Fountain Valley CA, — November 19, 2008 — Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced it is shipping its high-capacity 64GB DataTraveler® 150 (DT150) USB Flash drive.

DT150 offers the largest capacity in Kingston’s entire line of DataTraveler USB drives and allows users the room and flexibility to backup important hard drive contents, and transport and share complete collections of music, videos, photos and documents in one convenient device.

DataTraveler 150 Product Features and Specifications :

• Capacities : 64GB, 32GB
• Dimensions : 3.06" x 0.9" x 0.47" (77.9mm x 22mm x 12.05mm)
• Operating Temperature : 32º F to 140º F (0º C to 60º C)
• Storage Temperature : -4º F to 185º F (-20º C to 85º C)
• Simple : Just plug into a USB port
• Convenient : Pocket-sized for easy transportability
• Guaranteed : Five-year warranty
• Compatible Operating Systems : Windows Vista (Windows ReadyBoost™ not supported), Windows XP (SP1, SP2), Windows 2000 (SP4), Mac OS X v.10.3.x and higher, Linux v.2.6.x and higher
  

For more information on Kingston or its products visit the Web site at: www.kingston.com


Sources :

1. Kingston : Kingston Technology Boosts DataTraveler 150 Capacity to 64GB

AVG continues to be one of the most popular free antivirus programs available on the internet and it maintains this position with a combination of effective protection and an easy to use interface.

As noted the interface of AVG Free has been improved and it is easier to see what protection AVG is providing and what needs attention via icons in the main part of the screen. Tabs along the left hand side give quick access to important information on updates and ongoing scans.

In addition to traditional antivirus protection, AVG Free now offers protection from Spyware without installing extra software.

An extra feature added with AVG 8 is the LinkScanner. Also available as a standalone download, LinkScanner works with Internet Explorer and Firefox to check links found in Google, Yahoo and MSN searches to make sure that there is no risk to clicking on the links. There is a slight delay as the pages are checked but it is worth the short wait in exchange for avoiding malicious (or hacked) sites.

OS Support : Windows 2000/XP/Vista

Download Link :

1. vnunet.com : AVG Anti-Virus Free 8.0.175

Sources :

1. vnunet.com : Impressive and free antivirus package

IrfanView is a fast and compact image viewer/converter, simple freeware image viewer and editor that supports all major graphic formats (support showing 400 type file image, and convert to 50 type file image), including BMP, DIB, JPEG, GIF, animated GIF, PNG, PCX, multipage TIFF, TGA, and more.

In addition, it features drag-and-drop support, directory viewing, TWAIN support, slide shows, batch conversion, and modifications such as color depth, crop, blur, and sharpen.

This latest 4.x adds support for a new paint plugin, support for previewing FLV files, new effects and much more.

IrfanView is now bundled with Google Toolbar and Google Desktop Search. Installation of these components is optional.

OS Support : Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista

Download Link :

1. www.download.com : IrfanView 4.2
2. RapidShare : IrfanView 4.2
3. vnunet.com : IrfanView 4.2
   

Sources :

1. vnunet.com : Powerful image viewer & editor

The main features of 7-Zip :

1. High compression ratio in new 7z format with LZMA compression.
2. Packing/unpacking format : 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR.
3. Unpacking format only : RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, MSI, WIM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS.
4. For ZIP and GZIP formats 7-Zip provides compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip.
5. Self-extracting capability for 7z format.
6. Integration with Windows Shell.
7. Powerful File Manager.
8. Powerful command line version.
9. Version 4.57 supports WinZip-compatible AES-256 encryption for .ZIP archives and 7-Zip can unpack MSI and WIM archives now.
10. Also there are some speed optimizations.

OS Support : Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista
Download Link : 7-Zip 4.57

Asustek Computer's Japanese arm has alerted owners of its new Eee Box low-cost desktop PC that the machine shipped with a virus.

The D drive of the Eee Box B202, which launched in Japan last week, contains a virus file named "recycled.exe," Asustek said in a statement. When the drive is opened, the virus begins copying itself to the main C drive on the machine and to any other removable drives or USB memory connected to the computer.

Despite repeated attempts to get more information from Asustek, the company has not confirmed that the problem is limited to only Japanese Eee Box PCs. The company also didn't explain how the virus got into the computers.

Sources :

1. NetworkWorld : Asus reports virus loaded into Eee Box PCs