[Preview + Feedback] Digit April 2008

[FatBeing]

Hah. Before the 1st.

April 2008 Magazine Contents

Digital Passion

Cover Story
Good Vibrations
Here, we present you information on how to choose the speaker that best suits you. Whether you’re loaded with cash or have saved every rupee, you will surely find something.

Lead Feature
The Noblest Peer
We caught up with Jamie King and spoke to him, on some inside stories. Read more on what he had to say on the P2P sharing movement, principles, India and you—our reader!

Insight
Focal Facts
Get to know the ins-and-outs of Digital Photography.
Learn more on how the sensors and image filters work together to give you those crystal clear images.

Take A Crack
Get Windows XP To Give You A Blue Screen On Demand
Get this puzzle solved this month and win!

Digital Tools

3 Incredibly Useful Sites
Summer School
Learn more about 3 really helpful Web sites where you can—hold discussions on any topic from Photoshop to PHP, know more about those weird sounding file extensions and get free educational media online

Agent 001
Cheap Mobility
Your very own Agent, had to go hunting for cheaper phones. His choice was cheapers Chinese phones or lower-end options from well known brands. Learn more about how he made his choice

Know More About
How Speakers Work
Well, how do they? And how does the enclosure matter? And what’s the Maximum Power Transfer Theorem? All these questions, and more!

Digital Business

Tech Careers
Upwardly Mobile
Know more on prospects in the field of avionics, what you need, courses you can take, the financial rewards, institutions offering the required courses and feedback on market realities from prominent personalities in this field

Smart SoHo
A Lift From Google
Learn valuable stuff on how to cut your IT costs drastically

Smart SoHo
Getting on Track
Don’t be left behind because of your low budget. Read on more to find out your options for available professional project management software

Digital Leisure

Test Centre
Shhh... The Show’s Starting
Bring out the snacks! It’s time to hit the couch and watch a movie on your new DivX player

Main Story
Geek’s Week Out
Agent 001 takes a break from all the madness, but can he let go of his gadgets? Fat chance...

Game On
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, Dawn of War: Soulstorm and Army of Two—all reviewed this month!

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Fast Track To Digital Imaging
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DVD Contents

Gaming
Free
An Untitled Story
Blip And Blop
MapleStory
Titans of Steel: Warring Suns
Varia

Demos
Hard to Be a God

Entertainment
Movies
The Gorilla (1939)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936)

Music
The Jazz Farm by Oprachina
Nangilima by Doc
Religionnaire I by Religionnaire
Tanz der Lemons by ieatpants

Tools
Multimedia
Adobe After Effects CS3
DAZ Studio 2
Sweet Home 3D 1.2.1 (Linux)
aTunes
AutoMKV 0.95a
MediaTomb (Linux)
Photoshop CS3 Extended Plug-In for Google 3D Warehouse
Corel Painter X
DigiRostrum 2.4
VJDirector 1.5.0115.0

Internet
Mumble
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 for XP Beta 1
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 for Vista 8.0 Beta 1
WebcamMax 4.2.5.6
Gogrok 1

Linux And More
andLinux (KDE Version)
FreeBSD 7.0
PCLinuxOS
QNX

Productivity
Personal
Total Commander Ultima Prime
Insight Contact Management Pro 3.0.13
Adobe Reader Lite 8.1.2
Word Finder 1.0
RichOrPoor 3.10

Developers
Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition All-in-One DVD
Stylus Studio 2008 XML Home Edition
NCache 3.2
Pocket PC Installation Creator 2.5
TierDeveloper .NET 5.6


CD Contents

Gaming
Free
Phun
Karoshi
Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy!
LettersFall 100%
Nitto 1320 Challenge
Saboteur 95
Sky-Whirling Geo
Taxi Driver: A Naughty Ville

Demos
Spandex Force (Linux)
Snood

Tools
Essentials
.net Framework 2.0
µTorrent 1.7.7
Avast Home Edition 4.7
Avast Update
Comodo Firewall Pro 3
Digit Software Archive 2006 Beta
DirectX Redistributable 9.0c March 2008
Foxit Reader
Free Download Manager 2.5
Irfan View 4.10
Irfan View 4.10 Plugins
Java(TM) 2 Runtime
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 3.8.0
Microsoft XNA Framework Redistributable 1.0 Refresh
Opera 9.26
Silverlight
Spybot Search and Destroy 1.52
Spybot Search and Detection updates
VLC Player 0.8.6c
WinRAR 3.71

Multimedia
Guitar Studio 4.8
Andrea AudioCommander 5.0.32.3
Free Audio Editor
AV MP3 Player - Morpher 4.0.61
CineGobs Keyer 1.6.0.7
Noiseware Community Edition Standalone 2.6
The KMPlayer 2.9.3.1430 beta
AutoQ3D Standard 3
H264 WebCam 2.28
MorphBuster 8.6
Organ 3.0.2
Plato DVD Copy 7.81

System
Ashampoo® UnInstaller Platinum 2
USB Over Network 3.3.8
Image for Windows 2.06
Cobian Backup 9.0.0.149 Beta
Crash Pickup 2.18
DMEXBar 12
Limagito Lite 6.34
Local Cooling 2.0
LogonStudio 1.01
Napalm 1.0
ProcessScanner 1.1
Video Card Stability Test 1.0.0.3
007 DVD Maker 3.84
Aarons Advanced Cliker 3.04
iFreeMem 2.5 (Mac OS X)
iMonitorPC Home 2.4.4
JoyMacro 1.00
Minimize To Tray 1.5
Mouse Manager 0.1.2
NoClone 2007 Home Edition 4.1.20a
WinRescue XP 1.08.41

