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April 06 DVD / CD Contents

This Month's CD is bootable with Damn Small Linux

Digital Passion
Games
Crashday Demo
Knights of the Temple II
TrackMania Nations ESWC Full Version

Dev Tools
Aurora XAML Designer for WinFX 8.3 beta
JDDM (Drop Down Menu) 2.1
NetBeans IDE 5
Navicat 7.1.12
NetBeans IDE 5.0 + Application Server 8.2 Bundle Installer

Absolute Color Picker 3.0.2
ActiveX Control Pad 1.0
AIOCP (All In One Control Panel) 1.3.001
Basic4ppc Desktop 2.05
Blasm IDE 1.08.09 build 0032
Blockstar Website Builder 2.3
JXHTMLedit 4.0.005
Klorofil Platform 0.2
RSS Wizard 2.4
Splash Screen Component 1
SQL Packager 1.4
Windows AMD64 Platform - J2SE(TM) Development Kit 5.0 Update 6
NetBeans Mobility Pack
VistaDB Suite 2.1.4.4


Linux
Distros:
Byzantine OS
Gentoo 2006.0
Puppy Linux 1.0.8r1
Ubuntu 5.10

Software:
Epiphany
Evolution
Galeon 2.0.1
GNOME Baker
XFCE4

AmaroK
Drupal 4.6.x
Damn Small Linux
Flubox
GNOME Sensors Applet
Icewm
Kbear (Graphical FTP cliet)
Kconfigure
Kplayer
MailScanner 4.51.4
Musicman (music manager for KDE)
Opera 8.52

Mac
Audacity X 1.3.0b
Christmas Super Frog 1.7
JAlbum 6.2
LimeWire 4.10.5
LiveQuartz Image Editor 1.5
Opera Browser 8.51
Poisoned 0.519
Transmit 3.2.1
VLC Media Player 0.8.4a
Data Rescue II 1.0.1
Readerware 2.97

Digital Tools
Multimedia
ACID Music Studio 6.0
Adobe Audition 2.0
Audio Cleaning Lab 10
Corel DRAW Graphics Suite X3
Macromedia Fireworks 8
Movie Edit Pro 10
ULead DVD Movie Factory

AdvancedDVDPlayer 1.34
AV MP3 Player-Morpher Basic 2.0.112
Macromedia Shockwave Player 10.1.0.11
QuickTime Alternative 1.68
Unreal Media Server 4
Zortam Mp3 Media Studio 5.95
DivX Create 6.1



Internet
AceFTP 3.72
BitComet Acceleration Patch 3.5
DSL Web Hosting 2.5
Fastream NETFile FTP/Web Server 8.1.5
ICQ 5.04
MSN Messenger 7.5
SmartFTP Client 2.0.995.10
Yahoo! Messenger with Voice 7.5 (Beta)

3B Browser 2.1.1
Ares Galaxy 2
BitMeter 3.5
Crazaa 0.16
CrazyTalk For Skype Video Lite 2
Draze Toolbar with Anti Spyware 4.6
DVD Cover Searcher Pro 3
Limewire Pro 4.10.5
Serence KlipFolio 3 beta C
Turbo Internet Booster 1.1


System
nVidia Forceware Drivers v81.98 (WinXP) (February 2006 release)
ObjectDock 1.2
Style XP 3.16
Download Acronis Disk Director Suite 10.0
PC-cillin Internet Security 2006
Virtual CD 7.1
WindowBlinds 5

DigiCat 1.03h
ExamDiff 1.6n
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver 14.4
Partition Logic 0.61
Realtek AC97 audio driver package a3.84
SendTo Commander 1.2
SysJewel - System Information Tool 2.1 build 110
TaskPatrol Personal 2
TightVNC 1.2.9
TweakNow RegCleaner 2.6.7
SafeIT Desktop Security Suite 2006
ZipRecovery 1.5


Essentials
.NET Framework 1.1
Avast Home Edition 4.6
Digit Software Archive 2006 0.2 Beta
Irfan View 3.98
Kazaa Lite Mega Codec Pack 1.40
ZoneAlarm 6.1.737
Opera 8.53
Spybot S&D detection updates
Spybot Search & Destroy 1.4
Winamp 5.2
WinRAR 3.51
Adobe Reader 7.0.7
VLC Media Player 0.8.4


Digital Business
Productivity Tools
3i Asset Information Management 1
ResiGo 4.1.2250
ABBYY FineReader Professional Edition 8
Adobe Acrobat 3D
Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional
BillQuick Lite 6.0.124
MDaemon 8.1.4
Microsoft OneNote 2003

AceMoney Lite 3.8.3
ChoiceMail Free 3.1
GeSWall 2.1.4
In/Out Board Agent 2.0.2248
Remote Queue Manager Personal 3.12
602PC Suite 4.2
Trend Micro OfficeScan 7.3
WinOrganizer 3.0


Mobile Apps
Calc98 (Windows CE) 5.3
Nokia PC Suite Version 6.7 release 22
Photogather for Palm 7.0.3
Handy Tools 2005 for Sony Ericsson 1
MAGIX Ringtone Maker
Mobiledit Lite 1.99
PocketPC Sport Games Pack 1.1

