S o f t W h e r e for 26 November 1999 SoftWhere: http://softwhere.cjb.net Free Email: http://softwhere.zzn.com You can also read this issue online at this location: TEXT: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Mouse/7502/archives/text/1999-11-26.txt ---------------------------------------------------------------------- C o n t e n t s - Chit Chats - Software - geOShell r4 - WinMorph 1.3 - RunIt 2.1 b6a - sDesk 1.2.0 - CuteMX 1.0 b8 - Odigo 0.98hp beta - Internet Explorer 5.01 (updated) - Napster 2.0 beta 4 (updated) - ICQ Plus 2.02 (updated) - Xteq X-Setup 5.5 (updated) - News & Alerts - Virus Alert: BubbleBoy - Projects - Technical notes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- C h i t C h a t Hi guys, Welcome to our new subscribers !!! How are you doing ? I am busy because my exams are coming nearby. So the next issue is gonna be late or by a week or so unless I get help. Well, I haven't received any help from anyone in maintaining the site or this newsletter. And I fear if this goes on I won't be able able to maintain my schedule in the future too. So c'mon guys help me out. Interested ? Visit the page for more details... http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Mouse/7502/joinus.html Amit ---------------------------------------------------------------------- S o f t w a r e geOShell r4 geOShell is a simple, small but powerful replacement for Explorer. geOShell has dockable toolbars which can be docked anywhere on the screen can host multiple plugins and utilities. A few of them are Quick Launch, Start Menu, Virtual Desktops, Command bar, and many more... There are plenty of Color schemes and plugins available for geoShell. Licence Freeware Size 261 KB OS Windows 95/98/NT Download Now http://www.geoshell.com/download/geoshellr4.zip Site Link geOShell (http://www.geoshell.com/) Approx. download time: 2 min. at 28.8 kbps ---------------------------------------------------------------------- WinMorph 1.3 WinMorph lets you create a digital movie showing one image warping and morphing into another. With WinMorph, you can create professional morphing sequences with little effort. The program warps individual images and creates digital movies (in AVI format) or saved image sequences by morphing between frames. You can also rotate, resize, and twist images for custom effects. It comes with a built-in AVI viewer. WinMorph supports BMP, JPG, MPEG, AVI and MRF file formats. This latest release allows movies to be saved in MPEG or AVI format. Color quantization has been improved, which enables saving of all movies and frames in true color so that editing using an external video editor is simpler. Licence Freeware Size 495 KB OS Windows 95/98/NT Download http://redrival.com/skr/winmorph/wmfsetup.zip ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/win95/mmedia/wmorph13.zip ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/win95/mmedia/wmorph13.zip Site Link WinMorph (http://redrival.com/skr/winmorph) Approx. download time: 2 min. at 28.8 kbps ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RunIt 2.1 b6a RUNit is a simple but yet powerful launchpad. RUNit gives you quick access to applications, documents, folders and shortcuts. Unlike many other launchpads RUNit doesn't occupy any space on your screen - you only see it when you actually use it. Licence Freeware Size 66 KB OS Windows 95/98/NT Download Now http://www.magister-lex.at/RUNit/runit21beta6a.zip Site Link RunIt (http://www.magister-lex.at/RUNit/) Approx. download time: 1 min. at 28.8 kbps ---------------------------------------------------------------------- sDesk 1.2.0 sDesk is a small program to create and switch to/from number of virtual desktops. You can change count of desktops in x, y directions and size of preview at runtime. Assign hotkey to each desktop for direct access to that desktop, or use hotkeys for inc/decremental wall on desktops (skip to next, skip to last desktop). Automatic desktop switching. After press of one selected key (ctrl, alt, shift) will sDesk automaticaly switch to desktop where is running app with actualy focused window. There is a feature of Sticky Windows. Sticky windows are windows which permanetly remain on same place on screen - "are on all desktops". Licence Freeware Size 447 KB OS Windows 95/98/NT Download Now http://mujweb.cz/web/tomasek/sdesk/download/sdesk.zip Site Link sDesk Approx. download time: 3 min. at 28.8 kbps ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CuteMX 1.0 b8 CuteMX (Media eXchange) offers an innovative, powerful way to search for and share MP3s and other high-demand files on the Net. CuteMX users become part of a file sharing community that can easily find and download MP3s, graphics, and more. After creating a personalized login account, you can download files, enter real-time chat rooms, send instant messages to other members, and create buddy (and enemy) lists. CuteMX also features a Browse Mode, a built-in MP3 player, download queues, and more. Licence Freeware Size 942 KB OS Windows 95/98/NT Download http://www.cuteftp.com/Beta/cutmx1032b.exe Site Link GlobalScape (http://www.globalscape.com/) Approx. download time: 