Jan 2005 DVD/Mag Preview

[Byte]

***HIGHLIGHTS***

ON THE DVD
========

250+ FREE SOFTWARE INSIDE. INCLUDING:

FEDORA CORE 3
OpenOffice.org
GIMP
Mozilla Thunderbird
Free Download Manager
iTunes
Ad-Aware
avast! Home Edition
ZoneAlarm
Quintessential Player (QCD) 4.51
foobar2000 0.8.3 (Special edition)
Guru News Ticker & RSS Reader 2.0.0.148
Serence Klipfolio 2.6
MSN Messenger 7.0 beta
Skype 1.0.0.106
Google Desktop Search (Beta)
Blinkx 2.0 with Smart Folders (Beta)
Filehand Search 2.1 (requires registration)

PLUS:
The Bat!
System Mechanic 5
MusicMatch Jukebox 9.0
J. River MEDIA CENTER 10
Zoom Player 4.03 (Professional)
Video Fixer 3.23
Norton Partition Magic 8

INSIDE THE MAG
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> 32 Video Cards tested
> 13 Digital Projectors tested
> Agent 001 and laptop accessories
> Call Global Pay Local: calling cards and you
> Behind the scenes of an animation studio
> Humans of the future: a look at cyborgs

PLUS
The Year Of The Upgrade
We explore each product category—from digital cameras to MFDs, with a view to showcasing their strengths in 2005 and their future going ahead...

***HIGHLIGHTS***

DVD CONTENTS
==========

BIG GAMES
The Incredibles
Pro Evolution Soccer 4
Return to Mysterious Island

SMALL GAMES
Duke Nukem 3D
Brian Lara Cricket
Alien Cabal (FULL FREE GAME)
Ken's Labyrinth (FULL FREE GAME)
Pac-Manic Christmas (FULL FREE GAME)
Scorched 3D (FULL FREE GAME)
Ahriman's Prophecy v 2.0 (FULL FREE GAME)
The New Adventures Of Zak McKracken (FULL FREE GAME)
Bombermania (FREE FULL GAME)
Super Mario 3 : Mario Forever (FREE FULL GAME)
Galaxy Invaders (FREE FULL GAMES)

DEV TOOLS
Web Accessibility Toolbar 1.1
AM-CodeSearch 2.4
Powerbullet Presenter 1.36
Wink 1.0
Advanced Effect Maker (Freeware Edition) 1.5
Swiff Player 1.1
swf2avi 0.3b
NATATA eBook Compiler 2.1
AEdiX Suite 3.0.1
DHE Editor 1.8
PSPad Editor 4.3.1
PSPad Editor 4.3.1 ENGLISH DICTIONARY
NVU 0.41
Svoi.NET PHP Edit 5.3
MAX`s HTML Beauty++ 2004 2.0
HTML Builder XP 5.6 LITE
JavaScript Utility Suite 1.0
PHP Designer 2005 2.2.10
AnalogX PHPConfig 1.0
RSS Builder 1.5.2
Clickteam Install Creator 2.0
MySQL Query Browser 1.1.2
PHP 5.0.2
AnyEdit 2.0 b2
Dev-PHP 2.0.9 (Full version with PHP)
ServersCheck Pro 5.6.2
Inkscape 0.40
RPG Toolkit Development System

