[Preview + Feedback] Digit February 2006

[Raaabo]

Huge Delay again, I apologise been really busy:

DVD + CD Contents

Digital Passion
Games
Civilization IV Demo
ToCA Race Driver 3 Demo
ALFA: Antiterror Demo
The Stalin Subway Demo

Developer Tools
Jini Technology Starter Kit v2.1
Borland Delphi 2006
.NET Framework 2.0 Software Development Kit (SDK) (x86)
Sun Java Wireless Toolkit 2.3 Beta
Axiomatic Multi-Platform C 1.3.6
Borland Delphi 2006 Prerequsites
Stylus Studio XML Professional Edition 2006



CRD 5.7
Database Designer Enterprise Edition 9.83L
AceHTML Freeware build 8
DFM2HTML 1.2
EasyHtml
JavaMail API 1.4 Early Access
EmEditor Professional 5
HTML-Optimizer Pro 4.4.3
Zeus for Windows 3.95s


Linux
SuperMaze Open 1.0
Web Performance Trainer 2.8 Build 631


LimeWire 4.10.1 Beta
sudoku 0.3
Conky 1.3.5
CPU Info 0.1
Deskbar Applet 0.8.7
DGuitar 0.4.2
gThumb 2.7.2
HighMoon 1.2.3
mpgedit 0.72 Beta
nut 11.1
Parallel BZIP2 0.9.5
phpBB 2.0.19
Splashy 0.1.6
TjMSN 0.51
TuxGuitar 0.2
Web Statistics Montage 3.5



Digital Tools

Multimedia
Corel Paint Shop Pro X
iClone 1
Photo Pos Pro 1.24
iSyncTunes 1.2
Akram Media Creator 1.9
Ashampoo Photo Commander 4 4
DVD Album Creator 2.0.1
IdImager Professional Image Manager 3.0.1.2
InAlbum Deluxe 2.5
Photo Collage 1.35
SmartSound Sonicfire Pro 3.2.2
Stoik Imagic 3.5


PicaJet 2.5
Artisan DVD/DivX Player 3.04
Artizen HDR 2.3.895
AV MP3 Player-Morpher Basic 2.0.109
DivX DVD Ripper 1.5
Flash CD & DVD Burner 2
MediaMonkey 2.5.1
Name Dropper 3.4
Preclick Gold Photo Organizer 2.8
Acoustica 3.3 Build 290
Advanced X Video Converter 3.9.43
AlbumWeb Pro 2.8 [1230]
Audio Edit Magic 7.7.2 Build 544
AudioLabel CD/DVD Labeler 3.1
CATraxx 7.01
DVD-Cloner 3
Easy CD-DA Extractor 9.0.1 build 2
TOCR Viewer 2
Tsunami MPEG Video Encoder XPress 3.3.7.116
UltraISO
Xilisoft Video Converter 2.1.57 build 1228b



Internet
RoboForm 6.6
SETI@home 5.2.13
Skype 2.0 Beta with voice (Ver:2.0.0.43)
ZoneAlarm 6.1.737
DownloadStudio 3
mCore SMS & WAP Push Component 1.8.2
Offline Explorer Enterprise 4.0 SR1
Super Ad Blocker 3.1
WebDrive 7



Internet Download Manager 5.01
Avant Browser 10.1 build 40
IMDB-GRAB 0.5.2
LimeWire 4.10
Nakido 0.72
Opera 9 Beta
Parental Filter 0.25
Peer2Mail 1.6 build 6
SmartFTP 1.5.991.24
Turbo Torrent 1.1.2
Weather Watcher 5.6.5
Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro 3.0.557.437
Anti Tracks 6.0.1
AV Voice Changer Software 4.0.54
BeFaster 3.6
SpyStopper Pro 4.3
Ares Gold 1.90
1-Click Answers 1.1.1.377



System
PDF Studio 2.60
WinBackup 2.0 Professional 2.0 (2.1.2)
nVidia ForceWare Graphics Driver (Windows 2000/XP) 81.98
Virtual Desktop Toolbox 2.62.3
Advanced Uninstaller Pro 2006 7.5
VisualCron 2.7.5



