Software Updates - Part 4

Posted by Saad Ibrahim 14 July, 2008

Stable Releases:

1. Software: Flock

Latest Version: 1.2.3

Changes: http://www.flock.com/release-notes/

Details: a browser based on Firefox engine especially made for social site’s users

Homepage: http://www.flock.com/

2. Software: CCleaner

Latest Version: 2.09.600

Details: Read This post

Changes: http://www.ccleaner.com/download/version-history

Homepage: http://www.ccleaner.com/

3.Software: AVG Free

Latest Version: 8.0.138

Changes: http://paste2.org/p/46943

Details: a very popular free antitrust for windows

Homepage: http://free.grisoft.com/doc/avg-anti-virus-free/

4. Software: Winsnap*

Latest Version: 2.1.4

changes: http://www.ntwind.com/software/winsnap/history.html

Details: A very small footprint and fast screen capturing software

homepage: http://www.ntwind.com/software/winsnap.html

5. Software: Safari

Latest Version: 3.1.2

changes: http://paste2.org/p/46959

Homepage: www.apple.com/safari/

Details: apple’s mac OS browser ported to windows

6. Software: CPU-Z

Latest Version: 1.46

Changes: http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php#history

Homepage: http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

Details: a handy software that shows information about your computer’s motherboard, processor and ram

7. Software: Adobe Reader

Latest version: 9.0

Homepage: http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/

Details: a PDF document reader

8. Software: TMPGEnc XPress*

Latest Version: 4.5.1.254

Changes: http://pastebin.com/f4afcd479

Homepage: http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/te4xp.html

Details: a very good video converter which gives good quality output

9. Software: CDBurnerXp Pro

Latest Version: 4.1.2.678

Changes: http://www.cdburnerxp.se/en/development?full

Homepage: http://www.cdburnerxp.se

Details: a cd/DVD burning program with easy to use GUI

10. Software: Mozilla Firefox

Latest Version: 2.0.0.15

Changes: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#firefox2.0.0.15

Homepage: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html

Details: the best web browser with extension support available for all Operating Systems

11: Software: Opera

Latest Version: 9.51 Final

Changes: http://pastebin.com/f835a78a

Homepage: http://www.opera.com

Details: a very popular web browser with fast rendering engine

12.Software: Notepad++

Latest Version: 5.0

Changes: http://pastebin.com/f73456169

Homepage: http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

Details: a very powerful text editor with extra features for coders

13. Software: Azureus Vuze

Latest Version: 3.1.1.0

Changes: http://azureus.sourceforge.net/changelog.php

Homepage: http://azureus.sourceforge.net/

Details: a multi platform java based torrent client

14. Software: DAEMON Tools Lite

Latest Version: 4.12.4

Homepage: http://www.daemon-tools.cc/

Changes: http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/announcements.php

Details: a software used to mount cd/dvd images to virtual cd/dvd rom drives

Note: Filehippo reports that this software’s installer prompts you to install an toolbar which is an adware so make sure you deselect that option when installing

15. Software: K-Lite Mega Codec Pack

Latest Version: 4.00

Changes: http://pastebin.com/f72d3f090

Details: a Codec pack which contains all the codecs that you will ever need

16. Software: Spybot Search & Destroy

latest Version: 1.6 Final

Changes: http://spybot.info/en/versionhistory/index.html

Homepage: http://spybot.info/

Details: a very good free anti spyware for windows

17. Software: ESET NOD32 AntiVirus*

Latest Version: 3.0.669

Changes: http://www.eset.com/joomla/?option=com_content&task=view&id=4113&Itemid=5

Homepage: http://www.eset.com/

details: the best antivirus currently available for windows

18. Software: Ubuntu

Latest Version: 8.04.1

Homepage: http://www.ubuntu.com/

Details: a very popular Linux distro

19. Software: Vista Manager*

Latest Version: 1.5.3

Changes: http://www.softpedia.com/progChangelog/Vista-Manager-Changelog-58396.html

homepage: http://www.yamicsoft.com/vistamanager/index.html

Details: a software for tweaking various elements of windows vista

20. Software: VLC Media Player

Latest Version: 0.8.6i

Changes: http://wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6i

Homepage: http://www.videolan.org/

Details: a multi platform media player which can handle most file formats without requiring you to install any codecs!

21. Software: iTunes

Latest Version: 7.7

Homepage: http://www.apple.com/itunes/

22. Software: ZoneAlarm Free

Latest Version: 7.0.483.0

Changes: http://pastebin.com/f3fabef12

Homepage:http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp

Details: A popular free firewall for windows

Unstable/Beta Releases:

1.Software: µTorrent

Latest Version: 1.8 RC 1

Changes: http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=31998

Homepage: http://www.utorrent.com/download.php

Details: light weight torrent client for windows with a lot of features

2. Software: Internet Explorer

Latest Version: 8.0 Beta 1 Build 8.0.6001.17184

Homepage: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1a2e3ddd-b38b-439d-bba7-f179a5d3ecaf&DisplayLang=en

3.Software: Mozilla Firefox

Version: 3.0.1 pre-alpha 1

Homepage: http://www.mozilla.org/developer/#builds

download: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/3.0.1-candidates/build1/firefox-3.0.1.en-GB.win32.installer.exe

4.Software: Mozilla Firefox

Version: 2.0.0.16 Pre-Alpha 1

Download: http://stage.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/2.0.0.16-candidates/build1/firefox-2.0.0.16.en-US.win32.installer.exe

5. Software: FileZilla

Latest Version: 3.1.0 Beta 1

Changes: http://filezilla-project.org/changelog.php

Homepage:http://filezilla-project.org

Details: a multi platform FTP client

6.Software: Google Earth

latest version: 4.3.7284 Beta

Homepage: http://earth.google.com/

Details: a satellite view of earth

7. Software: WinRAR*

Latest Version: 3.80 Beta 3

Changes: http://www.rarsoft.com/rarnew.htm

Homepage: http://www.rarsoft.com/

Details: a compression software for windows

8.Software: Ubuntu

Latest Version: 8.10 Alpha 2

Homepage: www.ubuntu.com

The softwares above with the asterisk(*) sign are not freeware

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Comments
July 18, 2008

winsnap is an excellent app. it takes best captures. snagit however comes with an editor which is very nice too. damn i use both of them same time.

let us know whats your fav saad

Posted by musafir
July 18, 2008

My fav is winsnap it takes almost perfect screenshots! but snagit has a few good extra features like you can take screenshot of websites but snagit uses more system resources while winsnap is lightweight!
actually i wanted to write an post on both of these! it is in my to do list!

Posted by Saad Ibrahim
July 18, 2008

yeah saad do that. it’d be awesome to see a blog about them. winsnap captures are simply awesome…

but like i said snagit photoeditor is pretty cool as well. i use snagit becasue of that. i know i could use smaller paint.net but somehow i still like snagit editor…. LOL

Posted by musafir
July 18, 2008

yeah snag it has some good features that are not there in winsnap but I don’t use those features!

Posted by Saad Ibrahim
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