EASEUS has released a new version for its Data Recovery Wizard, the all-in-one data recovery software which supports disk restoration, Undelete and Unformat processes for different file systems such as FAT, FAT16, VFAT, FAT32, NTFS and NTFS5, in the Windows Operating Systems: Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, XP and 2003 Server.


The program can support alternate data streams, sparse files and Unicode filenames.
DeletedRecovery , FormatRecovery, AdvancedRecovery and RawRecovery are some of the powerful functions which allow viewing and restoring the deleted files and folders, or data recovering from formatted, reformatted, corrupted and damaged NTFS and FAT hard drives and partitions.

The new features that come with version 3.3.4 are:
• File Type list added in the search result;
• Can select the exact drive or folder to search in DeletedRecovery;
• ResumeRecovery feature added, to allow users to save the search result in a file and at a later time allows the option to resume the search result;
• RawRecovery moved to the main interface;
• Preview of recovered WORD and EXCEL files;
• Upgrade function added.

The Data Recovery Wizard's price is of 69.95$ and the demo version is available here.

Gran Paradiso is not a game, and it's not a movie either. If this doesn't ring any bell, I am sure that only my grandmother didn't hear about Firefox yet, but I am also convinced she's not going to read this article anyway, so let's see what's new in Mozilla's garden...

As you have probably figured out already, this is just another version released to the public only for testing purposes, so don't think about replacing your everyday browser with Gran Paradiso yet, at least wait for the first Beta to come out! Anyway, if you want to take the chances, you should know that Windows, Linux and Mac OS versions of Firefox 3 Alpha 8 became available today.

While Internet Explorer's market share keeps shrinking slowly, but surely, Mozilla's fox gets more and more attention. If Microsoft doesn't strike back, it is possible for Internet Explorer 7 to follow Netscape Navigator's fate, but I hope that doesn't happen. I am not an Internet Explorer fan, but we have at least a dozen of serious Web browsers on the market at this time, and competition was always good for the end user.

If you're wondering about the new stuff included in Firefox 3 Alpha 8, then I'm very pleased to see that Mozilla (finally!!) added pause/resume for downloads, as well as a new way to assign various file types and protocols to external applications and Web services.For more details, and to download the program, of course, please go here and don't forget - this release is for testing purposes only, so be careful with it!

SmartphoneFind 2.0 is a tool designed for Windows Mobile-based Smartphone devices with which you can find contacts, tasks, appointments, SMS, phone calls in Call history, e-mails, file names or notes from SmartphoneNotes, using the options available to better refine the search.

The search options provided include:

• Set the search for a string or a part of it in all item types or in a single item type only;
• Use filters to limit the search;
• Use wildcards and logical operators for complex search expressions;
• Display the item found immediately;
• Display the found item in your favorite calendar or task manager replacement.

The supported third-party applications are: Agenda One, Papyrus, Oxios ToDo List and PocketInformant for Smartphone.
Requirements for the application include Smartphone 2003, Smarrtphone 2003 Second Edition, and Windows Mobile 5 for Smartphone.

You can have it for a price of 11.95$ or try it free for 30 days.
The two options available are the PC-based setup version and the direct on-device setup.

Digg users are expecting new features to be implemented, which to make the site get a social networking look.



Digg founder Kevin Rose said in an interview that "This is really the first time that we have enabled communications between users", referring to a new feature that will enable users to communicate easier by forming groups of interests.

The new profile pages will show more information about the users and they will have the possibility to share pictures, lists of interests, and also links to blogs or social networking profiles, all these having access rights settings.

Digg.com has currently 20 million visitors from which only 20% are registered users.

I know that most people consider WinRar or WinZip to be enough for their archiving needs, but I always enjoy discovering new archivers, especially because this is a software category that delivered me enough pleasant surprises so far. Today's find is called Ana's Archiver and, to my amazement, this is much more than just an archiver, but let's take things one at a time...


Setup

Ana's Archiver currently reached version 2, and since the producer advises us to use KittyXplorer instead unless we need Ana's special features, I guess that development of this product has ceased, of will get less attention from now on.

Anyway, the trial version available for download on the official site has some minor limitations, and to purchase the program you'll have to pay $19.95 for a single machine license, but a $59.95 multi machine USB licensing option is also possible.

Ana's Archiver is available for download as a MSI package that weighs only 1.2MB , so downloading it shouldn't be a problem, but... to download the program, you have to use a valid email address that you're required to enter on the official site to receive the download link. Once you get over the waiting part (it didn't take more than 5 minutes for me to receive the message containing the download link), everything's as easy as expected.


Interface

As you can see in the screenshot to the left, Ana's Archiver has a well organized interface that grants you quick access to its impressive amount of features, but the overall look of the program leaves space for a lot of improvements. For example, the color combinations are not well chosen, some icons are extremely ugly and the fonts used inside various windows are not always the right ones. Anyway, since the features are the strongest part of this program, let's move on and see what we have here...


Features

One of the first things I check when having a new archiver under my scope is the amount of file formats supported, and I must confess that Ana's Archiver disappointed me. The only formats supported are ZIP and its own archive format, A2 Archive Format, files using this format having the A2R extension.

While the Create Archive screen has some really ugly icons and a very bad color combination, just the same as other windows that open when you perform a new operation in this program, it was a pleasure to see that Ana's Archiver can preview images from archives and also includes a quick text editing tool, as well as a basic file wiper.

Additional features of this program allow you to encrypt files using more encryption algorithms, including Blowfish up to 448 bit, convert ZIP to A2R archives, or take advantage of the built in file viewer for images, text or videos. Of course that this is only the top of the pyramid, so if you don't have problems using an immature interface and having limited file format support, this program may be a good choice for you...


The Good

Ana's Archiver is more than just an archiver, being a well done archiving and file manipulation suite with lots of features and easy enough to use by everyone.

The Bad

The ugly interface and very limited archive formats support can lure away many potential users of this program, as well as the producer's advise to grab KittyXplorer instead, if you don't need any advanced features that Ana's Archiver has.

Conclusion

If you need an archiver, I am sure that the well established products from the market will be just fine, but if you want to get advanced enrypting capabilities and a nice collection of additional features, Ana's Archiver may just be your thing. Since the trial version is not very limited, you can easily grab it and give it a spin. Of course, if you like it... or not, please don't forget to share your thoughts with the rest of us!

Developer: MyPlanetSoft.com
Price: $19.95
Trial Link: Download