Comcast is making the leap from broadband to wideband with the launch of next-generation DOCSIS 3.0. Download speeds on the new services will be 50 megabits per second for the top tier, and 22 megabits per second for the second tier.In the next few weeks, Comcast?s new services will be available to millions of residential homes and businesses in parts of New England, including the Boston Metropolitan region and Southern New Hampshire, as well as areas of Philadelphia and New Jersey. These services also will be available in the Twin Cities where wideband was launched earlier this year. Comcast plans to continue to roll out wideband across its footprint and expects to reach more than 10 major markets and pass nearly 10 million homes and businesses in the next several months, the Philadelphia-based cable television and Internet service provider said on Wednesday.
The "Extreme 50" service will cost $139.95 a month and offer up to 50 megabits per second (Mbps) of "downstream" speed, which refers to the flow of information into the user's computer. Most Comcast customers currently get speeds of 6 or 8 Mbps. Upstream speed for the new service will be as high as 10 Mbps.
"Ultra" service will cost $62.95 per month and offer up to 22 Mbps downstream and up to 5 Mbps upstream, Comcast said.
Those advertised services sometimes are not available to every customer because traffic on Internet connections and servers can get backed up sometimes."Wideband is a game-changer for the industry. With wideband running over our next-generation fiber-optic network, we can greatly enhance our customers? online experience immediately. And these speeds are only a preview of what?s to come?wideband will provide the capability of delivering dramatically faster speeds in excess of 160 Mbps in the future," said Mitch Bowling, SVP and General Manager, Comcast Online Services. "Today?s announcement reaffirms our commitment to offer more speed to more homes than any other U.S. Internet service provider."
The 50 Mbps speed is designed to match that of phone companies such as Verizon Communications, which offers the "FiOS" service.
In addition, Comcast is upgrading at no charge its "Performance" and "Performance Plus" services to double their speeds to 12 and 16 Mbps.
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A faster javascript engine, a new tab-switching effect and geolocation features round up the feature-listE-Mail Print
Mozilla has released Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 for the Firefox fans and has taken yet another step towards the final release. You can download the beta from here.
Here are our impressions of the Beta on a Windows machine. First impression is that it is really fast! Our very own Tech Skill page loaded in less than 2 seconds which takes more than 4 on any other browser (results may differ on various Internet connections). This is due thanks to the TraceMonkey JavaScript engine that uses tracing optimization for snazzy performance delivery. TraceMonkey makes this release faster than Google Chrome's V8 as claimed earlier. Note however that the engine is not turned on by default and needs a bit of elbow grease to get it going. Needless to say though, Mozilla developers are planning to further optimize the engine.
To activate the TraceMonkey JavaScript engine, type "about:config" into the address bar. Then type "javascript.options.jit.content" into the filter. Toggle the boolean setting from "false" to "true". Close the window and restart the browser.We found an almost 50 percent boost in the browser speed, after making that tweak.
Mozilla has also implemented W3C Geolocation Specification as mentioned on Geode release. We couldn't make Geode 1.5 work but Ubiquity 0.1.1 worked smoothly for us.
The most interesting feature included is a 3D-like tab switching interface that shows a preview of a tab's content. Press CTRL+Tab to trigger this tab switching interface. Keep them pressed to see how fast the browser rotates the tabs. Hey, it's fun...
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Many torrenters aren’t aware of this, but by default µTorrent functions on some very uncharitable out-of-the-box settings. This is to accommodate users who have a slow Internet connection (dialup) or have a small TCP limit. Or perhaps they’re just an evil crew that wants to download faster than you! Whatever the motives, here’s how to get µTorrent running in tip-top shape.
Before we begin, you’ll need the latest stable version of µTorrent. Most private trackers are moving away from allowing any version that is not 1.7.7 or 1.8.x (but be sure to check their FAQ for more info), and most likely beta versions are also banned. Got it? Great!
1. LLVLord TCP/IP Patch
This isn’t a µTorrent tip, but you’ll first need to do this for most of the other tips to work well. Aside from Microsoft.com, this tip can be found everywhere. WinXP limits the number of max. half-open TCP connections to just ten. Use the Llvlord patch to change your limit to 50, perhaps even 100 (but no higher).2. Use a Good Port number
Another tip that’s been done to death (but is ever-so important) is to use a port from the good port range - somewhere between 49152 through 65535. These are dynamic and/or private ports - great for keeping your ISP out of your BitTorrent traffic. Go to Options -> Preferences -> Connection and enter in number from the above range (i.e. 57000). Save your changes.
To test your port number, go to Options -> Speed Guide… and click on the button “Test if port is forwarded properly”. This will launch the µTorrent port checker webpage that will tell you if the port is open or not.
If you get an “OK” message - great - move on to Step 3.
