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Living Room / Stop NSA Spying!

« on: February 12, 2014, 10:21 AM »

email received:

Today, Miro is joining thousands of organizations and millions of people to end out of control NSA spying as part of "The Day We Fight Back". Can we really take back our privacy? You're damn right we can.

Today we are demanding that lawmakers in the US pass a bill called the US Freedom Act that woud take a first step towards protecting our privacy and ending abuses. It's not perfect, but it's a HUGE improvement.

We need your help today, whether you live in the US or not:

1. Take 15 seconds to sign these three AskThem questions, targeted at key US Politicians.  We need to reach at least 100 signatures on each!

Ask Them:

     President Obama: Will you sign the USA Freedom Act?

     Senator Elizabeth Warren: Will you co-sponsor the USA Freedom Act?

     Senator Mitch McConnell: Will you co-sponsor the USA Freedom Act?



2. Write your own question for your US Representative or Senator or to any verified Twitter account:

     Ask a Question About the NSA: http://www.askthem.io/


Thank you for defending the rights of everyone online!

And we encourage you to try out the incredible new open-source question and answer platform AskThem.io, which is powering our petitions today.

Sincerely,

nicholas and the Miro team

-Help Miro Stop NSA Spying

This is happening the very same day that we in Europe are informed that EU is preparing to demand that ICANN (in USA) must give up the leadership of the Internet and give it over to United Nations. This is not good. This is not safe. Do you hear me? It may be less dangerous to have NSA, CIA and ICANN rule the Internet, than to have UN do it! It happens much too often that sanity is a minority in UN.

I don't know if it is wise in the long run to support any of these initiatives,
but here and now I want to stop NSA spying!

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General Software Discussion / Unchecky: automatically unchecking unwanted offers, while installing software!

« on: February 08, 2014, 04:27 AM »

http://unchecky.com/ and http://rammichael.com/unchecky-v0-2

The first versions of unchecky were far too "unstable" to trust during installation. The new version .2.xx however is quite good. But still beta without any guarantees...

Tired of unchecking unrelated offers while installing software?

Have you ever felt, while installing software, that the installer tries to push additional unwanted programs at all cost? Ever missed a checkbox, and spent hours afterwards removing adware? Ever opened your browser after an installation, only to find out that you have a new homepage, a new search engine, or even a new browser?

Introducing Unchecky!
Keeps your checkboxes clear.

Unchecky aims to keep potentially unwanted programs out of your computer.

-unchecky.com

While Unchecky v0.2 is still labeled as beta, it’s much more stable and robust than the early v0.1.x versions. More than 20 issues were closed. Many more installers are supported. If you were hesitant to try Unchecky because of its early age, you might want to consider trying it now.

You can get Unchecky at unchecky.com

-RaMMicHaeL

Unchecky Unchecks
Unchecky automatically unchecks unrelated offers, both saving you mouse clicks and making it less likely to miss a checkbox of an unwanted offer.

Unchecky Warns
Installers often try to sneak additional programs as a natural part of the installation. Unchecky warns you when you try to accept a potentially unwanted offer, which makes it less likely to be accepted accidentally.

Unchecky Updates automatically
Install and forget. Unchecky automatically updates whenever a new version is available, so you don't have to worry about running the latest version.

Unchecky is freeware
http://unchecky.com/

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General Software Discussion / Resource Hacker FX patcher

« on: February 07, 2014, 10:47 AM »

obviously posted via snail-mail:

Resource Hacker is no longer being developed:
Last Updated: 16 September 2011 Version: 3.6.0
I have been overwhelmed by the interest in Resource HackerTM, the emails of thanks, encouragement and suggestions. It's been downloaded many millions of times. However, I've moved on to other things and have no plans to continue its development. Please don't ask for the source code, I'm not releasing it, nor is it for sale.

