I have found out that Dropbox has put together a new way to share folders and files to people. Before this there were two alternatives. The first one was to drop the file you wanted to share into the “Public” folder and get the “Public Link” to the file. The second way was to actually share a folder to another Dropbox user, the folder would show up on both user’s accounts, and they would both be able to make changes to the contents of the folder. The problem is that you could not share properly share a folder to anyone else with just “view”, you could only share a specific file or share a whole folder with full permissions. 

With this new “Get Link” option you can share a whole folder with only “View” permissions. The user can view the content on the web, download the content as a zip file, and or add the content directly to their Dropbox folder, so cool! To enable this new feature just simply go to this URL and then restart your Dropbox client. Once it is restarted you will see a “Get Link” option for Dropbox on both the client and in the browser. 

Source / Read More : https://www.dropbox.com/help/167

I just received some news from the VUDU team that they have just launched “VUDU TO GO”, a new feature that allows its customers to download movies they have purchased and watch them on their computers later without an internet connection. Now they just need to change to a pricing structure that is more feasible or just change it to what Netflix has setup, a monthly “Pay and watch all you want” service.

If you head on over to Firefox you can now get their latest browser version number 7. The newest version supposivley improves memory handling and is suppose to be faster than some of the other browsers. 

Lifehacker wrote:

Firefox 7 improves memory handling significantly, something we noticed in our tests and the folks at Mozilla Hacks pointed out as well-especially when compared to Firefox 6. Firefox 7 boasts a number of other small improvements as well: the http:// prefix is hidden in all places, bookmark and password changes sync near-instantly with Firefox Sync, and the usual round of bug and stability improvements were included.

PC world has posted an article saying Microsoft is going to release Windows 8 preview tonight at 8PM Pacific time. The release will be in a form of an ISO file in either 32bit or 64bit on their developers site. Although I did not see in the article if its going to be a public release, there has already been news reported that Microsoft plans to release a public beta and maybe this is it.

It is also important to note that you will have to do a fresh install if you plan on using this. You should never use any kind of test software such as beta releases on real environments because they can always fail.

MacRumors has posted an article about how the iPhone case dimensions suggest that the iPhone 5 should be slightly bigger than the iPhone 4 with a 4-inch screen size. Not only will it be bigger but the case dimensions also suggest the phone will be slightly thinner. Even though they don’t have any definite answers on the size of the iPhone 5, Apple is supposedly expected to reveal the iPhone 5 later this month for an October release.

I watch a lot of movies so I’m going to start posting movies that I watched and enjoyed. I will also rate them on a 1 to 10 scale. HIT THE FULL ARTICLE BUTTON TO CHECK THEM OUT!

Transformers: Dark Side of The Moon

Shoud you watch it? Yes, this was a great movie and had a very interesting ending. One thing that upset me was the fact that they switched Fox for another girl, and they made the plot to the story really cheesy on how she came to be. Other than that I’ll give it a full 8/10.

X-Men: First Class

Great movie. I like how they went back to show how the X-Men actually came to be. The movie also shows how a lot of the characters became how they are. For example they show how Professor X became crippled. Overall I give this movie a 8/10.

Hannah

Wow, Wow, and Wow. This was a great movie full of a lot of action in my mind. The main character in this movie, known as Hanna, goes around kicking ass and taking names. I give this movie a 9/10.

Thor

A lot of people did not enjoy this movie. They said it did not have a lot of action was was pretty boring throughout the movie. I will have to disagree with them and say I actually enjoyed the movie a lot. I give it a 8/10.

I just read an email saying that Parallels Desktop 7 for the Mac is going to be coming out very soon. Parallels has also said that if you are a current owner of the software you are entitled to an upgrade for just $49. This is a good chance for you Parallels 5 owners who are running OS X Lion because that version and prior versions are not compatible with Lion. If you have version 6 I recommend you just stick with 6. I run version 6 and have no problems.  

Here is what the email said about the new features:

FASTER – Performs 60% faster than Parallels Desktop 6.
NEW – Support for OS X Lion Fullscreen mode, Launchpad, Mission Control and more.
ENHANCED – Faster graphical user interface built on 64-bit technology.
FASTER – Display graphics 45% faster than Parallels 6.
ENHANCED – Start, stop and resume Windows more quickly.
ENHANCED – Access and work faster with Windows and Mac files.
NEW – Run even more games and 3D applications with support for up to 1GB video memory.
NEW – All new help and documentation makes it easy to find the information you need.
ENHANCED – Support for all Mac OS printers now available in Windows.
NEW – Run OS X Lion as a guest OS.
ENHANCED – Reduced CPU usage improves notebook battery life.
NEW – Support for high-quality audio formats up to 192KHz.
NEW – Purchase and download Windows from within Parallels Desktop.
NEW – Immerse yourself in games, music and videos with 7.1 Surround Sound.
NEW – Easily share your iSight or FaceTime HD camera between Mac and Windows applications.
Plus – 90-day money back guarantee

And much, much more

According to WinRumors Microsoft will be making a beta public release of Windows 8 next month. The best part about it is Microsoft has confirmed it will be easy to get. By the way “Public” means everyone gets it. But beware betas do expire so I do not recommend using it on a PC where you hold valuable data.

The software giant is currently preparing a Windows Developer Preview build of Windows 8 to be made available next month. Microsoft’s official BUILD Twitter account revealed on Friday that pre-release bits would not be secret and easy to get hold of.

According to WinRumors, “Microsoft revealed on Monday that it plans to fully support USB 3.0 in Windows 8.”.

USB 3.0 is the latest standard for USB connectivity. USB 3.0 supports transmission speeds of up to 5Gbit/s, 10x faster than USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/s). A number of laptops now support USB 3.0, including models from Sony, Toshiba and Dell.

Yea you heard it right, SysSU forums are here. This will be a community for support for any kind of scripts/software that is released by SysSU and a community for members to talk. Nothing fancy but here is the link: http://syssu.com/forums