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Windows only: TaskSwitchXP replaces Windows XP’s stock task-switcher with one that combines thumbnail previews and an application list.

Normally, pressing Alt-Tab produces an icon-based row of open applications. TaskSwitch XP serves up a nice big thumbnail alongside a vertical apps list. Right-click any item in the list and you get task-management options like “minimize” and “end process.”

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10 web site with free and legal Torrents

Legaltorrents.com distributed 90 terabytes of Creative Commons-licensed content in the last seven months alone. The site features lots of music downloads, but also has some good video content like the South African TV show Go Open and the Firefly-Documentary Done The Impossible. All the files are centrally seeded, so your downloads will always have a happy ending.

Public Domain Torrents features hundreds of Torrents from out-of-copyright films in numerous formats. Unfortunately there is no central seeding, so you better stick to the recently posted items.

Legit Torrents is a new site that aggregates freely available Torrents, including video, games and Linux distributions.

Bittorrent  has taken a beating for its recently launched download store, but the site still offers lots of freely downloadable content as well. Unfortunately the free stuff gets buried under the rentals and sales, which are for some reason deemed more “relevant.”

SXSW.com features music and video downloads to promote the South by Southwest festival. This year’s film trailers aren’t up yet, but there’s 3 gigabytes of MP3 music to get an idea of what’s gonna go down in Austin this March.

Etree is hosting live recordings of bootleg-friendly artists in the lossless FLAC audio format.

Zudeo offers a mix of music videos, user-generated content, professionally produced movies and short films. Worth a look because of its extensive list of fan films and HD content. All downloads are centrally seeded.

Torrentfreak is known for its up-to-date coverage of the BitTorrent scene, but the site also operates an own tracker and regularly features legal downloads like the official Bittorrent release of the movie The Corporation.

Revision3.com is technically not a Torrent site, but the online video network utilizes BitTorrent like few others. Every episode page features a multitude of Torrent links, and you can subscribe to each show with an RSS-Feed including proper Torrent enclosures.

Linuxtracker.com. Advocates of the free operating system have been using BitTorrent for a long time to spread the latest releases of their preferred distribution. Linuxtracker lists all major flavors of Linux, including video-specific releases like the open source DVR system KnoppMyth and the multimedia production platform 64 Studio.

I’ve been waiting for Microsoft to release Virtual PC 2007 and it looks like they finally have. I still remember the day that Microsoft started making Virtual PC a free application, and they are super smart for doing so. It allows users to install other Windows operating systems to test out new software, or more importantly check for software compatibility issues on the new Windows Vista. What’s the catch? Well, if your installing XP or Vista you will have to activate the operating system just like you would when installing it on your computer. It is just another opportunity for Microsoft to earn money off of selling Windows’ licenses.

Using Virtual PC 2007 you will be able to install Vista and all of your favorite software while still using your current operating system. This will let you see if Vista is right for you, or whether you should hold off until more developers get around to providing updated software releases.

When using a virtual PC there are two terms that you should become familiar with, host OS and guest OS. The host operating system (OS) is what you actually have the Virtual PC 2007 application installed on and a guest OS is the operating system that runs within the Virtual PC program. This will surely be helpful when reading about features or looking through documentation.

Here are the features that virtual PC has to offer:

• Drag and drop copying – drag files and folders from your virtual PC to your PC and visa-versa. This is really useful for trying out software before you take the risk of cluttering up your PC.
• Integrated mouse – makes it easy to move your mouse between the guest operating system and the host operating system.
• Time synchronization – synchronize the time between your PC and virtual PC.
• Folder sharing – easily share files and folders between your virtual PC and PC.

Once you have Virtual PC 2007 up and running you will be able to install any of these operating systems:

• Windows 98: 64MB memory and 500MB disk space
• Windows ME: 96MB memory and 2GB disk space
• Windows 2000: 96MB memory and 2GB disk space
• Windows XP Home/Pro: 128MB memory and 2GB disk space
• Windows Vista Enterprise, Business, and Ultimate: 512MB memory and 15GB disk space

If you want to see more on how the Virtual PC 2007 works along with some of the features make sure to watch the demo. That should cover just about everything that you need, and then you can head on over to download the 32–bit version or the 64–bit version.

Este site é semelhante ao da Pandora, mas graficamente muito superior.

Este site contem varios jogos antigos, que estam disponiveis para serem jogados on-line, através da tecnologia flash

http://www.play.vg/

Google Earth 4 já está disponível para download, e contem estas novas funcionalidades:

Terreno 3D

Edifícios com texturas.

Ver o mundo ao longo dos tempos

Nova interface gráfica

Desenhar e guardar.

Para lembrar e jogar como nos bons velhos tempos passados à frente do PC 286

http://www.abandonia.com/

Para aqueles que pensam que sabem tudo sobre geografia , aqui vai o desafio.

World Map

Este site é a versão inglesa de um site alemão que contem uma enorme colecção de software especifico para fotografia.