Software Updates Week 5 2008

Week 5 already in 2008 which means that this is already the fifth software updates article. This week has been rather uneventful and only a few applications have been updated. Some applications make an appearance each week, like uTorrent or Opera but this is because those are alpha or beta versions that get updated more frequently.

If you know of an application that has been updated this week as well and is not in this list let me know please so that I can add it to the list and to the list of websites that I watch every day.

This pick of the week is Orbit Downloader which is an awesome download manager with lots of functionality.

µTorrent 1.8 Build 8205 Alpha - a new alpha version of the popular lightweight Bittorrent client.
BitComet Build 20080125 Beta - another Bittorrent client.
Defraggler 1.01.050 Beta - defragment your hard drive.
DVDFab HD Decrypter 4.0.5.5 - save a DVD to your hard drive and remove all kinds of protection in the process.
Feedreader 3.12 - a RSS Feed reader.
FileZilla 3.0.6 RC1 - superb ftp client.
FlashGot 0.7.8 Beta - download manager integration for Firefox.
Joost 1.0.4 Beta - Joost streams prerecorded tv shows to your computer.
MediaCoder 0.6.1.4045 - a universal batch transcoder.
Media Player Classic 2000/XP 6.4.9.1 - plays lots of videos, SMPlayer is a frontend of Media Player Classic.
MediaMonkey 3.0.2.1133 RC2 - organize your music collection.
Opera 9.50 Build 9755 Beta - a new Beta version of the best browser there is.
Orbit Downloader 2.6.1 - great download manager with lots of functionality and Grab++, a way to download media streams from websites.
PeaZip 1.11 - a universal packer supporting many formats.
Portable Start Menu 1.3 Beta 1 - start menu application for USB sticks
SMPlayer 0.6.0 RC1 Preview 2 - the one and only media player, plays almost every thing that you throw at it without having to install codecs.
Spybot Search and Destroy 1.5.2.20 - search, find and delete spyware on your computer.
Streamripper 1.63 Beta 3 - offers an efficient way to save Internet Radio.
SUMo 1.5.0.36 - scans the software on your computer and a database on the Internet displaying those applications that need to be updated.
Vista Codec Package 4.5.7 - adds several codecs to Vista that are needed to play certain audio and video files.
WinMerge 2.7.7.3 Experimental - compare and merge text documents.
Winpatrol 14.0.2007.0 - monitors your computer and prevents changes from being made unless you accept them.
XAMPP 1.6.6 Beta 3 - an easy to setup web server for your computer running Apache.
XnView 1.92.1 - a fast image viewer.