30-day evaluation tool : DU Meter ( Watching your data transfer rates can be very enlightening no matter what you do online)

 DU Meter : 
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Why should you use DU Meter?

• Have you ever found yourself wondering why some downloads seem to take an eternity to complete, or why your e-mail program seems to be stuck in the middle of e-mail retrieval. Is it really hanging, or maybe it's just downloading a large e-mail attachment? DU Meter provides the answer to these and other mysteries, and can also alert you of dangerous or unexpected network activity. Watching your data transfer rates can be very enlightening no matter what you do online, and you'll soon be wondering how you managed without DU Meter before.
   
• Many Internet users believe their "unlimited" account lets them surf the Internet, send large email attachments and download as many movies and songs as they choose. However it is well documented by the media that many Internet Service Providers, both in the U.S. and elsewhere, do in fact set definite usage limits, even though they may advertise to the contrary. Some will take drastic measures like termination of an account without any advance warning, if these limits are exceeded. DU Meter can create detailed reports of the total network traffic volume on your computer and can alert you if certain limits are surpassed. If you have teenage children or if you own or manage a business, DU Meter can be especially useful for you to you too.

DU Meter for parents and business owners

If you have teenage children or if you own or manage a small business, you already know how hard it is to enforce certain rules for network usage, while respecting child's or employee's privacy.
If you install DU Meter on your child's or employee's computer, you can configure it to report back to you via email when monthly or weekly network traffic exceeds a certain threshold. DU Meter will let you know if someone is breaking your rules (For example using peer-to-peer software to share films and music).
Remember, you are legally responsible for what your kids are doing online. And while sharing music or videos may seem benign to them, copyright holding companies are suing peer-to-peer network users for thousands of dollars for copyright violations. DU Meter can alert you in time, so this kind of activity can be prevented.


DU Meter is a award-winning utility. It will enable you to use your Internet connection more efficiently by providing an accurate visualization of the data which is flowing through your computer's network connection. DU Meter also includes an extensive reporting facility, a flexible notifications and events system

	Keep an eye on your Internet connection: see data coming in or going out.
	Protect yourself from unexpected charges or Internet service disruption.
	Receive alerts about dangerous or unexpected network activity.
	Easy to use - works automatically with no user input required.
	Uses very little resources, fully compatible with Windows Vista and XP, Windows 7

DU Meter shows fast and steady download on a fast network.

Sporadic network activity, slow modem Internet connection

Improve torrent download speed with Best Torrent Search Engines + Google Trick for Torrent Search!

Torrent clients Speed up tools:

1.ABC : [Another Bittorrent Client] is an improved client for the Bittorrent peer-to-peer file distribution solution. ABC is based on BitTornado which extended from from Original Bittorrent Core System , coded by Bram Cohen.

2.Azureus Ultra Accelerator : is a program made to increase Azureus download speed. This useful and specialized add-on applies hottest technologies that can multiply the speed of any torrent download. Azureus Ultra Accelerator will boost download speed of large files, such as full albums, movies, TV shows, games, and applications. And, it automatically finds more source faster than Azureus original application; it is optimized and easy to use.

3.BitComet Ultra Accelerator is a useful plug-in for BitComet file sharing application. The program incorporates the most up-to-date technology to speed up BitComet downloads. Also, the quantity of download sources will be improved - you can have more seeds accessible than normally discovered by your BitComet. Interface is attractive and user-friendly. Application is FREE. A fabulous utility for all BitComet users!

4.BitTorrent SpeedUp PRO is an innovative plug-in for BitTorrent. The architecture of the program is designed to permit you downloads of MP3s, movies and other desired files at highest speed. Bandwidth of your Internet connection is designed as efficiently as possible and BitTorrent Acceleration Patch will allow to you find more sources to download.

5.eMule Turbo Accelerator is a helpful add-on for the users who use eMule file sharing program.

Latest technology implemented will enable you to download MP3s, movies and other desired files faster than ever.

eMule Turbo Accelerator will ensure that your bandwidth is used to its highest capability. Also the booster will help you find more sources to download.

There are many sites which host torrent on Internet but most of them are spam sites or porn sites. So finding a torrent is hard and Google is not just enough to do this job. So here comes the list of search engines specially meant for searching torrents! At the end I will be sharing a trick to use Google for searching torrents!

