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Welcome to the Giveaway of the Day project, the new initiative in the software distribution world! Every day we offer for FREE licensed software you’d have to buy otherwise!

Today's software giveaway is Magic Utilities 2007. I tried it and didn't get any nasty surprises and the guys over at [H]ardware seem to have the same experience.

Some previous giveaways include a DVD ripper, a media grabber, data recovery suite, and a video converter. You'll have to check back daily to see what's available next.

On the weekends they also have Game of the Day. One of this weekends game is an unnamed MMO/RTS title. Most of the games are simple casual gamer style, but I would have like to have gotten Operation Victory.

Can't argue with free, but if you miss a day, you can't go back and get a title, so be sure to check daily.

Posted Apr 11th 2008 10:00AM by Ian Dumych

A while back, the EFF caught cable provider Comcast using basic hacking techniques to restrict the use of Bittorrent on their connection. People who catch their ISPs in the act can send evidence to the EFF, which will in turn help their case to take legal action against sneaky ISPs.

Check your conection by using the just released Wireshark app. Wireshark is basically a packet analyzer that allows you to detect if your ISP is utilizing packet shaping.

Story: Downloadsquad

Whitpaper: Detecting packet injection: a guide to observing packet spoofing by ISPs

San Francisco - Microsoft plans to extend the availability of Windows XP beyond June 30, with an announcement expected later this week, according to a source familiar with the situation.

Source: InfoWorld

[excerpt from Techarp article]

Microsoft has decided to switch to ray-tracing in DirectX 11. They also plan to have DirectX 11 ready in time to debut with Windows Vista Service Pack 2.

DirectX 11 could be part of Windows Vista by late 2008. Development is expected to be very short as much of the work had already been done by Intel. Coincidence?

Post in our Forums for more info and to let us know what you think of all this here.

You can find the original TECHARP article here.

Windows® XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates for the operating system. This update also includes a small number of new functionalities, which do not significantly change customers’ experience with the operating system.

This white paper summarizes what is new in Windows XP SP3.

Mar 26, 8:30 PM EDT

AMBOY, Wash. (AP) -- A tattered, half-buried parachute unearthed by kids had D.B. Cooper country chattering Wednesday over the fate of the skyjacker, who leaped from a plane 36 years ago and into the lore of the Pacific Northwest.

Will the next big gaming platform be...Your web browser?



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I tried it this morning and Think Tanks is a blast. Be fun to get a group of us playing at the same time.

You can get it here: DirectX March 2008 Update.

Gameplay is based on vehicle combat in various post-war environments. Vehicles use multiple weapon mounts which are activated by finding weapons scattered around the battle grounds.

Planned game types are deathmatch, teamdeathmatch and capture the flag. There will also be a possibility to enable players to upgrade their vehicles' weapons and subsystems through the use of a 'money for damage' system.

Download here.
Trailer here.
Official home page and more d/l mirrors here.