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If you work on windows , you know that shutting it down can be really a hassle and time taking , especially when a lot of programs are running . Most of us tend to avoid shut down due to this reason but we know that shut down is always safer and also considered good for the pc .

There are a lot of shut down tricks and tools available , which help you to achieve a smooth and fast shut down of windows without negatively affecting your pc . However this trick , which was suggested to me by a friend , is probably the simplest one and also the fastest way to shut down your pc .

Here are the steps :-

1: Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to go to the Task Manager .

2: Click on Shut Down on the Top .

3: Highlight ‘ Turn Off ‘ and while holding down the Ctrl key , click on it .

And thats it ! Just count 1 , 2 , 3…5 and there you go…your pc is off !

I have tried this trick on my XP system and it has worked everytime and hasn’t negatively affected my pc . I haven’t tried this on any other version of Windows but I think it’ll work .

However I advise you to use this trick only when you are in a rush and you need a speedy shut down of your pc .

Any suggestions, ideas? Feel free to comment on this article!

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If you’ve used them once you’ll never be able to work without them. Bookmarklets (or Favelets) are tiny Javascript-Snippets, which are stored within a bookmark and add particular functionalities to the browser you’re using. It doesn’t matter whether you browse, bookmark, look up, search, design or program – depending on your interests, bookmarklets can significantly enhance your efficiency and productivity. However, if you take a look around, you’ll find hundreds of sites, which offer favelets of any possible kinds. Indeed, you’ll find thousands of bookmarklets, many of which you aren’t really interested in. What you eventually are interested in, is a hand-picked choice of the most useful snippets you can directly copy and use from one single page.

We’ve chosen some of the most useful bookmarklets, written new ones and listed them below. You’ll find the source, from which a bookmarklet is copied or modified, or a detailed description of the snippets, in the brackets.

To install the bookmarket just drag’n’drop the JavaScript-Code from the link to the toolbar of your browser. To use the bookmarklet select the text on a page or an address of a web-page and click on the bookmarklet. If you don’t select any text or url and click on the snippet, you’ll get a JavaScript window, in which you can input text manually.

If you use many favelets, you might be willing to check out the Blummy Bookmarklet (The Bookmarklet Management Bookmarklet), a free tool for quick access to your favorite web services via your bookmark toolbar.

Looking up

• Acronym & Abbreviation Finder to look up unknown abbreviations and acronyms.
• Amazon.com, Ebay.com enable to search for products with one click.
• Google Search Bookmarklet [sf], del.icio.us, Wikipedia.com can be used to look up for any information you might ever be interested in.
• Cddb.com, Discogs.com and Last.FM to look up CDs information, popular tracks bands, music styles etc.
• Internet Movie DataBase (IMDB), EPGuides.com deliver information about movies and TV-series.
• Google Translate [sf] translates from 5 languages to English (the language will be detected automatically).
• Oxford English Dictionary [kp] and Merriam-Webster Word Lookup (with audio samples) [XHTMLed] explains English words and terms.
• myBookmarklets is a collection of useful Bookmarklets you can use every day. You’ll find there all Google-Search-Bookmarks, Look-up-Bookmarklets in different encyclopedias and so called “Multi-Bookmarklets”, which enables you to retrieve the information you’re looking for from many sources – simultaneously and automatically.

Social Networks, Web 2.0, Online-Services

• BugMeNot delivers Login- and Password-data for services which require user registration and authentification.
• Check PageRank returns the PageRank of the page, you are visiting.
• Delicious: Super Fast Bookmarklet, Lazy Sheep For Del.icio.us and posticious let your store your bookmarks in del.icio.us instantly.
• Filext.com informs you about unknown data types and file extensions [wb].
• Flickr.com: instant search in Flickr.
• Microformats Bookmarklet helps to extract existing hCards and hCalendars and can show and store contacts and events on a given page.
• MultiSubmit bookmarks one page in 19 social networks – of course, if you are registered in them.
• Send To Flickr [vh]: to submit an image from a page to your personal Flickr-Fotostream, just select the image, click on the snippet and confirm your submission.
• Similicious lists similar pages to the page you are currently on.
• Technorati lets you explore what other users write or talk about in the blogosphere.
• TinyURL shortens your web address URL. [el]
• Video Bookmarklets lets you download YouTube- and Google-Video-files automatically.

Web-Design, Web-Development

• computed_styles lists the computed styles of an element and of its ancestors. [sf]
• list_classes lists classes used in the document. [sf]
• show_blocks draws borders to show tables (colors indicate nesting), paragraphs, and divs. [sf].
• test_styles type in CSS rules to experiment or to create a temporary user style sheet. [sf]. Alternative: edit_styles experiment with changes to the page’s style sheet. [sf].

• Color List Favelet creates a color palette which is used on a given page.
• Elements inspector offers the same functionality as Aardvark Firefox Extension; it shows the information about Div-Containers, Headers, Paragraphs etc. [Favlets.com]
• Favelet Suite is a package of 16 Bookmarklets, which can be used in web-development. Document Tree Chart, Javascript Object Tree, Mouseover DOM Inspector, Ruler, Style Sheet Viewer etc.
• Layout Grid Bookmarklet creates a Grid-Overlay of the page; useful, i.e. if you want to calculate the layout size.
• SEO Bookmarklets is a collectino of 22 Favelets for SEO-analysis. It uses search engines, social networks and further services.
• Web Developer Favelets: 9 simple Favelets a web-developer will use on a daily basis.
• string2html converts strings to HTML-Entities [wzb].

