Software Updates Week 28

What a week. This week has seen so many updates, it took almost twice as long to compile the list than last week. Several popular applications have been updated this week including such heavyweight ones like Autoruns, Opera, uTorrent and Flock.

It definitely was an exciting week and I had to update lots of the installed applications on my Windows XP system.

The update of this week award goes to my favorite desktop search application Locate32. I just like it that much and think that it is definitely one of the most efficient ways to search for files and contents in Windows.

µTorrent 1.8 Build 11549 RC5 - new version of the lightweight and excellent Bittorrent client.

7-Zip 4.59 Alpha 5 - one of the most popular unpackers and archivers for Windows that supports all the popular archiving formats.

AIMP 2.5 Build 264 RC2 - a mp3 player that stands it ground against Winamp and XMPlay.

Autoruns 9.31 - probably the most professional software when it comes to analysing the startup settings in Windows.

BitComet 1.03 - another popular Bittorrent client.

CDBurnerXP Pro 4.1.2.745 - another application for burning CDs and DVDs in Windows.

CodecInstaller 2.10.1 - displays the installed codecs on the system and can analyse multimedia files telling the user which codecs they need to be played correctly.

doPDF 6.1.269 - creates a virtual printer that can create pdf documents out of other text formats.

FileZilla 3.1.0 RC2 - Open Source ftp client that is also available for Linux and Mac OSX.

Flock 2.0 Beta 2 - a new version of this social browser based on Mozilla Firefox.

Fresh UI 8.11 - a solid tweaker for Windows.

ImgBurn 2.4.2.0 - simple fast and elegant burning software that is compatible with most things that you throw at it.

IrfanView 4.20 - IrfanView is probably the most popular image viewer out there right now.

JavaRa 1.10 - provides a download of the latest Java Runtime Environment and an option to clean the system from older versions.

Joost 1.1.8 Beta - have not heard much about Joost lately. Still needs better content to compete against other Internet TV solutions.

Locate 3.1.8.7200 RC1 - probably the fastest most efficient way to search in Windows.

MediaCoder 0.6.1.4140 - MediaCoder is a free universal audio/video batch transcoder, putting together lots of excellent audio/video codecs and tools from the open source community into an all-in-one solution

nLite 1.4.8 - create a installation disk for Windows XP by removing unneeded components and adding needed ones.

Notepad++ 5.0.2 - a notepad replacement with advanced functionality.

Opera 9.52 Build 10092 Beta - The Opera developers are releasing so many Beta versions, incredible.

Orbit Downloader 2.7.2 - one of the best - in my opinion - download manager for Windows that provides the user with lots of options.

Pixelformer 0.8.2.1 Beta - an advanced icon designer.

SpeedFan 4.35 Beta 21 - check system temperatures and control system fans to reduce noise.

Spyware Terminator 2.3.0.481 - efficient tool to remove spyware and adware from the system.

Sysinternals Suite Build 07/16/08 - this famous software package contains all the programs from Sysinternals.

System Explorer 1.5 Beta 4 - provides access to some detailed system information like processes, services and connections similar to Process Explorer.

TAME 1.0 Build 321 Beta 2 - a backup solution that kicks in whenever a monitored application closes down.

TestDisk 6.11 Beta - a bootable data recovery CD.

UpdateStar 2.2.614 Beta - scans the system for software updates and provides links to those updates.

VirtualDub 1.8.3 Build 29896 - excellent software to work with video files. A video capture / processing utility.

Vista Codec Package 4.7.2 - Adds support for several multimedia formats that are not supported by default by Windows Vista.

Weather Watcher 5.6.32 - a software that can be used to get the weather forecast for a specific region in the world.

Xfire 1.95 - the gamer’s Instant Messenger. See what your buddies are playing, chat with them and join their games.

XnView 1.94 - a fast image viewer and basic editor for Windows.

xpy 0.10.7.1 - turn off some features and default threats of Windows XP.

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