Archive for February, 2010

winrar-full-version-free WinRAR is possibly the best premium compression tool available currently! And now, PC Welt, a German computer magazine is offering a free fully licensed version of WinRar 3.80 to its readers. All the readers need to do is to download WinRar 3.80 and to register an account at a specific page created for the offer to receive the registration file. Follow these simple steps to get the free license of WinRAR 3.80 1. Download WinRar 3.80 from the official Winrar website 2. Visit this Promotional offer page, enter your First name, Last name, Email address, Email address again respectively. Click on Abschicken button.

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Note: In case you get an error saying "This offer is not available for your country", you might need to use this German proxy and try again. 3. Check your email inbox and you would find an email containing 2 links. 4. Click on the second link, which will download a ‘rarkey’ file. Extract the key file. 5. Double click on the registry key to activate it. Alternatively, you can also paste the rarreg.key file in WinRAR folder (located by default in C:\Program Files\WinRAR). That's it! You will now have...
These days, with all the buzz being stolen by GMail in specific and Google in general, we hardly had anything to write about Yahoo Mail and other Yahoo services. But here is a cool tip to easily send Free SMS to any mobile phone via Yahoomail. If you are a regular YahooMail user, you might have observed the new interface. The trick involves making use of this new interface. There is no registration, you only need two things: a free Yahoo Mail account and mobile phone number where you want to send the free SMS. To get started, you need to switch from classic Yahoo Mail to new Yahoo Mail – here is the simple procedure:

How to send Free SMS from Yahoo Mail?

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1. Login into Yahoo Mail & click “Try the New Yahoo Mail” link at top right.

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2. Your Yahoo Mail inbox will load with a new look. Now press t key. 3. Select your country and form to send text message will load in your Yahoo Mail inbox.

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4. Now...
The iPhone Dev-Team has just released redsn0w 0.9.4 to jailbreak and unlock iPhone 2G. This comes soon after Apple released iPhone OS 3.1.3 which is a minor firmware update for iPhone 2G/3G/3GS, iPod Touch 2G/3G. Note that it is better to wait until iphone dev team update their tools to unlock and jailbreak iPhone 3.1.3 firmware if you have iPhone 3G/3GS or iPod Touch 3G or 2G (newer models). But then, the newly released redsn0w 0.9.4 can be used to jailbreak iPhone 2G 3.1.3 along with iPod Touch 1G and iPod Touch 2G. Do NOT update to iPhone 3.1.3 firmware yet if you want to preserve your unlock for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, iPod touch 2G (new models) and iPod touch 3G. This is because the new iPhone 3.1.3 firmware updates baseband to 05.12.01 on iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G which makes it impossible to jailbreak and unlock iPhone 3GS and 3G.

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You can follow the simple instructions as given in the earlier post to jailbreak and unlock iPhone 2G, jailbreak iPod 1G/2G (older models only) on 3.1.3 firmware. You can also jailbreak iPhone 3G with redsn0w 0.9.4 but doing so will make you...

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Update: redsn0w 0.9.4 released! Jailbreak iPhone OS 3.1.3 with redsn0w 0.9.4

Apple released the iPhone 3.1.3 firmware earlier today for iPhone and iPod touch and this updates baseband to 05.12.01 on iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G, hence making it impossible for these two devices to get unlocked using blackra1n with blacksn0w. Fortunately for iPhone 2G (the first generation iPhone with EDGE) users, the baseband remains intact. The iPhone DevTeam has just confirmed that their newly released jailbreaking tool called redsn0w 0.9.3 can be used to jailbreak and unlock iPhone 2G on firmware 3.1.3, provided that you have jailbroken it previously at least once. WARNING: This works for iPhone 2G Only. Jailbroken and unlocked iPhone 3GS, 3G and iPod touch users should NOT upgrade until further instructions. Redsn0w 0.9.2 final was released today along with Redsn0w 0.9.3 beta with internet tethering support is available for download for testing purpose only. You may proceed at your own risk. Just point Redsn0w 0.9.3 to 3.1.2 ipsw for iPhone 2G only. You can follow the instructions posted here to jailbreak iPhone 2G with OS 3.1.3 using redsn0w 0.9.3 Download redsn0w 0.9.3 for Windows...
Amidst all the rumors about iPhone OS 4.0 and iPhone OS 3.2 beta, Apple has quietly released iPhone OS 3.1.3 and it is available for download right now!

