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DriveImage XML is an easy to use and reliable program for imaging and backing up partitions and logical drives.

The program allows you to:
# Backup logical drives and partitions to image files
# Browse these images, view and extract files
# Restore these images to the same or a different drive
# Copy directly from drive to drive
# Schedule automatic backups with your Task Scheduler

Image creation uses Microsoft's Volume Shadow Services (VSS), allowing you to create safe "hot images" even from drives currently in use.
Images are stored in XML files, allowing you to process them with 3rd party tools. Never again be stuck with a useless backup!
Restore images to drives without having to reboot.
DriveImage XML runs under Windows XP Home, XP Professional and Windows Server 2003 only. The program will backup, image and restore drives formatted with FAT 12, 16, 32 and NTFS.

DriveImage XML V1.18
Price: Free
System Requirements:
Pentium Processor
256 MB RAM
Windows XP or 2003
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Microsoft, after having failed to successfully patch their copy protection system that was recently cracked, is now suing the anonymous creator of the FairUse4WM system. They're not suing him for circumventing the copy protection, but rather claiming that he must have access to proprietary Microsoft source code in order to do what he's done. This is interesting in a few ways, including the seeming admission that Microsoft relied on security by obscurity in their DRM system, hoping that no one with malicious intent would ever get their hands on the source code. Either way, this seems like a rather pointless and expensive battle. There are plenty of benefits to Microsoft in leaving this crack out there.

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-- Edited by Blobrana at 10:49, 2006-09-27

Zortam Mp3 Media Studio is all-in-one Mp3 applications. It includes MP3 Organizer/ID3 Tag Editor, CD Ripper with CDDB/ID3/Lyric/Cover/Folder support,Wav/Mp3 Conveter,Mp3 Volume Normaliser, Lyrics Finder, Batch Lyrics and Cover Finder, Lyrics Book, Playlist Manager, CD Burner. Add karaoke to your Mp3's, burn audio CD, write ID3 Tags from filename, search Mp3 library, play music. (2.2 mb, Freeware)

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JGraph 5.10 Beta 2

JGraph is a free, mature, and robust Java Graphing framework that fully complies with Swing design principles. It contains all the graph visualization and interaction functionality you might expect in a graph library, including multiple views, layering, zoom, drag and drop, undo, automatic expanding and collapsing, routing, and layouts. You can create stunning workflow editors, call graphs, CAD tools, network diagrams, database visualization tools, and more. It can also be deployed on the server-side with a large range of image exporting functionality. It is fully documented and commercially supported.

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