-Angus Johnson, Resource Hacker

So here is Resource Hacker FX patcher (last updated Nov. 2013)

FX patcher changelog

FX patcher changelog

v1.4.11 (November 23, 2013)
    Allow changing languages of Cursor, Icon, Cursor Group, and Icon Group resources.
    Allow renaming Version Info resources.

v1.4.10 (April 22, 2013)
    Use real transparent icons for tree view. Now it looks correctly on dark themes.

v1.4.9 (April 12, 2013)
    Fix a regression caused by v1.4.6: couldn't open RLE-compressed bitmaps.

v1.4.8 (November 13, 2012)
    When dealing with unsupported Delphi forms, show an error message instead of randomly crashing.

v1.4.7 (September 18, 2012)
    Fixed AVI preview loop abortion (stop failed if you triggered it on the last frame).

v1.4.6 (September 17, 2012)
    Fixed a crash when viewing specific bitmap images.

v1.4.5 (August 31, 2012)
    Fix: dialog editor text was treated as UTF-8 instead of ASCII, which prevented from correctly translating Resource Hacker FX.

v1.4.4 (June 29, 2012)
    Fixed search.
    Fixed a crash when decoding newer delphi forms.

v1.4.3 (April 19, 2012)
    Fixed a hang when trying to decode an unsupported delphi form.

v1.4.2 (March 24, 2012)
    Fix: get back the red star in the dialog editor.

v1.4.1 (March 23, 2012)
    Use a newer version of the richedit control.

v1.4 (February 1, 2012)
    Partial Unicode support:
    http://rammichael.com/resource-hacker-fx-unicode-support
    Replace resource with a double click.

v1.3.1 (January 14, 2012)
    Small fix: Remove control properties when adding/removing controls in a dialog.

v1.3 (January 13, 2012)
    A new interface and a manifest.
    I've used the icons by Yusuke Kamiyamane.
    Fixed an incompatibility with some controls, such as SysIPAddress32.

v1.2 (October 18, 2011)
    Patch updated for Resource Hacker v3.6.0.92.

v1.1.2 (August 18, 2011)
    Fixed a possible buffer overflow when handling a string with lots of escaped characters.

v1.1 (July 2, 2011)
    Added support for png icons/cursors.

v1.0 (March 13th, 2011)
    First public version.

by RaMMicHaeL 2011, 2012, 2013.



Attention! Direct links:
http://www.angusj.co...er/reshack_setup.exe
and http://rammichael.co...urce-Hacker-FXer.zip

What does the patcher change:

    Partial Unicode support. More details at http://rammichael.co...r-fx-unicode-support
    A new interface with modern icons and a manifest.
    Icons by Yusuke Kamiyamane.

    Resource Hacker FX does not create tree nodes for every language. Usually only one language is used anyway, so it makes it much faster to navigate through resources.

    Resource Hacker FX uses the new open and save common dialogs instead of the old outdated ones. Also, some saving as parameters got improved: the directory of the current file is initially shown, the file name gets filled, the extension is automatically added if not specified.

    If you have a modified file open and you close Resource Hacker FX, you have a Cancel option when asked whether you would like to save the file. Also, if you choose to save it, it just gets saved instead of saving as.

    The Hex viewer shows only the first 10 KB of the binary resource by default to prevent hanging Resource Hacker FX. I could not really fix it, as it’s the Rich Edit control’s fault, it’s quite slow with large texts. Well, it’s not too smart to use Rich Edit to view a Hex dump, but that’s how it works. 10 KB should be usually enough to understand what the resource is about. If it isn’t, you can hold shift to load the whole resource.

    Other minor additions, like e.g. double click to replace resource, minimizing/maximizing effects.

    Lots of bug fixes.