Internet
ALToolbar v1.13
PC Pandora
TracePlus Ethernet 5.51.000
AnyClient
CraigsList Commander
Instantbird 0.1.1
Mozilla Firefox Beta 3.0 Beta 3
Internet Access Controller 2.2.0.5
One Click Privacy 2.1
WinAgents HyperConf 5.1.0.322

Productivity
Personal
MB Free Subliminal Message Software 1.30
U&I Information Management System 3.1
Scientific Author 1
Power Tab Editor 1.7 build 80
Ro3n 4.1.1
VirtMus 1.03
WordFlashReader
Archivarius 3000 4.00
AutoIntern 2.0.122.0
ENUFF PC 8.03
e-Speaking Voice and Speech Recognition 3.8.12
iCal4OL 2.3.1
LockXLS 3.5.1
NextUp Talker 1.019
Painless Schedule 2.0.29.103
Personal Numerologist 5.0.3
Rapid-Pi 2.01
Turbo Type 1.38.003

Developers
Alchemist XML IDE Professional 3
Daphne 1.33
secureSWF 2.0
EditEx 4.2.0 Alpha
HTML Formatter
Johns Hope's FPlot 2.11
MyZilla 1.1.446.0
PragmaticScope 2.3.0
ProGuard 4.1
ASP.NET Code Library 1.8.5.374
DotFix NiceProtect 2.9
NConstruct 1.7.8
VB Decompiler 3.9
WiFi-Manager

Fin.

[Gigacore]

thanks for VS 2008

[bkpeerless]

the content of dvd seems low anyway good content in mag and fasttrack
might buy

[ray|raven]

And as usual , nothing much about Linux.

[Pathik]

^^+1.
Many people including me take mags just for the distros that come with them as it isn't possible for everyone to download them.
Expecting Hardy Heron Final in the May Issue.

[aneesh kalra]

The How speakers work sounds interesting and the Fast Track is good too, this issue is a buy although I must ask Why no DIY.

[utsav]

Great fast track. I needed it.

[Orionz]

Nice Updated Essential Section.....

Too Much Weight On Gaming Section......i Know Lots Of People
Buy Mag Only For Games......anyways

Nice Mag + Ft Content Going To Grab It..

[MetalheadGautham]

good.
nice to note that you didn't end up publishing this AFTER april started and become april fools.
good job FatBeing 8) keep it up.

nice contents. Fast Track could have been better.

[nish_higher]

good mag+cd content
Fast track's exactly what i needed

keep giving stuff like this + some lin distro (cd's only)

[Siddhartha_t69]

I gotta first see if the DVDs are damaged before buying this issue.
Those of you who got faulty DVDs, please let us know.

[ravi_9793]

VS2008 is best. Although I have already downloaded and using it

[kumarmohit]

Fast Track seems nice for a change.

[shaunak]

+1 For this months fast track.
Hey since the vacations are comming up, how bout reveiwing camcoders, or a fastrack on camcorders!?

[blackpearl]

It's funny that they add uTorrent under "essential" section. I think piratebay is high on their recommened websites list.

[ratedrsuperstar]

good informative mag.liked that even forum questions are now answered.

good choice of bands in the review although it's "Breaking Benjamin" not "Break Benjamin"

[FatBeing]

Originally Posted by blackpearl

It's funny that they add uTorrent under "essential" section. I think piratebay is high on their recommened websites list.

Shhhhhh..

It's for downloading Linux distros

[writealexthomas]

In the intro to PCLinuxOS, they've not mentioned what version is that? 2007 or Minime?

Other than that, is this distro bundled with extra packages of s/wares or it is a standard PCLOS 2007 iso?

[The Conqueror]

Nice Contents

[littledrop]

Take A Crack
Get Windows XP To Give You A Blue Screen On Demand
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Where it is to be sent?

Thanks in Advance

[uzair]

Thanks a ton for after effect cs3...

[writealexthomas]

Originally Posted by writealexthomas

In the intro to PCLinuxOS, they've not mentioned what version is that? 2007 or Minime?

Other than that, is this distro bundled with extra packages of s/wares or it is a standard PCLOS 2007 iso?

Arre bhai, is there anybody who has purchased the magazine and seen the stuff ??

[jeet737]

My DVD seems to be faulty. It doesn't autorun, & the interface is absent too! Also most of the content in Multimedia section is corrupted. What to do?

[sachin_kothari]

^^ a common things these days

[Siddhartha_t69]

^^ That means I won't buy this issue as well.

[Aditya11]

The DVD wont autorun...

[Riteshonline]

Hummm DVD Contained was Good And DVD Also.
But Next Time Please Give VISUAL STUDIO 2008 PROFESSIONAL EDITION !!!!!!!

[writealexthomas]

Can anybody elaborate on the PCLinuxOS distro avaiable in the DVD. Does it contain the additional packages other than the usual ones shipped with regular iso?

[topgear]

It's pclinux os 2007 as mentioen on the mag.
It's a regular cd iso image only though i've not burned or checked it yet with VM.
Tonight I will do so.

[oorja]

I bought my copy from the newstand. The dvd wont autorun simply because its blank. The vendor was kind enough to replace the copy with another one.
But its the same with the exchanged copy . The dvd in it also is blank. Can some one please tell me how can i get this dvd replaced