will still allow basic editing plus metadata additions to photos. Windows Paint also now has unlimited undo functions.

Windows Defender

On the aspect of security, Vista now includes Windows Defender which can be used against spyware. Aside from the usual function of scanning for spyware, Windows Defender can also perform real time monitoring for changes in Windows that have been caused by spyware. With Windows Defender, users can now easily keep in touch with Microsoft to inquire about suitable applications and spyware.

Wireless Networking

Wireless networking is not a very new concept. There are however, some improvements in Vista. With Vista, wireless connections do not mimic wired connections. The network stack now holds the support for wireless networks. New features can then be implemented. These include easily finding and identifying open and closed networks.

Speech Recognition

With this feature, users can use voice commands on their computer unit. The difference between Vista voice recognition and other versions is that voice recognition in Vista boasts full integration. Certain applications therefore can be manipulated by dictation. A mousegrid may be used for applications that require mouse functions. A user simply needs to dictate a series of numbers to zero in on the particular area that has to be clicked. This feature is easy to use even without the tutorial provided. Voice recognition is fairly high and exact.

How to Install and Run Microsoft Vista

by Marko Hammond

There are several things that you may need to look into before actually buying a Windows Vista version and installing it. These concerns are, of course, related to the Vista version you decide to get and the kind of installation procedure you decide to take.

All of a sudden, nearly everyone wants to install and run Microsoft Vista. Installing alone however, may not be such an easy task. There are several things that you may need to look into before actually buying a Windows Vista version and installing it. These concerns are, of course, related to the Vista version you decide to get and the kind of installation procedure you decide to take.

Your first step should be to check if our hardware fits the requirements for the Vista system. You can only look into your installation options once you are certain that you have met the hardware requirements for whatever Vista version you have.

Upgrade Installation

Upgrading from a previous Windows edition has both been a popular and a controversial issue. Some may advice an upgrade while others think it’s a bad idea. Those against it believe that an upgrade version provides less quality. The choice is ultimately yours. Before you upgrade, take a look at your operating system edition. The following non-clean installation upgrades will apply except for 64-bit versions:

· A Windows XP Home Edition can be upgraded to Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate versions.

· Thirty-two bit Windows XP Professional can be upgraded to Vista Business and Ultimate versions.

· Windows XP Tablet PC Edition can be upgraded to Vista Business and Ultimate.

· Windows XP Media Center 2005 Edition can be upgraded to Windows Home Premium and Ultimate versions.

To upgrade, run Windows XP and simply put in your installation disc. With an upgrade you can still generally have your programs, files and settings after installation.

Clean Installation

If you do not qualify for an upgrade then you have to go for clean installation. This means, of course, that you need to create a back up copy of all your files first since you will loose all files and personal settings after installation.

Install by first inserting your Vista disc and then booting your computer. Make sure that the interactive setup is in running mode and then format your hard drive.

Dual-boot Installation

You may want to test Vista first if it will work for you or you may simply just want to keep your XP system around. In this case, you may go for a dual-boot installation. For dual booting, you need at least two partitions, one for XP and the other for Vista. Both partitions can only accommodate one system. If you only have one partition, you need a partitioning tool to help you out.

A dual boot installation will let you choose between your two operating systems every time you open your computer.

Virtual Computer Installation

Requisition Management in Microsoft Dynamics GP Business Portal FAQ - Tips for Consultant

by Andrew Karasev

Microsoft Great Plains Business Portal is web application, utilizing. Net technologies. At the same time it had to work with so-called ERP back office, in the case of Great Plains this is Microsoft Dynamics GP server with rich business logic.

Microsoft Great Plains Business Portal is web application, utilizing .Net technologies. At the same time it had to work with so-called ERP back office, in the case of Great Plains this is Microsoft Dynamics GP server with rich business logic. Having said these, we would recommend you to think about MS Great Plains Business Portal as typical peripheral set of modules, however placed in the web pages and hosted in MS Sharepoint environment. This a bit complex mixture of mentioned technologies makes business portal installation and setup complicated in turn, however if you’ve done your homework, the deployment should be smooth enough and you will see that BP does its job. In this small article we would like to review some evident questions and answers in Microsoft Business Portal Requisition Management, which is replacement to former Microsoft Great Plains eRequisition (last version of eRequisition was 7.5, current version of GP is 9.0, we expect 10.0 be released pretty soon – Summer 2007)

• Approval Hierarchy. Unfortunately in User and Admin guides for Requisition Management module, approval hierarchy doesn’t mention and provide the screen shot, where you understand that requisition creators maybe placed on the same level under requisition approver (meaning that approval hierarchy is not binary tree or binary list). This is one of the most typical questions from IT people, who install MS Dynamics GP Business Portal 3.0. Also, do not forget to select approval hierarchy in Requisition Management modules setup

• Required Fields: price, vendor, item id – these fields are mot required for requisition creator, and this “powerful” flexibility allows requisition initiator to create requisition with very generic description, imagine something like this: “I need really powerful new computer with large LCD monitor”. Requisition creator submits such a fancy purchase request and then professional requisition processing job should be done by purchasing clerk: send requisition to multiple vendors to get quotations, then select a vendor (possibly by initial requisition line, allowing multiple vendors deliver goods on one requisition). In other words, this means that you can select the vendor, item id, item price at the later time.