Latest Important News On The Web - April, 20-26 2009

36 Responses to “Latest Important News On The Web - April, 20-26 2009”

1. Zen

   

   21 April, 2009

   Raymond’s article about how to watch NBA playoffs for free
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   Hope it helps the sport fans.
   Cheers!

   2 points
   It’s about free stuff ! Thank you Zen!
2. Franck

   

   21 April, 2009

   Sorry, article in French.
   XXX

   XXX. The game should be available to download in a month, on may 26th.

   Official site of the game (in English) : XXXX

   2 points
   Salut Frank! I will not put it in the article since maybe this is not of general interest. (tell me if I’m wrong )
   Hope you won’t mind. Thank you!
3. Tuky

   

   22 April, 2009

   Hi !
   There’s a recent article from Gizmo on audio CD .CDA Files. Always good to understand some issues .
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   Hope that helps .
   Tuky

   2 points
   Yes it helps ! Thank you !
4. StuartP

   

   22 April, 2009

   I have always liked Life Hacker’s “Hive Five”. The last one is about Five Best Screen Capture Tools. If I’m correct you have talked on 4 Free about Snag It and FastSone Capture.
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   2 points
   Thank you !
5. xav

   

   22 April, 2009

   GHacks on AVG Antivirus Linkscanner : ‘AVG has now made it available as a standalone application for the Windows operating system compatible with the Internet Explorer and Firefox web browser.’
   Useful for AVG users like me and not only.
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   2 points
   Thanks xav !
6. Raymond

   

   22 April, 2009

   Thanks Zen and 4 Free.

   Who’s with me to support Cleveland Cavaliers?

   ? points ( don’t think Raymond needs points )
   Hi Raymond ! Seeing how LeBron James moves the Cavaliers have big chances for the title this year, imho. Although we’re more Tony Parker here in Europe.
   But 70 % of our readers are from US + Canada. So you’ll surely have some Cavaliers fans among them. ( unless they are the silent ones )
   May the best team win!
   Regards !
7. Peter

   

   22 April, 2009

   Ill try with this one this week: http://www.FreeDownloadADay.com —— have a nice day:o)

   2 points
   Hi Peter ! I’ll let the link here just because you’re the one who’s recommending it. ( but not in the main article, sorry!)
   It is a good site but not the subject of our article ( ARTICLES on important / interesting NEWS ).
   If you ask me the articles on this site are not the most detailed ones, although they are about interesting softwares. Just my opinion.
   Regards !
8. mayur

   

   22 April, 2009

   file sharing sites have been always a problem(wait and other disadvantages).
   every now and then a new software comes,but it would stop working in a while. so we
   are in need of finding a new one. a new solution is here. hope this helps……
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   this is an important news to me….hope for the rest as well
   bye

   2 points
   Hi Mayur ! You might be surprised but we’re not accepting that site, although there are many interesting articles on it. It was among our favs at the begining … We have absolutely no problem with the site owners ( or editors ) … Not the smallest discussion or anything similar.
   It’s just that we have realized- a few month ago - that they have NEVER credited their sources, during all these years! Again : there’s no software find coming from us on that site and we’re not accusing anybody.
   Just that we’re faithful to our principles.
   Hope you’ll understand and support us !
   Thank you !
9. David C. Metcalfe

   

   22 April, 2009

   Free Paragon Partition Manager 10 Express from Computeractive:

   http://msn.computeractive.co.uk/vnunet/downloads/2240880/paragon-partition-manager

   2 points
   Hi David ! Yep it is the Express version, always free. I quote from Chris Wiles “If you want to do more than create a new partition or resize existing partitions, you’ll need to step up to Paragon Partition Manager 10 Personal, which will delete or copy partitions, migrate drive contents to a new drive, perform a simple drive backup, enable you to create a multi-boot system (for multiple OS use) and much more. You can upgrade within Express for only $39.95.”
   I have replaced your link because it was the direct download one. I leave here in your comment the link to the page on Computeractive just in case our friends are interested on this very light version.
   Thank you!
10. BrianB

    

    22 April, 2009

    Hi guys ! This is important !
    We all know about Conficker but there is also GhostNet.
    Quote: ‘GhostNet seems to mark high-profile political and economic targets (known as whaling or spearphishing, as opposed to standard phishing) for infection, accomplishing their goal via social engineering techniques which they use to convince the victim to open an infected email attachment.
    During their investigation of GhostNet, IWM determined that the attackers, and the infection itself originated from Chinese IP addresses geographically located on the island of Hainan. It is perhaps worth mentioning that Hainan is home to the Lingshui signals intelligence facility and the Third Technical Department of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.’
    Read more on Donation Coder
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    2 points
    Very interesting indeed ! Thank you Brian!
11. Marty

    

    22 April, 2009

    Portable Movie Maker ! Original Windows Movie Maker with ALL FUNCTIONS
    Now With 147 Transitions and 76 effects !!