Links Functionality

• Finds and follows a link to a “print-friendly” version of a page [sf]
• click2zap removes elements from the page for printing (remove text/images to save paper/ink) or reading comfort purposes. [s. click2zap]
• Set Target-attribute of all links at “new” (open in new window) [Bookmarklets.com]
• Set Target-attribute of all links at “self” (open in current window) [Bookmarklets.com]
• Show all mailto-Links [bookmarklets.com]
• Hide visited Links [sf]
• Add sorting functionality to a table [sf]
• Search on a page for a keyword and highlight it [sf]; alternative: Highlighter.
• Show the data stored in the password fields [sf]
• To mark the links of a page and Create a pop-up-windows, which lists all links on a page [stichpunkt].
• Show all links as footnotes in printed version [askmefi].

Better Navigation

• Jump to the parent-page (abc.com/archive/2006/ -> abc.com/archive) [sf]
• Jump to the top-level-page (abc.com/archive/2006 -> abc.com) [sf]

Tools for Bloggers

• Show the last archive copy of the current web-site [sf]
• Create HTML-Code with a link to the current page [sf]
• Send a link to the current web-page [wb]
• Send highlighted information from a web-site via e-mail – automatically [wb]
• Quote from a Blog copies selected text and pastes it automatically with via-Links in a pre-defined HTML-Code-Template. [b101]
• Creates the XHTML code to include the current image. [sf]

Useful Tools

• Bookmarklet Crunchinator minimizes the size of bookmarklets and creates Oneline-Links, which are typical for Favelets.
• Bookmarklets Builder simplifies the writing of Javascript-Snippets with an integrated Formatter and DOM Browser.
• The Bookmarklet management bookmarklet (The Bookmarklet Management Bookmarklet), a free tool for quick access to your favorite web services via your bookmark toolbar.

Any suggestions, ideas? Feel free to comment on this article!

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1. Bitstream Vera Fonts (freeware): Description, Download

2. Legendum (freeware, OpenType): Description, Download

3. Garogier (freeware, OpenType): Description, Download

4. JUnicode (free for personal use only): Description, Download

5. Computer Modern Unicode Bright (freeware, GNU GPL, X11): Description, Download

6. Computer Modern Unicode Serif (freeware, GNU GPL, X11): Description, Download

7. Computer Modern Unicode Sans Serif (freeware, GNU GPL, X11): Description, Download

8. mgOpen Cosmetica (freeware): Description, Download

9. mgOpen Moderna (freeware): Description, Download

10. jGaramond (freeware): Description, Download

11. Chrysanthi Unicode (freeware): Description, Download

12. Linux Libertine (freeware): Description, Download

13. Andron Scriptor: Description (visit the site to download the font)

14. Porson (freeware): Description, Download

15. Teamouse (freeware): Description, Download

16. Fontshop Freefont: FF Milo Regular: Description & Download

17. Vollkorn (freeware): Description, Download

Any suggestions, ideas? Feel free to comment on this article!

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They are free and yet have a lot to offer…

Zamzar

zamzar is free and all-inclusive(video, music, images, documents) file conversion service. In 4 quick steps you can convert almost anything to anything else;

• simply enter a file you want to convert by pointing to its location on your local drive or address on the web(ex; youtube video)
• select output format(eg. PDF, doc, 3GP mobile, iPod, PSP…)
• enter email address where it should send converted file and
• convert it.

Special features;

• supports all popular video, music, image and document formats.
• provides browser bookmarklet (Firefox, IE) which lets you convert and save files from any webpage.
• convert and save any video while you are watching it(supports Youtube, GoogleVideo, Myspace, Revver, PutFile, Break.com, Apple, Trailers,
  Dailymotion, Metacafe, iFilm, Grouper, Blip.tv)
• file size can’t exceed 1 MB

Media-Convert

media-convert also lets you convert all types of files, i.e. video, music, images, docs and archives. It’s also free and supports almost all conceivable file formats. Procedure is pretty much the same; select file, specify output format and let it do the rest. Once it’s done with a file, it will provide you with a link from where it can be downloaded.

Special features;

• each converted file remains accessible for 6 more days, so if you want to share it with friends you can forward them a link to download page.
• input file format auto-detection(no need to specify input format)
• additional option to adjust conversion settings(like fps, bitrate, codec, audio rate, etc..)
• download file directly to your mobile via WAP or GPRS.
• file size can’t exceed 150 MB

Mux

mux lets you convert youtube and googlevideo videos to following formats; mpeg-4, Quicktime, iPod(m4v), flash video, windows media, mpeg-1/2, windows avi, 3gb mobile and OGG Theora. It’s not as powerful as above mentioned zamzar or media-convert however it has some handy features that you won’t find with others(see below).

Special features;

• for more demanding users there is a power mux which allows users set additional settings on output file(bitrate, fps, file length…etc).
• there is also a mux mobile which lets you convert web-videos to mobile format(3GP, AMR) and instantly forward them to any mobile for free.

Any suggestions, ideas? Feel free to comment on this article!