If not, keep reading. If you run into problems with the port test, it could be for a few reasons. For the sake of these tests, we chose port 57000.
2a. Personal Firewall - If you are running firewall software such as ZoneAlarm, Norton Internet Security, Norton Personal Firewall, CounterSpy, McAfee, etc., then you’ll configure your firewall such that µTorrent has access to port 57000. This is normally accomplished by starting up µTorrent, and the firewall should spring up an access alert. Simply select the option to “Always Allow” the program to access the Internet. If you use Windows Firewall, µTorrent is configured (by default) for it, so there’s little to do.
2b. Home Router - If you are running a router (also called a wireless access point), you may have to configure it to direct all TCP/UDP BitTorrent traffic to port 57000 to be routed to your computer. If so, visit - http://www.portforward.com/routers.htm. Click the router you are using. Click the application, which is µTorrent, and follow the instructions.
3. Proper Upload Speed
Set this to about 80% of your overall upload line capacity. To find this out, visit speedtest.net and conduct the exam. After the test, change the results to show the output in kilobytes (see the ‘Speed Measure’ dropdown box to the right).
Multiply this by 0.8 and you have your magic number. Go to Preferences -> Connection and enter in the new number for the Maximum Upload rate. Leave your download rate at “0″ (maximum).
4. BitTorrent Settings
In Options -> Preferences -> BitTorrent you’ll need to make some recommended modifications. In the first section - “Number of Connections”, change these settings to:
Global Max. number of connections: 800
Maximum number of connected peers per torrent: 125
Number of upload slots per torrent: 80
In the next section, “Additional BitTorrent Features”, put checkmarks in all of these boxes:
Enable DHT network
Enable Local Peer Discovery
Ask Tracker for Scrape Information
Enable Peer Exchange
Lastly, make sure that “Protocol Encryption” is set to Enable, and there’s a tick in “Allow incoming legacy connections”. Here’s what the BitTorrent tab should now look like:
5. Enable Encryption
In Options -> Speed Guide… be sure there’s a tick in the “Enable Encryption” box. This may assist those users whose download speeds are suffering at the hands of ISPs that throttle P2P traffic.
6. Advanced Settings
In Options -> Preferences -> Advanced you’ll need to make a few adjustments, as well. Scroll down to where it says “net.max_halfopen” and change this from 8 to 50. (If you’re on a dialup Internet connection, don’t do this). Now, scroll up to “bt.connect_speed” and change the value from 20 to 50. Last, go to “diskio.flush_files” and be sure this is set to true. Click Apply and OK to save the changes.
After making these changes, you’ll need to stop & restart all of your active torrents. Or, just quit µTorrent and fire it back up. There should be a green checkmark at the bottom of the µTorrent window - this means you are reachable (the port is properly forwarded and other settings are optimal). Note that it sometimes takes a few minutes to turn green.
Final Notes
If these modifications didn’t increase your download rates, and you’re still suffering from miserable speeds, it’s completely reasonable to assume that your ISP is blocking or throttling your P2P traffic. An SSH account or a free VPN service may be able to help.
Before we begin, you’ll need the latest stable version of µTorrent. Most private trackers are moving away from allowing any version that is not 1.7.7 or 1.8.x (but be sure to check their FAQ for more info), and most likely beta versions are also banned. Got it? Great!
1. LLVLord TCP/IP Patch
This isn’t a µTorrent tip, but you’ll first need to do this for most of the other tips to work well. Aside from Microsoft.com, this tip can be found everywhere. WinXP limits the number of max. half-open TCP connections to just ten. Use the Llvlord patch to change your limit to 50, perhaps even 100 (but no higher).2. Use a Good Port number
Another tip that’s been done to death (but is ever-so important) is to use a port from the good port range - somewhere between 49152 through 65535. These are dynamic and/or private ports - great for keeping your ISP out of your BitTorrent traffic. Go to Options -> Preferences -> Connection and enter in number from the above range (i.e. 57000). Save your changes.
To test your port number, go to Options -> Speed Guide… and click on the button “Test if port is forwarded properly”. This will launch the µTorrent port checker webpage that will tell you if the port is open or not.
If you get an “OK” message - great - move on to Step 3.
If not, keep reading. If you run into problems with the port test, it could be for a few reasons. For the sake of these tests, we chose port 57000.
2a. Personal Firewall - If you are running firewall software such as ZoneAlarm, Norton Internet Security, Norton Personal Firewall, CounterSpy, McAfee, etc., then you’ll configure your firewall such that µTorrent has access to port 57000. This is normally accomplished by starting up µTorrent, and the firewall should spring up an access alert. Simply select the option to “Always Allow” the program to access the Internet. If you use Windows Firewall, µTorrent is configured (by default) for it, so there’s little to do.