The look was still modern in 2011:

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Found Deals and Discounts / Folder Size (freeware) now at version 3

« on: January 24, 2014, 02:20 AM »

Maybe this post belongs to the "normal" >General Software Discussion< thread. I am however placing it here because the new version 3 of Folder Size from MindGems (still) is both freeware and a (much simpler but otherwise) fine competitor to the $27.50 / $55 Folder Sizes 6 from Key Metric:

Low On Disk Space? Freeware Folder Size 3 is Released With FULL UNICODE Support

-MindGems

Folder Size version 3.0.0.0 is released – a major version packed with plenty of new features and improvements:

Unicode ( Multi-language ) Folder Size Analysis

Folder Size 2 did already scan files in multiple languages, but it could scan files in no more than 2 Languages at the same time. The second language had to be set as a language for non-unicode applications in the settings panel of Windows. This is no longer necessary and Folder Size 3 can scan files in any language at the same time.

http://info.mindgems...ull-unicode-support/
http://www.mindgems....ize/Folder-Size.html

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Found Deals and Discounts / Dextronet Tree Notes 3 $10

« on: January 08, 2014, 02:46 AM »

(...) -such an editor could be Tree Notes 3, on sale at Bits du Jour for $10 instead of the normal $45: http://www.bitsdujou.../software/tree-notes (homepage: http://www.dextronet.com/tree-notes).
Notize: "Tree Notes 3", not "TreeDBNotes".

-Curt (January 09, 2013, 03:00 AM)

Now again the (yearly?) $10 "Tree Notes 3" -offer via Bits du Jour:
http://www.bitsdujou.../software/tree-notes

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General Software Discussion / what can replace mp3info / mp3ext?

« on: December 20, 2013, 06:04 PM »

I really miss both mp3info and mp3ext, but they won't do their job on my 64-bits Win 7 Home Premium, because neither has been updated for 8 respective 10 years! Explorer can tell the bit rate, so the information that I miss the most is the sampling frequency. What do you use, in order to get easy informations from your mp3 files?

 

I only need informations about MP3 files.

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Found Deals and Discounts / again: lifetime key for Outpost Security Suite Pro

« on: December 20, 2013, 10:41 AM »

Some years ago I made the so far best software deal of my life, when I purchased a lifetime key for Outpost Security Suite Pro. The offer was only available for a weekend or so, so only a few people responded in time. Later on many has envied "us", because the pro version of the suite has grown to be acknowledged as one of the  best security suites at all. For several years Agnitum has offered lifetime keys for their firewall, but since that aforementioned weekend not for the suite - until now: Agnitum has had a change of mind and a new motto: "Pay once and stay protected for life", so this Christmas Agnitum is both launching version 9 AND once again offering lifetime licenses for their top-of-the-line suite!

http://www.agnitum.c...rity-suite/index.php
http://www.agnitum.c...hase/security-suite/

Unfortunately it is not crystal clear if this is a seasoned offer or a new, fixed policy.  

Our big news this holiday season is the official launch of the brand new Outpost 9 product line. Outpost Security Suite Pro, Outpost Firewall Pro and Outpost Antivirus Pro 9.0 are now available on Agnitum’s website.

True to the Agnitum promise of "pay once and get protected for life", we’re happy to announce a very special Christmas offer for Outpost Security Suite Pro. A lifetime license for Outpost Security Suite, with unlimited antivirus updates and product upgrades, is now available for only $59.95.

http://www.agnitum.c...rity-suite/index.php
http://www.agnitum.c...hase/security-suite/

-Agnitum

I am very biassed, I think this is the best offer you can get for securing your PC.

http://www.agnitum.c...rity-suite/index.php
http://www.agnitum.c...hase/security-suite/

our All-Round Proactive Defense Product
What’s Inside:

•    Anti-Malware module with greater detection accuracy
•    Two-way firewall for secure network connections
•    Proactive Protection module to preemptively block unknown and zero-day threats
•    SmartDecision technology to facilitate secure decision-making
•    Web control with fast web content filtering to protect your PC from web-borne threats
•    System and Applications Guard to keep installed software and OS protected
•    Self-protection technology to maintain continuity of protection
•    The 4th generation of SmartScan optimization technology for fast subsequent malware scans
•    USB virus protection to prevent malware which spreads via USB devices
•    Program activity tracker to review file and registry activity in real time
•    Entertainment mode (for games and video) and Auto-Learn 2.0 (for beginners)

http://www.agnitum.c...rity-suite/index.php

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Found Deals and Discounts / $99 TwistedBrush20: $39 on BdJ