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• Firefox – Most loved browser.
• Google Earth – Navigate and search through satellite images around the world.
• Daemon Tools – Virtual CD/DVD drive which supports all popular copy protections.
• OpenOffice – Office Suite
• FoxIt Reader- Fast, free PDF viewer.
• Thunderbird – Mozilla foundation’s open source e-mail client.
• uTorrent – The lightweight and efficient BitTorrent client
• VLC – Mediaplayer that plays everything except realmedia files.
• AVG Antivirus – An Anti-virus Utility
• IrfanView – IrfanView is a very fast, small, compact graphics viewer
• Skype – The most popular Voice over IP (VoIP) client.
• ccleaner – CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool.
• picasa – Find and enjoy the pictures on your computer in seconds.
• Spybot Search and Destroy – Anti-spyware program
• DVD Shrink – Free DVD backup utility
• Ad-Aware – Ad-Aware Personal provides advanced protection from known data-mining, aggressive advertising, Trojans, dialers, malware, browser hijackers, and tracking components.
• Audacity – The best and simplest open source audio editor out there.
• Filezilla – Fast FTP client for Windows with SFTP/SSH and SSL/TLS.
• Opera – An equal alternative to Firefox
• VirtualDub – VirtualDub is a video capture/processing utility for 32-bit Windows platforms
• Media Player Classic – This multimedia DirectShow player looks like the old Windows Media Player 6.4, but has a lot more features like switching audio streams in an MP4 file.
• Unlocker – Unlocker helps delete locked files with error messages like:
• Filemon – This monitoring tool lets you see all file system activity in real-time.
• Apache – Open-source HTTP server
• TweakUI – XP user interface tweaker.
• Real Alternative – Real player alternative
• Pidgin – Pidgin is a multi-protocol instant messaging (IM) client for Linux, BSD, MacOS X, and Windows.
• 7-Zip – 7-Zip is a file archiver with high compression ratio.
• Google Talk – Talk and IM with your friends for free
• VMware Player – VMware Player lets you evaluate new or pre-release software contained in virtual machines.
• Zonelabs Firewall – Free firewall
• Eraser – Eraser is a secure data removal tool, which allows you to remove sensitive data from your hard drive overwriting it with carefully selected patterns.
• Notepad++ – Notepad++ is a free source code editor which supports several programming languages running under the MS Windows environment.
• Inkscape – Scalable vector graphics sofware
• Autoruns – See what programs are configured to startup automatically when your system boots and you login.
• nLite – Have you ever wanted to remove some Windows components like Media Player, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, MSN Explorer, Messenger…
• wink – Wink allows you to record desktop action or application windows and create smooth, animated Flash demonstrations.
• SpywareBlaster – SpywareBlaster prevents you computer from becoming infested with spyware by blacklisting known bad ActiveX components.
• Tor – An anonymous Internet communication system
• PDFCreator – “PDFCreator easily creates PDFs from any Windows program. Use it like a printer in Word, StarCalc or any other Windows application.”
• PageDefrag – Defrags the windows page file
• WinDirStat – View the files in any folder or drive in your computer as a grid of filesize-proportional boxes.
• TugZip – Great windows integration with lots of support.. Supports ZIP, 7-ZIP, A, ACE, ARC, ARJ, BH, BZ2, CAB, CPIO, DEB, GCA, GZ, IMP, JAR, LHA (LZH), LIB, RAR, RPM, SQX, TAR, TGZ, TBZ, TAZ, YZ1 and ZOO archives.
• XnView – XnView is a utility for viewing and converting graphic files
• FreeCommander – freeCommander is an easy-to-use alternative to the standard windows file manager. * Dual-panel technology * Optional tree view for each panel * Built in file viewer * Built in archive handling * Easy access to system folders, control panel, desktop and start menu * Create and verify MD5 checksums * File splitting * File properties and context menu * Calculation of folder size * Folder comparison / synchronization * Modification of file date and attributes * Folder / program favorites * File searching * File filters for display * DOS command line * Multiple language support
• HijackThis – A general homepage hijackers detector and remover.
• K-Lite Codec Pack – The K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools. Codec is short for Compressor-decompressor. Codecs are needed for encoding and decoding (playing) audio and video.
• xp-AntiSpy – Prevents XP from auto calling MS
• TCP Optimizer – The TCP Optimizer is a free, easy Windows program that provides an intuitive interface for tuning and optimizing your Internet connection. There is no installation required, just download and run.
• MWSnap – Capture selected parts of the screen.
• ZipGenius – File compression suite
• Dependency Walker – Dependency Walker is a free utility that scans any 32-bit or 64-bit Windows module (exe, dll, ocx, sys, etc.) and builds a hierarchical tree diagram of all dependent modules. For each module found, it lists all the functions that are exported by that module, and which of those functions are actually being called by other modules. Another view displays the minimum set of required files, along with detailed information about each file including a full path to the file, base address, version numbers, machine type, debug information, and more.
• Avast AV – Excellent free AV. Protects internet mail, instant messaging, network shield, Outlook/Exchange, P2P shield, standard shield and web shield.
• Yahoo Widgets – Bring life to your desktop with fun, stylish,and useful
• FastStone – Image viewers and screen capture utilities
• TMPGEnc – MPEG tool for Windows
• Httrack – Download entire websites
• AbiWord – AbiWord is a free word processing program similar to Microsoft® Word. It is suitable for a wide variety of word processing tasks.
• KlipFolio – RSS Dashboards & Desktop Alerts
• Darik’s Boot and Nuke – DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data destruction.