Cheetah CD Burner 3.35
AntiVir Personal Edition 6.32
DP-Multicrypter 1.6.01
TimeLeft 3.12
Anti-keylogger 7.1
NOD32 Standard Version (Windows NT/2000/XP) 2.5
Registry Mechanic 5.1 for Windows
Super Utilities Pro 6.2
BeInSync 1.6.21
Talisman Desktop 2.95
WinXP Manager 4.95



Essentials
Adobe Reader 7
DirectX Redistributable 9.0c
Java Runtime Environment Version 5.0 Update 6
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 1.46
Norton AntiVirus 9.0 Virus Definitions 12/29/2005
Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package (x86)


Adaware SE
Ad-Aware SE Personal Definition File SE1R84 (12/28/2005)
Avast! Home Edition
IrfanView
Kerio Personal Firewall 4.2.3
McAfee Antivirus Definitions
Spybot S & D 1.4
Spybot S& D Detection updates 2005-12-30
WinRAR 3.51


Digit Software Archive 2006 Beta + Dot Net Framework 1.1



Digital Business

Productivity Tools
VisNetic MailServer 8.3.5
MindManager X5 Pro
Mars 2.7
EasyWare B2B Commerce 4.004
Audiomatic 1.10.05
Dictation 2005 5.9.24
InerTrak 3
Intellicad 6.1.19.0
Mercury Document System 1.4
Personal Stock Monitor Gold 6.0.1 build 266
ProChef Premier 4.3
Sawmill 7.2
SpeechTools 2.1
TradeAccountantPro 3.4



Belltech Business Card Designer Pro 3
Free Mind
MailDetective 2.0d
PDF ReDirect 2.1
Photocopier 3.02
Planner 1.1.3
Power AutoPlay Menu Creator 6.0 build 201105
ABIX 6.15
After Market Sales Assistant Menu Selling Software 1
AtomicRobot Information Manager 4.1
Business Card Designer Plus 8.5.1
Circuit Shop 2.06
ListPro 4.1
My Notes Keeper 1.4
Passwordstate 2.0



Mobile Tools
Xingtone Ringtone Maker 4.2.15
AudioGizmo Ringtone Creator 1.7.1
piAccess Mail 1.0
QuickIm MSN Messenger 1.3
SmartRead for Pocket PC 2
SmartRead for Smartphone 2
Spore Cubes Deluxe (Pocket PC) 1.07



iPod Access 2.6
Palm Finance Genius 1.24
Coding Workshop Polyphonic Wizard 1
Enigma in the Wine Cellar 2
GSM SIM Utility 5.15



Digital Leisure

Games
Gunbound v.474
Billionaire II 1.08
GUNNER2 2.25.478
PING-POOL 1.0.0.0



Ski Alpin 2006 demo
Alive Directory Uno 2.0 Demo
Wordlers 1.0
YOOLines 1.11
Age Of Robots 1.0
AstroFleas 1.4
BrainsBreaker 4.6.109
BVS Solitaire Collection 5.5
Jigsaws Galore 6



Videos
Date Movie
The Da Vinci Code
The Fog



Fun With Dick And Jane
Pulse
Dirty





Digit February 2006 Magazine


Digital Passion:
Overbrain!
A mammoth World Intelligence that won’t kill us all? It could well be true!

^[ÂSV‹Ã±W OEÇU-???
Keep your secrets hush-hush. Even in the future

The Ghosh In The Machine
Anindo Ghosh, über-techie, on photography, racing, and his Ultimate Gaming Machine

Behind The Screen
How do your games look so realistic? We took our machines apart to find out what makes 3D APIs tick

Tools:
Core Dump
Having trouble organising your thoughts? Take an old, trusted method, and go tech!

Extra Large, Please
They’re more realistically priced now, and a DVD-Writer has become an essential addition to your PC ensemble. We put a range of them under fire to get you the best

Roast ’em Good
Sure, you’ve bought a DVDWriter, but you still need to know what software will prevent those DVDs from becoming coasters

Agent 001
Our trusty Agent and his thoughts on the best graphics card for you

Clicks ’n’ Keys
We often underestimate the importance of a good keyboard and mouse. We tested over 50 of them to bring you the best desktop companions

Business:
@ccess Over The Airwaves
Handy little PC cards enable anytime, anywhere Internet access, but are they worth the investment?