Torrentz: This is my favorite. Simple and fast. Key feature is same torrent from different sources is not duplicated while showing results. So you get comprehensive search results. After selecting a torrent from results you can see user comments, various trackers, mirror links, related torrents & most important authenticity of that torrent.

It also have a dedicated movies & TV shows section. All torrent in these sections are verified. Additionally you can limit your searches to these sections. There is RSS feed option for these sections sections as well as for all search queries. So feed addicts will find torrentz most interesting!

ScrapeTorent: This also search across various torrent indexes. Key features are option to limit searches to particular category, option to filter dead-torrents & duplicates from results. They also have a forum if you need help. I come to know about this recently via Anil, a geek & fellow blogger.

PizzaTorrent: I use this when torrentz fails. It shows real-time results from 15 best torrent hosts. It doesn’t club similar torrents in a single group so you may notice much higher number of results. But it does grouping by categories which saves you from downloading wrong torrent! However it produces too many useless results for multiword queries.

YouTorrent: It also shows real-time torrent results. By default it gathers results from 10 different torrent hosts. You can add/remove various torrent hosts for fine grained results. in left sidebar it shows related searches as well as top searches. This also produces few extra result which user may find useless. I think by default it looks search keywords in torrent description. This may be useful sometime but most of the time user is interested in torrent names only to get accurate search results.

PinkTorrent: NOTE: This is for adults only. So skip this if you are minor according to laws in your county.

This is best for searching free porn torrents. I do not have more details about this but its best according to many reliable sources. Use at your own risk! Only thing about safety I can say never share your personal information with porn sites specially your credit card info!

Google: Yep Google can be used smartly to search anything on the Web! Just add filetype:torrent as it is to your search query and you will get results restricted to torrents. I use this only when all above fails. Unfortunately due to high amount of spam in torrent world you will be disappointed most of the times!

Also check 6 Most Frequently Used Google Search Operators For Better Searching!

There are many torrent search engines on net so it may happen I am missing your favorite one. Anyway let us know which one you like?

Update: Following is list of torrent search engine picked up from comments below…

BTJunkie – They have database of 1.5 million torrents which they claimed to be largest. Better search options and ability to browse torrent is plus point. [Added by Juan's comment]

Toorgle – Power of Google Search used across 250+ torrent websites. Have index of more than 7 million torrents. A nice example of Googles custom search! [Added by Chris's comment]

Torrent-Finder – Option wise this beats all other torrent search site. Really huge database, with fine-grain control over what you want to include in search! Results can be browse in tabs


http://www.desitorrents.com for hindi torrents.
http://www.rlslog.net for Best movie collection.
http://isohunt.com for best iso images
http://www.multitorrent.org a very nice meta search engine.
http://mininova.org got great collection of good seeded torrents.
http://btjunkie.org got great collection of good seeded torrents.
http://torrent-finder.com/ huge meta-search torrent look up site.
http://filesharefreak.com/ again good collection of good seeded torrents.
http://btdig.com with some additional features.
http://torrentle.altervista.org/ Clear, fast and efficient
http://flixi.org is clean and easy to use.
http://torrentmoon.com huge meta-search torrent look up site.
http://www.completorrent.com huge meta-search torrent look up site.
http://www.witorrent.com just one word "incredible"
http://TorrentZEN.com/ good one :)
http://www.cubetorrent.com again good collection of good seeded torrents.
http://www.torrentsrsq.com great search and lots of links, being updated every hour.
http://www.go-torrent.com with a tracker list that you can import in your utorrent.


looking forward your suggestion and comment about this collection (click here)!!!!

Cleaning and Tweaking

Advanced SystemCare :
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(formerly Advanced WindowsCare) is a comprehensive PC care utility that takes a one-click approach to help protect, repair and optimize your computer. It provides an all-in-one and super convenient solution for PC maintenance and protection. This program is available free of charge.

• Scan and remove spyware and adware with the latest definition
• Prevent spyware, hijackers and bad websites from being installed
• Erase the history of all activities in your computer
• Scan and fix invalid and improper registry entries
• Detect and remove invalid startup items
• Search and Clean up unused Windows garbage
• Repair system configurations, Eliminate System Bottlenecks and Prevent Crashes
• Tune up Windows to improve both system and Internet performance, unleash the power of your Windows
• Analyze and Show detailed information of hardware and Windows
• Finish all Work with one click, Super Easy to Use.