• Regmon – This monitoring tool lets you see all Registry activity in real-time
• World Wind – World Wind lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth.
• Outpost Firewall – Basic Firewall Protection Standard packet and application filtering safeguard your computer from unwanted communications.
• SlickRun – SlickRun is a floating command line that lets you define short aliases for any program or website.
• FLV Player – FLV Player is a standalone application to play Flash .flv files with.
• TiddlyWiki – A completely standalone wiki implementation written entirely in a single html page. Uses JavaScript for dynamic page capabilities and allows saving with backups as well as RSS feeds.
• trillian – Trillian is a multiprotocol instant messaging application for Windows
• Azureus – Java BitTorrent Client
• Celestia – The free space simulation that lets you explore our universe in three dimensions
• Photofiltre – A powerful and easy to use image editor.
• Copernic Desktop Search – Standard desktop search, does files, emails, history/favorites, will index on the fly. Nice features include the able to index network drives, can set schedule on how often files/emails/favorites/history are to be re-indexed, as well as a index clear/re-index feature and the ability to change where the index is stored on the hard drive.
• SyncToy for Windows XP – The smart way to copy files
• Pandora Desktop Player – Pandora Desktop Player allows you to listen to the Pandora jukebox in your system tray ad free
• Aqua Dock – Aqua Dock is a task bar and a Windows program launcher that looks just like an Apple.
• ClamWin – Free Antivirus
• PC INSPECTOR File Recovery – Recovers deleted files from your hard drive.
• PDFCreator – PDFCreator is a free tool to create PDFs easily from nearly any application.
• FlyakiteOSX – FlyakiteOSX is a transformation pack. It will transform the look of an ordinary Windows XP+ system to resemble the look of Mac OS X. The installer simply automates the process of replacing critical system files, setting registry tweaks, and installing extras such as cursors, sounds, visual styles, etc.
• Brico Pack Vista Inspirat – BricoPack Vista Inspirat is a free pack which modifies Windows XP system files in order to change its appearance and make it look
  like Windows Vista.
• MediaMonkey – Get Your Music Collection in Order!
• Microsoft Reader – E-book software
• LinkSync – Sync bookmarks with multiple browsers
• Advanced Disk Cleaner – Search for temporary and garbage files and delete them to free up space. Very thorough.
• Driver Cleaner – Removes parts of drivers that are left after uninstalling the old drivers.
• SimpleOCR – SimpleOCR is a fully-featured, free OCR application.
• Helix Cameo – Video compression software for REAL MEDIA format.
• NTREGOPT – Registry Optimization for Windows NT/2000/2003/XP
• UNDOReg – Use with regshot
• RegShot – A small registry snapshot and compare utility
• Dia – Dia is a program to draw diagrams.
• etuner – Internet Television Client
• VideoInspector – VideoInspector is a tools designed to provide you with as much information as possible about your video files. With VideoInspector you’ll know why your video files has no sound or refuses to play correctly. VideoInspector will help you installing the required CoDecs (coder/decoder software) for an optimal performance. VideoInspector can also inspect your system to find which codecs are available, and it can also process multiple video files and export its result in HTML or plain text files.
• psp video – Convert regular PC video files (avi, mpeg, etc) into PSP video files
• Autostreamer – With this you can create new Windows installtions CD’s with the proper service already installed.
• Spyware Terminator – Protect your computer with Free Real-Time detection from spyware, adware, and keyloggers.
• SilentNight Micro CD/DVD/ISO/Audio Burner – No installation is needed, just one single file, and it has its own ASPI layer build in.
• Satscape – It produces real-time displays of where any Satellite is, and predicts passes for your locale. There are about 8000+ satellites in orbit, a lot of these are just junk and debris such as discarded rocket bodies, but quite a few are working Satellites.
• QuickReg – QuickReg allows to register or unregister many DLLs in one mouse click. Select all the DLLs to register, drag and drop in QuickReg, save the DLL
  list and register/unregister them as many times as you want
• Resource Hacker – Resource HackerTM is a freeware utility to view, modify, rename, add, delete and extract resources in 32bit Windows executables and resource files (*.res). It incorporates an internal resource script compiler and decompiler and works on Win95, Win98, WinME, WinNT, Win2000 and WinXP operating systems.
• IBM – Hitachi Drive Fitness Test – Has your computer ever crashed or failed to boot up, causing you to suspect that your hard drive might be broken?
• Roadkil’s Undelete – Allows you to undelete files that you have accidentally deleted from your drives.
• Unstoppable Copier – Recovers files from disks with physical damage. Allows you to copy files from disks with problems such as bad sectors, scratches or that just give errors when reading data. The program will attempt to recover every readable piece of a file and put the pieces together. Using this method most types of files can be made usable even if some parts were not recoverable in the end.
• LeakTest – Test your firewall
• WinMorph – WinMorph is a high performance morphing and warping software.
• SWF2AVI – swf2avi is a freeware tool to convert or batch-convert Flash movies (swf) to bitmaps, bitmap-sequences (bmp, jpg) or videos (avi).
• GSplit – GSplit is a powerful file splitter
• IceSword – English version of the famous rootkit finding software made by the Chinese programmer pjf.
• Paint.net – Awesome free photoshop-like program.
• FlashGet – A download manager with the highest amount of users on the internet
• GIMP – the GNU Image Manipulation Program like photoshop
• Vista Codec Pack – Use any media player, limited only by the players’ capabilities, to play DVD’s, movies and video clips of almost any filetype.

