If your institution or ISP blocks access to Rapidshare, free Firefox addon "Download Rapidshare @ Office" can be the solution you are looking for, the handy little addon changes Rapidshare links (rs*.rapidshare.com) to IP's fooling the proxy server into allowing the access, you just need to paste all your Rapidshare links into the addon toolbar and it takes care of everything else including managing the wait-times restrictions, the whole process is fully automatic and very easy, you can also use this to download multiple files as a Rapidshare free user easily.

Microsoft Windows 7 Beta 1 which got leaked and cracked a few days ago, is being reported to corrupt some MP3 files when used via included Windows Media Player 12, users on forums are reporting data corruption issues because of this bug in Windows 7 beta 1 build 7000 while playing MP3 files using Windows Media Player 12, Approximately 2-3 seconds data will get cut-off from the beginning of MP3s as Windows Media Player 12 tries to retrieve meta-information from internet and write it to any MP3 file with a Meta data header larger than 16KB.

After long-wait and suspense iPhone Dev Team has finally released the only software unlock for iPhone 3G, the unlock is available via Cydia installer for iPhone and is known as yellowsn0w, the application is a small daemon without any GUI which gets launched on boot injecting the payload, here are step-by-step instructions on how to get the 3G unlock working on your device.

1. Download and install iTunes 8.02 or later from Apple website here.
2. Connect your iPhone, if you have not upgraded your iPhone to firmware 2.2 you will be asked to do so, download and install the iPhone 2.2 firmware upgrade following the on-screen instructions.

3. After updating to iPhone OS 2.2 you should be having iPhone baseband version 2.28.00, which is required to get this unlock work.
4. Download QuickPwn 2.2 and 2.2 IPSW file for Jailbreaking your iPhone 3G.

If you own a 2006 model 30 GB Zune you must have encountered the Zune freeze because of the Y2K9 bug, the bug is quite wide-spread and users are reporting there Zune devices locked-up becoming unusable.

Here is a simple trick to bring you Zune device back to life, just follow the simple steps to get this done.

While everybody is busy enjoying the New year celebration, Apple iPhone owners who were using Unlocked versions of the device and mistakenly upgraded to iPhone Software 2.2 resulting in an bricked version which can't be downgraded are eagerly waiting for the promised software unlock by the iPhone Dev Team, to make things more interesting the Dev-Team posted this cryptic message on their blog leaving everybody guessing and trying to decode it:

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Decoding this string to binary reveals vtaber 61060174 which in-turn converted to ROT13 translates to IGNORE (post #) 61060174, meaning ignore post 61060174 where they asked users not to upgrade to the iPhone version 2.2 as it can't be unlocked.

UPDATE # 1 : The Dev Team posted the following screenshot as a proof to show that the iPhone 3G with OS version 2.2 is unlocked, However, they have still not released the 3G software unlocker yet.

As the above screenshot demonstrate the soft-unlock will work on the latest baseband v 02.28.00 and will be installable via Cydia, meaning you will need to jailbreak iPhone 3G before you can get it unlocked.

DOS once enjoyed the crown of being the leading operating system in the market, but is now more-or-less obsolete in current generation of GUI Operating systems, Windows XP and Vista do support virtual DOS mode but it fails to run old DOS applications and games, if you want to use native DOS applications and games in their full glory you will either need to install the original DOS on a dedicated partition as an alternative Operating System or you can simply use free DOS emulator - DosBox to emulate an Intel x86 PC running DOD with support for graphics, sound, mouse, joystick, and modem.

DosBox lets you use DOS on almost all major operating systems like Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, Mac OSX, Linux and FreeBSD with ease.

As expected Windows 7 Beta 1 (Version 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400) got leaked and is now available on BitTorrent and other file-sharing networks, add to that pirates have managed to get past the trial limitation set to expire this build on 1st July 2009 and now there are quite a few activators and cracks floating around the internet all based on some trick extending the trial period by resetting the trial-timer, allowing users to use Windows 7 Build 7000 as long as they want without activating.

Free mass file-mirroring service's like RapidSpread and UploadJockey are quite popular these days, but here is something which beats these services hands down - Zoom’s File & Image Uploader is a free utility which takes the pain out of creating mass file and image mirror's to more then 70 file and image hosting services including mass-mirror services like RapidSpread and UploadJockey.

The portable utility features a fully functional drag-n-drop interface with ability to use premium accounts with parallel uploading support, the only thing missing is the handy Windows context-menu integration for fast access, this should be expected in upcoming releases.