« on: December 14, 2013, 02:46 PM »

http://www.bitsdujou...stedbrush-pro-studio

This promotion includes the following:
TwistedBrush Pro Studio Version 18 ($89) $0
TwistedBrush Pro Studio Version 20 ($99) $39

TwistedBrush Pro Studio: TwistedBrush Pro Studio includes everything that TwistedBrush has to offer including over 5000 brushes and full brush editing all at a great price. Great for original digital painting, photo editing and all forms of digital art.

TwistedBrush Pro Studio is an outstanding image editor that lets you work with realistic media such as pastels, oils, watercolors, and more. With TwistedBrush Pro Studio, you'll be able not only to create stunning digital images, but also to edit original works and photos.

Experience the wonders of full 64-bit color depth, letting you blend colors smoothly as you work with realistic art media brushes. Use text brushes, plant/tree brushes, patterns, fractals, and more. Take advantage of layers to exercise fine control over your work.

And with over 8000 brushes, 200 filters, 440 brush effects, and 600 brush shapes, the possibilities are endless!

http://www.bitsdujou...stedbrush-pro-studio

-Deal Coming Soon!

134

Living Room / I have been pwned

« on: December 09, 2013, 07:55 AM »

I am one of the 153,962,421 people who has been "pwned" via Adobe by hackers.
It only takes a couple of seconds to check if you too have been "pwned":
Go to haveibeenpwned and type in your email address, and the answer is ready!

First go to gizmo at http://www.techsuppo...-check-instantly.htm to get the proper haveibeenpwned link, and instructions on what to do if you too have had your email address and log-in details stolen via Adobe :

This is the answer you don't want to get:

Are Your Details Among 154 Million Stolen Accounts? Check Instantly
Updated 8. December 2013 - 4:23 by rob.schifreen

There's been a number of high-profile system hacks over the past couple of years, against companies such as Yahoo, Adobe and Sony.  In hacker terminology, these accounts are now owned, or "pwned", by the attackers, which means that the usernames, passwords and email addresses behind them can be used for illicit purposes.

Hackers often like to publicise their discoveries, and the databases of hacked, stolen passwords were uploaded for all to see.  This allowed the people behind a rather useful website to create a searchable copy of the list, so that you can check whether your details appear on a list of some 154 million stolen online accounts and email addresses.

To find out whether your details do indeed appear on any of those stolen lists, just head to haveibeenpwned and type in your email address on the home page.  If that address is among any of the lists of stolen accounts, you'll be warned straight away.

If you do get informed that your details were among those stolen, your next course of action depends on whether the password you used on that system was unique.  If it was, log into that system and change the password as soon as you can.  Or delete the account entirely.  More importantly, if you used the same password on other sites, you need to change your password on all of those sites too.  Assuming it's not too late and a hacker hasn't already done it for you.

-techsupportalert

http://www.techsuppo...-check-instantly.htm

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Living Room / urgent: Photoshop CC + Lightroom 5 for $10 pr month

« on: December 09, 2013, 01:21 AM »

right "now" at https://www.adobe.com/ :
Photoshop CC + Lightroom 5 for $10 pr month

"CC" = "Creative Cloud" => online required

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Living Room / SoftMaker charity 2013: FreeOffice

« on: December 08, 2013, 04:18 PM »

http://www.loadandhelp.com/

Dear SoftMaker customer: Christmas comes early this year!

>From now until December 24, you can download the latest version of SoftMaker FreeOffice for Windows and Linux and the brand new type collection "Elegant Holiday Fonts" for free - and help needy people at the same time: For every download, SoftMaker donates 10 Euro cents to aid and charity projects around the world.

These are this year´s free downloads:

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
1. SoftMaker FreeOffice
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

A full-featured office suite for Windows and Linux that is based on SoftMaker Office and may be used at home and for business alike.