Microsoft ActiveSync 4.1
MiM Lite B (Eng) 1
Mobile PhotoPleasure 1.7
ACDSee Mobile for Palm OS 1.2
Mobile Tangrams 1.0


Portable Software
Crazy Browser
Essential PIM 1.7
Miranda v 0.4.0.3
MPUI
Portable AbiWord 2.4.2
Portable Firefox 1.5
Portable OpenOffice.org 2.0.1
Portable Thunderbird 1.7 Beta
PStart

µTorrent
ClamWin Free
Foxit PDF Reader
GreatNews
i.Ftp
i.Scribe
MyZippa
nPOP
Portable NVU


Digital Leisure
Games
Bejeweled 2 Deluxe
Chuzzle Deluxe
Iggle Pop
Big Money
Alchemy Deluxe

Mobile Games
PopCap Game Pack 1 - Palm
PopCap Game Pack 1 - Pocket PC
PopCap Game Pack 1 - Windows Mobile
PopCap Game Pack 2 - Palm
PopCap Game Pack 2 - Pocket PC

Gianas Return
Putt Nutz DX Demo
Race Cars The Extreme Rally


Videos
ATL
Ice Age 2 - The Meltdown
She's The Man
Stay Alive

Find Me Guilty
Slither
Take The Lead


April 06 Magazine Contents

Digital Passion
Renovating The Office
Sure you’ve already guessed Office 12 (or Office 2007) is going to be much prettier and user-friendly and all. But here, we take an in-depth look to discover whether and why you should upgrade—when it’s out

Tech Transcends Tongues
Machine Translation is more far from perfect than you would imagine! Fun with online translators apart, here’s a look at why Machine Translation is hard, and what the most promising approach for the future is

…And You Call Yourself a Gamer?
You’re looking to buy a console. You’re hunting for must-have games for your PC. Whatever it is, here’s a compilation of the best games ever. IOHO, of course

Digital Tools
Fandom Of The Opera
Many of you have heard the following: “Opera is the best browser out there.” Is that true? If so, why and how? We get into how using Opera can significantly enhance your browsing experience

Know More About Adobe Acrobat
Did you know you can view a Web page offline using Adobe Acrobat? Or that you could create a radio button within a document to link to another? Here’s about some lesser-known pearls Acrobat offers

Flat Out!
Many of you are probably contemplating (finally!) making the switch to LCD. There’s a reasonably wide variety of models to choose from, and price is always an important factor. Hence this comparison test

New & Notable
Apart from a great ’n’ cheap MP3 player, the Video iPod, and an MFD, this month’s New & Notable sees an in-depth look at the O2 Xda Atom—one of the most desirable PDA-phones out there—and at Discreet Combustion 4, which, as we say, “can do for video what Photoshop can do for images.”

Digital Business
A Step in Time...
Overclocking and recompiling kernels is tech for tech’s sake. Here’s a look at one shopowner who’s actually used tech to the max, with the highest productivity returns per paisa spent—from a basic calculator to full-fledged databases on Pentium 4s

The Brightest Bulbs In Town
An LCD or DLP projector? And what make and model? A projector is a serious investment, and it’s important you make the right purchase decision. Here’s a comparison test that’s sure to help you

Life @ 24 FPS
A career in animation is a much-hyped thing. Is it for you? What is it actually like? Is it about software expertise? We paint a realistic picture of the scene in India

Life In A USB Nutshell
We realised you don’t really need to wait for the advent of widespread on-demand computing: you already can carry everything you need—your data as well as your programs—on a USB stick, and compute the way you want, where you want! Here’s a guide on how to go about setting up your "USB rig," as it were

Digital Leisure
Bridging The Gap
A kiosk-based information system for villagers in Andhra Pradesh has seen tremendous response

Is Piracy Good?
No, we’re not telling you that cracking WinZip is good! We’re taking a broad view of the piracy phenomenon, and who benefits from it

Game On
Win money with TrackMania Nations, blow friends up in Crashday and cower in fear with Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth

Tabloid tech
The iPod has found its way to the Vatican. And you can now talk to Penelope Cruz—and other celebrities—via Skype, if a certain eBay auctioneer is telling the truth

Fast Track To Linux

Bash Away!
Nimish

[soham]

Good to see Adobe Acrobat 3D but still no signs of 3Ds Max 8. The hardware reviews are decreasing with each issue.

[Satissh S]

Whoa!!! Fantastic job there nimish..superb contents and atlast my wish satisfied!!. soo much emphasis on GNU\linux.. is extremely heartening to see!! Once in a while.. though And about the fasttrack to GNU\Linux.. which distro does it cover or GNU\Linux in general?? I would have liked if fc5 would have made into.. but i know it's too late for its arrival.. Thumbs up!! 8)

[QwertyManiac]

Yipee! Linux Linux and more Linux thankssss a lotttt...

[True Geek]

No wallpapers again

[sid_ashok]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhoooooooooo

Great contents team Digit!
Sid is setisfied.

