Windows XP is considered to be very stable. And Vista… hmm… Anyway, sometimes programs hung and freeze the Windows. The Windows may still be able to move but shows “no program is responding”. AntiFreeze can save Windows from hung state. It integrates with Windows and you can call it out using the hot key. The software work as a emergency task manager. The software can save you if:

1. One or more programs are doing very intensive tasks, they consume so much processor cycles that the system becomes unresponsive.
2. One or more programs consume so much memory that the swapping file is heavily used, overloading the system
3. Programs are running with a scheduling priority which is so high that they consume all processor resources
4. Too many programs are running at the same time and they all have to compete for attention from the processor.

Best of all, the software is free and available for Windows XP and Vista.

Every time Apple releases some new stuff, their fans may throwing away the old one. Makeuseof shows how to use the really old iPod 20GB to be a useful wikipedia. The steps not so hard. Instead of throwing away the old one, you may consider this green solution.

[via makeuseof.com]

Amazon.com has teamed up with Warner Music Group to provide DRM-free MP3 music downloads. Purchasing music should not be only on iTunes. Their agreement will definitely help Amazon.com with more pop and great music for us to choose. Much more, Warner Music Group will provide exclusive music tracks to Amazon.com.

I posted a news from Gear Live displaying the pictures of iPhone 1.1.3 firmware. You can discover so many new features. It is still not clear whether it is true or not at first, but later Gizmodo reported it is 100% confirmed to be true. You can take a look at Gizmodo and see the video demo of iPhone 1.1.3.

Like as we all expected, the new firmware will break the unlock and native 3rd party applications. They will not work at 1.1.3. Gizmodo reported anySIM 1.2.1u will not work for iPhone 1.1.3. It is expected TurboSIM will be work at iPhone 1.1.3 because it is not considered as unlock but just a little hardware trick. Since anySIM 1.2.1u is not working, so it could probably mean the baseband is changed. Out of the box iPhone 1.1.2 may soon can be unlocked by software if it happens to be true.

Note the report also says you cannot upgrade anySIM 1.2.1u unlocked iPhone. It could probably iTunes prevent this unlocked iPhone to the latest software.

In the meantime, all of us should beware that iPhone automatically upgrade to 1.1.3. You should unlock iPhone with caution.

[via Gizmodo]

(for Windows and Mac OS X)

I don’t know whether all of you have this problem, but I have and it really annoys me. My iTunes 7.5 hangs when syncing with my iPhone. It keeps displaying “Syncing ‘iPhone’” during sync. I look for the solution on Apple forum, and found this. This problem happens to Apple’s product including iPod and iPhone.

To fix it, disconnect to the internet, and than sync your iPhone or any other Apple products. There are some other solution mentioned in the Apple forum, but only disconnect from the internet will help.

Do you still remember Netscape? The popular internet browser in the early internet history. After Internet Explorer appears, seems everyone forget about Netscape. Later in the year, when Firefox comes, seems the user of Netscape decreases even more. The current version, Netscape Navigator 9, is somehow based on Mozilla core.

AOL has decided to end the support for Netscape Navigator web browser software. They will continue to give the security patch until 1 Feb, 2008. You will still be able to use Netscape Navigator, but it won’t be supported and no more future developments. The site, netscape.com, will continue to work as an internet portal only. Goodbye, Netscape.

[via The Netscape Blog]

Once again, I don’t bother to repeat. There are still lots of people who don’t understand out of the box iPhone 1.1.2 can not be unlocked at the moment, if you are one of those, please click here. I have also mentioned these kind of iPhone can be unlocked probably by Chinese. Check out the related news here.

Here is a little update of Chinese out of the box iPhone unlock software. Someone posted the above screen in the site and said this is the coming iPhone unlock software. (Click for a larger picture). As you can see, there is a few options about “Restore EPROM”, “Flash patch” and “bad IMEI” stuff. The screenshot didn’t clearly mentioned it is suitable for out of the box iPhone, but surely it’s a hit discussion topic around iPhone hackers.

Again, only time can tell. (Sorry to say that.)

Here are the pictures from Gear Live claiming it is iPhone next 1.1.3 new firmware (Currently is 1.1.2, and you should know about it). It looks true because the dialog and software box mentioned looks from the OS itself. The new firmware will enable the user to send SMS to multiple people. The Google Map has added a new “Locate Me” feature which is function like GPS.

The most great feature is that you can edit your Home Screen. You can drag-and-drop to arrange the icon order. Best of all, the Safari now features with “Add Bookmark to Home Screen”, which you can put your website link to Home Screen to improve the ease of access.

The reason why I write true or not is that I cannot see any about screen from the site. Any change to baseband or is it really 1.1.3 is not confirmed.

[via Gear Live]

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Using the little pen to control Windows Mobile is not always easy, no wonder why HTC enhance the Windows Mobile interface through its HTC Touch and HTC Touch Dual product. Luckily, there is a new application coming for every Windows Mobile users. It’s called “There’s no place like home”. The long-named application will enhance the Windows Mobile through a finger-friendly user interface. You can choose every settings and look for the appointments easily with your hand. Also, it comes with attractive animations. Take a look of more screen shots here at their homepage.

[via Mobility Site]

You probably know AVG is free, but you need to pay for its professional version. Computeractive now gives you the free licensed version of AVG Professional edition. The license is only for one PC but I am sure that’s enough for every general users. The professional version will have high-speed download, multi-language, tech support and for commercial use. It costs for US$29.95, but now is free until 17 January 2008.

[via Download Squad and Computeractive]