MULTIMEDIA
Audacity 1.2.3
mp3trim 1.91
Soliton 3.1
CD Bank cataloguer 2.6.0
SAM Broadcaster 3.2.0
Blaze Media Pro 5.17
J. River MEDIA CENTER 10
MusicMatch Jukebox 9.0
Mercora 2.0
EvilLyrics 0.1.7
JukeBox Decoder 2.8.0
MP3 2 Ogg Lab 2004
LAME (Binary) 3.931
MP3-2-wav Converter 1.14
dBpowerAMP Music Converter R11
Sonicart 2.0
Free MP3 Workshop 2.01
RightClick-MP3 1.65
CD to MP3 Freeware 1.1
AudioGrabber 1.83
Exact Audio Copy 0.95
Focus Free CD Ripper 2.0
AudioCrusher 1.2
Quintessential Player (QCD) 4.51
Winamp 5.07 (Free with bundled song)
TPlayer v1R10
WWWinamp 2.5d
foobar2000 0.8.3 (Special edition)
CDBurnerXP Pro 3.0.116
BurnCDCC 1.05
DeepBurner 1.1.5.149
MP3 CD Doctor 1.0
WinISO 5.3
IsoBuster 1.6
Cdmage 1.01.5
AlbumPlayer 3.3h (Requires Windows Media Player)
SnapIt! 0.98.26
The GodFather 0.68
iTunes 4.7
TagScanner 4.7
DubIt 2.0
Chopper XP 2.7
Zwei-Stein Video Editor 3.01
Soundtrack Producer 1.01
Riva FLV Encoder 1.2
DivX Player (with DivX Codec) 5.2.1
TMPGenc 2.5.21
VCDGear 3.55
FlaskMPEG 0.78.39
STOIK Video Converter 1.1
BSPlayer 1.02 (Free version)
XVid 2.1
Ace DivX Player 2.2
Zoom Player 4.03 (Standard)
Zoom Player 4.03 (Professional)
AVI MPEG WMV Workshop 2.3.02
DVD to AVI DivX MPEG Ripper 2.1.1
River Past Video Perspective 5.2.4
4Musics Multiformat Converter 1.5
River Past Audio Capture 5.2.4
River Past Audio Converter 5.2.4
Media Catalog Studio Lite 1.73
Video Fixer 3.23
Windows Media Format Redistribution Pack (required by Video Fixer)

INTERNET
LostGoggles 1.0 beta
AI RoboForm 6.1.4
ToolbarCop 3.2.1
BHODemon 2.0.18
Google Toolbar 2.0.114.6
ieSpell 2.1.0
StartPage Guard 2.52
Pix2Fone 1.0
GetFileSize 2.04
Flash Saving Plugin 1.1.2
Yrefresher 1.0
FilterGate 5.21
Parental Filter 0.22b
iProtectYou 3.06
Chat Watch 4.0.5
Guru News Ticker & RSS Reader 2.0.0.148
Serence Klipfolio 2.6
Feedreader 2.7.646
Deepnet Explorer 1.3
GreenBrowser 2.3
Avant Browser 10 build 35
MyIE2 (Maxthon v1.1.067 Combo)
Mozilla Firefox 1.0
SlimBrowser 4.02.004
Wysigot Light 5.5
Crazy Browser 1.05
Opera 7.54 (with Java)

Opera 7.60 Preview 4 (BETA build 7364b)
IM2 - Instant Messenger 2 1.4.1
BitWise Chat
Trillian 0.74i
ICQ Lite v1300
ICQ 2003a Pro
MSN Messenger 7.0 beta
MSN Messenger 6.2
Counter Strike MSN Display Pictures 1.0
NES MSN Display Pictures 1.0
MSN Names Toolkit 1.0
MSN Name Tricks 1.0
Random MSN Names 1.0
Firefly Softphone 1.9.5
Skype 1.0.0.106
Skype FOR Fedora core 2
Skype FOR Mandrake 9+
Skype FOR SuSE 9+
TeamTalk
im4cam 3.5
Eyeball Chat LE 2.2
AnalogX CallerID 1.01
PhoneTray Free 1.2
Fresh Download 7.18
Download Express 1.16
Free Download Manager 1.5
LeechGet 2004 1.1
Mihov Picture Downloader 1.3
Pictures Toolbar for Internet Explorer 1.0
Dariolius 2.4.450
MaxSplitter Free Edition 1.53
Gsplit 1.8.0
WTR - Web The Ripper 2 (v 1.0.1791.23091)
Getleft 1.1.2
WinHTTrack 3.32
WebReaper 9.8
Magellan Explorer 3.10

ESSENTIALS
IrfanView 3.95
Zoom Player 3.31
Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.3
WinRAR 3.4.1
DivX bundle 5.2.1 (Windows 98 / Me)
DivX bundle 5.1.1 (Windows 2000 / XP)
Acrobat Reader 5.0.6 (Linux)
RealOnePlayer 10 Gold
QuickTime 6.5
Adobe Reader 6.0

