Computing Tips

To all those who are interested in the new version Image Compressor 2008 Pro Edition 6.5.0.4 is on sale already. So hurry on to download free beta version to test it.

Recompress JPEG file to smaller JPEG file - Shrink JPEG file size without resizing image dimension. · Stunning compression ratio.

Compress up to 90% of your original JPEG file size with very minimum quality loss. You may not notice the difference.

· Ability to limit maximum JPEG file size. Many devices, photography and networking websites such as MySpace and Friendster limit the size of image that can be uploaded.

· Capable of resizing image dimension too.

· Add both text and image watermark, rotate, and apply effects in batch mode.

· Presets to store your compression and image processing settings. Use different settings for compressing into hard drive, upload to website, email, or for transfering photos to gadgets, such as digital photo frame, iPod, cellphone, PDA and many others. Store more photos in your gadgets!

· Easy to use. Straight forward user interface lets both newbie and digital photo enthusiasts create optimum JPEG file with just one-click.

· Image Compressor is a CPU and memory intensive application.

· It analyze each pixels and adjust compression level to make sure the compressed image looks as good as the original without the need of user intervention.

At the first day of release on June 18th free web browser Firefox 3 was downloaded more than 8 million times, encroaching on close to a 20% market share in the Internet browser market, Mozilla reports. The new version of Firefox includes such new features as · the ability to zoom in and out of an entire web page instead of just text. All elements of the page – including the text, pictures, interactive feature – are affected by the new zoom settings. · an "awesome bar,", the name of the new and improved location bar which shows suggested websites according to "frecency" – a combination of the frequency of the page visited and how recently the page was visited. · smarter bookmarks, offline web applications, user interface upgrades, an enhanced download manager, and the quicker loading of web pages.

 Also Firefox 3 includes phishing and malware protection, plus our new instant site ID info. Besides that built-in spell checking, session restore and full zoom, Firefox 3 makes allow you to work faster and more efficiently on the Web. You can customize needed set by your taste apartly from the rest, 5,000 add-ons will help you customize your browsing experience.

Computer viruses is thye problem that everyone user have met. Here  one of them McAfee gives advance notice about  we have to be on the alert.

  Virus Profile: A Virtual Card For You Hoax
Risk Assessment  
  - Home Users: N/A
  - Corporate Users: N/A
Date Discovered: 11/16/2000
Date Added: 11/16/2000
Origin: N/A
Length: N/A
Type: Hoax
SubType: E-mail
DAT Required: N/A

Virus Characteristics
-- Update Dec 01, 2003 --
The El Financiero Satellite News Service has published the article "A New Powerful Computer Virus Unleashed", which was based on this hoax rather than an actual virus.

AVERT HOAX Notice!!

McAfee AVERT Labs would like to inform you of an email HOAX.

This email message is just a HOAX, currently we know of no other message that the user will receive about the HOAX as the initial email states. AVERT has not received any report of a user's hard drive being erased for opening the email.

We are advising users who receive the email to delete it and DO NOT pass it on as this is how an email HOAX propagates.

Below is the actual text from the message that may be received via email.

PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS:You should be alert during the next days:Do not open any message with an attached filed called "Invitation" regardless of who sent it .It is a virus that opens an Olympic Torch which "burns" the whole hard disc C of your computer. This virus will be received from someone who has your e-mail address in his/her contact list, that is why you should send this e-mail to all your contacts. It is better to receive this message 25 times than to receive the virus and open it.If you receive a mail called "invitation", though sent by a friend, do not open it and shut down your computer immediately.This is the worst virus announced by CNN, it has been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever.This virus was discovered by McAfee yesterday, and there is no repair yet for this kind of virus.This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the Hard Disc, where the vital information is kept.SEND THIS E-MAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW, COPY THIS E-MAIL AND SEND IT TO YOUR FRIENDS AND REMEMBER: IF YOU SEND IT TO THEM, YOU WILL BENEFIT ALL OF US.