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The last week of February saw Motorola XOOM went live and Android hackers being an ever ready lot did what so many expected of them – rooted the first Honeycomb powered Tablet. Last week, a rumor surfaced which suggested that Motorola will not upgrade the unlocked/rooted XOOM Tablets to make it 4G ready. Motorola has made it clear that this is not the case and they will be upgrading the rooted Tablets as well.

Here’s the official statement from the makers of the Tablet which faces some serious competition from the iPad 2:

All Motorola XOOM tablets on the Verizon Wireless network are eligible to receive an upgrade to support 4G LTE. This includes those that have been unlocked; however, those units must be submitted for upgrade with the original factory software reinstalled and the device relocked in order to receive the upgrade.

For devices that are returned unlocked, Motorola will attempt to complete the upgrade, but may be unable to update the software. In these cases, the device will be returned to the consumer with just the 4G LTE modem installed.

To sum it all up, the rooted Motorola XOOM has to be relocked and returned with factory settings which will make sure that the device gets a complete upgrade. Devices that are returned rooted may not get the complete upgrade.

Executor is a simple and very powerful program launching utility for Windows.

Much like other program launchers, it was designed to provide a more powerful alternative to native Windows Run but what makes Executor more unique is the extent to which it can be customized using various skins and settings.

All you have to do is use a hotkey to launch Executor and then fire-away a keyword. Any programs matching the keyword would show up in the list and you can launch the program instantly.

Executor event lets you open a link in your default browser by just typing it into the Executor command window. Much more that comes with Executor is the optional choice of hard-drive indexing which makes it easy for user to index specific files or folders or leave them undiscovered.

The keywords and hotkeys can be manually configured through the settings dialog.

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kype has recently unveiled the new version of its world famous VoIP software used by more than 300 million users across the globe.Skype 4.0 features a complete new interface with lots of new features, improvements and enhancements. The main focus has been put on the new full-screen interface and a more enrich video calling user experience.

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The reason why most users choose PDF format to share and transfer documents is because they can be protected by the creator. Content, such as text and images, can not be copied or stolen from such PDF documents.

One solution, recommended by Ghacks, is to use PDF Unlocker which is a free PDF unlocking utility that will remove all restrictions.

However if you want to unlock a PDF file without installing any software, I would recommend PDF Cracker. It is a Free online PDF Unlock utility.

It works simply by uploading a protected PDF file through your PC and once uploaded, it will open an unlocked and non-restricted version of the same PDF document in a new window.

Windows Add/Remove Programs takes a lot of time to load all the installed programs on my PC as I have lots of stuff running. So I have been searching for a utility which would be similar to Windows Add/Remove Programs applet because I’m used to it and it should load faster so that I may be able to work manage my programs faster.

Safarp is a small open source utility which is almost similar to the Windows Add/Remove Programs and lots a lot faster than the Windows one.

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The worst thing that Microsoft could create in Windows was the Windows registry. Its so delicate that if you do something wrong with the registry, everything is gone.

This means that registry needs to be backed up regularly so that if there is a system crash due to corrupt registry or invalid system state, we can easily revert the system back to the previous state when we last saved the registry.

Here is a tool that can do the job of backing up your Windows registry and it takes the responsibility of remembering everything. It’s name is ERUNT (Emergency Recovery Utility NT).

Features

• Backup the Windows NT/2000/2003/XP registry to a folder of your choice
• System and current user registries selectable.
• Command line switches for automated registry backup and restoration.
• Restore the registry in Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000/2003/XP and MS-DOS.
• Included NTREGOPT program for optimizing the registry.
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emember the Rapidshare Happy Hours Detector software we reviewed at the start of this month? Well this Firefox Extension called “Happy Checker” does almost the same i.e. checks and notifies when Rapidshare Happy Hours are available.The only difference is that it runs as a Firefox addon and not as a stand alone application which makes it more easy to install and manage.

For those innocent geeks who don’t know, Rapidshare Happy Hours is the period of time when Rapidshare allows you to download a file without you having.

So if you want to download from Rapidshare while avoiding the annoying Cats Captha then this Firefox extension is definitely for you. Install it using the link provided below:

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The final version of Lavasoft’s world famous and popular anti-spyware/anti-adware software is now available for download. Ad-Aware has ruled PCs for long by providing strict and long-lasting security against spyware threats and this new version just makes it more powerful and easy to use.

Ad-Aware 2008 features a very cool new UI and includes anti-virus protection, as well as extended threat detection, for Ad-Aware 2008 Plus and Pro versions.

Here is a list of features for Ad-Aware 2008:

• Improved Threat Detection
• Enhanced Rootkit removal system
• Faster Updates & Faster Scans
• Less Resource Usage for optimal computer performance
• Easy to Download, Install and Use
• Lavasoft ThreatWork submission tool

The new Lavasoft ThreatWork lets you directly submit suspicious files for analysis.

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