If you already use SoftMaker Office, you do not need FreeOffice. But we want to encourage you to tell your friends and colleagues about our Load and Help 2013 campaign.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
2. Elegant Holiday Fonts
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

This type collection for Windows, Linux, and Mac comes with 55 fresh fonts, four of which feature Christmas and year-end symbols (dingbats).

The remaining 51 fonts are carefully selected typefaces that are useful for Christmas cards, invitations, stationery, gift wrap, labels, and other designs.

Some of the fonts in this collection have never been available from SoftMaker before. This is a great resource for everyone, including SoftMaker customers who already own many of our fonts.

The "Elegant Holiday Fonts" are a one-time special until December 24.
After Christmas, we will never offer this exact compilation again.

Visit the Load and Help campaign page:
http://www.loadandhelp.com/

-SoftMaker Load and Help 2013

email address is needed

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Found Deals and Discounts / download.cnet: Nero 2014 Platinum, €45 instead of $130

« on: November 29, 2013, 05:01 PM »

The final price may vary according to your location, but mine was €45 which I think is a very fine offer on Nero 2014 Platinum, normal price $130.

The offer is ending Monday.

http://download.cnet...-black-friday-offer/

Let your creativity shine with Nero 2014 Platinum - exclusive Black Friday offer | Software Deals - CNET Download.com

http://download.cnet...-black-friday-offer/

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Found Deals and Discounts / Nitro Pro 9 is 40% off 29 Nov. 2013

« on: November 29, 2013, 02:28 AM »

http://www.bitsdujou...software/nitro-pro-9

Nitro Pro 9 (PC), Create Searchable, Editable PDF Files. 40% Discount. Today $84 instead of $139.99

-giveawayoftheday Friday 29 November 2013

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Living Room / How to Report Malware or False Positives to Multiple Antivirus Vendors

« on: November 26, 2013, 10:48 AM »

http://www.techsuppo...ntivirus-vendors.htm

How to Report Malware or False Positives to Multiple Antivirus Vendors
Updated 24. November 2013 - 0:17 by Chiron


This article contains a list of every respectable Windows anti-malware vendor, with a signature based product, that I am aware of. Thus this list, in addition to showing you how to easily submit malware or false positives to all of them, also serves as a reference for anti-malware products which are confirmed to be legitimate. That said, I make no statement as to whether any particular anti-malware vendor is good at detecting malware. Some of the vendors in this list are very good and others are nearly worthless. This is not the place to discuss this. By submitting malware to all of them you can help protect nearly all internet users, regardless of which product they choose to use for protection.


Also, it would really help if you could rate this article. In addition, for those of you who are knowledgeable about anti-malware vendors, if you do find something wrong, whether it be a missing vendor, incorrect information, missing information, etc..., please read the section about How You Can Help. I really need everyone's help in order to improve and maintain this article.

READ: http://www.techsuppo...ntivirus-vendors.htm
 

-techsupportalert~gizmo

Index:

1. How To Easily Prepare To Submit The Samples

    A) Make Sure Email Client Is Set Up Properly

    B) Put Samples In Compressed Files

2. Easily Submit Malware To All Vendors

3. Criteria Used For The List

4. List Of All Vendors

5. How You Can Help

READ: http://www.techsuppo...ntivirus-vendors.htm
 

-techsupportalert~gizmo

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General Software Discussion / Why is my Firefox searching for updates when aut. updating not is enabled?

« on: November 25, 2013, 04:54 PM »

First title was: "How can Firefox search for updates when aut updating not is enabled?", but I think this new title is more accurate.
----------------------

My Outpost Security Suite Pro 8 popped up a warning basically saying "mozilla firefox/Updater.exe is trying to do something...", and blocked the updater. I went to check my settings, because I never have auto-updating enabled in Firefox, and surely it was disabled => "Never search for updates".

But how can Firefox (24) search for updates when auto updates not is enabled?    
And are there other forms of "contacts" Mozilla also is lying about?