SYSTEM
ZipGenius 5.5.1.468a
FilZip 3.01
IZArc 3.4.1.6
7-Zip 3.13
UnzipThemAll 1.03
POP Peeper 2.3.4
CheckP3 5.1
Mail Alert
PopTray 3.03
EzPop 3.7
Magic Mail Monitor 2.93
IMAP Notify 1.04
AgentMail 1.0
Thunderbird 1.0 FINAL
i.Scribe 1.86 (limited to 1 e-mail account)
Pegasus Mail 4.21c
Eudora 6.12
YAMC - Yet Another Email Client 0.9.7.188
The Bat! 3.01 (Professional)
The Bat! 3.01 (Home)
Crypto Anywhere 2.0
SecExMail Home 1.51
ClipSecure 1.2
iOpus Secure Email Attachments 1.0
PGP Freeware (Pretty Good Privacy) 8.0.2
GnuPG 1.2.5
Easy2Sync for Outlook 1.02
bxAutoZip for Outlook 1.11
TweakOL 3.0
DetachOL 1.03
DateLens 1.0
Personal Folders Backup 1.0
HaveTheyReadItYet 1.0.105
Outport 1.1.25
HideOutlook 1.0.18
FileMonkey 9.44
Copernic Desktop Search 1.1
Instant File Name Search 1.2
Harddisk Search and Stats 2.1
Google Desktop Search (Beta)
Xtrimsoft PackIt 1.0.2
Blinkx 2.0 with Smart Folders (Beta)
Filehand Search 2.1 (requires registration)
FileZilla 2.2.9
Core FTP Lite 1.3b
WinSCP 3.7.1
Encrypted FTP 3.3.0.138
FTP Scheduler 0.5.23
Whisper FTP Surfer 1.07
QuickMessenger 3.2
RealPopup 2.5
InterChat 3.0
Sonork Messaging System 1.7
ServersCheck 5.6.2
IPCheck Server Monitor 4.4.1.477
ipUpdater Dynamic DNS Client 1.1.0
Tong Software LAN Monitor 1.0
PortPeeker 2.7.0.21
NetGraph 1.0.3
EtherSnoop 1.1
MZL & Novatech TrafficStatistic 1.2.0.1
TCPView 2.34
Look@LAN Network Monitor 2.5
Who Is Connected? 1.6.1
ShareWatch 1.0
Port Listener XP 1.4
Active Ports 1.4
Netmon 1.6
3d Traceroute 2
WinMTR 0.8
Trace3D 4.02
Overseer 1.0
WinVNC 3.3.7
TightVNC 1.29
Putty 0.56
KevTerm 2.02
Tera Term Pro 2.3
Shareaza 2.1
Mercora 2.0
eMule 0.44d
System Mechanic 5
System Mechanic 5 Professional
Camtasia Studio 2.1.1
SnagIt Screen Capture 7.1.2
GIMP 2.0.5 for Windows
GTK+ 2 for Windows (required by GIMP)
Xara X 1.1d
Norton Partition Magic 8
ShirusuPad 1.0beta
Animation Shop 3
Pain Shop Pro 9
FastStone Image Viewer
Desktop SMS 1.3.3
Bruce's Unusual Typing Wizard 1.3

SECURITY
Ad-Aware SE 1.05
Ad-Aware SE1R21 03.12.2004 definiton file
HijackThis 1.98.2
SpywareBlaster 3.2
Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.3
Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.3 LATEST UPDATE
avast! Home Edition 4.5.549
avast! Home Edition 4.5.549 LATEST UPDATE
AntiVir PE 6.28
AntiVir PE 6.28 LATEST UPDATE
BitDefender Free Edition v7
BitDefender Free Edition v7 LATEST UPDATE
Sygate Personal Firewall 5.6
ZoneAlarm 5.1.011
No Spam Today! SMTP Proxy Free 2.0.1.4 (requires an e-mail server)
Mail Box Dispatcher 2.20
Spamihilator 0.9.8.3
SpamBayes 1.01 (Outlook 2000/XP/2003)
K9 1.28
POPFile 0.21
MailWasher 2.0.40

