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MediaPortal is an advanced Media Center

urbizonline — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:10:36 +0000

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Where to get MediaPortal?
You can download the latest MediaPortal Release or try a daily developer snapshot. The latest update can be found here: MediaPortal.svn / 02.22.2007 / 20.01.Rev13065.exe

Where to get MediaPortal?

MediaPortal is an Open Source application ideal for turning your PC /

TV into a very advanced Media Center. MediaPortal allows you to listen

to your favorite music & radio, watch and store your videos and DVDs,

view, schedule and record live TV as a digital video recorder and much

much more. You get MediaPortal as Open Source software. This means

you can help in developing MediaPortal or tweak it for your own needs

with lots of innovating plugins from our great community.
Get your free copy of this outstanding media center now!

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Royale Noir

urbizonline — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:57:37 +0000

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This mod grew from a finishing Royale Noir project to encompass Zune bug fixing as well.

If you are a fan of Microsoft’s Royale, this is the only Royale theme you will ever need.

The theme now consists of 3 color schemes, Royale, Royale Noir and Royale Zune.

For Royale Noir, Microsoft came 50% of the way, and I went the other 50%, a lot of work and

bugfixes was done to finish the theme. For Zune, work was done to better the distasteful

orange and many bugfixes implemented that Microsoft messed up.

Current version is 1.46, screenshots and the very long changelog can be found in these forum threads:

Alternative Download:
Softpedia Awarded 5/5 Softpedia’s Pick and 100% Malware Free Awards

x64 Installer
[link]

Royale Remixed Thread: (WIP up to v1.46 plus custom packs downloads)
[link]

Royale Noir Thread: (Screenshots and WIP up to v1.32)
[link]

Royale Noir Shutdown UI:
Screenshot:
[link]
Download:
(in the second link above)

Updated 12th Jan, 2007 to Version 1.46. Read the Changelog in the Readme for the list of changes.

EssentialPIM

urbizonline — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:26:12 +0000

This is where you can download the Desktop and Portable editions of EssentialPIM Pro

and EssentialPIM Free versions.

Not sure which version to download? The download wizard will help you!

Title/Version

Release Date

Size

Download Link

EssentialPIM Pro 1.95

21 Nov 2006

2.40 MB

EssentialPIMPro1.exe

EssentialPIM Free 1.95

21 Nov 2006

1.50 MB

ClamWin Free Antivirus comes with an easy installer and open source code. You may download and use it absolutely free of charge. It features:

High detection rates for viruses and spyware;
Scanning Scheduler;
Automatic downloads of regularly updated Virus Database.
Standalone virus scanner and right-click menu integration to Microsoft Windows Explorer;
Addin to Microsoft Outlook to remove virus-infected attachments automatically.

The latest version of Clamwin Free Antivirus is 0.88.7

Please note that ClamWin Free Antivirus does not include an on-access real-time scanner. You need to manually scan a file in order to detect a virus or spyware.

ClamWin Free Antivirus includes Clam AntiVirus engine and uses the GNU General Public License by the Free Software Foundation and is free (as in freedom) software. To find out more about GNU GPL, please visit the following link: Philosophy of the GNU Project – Free Software Foundation.

ArtRage, the easy to use, stylish painting package

urbizonline — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:43:17 +0000

This is the homepage for ArtRage, the easy to use, stylish
painting package that lets you get painting from the moment
you open it up. You can paint with oils, sketch with pencils,
sprinkle glitter, and more. You can paint with gold leaf, silver foil,
and other metallic colors. You can even load in your photos as Tracing
Images to help you recreate them as paintings.For the professional
user, ArtRage also offers multiple Layers for painting, and layered
PSD document import and export so you can easily use it alongside
your existing tools.Check out the Features Page

for more details, or visit the Forums to see some of the images being created by ArtRage users.


Images (left to right) © Alper Türköne, Michael Clements, Suzanne Lucas.

