PopCap Announces Plants Vs Zombies 2

The producer PopCap, known for games like Bejeweled and Zuma, announced by his Facebook page the sequel to one of his biggest hits, Plants Vs Zombies 2: It's About Time.

Yet not revealed any details about the game nor images gameplay but added that PopCap Plants Vs Zombies 2 will be released sometime during the month of July.

For now the producer has just released a short video of the game - available below - which shows the degree of expectation and anxiety of the players in this sequel.

The return of Draw Something 2

The best way to resurrect a title is renewing and adapting the successful formula to new market trends. After fame in 2012, Draw Something wants to make headlines in 2013.

Zynga has released the second title Draw Something, and  is available free to users of iOS. The game brings a new level of design tools that can now incorporate textures and patterns in the creations.

The application is also more social, now each user has a page of updates that incorporate the latest designs received or sent. How could it be there is also a whole set of new words and concepts to be drawn.

Game downloader 3.8: more then 300 free games

Game Downloader is a compact application that helps you find, download and play over 320 games totally free.

The games available are organized into several categories: Arcade, Board Games, First Person Shooter, Strategy etc.. Just choose your favorite category to see what is available for download.
Select a game from the presented list and have access to a summary, a text description, an image, whether or not it supports multipleplayers, if you need an account to play, ...

License: Freeware
OS: Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8
Download: Game Downloader 3.8 
Homepage: Devfire 

Worms 2: Armageddon available for Android devices and Kindle Fire HD

Worms 2: Armageddon is now available for Android devices and Kindle Fire HD for $4.99, Team17 announced.

The Android port features customizable worms, 12 different game styles and 30 single-player missions across five themes: Manhattan, Medieval, Sports, Construction, and Cheess. New modes include Fort Mode, Crazy Crates and Body Count Mode, which involves taking on endless waves of increasingly tough enemy worms.

Multiplayer abilities include two-player online play via Wi-Fi and "pass-and-play" for two to four players.

Source: Polygon

GTA V cover revealed

Rockstar showed the cover of the new Grand Theft Auto.

 
As promised, Rockstar, GTA V producer, announced on its website the official cover of this new game series. As is tradition in the Grand Theft Auto series, this cover is a mosaic of images of art like comic books, leaving foresee certain recognizable locations in the state of San Andreas.

Elements such as the sign of Vinewood and the pier and the channel of Los Santos are well distinguishable and should not go unnoticed to fans of Grand Theft Auto.

Games help to be multitasking

A study conducted in the U.S. shows that people who play first person shooter titles can perform multiple tasks easier than those who do not play.

The study divided a group of young students into two groups: a control group, who did the tests Multi-Attribute Task Battery twice, without having ever played, and a second group who took the test before playing and repeated after ten weeks playing PS3.
The group of students who had been playing  had better results than the control group. "Playing such games enhances the ability to distribute visual attention in space and pay attention to details," said the authors of a study conducted at the University of California. 

Sony presented the new PlayStation 4

Sony finally submitted the specifications of PlayStation 4. Although didn't presented pictures of the new console, the company showed only the new command Dualshock 4.

Characteristics of PS4:
 

• The PS4 style is a PC, a view that shares the world's most popular architecture, the X86 

• CPU AMD eight-core Jaguar

• Super graphics card AMD Radeon ensure that the best graphics on consoles segment (~ 2 TFLOPS of performance)

• 8GB of memory GDDR5

• 3 USB 3.0

• Bluetooth 2.1

• HDMI interface

• Wireless 802.11 b / g / n

• Motion control, since it will have a bar similar to the Nintendo Wii

• The 8-core processor combined with the GPU allow about 176 GB / s of bandwidth

• Large disk

Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit

The program is very simple in its operation: firstly requires no installation, just unzip the ZIP file, run the wizard simply be taken through the process of research of our PC and, if necessary, clean any malware and / or rootkit.

This is a tool not only to search but also repair the damage done by any malicious software in our settings. In the event of losing Internet access, for example, or the Windows Update / Windows Firewall stops working, then this app may be able to help us.