To Err Is Human…
So let’s get some business over those errors!

Face Off
We’re a BPO centre for many foreign clients, but are companies here ready to themselves outsource their CRM operations?

Trend
More and more businesses are setting up their own online payment gateways. But are they happy with them?

Leisure:
Trust No-One!
Batten down the hatches! Man the torpedoes! But nobody cares enough to hack you!

Tech Critique
Two tactical shooters and the “Greatest Strategy Game of all Time”? Fighting for the World is a lot more fun!

Tabloid Tech
Carmen Electra says she feels “obligated” to sleep with the eBayer who bid the highest on a date with her!

Fast Track to Windows XP

[LegendKiller]

Well i checked back5 times before for this,but thankfully it is here now
Well congrats to digit team for good updates and demo of my favourite civilization iv :D

[.:deadman:.]

no wallies....c'mon

[vignesh]

Whats Supermaze open ?

[Tech&ME]

Post edited due to mistake and could not delete the entire thread
Please See below

[Tech&ME]

HEY Look at this :arrow:

Is everyone here blind or what ? :?:

The heading for the magazine preview is wrong ? :?: :wink:

Please correct the same Mr. Raaabo, it should be FEBRUARY 2006

Huge Delay again, I apologise been really busy:

Digit January 2006 Magazine


Digital Passion:
Overbrain!
A mammoth World Intelligence that won’t kill us all? It could well be true!

^[ÂSV‹ñW OEÇU-???
Keep your secrets hush-hush. Even in the future

The Ghosh In The Machine
Anindo Ghosh, über-techie, on photography, racing, and his Ultimate Gaming Machine

Behind The Screen
How do your games look so realistic? We took our machines apart to find out what makes 3D APIs tick

Tools:
Core Dump
Having trouble organising your thoughts? Take an old, trusted method, and go tech!

Extra Large, Please
They’re more realistically priced now, and a DVD-Writer has become an essential addition to your PC ensemble. We put a range of them under fire to get you the best

Roast ’em Good
Sure, you’ve bought a DVDWriter, but you still need to know what software will prevent those DVDs from becoming coasters

Agent 001
Our trusty Agent and his thoughts on the best graphics card for you

Clicks ’n’ Keys
We often underestimate the importance of a good keyboard and mouse. We tested over 50 of them to bring you the best desktop companions

Business:
@ccess Over The Airwaves
Handy little PC cards enable anytime, anywhere Internet access, but are they worth the investment?

To Err Is Human…
So let’s get some business over those errors!

Face Off
We’re a BPO centre for many foreign clients, but are companies here ready to themselves outsource their CRM operations?

Trend
More and more businesses are setting up their own online payment gateways. But are they happy with them?

Leisure:
Trust No-One!
Batten down the hatches! Man the torpedoes! But nobody cares enough to hack you!

Tech Critique
Two tactical shooters and the “Greatest Strategy Game of all Time�? Fighting for the World is a lot more fun!

Tabloid Tech
Carmen Electra says she feels “obligated� to sleep with the eBayer who bid the highest on a date with her!

[vijay_7287]

^^^
Raaaboooo ... :roll: :roll:


wats this s/w archieve, wat do i get in tht

[cybermanas]

Raaabo,plz post the preview early as once the magazine is out in the news stands there is no need for the preview.

[sudipto]

DIGIT JANUARY 2006 MAGAZINE??? :shock:
what happened to DIGIT? first they are giving the preview so late that it can't be considered as a preview,now they are giving it as "january"
btw what about fast track??there is nothing about it mentioned in the preview :?

[Sreekanth V]

Software archive is what we are looking for. Thanks for that. The CD/DVD contents are very very great. Multimedia section is a bit disappointing to me though.

[kjuvale]

at last we got digit archive .

[agnels]

Nothing good on CD this time. I dont know why digit packs the CD with so many softwares and games. Instead only good software and games should be given, even if the total number becomes very small. Some other magazines are already doing that. Also OpenSuSe 10 has been given by that magazine.