2b. Home Router - If you are running a router (also called a wireless access point), you may have to configure it to direct all TCP/UDP BitTorrent traffic to port 57000 to be routed to your computer. If so, visit - http://www.portforward.com/routers.htm. Click the router you are using. Click the application, which is µTorrent, and follow the instructions.
3. Proper Upload Speed
Set this to about 80% of your overall upload line capacity. To find this out, visit speedtest.net and conduct the exam. After the test, change the results to show the output in kilobytes (see the ‘Speed Measure’ dropdown box to the right).
Multiply this by 0.8 and you have your magic number. Go to Preferences -> Connection and enter in the new number for the Maximum Upload rate. Leave your download rate at “0″ (maximum).
4. BitTorrent Settings
In Options -> Preferences -> BitTorrent you’ll need to make some recommended modifications. In the first section - “Number of Connections”, change these settings to:
Global Max. number of connections: 800
Maximum number of connected peers per torrent: 125
Number of upload slots per torrent: 80
In the next section, “Additional BitTorrent Features”, put checkmarks in all of these boxes:
Enable DHT network
Enable Local Peer Discovery
Ask Tracker for Scrape Information
Enable Peer Exchange
Lastly, make sure that “Protocol Encryption” is set to Enable, and there’s a tick in “Allow incoming legacy connections”. Here’s what the BitTorrent tab should now look like:
5. Enable Encryption
In Options -> Speed Guide… be sure there’s a tick in the “Enable Encryption” box. This may assist those users whose download speeds are suffering at the hands of ISPs that throttle P2P traffic.
6. Advanced Settings
In Options -> Preferences -> Advanced you’ll need to make a few adjustments, as well. Scroll down to where it says “net.max_halfopen” and change this from 8 to 50. (If you’re on a dialup Internet connection, don’t do this). Now, scroll up to “bt.connect_speed” and change the value from 20 to 50. Last, go to “diskio.flush_files” and be sure this is set to true. Click Apply and OK to save the changes.
After making these changes, you’ll need to stop & restart all of your active torrents. Or, just quit µTorrent and fire it back up. There should be a green checkmark at the bottom of the µTorrent window - this means you are reachable (the port is properly forwarded and other settings are optimal). Note that it sometimes takes a few minutes to turn green.
Final Notes
If these modifications didn’t increase your download rates, and you’re still suffering from miserable speeds, it’s completely reasonable to assume that your ISP is blocking or throttling your P2P traffic. An SSH account or a free VPN service may be able to help.
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According to softpedia.com, a NoNewbsDotCom poster claims to have stumbled upon a download link to the new iTunes 8 from Apple. Touting the new version as a “HUGE upgrade,” the forum user, however, failed to note any specific new feature. Nonetheless, what looks like a genuine screenshot of Apple's site at the time iTunes 8 was available for grabs accompanies the “breaking” news.To the left, you have the alleged screenshot of
Apple's site at the time iTunes 8.0 was available. Pointing out to Opera's tendency of misplacing objects on pages (something we can also vow for), the poster claims to have been intrigued by the URL's mentioning of iTunes 8.0, thus going forth with downloading and installing the new software. An excerpt from the original NoNewbsDotCom post is available just below.
ITUNES 8 ACCIDENTALLY LEAKED!!!
I reinstalled windows xp pro and decided to go ahead and upgrade to iTunes 7. When the page loaded I immediately noticed that the download button was out of place. I didn't think anything of it as this happens in Opera quite often. I hovered over it for a few seconds and noticed that the URL was something about iTunes 8.0. I clicked and of course a download dialogue box appeared -- as one would expect. When the download finished I started the install process and sure enough, the splash screen read iTunes 8.0. I'm still exploring the software. It's a HUGE upgrade from my previous 6.0 version. I'm not sure about the legality of releasing it to you guys yet. I don't want any trouble from Apple.
As you can see from this user's post, few details are being dished out as to what iTunes 8 actually sports in extra. Since it's difficult for anyone to put his finger on the nature of these allegations, we will let you, the readers, give the verdict on this one.
It is worth noting, however, that reliable sources have recently publicized details of iTunes 8.0 claiming that the new features also address some changes occurring with Apple's iPod line, including the iPod touch. As the above screenshot reveals, iTunes 8 is all about the touch (should it be the real thing).
Besides talking about the major facelifts for the entire iPod line, digg founder, Kevin Rose, declared that iTunes 8.0 would be accompanying these changes, making recent iTunes 8 rumors consistent with those reported earlier. More details are available here and here. Be sure to share your thoughts on this one.