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    2 points
    He, he ! Saw it on a few blogs and forums today . Interesting find.
    Thank you Marty !
12. mayur

    

    23 April, 2009

    its okay in not accepting that site.no problem.
    anyhow the next one is here
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    2 points
    Thanks Mayur!
13. Pilgrim

    

    23 April, 2009

    Hi,
    Do you know about this:
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    Regards,
    Pilgrim.

    2 points
    I’ve put your e-mailed information in this comment for you… Though I will not do it a second time for any other friend.
    Thank you!
14. Blanche

    

    23 April, 2009

    Norton Online Family to leave beta, remain free
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    I never tried it but I saw the word ‘free’.

    2 points
    Yes but ” The free version will be available at midnight on Monday. A one-year subscription starting January 1, 2010, is expected to cost $60. ”
    So you can have it for free only the next 8 month. Thank you Blanche !
15. Peter Pan

    

    23 April, 2009

    For Ubuntu fans
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    2 points
    Thanks Peter ! It looks impressive !
16. Paps

    

    23 April, 2009

    This is not too good :
    Obama, Keep Filling Administration with RIAA Insiders
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    2 points
    Why not ? Pirating is not the honest way to obtain free stuff.
    “The Free” has legit ways to evolve. Look at the promotions we’re finding.
    Everything depends on the “pressure” coming from the grand public.
    Regards !
17. Isabel

    

    24 April, 2009

    I was fortunate to read this tutorial the day I bought my new Vista Home Premium Compaq Laptop.
    Exactly what I needed since I have never used Vista before , would you believe it. ?!
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    Hope you’ll find it important!
    Cheers!

    2 points
    Why not? This is a very serious site with good tutorials.
    Thank you Isabel !
18. Dave

    

    24 April, 2009

    Sorry for being late but I somehow missed this section in spite of my frequent visits to this site. In the light of last happenings conserning “theft and spam” activities on different weblogs I think this post might be of some interest.
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    5 points
    Hi Dave ! “this post might be of some interest” Are you kidding ?! This is THE POST OF THE WEEK !
    Another honest and serious site owner dealing with thieves .
    Unfortunately this crooks have never heard about : HONOUR, HONESTY, DECENCY, TRUTH, SHAME, etc … The more you tell you see them, the more they poison the net.
    Thank you!
19. Tuky

    

    25 April, 2009

    Hi again!
    The new Google Toolbar can be important for the IExplorer users. It can be handy for finding pizza wherever you are
    Also the improved chinese version should be important taking in consideration the huge number of users.
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    Hope it helps.
    Tuky

    2 points
    Thank you again Tuky !
20. jenggot

    

    27 April, 2009

    Hi guys…
    How about This:
    XXXXXX
    Every store (real and net) need this stuf!
    Thx…

    1 point
    Hi again! The info is very interesting ( we should check how well is working before talking about it )
    … But it is not “news” anyway.
    We’ll surely find a place for it under another artcle ( about this software/service or similar ones )
    Hope you don’t mind! Thank you !
21. jenggot

    

    1 May, 2009

    Hi guys… (again hehe)
    What about this:
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    1 point
    Hi! Really hope you won’t mind but the interest of the subject can be interesting for a limited no of readers.
    Just my opinion. I apologize and thanks for trying to share.
22. simon

    

    15 July, 2009

    I know several contributors have mentioned Google Translate for use when downloading 4Free finds from German websites. This one may be even more usesul because it also opens translated //https pages required when registering - http://babelfish.yahoo.com/

    1 point
    Hi Simon!
    This is a good info ( most of us knew it ) … But not a news article.
    Thank you anyway!
    Regards!
23. Rohit

    

    22 July, 2009

    This came pretty handy - LiberKey - Power Of 200+ Hand-Picked Windows Applications Without Installation XXX

    1 point
    Thanks for sharing! … But there are 2 small problems:
    1. Franck has already covered Liberkey ( see here : http://for-free-on-internet.com/2009/04/liberkey-a-better-alternative-to-portable-apps-suite/ )
    2. The site you’re mentionning never gives credit to his sources. Nothing personal against him but we don’t encourage this behaviour.
    Appreciate your will to contribute anyway .
    Regards!
24. Mbcompras

    

    28 July, 2009

    Hi 4free,

    Another Raymond´s tip that I would like to share is a test file and page
    against 22 antivirus. It´s possible through:
    http://scanner.novirusthanks.org/index.php

    I hope you guys like it besides the competition issue ´cause it still great
    for the average user.

    It scans against McAfee, Avira and 20 other definition databases.

    Well, that´s it. Bye.

    2 points
    Hi!
    Mayur was a bit faster than you. You receive credit anyway.
    Regards!
25. Mbcompras

    

    28 July, 2009

    Ops! You asked for news links… my bad…
    Will pay attention next time promise.
26. Toris

    

    21 August, 2009

    Hi, this was passed to me by a friend, he said it was from avira.
    It is on Computerbild and others too! i hope none of our deals are affected!
    This virus has infected the programs BEFORE you download them it is the developers who got it! Tho maybe people also get it later, it attacks all Delphi written programs.
    I was not sure if its real, so i looked on google and also found the same bulletein post on GOTD, so i guess we will have to be more than careful with our downloads than before.