Any suggestions, ideas? Feel free to comment on this article!

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• AdaptiveBlue : firefox cataloging extension
• AjaxAMP : winamp media player plugin
• AjaxWhois : ajax domain name registration information
• AttentionTrust.org : attention owners rights
• Blummy : multiple bookmarklet tool
• Browster : fast browser preview plugin
• ButterFly : personal notes on webpages
• Camino : mozilla browser for mac
• claimID : manage your online identity
• co.mments : comments update notification service
• Cooliris : browser extension for previewing
• fireant : unified media viewer plugin software
• Flock : open source web browser
• Itzle : chat about any webpage
• StreamDrive : social media sharing
• thumblicio.us : screenshots of the most popular del.icio.us sites
• Wikalong : firefox plugin for web page notes in a wiki
• Wizlite : webpage text highlight sharing service

• µTorrent -
• SoulSeek -
• DC++ – Direct Connect allows you to share files over the Internet without restrictions or limits. The client is completely free of advertisements and has a nice, easy to use interface. Firewall and router support is integrated and it is easy and convenient to use functionality like multi-hub connections, auto-connections and resuming of downloads.
• Azureus -
• MyOtherDrive.com – Great file sharing site. Get 5GB online storage which can be shared with your family and friends. You control who sees what. Ability to share publicly, useful for eBay auctions, MySpace, FaceBook, etc.
• chart -
• Netizen – Like FedEx for digital parcels. This Mozilla based Desktop app allows users to send huge files (over 4GB!) securely and quickly without bogging down email. Uses intelligent relaying to ensure reliable delivery of data. With an intelligent p2p architecture it doesn’t require massive hosting costs as other apps and sites do.
• eMule -
• Shareaza -
• BitComet – Easy to use, nice interface.
• aMule -
• KCeasy – Access the OpenFT, Gnutella, and Ares Galaxy networks. Opensource too.
• Krawler[x] – Good: p2p + Social Network + Content builder + RSS + Friends Network + Full Text Search + Good UI + Easy to use Bad: Windows Based
• BitPump – AnalogX BitPump is a sophisticated BitTorrent client that supports many of the important features needed to get the most out of torrent files
• Get all the FREE MP3’s you want CLICK HERE -
• Satellite TV – 100% FREE – 100% Legal – Over 3000 Channels -
• limewire – a p2p software
• Cabos -
• BearShare Lite – The Best. Make sure you choose lite.
• iMesh -
• eDonkey -
• Morpheus -
• WinMX_Music – Great and easy to use P2P software for music downloads!
• KazaaLite -
• Kazaa -

Any suggestions, ideas? Feel free to comment on this article!

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Original article for power defragmentor was posted here.

The never-ending two-step defragmenting process of Vista can soon become a thing of the past. With certain tools, we were able to cut defragmentation time of a 25 GB drive with Vista Ultimate on it from 82 minutes to 6 minutes!!! That is defragmenting 10X faster than the built-in Vista defragmenter! The tutorial also works with Windows 2000 and XP.

Right now, many things are probably whirling around in your head:
- Is this true? Yes, it is.
- Does it work? Yes. We will show you charts on hard drive fragments before and after defragmentation.
- This has got to cost money. Absolutely free.

These “certain tools” we will be using are called contig.exe and PowerDefragmenter.
When we used these two programs, the results were as follows:

Hard drive before defragmenting:

8 minutes later:

However, using the Windows Vista Defragmentation tool took longer… much longer. To further exaggerate the comparison, we ran the Vista Defragmentation Tool AFTER we had already defragmented that same drive with Contig and PowerDefragmenter. It took 8 minutes alone to analyze the drive. By now, contig.exe and powerdefragmenter would have already finished defragmenting a drive. On top of that, it took Windows Vista 75 more minutes to defragment the hard-drive. As you can easily see, the new tools we will introduce to you will greatly cut your defragmentation time.

Tutorial:
The two programs that we have talked about work together to defrag your computer.

Download powerdefrag archive containing contig.exe and Power Defragmenter

Once you have finished downloading the zip file unzip into a folder on your desk top.

No installation is required. The next step is to run Power Defragmenter. Click next, and you will arrive at the screen below:

You may then select from the following options:

Defragment File(s): Allows you to defragment up to 4 files

Defragment Folder(s): Allows you to defragment up to 4 folders

Defragment Disk: Allows you to defragment a disk

PowerMode(TM) Disk Defragmentation: Defragments at a power equivalent to two consecutive defragmentations.
To defragment your hard drive at the speed of light choose Powermode(TM)

After you click next, just choose the desired drive, and you’re good to go. When you are finished, the command prompt window will read “Windows Disk Defragmenter…”

Any suggestions, ideas? Feel free to comment on this article!

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Read your news anywhere and everywhere.

• Bloglines – Personal favourite.
• Netvibes -
• Do you use EBAY? – You MUST see this! -
• Newsgator -
• Find News Fast – A news site that links you to every other news site online. A great way to find news across the world.
• Rojo -
• A_MUST_See_for_anyone_with_an_IPOD -
• all4RSS – Free community driven AJAX RSS agregator (German)
• Got_Computer_Problems?_Free_Diagnostic_Tools_Repair_Your_PC_Instantly -
• NewsNow – Over 25,000 news sources split into many categories.
• Feed Tools – RSS/XML feeds (submission, caching, creating, sharing) and other feed related stuff…
• 12 Tips To Great Websites – Why do some sites succeed while the vast majority of others fail? More and more website owners are asking themselves these questions. The answers are often more obvious than you may think.
• Rezzibo – The best agregator in the world
• onelurv – Channel-based feeds reader & password bookmarker. All feeds in one AJAX page. Embed feed reader into external blog/webpage.
• News Alloy -
• Alesti.org – **Alesti.org** is a fast *web 2.0* online feed aggregator, in which you can *tag* your subscriptions, *bookmark* your prefered articles, send them by *mail* to a friend, *import/export* OPML and more, thanks to it’s simple yet friendly *interface* that resembles *desktop* aggregators, which is available in multiple *languages*.
• My Yahoo! – Preview and customize it with your content (RSS) and themes.
• JunkMails Live RSS Feeds – Live RSS feeds from popular sources including local and world news, weather forecast, blogs, funny videos, daily jokes, torrents and more.
• Windows Live – personal start page with great rss reading tools.
• Sage – RSS and Atom feed reader extension
• SuprGlu -
• BeanRocket -
• KanBan (RU) -
• Kickrss – view feeds on a web page super fast.
• Inform -
• NetNewsWire – NetNewsWire is an easy-to-use RSS and Atom newsreader for Mac OS X. Its familiar three-paned interface—similar to Apple Mail—can fetch and display news from thousands of different websites and weblogs, making it quick and easy to keep up with the latest news
• Protopage – A start page with simple feed reader panels in addition to links and sticky note panels.
• Bloxor -
• Pageflakes – Ajax multipage Webdesktop
• FeedPile -
• HyperSuper – Personalized “web 2.0″ news aggregator
• Gritwire -
• FeedExa -
• Feed Digest -
• Feed Tank -
• AlmondRocks -
• RSS Mad -
• Favoor -
• 24 eyes – Ajaxian RSS Dashboard
• RssHut -
• Inform -
• Goowy – Flash reader.
• Attensa – free and paid version free online version.
• Google Reader -
• Yahoo! Mail – Yahoo! Mail beta (in the style of Oddpost) features a simple RSS reader.
• Pluck -
• FeedLounge – $5/month
• Newroo -

