Software utilities

Microsoft decided not to release a version of DirectX 10 for Windows XP (it is only available fro Vista right now). Someone created a project to port the DirectX 10 to XP some times ago, and finally Alky Project has released the first version of their suite, Alky for applications, which enables you to use Vista specific applications such as the Windows Sidebar, Windows Vista Screensavers, and Windows Mail on XP! A release of Alky for Games is also available, supporting HALO 2, and another verison is expected soon.

I really this that something will move soon, because many game developer are pressing on Microsoft for DirectX 10 on pre-Vista Operating systems, and if this Aly project will come to life, itcould be a serious threat to Microsoft “secret plan” for Vista adoption.

PS: Few months ago some voices said that Microsoft would release DirectX 9.0 L, which would be DirectX 10 for Winodws XP, but the news soon revealed to be a fake, since DirectX 9.0 L is part of DirectX 10 for Windows Vista.

Nvu is a new web authoring software that lets you create and manage Web pages in seconds! Anyone, with little or no HTML knowledge, can create and manage his own site!

It’s available for Windows, Linux and MAC!

Screenshot of NVU on Ubuntu

Check it out at nvu.com!

A new fantastic bid directory is open!

If you don’t know what a bid directory is, well, it’s really easy: in this kind of directory you can place a bid to buy a link for your website. The higher the bid is, the higher your site will get in the list. If the directory has a hig pagerank, the link could be worth a few hundreds dollars!

Buy a link in the directory now!

Wintabber is a small software utility that lets you tab everything! Tabbed console, tabbed ssh sessions, tabbed browsers, tabbed sheel, everything! It will make your desktop look much cleaner, and it will be a lot easier to find everything you need on you desktop, insted of endless search between windows that all look the same!

Try it on wintabber.com!!