LINUX
Fedora Core 3

PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS
ihelpcenter 3.1
Argentum Coolbase 2.30
kBilling - Invoice Software 1.3.0
DiaryOne 2.3
PlanBee project management planning tool 2.0b
OCR-TextScan 2 Word 1.0
Pabx Billing System and Hotel Management 3.5
SoftBankingLITE 1.2.0
Flashnote 1.0
Chameleon Calendar 1.0
Manage Your Contacts 5.2.6
Boldcenter Operator Client .NET 3.15
TaskPrompt 2.2.2.0
Batch Replacer for MS Excel 1.1.2
TERAVoice Server 2004 RC3
Easy Unit Converter 1.2
AM-Notebook Lite 3.22
iMagic Restaurant Reservation 2.7
HindiPad 1.2
FileAmigo LE 6.0
OmniChex Web 5.0.14
Ajour 5.63
GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP 10
OpenOffice.org 1.1.3
OpenOffice.org 1.1.3 DICTIONARY PACK FOR ENGLISH
OpenOffice.org 1.1.3 THESAURUS PACK FOR ENGLISH

DESKTOP THEMES
Style XP 2.16 with 6 themes

Half-Life 2 skin for WMP
Need for Speed Underground skin for WMP

WINAMP SKINS
National Treasure
Steel This Amp
Anime Shogo
PAD
Yaxay3

MOVIE TRAILERS
Blade Trinity
Spongebob Squarepants

[icecoolz]

Fedora Core 3 and Open Office org !!!!! nice nice!! Now I can proceed with my Linux server .... Hope the magazine lives up to the DVD ....

[QuickFire]

wow...the list looks gr8
and btw, are all ISOs included for
FEDORA CORE 3??

[naveenchandran]

WOOOOOOOOW!!!!!!!!

FEDORA CORE 3!!!!!!!!!

THANKS DIGIT!

[vysakh]

woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooww wwwwww

[hitesh_hg]

Well not exactly happy with the contents...
Fedora core 3 was given this month by LFY ...would have been much better with mandrake...

Musicmatch jukebox 10 was out weeks ago still mmjb 9 included in CD

AVG 7 Free Edition not included...

AutopatcherXP not included (since it was corrupt last time)..

Hitesh Gupta

[Byte]

Originally Posted by QuickFire

wow...the list looks gr8
and btw, are all ISOs included for
FEDORA CORE 3??

Yup, all ISOs, including the rescue disc.

Autopatcher XP on Feb DVD, we learned too late about the corruption to put it on Jan's. avast! is much better than AVG, you will love it.

[tuxfan]

That surely looks to be an impressive list. I can see improvements in the contents. Keep it up

[[lokesh]]

Wow...that's a big list....nice usage of the space on the DVD.
Well...about the big games i was expecting games like The Punisher...and Juiced...anyway the present one is also good ones.
Great collection on the DVD.

[ujjwal]

... the dvd seems quite promising

but could you give a bit more details about the magazine?

[Byte]

Originally Posted by Indyan

Looks nice..but plz give more details bout da mag.

Will do so tomorrow. Won't be in office today...

[ultima]

Great for the DVD list provided.
Wish you do provide this info well before it is for sale

Please dont repeat any software with every issue.
So that space can utilized for some useful software

But you keep repeating same stuff it will discourage regular buyers from buying every magazine

[Bomb]

Fedora Core 3 ?



WoooooooOOOOOoooooooW



Looks Impressing .

[QuickFire]

*SPOILER* *SPOILER* *SORRY FOR REVEALING IT B4 BYTE*

ISSUE HIGHLIGHT >>

The Year Of The Upgrade
We explore each product category— from digital cameras to MFDs, with a view to showcasing their strengths in 2005 and their future going ahead...

DIGITAL PASSION >>

O Animator, Who Art Thou?
Go behind the scenes of a leading animation studio to find out how animators weave their magic. PLUS: An interview with Kamal Mistry of Pixar-learn about The Incredibles!

Wide Angle
As gadgets become smaller, IPR violations could rise and become tougher to track down

The Cyborg Times
The biological future of mankind is stranger than science fiction would have us believe

DIGITAL TOOLS >>

A Cell Phone Canvas
M F Husain will now brighten up your cell phone screen with his masterpieces

Play ON!
2005 promises games that are better than ever before. We equip you to play them

Call Global Pay Local
Calling cards open up a world of options for the traveller... literally!