This is the first time I have this problem with Firefox. A scanning revealed no problems.

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General Software Discussion / new AlfaReader, lightweight ebook reader

« on: November 19, 2013, 07:54 AM »

new version of AlfaReader, (free), lightweight and fast e-Book reader, http://alfareader.org/ ,
new major version of Manager http://www.alfaebooks.com/ , three e-Book manager versions, compare $0, or $20, or $40 versions and download via http://www.alfaebook...bookmanager/download ,
Kindlian http://kindlian.com/ Kindle_Add-on, and
Gooreader http://gooreader.com/ Google-doc-reader.
-all by the one and same company, Alfa.NetSoft.

requires .Net Framework 4

Copyright © 2013 GooReader, All rights reserved.
You are receiving this email because you are Gooreader paid user.

Please try our new software AlfaReader and let us know how do you like it. We'll appreciate your feedback!

download free reader via http://alfareader.org

-alfareader

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Found Deals and Discounts / FineReader11, 50%off, BdJour, Nov15Fri

« on: November 15, 2013, 03:47 AM »

FineReader 11 Professional, "an Award Winning OCR Application", is at least one year old, so maybe version 12 is on its way? Anyway, version 11 is on discounted offer via Bits du Jour today, Friday 15. Nov. 2013. Considering the enormity of the normal price, ($170), 50% off really makes a difference: $85

http://www.bitsdujou...ader-11-professional
Homepage: http://finereader.ab...yy.com/professional/

Screenshots resized to approx 80% by me:












http://www.bitsdujou...ader-11-professional

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Found Deals and Discounts / giveaway for Android: Save $5 on Mobile Security & Antivirus

« on: November 13, 2013, 04:14 PM »

http://www.bitdefend...dia/html/bmsmillion/

Bitdefender giveaway

Get 6 months of Mobile Security & Antivirus for free.

Normally offered for $9.99 a year, Mobile Security & Antivirus is now free to try for six months for the first 1 million users - just in time for the holiday season. Do your mobile gift shopping and vacation planning, knowing that you are protected from scammers, spammers, and phishers. Just sign up with your email, download the app from the Google Play Store, and follow the instructions in your inbox to activate.

With Bitdefender's Mobile Security & Antivirus, you get 4 essential security tools in one package:

The Malware Scanner helps detect and remove malicious apps and viruses on your tablet or phone.

Web Security can keep you safe in real time from untrusted and shady Web sites.

Privacy Advisor gives you the lowdown on installed apps.

Misplaced your phone? Bitdefender can also help you with that through their Anti-Theft tool. Grab your free keys now, this special offer will run for only one week.

-Download.com Software Deals

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Found Deals and Discounts / PromptPal 51% off, today (Oct 17)

« on: October 17, 2013, 02:20 AM »

http://www.bitsdujou...m/software/promptpal

on Bits du Jour today, Thursday 17'th of October 2013.
51% off, making it $14.70

http://www.bitsdujou...m/software/promptpal

With PromptPal, you'll still be using the dependable command processors that power Windows, but you'll also be able to take advantage of a tabbed interface, command syntax help, autocomplete, Windows-style editing, and the ability to search the console like any regular text document.

You can even launch the Windows PowerShell, standard command prompts, and other command shells, all within PromptPal. It's all of the command prompt action you'll ever need, all at your fingertips.

Imagine being able to copy and paste, or drag and drop, files between folders while still enjoying command line prompt power! Imagine, still, having all of your command history available to you, always, even if you close a console session.

And with tight integration with Windows Explorer, you'll be able to start experiencing the benefits of PromptPal immediately after installation!