Purely for file and media storage

• Box.net – about to relaunch with free accounts, private beta ongoing now, more at http://live.box.net
• Streamload MediaMax -
• Netizen – Like FedEx for digital parcels. This Mozilla based Desktop app allows users to send huge files (over 4GB!) securely and quickly without bogging down email. Uses intelligent relaying to ensure reliable delivery of data. With an intelligent p2p architecture it doesn’t require massive hosting costs as other apps and sites do.
• MyOtherDrive.com – MyOtherDrive provides Internet users the ability to store online and share videos, music, photos – any file. The site provides each user with 5GB of storage space that can be selectively shared. Unlike other online storage sites, MyOtherDrive allows you to upload files in bulk (not one by one like so many sites do). The uploaded files can be any size (up to 2GB). The site allows the user to create groups and share their folders selectively to these groups (friends, family, coworkers, etc.) . You can define as many groups as necessary and friends can be placed in more than one group. Coming soon – content tagging and search capabilities.
• Pando – A cross between YouSendIt, BitTorrent, and AIM.
• Uploading – File Size Limit: 500MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
• 4 Shared Free File Sharing – 500MB Virtual Drive
• LOADMAN – First german online storage hoster with a fine selection of services and relly low prices.
• Strongspace – Secure File Storage and Sharing
• DF Deposit Files – (Max. 250 MB)
• MediaFire – MediaFire is the first 100% free and unlimited file host. Unlimited uploads, unlimited downloads, unlimited bandwidth, multiple simultaneous downloads and no sign up required. You can also easily access your files from anywhere with a free account and your own “My Files” page.
• FileFront – File Size Limit: 1GB – Download Limit: Unlimited – File Life: unknown. Only for GAME related files. Any file format allowed.
• Imageshack – The ultimate image storage website. Allows images up to 1.5MB in size and allows hotlinking. Your images are available forever, and the site allows 100MB of transfer per hour. You can upload an unlimited amount of images with or without registering. Accepted file types are JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIF, TIFF, and SWF.
• EchoSign – For easily archiving your documents. E-mail in all your documents; EchoSign stores them; images them; turns them into PDFs; and makes them searchable for you – for free.
• filedropr – drop files for download.
• HugeUploads – Free file storage and image hosting, with unlimited bandwidth and 500MB per file. You get unlimited downloads and uploads and protect your files with a password. We keep your files on our server for ever if you download the files within 30 days! No registration required.
• ElephantDrive – ElephantDrive provides simple, secure, and automated online storage services to individuals and businesses. By combining the power of grid computing infrastructures such as Amazon Web Services’ S3, proprietary storage optimization technology, and simple, clean design, ElephantDrive’s service allows all users to enjoy the same availability and performance as enterprise solutions, at a fraction of the cost. While the company currently focuses on data protection, it is rapidly expanding its service to push all data into the cloud, where any web enabled device can store, retrieve, manage, and share any digital asset, from anywhere, at anytime.
• DropBoks – No bells, no whistles, just an easy and quick way to store your files online. 1 GB Free.
• File Storage Sites & Tools – Places to store your viral videos to your home photography.
• Nelsok.com Video/Media Upload – This service is free. Allows users to upload videos. Also allows for creating movies/slide shows from video clips, sound files, and pictures. Users can put advertisements on their video viewing pages using googles adsense.
• filicio.us – Free $0.15 using Amazon S3
• DivShare – Upload Anything – * 100% FREE * Upload unlimited files * Serve unlimited downloads * Files stay online forever! * No pop-up ads or spam * Incredibly fast, reliable servers
• MiHD – Max file size: 2048MB Resumable downloads: Yes! Download limits: None whatsoever! File lifetime: 3 Months
• UploadOK! Free File Hosting, Free Web Hosting and Cheap Dedicated Servers – Max 1,000 MB
• Blackbeard File Hosting .::. share your music, documents – 180 MB maximum file size.Files under the size of 50 MB will expire after 3 months of no download, larger files only 1 month.
• DotSpirit – Online file storage powered by phpNavigator featuring: 10GB disk space, multi-users, drag & drop multiple files/folders. Available in English and French. Free trial available.
• SnapDrive.net – Free File Hosting No File Deletion
• Fies-Upload.com – Up to 1Gb files. Upload by HTTP or FTP. No limited space, file life time: 45 days
• JungleDisk – Backup service using Amazon’s S3 service. Fast and cheap.
• ShareUA – Ukrainian file storage. UA-IX. 60 mb space. For Ukrainian users!
• mooload – File Size Limit: 500MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
• YoUpload – Up to 500 megabytes per file Unlimited amount of uploads Unlimited amount of downloads Download managers accepted No download restrictions No “loading” times Fastest servers available
• SexUploader – (500MB) For 90 Days
• Diino – Diino is a personal, on-line environment, where it’s easy to share large files, back up important data, create an instant network, organize digital photos, play music and securely access important information
• I(2) Drive Online Storage – I(2) Drive provides secure online storage and file server access through WebDAV servers for Business and Personal use. Other features include inbound servers, podcasting and RSS Feed, photo albums, direct links, and more…
• MyTempDir – Maximum file size – 51,200 Kb (50 Mb)
• QuickSharing – Unlimited downloads, even if the file have 100000 downloads, it doesn’t matter. Free to use, there is absolutely no money involved, you can use this service for free. 500MB limit per file, upload and share as many as you want. We only delete if the file is not accessed within the past 30 days.
• EvilShare – Upload limit: 128 MB per file, unlimited number of files Download limit: none Files deleted after 30 days of inactivity. I like this site a lot because it’s simple, there are no download limits and no annoying waiting before download as on other sites. And it’s pretty fast, too. I highly recommend it.
• zalil – 50 mb
• File Planet – Know of a file that we should have but don’t? Let us know! Use the submission form below and get an instant link to your file. Be sure to be as descriptive as possible. Remember, while you get an instant link back – this does not place you officially on FilePlanet. That process may take a while, so be patient. Thank you and enjoy this service! Hi limit.
