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Citrix XenCenter is a Windows client management console for Citrix XenServer. This post will cover a simple installation guide for Citrix XenCenter 4.1.0 only. The setup file can be download from Citrix XenServer website or you can get it from the Citrix XenServer CD.

Citrix XenCenter must be installed on a Windows XP, 2003 or Vista with .NET framework version and above remote machine. This remote machine must be able to connect to the Citrix XenServer through the network. You cannot install the Citrix XenCenter on the same machine as the Citrix XenServer. Lets get started.

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Download the fastest and powerful Opera 9.5 web browser today. The newest features available in Opera 9.5 are Quick Find, Opera Link and new browser engine. Learn more about the other features here.

The Opera 9.5 browser engine have superior support for Web standards, faster to start and quicker in loading web pages. With Quick Find, you are enabled with a quicker search functionality to not only remembers the websites titles and adddresses but also the content of the websites you have visited. The other new feature, Opera Link allows you to sync your favorite websites in your bookmark and Speed Dial between your PC and mobile phone. This gives you the discovery of your favorite websites where ever you on the move easily accessible. Perhaps, Opera 9.5 is claimed to be 2x faster than the predecessor version Opera 9.2 in redering HTML and Javascript.

Besides, you can surf safely with Opera 9.5 because it includes an improved Fraud Protection. The Fraud Protection is enabled by default and is powered by Netcraft, PhishTank and Haut Secure. You will have less worries on all the websites you going to visit because phishing websites and malware are now everywhere. Learn more about Opera security and privacy features here.

Nevertheless, Opera sending a ambiguous message that they are working on the next generation world’s best web browser, codenamed Peregine which they claimed fast. While waiting for Peregine, lets rock and get Opera 9.5 installed!

PhotoScape has a new version in town. The new version 3.1 has been released on 28 May 2008 and PhotoScape has been my favorite fun, easy and simple to use photo editing software enables me to fix and enhance my blog’s photos.

PhotoScape is free-of-charge and compatible with Microsoft Windows 98,Me,NT,2000,XP or Vista. If you found it useful, please donate to support the continuity of PhotoScape development. You can view the key feature from my previous post and you can view the version 3.1 changelog below: -

• Added ‘Splitter’ screen that divides a photo into multiple parts.
• Added 5 film effects such as Cross Process, Velvia, Provia, Portra and Agfa.
• Improved ‘Mole Removal Mode’.
• Added ‘Cellophane’ filter.
• Added 26 pencil icons.
• Added 22 real picture icons.
• Added 11 balloons.
• Added new naming rules (time field) in ‘Batch Editor’ and ‘Rename’.
• Support Chinese and German too.
• ‘Raw Converter’ supports K25, KDC, SR2, SRF.
• Minor GUI improvements.
• Minor bugs fixed.

Source: PhotoScape

Feeling bored at home or at work? I stumble upon this small little chess game called NetChess. NetChess is developed by RS Software Lab. With NetChess, you can play chess with your local computer. You can also play it with an opponent over a local network or over an Internet. To accomplish this, both players need NetChess installed. One of the player will host the game and the other join the game via IP address.

Be sure to download NetChess and start playing today. Enjoy your game.

Source: NetChess

You can now upgrade your Windows XP to SP3 via Windows Update. You can also download the Windows XP SP3 using this direct link for offline upgrade. This Windows SP3 is for English version x86 XP systems which is 32bit. You can check out the Windows XP SP3 overview here.

If you have a non-English 32bit Windows XP system, you can also download other languages here: -

Windows XP SP3 for Chinese Simplified
Windows XP SP3 for Chinese Traditional
Windows XP SP3 for Czech
Windows XP SP3 for French
Windows XP SP3 for German
Windows XP SP3 for Hebrew
Windows XP SP3 for Japanese
Windows XP SP3 for Polish
Windows XP SP3 for Russian
Windows XP SP3 for Spanish

Do you notice that I have change my blog’s theme? Thanks to Nurudin Jauhari, the WordPress Theme designer. I am currently using one of his WordPress theme, Padangan. This theme works perfectly with WordPress 2.5 and version 1.3 is the latest stable version. I decided to change the default favicon for this theme. Thanks to the award winning freeware icon editor, IcoFX.

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Have you ever try to look into your CPU name, CPU code name, CPU specification and CPU core speed? You can now have these information within your finger tip by using this freeware CPU-Z 1.44.2 from CPUID. This is a simple self executable program which you can run it right away without installing it. You can also have additional information like motherboard manufacturer, motherboard model, motherboard chipset, graphic interface, BIOS version, BIOS brand, memory type, memory channel, memory size, memory timing, memory manufacturer and memory part number as well as memory serial number.

Source: CPUID CPU-Z

Getting the necessary information on your video card and GPU information is hard using the Windows’s display properties. But life is easy now with TechPowerUp GPU-Z. It is a lightweight utility designed to show all the information about your video card and GPU. The latest stable version available is 0.1.9 and the main features includes: -

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I stumbled upon this cool little free Xirrus Wi-Fi Monitor Gadget for Windows Vista. It is a simple designed application that monitor your wireless network connection in real time on your desktop or sidebar. It has a cool sweeping radar display. It can show you more wireless detail such as SSIDs, RSSI Values(dbM), channels, BSSIDs (MAC Address), network types, network modes, and statistics (unicast, multicast, and physical counters). You can use it for some practical applications like display laptop wireless settings, search for wireless networks, verify wireless coverage (simple site survey), verify wireless access point (AP) settings, detect rogue APs, locate wireless devices and aiming wireless antennas. Be sure to download this awesome gadget for your Windows Vista.

Source: Xirrus Wi-Fi Monitor Gadget

Halite BitTorrent Client is yet another cool Open Source Software BitTorrent Client after Deluge. Halite is named after the mineral (the mineral form of sodium chloride, NaCl, commonly known as rock salt). It is written in C++ using Unicode and can only be run on Windows 2000 or higher and based on the excellent libtorrent library from Rasterbar Software. This software also relies heavily on the Boost libraries.

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