[LegendKiller]

why auto-patcher updates are not included regularly,not everyone like me has a dsl connection,and updates are atleast 70mb each time,except jan one.
i would like to see it more often :D

[.:deadman:.]

give them a R K O

[abhinav]

Hmmmm Sorry but wont be getting diGit this month.

8) Main causes:

:arrow: Content(will share with friend for a day now :lol: )

:arrow: DVD Content

:arrow: Need Suse 10

:arrow: Fast Track .....not impressive for me :roll:

:arrow: Where is Auto Patcher :shock:

:arrow: So....whats new....lets see... :roll:

[shwetanshu]

From where di u get he price of Benq Dw 1640 to be 4700, i bought it for 3500 with Bill three months back

[Quiz_Master]

From where di u get he price of Benq Dw 1640 to be 4700, i bought it for 3500 with Bill three months back

Me too.

And I was thinking that digit always give right price.

[bkpeerless]

horible
no themes ,skins, wallpapers
fast track not mestioned
this month i buy chip for 100

[alkesh_007]

on DVD, Ping pool files are corrupted.

[Chirag]

Damn check the cost of mouses.Damn funny.In between of the mouse review check the prices.Damn funny.:lol:Digit what r u doing??I was shocked to see that. Mouse under Rs.10.:lol:

[.:deadman:.]

thats y its better to stop buy DIGIT........
they started to suck again........
from 2 yrs they started to suck
but around sep-dec DIGIt was improving and it seemed that they'll be back with full form.
But after this months iisue and prev months.i hv to say that DIGIT suck

[shwetanshu]

this month's DVD has a virus, check this
http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=37139&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=

[cyberzook]

2 initial positives I find as soon as I get the magazine
1. I got it on 2nd Feb. :o Thats damn fast considering Digit's earlier standards
Keep up this good work

2. Digit S/w archive.. atleast they have started it. but needs to be improved a lot.

(e.g. *searching for Winamp gives nothing :!: :?: )

[.:deadman:.]

(e.g. *searching for Winamp gives nothing :!: :?: )

then whats the use :lol:

[sujithtom]

HEY NO DEMANDS HAS BEEN SATISFIED
:( :( :( Where is my LISp tutorials Waaaaaaa Moooooommmmmmmy

[QwertyManiac]

yet to get it... contents dont seem to excite me anymore... broadband :p.. computing/game article looks good to see on the cover.. have to read it tho :p

[jamyang312]

hurray! i hav won the beattat contest!

[QwertyManiac]

congrats :)

waitin for my issue :| damn i feel jealous of newsstands coz they get 1-feb delivery and cd/dvd jewel cases :cry:

[sudipto]

ya, congrats jamyang
@Qwerty maniac, this time the magazine is out in the newstand from 30th jan. :o and didnt you subscribers get any cd/dvd case!!! :shock:

[sujithtom]

Subscriber don't get Jewel Cse just plastic covers or paper cover. :(

[vijay_7287]

the page quality of the fast track thing sucks
but it is really useful for noobs like my Mom
so kinda mixed feelins here
but there should have more candy, like wallies, etc

[sujithtom]

Well Vijay you must agree though that Fastrack is much better than the Digit

[sudipto]

ya may be fast track is not so imp. to experts but its very informative for the beginners like me.
@sujith, why did u say its better than DIGIT? i think its an integral part of DIGIT itself

[fnatic@play]

Err.. i dunno if this has to be posted here...
but ..

the mouse reviews -

g5 gets 8.25 in the features category compared to the g7 gettin 16.625... how come? .. jus cuz the g5 is wired and hte other uses bluetooth? it cant be compared in tat sense. two totally different ways of communication.

and in the case o these 2 mice.. the wired n bluetooth version provide no difference in performace.. err.. should i say that the g5 actually performs better than the g7. and with the customisation tat can be done with the g5 , it feels more closer.. u know.. and the g7 has a batter pack instead. plus it costs around 2 grand more.

i use a g5 btw. and the control, the grip, the feel,... its all way above any other mice i've used. ANY. and so even puttin 4.25 for the g5 and 4 for , say, the microsoft or even the mx1000 isnt really a good comparison, imho.