DIGITAL BUSINESS >>

Let’s Meet... Online
Video-conferencing enters the workspace as a formidable business tool
Read Full Story

Are Refilled Cartridges Good?
We pose this question to two people in the know and their answers put things into perspective

Supersize Me!
A projector is a long-term investment. We tell you all you need to know before you make a purchase decision

DIGITAL LEISURE >>

Empowering The Hood
This is the story of a basti that redefined its future with the help of technology and two NGOs
Read Full Story

Check your TQ
Crack our technology quiz to win a copy of Webster’s New World Computer Dictionary

REVIEWED >>

DirectX 9 AGP Cards
PNY Geforce FX 5200
ASUS Radeon 9550
XFX Geforce 5700 LE
& More...

Desktop Projectors
Mobile Projectors

New and Notable
Motorola MPx200
ACi Commando
PowerDisk MP3 Watch
& More...

Enjoy!! 8)

[digen]

lol quicky living up to your name eh?
I think Fedora Core 3 & Openoffice.org just steal the show for me.Would love to try FC3.

[Raaabo]

Glad to see everyone appreciates the hard work and lovin that byte put in... three cheers for byte...

Keep it up byte baba...




pssssst: In case you don't already know, byte is our Senior Writer, Ahmed Shaikh.

[sujithtom]

Cool man How many DVDs are u providing this time?????

[KHUBBU]

Ya Raaabo byte is doing his work great!
Digit shud sell the DVD seperately fro the mag.

U shud see urs. Crappy mag content. Why in the world do u want to review gfx card and that too FX 5200. U cud hav aksed me to review it or why the hell u ppl care about gfx card. They r meant for gamers. They r not meant for biz ppl.

And Dude u missed the laptop Comaprison and whres the mp3 player test drive.

[Santosh Halemani]

Bingo! fellows that is what i wanted,i mean, that is whatl we wanted .i think the cards,animation secrets are the banging strories of jan 2005! .Yes,byte.great work done,i feel i am back to digit geek. 8) .

[ultima]

Please, do announce your upcoming magazine/DVD/CD earlier like this in future. Preferably as earlier the better 8)

But remember, people will find faults
They always do, no matter how hard you try.
Impossible to satisfy all. But at least, make it known as to what
Digit is trying to target, what kind of audience. Then you should go ahead with it. That section of people will always buy it anyway.
Hopefully Digit team is not confused as to that

Salut to Byte!

[techno_funky]

WOOT WOOT WOOT
FINALLY GPU CARDS TESTED

[KHUBBU]

Originally Posted by Indyan

Well u c there r more gamers than biz people.
So for you graphics cards may be c rap,but not fo rme.
Actually lappies review wud b useless for me.
So it depends.

And thnx bye fand quickie for da update.

U took my words literally, Dude. Sarcasm intended.

We hav been shouting for over a year, but they never tested gpus and also laptop & mp3 player reviews were being done almost alternate month, thats why I asked.

Also Digit has copied the concept of looking into the future of technology from its competitors DEC issue.

Btw DVD contents are good. Is Autopatcher there? The one in the Dec DVD was corrupted.

[cheetah]

SKYPE included finally.
I really wanted skype but hard to download on dialup.

[Byte]

Breathe in, say it with me:

Autopatcher XP on FEB DVD
Autopatcher XP on FEB DVD
Autopatcher XP on FEB DVD
Autopatcher XP on FEB DVD
Autopatcher XP on FEB DVD
Autopatcher XP on FEB DVD
Autopatcher XP on FEB DVD
Autopatcher XP on FEB DVD
Autopatcher XP on FEB DVD
Autopatcher XP on FEB DVD
Autopatcher XP on FEB DVD
Autopatcher XP on FEB DVD

Breathe out...

Happy New Year Guys/Gals

[sujithtom]

Kwel man. Doing great job. I hope it is not 150 rs this time. Well that encyclopedia ( i hope i got it rite) was completely useless.

[arunmvishnu]

I Like it,Grate. Thanks.
But i think u will give AVG7. Now iam downloading it.
Pls try to delever thrissues in the 1st week,we r waiting 4 it.

[elumalai]

wow...

what a hu..........................ge list? I am eagerly seeing the local bookstand for the copy to arrive.

[Santosh Halemani]

yes, digit must put it in the first week itself otherwise, i am gonna loose it b'cause my exams!!!!!!!!!

[saketkutta]

wooooooooooooooooooooow the list is gt8

even i live in nepal ill buy it when it comes here

[Choto Cheeta]

come on... i thought there would be NIS05 & few more OS updates....