    “Security News
    Unusual virus on current free gift CDs
    Tue, 18 August 2009
    Harmful files are currently being encountered on free gift CDs issued with popular computer magazines and in download portals. These files infect the source code of development environments.

    Tettnang, 18 August 2009 – An unusual virus has been encountered recently, for example on the free gift CD/ DVD issued with the 18/2009 edition of popular computer magazine ComputerBild and in the Chip download portal. The virus infects the source code of Delphi programming environments, so that programs produced using the environment will also infect the programming environments on other computers.

    The harmful program changes the “SysConst.pas” file, uses it to compile the “SysConst.dcu” library, having first made a copy of the original named “SysConst.bak”. The copy enables the virus to check that its attack has been successful, preventing another infection. It then deletes the modified “SysConst.pas” file. Programmers should also be suspicious if programs crash with the error message “RunTime Error 3”.

    3 point
    Thank you for letting us know !
    Regarding our articles … We always test those promoted softwares, starting with the antivirus scanning.
    Regards!
27. Mike Trudeau

    

    25 August, 2009

    Hi fellas:  I wasn’t sure where to post this on your site, but I’m hoping this is the correct venue.

    In case you haven’t seen it,, the good folks at Paragon Software are giving away free full commercial copies of their Drive Backup 9 Professional product from August 25th to 29th over at the v3.co.uk (formerly vnunet) site.

    Here’s a link to their page with all the information you need to know about this giveaway: 

    XXX

    I hope some of your readers will find it worthwhile to check it out.

    Have a great day!

    20 points
    Thank you for sharing!
28. captain zed

    

    31 August, 2009

    I just thought i’d re post this link here as i’m not sure where to post links for other members of 4Free
    I have downloaded some stuff from here and it seems to be fine.

    http://www.photopos.com/freestuff.asp

    Enjoy a lot of good free programs

    1 point
    Thank you! … But this info is already in our PhotoPos article.
    Regards!
29. Toys4Boys

    

    25 September, 2009

    XXX
    Enjoy

    Thank you!
    I have moved your comment on the latest week article :
    http://for-free-on-internet.com/2009/09/latest-important-news-on-the-web-week-21-27-september-2009/#comment-7174
30. Bob

    

    20 October, 2009

    google image downloader from Ghacks looks a useful little tool which is portable too.
    It enables  you to download pictures from Google image search so that you can sort them out yourself. Useful for me as a teacher when I’m looking for visual prompts and can’t be bothered to check every site.
    Just download the lot and sort out the one(s) you want

    Thank you for sharing Bob !
    … But the good ( latest ) post - where you should have put your comment - is here
    http://for-free-on-internet.com/2009/10/latest-important-news-on-the-web-week-12-18-october-2009/
    The April article is just the one where we have explained how tghis section works.
    No big deal anyway. ( I have copied your comment at the right place )
    Regards !
31. DevN

    

    27 October, 2009

    Hi,

    I don’t know if you are already aware of this. But XXXX

    Hope this is useful.

    -Thanks

    3 points
    Hi Dev !
    Yers we knew it ( a few friends have notified us too ). Just waiting for some freetime to test it.
    We appreciate your intention to share.
    Thank YOU !
32. John

    

    25 November, 2009

    I dont know if you would be interested in this but I found a site that will snail mail for free. You typ it in and they mail it I think they add advertizments to your letter I dont know. Here is the site XXX

    1 point
    Thanks but no thanks.
33. Ande

    

    29 November, 2009

    Here’s Superantispyware free edition 4.31.1 http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1194881&tag=nl.e530 interesting software.
    This is an interesting article from ZDNET: XXX
    And ZDNET’s 10+ essential free windows apps: XXX

    2 points
    Thank you for the intention to share!
    That’s not an article but just a short features presentation.
    … And you must have been mistaken and used the same URL three times.
34. Ande

    

    2 December, 2009

    Free WINX HD video converter: XXX
    Reg Name: HDgiveaway
    Reg Code: WINXHVC-5230-1898-1278 as all WINX products, this works well and has a good interface.

    2 points
    Thank you!
35. Norma

    

    6 December, 2009

    Tuneup Utilities 2009
    I loved this program on Windows XP and will be recommending to all my friends.
    Available free from XXX
    They have an advent calendar and give away software every day til Christmas. Today’s is Tuneup Utilities. NOTE: Not for Windows 7, XXX
    Also, found a little free program to beats (really) Ccleaner. It’s called CleanUp, get it here:
    XXX
    Can’t believe how fast it is. My computer ran so much faster after using it just once. Impressive!

    Hi !
    This is a very old article (?)
36. Ande

    

    7 December, 2009

    Don’t know if you’ved seen this. An easy way to organize executables on a USB drive: http://www.pegtop.net/start/

    1 point
    Hi !
    Interesting , thank you !
    … but not “important news”.
    Regards !