Wednesday is the day that software updates get published here at Ghacks. The article will contain software updates of the last seven days. Only software applications that have been reviewed at Ghacks previously will make it in the list.
Many of the applications in the list are beta or release candidate versions which might be not that stable as the release versions. It is up to the user if he wants to install those versions or wait for the release versions.
This week saw updates for some popular applications like AIMP, SMPlayer or Streamripper that many Ghacks visitors use and love.
- AIMP 2.50.312 – One of the best software music players.
- Belarc Advisor 7.2.24.12 – Creates a system profle including hotfixes, installed software and hardware.
- Blender 2.48a – Cross-plattform creation suite.
- BurnAware Free 2.1.5 – A DVD burning software.
- CCleaner 2.13.720 – Cleans temporary files on the computer system.
- CDBurnerXP Pro 4.2.3.1062 – Another DVD burning software.
- Comodo Internet Security 3.5.53896.424 – Combines firewall and anti-virus software.
- Desktops 1.0 – Virtual desktop application created by Microsoft.
- DVDFab HD Decrypter 5.1.0.5 Beta – Rips DVDs to the hard drive.
- DVDStyler 1.7.1 Beta 1 – Cross-plattform DVD authoring application.
- Floola 3.8 – Software that can manage iPods without iTunes.
- foobar2000 0.9.6 Beta 2 – Highly configurable music player.
- Fresh UI 8.18 – A Windows tweaker.
- Google Chrome 0.3.154.6 Beta – New beta of the Google browser.
- Hitman Pro 3.0.0.2800 Beta – A tool that installs and runs multiple anti-malware tools. A frontend so to speak.
- Horodruin 2.3.241.0 – A powerful file synchronizer that can synchronize multiple folders at once.
- IObit SmartDefrag 1.02 – Registry defragmenter.
- MediaMonkey 3.0.6.1190 RC2 – Music manager and player.
- Miro 1.2.8 – Powerful media player that makes good use of the Internet.
- MozBackup 1.4.9 Alpha -Backup utility for all Mozilla applications.
- Mp3tag 2.42 – Software that can tag a music collection.
- Nokia PC Suite 7.1.12.0 Beta – The official tool to manage Nokia mobile phones.
- Notepad++ 5.1 – replaces Notepad with a more sophisticated software.
- openSUSE 11.1 Beta 3 – Newest beta of the Linux distribution Open Suse 11.1
- Picasa 3.0 Build 57.41 Beta – Picture Organizer and viewer.
- Process Lasso 3.18.2 – Tool that improves system stability by observing running processes.
- SIW 2008-10-28 – System Information Wizard that displays all kind of system information.
- SMPlayer 0.6.4 – Open Source cross plattform player that plays all popular formats out of the box.
- Soundbase 2008.10.28 – Play and tag music.
- Streamripper 1.64.0 Beta 2 – Open Source Internet radio recording software.
- ThreatFire 4.0.0.6 – Anti-Malware software.
- TVersity 1.0.0.7 RC4 – Application to stream media from a PC to lots of devices.
- Ubuntu 8.10 RC – Release Candidate of Ubuntu.
- VirtualBox 2.0.4 – Open Source virtualizer.
- Vista Codec Package 5.0 Beta 3 – Installs codes needed to play multimedia files in Windows Vista.
- WinMerge 2.11.1.6 Experimental – Tool to visually compare and merge files.
- XnView 1.95.2 – Fast picture viewer.
- XP-AntiSpy 3.97 – Tool that can disable various phone home features of Windows XP.
Please post any missing updates in the comments. Thanks!

Software Updates Week 30 2008
You missed Defraggler. Was released on this Wednesday, 2:40PM, not long.
Defraggler updated from 1.03 to 1.04.