ArtRage 2 Free and Full editions require the following system specifications:

Windows: Windows XP, 2k, or Tablet PC. 800mhz processor or faster,

and 256 megabytes of RAM. Macintosh: Macintosh OS X 10.3.9 or later.

G4 processor or faster, and 256 megabytes of RAM.Machines with lower

specifications may work, try out the free version, you might be surprised!

Tux Paint is free

urbizonline — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:35:23 +0000

Tux Paint is a free, award-winning drawing program for children ages 3 to 12 (preschool and K-6). It combines an easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging cartoon mascot who guides children as they use the program.

Kids are presented with a blank canvas and a variety of drawing tools to help them be creative. (See the full list of features.)

A coloring book picture.

View More Screenshots or the Gallery of Children’s Artwork.

For Mac OS X, Windows, Linux and more!

Download now for:

More download options
View system requirements

Tux Paint runs on a variety of platforms, including all versions of Windows (including Tablet PC), Mac OS X 10.3 and up, Linux, FreeBSD and NetBSD. It works well on older, slower systems, as well as thin-clients such as LTSP, Citrix® and Windows Terminal Services. It even runs on some handheld computers!

How Much Does It Cost?

Tux Paint is free, is Open Source software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License. It is developed by volunteers around the world. We work on it as a labor of love, with the hopes that people will find it useful, and in turn share it with their own friends and family.

Download Tux Paint today, and enjoy!

PortableApps Suite

urbizonline — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:29:22 +0000

your computer, without the computer™

PortableApps Suite™ is a collection of portable apps including a web browser, email client, office suite, calendar/scheduler, instant messaging client, antivirus, sudoku game, backup utility and integrated menu, all preconfigured to work portably. Just drop it on your portable device and you’re ready to go.

Download Standard 1.0 for Windows, English 89.5MB Download Details

Download Lite 1.0 for Windows, English 30.4MB Download Details

Download Base Edition 1.0 – It’s just the essentials (menu, backup, etc) so it’s less than 1MB to download and install. Like all editions, you can easily add apps to the PortableApps Menu from the PortableApps Directory.

Two Bugs: The PortableApps Menu bundled has a bug that prevents it from running on pre-Windows XP systems. The 1.0 to 1.0.1 Patch fixes this. Just install it to the same directory you installed the Suite to (usually the root of your portable drive). There is also an issue with high-resolution (120dpi) displays. A fix is being tested.

Included Applications

All versions of the PortableApps Suite include the integrated PortableApps Menu (pictured at right) and the PortableApps Backup utility along with a set of custom icons, an autoplay configuration, folders and a quick start shortcut. In addition, the packages include:

PortableApps Suite (Standard Edition): ClamWin Portable (antivirus), Mozilla Firefox – Portable Edition (web browser), Gaim Portable (instant messaging), OpenOffice.org Portable (office suite), Sudoku Portable (puzzle game), Mozilla Sunbird – Portable Edition (calendar/task manager) and Mozilla Thunderbird – Portable Edition (email client) and runs comfortably from a 512MB drive.

PortableApps Suite (Lite Edition): Uses AbiWord Portable (word processor) instead of OpenOffice.org Portable and runs comfortably from a 256MB drive.

PortableApps Suite (Base Edition): If you’d like to pick and choose exactly which apps to include, you can try Portable Apps Suite (Base Edition). This is a stripped down package with just the PortableApps Menu, PortableApps Backup utility and custom folders, icons and autorun. It’s less than 1MB installed, so it’s a great option for smaller drives.

Support

Get help with installation and use by visiting PortableApps Suite Support:

Download Details

File size:
- Base: 0.7MB (download), 1MB (installed)
- Lite: 30.4MB (download), ~105MB (installed)
- Standard: 89.5MB (download), ~260MB (installed)
Publisher: PortableApps.com (John T. Haller), Mozilla, OpenOffice.org, AbiSource, ClamWin team, Gaim team
Date added: November 20, 2006
System Requirements: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista and Wine
*The base apps and some bundled apps will work under Windows 95
License: Free / Open Source (Mozilla apps: MPL, Others: GPL)

Chaos Manager PIM

urbizonline — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:30:21 +0000

What is this?