[Chirag]

all mouse reviews r goofed-up. Jst check out their prices in last.I never thought Digit could do suck mistakes.

[fnatic@play]

hehehe.. sorry... this is funny ....

all mouse reviews r goofed-up. Jst check out their prices in last.I never thought Digit could do suck mistakes.


hehehe.. u meant "such" i suppose... ; ))

[cybermanas]

The contents of the fast track book are good only for beginners.The page quality sucks and is not even readable.

[sujithtom]

Well you guys prefer the ad in Digit Magazine to the content in Fast track????

[Chirag]

hehehe.. sorry... this is funny ....

chirag wrote:
all mouse reviews r goofed-up. Jst check out their prices in last.I never thought Digit could do suck mistakes.

hehehe.. u meant "such" i suppose... ; ))
:oops: Yea

[hpotter606]

Contents are good.
At last i will play civilization 4.
and yes....
THE DIGIT ARCHIVE AT LAST!!!

[Padikkal]

Whers the wallpapers? stopped?

[QwertyManiac]

Anyways they used to repeat the wallies over and over :roll:

[Milkshake]

i dunno wats there prob in giving them

[Vyasram]

Early delivery but a big screw up, digit gave me 2 same cds and no dvd :( :(

[satbir]

nice to see TuxGuitar 0.2 and d guitar............ digit is even giving stuff on guitar....... thats gud

[Tech&ME]

Hey what is this Norton Antivirus Update on the DVD ?

NavM9_Installer_20051228.DMG

Is DMG installer for Windows ? or are they started giving update installers for Mac also????

[nithinks]

Hmmmmm........... Conents looks good!!!

[cybermanas]

The Fast Track books quality sucks.

[QwertyManiac]

yuck.. whats a maxim ad doing in digit ? that too out-of-nowhere-in-the-middle of Q&A ? :p

Fast track cover looks odd.. strange i havent felt like touching it till now.. dont know whats inside so cant comment :p

book articles are decent but its getting all linked up.. that is too much of refferings to previous articles.. if i am right then digit has given up lots and lots of info jus relatin to paper displays itself.. found it mentioned in several issues...

lots of typos again too heh, i dont want a warn here so not writin, mebbe on my blog later... (Typo Killer)

and for the comparision charts, when u have a y/n type answer why the hell do they put 2 "x"s there ? it means that its neither no nor yes.. strange...

the last page is ironic, it comes next to the page where young readers send thier mail in and then the next page is a bit adulterated heh...

ads look better coloured sometimes than the mag.. heh tho I have never read them fully.. tear them out to reduce weight and increase kabbadi wala amount :lol:

Oh, I hope i havent spoken somethin offensive :( aahh have to run else i will go over a moon, oops sorry, over a warning :lol:

[Milkshake]

sucked

[go4saket]

First of all, thanks a lot to the Digit developers to take the pain of developing the Digit Archive software for us. Nodoubt it is going to be of great help.

Digit Archive is wroking pretty good except that it's database doesn't seem to have anything prior to Jan 2006.

I would recommend the Digit developers to add up details of atleast last six months or so. Another feature that can be added is to browse the content of a particular months CD or DVD through this software.

[cybermanas]

The Digit people better improve the quality of The Fast Track book or it is as good as not providing it.

[munim2020]

i don't see why you need to waste so much space for reviewing something as lame as input devices! rest of the mag was a good though. i esp liked the articles on encryption and security(pg 143). another part which i DIDn't like was the article on mind mapping. why is it that sometimes the cd or dvd fails to read properly(some folders don't get read) and takes very long to load(or even lock up the computer).. is it my drive or the cds?


edited:
i agree with you guys.. fast track really needs to improve.

[sid_ashok]

ya i agree with munim2020, whats the use of reviewing input devices.

then also degit rocks

[LegendKiller]

i think seriously the cd contents aren't always up to date and moreso not for common people like me..
Dunno,why they keep getting all those developer's stuff all the time..
Also my main purpose of buying digit is magazine content..
Raabo can we have magazine only lite version for about 40 Rs..
By latest i don't mean software released even 3 weeks before..