And thumbs up for giving preview on time.

Keep It UP

[QwertyManiac]

Thanklist 1:

TrackMania Nations ESWC Full Version 
Byzantine OS
Gentoo 2006.0
Puppy Linux 1.0.8r1
Ubuntu 5.10 
Opera 8.52 (Linux)
Corel DRAW Graphics Suite X3 
Macromedia Fireworks 8 
Virtual CD 7.1
WindowBlinds 5 
ZoneAlarm 6.1.737 
Adobe Reader 7.0.7
VLC Media Player 0.8.4 
µTorrent 
ATL
She's The Man
Stay Alive
Find Me Guilty
Slither
Take The Lead

Thanklist 2:

Fandom Of The Opera 
New & Notable 
Life In A USB Nutshell 
Is Piracy Good? 
Game On 
Tabloid tech

Biggest thanks fly out for:
Fast Track For Linux

A note : I guess you had given the Ice Age Video last time so if its different from the previous one, add it to the thanklist and for the second thanklist, will add more to it after reading the mag.[/code]

[Vishal Gupta]

Contents r really nice this time

[desertwind]

I'm gonna buy this issue(after missing 3 issues). Atlast GNU/Linux has got some coverage. Some distros, some softwares and Fast Track too. This is great!

[praka123]

Thanks Nimish and DIGIT having LInux again coming back!.waiting for my copy/\

[hariharan]

how about the digit Software Archive 2006 0.2 beta? what additional features does it include or what modifications have been made?

[mehulved]

Best cd contents I have seen in a last few months. And magazine contents too seem good. I might just buy it this time.
A lot more coverage to linux this time! Though I don't need any of them but still it will be great for many others.

[FatBeing]

Originally Posted by hariharan

how about the digit Software Archive 2006 0.2 beta? what additional features does it include or what modifications have been made?

A (hopefully) less frustrating search engine, even more search criteria (freeware/shareware, individual categories, month and year), an install button so you can just insert the appropriate cd and install the software from the archive itself.

There might be more, but I'm too bored to check right now.

[manas]

Linux at last.Thanks for the emphasis for Linux.

[Tech&ME]

OH!!! It seems Digit has come back again after a long holiday.

Keep this alive Digit and don't go on honeymoon again.

[True Geek]

hmm.........content seems immpressive

i think i'll also buy it,this time around

[soham]

I don't understand what's the need to provide both Adobe Acrobat 3D and Adobe Acrobat Professional. The 3D version has all the features of the pro version plus some added features. Check it out yourself:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/matrix.html

[Darthvader]

Well The games have gotten a rotten side again
Komon yaar i was expecting the Battle For Middle Earth II demo ( 1.4 GB- How do u expect me to dl tat)

Plz in May issue

[kato]

Man I am soo soo sooo so so happy thanks for the linux distros and special thanks for the linux fast track this is a must buy issue though i buy all the issue

[Tapomay]

Many many thanks for -

TrackMania Nations ESWC Full Version
ACID Music Studio 6.0
Adobe Audition 2.0
Audio Cleaning Lab 10
Corel DRAW Graphics Suite X3
Macromedia Fireworks 8
Movie Edit Pro 10
ULead DVD Movie Factory
Macromedia Shockwave Player 10.1.0.11
Opera 8.53
ABBYY FineReader Professional Edition 8
Adobe Acrobat 3D
Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional
MAGIX Ringtone Maker

A huge collection of my favs this time.
Thanks again and please keep this pace.

[agnels]

Finally, some good CD content after so many dull issues
Thanks for giving Pc- Cillin Internet Security 2006, hope that you haven't made the same goof up again

Magazine looks a little incomplete but still good

[blackpearl]

So this month its Linux special. Hmmmm.... not bad. And thanks for the Fast Track on Linux.

The Acronis Disk Director Suite was given on the January issue but it was useless becoz it did not allow us to perform any type of function. It was simply a non working version of the original. Total waste. I hope this time its different.... or is it not??

[Aries]

4 Distros.....Even though a few are too old....
Good to see some Mac Stuff too

Fast Track on Linux....Cooooool

[True Geek]

Originally Posted by fatbeing

March 06 Magazine Contents

Is this a typo or u really posted March '06's content

Since I don't hAVE the mag ,this month, i don't know

[Chirag]

Nice contents but i wanted mods and maps of games.(gta:vc and gta:sa) Kya yaar? I m asking frm 2 months. Please include them in may.(Some nice games).

[FatBeing]

Originally Posted by True Geek

Is this a typo or u really posted March '06's content

Since I don't hAVE the mag ,this month, i don't know

Oops.
Corrected.

[aku]

wastage of space with ubuntu
Satisfactory contents

[QwertyManiac]

Ubuntu ROXX, Didnt like KuBuNtu that much, a GNOME fan now

[~Phenom~]

This issue seems to be Linux special , waiting for my issue...

[hariharan]

how many months does the Digit Software archive 0.2 beta include in its database? just from the beginning of this year or the previous years also?