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iPhone OS 3.1.3 addresses several specific bugs as well as offers fixes for a handful of security issues.
This update for the iPhone and iPod touch contains bug fixes and improvements, including the following: - Improves accuracy of reported battery level on iPhone 3GS - Resolves issue where third-party apps would not launch in some instances - Fixes bug that may cause an app to crash when using the Japanese Kana keyboard
Full details on the security updates included in iPhone OS 3.1.3 are available in the associated support document. To update to iPhone OS 3.1.3 Firmware, all you will have to do is to connect your iPhone with your computer via usb and start iTunes. You should now see a message confirming the new available update. Simply click on “Download and Install” button to get the new iPhone OS 3.1.3 firmware! IMPORTANT: Do NOT update your iPhone to OS 3.1.3 yet if your phone is currently jailbroken or unlocked on firmware 3.1.2. Wait for the new jailbreaking and unlocking tools before...
Update: The Giveaway is now closed. Invisible Browsing VPN (or ibVPN) is a brand new addition to the ever growing list of premium VPN services on the internet and here at TechPP, you get a chance to get a free license of ibVPN without having to do much!
ibVPN allows Internet users to surf the Web invisibly and securely without leaving a trace and without being tracked. All the programs installed on your computer will automatically work via VPN so that the highest level of security and anonymity is provided.

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According to the developers, here are a few reasons to use ibVPN

Reasons to use ibVPN

  • Access country specific sites like Hulu, Pandora, BBC iPlayer even while travelling
  • Hide your tracks from internet monitoring or web filtering applications
  • Protects your computer and network from hackers
  • Great for streaming and downloading
  • Unblock the web from anywhere
  • Bypass Internet censorship
ibVPN has servers located in US and UK, and very soon, they will have Netherlands based IPs as well. When I test drove their service, I was quite impressed with the speed. The setup was simple and straight-forward (they have some nice tutorials if you want). I tried accessing...

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Lost is an American serial drama television series. It follows the lives of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, after a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney, Australia, and Los Angeles, United States, crashes somewhere in the South Pacific. Each episode typically features a primary storyline on the island as well as a secondary storyline from another point in a character's life, though other time-related plot devices change this formula in later episodes. Lost Season 6, The Final season begins February 2, 2010 at 9 p.m. EST with a three hour event. Season six will consist of eighteen episodes. All your unanswered questions about Lost will be answered when you watch Lost season 6 online or on TV. This will be a thrilling finale to one of the most popular tv shows ever. As always, we let you know how to watch Lost season 6 episodes online for free! This will be useful if you are not in US and want to catch up with the latest episode of Lost online. Few of the links will be live streaming links and others will be online video links which you can watch...
Internet Privacy has started sound like an oxymoron! Be it the Web-Browser privacy or privacy to your personal data online or even cell phone privacy, it has always seemed like getting worse by the day. Latest addition to the bandwagon is Facebook!

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Towards the end of the last year, Facebook announced some changes to their Privacy Policy and towards how they perceive users' privacy. They would default the user profiles to be viewed by everyone, which means that anyone with a Facebook account can view your settings. It caused a huge uproar by some people, but I believe Facebook is just trying to give maximum control to the users on how they want different people to view their details on Facebook.

How to Change Facebook Privacy Settings?

Check out this official video which explains the available options/settings and a good idea to customize it to your needs

Cross Check Your Privacy Settings

Create and Populate Lists

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The first thing you must do is to...
Custom Search
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