Zach Al-Nasser

Member since: May 29th, 2007

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Download Squad	7 Comments
Engadget Mobile	5 Comments

Recent Comments:

Adobe issues zero-day warning for Reader, Acrobat -- again. (Download Squad)

Sep 9th 2010 12:56AM Go open source and use Sumatra

http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/index.html

Millions of new Avast users will be offered Google Chrome (Download Squad)

Dec 5th 2009 7:49PM It's "Alwil Software," not "Aliwil."

And this is a terrible idea. This is why I dropped Digsby. Good software, terrible implementation.

VHD Attach enables right-click mounting and dismounting of VHD files in Windows 7 (Download Squad)

Nov 4th 2009 10:14AM So let me get this straight:
I can have another windows 7 image in a vhd file on my hard drive, and fully boot into it?

Dropbox drops onto the iPhone (Download Squad)

Sep 29th 2009 9:56PM "If you're away from a computer and your iPhone's music and photos get wiped, they'll still be safely waiting for you in your Dropbox."

This is what I though was misleading, but Jay corrected it:

"Update: Although you can obviously store music (and anything else) on your Dropbox account, there's not actually a way to sync music to your iPhone via Dropbox. Oops. Photos and videos definitely work, though."

Still a great app, I'm a huge fan of Dropbox

Dropbox drops onto the iPhone (Download Squad)

Sep 29th 2009 9:24PM Where do you see anything about backing up the music on your ipod? I only see the option to upload existing photos or videos. As far as I know, the only way to actually access the music files on your iTouch/iPhone is to jailbreak it.

Bayer introduces Contour USB glucose meter (Engadget)

Sep 23rd 2009 9:23PM I really doubt that bayer more than the other companies...

VirtualBox 2.1 supports 64 bit guest operating systems on 32-bit hosts (Download Squad)

Dec 22nd 2008 2:22PM No, the new version means that you can run Windows Vista Ultimate x64 inside a virtual machine on your 32-bit PC.

Frostwire: Limewire's open source cousin (Download Squad)

Dec 29th 2007 3:25PM I love that you guys put that it was available from synaptic!

'Refrigerator-sized' device to be heaved into space (Engadget)

Jul 21st 2007 4:38AM You do realize that you cannot "let the air out of the planet". its not a balloon, there is no physical permeable medium holding the atmosphere in place. it is held there by graity, and as wrong as dumping 50,000 L of ammonia into the atmosphere sounds, it wont pop a hole in your imaginary atmosphere balloon.

Samsung debuts bigger, faster MMC cards (Engadget)

Jun 13th 2007 12:16AM Nearly everything that takes SD takes MMC, but not vice versa. The difference is SD has a little lock switch, and it it slightly thicker. these should work on your camera.