[soham]

I think the shootouts are getting boring. They can bring out a shootout of the processors. Or may be between the latest SLI cards. Or sound cards. Or one mega cellphone review(like the november 2004 one)

[Ankur Gupta]

O yes cellphone shootout should be included in the nxt mag if possible n if not thn in april issue.its been a long time since last one came out and wen so many of u r buying us it really helps us.hope digit guys r reading this :)

[Alanis]

It's so sad to see people crib about stupid things.
Digit rocks, and here's why:
1. Fast Track is very good for the majority of PC users who are not (or do not falsely claim to be) "experts"
2. The DVD and CD contents ROCK! A billion times better than the "other" magazines you people keep harping about
3. The magazine has some really good articles, and the writing styles are so much better than the other bland and boring technology mags out there.

People on this forum love to niggle about small things. QWERTYwhatever... how can you talk about typoes when you can't seem to type straight yourself.

PS: I loved the mouse and keyboard reviews, and digit is right, we hardly ever pay attention when buying these things...perhaps that's why my wrist hurts as I type this out :)

[it_waaznt_me]

Whew . ... Finally my broadband is restored ... Okay I bought this month's Digit after Mumbai Meet 3 .. I must say the magazine contents rocked ....

Most articles by Nimish were great .. The Overbrain become more technical though (my cousin didnt read it :p .. He said it was boring) .. I liked the cryptography one more .. :D ..

1 thing I missed ... There was no CES coverage ... And those Maxim ads .. eww .. I havent checked the DVD and Cd as yet .. so dunno whats in them ...

[FatBeing]

Whew . ... Finally my broadband is restored ... Okay I bought this month's Digit after Mumbai Meet 3 .. I must say the magazine contents rocked ....

Most articles by Nimish were great .. The Overbrain become more technical though (my cousin didnt read it :p .. He said it was boring) .. I liked the cryptography one more .. :D ..

1 thing I missed ... There was no CES coverage ... And those Maxim ads .. eww .. I havent checked the DVD and Cd as yet .. so dunno whats in them ...

First order of business:
Thanks.

Second order of business:
Please turn to page 26.

[Simple_Graduate]

I liked the article “Create your own e-book�. The idea of sharing your story with friends and family without the bother of getting it printed like a normal book is very appealing for me.

In this regard I have an analogy:

I go to a shop and buy a book. I bring it home and read it, then I give it to my brother to read, after he’s done he passes it on to my father and mother etc. I can also share that book with my friends. In this way one book has been read by many people.

When I buy an e-book and share it with a few friends why is it called piracy? Why does one person have to buy one e-book…does it make any sense for every family member to purchase his own copy?

Piracy in printed books means someone illegaly making copies and selling them and this should also apply to e-books. I ask this question because I want to get a e-book from the net but can’t pay for it since I don’t have a credit card. If I ask around and my friends have already bought a copy, why can’t they just send it to me by e-mail? It is not piracy since that friend is not selling the e-book to me…is it?

[Wannabe_a_techie]

Mr. Graduate,

There is one problem with your analogy:

When you buy a book in the real world, you can share it with your family, and it would be ridiculous for every family member to purchase multiple copies of the same book.

In the digital world it is not one e-book per person...rather it is one digital product PER COMPUTER. So you buy the e-book and put it on your computer and other family members can read it on that machine. If you pass it around by e-mail or cd to another computer that is piracy.

What particuar e-book are you keen on buying?

[Simple_Graduate]

I understand your point Mr. Wannabe :P

BTW you're in Udhampur? Check your PM.

I actually wanted this book:

http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0-595-76754-0

To get it free I guess I should request DIGIT to carry this e-book in their CD for March.

[renegadesoldier]

Hi,

This is really wierd, I just put the Digit CD (not the DVD, but the CD) and it seems to have the contents of PC Quest Feb 2006!!! :shock: :(

After that happened I got on the net to see if anyone else has the same issue but so far I haven't found any clues.

Any idea on how the contents of PC Quest CD landed inside the Digit CD???

FYI: I'm sure the CD is the Digit CD, the print on the CD is says its the Digit Feb 2006, only the content inside the disc are of PC Quest.

[varun_ag]

Hahaha ... Preserve the CD dude .. that can be used as an evidence for the lawsuit against DIGIT