4 min. at 28.8 kbps ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Odigo 0.98hp beta Odigo allows you to share your ideas with people surfing the Web. You can also use Odigo to locate people according to their interests and to find out who is at the same page/site as you are. Moreover, the program informs you of the currently hot pages and lets you discover the most popular sites according to topic. You can also correspond with other Odigo users, look for someone specific, post notes, and much more. There is an option to monitor a specific Web site and check out how many users are currently visiting the site or how many notes are currently posted. Odigo also has a feature which enables you to monitor a specific Web site (most likely your own homepage) and check out how many users are currently visiting your site or how many notes are currently posted. The program runs as a convenient icon in the System Tray area of the Windows taskbar. Licence Freeware Size 5.2 MB OS Windows 95/98/NT Requirements 32 MB of RAM, Pentium 100 Download Now http://www.odigo.com/download/odigo.exe Site Link Odigo (http://www.odigo.com/index.htm) Approx. download time: 27 min. at 28.8 kbps ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet Explorer 5.01 (updated) Internet Explorer 5.01 includes support for Dynamic HTML, Java, and the Channel Definition Format (CDF). An AutoSearch feature lets you choose your search engine and display search results in different ways. For example, you can choose to be redirected automatically to the best-matched site. In the history box, you can sort the list of sites by date, site, most visited, or the order visited. The AutoComplete feature displays a drop-down list of matching sites when you start to type a URL in the address bar. AutoComplete also works with Web forms, displaying a list of previous entries when you start to type in a field on a Web site. To automate login processes even further, you can also save usernames and passwords for particular sites. You can also listen to radio stations over the Internet as you browse using Radio Toolbar. IE also allows you to select the default email, calendar, newsgroup, and HTML editors of your choice. You can even designate your Web-based email provider as the default email program. Version 5.01, the latest in this Web browser line, features enhanced searching and history options; 56-bit encryption; and faster page loads. Note: IE 5.0 features Active Setup (a 509K file), which requires that you maintain your Internet connection after you double-click ie5setup.exe. Microsoft recommends that you uninstall any preview releases of this software before installing the latest version. Active Setup will prompt you to choose among various IE packages; these range in size from 8.4MB to 45MB, with a typical install of 17MB. Licence Freeware Size 17 MB OS Windows 95/98/NT with Service Pack 3 Requirements 25 MB disk space (for base installation of browser only) Download Now http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie501/Install/5.01/W9XNT4/EN-US/ie5setup.exe Site Link Microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com/) Approx. download time: 1 hr 20 min. at 28.8 kbps ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Napster 2.0 beta 4 (updated) Napster is a search tool designed to help you find and download MP3 music. Using an advanced search system, napster scours multiple online libraries for the songs you want. The search is in real time, so the returned list of available songs is reliable every time; if you cannot access a song, it simply does not show up in the results. All results are pinged to allow you to find the fastest site, and you can specify minimum ping times, bit rates and frequency. Napster avoids conventional FTP transfer problems by using "Automatic Hash Resuming" to ensure the completion of each MP3 transfer. The program identifies each song by a "hash" of its contents rather than by its file name. If a remote computer disconnects while you are downloading a song, napster uses "hash resume" to find the next fastest site with the song to automatically complete the download. With this feature, you never have to worry about a library going offline. A "hot list" feature is also available to notify you when your favorite MP3 libraries are online and accessible. The program has a built-in chat system with different forums based on music genre. By fostering this virtual community, napster's creators hope to ensure a vast collection of MP3s for download. The program includes an MP3 player, but you can configure napster to use any preferred external player. You can create "play lists" to hear songs in a particular order. Version 2.0 beta 4 makes major improvements to the program interface and fixes bugs found in version 2.0 beta 3. Licence Freeware Size 619 KB OS Windows 95/98/NT Download http://www.napster.com/napv2.exe Site Link Napster (http://www.napster.com/) Approx. download time: 2 min. at 28.8 kbps ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ICQ Plus 2.02 (updated) ICQ Plus allows you to change the appearance of ICQ. When installed, ICQ Plus integrates with ICQ by adding a