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Software Updates Week 35 2008


The last seven days saw many updates for several popular applications like DVD Flick, HTTrack Website Copier and XAMPP. It took longer than usual to compile the list of applications that have been updated.

The application update of the week award goes to the new release of HTTrack Website Copier which is an impressive tool that can download entire websites to a computer. It supports various protocols and can download password protected websites as well.

µTorrent 1.8.1 Build 12183 – Lightweight Bittorent client that gets updated quite frequently.

Adobe Flash Player 10.0.12.10 RC – Adobe Flash Player release candidate.

ATI Tray Tools 1.5.9.1290 Beta – System-Tray application that provides quick access to many Ati video card settings.

BitSpirit 3.3.2.327 – Bittorrent client that gets good reviews all over the place.

DVDFab HD Decrypter 5.0.9.0 – A tool to rip DVDs to the computer. It works with copy protected DVDs and can remove the copy protection in the process.

DVD Flick 1.3.0.0 – DVD authoring tool that can create video DVDs from computer video files.

FastStone Image Viewer 3.6 – A fast and lightweight image viewer that also has image editing functions.

FileZilla 3.1.3 RC1 – An Open-Source ftp client.

FinalBurner FREE 2.3.0.135 – A CD and DVD burning suite that can perform all the needed tasks.

Flock 2.0 Beta 4 – An Open-Source social web browser.

Floola for Windows 3.5 – A tool to manage the Apple iPod without iTunes.

FreeBSD 7.1 Beta – Beta version of FreeBSD 7.1

Fresh UI 8.15 – A Windows tweaker.

Gizmo Project 4.0.4.386 – A VOIP client similar to Skype.

Google Chrome 0.2.149.29 Beta – A new beta version of Google Chrome, the Google web browser.

HTTrack Website Copier 3.43 RC1 – A website ripper that can download complete websites to the computer.

HWiNFO32 2.25 Build 111 Beta – Hardware information and diagnostic tool.

IObit SmartDefrag 1.0 – Fast and popular hard disk defragmentation utility and optimizer.

KeePass Password Safe 1.13 – Open-Source password manager.

MediaCoder 0.6.1.4190 – Converts media files from one format into another one.

MediaInfo Lite 0.7.7.5 – Analyzes multimedia files giving the user information about codecs among other things.

Microsoft Debugging Tools for Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista 6.9.3.113 – A tool from Microsoft that can be used to analyze bluescreens and errors.

Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool 2.2 – An anti-spyware tool from Microsoft that can remove a specific amount of widespread malicious software.

Microsoft Security Release ISO Image September 2008 – The regular monthly iso release of all security updates. This time for September 2008.

Miranda IM 0.8.0 Test Build 22 – An instant messenger that supports multiple networks.

Mozilla Sunbird 0.9 RC1 – The Mozilla Calendar project.

nLite 1.4.9.1 – Create a unique installation CD by removing unwanted components and adding new ones.

Notepad2 3.0.20-rc2 – The second release candidate of Notepad2, not to be confused with Notepad++.

NVIDIA BIOS Editor 4.5b – Bios editor for NVIDIA video cards.

Office 2000/XP/2003/2007 Slipstreamer 1.7.3 – Makes it possible to create a new Office installation CD by adding patches and updates to the old version.

Opera 9.60 Build 10427 Beta – Another beta version of the upcoming 9.6 version of Opera.

ooVoo 1.7.1.50 – A multi-user video chat application that supports up to six users. Another function is to send and receive video messages.

Orca Browser 1.1 Beta 1 – Orca browser is based on Firefox 3.

Picasa 3.0 Build 57.22 Beta – Google’s picture organizer and viewer.

Process Lasso 3.06.1 – Can manage process priorities automatically depending on workload of the system.

RegToy 0.7.2.1 – A collection of Registry tweaks that tune various aspects of the Windows operating system.

Spyware Terminator 2.5.0.532 Beta – One of the best spyware scanner and cleaners.

Visions 0.4.1.1444 – Navigate through picture collections in 3D.

VLC 0.9.2 – New version of the popular multimedia player.

vLite 1.2 – Create a new Vista installation CD by removing unwanted packages and features which will not get installed anymore.

VirtualBox 2.0.2 – Open-Source virtualizer.

WirelessKeyView 1.18 – Displays the wireless network keys.

Wireshark 1.1.0 Beta – A network protocol analyzer.

XAMPP 1.6.8 Beta 2 – Easy to install cross-plattform Apache client installer.

XnView 1.95 Beta 1 – Fast and popular image viewer.

Please include any updates of the last week that have not been mentioned in this article in the comments.




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One Response to “Software Updates Week 35 2008”

  1. Rarst says:

    uTorrent is beta build. Stable is still 1.8

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