IMPORTANT: Be aware that this program is still a beta so you will see some regular false alarms during the discovery process or that still need to improve the functioning of the program.

 

Operating System: Windows XP / Vista / 7

 

Download: Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit 1.01.0.1020 Beta  

 

Homepage: Malwarebytes

Dota 2 Giveaway

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Microsoft Surface Pro allows to run Linux

During a session of the popular AMAA (Ask me almost anything) that was recently held on the platform of contents Reddit, Panos Panay, vice president of Microsoft and elements of the Surface engineering team answered a set of questions for the Surface, version PRO.

One of the questions posed by the user Nygmatic was if the new tablet from Microsoft allows to disable the secure boot so they can install eg Linux distributions. In response elements of Microsoft stated that it is possible to disable this functionality, like any machine with Windows 8, allowing the installation of Linux distributions. However, this only applies to Surface Surface Pro since the RT is only limited to Windows.

Surface Pro will be on sale tomorrow from $899.
 

Improve your PC startup with Startup Delayer

There are several software capable of managing applications that start with our operating system, but no one can delay the startup of these applications, such as My Startup Delayer does.

With My Startup Delayer we can postpone the start of applications and distribute them in time, making your computer faster to boot and become available.

 New in this version:

• Localization tool updated with a redesigned interface 

• Added login for the Localization tool for translators can submit their translations 

• Update of Czech and Polish languages

• Forced Process chooser to only allow file names and delete arguments and other parameters

• Added info button to Notification window to switch between a bar thinner

• Added some areas of the notifier entrainment

• Resolution of other minor bugs

Operating System: Windows XP/ Vista/ 7/ 8
Download: My Startup Delayer.exe 
Homepage: My Startup Delayer 

Ouya arrives in June

The console is based on Android and is the recordist in fundraising on Kickstarter. The community responded enthusiastically to the idea of ​​a console based on Android, which guarantees access to a wide selection of games to enjoy on television.

 
The first consoles Ouya cost $ 99.99 (73 euros) and includes a gamepad. The user can then buy more commands, for $ 49.99 (36 euros) each. Information is available on the official website of the company. 
Right now, the company is already accepting pre-orders of the console. The first Ouya must get to the major stores in U.S. during the month of June.

Learn how to tune your images

This software allows a simple way to perform tasks that are usually associated with lengthy and complicated process. 
With an intuitive interface has everything easily accessible. Adding new images is done dragging the image to the interface.

 Pros: 

• Batch processing of images makes the user's job;

• Lets add watermark to images simply by selecting a second file image;

• Has profiles adjusted for major social networks and for some devices, like the iPod and iPhone;

• Fast image processing.

Cons:

•  Doesn't provide other treatment tool or image adjustment.

Operating System: Windows 98/ ME/ NT/2K/ XP/ Vista/ 7 / 8 (32 e 64 bits)

Download: Image_Tuner.exe

Homepage: Image Tuner

First video with the gameplay of Bad Piggies

In less than one week will be released Bad Piggies for Android and iOS devices. Rovio has finally decided to show how it will be this game that brings the evil pigs of Angry Birds series known as main characters.

Bad Piggies will have a very different gameplay of Angry Birds. Is a puzzle game that will put players to exercise creativity. Here we have to build cars and airplanes from simple materials to bring pigs from one point to another in scenarios filled with obstacles.

Bad Piggies arrives on the 27th for Android and iOS versions for PC, Mac, and Windows Phone will arrive later.

Puran Utilities - PC maintenance

Puran Utilities is a complete and useful free tool that provides its users with a set of more than 20 utilities for proper maintenance of our Windows operating system. With all the options available we can get better performance from our computer with the great added value of the 'automatic mode', that with just a click of the mouse keeps your computer clean and free of errors.

• Disk Check;
• Uninstaller;
• Startup Manager;
• Service Manager;
• Disk Cleaner;
• Delete Empty Folders;
• Fix Shortcuts;
• Registry Cleaner;
• Registry Defrag;
• Puran Defrag;
• Duplicate File Finder;
• Data Recovery;
• Disk Files;
• Gaming PC;
• Permanente Delete;
• Disk Wipe;
• Shutdown Timer;
• Splitter;
• Delete History;
• Batch Fix
• Maintenance Wizard;
• Minimal PC;
• System Information.