menu item to the main menu and a button to the title bar. Choosing this menu item brings up a dialog that lets you configure ICQ's appearance in several ways. You can apply a predefined skin or create one yourself. You can change background images, styles, and settings of dialog boxes (BMP, JPEG, and GIF images are supported), change the main menu image, set your own animated GIF or AVI file instead of standard ICQ animation, and change the style of buttons and other controls (see screen shot). Skin files can be imported and exported via ZIP files. ICQ Plus also has multiuser support. ICQ Plus features an advanced layout mode that lets you use multiple images as a background, ICQ for Groupware support, random skin options, the ability to use a custom animation for the ICQ button in the main dialog, support of transparency in animated GIF images, the ability to customize scrollbars in the main dialog, and "MouseOver" support for buttons. This version features configurable icons and buttons in the ICQ main dialog and system tray, skins for floating contacts, direct ZIP support for skins, ICQ99b support, and more. Licence Freeware Size 1.6 MB OS Windows 95/98/NT Requirements ICQ 98 or higer Download Now ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/win95/inet/iplus202.zip ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/micro/pc/simtelnet/win95/inet/iplus202.zip ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/win95/inet/iplus202.zip Site Links ICQ Plus (http://www.icqplus.da.ru/) Approx. download time 23 min. at 28.8 kbps ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Xteq X-Setup 5.5 (updated) This program organizes its tweaks into a tree view with six basic categories: Appearance, General Usage, Hardware, Internet, Network, and System. You can hide or show Start menu items, system icons, and individual drives; tweak the behavior and appearance of Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Internet Information Server, and Netscape; change Active Desktop tips; add folder and context menu commands; and more. You can edit boot options, stop programs from automatically loading with Windows, and remove items from the Uninstall list. X- Setup is complex, but it comes with 17 wizards to guide you. You can even add your own tweaks and download new ones from the X-Setup Web site. This version adds new features; more plug-ins; many new system tweaks and options; improved interface and speed; better support for Windows 2000, Office 2000, IE 5.0, NeoPlanet 5.0, Opera 3.60, AOL Instant Messenger and other IM programs; Windows 95/98/NT/2000 tweaks; the option to use hidden settings; 3D video card tweaking options; and more. Licence Freeware Size 2.9 MB OS Windows 95/98/NT Requirements Internet Explorer 4.0 Download Now ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/3dfiles/utility/xq-xsetup.zip ftp://ftp.epix.net/pub/3dfiles/utility/xq-xsetup.zip Site Link http://www.xteq.com/main.html Approx. download time: 15 min. at 28.8 kbps ---------------------------------------------------------------------- N e w s & A l e r t s Virus Alert: BubbleBoy VBS/Bubbleboy is a NEW type of worm: Unlike previous worms transmitted through email, this new type of worm does not come as an executable attachment. Instead, VBS/Bubbleboy infects PCs as soon as the transmitting email message is opened. VBS/Bubbleboy is transmitted through an email message with the subject heading "Bubbleboy is back!" It will ONLY infect PCs running Windows 98 with Internet Explorer 5 and Outlook or Outlook Express. PCs using Outlook are infected upon opening the email message, while Outlook Express users may be infected by viewing the message with the "Preview Pane" feature! When the email is opened, the worm creates a file called UPDATE.HTA. The next time the PC is booted up, the worm sends itself embedded in an email to EVERY address in EVERY MS Outlook address book on the local system. It does this only once. Download IE Patch from Microsoft. ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/peropsys/IE/IE-Public/Fixes/usa/Eyedog-fix/x86/q240308.exe Mcafee Virus Resourse: Bubbleboy http://www.mcafee.com/viruses/bubbleboy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- P r o j e c t s Choose any one of the following projects depending upon your processor speed. Processor Project Recommended --------------------------------------------------------------- 486 and higher PiHex Pentium or higher Distributed.net Prime Net Pentium II with SETI @ Home lots of RAM (atleast 64 MB) You can run multiple projects at the same time on your system, because only your idle processor time is utilized so your normal work does not suffer. And don't forget to join the SoftWhere Teams on these projects. Visit: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Mouse/7502/projects.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- T e c h n i c a l N o t e * A technical note for the readers* If you get an error page when you click links in this newsletter, please try copying the entire link (including the .html) and then pasting it into your browser's URL field. 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