7-Zip

7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. The program supports 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, LZH, CHM, GZIP, BZIP2, Z, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB formats. Compression ratio in the new 7z format is 30-50% better than ratio in ZIP format. It also compresses to ZIP 2-10% better than PKZip and WinZip. It has an additional powerful command line version and FAR Manager support.

The main features of 7-Zip:

• High compression ratio in new 7z format with LZMA compression
• 7-Zip is free software distributed under the GNU LGPL
• Supported formats:
  • Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR
  • Unpacking only: RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS
• For ZIP and GZIP formats 7-Zip provides compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
• Self-extracting capability for 7z format
• Integration with Windows Shell
• Powerful File Manager
• Powerful command line version
• Plugin for FAR Manager
• Localizations for 63 languages

7-Zip works in Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP. There is port of command line version for Linux/Unix.

7-Zip is a free software distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License.

http://www.7-zip.org/

Screencasting: Screen Capture Software

• Macromedia Captivate
• Wink. Cross-platform (Windows and Linux) screen capture software program that you can use to create screencasts. It is free to use for personal and businesses.
• BB Recorder. This is a sleek screen recording program from Blueberry Software. There are different versions available - including a free demo version.
• Camtastia Studio
• Cam Studio. This is a free, basic program for screencasting / screen recording.

The Print Screen key (Prt Scr) is a useful key supported on most PCs. Pressing the Print Screen key causes the computer to send whatever images and text are currently on the display screen to the Windows Clipboard. To copy/capture the current window, hold down ALT + Print Scrn at the same time. To capture the entire screen, just press Print Scrn.

Safari Compatibility Test

To access this tool, point your browser to http://snugtech.com/en/safaritest/ and enter your desired URL. Select the output image of either in PNG or JPG format. Don’t forget to set the resolution to 800, 832, 1024 or 1280. Click on the View button and wait for your site’s image to be produced. Select the enlarged version so that you can study your site closely. Remember, you can also specify individual pages if you want.

Gmail AntiVirus Is Here

One more reason to start using Gmail.

“Each time you send and receive attachments, Gmail automatically scans them for viruses.

If a virus is found in an attachment you’ve received, our system will attempt to remove it, or clean the file, so you can still access the information it contains. If the virus can’t be removed from the file, you won’t be able to download it.

If a virus is found in an attachment you’re trying to send, you won’t be able to send the message until you remove the attachment.”

hack image shack!

This script goes through and gets images that you define(numbers only) from the imageshack picture hosting. It, as of now only gets the jpg and jpeg images but can easily be edited to get any other image format. I'm posting this code just so people can learn from it(or get all the 1337 s3xy pictures that are hosted their). And of course the script is in Perl. If you have any questions about the WWW::Mechanize module and its functions you should refer to the documentation here
http://search.cpan.org/~petdance/WWW-Mechanize-1.12/lib/WWW/Mechanize.pm

Windows XP Hidden application Enabler. Enable the hidden applications and utilities inside Windows XP and make them available on the Start menu for easy accessiblity.