License: Freeware
Operating Systems: Windows Vista / XP / 7 / 8
Download: Puran Utilities 1.0.2[8.73 MB]

Sound Lock: Lock your sound at desired level

Sound Lock is a small and smart tool that does exactly what the name says, allows you to limit the output level of the sound reproduction by detecting the playback volume reducing it to the level previously set by us.

When you activate the Sound Lock, you don’t need to adjust the sound according to the scenes of a movie or game type, because the  Sound Lock automatically adjusts the system volume per channel (up to 14 channels), and generates a soft sound around the existing playback thus leading to global harmonization of sound.

The controls available allow us to easily set the limit sound output by dragging the slider to the level we desire. For better sound level block Sound Lock allows you to set levels per channel or device.

License: Freeware
OS: Windows Vista/7/8
Download:  Sound Lock 1.3.1 [553 KB]

Java: Oracle releases emergency update

The security update is to plug a hole in Java that was recently added to the Blackhole exploit tool. Despite the urgency and importance of this component of the upgrade, Oracle makes no mention about the dangerousness of the situation and the update dubbed simply "Recommended Version 7 Update 7".

Remember that this vulnerability in Java 7 allowed hackers write malware to infect a computer just by visiting a website. The problem affects both Windows and Mac

At this time, it is advised that all users who visit the Oracle website to download the update.

JAVA exploit leads to serious security hole

It has been confirmed that the vulnerability affects users of Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. The bug is present in JRE 1.7 is the latest version. Apple had decided, since the Lion version of last year that it would stop offering Java installed on their machines, that policy remained with the Mountain Lion. However, users can manually install Java on your computer.

The computer security expert Tod Beardsley also confirmed that the flaw affects Macs. Just you have this version of Java installed and visit any page that has been configured for an attack and is replaced by your computer at the mercy of hackers.

It is expected now that Oracle can release a security update for failure. For now you should keep the version 1.6 or disable Java in your browser.

Minecraft Snapshot 12w34a

So while you wait for that, here are the changes in this week’s snapshot:

• Added item frames
• Added cobblestone walls (yes, mossy too)
• Maps now align to a grid, making it easier to create adjacent maps. Maps can also be cloned
• Stairs now auto-arrange into corners. This is a test and may change based on feedback
• Mobs can travel through portals
• Leather clothes can be dyed
• Removed the “wip block” from the creative menu
• Added two new crops and associated items
• F3+P will toggle the auto-pause when the window loses focus (it’s for debugging, mainly)
• F3+H will toggle detailed item descriptions (also for debugging)
• Added arrow-sensitive wooden buttons
• Trapdoors can be placed in top-most position (based on cross-hair aim)
• Added Potion of Invisibility. 

Download the snapshot here:

• Client: Minecraft_12w34a.jar
• Server: Minecraft_Server_12w34a.jar (or EXE)

10 tips to improve our wireless network

How to improve a wireless network?
In this article I will give some tips to try to improve the quality of wireless signal in our house, in order to have a more stable network, with fewer breaks and a better debt.

1 - Place the wireless router (or access point) at the midpoint

So we can get cover more areas (bedroom, living room, kitchen, etc.) from our house, causing the signal to higher quality. If we put our access point at one end, possibly at the other end the signal strength is not the best. 

2 - Keep the router away from walls, metal objects, glass, etc.

We must try to move away our WiFi router from metals, some types of floors, glass or other surfaces that are subject to interference. Equipment such as microwaves, drills, etc are also a lot of interference sources. Make an analysis of the spectrum.

3 - Replace the antenna of the router (if possible)

The antennas that come with the router are usually omni-directional signal that is transmitted in all directions. If your router is near an outside wall, 'half' of the signal will not be passed because it will be diffused out of the house (for example). In this sense we can choose an antenna with more gain (DBIS) and also directional or sectoral, focusing the signal in a place / area specific.