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I apologise for not posting much since I took over, I’ve been doing alot of stuff behind the scenes. I can’t thank 2shae enough for fixing this theme and making sure everything worked properly and look how it should! He spent hours making me custom php files and editing templates so everything looked just how I wanted, aswell as changing all the CSS to make everything the right colour. Plus making this page you’re reading all nice so it would fit in with the style of the blog. Thankyou thankyou thankyou!!!

I (yes! I did do soooomething) also fixed the archives page, (and 2shae did heaps to make it align nice) so you’ll be able to navigate to posts more easily!

I’ve also had a whole load of personal stuff happen in the past few days, pretty much started when I took over here, so bear with me and very regualr posting shall resume in a week or so.
Until then, I shall post as and when I can, and try and keep you up to date with what’s going on in the tech world.

- Kangie

It was released earlier on this week to Connect users, and although I am not using it, it sounds good!

There were alot of general bugfixes, and after many requests for this, the “List” view option has been put back.

Several other changes have been made:

• The system clock no longer changes when you set your timezone.
• The behavior of the user accounts has changed considerably, and should make deleting items off your desktop alot easier.

Microsoft plans to release a Windows Driver Kit and Software Development Kit (SDK) aswell as versions of Vista in German and Japanese some time soon.

They are asking all testers to upgrade to this version, doing a fresh install of Vista and hunting for build specific bugs. They are also warning that upgrading may cause some problems, with users being unable to uninstall applications they installed whilst using Vista Beta2. Also, data from Windows Mail will not be migrated to the new bulid, so backing up is strongly advised.

Hopefully all this takes us one step closer to Vista actually being released to comsumers in time for the early 2007 deadline!

Thanks to 2shae for the info!

Just a quick note to say I’ve gone through the links on the right, and any sites not linking back to TechThisOut! got removed.

If you wish to have a link contact me using the “Contact” button at the top right. You’ll ned to say:
- The URL of your site
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Thankyou!

After months (weeks?) of beta, Opera 9 is out of beta and the final version is available to download on the Opera website. Included in Opera 9 is bit torrent support, widgets, and much, much more. Check it out for yourself.

Opera / Download [by Opera]

A subdomain of Microsoft french has been hacked. And, incase Microsoft gets it back up to normal, you can view a screenshot here.

Google Earth has been a popular sattelite imagery program this past year and is available for both Macintosh’s OS X, and Windows. Now Google has released a beta version of its software for the Linux operating system. Download your copy today!

Direct Download [by Google]

Google Earth [by Google]

Jake Jarvis of WireCatcher, a long time OSX fan, has installed Windows Vista Beta 2 on his Dell Inspiron 600m and has wrote a stunning review with a whole lot of screenshots. Jake Jarvis is a great friend of mine and I’d appreciate it if you would check out the review!

Vista Beta 2 Review [by Jake Jarvis]

Digg this Review [by Digg]

The universal version of Flip4Mac, the program to allow WMV files to be ran through Quicktime, is now being redistributed throughout a closed beta. Although just a little buggy, you can now play embedded clips on web pages, along with the standard Quicktime player. Unfortunatley, because it is a closed beta, it is not public and you can not get it. Fortunatley, though, there was a brave soul who uploaded it to Rapidshare and you can now download it here. Please note that tech this out! is not redistributing it but only linking to where it is being hosted. Imroved bug fixes and new features include:

• Added universal binary support for Intel Macs
• Added significant export optimizations for PowerPC Macs
• Added multi language audio support in player
• Added overlay when importing WMV content in trial mode
• Improved support for MMS servers and live streams
• Fixed DCT Blocking issue (progressive deterioration with increasing distance from previous keyframe)

Not yet added/known issues (to be included in future beta versions):

• Optimizations for WMV playback on Intel machines.
• 2-pass VBR green shift issue
• 2-pass VBR keyframe issue

Movies play perfect on my 1.83 GhZ Intel Core Duo iMac, both embedded and not embedded. Enjoy!

Cyberduck is an open source FTP solution for Macintosh’s OSX, featuring a beautifully polished design that anyone will love, along with handy OSX tools integrated, such as Spotlight and Keychains.

Cyberduck is an open source FTP and SFTP (SSH Secure File Transfer) browser licenced under the GPL with an easy to use interface, integration with external editors and support for many Mac OS X system technologies such as Spotlight, Bonjour, the Keychain and AppleScript.

Cyberduck is absolutely free for anyone to use and I highly recommend it, as I use it myself on my iMac and my iBook.

CyberDuck

P.S. - Happy 666!

Windows OneCare, the all in one security program for Windows XP, has been released out of beta and renamed to Windows Live OneCare, following Microsofts trend of adding Live to all of their next generation products.

Introducing Windows Live OneCare, the new all-in-one, always-on PC care service from Microsoft. It works quietly in the background on your computer, so you don’t have to worry about nasty interruptions from viruses, spyware, hackers, and other unwanted intruders. It also goes beyond security, regularly backing up all your important files and cleaning up and tuning up your PC to help keep it running at top speed. Because you have better things to do with your computer.

Windows Live OneCare is a$49.95 subscription, and can be installed on 3 of your own PCs. There is also a 90-day trial available, which will also determine if you need the subscription.

Windows Live OneCare [by Microsoft]

P.S. - You may have noticed a few site changes, including a new layout. I am making some changes to the site, dont mind me. The layout is called fSpring and is a very nice minimalistic theme by Fredrik Fahlstad, and is available here. Since I am on my summer vacation now from school, I no longer have a whole lot to do, so I should be back to my normal posting schedule now, which is at midnight PST. Enjoy..