As a computer is supposed to be a helpful tool I always wanted to organize some of my mess on the computer. I couldn’t really find an organizer that I liked, the ones I tried was either too confusing with too many buttons/options or had an annoying layout etc. So I decided to make my own little simple and compact organizer which features an appointment/to-do manager (appointments will pop-up), a calendar, a phone/address-book (contacts), a notebook which supports multiple topic, sync via internet, email forwarding of appointments, print/import/export and much more. All is password protected and encrypted (optional). You can also customize your own skin and background for the application so it won’t be too dull to look at (ships with a number of skins).

Chaos Manager key features.

Appointment manager, a reminder pops-up and plays a random wav-file when an appointment has reached it’s deadline or reminder setting (optional).
Contacts (address book/phone book and more).
Notebook that supports multiple topics.
Notebook supports text formatting (rich text format) and URL detection (links will be highlighted and clickable).
Calendar (for appointments & birthdays etc).
National holidays and observances can be downloaded (or created) for the calendar.
When moving mouse over a calendar date you will get a quick summary of the events of that specific date.
Find… search appointments, notebook and contacts (all fields).
Optional password protection.
Data encryption so no one can peak into the data files.
Simple look and feel and easy to use.
Optional recurring appointments.
A reminder can be configured to pop-up before an appointment has reached it’s deadline.
Snooze option when reminder pops-up.
Optional email forwarding of appointments.
Customize program layout (background, font, resizable etc).
Skinable, supports alphablending and more (CM ships with 22 skins).
Each appointment and contact can have an optional symbolic icon.
Contacts can be sorted by groups. You can add your own groups.
The contact list can be filtered by groups.
Contact field names are customizable.
Import/export from/to the Pocket PC version of Chaos Manager.
Import/export/print option (can for example import from outlook).
Import/export is based on .csv (appointments and contacts).
Synchronize via internet option (example: synchronize your CM at work and at home).
Optional minimize to system-tray.
No limits on number of appointments, contacts, notes, text field size etc.
Multi-monitor support.
Chaos Manager can operate from removable media, like for example an usb-drive (all Chaos Manager needs is in it’s folder).
Much more.

Chaos Manager is always open for suggestions and ideas of new features and is an ongoing project that will keep adding new content and features.

Features in more detail:

Appointments -

These will pop-up with a sound when an appointment has reached/passed it’s deadline (date and time) or reminder setting. The played sound is a random .wav file from the folder named “sounds” where Chaos Manager is located. Each appointment has a number of options.

Notebook -

Just a notebook to type in stuff. It supports multiple topic, to allow the notebook to be more organized. I myself use it as a sort of mind map (with topics like logins, ideas, settings, project notes, registration info, “stuff to buy” and “stuff to fix” lists, goals, songs to acquire etc). The notebook supports text formatting (rich text format) and URL detection (links will be highlighted and clickable).

Contacts -

Have lots of fields such as name, phone, email, notes, birthday etc. The program will alert when a birthday is near if desired. Contacts can be sorted by different groups (family, friends, business and other). You can change the field names to match the field names you require.

Calendar -

Where you can get an overview of which days you have appointments, birthdays etc. Green marks appointments and blue marks birthdays. Each day in the calendar is clickable for more info/options.

Password protection -

If you desire you can protect the program with a password.

Data encryption -

All data is encrypted, so you can’t peak into the data files.

Setup -

The program has many options to configure for your taste.

Synchronize via internet -

This lets you put or get a copy of CM data on the internet via FTP to synchronize your CM if you have it installed on multiple computers. The data on the internet is of course encrypted.

Skinable -

The program ships with a number of different skins and also has additional options, like for example background picture etc. You can also create your own skins if desired.

Backup -

Chaos Manager makes backup of all the data files every 10th day. The backup is located in a folder named “backup” where Chaos Manager is located.

More -

The program features much more, try it out.

http://www.chaosmanager.net/