Got my vuvuzela up and yes, its celebration time. Many of the users around the globe had played the word cup contest, organized by Infolinks, over their Facebook Fan page. And BingoO, I entered in final contest by predicting  the final goal fixture between the Netherlands vs. Spain final Fifa worldcup 2010, and won the cool Ninetndo Wii and the official FIFA World Cup 2010 game.

I would specially like to thanks to Infolinks team for organizing such a great contest and for the winning prize. Better luck next time all the participants and stay tuned to Infolinks’s Facebook Fan page for the future contests.

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Last time We had organized “Internet Download Manager” Giveaway. Now its time to announce the 3 lucky winners, and they are following :

• Ramesh K
• Linu
• Nitin Agarwal

Congratulations to all winners and check your Email for the key. Thanks to all members participated in this contest.

Stay tuned and best of luck for the next Giveaway.

The Windows Club is organizing its Best Windows Website Contest 2009, to discover and to recognize some of the best Windows bloggers and website owners.

Best Windows Website Contest 2009

If you run a website (which includes a blog or a forum) which focuses primarily on Microsoft Windows, we invite you to participate in this Contest.

The overriding consideration will be: Does the website have substantial original quality content of interest to Windows Vista & Windows 7 user? The websites will be judged on content, quality, originality, continuity, presentation and overall impression.

The Website Title, Home Page url, along with a 2-4 line description about it, should be submitted here. The thread for the thread for submitting entries, will be opened on 5th July 2009, 1.30 PM UTC.

The 10 best websites will be picked up by a Panel of 10 Judges, comprising of the following:

Ed Bott, MVP, EdBott.com
Paul Schottland, Product Unit Manager for Microsoft
Steven Sinchak, MVP, Tweaks.com
Lowell Heddings, HowToGeek.com
Rafael Rivera, WithinWindows.com
Howard Lo, Microsoft’s Regional Team Manager (APAC)
Emil Protalinski, ArsTechnica – One Microsoft Way
Corrine Chorney, MVP, Security Garden and The Windows Club Moderator
James Fisher, MVP, Windows Talk and The Windows Club Moderator
Anand Khanse, MVP, The Windows Club Administrator.

From among the entrants, 10 blogs would be short-listed by the Panel and put up for a community vote. The top 5 vote getters would be judged again, de nova, by the Panel of Judges and the Winner and the 2 Runners-up declared.

The Winner of The Windows Club’s Best Windows Website Contest 2009, will get a Free Windows Vista Ultimate dvd box, Microsoft Office 2007 dvd box, and licenses of ESET Smart Security Suite 4, TuneUp Utilities 2009, SnagIt 9, Acronis True Image Home 2009, Diskeeper 2009, Glary Utilities Pro, Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware Full, Extensions For Windows®, & WinPatrol Plus.

The 2nd & 3rd runners-up, will each get, will get a license of TuneUp Utilities, Acronis True Image Home 2009, Diskeeper, Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware, & WinPatrol Plus.

The 4th & 5th runners-up will get a free license of Webroot Security Essentials.

The first 50 to submit their entries would get the paid version of a-squared Anti-Malware 4.5 absolutely FREE!

This is a non-profit making initiative and the prizes here are being sponsored directly by the respective companies. The Windows Vista & Office DVD boxes, however comes to you courtesy WindowsClub.

The Panel of Judges will not be eligible to participate. The first 3 winning websites from the last years Contest will also not be eligible to participate.

Winning apart, this contest would provide recognition and a great opportunity for bloggers to expose and showcase their websites.

You may submit your entries here. Do also check out what the top 3 winners of the last year, have to say about this contest.

My friend Mr. James (Microsoft MVP) is giving away free one year subscription of VIPRE Antivirus through a promotional Giveaway.

VIPRE has been getting good reviews, especially for it’s performance in comparison to other software packages like Symantec’s Norton which can be a drain on system resources, in particular on older PCs with only 1 or 2GB of RAM.

Check it out and get a chance to win it here : WindowsTalk

We are very pleased to announce that Mr. Peter John (the director of Business Development of Glarysoft) is providing 5 FREE licenses of “Glary Utilities PRO” Full version to WinSpark.net readers. The price of this software is $39.95  but you can get it absolutely free. The 30 Days trial version is available on Glarysoft Website. You just need to follow the simple steps given below.

Before that Lets have a little look to the Glary Utilities.

• Glary Utilities Pro offers numerous powerful and easy-to-use system tools and utilities to fix, speed up, maintain and protect your PC.
• It allows you to clean common system junk files, as well as invalid registry entries and Internet traces.
• You can manage and delete browser add-ons, analyze disk space usage and find duplicate files.
• View and manage installed shell extensions, encrypt your files from unauthorized access and use, split large files into smaller manageable files and then rejoin them.
• Includes the options to optimize memory, find, fix, or remove broken Windows shortcuts, manage the programs that start at Windows startup and uninstall software.
• Other features include secure file deletion, an Empty Folder finder and more.
  

To be the Winner of the Glary Utilities  licenses, you just need to follow these simple two steps:

• Subscribe to WinSpark.net (its FREE. You can subscribe using the subscription form given in the right sidebar or using the form given below.)
  

Enter your email address:

• Write down a significant comment on Glary Utilities. (While leaving your comment, use the same email ID which has been used to subscribed for WinSpark.net newsletter otherwise you won’t be eligible for this giveaway.)

We’ll choose 5 lucky winners with nice and meaningful comment and each lucky winner will get the FULL License.

Glarysoft developers are still working every day to improve Glary Utilities, so they especially value your feelings and feedbacks for improving their products. Please don’t hesitate to have a try for Glary Utilities and have your say in upgrading and polishing their product.

The winners will be announced on 31st May 2009. All the Best to all the participants.

Stay tuned and get your chance to win Internet Download Manager absolutely free on upcomming Giveaway contest. Subscribe to our RSS feeds to be live with us.

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Contest Closed

Congratulations to all the winners

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Microsoft Photographer Mr. Jeff Greene is quite pleased to announce the 4th annual Microsoft Future Pro Photographer Competition.

This is the most lucrative and influential international student photo contest in the world. The Grand prize is $20,000 and some great photo gear, but more importantly, it provides all four winners the opportunity to kick-start their careers.

Full time college and university students from around the world are invited to submit their three best photos in one of three categories;

Nature & Landscape,

People & Portraits, and

Sports & Photojournalism.

There are no entry fees and all rights remain with the photographer. Dust Bowl by Colin Miller.

Prizes include a $20,000 Grand Prize and three 1st Place prizes of $3000 in each category.  In addition, winners will receive an Epson printer, Lenovo PC mobile workstation, and a five year membership in the Professional Photographers of America (PPA).

In addition, winners are invited all expenses paid, to the annual Microsoft Pro Photo Summit held in Redmond, WA each year. Past winners have leveraged this opportunity to network with some of the most influential stakeholders in the digital imaging industry which has resulted in portfolio reviews, internships, and job opportunities. The Microsoft Pro Photo Summit is invitation only, and an unsurpassed networking opportunity that most pros can only dream of attending.

For more information including complete Rules and requirements, please visit the Microsoft Pro Photo website…