Digsby is multi-platform instant messaging and social networking application which support Google talk ,MSN messenger ,Yahoo messenger ,Facebook ,MySpace ,Twitter etc on single desktop application . Digsby is also capable of checking email messages ,and to post status messages to above mentioned social networks . The advantage is of such an application is that we don’t need to different softwares and websites for opening and checking multiple accounts .Digsby recently introduced an online installation method like Skype , so the user need to internet connection to download and installation this applications . I appreciate this as this mode generates some revenue for them ,and thus make the application free of advertisements .But of course we need an offline installer for backup and at the non availability of an internet connection .

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Iolo technologies launched new  versions of their popular Widows system maintenance and security application System mechanic . System Mechanic 9 will be available in two versions standard and professional . The standard edition includes registry and junk file cleaner ,error repair tool and vulnerability scanner . Professional edition offers few extra tools like iolo  iolo System shield , Search and Recover and DriveScrubber . We earlier shared tips to speed up Windows based machines . These softwares automate these task by schedulers ,so that we don’t need to worry more about security and speed of our system . Here you can download System Mechanic 9 free version that will work for 30 days .

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Greeting cards and animated advertisements are created with Flash swf documents .Sometime we need to download these cool embedded graphics from web pages .Downloaded flash files in SWF format can be decompiled or extracted to create new custom flash documents .Sothink SWF Catcher is free browser addon for Firefox and Internet explorer to download and save these flash documents .
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Mcafee and Norton are ruling the antivirus and internet security market in the world. Kaspersky and NOD32 fans would argue me ,but the latest market share also revels their strong hold in antivirus market. The main reason for this market share is their partnership with PC and Laptop manufactures . Now when it come to Mcafee internet security , its an 8 in one security suite with antivirus ,web ,email and spyware protections included . The official website of Mcafee US only gives a 30 day trial of Mcafee internet security . But here is a method that you can use to download a 3 month (90) days) full version license of Mcafee internet security 2009 .

Mcafee internet security 2009:

Mcafee internet security 2009 features :

Mcafee internet security 2009 offers .Real time protection against viruses ,Trojan horses ,Spyware and other malwares .
Scans websites for infected downloads and phishing .
Email and Instant messenger protection .
The heuristic detection technology in Mcafee internet security 2009 is capable of detection unknown and non identified threats .

How to get Mcafee internet security 2009 full version license for 3 months:

Go to this promotional page and select the Mcafee solution apt for you . Register with your email address in the next step .After registration you will be taken to a page where you can download Mcafee internet security 2009 that works for 3 month with full updates and support .

Update: Download McAfee virus scan plus free license for one year .

In our last article, we wrote on how to access blocked websites like Orkut, Youtube, Myspace, Facebook, etc. using proxy websites. Most of these proxy websites are vulnerable to security risks as they are not SSL secured and as open to the service providers. Proxy websites just only act as a mediator between us and the target website or service. At the same a VPN ( Virtual private networks ) is operated in a secured medium. VPN services first encrypt our data and associates a custom key or wrapper and transfer over the internet. The data is then decrypted at the end of the VPN end point and transferred to the web service So in between this transfer none will be knowing your personal details, and you will get all benefits of using a proxy. So by using VPN service, we can hide our IP, login username, password, credit card information, etc. in an extra secured environment. Furthermore, you can use VPN services to fool ISPs and bans employed by countries to particular websites. There are both paid and free Virtual Private networks. Here we have collected few VPN networks that you may use for accessing private services.

These free VPN services will have some limitations on download quantity, bandwidth, etc., But they are good if you’re looking only for browsing purposes.

ALONWEB free VPN service: Complete registration, download and install Alonweb OpenVPN client for Windows. After instillation click on icon from system try and connect  Enter username and password registered with service.

Now VPN will be established. ALONEWEB will now let the user to surf anonymously and download by bypassing country and ISP firewalls. But free service is limited to 1GB monthly traffic share.

(Update: The service seems to be discontinued)

Loki free VPN service : Loki is yet another free and SSL secured VPN service for Windows OS . Here you don’t any site registration to access VPN service. A guest role is enough to use there VPN servers located at different parts of the world.

Download Loki VPN client and install. Similar to that in ALONEWEB VPN, click on connect button and establish a secured connection to access blocked websites on a secured mode.

A good and reliable free VPN service that I use personally is Cyberghost VPN. I got a user name and password for the service though a promotional offer and so far it is working great. You can try their free version here.

Flash is universal format used for displaying animations and movie effects on web browsers , interactive CDs and applications .Flash documents are usually created with Adobe Flash ,Swish etc . But its difficult to install and manage these large applications for converting small images ,text documents ,PDF files etc. to flash (swf), for a simple project .So here is a software called Print2Flash that can easily convert text ,PDF ,image and other documents to SWF files .We earlier shared a software to convert any printable document to PDF .

Covert text ,image and PDF files to Flash swf using Print2Flash :

Print2Flash will install a driver and it will appear as an option while we select to print a document . It can also convert the document to a ready to upload HTML file . This edition of Print2Flash can convert between all above mentioned formats ,but a watermark will be attached to them . You  can also download a full version trial of the software for 30 days .

Download Print2Flash free .
Download Print2Flash commercial version .

There is also a software development kit for Print2Flash . This can be used to create your own applications capable of converting SWF to text ,images PDF or vice- versa .