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Torrent Vault tracker – Open signups and global freeleech

Posted: 20 Dec 2008 06:06 AM CST

About a week ago, we posted an article on how to get invited to Torrent-Vault tracker for free. Unfortunately their IRC channel quickly became invite only and just a few readers managed to obtain a free invitation code. If you could not make it inside back then, here is some good news – Torrent Vault is now open for signup and you can create an account without the need for an invite code.

Torrent Vault is an excellent private torrent tracker with lots of movies, music, games, E-books, TV shows and other general content. Download speeds and pre times on this tracker are pretty good. Currently, Torrent-Vault tracks over 4500 torrents. Total number of registered members on this tracker is unknown. The recent shut down of SceneFeed seems to have further strengthened the user base and torrent index at Torrent Vault (SceneFeed was shut down to pool more resources to TorrentVault).

This tracker indexes both scene and P2P releases. One thing I have noticed with TorrentVault is that they have a lot of unique torrents such as X264 encoded TV episodes and even some complete TV season packs. These can be identified using the 'TorrentVault' tag on the torrent title.

At the time this post is being written, the every single torrent on the site is on free leech. That is, only the amount you upload is counted in your stats. Signups are also open and you get 5GB free upload credit upon signup. Check it out – Torrent Vault is a great private tracker to have.

Site Name: Torrent Vault (http://www.torrentvault.org)

Signup URL: http://www.torrentvault.org/signup.php

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0day
Anime
Appz/Mac
Appz/Misc
Appz/PC ISO
Beijing Olympics 2008
Documentaries
EBook
Episodes/TV-Boxset
Episodes/TV-x264
Episodes/TV-XviD
Games/Misc
Games/NDS
Games/PC ISO
Games/PS2
Games/PS3
Games/PSP
Games/Roms
Games/Wii
Games/XBox360
Movies/Boxsets
Movies/DVD-R
Movies/IMDb 250
Movies/MDVD-R
Movies/x264
Movies/XviD
Music

Orbit Downloader 2.8.1 – Download manager for RapidShare, social videos, music and streaming media

Posted: 20 Dec 2008 05:15 AM CST

Orbit Downloader is a free download manager which allows users download normal HTTP and FTP links as well as files from RapidShare, videos from sites such as youtube and even media streamed via protocols such as RTSP and MMS. It is definitely one of the best download managers around - it's free and comes with no bundled adware or spyware of any kind.

We discussed this application in detail in our last post and this is just to let you know that a new version is out (version 2.8.1).

New Features

Grab Pro - Download RTMP protocol video
Download e-mail and forum attachments with great speed!
More Efficient mirrors selection algorithm and faster download sources!
Maximum possible download speed, up to the fastest download manager!
Download social music and video include Youtube, Pandora, Myspace easily
Support all streaming media protocol include RTMP/ MMS/ RTSP
Support all popular browsers include Firefox 3

Download

[Click Here] to download Orbit Downloader 2.8.1 from official download page.

GTA 4 Extras : Trainer, Savegames, Patch, Manual, FAQs, Cheats

Posted: 20 Dec 2008 12:16 AM CST

Ever since we reported the release of Grand Theft Auto IV two weeks ago, we've been getting a continuous stream of E-Mails asking for patches, trainers and other stuff related to the game. This post will hopefully answer all of those questions – Trainers, Savegames, Patches, Cheats and FAQs we find on the net for GTA 4 will be listed here. This article will be updated if we find anything new so don't forget to check back time to time.

GTA IV Trainer

If you've been reading our previous posts, you may already know that this game's configuration files are protected by Windows Live (Here is how to unlock). This makes it insanely hard to make a trainer for this game. Nevertheless, folks over at Cheathappens have managed to create one but there is a catch – it's only available to unlimited members of Cheathappens (to become one you need to pay). If the link to full trainer gets leaked, we will update it here. Until then, you'll have to use the GTA 4 promotional trainer which has only one option (unlimited money).

[Click Here] to download GTA 4 promotional trainer from softpedia.
Note: You need to have Patch 1 installed (See below)

GTA IV Patch 1

Patch 1 has been available for some time now. I installed it but did not notice any performance increase whatsoever. The following problems with the game however are fixed with Patch 1:

Fix to the crash after legal screen that some German customers were reporting.
Numerous improvements to the video editor: Smarter naming of videos, improved rendering quality, better FX during replays
Fix to bowling while using certain sensitive mice
Fix for ATI 1900 shadows
Overall savings to memory
Graphic improvements to particle systems and mirrors
Multiplayer character settings are preserved

If you are using a cracked version of the game, make sure you replace the cracked files with the original ones before applying the patch. Both Raz0r1911 and FED0R loader seems to work fine after patch is applied.

[Click Here] to download GTA 4 Patch 1 from Softpedia

GTA IV Savegames

To use other people's savegames with GTA IV, you need to paste the saved game file to the following directory:

On Windows Vista:
C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\Rockstar Games\GTA IV\Savegames

On Windows XP:
My Documents\Rockstar Games\GTA IV\Savegames

So far, I have found only one savegame (50% complete) for the game. If you find more, please feel free to drop a comment.

[Click Here] to download 50% savegame by Maikkan - from TPB

GTA IV Manuals, FAQs, Walkthroughs and Cheats

[Click Here] to download GTA 4 manual from TPB

[Click Here] to view featured guide - CheatHappens

[Click Here] to view Gamespot game guide

[Click Here] to view full list of GTA 4 cheat codes and hints – Cheathappens

This article will be updated as more Grand Theft Auto 4 extras become available. Keep checking!

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TribalMixes – Download DJ Sets, Live DJ Mixes and other music torrents

Posted: 19 Dec 2008 04:30 PM CST

TribalMixes is a private torrent tracker which specializes in DJ Mixes. You can download plenty of DJ sets, promo mixes, radio mixes and other live DJ mixes from this tracker. There are a number of different music genres involved including (but not limited to) techno, tribal, progressive, house and trance. Apart from audio torrents, videos of some live performances can also be found. TribalMixes is a pretty large torrent tracker both in terms of user base and number of indexed torrents.

At the time this post is being written, TribalMixes tracks 9200+ active torrents. It has a strong user base of 23000+ active members. Torrents found on TribalMixes are mostly user uploads (non scene). Apart from individual releases, there are some great DJ mixes collections (packs) online as well.

Like all other torrent trackers, TribalMixes is not perfect. One of the downsides of this tracker (my personal opinion) is its layout. I found the homepage a little bit cluttered but the torrent index was more readable. Anyways this is nothing fatal and you should get used to it after a little while.

TribalMixes is currently open for signups. Check it out – it's a must have tracker if you are a fan of DJ mixes.

Site Name: TribalMixes (http://www.tribalmixes.com/)

Signup URL: http://www.tribalmixes.com/signup.php

A-Patch for Windows Live Messenger 9 Final (14.0.8050.1202) Download

Posted: 19 Dec 2008 12:35 PM CST

As we reported earlier, Windows Live Messenger (WLM) 9.0 final was released yesterday. A-Patch v1.43 for the final build of WLM 9.0 (build 14.0.8050.1202) has been released only a day later. If you didn't know already, A-Patch allows users to disable advertisements in Windows Live Messenger, enable polygamy (multiple instances of WLM run at the same time), disable nudge delay and unlock many other configuration options not visible by default.

Like the last version of A-Patch (for WLM 2009 Wave 3 beta), new version too has a limited set of options (see screenshot below). This is due to the new protection used in WLM 9 builds. Even so, it's still a pretty useful utility if you are a WLM user.