• webcargo.net – Send any file, no matter the size, to anyone with an e-mail address. Price per month $0 Sends per month 5 included, $5 per send after that Max users 1 Max individual file size 100 MB Max data transfer Unlimited File storage duration 14 days Secure 128-bit encryption Yes Dedicated Account Rep — Other options available. http://www4.webcargo.net/webcargo/plan_pricing.php
• Eggdisk 6GB File Storage – All accounts get an amazing 6GB of free file storage and file sharing with registration. Free image sharing without registration. The anonymous service allows up to 20MB files, but with the registered service you can have up to 100MB filesizes.
• Boostfile – Upload files up to 150 MB, Download Stats for every file, Share, discuss, and rate files.
• BackupRight – Super easy to use and automatic, what else could you ask for? They also have a free trial with no credit card and support Mac OS and Linux (Windows too of course).
• TheOnlineDiary – Share uploaded files with your group. Upload any files, protect them from download, version managemnet included
• Filecows – 20MB
• Lumunon Media – FileSharing – FileShare gives you 10MB file limit and unlimited download limit. Time duration is about a year, but this will be eliminated either. So, other than the size limit, everything is unlimited.
• OxyShare Your Data Route – Oxyshare Rapidshare Megaupload Size of file 700mb 100mb 250mb Download speed 3 mb/s 1,5 mb/s 1,5 mb/s Download limit no limit 1 file/hour no limit FTP upload yes no no Resume downloading yes no yes Block by IP no yes yes FTP speed 500kb/s no FTP no FTP
• Picture9 Online Photo Albums – Free image hosting for blogs, eBay auctions & MySpace. Photo gallery, stock portfolio & image slideshow for personal photos.
• fileXoom – Bandwidth: Unlimited; Max file size: 100 MB; Storage space: 2 GB; All file types allowed; Free
• Data File Host – Max. file size 10MB, unlimited uploads, download limit is 2.5GB/month for each file and for files smaller than 1MB there is no limit. File kept until no downloads for 30 days.
• Flat File Host – maximum filesize: 250 MB
• TransferBigFiles – File Size Limit: 1GB Download Limit: 20 Downloads File Life: 5 Days
• mailbigfile – File Size Limit: 1GB Download Limit: 3 Downloads File Life: 7 Days
• Easy File Host – File Size Limit: 1GB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: Unlimited
• Up-FILE – File Size Limit: 1GB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: Unlimited
• Fupload – File Size Limit: 500MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 25 Days
• UploadReady – File Size Limit: 500MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
• zSHARE – File Size Limit: 100MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 10 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 10 days)
• Bigupload – File Size Limit: 300MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
• Speedy Share – (Maximum: 33MB) Download Limit: Unlimited (Limit of 5GB per file per day) File Life: 7 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 7 days)
• Easy-Sharing – File Size Limit: 75MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days
• JustUpit – File Size Limit: 120MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
• Turbo Upload – File Size Limit: 70MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: Unknown
• Content-Type – File Size Limit: 100MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 7 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 7 days)
• Upload-File – File Size Limit: 100MB Download Limit: 50 Downloads File Life: 30 Days
• StreamUpload 2.0 – File Size Limit: 100MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days
• JumboFile – File Size Limit: 100MB Download Limit: Unknown File Life: Unknown
• Remote File CabiNET – Remote File CabiNET is an easy-to-use service that eliminates the security risks and productivity problems associated with email. Just insert and manage files online using a Windows Explorer-like interface.
• GetFile – File Size Limit: 50MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 14 Days
• Web-Upload.com – easy to use and for free !
• YourFile – File Size Limit: 50MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
• BigFilez – File Size Limit: 50MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 14 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 14 days)
• rar host – free file hosting for .rar files! – Upload limit: 200 Mb. Files last 30 days
• Your File Link – File Size Limit: 50MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
• orb-z – File Size Limit: 50MB Download Limit: 200 Downloads File Life: 15 Days
• Gimehost – Free upload of upto 250 MB!
• Send File – File Size Limit: 40MB Download Limit: 10 Downloads File Life: 10 Days
• MyLivePage – Free 1GB File Storage For All English And Russian Language Support
• FileBuffer – File Size Limit: 40MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 7 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 7 days)
• UltraShare – File Size Limit: 30MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
• UploadTemple – File Size Limit: 30MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 21 Days
• SendMeFile – File Size Limit: 30MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 14 Days
• Upload2 – File Size Limit: 25MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 1 Year
• Rogepost (AKA) Filegone.com – File Size Limit: 25MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 100 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 100 days)
• UploadTown – File Size Limit: 20MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
• Filegone – File Size Limit: 25MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 100 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 100 days)
• 11MBIT.in – File Size Limit: 20MB Download Limit: Unknown File Life: Unknown
• Refrozen – File Size Limit: 20MB Download Limit: Unknown File Life: Unknown
• Crazefiles – File Size Limit: 20MB Download Limit: 50 Downloads File Life: 14 Days
• hackz.nu – File Size Limit: 20MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: Unknown
• Zhube – File Size Limit: 20MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 15 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 15 days)
• Free-Transfer – File Size Limit: 10MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 7 Days
• carbonite – How come www.carbonite.com is not on the list?
• eSnips – 1GB free storage space.
• MailBigFile – Send big files quickly and easily, without clogging up your email. No software to download, if you can see the web, you can use Mail Big File. 3 simple steps and your file is on it’s way.No cost, no registration – just start sending files. With the option to secure your file with 128-bit encyption, Mail Big File is more secure than standard email. All files are virus scanned. Send files up to 1GB in size. Features a progress meter.
• MegaShares – File Size Limit: 1.5GB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 25 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 25 days)