CCleaner :
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(formerly Crap Cleaner) is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused and temporary files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster, more efficiently and giving you more hard disk space. The best part is that it's fast! (normally taking less than a second to run) and Free.

Cleans the following:

• Internet Explorer Cache, History, Cookies, Index.dat.
• Recycle Bin, Temporary files and Log files.
• Recently opened URLs and files.
• Third-party application temp files and recent file lists (MRUs).
  Including: Firefox, Opera, Media Player, eMule, Kazaa, Google Toolbar, Netscape, Office XP, Nero, Adobe Acrobat, WinRAR, WinAce, WinZip and more...
• Advanced Registry scanner and cleaner to remove unused and old entries.
  Including File Extensions, ActiveX Controls, ClassIDs, ProgIDs, Uninstallers, Shared DLLs, Fonts, Help Files, Application Paths, Icons, Invalid Shortcuts and more... Backup for registry clean.
• Windows Startup tool.

Comodo System Cleaner :
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A powerful suite of utilities and tools that allows you to make your Windows XP or Vista computer faster, more efficient and more secure.

• Take control by customizing virtually every aspect of Windows XP or Vista with just a few mouse clicks.
• Optimize system performance, disk space and overall stability with built in Registry Cleaner and Disk Cleaner tools
• Gain complete visibility and control over your computer's hardware, software, processes and performance with powerful diagnostics tools
• Ensure complete on-line and off-line privacy by clearing the history, cache and temp files of Internet browsers, instant messengers and Windows applications
• Protect your privacy and data with essential security utilities like Permanent File Wiper and built-in hash value checker and more...

TweakMASTER :
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Actually a suite of four applications designed to speed up and optimize internet connections.

It represents the culmination of five years experience by one of the foremost innovators in the field of Internet Optimization.

No matter what is your Internet connection or what other utilities you may have tried, nothing will provide a faster Internet connection for you than TweakMASTER, guaranteed! TweakMASTER works for all types of connections from dialup to DSL, Cable, and Wireless. Even AOL users will be amazed at how much more responsive their system will be!

Unlike so many of the outdated utilities out there today which depend on deceptive advertising while claiming to speed up your connection, TweakMASTER can actually do just that.

It will correctly optimize all versions of Windows. Full Support for AOL 5, 6 and 7 is also included.

Wise Disk Cleaner :
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A free, user friendly, fast and easy to use application developed to free up disk space by deleting junk files that are no longer used by any software on your system.

Even the least experienced user can easily remove junk files with this tool.
Wise Disk Cleaner scans junk files and delete these junk files in windows system, your system will can work better and more quickly.

Wise Disk Cleaner can scan more than 50 types of junk files, and you can freely add the type of junk file which you consider.

After Wise Disk Cleaner analyzes your system for find junk files, you can individually view each of the junk file found and call up a detailed description. If you wish, you can also clean up all junk files automatically.

Yet Another (remote) Process Monitor :
http://yaprocmon.sourceforge.net/index.html


(YAPM) is a powerful application that allows to view and manage your running tasks, processes, threads, modules, windows, handles, network connections and your services on a local or on a remote machine. YAPM offers lots of features to manipulate them, such as privilege management, memory management, a complete history of statistics, a dependency viewer... etc.

The main purpose of YAPM is to display all informations availables about processes/services of a local/remote system and all related objects (threads, modules...), and to update all these informations in real time.

Features:

• Module and thread management
• Handle management (keys, files)
• View of TCP/UDP connections opened by the processes
• Window management (opacity, position, show, hide)
• Emergency Hotkeys feature: allows to associate a custom shortcut to a custom action (for example: Ctrl+Shift[l+Suppr to close the window which is on foreground)
• Privilege management: allows to view and modify the privileges of processes
• Build-in hex editor to view memory of processes
• 'Log mode' to monitor all actions made by a specific process
• Hidden Processes feature to detect basic rootkits
• Local and remote shutdown
• Dependency viewer.

I am sure these tools will help you to make your system better. waiting for your feedback & comments !!!( For your comment click here)