Utorrent 1.9 Alpha
UTorrent is a light client from BitTorrent that uses fewer resources than others of its sort. The app has useful features, like RSS feeds, remote access, and creating your torrent files to share with others.uTorrent also supports peer exchange and the Protocol Encryption joint specification (compatible with Vuze / Azureus 2.4.0.0 and above and BitComet 0.63 and above).uTorrent will greet you with a friendly and straightforward interface, designed to provide you quick access to its primary functions. You can see seeds, peers, download and upload speeds, the estimated time for the files being downloaded.The µTorrent software was designed to use only minimal resources, yet still offering the functionality comparable to larger BitTorrent clients.The application has an intuitive interface. All the information you need to know about the status of the torrent you will find on the main screen. The program allows you to manage torrents even offline.Also, uTorrent supports downloads of syndicated content via RSS feeds.Download uTorrent apk from Softwsp and create, manage your torrent files easily.
Last year, I told a friend that I would buy a SSD (Solid state drive – a new form of hard disk running on memory chips instead of disk platters) around mid-2009.3 weeks ago, I did just that – but only remembered telling my friend this after purchasing my Intel X25-M SSD. So my prediction did came true (I swear I did not buy the SSD on purpose just to prove myself right!).After receiving my Intel X25-M 160GB SSD, I hopped around like a happy geek at my office. That did not happen. But I was all excited even though I blew my last pay cheque on a mere 160GB hard disk – it cost me around 700 USD (2550 Malaysian Ringgit to be precise).So why on earth did I blow such a huge amount of cash on this thing called the SSD? Let’s do a reality check, shall we?According to Newegg.com,the 160GB Intel X25-M SSD cost $619 USDwhereas the Seagate Momentus 7200RPM 2.5″ SATA is $129.99 USDHoly f–k! Now if my math skillz still prove to be strong, what I paid for actually equates to 2 freaking TERABYTE (2000GB) of hard disk space.
So why on earth did I pay the same price for only 160GB?Folks, an SSD is no child’s play. Ask any pro’s about SSD’s, what comes to mind are two things – SPEED and RELIABILITY.The SPEED is intense, when I say that 90% of the applications on my MacBook Pro launch instantly when I click on them, I ain’t bullshitting. Even Adobe Photoshop CS4 launches in 3 seconds, that gives you an idea how fast SSD’s are.The way I explain the speed to my dad is: “It’s like upgrading from a scooter to a f–king bimmer!”My VMware Fusion’s Windows XP virtual machine is now just like an app. A fresh boot’s resume is just 2 seconds, then the consequent resumes are so fast that the progress bar had no chance to appear.All that speed, do I really need that?
Utorrent 1.9 Beta
To most people, the price tag is just too hard to swallow and I won’t blame you, I hesitated many times before finally joining the SSD club. But let me tell you, once you go SSD – you’ll never want to use a traditional hard disk anymore.The reliability of SSD’s is a plus point, as they run on memory chips and there are no moving parts at all. As my boss puts it: “you can now throw your laptop around with no worries”. Btw, he has two OCZ Vertex SSDs, one for his Sony Vaio Z and another one for his MacBook Pro.Now, if I get you all excited bout SSD’s – read on.Not all SSD’s are made equal. UTorrent never failed to impress me. It is by far the best BitTorrent application out there, and version 1.9 alpha has introduced something called uTP (TORRENTS ON STEROIDS UDP!1!1!!).
Geeks should know what UDP and TCP mean, all I can say is, I think ISP throttles BT by doing packet inspection (DEFINITELY NOT tracker blocking as suggested by a friend of mine). UDP packets are probably impossible(?) to inspect at the moment, but who knows.Anyway, let me try to explain in layman terms. It’s like imagine you yourself is one of the many millions or billions of packets and you are walking thru the “danger sensor” like those in the airports. The gun on you is like the signature (TCP) that tells the sensor you’re dangerous and belongs to the mafia (BitTorrent). So now in this case, shit loads of mafia members packing guns can flow into the country because they have found a way to avoid being detected (uTorrent 1.9 alpha).Ok that’s all for my lame layman story, now go download it from:And of course have fun.P/S: The censored part in the screenshot has nothing to do with pornography.PP/S: You might have noticed I’m running it virtualized, that’s right bro that’s how good it is till I had to run it in VMware.PPP/S: If you’re wondering why I’m all excited over a mere 100k/s ‘cos that’s the shitty speed I get in a 3rd world country internet. Throttled speeds are like 10k/s and it will probably take 2 weeks to finish downloading something.
People call me a Mac fanboy, but deep down inside I still want Windows to be a great OS one day. Maybe the time has come.
I went to download the public beta and installed it on my desktop. The boot time was decent, but not as quick as I thought.