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Tired of waiting for another few minutes after downloads try disIt worksWhile waiting for download, type javascript:c(countdown = 0); in the browser addressbar to eliminate the rapidshare countdown (waiting) feature. If this trick doesn’t work, try the alternative below:
javascript:var%20counta=0;var%20countb=0;var%20countc=0;var%20countd=0;var%20countd=0
(Just copy and paste this code in your address bar)For more information and latest tips subscribe in the email.
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TubeTools will enhance your satisfaction in the visualization and organization of your favorite videos on YouTube. With TubeTools, you can create a categorized database of videos. You can organize and display an entire catalogue of videos that are either stored on your computer or are on YouTube™ without needing to enter the YouTube website. The operation of TubeTools is very easy. With just a few minutes of learning, anybody will be able to use the program efficiently. You can organize and display an entire catalogue of videos that are either stored on your computer or are on YouTube™ without needing to enter the YouTube website. Organize your favorite videos: you can register your favorite videos that are in YouTube and organize them without needing to enter the page the video is located on at the YouTube website. TubeTools possesses an internal navigator, based on Internet Explorer, that makes the video available to retrieve and display for you. The video does not need to be downloaded to your computer, you can access it directly using YouTube's servers. The speed of the connection is the same as when you view the videos with your browser. The great advantage is that to view your favorite videos, it is not necessary to open the Internet Explorer or to type in the web address of YouTube. This makes it much easier to enjoy the presentations. You will also be able to organize your videos into categories to help you keep track of your collection. Download videos: you can download videos directly from YouTube and store them on your computer. You simply select the desired video and click the download button. The video will be stored on your computer and it can be viewed without the typical delay you experience when accessing files via the Internet. The downloaded videos can be organized by category with the program.
Receive YouTube information directly: You can receive the list of the most popular videos and the recently added videos without needing to go to YouTube. You can access many of the menus of YouTube directly without using their website. Tube Tools can keep your video archives up to date easier than any other method!
Capture screens of the videos: you can capture screen shots (still pictures) of videos and store on your computer or process them in a graphics program, like Paintbrush or Photoshop.
Monitor uploaded videos: if you have uploaded videos to YouTube, TubeTools can monitor the number of viewings and comments made in a very fast and easy way.
Here are some key features of "TubeTools":
· You can register your favorite videos that are in YouTube and organize them without needing to enter the page the video is located on at the YouTube website.
· You can download videos directly from YouTube and store them on your computer.
· You can receive the list of the most popular videos and the recently added videos without needing to go to YouTube. TubeTools can keep your video archives up to date easier than any other method!
Receive YouTube information directly: You can receive the list of the most popular videos and the recently added videos without needing to go to YouTube. You can access many of the menus of YouTube directly without using their website. Tube Tools can keep your video archives up to date easier than any other method!
Capture screens of the videos: you can capture screen shots (still pictures) of videos and store on your computer or process them in a graphics program, like Paintbrush or Photoshop.
Monitor uploaded videos: if you have uploaded videos to YouTube, TubeTools can monitor the number of viewings and comments made in a very fast and easy way.
Here are some key features of "TubeTools":
· You can register your favorite videos that are in YouTube and organize them without needing to enter the page the video is located on at the YouTube website.
· You can download videos directly from YouTube and store them on your computer.
· You can receive the list of the most popular videos and the recently added videos without needing to go to YouTube. TubeTools can keep your video archives up to date easier than any other method!
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Hi many of us use rapidshare to download and sahre stuffs ...... some time we spend hell lot of time for it too .... now using this tutourial one can serch what one wants easil.......
Its too simple tutorial
go on google.com and type:
code :
rapidshare.com/ $what you want to find$
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QuickTime Player is a free multimedia player. You can use it to view many kinds of files, including video, audio, still images, graphics, and virtual reality (VR) movies. QuickTime supports the most popular formats on the Internet for news, sports, education, movie trailers, and other entertainment.
QuickTime is also a multimedia architecture that other applications can leverage. Some of the most popular software-such as iTunes, iMovie, and Final Cut Pro from Apple, as well as many third-party programs-uses the QuickTime architecture for important multimedia functions. These applications require QuickTime to be installed in order to function properly.
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The increase in the rate of downloads of free multimedia content from the internet like movies videos etc and the vast download of available music on the internet some ISPs are now putting a stop on the free flowing transfer of bandwidth. Comcast is one of the leading isps that have started to target the bandwidth sucking applications like Bit torrent by limiting the amount of bandwidth available to these applications.Comcast justifies that this is necessary to ensure that a handful of customers do not gobble more that their bandwidth allocated quota and consequently slow down the speed for the other users. Bit torrent and other torrent companies are obviously not happy by the way the ISP’s are singling out their applications and restricting the bandwidth as his is potentially threatening the growth and use of their models. Bit torrent in particular has many deals with Hollywood with the right to distribute the tv shows and movies using it peer to peer
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