5 Megaupload Alternatives for Sharing or Download Files

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File-sharing and free download site is actually very much on the internet. So, when one is disabled--as experienced Megaupload--there are many similar sites which could be an alternative option. Here's 5 of them, that you can use it as Megaupload alternative, or might be better than Megaupload it self.

List of 5 Megaupload File Sharing Site Alternatives.

1. Dropbox

Dropbox is very good as Megaupload alternative for sharing file. This is a site that also popular in Indonesia. Dropbox is a free file hosting service providers that support direct linking. I.e. download file directly, without having to open the Dropbox website and look forward to your waiting time. Dropbox can be an option for sharing documents, photos, and videos. Dropbox was founded in 2007 by Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi who was a student at MIT. And it has now been used by more than 45 million users.

2. RapidShare

As reported by the International Business Times, RapidShare was the site of the popular file-sharing at this time. The site allows users to upload a big file and sends its link to your friends to be downloaded.
You need to do is sign up to create your account. After that, you can upload the desired file to be stored as long as possible. If you want to become a member of the RapidPro, cost USD 1 per month or USD 130 per year. With these special membership, your files will not be expired, and the stored and transferred files will be encrypted.

3. MediaFire

The site is promising a simple way for uploading and sharing files, the philosophy is drag and drop. The service offered is the unlimited storage files. However, if just free account, users can only upload files no more than 200 MB. And the file is usually also just saved in 30 days. Well, the paid account package or MediaFire Pro valued USD 9 per month. With the membership, the user can upload files up to 2 GB for all operations. It did not include the storage facilities with no limits and no need to be disturbed by the ads.

4. YouSendIt

YouSendIt also has been around a long time ago and now has grown to be one of the options for sharing files in a virtual world. Just like other services, the user can use the free or paid access on this site.
Where users have to willingly be disturbed by free advertising, but has storage up to 2 GB. While for the paid there are two types: YouSendiIt Pro free of charge USD 10 per month or USD 50 per year. While the YouSendiIt Pro Plus pegged USD 15 per month or USD 149 per year and would get unlimited upload storage.

5. Minus

Another Megaupload alternative. Minus its action as a service initiated an image sharing. However later popular in file sharing. You can easily download the drag and drop the files you want on this site, and then sends a short link to the peer. After it can be seen on the web, download it.

Hope this information is helpful for you who looking for an alternative file sharing sites after MegaUpload dies (shut down).

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Advantages and Disadvantages of Firefox 4

After 8 months of the release of Beta 1 version ( 6 july 2010 ), finally Firefox version 4 has been released officially. Currently, the number of downloads after release of the Mozilla browser output is already more than 4.7 million downloads, this number continues to increase every minute. Firefox download statistics can be viewed at http://glow.mozilla.com.

Firefox version 4 brings a lot of changes from previous versions, especially in terms of appearance was first felt by the user. There are some changes in this latest version of Firefox, the following reviews by Okezone, regarding changes in the browser 'The Fire Fox '.

Advantages of Firefox 4
The first point is the TAB placed at top, menu buttons are combined (in the previous version : File, Edit, Tools, etc), reload and stop buttons are combined into one, the last home button moved next to the search field.
New features are quite interesting is the Group Tabs, this feature lets you categorize your tabs into groups. This feature can be accessed by clicking the Group button tabs on the minimize button, or pressing the shortcut Ctrl+Shift+E.

In order to create a new group simply block area, and then stay grouping tabs by dragging the tab into a particular group.

The second point, Firefox 4 display interface also improves performance. Firefox 4 to increase the speed when users open a browser, web page rendering speed and load javascript faster with his new javascript engine called JägerMonkey.

In this new version of Firefox have Crash protection features, if any plugins, eg Adobe Flash, Apple QuickTime, Microsoft Silverlight a freeze or crash, it will not affect the browser.

Firefox 4 is also already supports HTML 5, HTML tag like <video> have to run, as well as the other HTML 5 tags.

Disadvantages of Firefox 4

It's just that there are some add - ons that are not compatible with the latest version of Firefox 4, such as social bookmarking service, Delicious Bookmarks 2.1.106. RealPlayer Browser Record Plugin 1.0 and 2.0.9.9 NoScript add - ons that are quite popular also not compatible.

Another minor deficiency is that users can not select the address bar directly by pressing the F6 button ( in version 3.6 can ), for users accustomed to rarely use the mouse small thing is quite disturbing.

For web developers do not need to worry, because the add - ons " mandatory " such as Firebug, Web Developer, User Agent Switcher or YSlow running well.

Overall, Firefox 4 is qualified enough to compete with some other browsers.
But one of the hallmarks of this browser is, still supports the Windows XP platform, which it had been abandoned by Microsoft itself, through Internet Explorer. (techno.okezone- firefox 4 strength and weakness).

Download Firefox 4

Firefox 4 Download (full version): mozilla.com

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