On my first boot, I was greeted by a fishy wallpaper:What’s with the eye-pleasing fishy wallpaper? Has Microsoft turned to feng shui this time round? Maybe it did work.I was surprised my wireless driver wasn’t installed, this may prove troublesome to people who have no access to a dual boot installation or another PC to download the necessary drivers, or perhaps a network that allows LAN access.Sound driver not detected as well, but that’s fine given that not many people own a Razer Barracuda AC-1. I mean, Ubuntu didn’t detect the driver anyway – and it didn’t support my audio at all the last time I tried looking for the driver (Ubuntu fans, start flaming).After installing my wireless driver, I was pleasantly surprised that the interface for connecting to a wifi is simple just like the one on Mac’s. I don’t remember this was the case for Vista, but then again I use Vista maybe once every full moon. My only Vista installation is in my MacBook Pro that I only boot when some LAN gaming is needed.Let me know if you see a similar list of wireless networks, maybe we can have dinner sometime.Another thing I discovered about Windows 7 is the ability to easily do split screen for 2 different windows. I just have to move a window to the left corner and wha-la, it resizes itself to exactly half of the screen.
And if you want it to occupy the whole screen and is to lazy to click on the Maximize button, you can drag it upwards and it’ll do the trick.And if you haven’t noticed yet, that’s right, now the taskbar has the resemblance of a MacOS X dock. It now revolves all around icons, I love it very much. Hover over one icon and it’ll show you the windows that belong to the application. Microsoft has seriously taken usability into interface design – and not hideous “eye candy”.
Kudos.Overall, I gotta say I like Windows 7 much more than Vista. In fact, this post is written live from Windows 7.On the other hand, Vista gave me terrible first (and last) impressions, it made me want to delete it after using for a few hours and I have done this a few times even with Service Pack 1.Have you tried Windows 7 yet?
So I have been toying around with Vista 64-bit on my new MacBook Pro. Using it mainly for weekend LAN parties. But one thing that annoys me the most about Vista is that it tends to have a lag spike every minute or so.
My hero in DotA was literally doing a break dance every minute.Having done a lil bit of research into this matter, I have finally found a solution. A lil app called WLAN Optimizer has solved my problem. What it basically does is disable Vista’s periodical (every 60 seconds to be precise) wireless network scan that was causing the lag spikes.I recommend that you have this app running in the background and have it run automatically on startup if you use Vista for online gaming. Good luck and may the latency be with you. Really, really good.For the first time my palms sweat not because of the heat, but the excitement and the intense feeling of using this sexy beast.One of the major differences between this and my old 1st gen MBP is the display.
It’s now LED back lit, which means much brighter display. I also noticed that the colors are more colorful? They don’t look pale and half-dead like my old MBP’s display.
I suspect the display is not using a TN panel, but rather a MVA or PVA panel (TN panels are usually the cheapest panels, 22″ LCD screens that are priced around 250 AUD uses this kind of panel).Two graphics cards. But why you ask?
First, I very much welcome Apple’s decision to use Nvidia’s platform for their MacBooks. Nvidia’s chipset is a lil unconventional, in the sense that it’s kind of like a hybrid chipset that has a GPU (or rather graphics processor) in there as well.
The good thing is, you can switch between the integrated 9600M GT GPU and the 9400M GPU. If you’re just surfing the web, doing emails, or rather flirting with your fling, then 9400M is the way to go. It gives you an extra 45mins to 1 hour of battery life when not plugged into the charger. Also, another thing I noticed is, it runs much cooler too (could just be a placebo effect, lol).I expect Apple to harnest the power of the other unused GPU in the next Mac OS, Snow Leopard where the technology called OpenCL will come to play. OpenCL is pretty much like CUDA where it allows programs to harnest the processing power of the GPU to do “number crunching”. So basically, the GPU is like an extra “processor”. I read that there’s this security research company that used CUDA to decrypt wireless passwords.
They claimed that using CUDA sped up the process by 100 times. Now, that’s impressive.Another thing is Hybrid SLI.
Those of you hardcore gamers out there should know what SLI or Crossfire is. It basically allows you to combine 2 or more graphics cards to pump up more Crysis FPS.
Hybrid SLI is just the same, but it combines both the integrated GPU (such as the 9400M) and the dedicated GPU (9600M GT). Right now, Apple doesn’t support this but it might come as a firmware or software update in the near future. Fingers crossed!Chiclet keyboard.
Mmm, I love it. It makes typing much more enjoyable.Magnetic latch? Cool factor (Hi Vince)All ports moved to the left side. Good, now I can plug in all my peripherals and none of the cables will interfere with my mouse whenever I’m gaming (At one point I was actually looking for a 90 degree angle firewire 400 cable, lol).No FW400 port? Damn, spent 16 bucks to buy a 6 to 9 pin cable.MiniDisplay port? 50 bucks to get the god damn cable that allows me to use external display, and 150 bucks for a cable that lets me use a 30 inch or larger display if I plan to do so. No good!No Toslink support anymore.
Boo, no optical connection to my z-5500. But iPhone 3G headset support is pretty cool, now both the mic and headphones can be used without splitting into 2 separate ports.Speaker holes are INCREDIBLY SMALL. No seriously, you will believe me when you look at the real thing. I guess it helps to prevent bits of food or junk to fall inside the laptop.And finally Prices for MacBooks increased by like 300 bucks for Aussie stores? And I thought I was gonna get a bargain by using my Malaysian credit card:PWhat do you guys think of the new MacBooks?P/S: Oh btw, I’m currently looking for a job here down under.
Hit me up if you know someone hiring for IT.;).