-Curt (October 17, 2013, 02:16 AM)

PromptPal Version 2 Now Available!
05 April 2013 02:32 PM

PromptPal Version 2.0

PromptPal - our popular command line replacement for administrators and power users - has finally been given a major update. There are many changes in v2, but here are the highlights:

    Totally rewritten internally to put you closer to the underlying command shell. Commands that formerly required special treatment in PromptPal v1 just work normally in v2, e.g. More, Telnet, NSLOOKUP etc.
    Support for Windows PowerShell and other shells of your choosing.
    Integrated support for "Run as different user", which can even be combined with "Run as Administrator"
    Optional initial command for all new tabs
    Toolbar control over command completion options (simple on/off toggles)
    Command history is separate after tab creation.
    Pass-thru for CTRL+D and any other key combos not mapped to a menu item.
    Windows 8 compatibility improved

If you make a lot of use of the command line or find it a daunting but necessary evil, then give the new version a try. You'll be surprised how much time and effort it will save you!

Existing PromptPal customers who bought on or after 1st June 2012 have already been sent out free upgrade licenses for version 2. Those who bought version 1 prior to that date can upgrade at a 50% discount. Emails about this will be sent out on Monday 8th April 2013, but if you'd like upgrade earlier or have any questions, please either submit a ticket or email us here: mailto: [email protected]

-rjbull (April 22, 2013, 02:17 PM)

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General Software Discussion / Nitro 9 default reader, without asking

« on: September 30, 2013, 05:53 PM »

The brand new Nitro 9 is available (to some) for download - the homepage is still about version 8 only. I installed the new version and was sad to notice the pdf files immediately changing icon. Hmm.. the installer did not ask me anything!

just for your information.

---
edit:
Why is this a problem? Because Nitro's reader is launching far too slow.

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Living Room / FallingFalling is useless in a very impressive way

« on: September 05, 2013, 10:56 AM »

http://www.fallingfalling.com/ - useless in a very impressive way 



Remember to turn on the sound 

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Found Deals and Discounts / why would you want to buy PowerDesk?

« on: August 13, 2013, 02:36 AM »

Update: PowerDesk Pro 9 is out!

-Darwin (December 26, 2012, 05:22 PM)

And ???

-Carol Haynes (December 26, 2012, 06:07 PM)

go get it!

-superboyac (December 26, 2012, 06:45 PM)

Seriously why would you want to buy this?

-Carol Haynes (December 26, 2012, 07:23 PM)

PowerDesk Pro 9 is on a fixed offer at Bits du Jour; normal price minus 30% => $28. Normally offers are good, but being on a fixed offer at BdJ is maybe not so good, because very often it signals that maintenance has stopped.



I have not tried this version "9", or the previous "8.5",
so I ask the same question as Carol did (but maybe in a different tone):
"why would you want to buy this?"    

Maybe "you" can answer the question?

http://www.bitsdujou...ware/powerdesk-pro-9

-PowerDesk Pro 9 30% discount code

info: I commented like this at BdJ: "PowerDesk 9 at minus 30% is not an offer, but normal price. I am disappointed to see Bits du Jour taking part in such bewildering!". My reason was of course that in my memory PowerDesk has been on offer ever since it was born.

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Living Room / did you ever throw your back out?

« on: July 26, 2013, 08:51 AM »

To >throw your back out<, without throwing?

English is not "a second language" to me, but a foreign language, so I don't NEED to understand what "throw your back out" means in this context, but it sure would ease my mind! I simply don't understand what the cartoon kid is referring to when he says, "your dad threw his back out", unless it simply means to get rid of all the old junk in the closet? The phrase is not explained in any of my many, expensive dictionaries. :-(


 

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Found Deals and Discounts / Dextronet Fast Paste doesn't need admin's rights. 60% off today

« on: July 26, 2013, 04:10 AM »

Dextronet FastPaste 3 (for Windows) today via Bits du Jour only $12 or $24 => 60% off.
http://www.bitsdujou...m/software/fastpaste

Homepage, Compare editions: http://www.dextronet...m/fastpaste/editions

   Easy fast installation that doesn't require admin privileges. You can install FastPaste even if your Windows user account doesn't have administrator privileges. This makes it perfect for installing it at your day job - you don't need to ask anyone for a permission. Just install it under your user account even without the admin rights.