• SendOver – File Size Limit: 2GB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 7 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 7 days)
• Free 1000MB file storage – FREE 1000MB file storage and unlimited size files uploads with Hercules software from your desktop
• bbDRIVE – Amazing! A windows app simply maps FTP storage into an network disk, could be use with any win support application. Max 10GB storage & no single file size limitation.
• Upload 2 – Free file hosting service. Up to 250 MB.
• Boltfolio -
• BigUpload – 2000MB upload limit. File stays on the server forever as long as it’s updated once every 30 days.
• zUpload – File Size Limit: 500MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
• Spread-It – File Size Limit: 500MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 14 Days
• CyberUpload – File Size Limit: 500MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 7 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 7 days)
• Snaggys – File Size Limit: 500MB Download Limit: 999 Downloads File Life: 15 Days
• ShareBigFile – File Size Limit: 300MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 21 Days
• UpDownloadServer – File Size Limit: 250MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: Unlimited
• XtraFile – File Size Limit: 250MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 15 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 15 days)
• Dropload – Send Files upto 100MB for 7 days.
• bonpoo – File Size Limit: 250MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 10 Days
• FileCache – File Size Limit: 250MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 31 Days
• Supload – File Size Limit: 200MB Download Limit: 30 Downloads File Life: 7 Days
• ovodocs – Web based online document storage that looks just like windows explorer. Is absed around creating users/customer accounts so you can share and manage files between. Costing is based around user base. Complete security with users and groups. Alos file usage audit.
• myShareBox – File Size Limit: 100MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
• TheUpload – File Size Limit: 100MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days
• Upload.Sc – File Size Limit: 100MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: Unknown
• Hemen Paylas – File Size Limit: 250MB Download Limit: Unknown File Life: Unknown
• Store and Serve – File Size Limit: 100MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
• upload2.com – File Size Limit: 250MB Download Limit: Unknown File Life: Unknown
• BIGfileupload – File Size Limit: 100MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: Unlimited
• AxiFile – File Size Limit: 150MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days
• QuickDump – File Size Limit: 100MB Download Limit: download bandwidth limit of 500MB per hour File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
• Fastmail – Great subscription email service with file storage; plans ranging from free (1MB limit, 10MB quota) to $40/yr (250 MB storange, 750 MB quota).
• FileHD – File Size Limit: 60MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
• UploadSend – File Size Limit: 50MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
• UploadFront – File Size Limit: 50MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
• FreeUploader – File Size Limit: 50MB Download Limit: Unknown File Life: Unknown
• Momoshare – File Size Limit: 50MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 15 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 15 days)
• FriendlyShare – File Size Limit: 50MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
• UploadHut – File Size Limit: 50MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days
• SupaShare – File Size Limit: 50MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 14 Days
• FileHost – File Size Limit: 50MB Download Limit: Unknown File Life: Unknown
• ushareit – File Size Limit: 50MB Download Limit: Unknown File Life: Unknown
• SceneWorld – File Size Limit: 50MB Download Limit: 1000 Downloads File Life: 50 Days
• WebFileHost – File Size Limit: 10MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days
• Hyperupload – File Size Limit: 10MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: Unlimited
• KeepMyFile – File Size Limit: 15MB Download Limit: Unknown File Life: Unknown
• MoFile.com – Temporary Upload Limit:1G, 3days Permanent Upload Lmit:30M
• Mozy -
• MyBloop -
• Badongo – Upload files up to 1GB.
• Mp3Tunes -
• SendSpace – 1200MB upload space.
• TrasferBigFiles – 1GB. Five days or 20 downloads.
• Woomp -
• FileFactory – File Size Limit: 1.5GB Download Limit: 25 Downloads File Life: 7 Days
• RapidUpload – File Size Limit: 300MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
• iStorage -
• RapidSharing – File Size Limit: 50MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 60 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 60 days)
• Openomy -
• RapidShare – File Size Limit: 100MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
• Megaupload – Temporary upload, fast and easy, and free.
• OurMedia -
• Omnidrive -
• DropSend -
• Inbox.com – free 2GB webmail that includes Storage, Calendar & Tasks, and Notes.
• SaveFile – File Size Limit: 60MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 14 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 14 days)
• Allmydata.com – Unlimited storage on a p2p grid network – free if you share space on your own drive
• My File Hut – How much space and bandwidth do i get with myFileHut.com? All users will receive 250MB of Storage space free at cost. Users are also restricted to 10GB/month after staying with myFileHut.com after two weeks, the first two week as a new member you are restricted to 1GB/Week for the first two weeks. Am I allowed to Hotlink and Stream? Yes!, you are allowed to hotlink any type of media off the myFileHut.com Network that does not breech the TOS. Streaming is also allowed, but it is suggested that you watch your bandwidth usage when streaming as this tends to eat up most of the users bandwidth
• Freepository -
• EggDisk – All new accounts up to September 1st will get an amazing 4GB free storage. Sign up today and tell your friends. Free File Storage and File Sharing without registration. Just upload and go! You can backup all your files, images and work. The anonymous service allows up to 20MB files, but with the registered service you can have up to 100MB filesizes.
• Grouper.com – Free storing/sharing of photos and videos
• A Website Design Checklist – Website design is a significant function of the website. It is the basis of the website development and publication. The web designer must be a creative person who can design a web site that is aesthetically pleasing to look at and plan a site that is functional and easy for your viewers to use.
• uploadyourfiles – Upload limit: 200Mb. Files last 30 days
• Uploadsever – Upload limit: 250 Mb
• YouSendIt – File Size Limit: 1GB Download Limit: 25 Downloads File Life: 7 Days
• XDrive -

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