    Or, install it at home, deploy it to USB thumb-drive using File - Deploy to USB, and run it from there.

FastPaste is very easy to use, and has simple and elegant design. But it still gives you the flexibility and customization options that you need, so you can configure it to meet your pesronal needs.

It is suitable both for personal and business use. There are also some "hidden" features, like great and fast technical support for free, frequent updates, or unconditional 90-day money back guarantee.






Some of the most notable features include:

Paste commonly used text phrases, rich text, images or execute keyboard scripts    
    Paste Plain text, Rich text, Images and Scripts. . You can paste just about anything, from a single word to multi-line rich formatted text.

Keyboard scripts to fill forms or send keyboard sequences or combinations    
    Scripts allow you to fill forms, send hotkeys and key sequences, and do all sorts of other useful keyboard operations. Be creative and liberal when using scripts. It's your time you are saving here - the most precious commodity in the whole universe! Scripts are in Professional edition only.

Secure clipboard data    
    Encrypt your projects to protect password and other personal or sensitive data. The encryption uses very secure 256-bit AES algorithm.

Sidebar docking for commonly used text phrases and clipboard clips    
    Docking (sidebar) support. Dock FastPaste as a sidebar, and have instant access to your commonly used clips.

Portable clipboard utility    
    Portable.. Runs from USB thumb-drive. You can deploy FastPaste to a USB drive and then run it from any computer.

Rich text clips    
    Rich-text clips with full-featured formatting, including styles (bold, italic, underline, strike through), colors, bullets, fonts, and more.

Paste commonly used text phrases with 4 different methods    
    4 different pasting methods for maximum flexibility:
        Paste using a global hotkey associated to each clip (keyboard)
        Paste using a global paste menu for all clips (keyboard)
        Paste using "Copy" button from the main program interface (mouse)
        Paste using the FastPaste notification area icon right-click menu (mouse)





    All global hotkeys and shortcuts are fully customizable.
    Smart hotkey handling. FastPaste will detect conflicted hotkeys and inform you. It will also register only hotkeys for the clips that are actually used.
    You can also just copy the clips to clipboard, the autopaste can be disabled.

300 clips accessible with keyboard, unlimited number of projects    
    Unlimited number of projects, 30 clips per projects.
    Up to 300 clips readily accessible with keyboard or buttons with Quick Projects feature.

Fast clipboard access with FastPaste fast clipboard projects    
    10 FastProjects for quick access. You can have up to 10 projects associated with global hotkeys and also easily openable from the main toolbar. This way, you can access over 300 clips entirely using your keyboard.

Reorder commonly used clipboard clips    
    Reorder clips using drag & drop. It couldn't be simpler. Just start the drag on the number upon the clip.

Display clips in 1 column, 2 columns, or 3 columns    
    Display clips in 1, 2 or 3 columns, so the FastPaste window will fit perfectly into your work space.

Overview of clips and hotkeys can be exported to HTML or printed    
    Overview of clips and hotkeys can be exported to HTML or printed. This is very useful, e.g. if you've just setup a bunch of hotkeys and want to remember them, then simply print the overview and stick it on the wall beside your computer for a reference. You will memorize the hotkeys in no time. Or better yet, you don't have to remember anything with this handy overview!

Always on top Fast-Paste mode    
    Always on top mode supported.

Easy Installation - No Admin Privileges Required    
    Easy fast installation that doesn't require admin privileges. You can install FastPaste even if your Windows user account doesn't have administrator privileges. This makes it perfect for installing it at your day job - you don't need to ask anyone for a permission. Just install it under your user account even without the admin rights.

    Or, install it at home, deploy it to USB thumb-drive using File - Deploy to USB, and run it from there.

FastPaste to insert commonly used text phrases    
    And much, much more! This list of features is not by any means complete. Download the free 30-day trial today for the full FastPaste experience.

    With FastPaste, you will win the war on stupid typing, reclaim lost time, and have more time for creativity, learning, your family and friends, relaxation, and your true interests.

-copy&paste

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