Tools that scan a Windows operating system for software and check online if this software is outdated always face two problems: quality and magnitude. The quality problem mainly deals with false positives while the magnitude becomes obvious if the software does not recognize installed software programs because they are not integrated in their database yet. [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Several so called software updates were developed in the last few years. Many of the popular applications of this kind are backed up by a large download portal on the Internet. Cnet’s Techtracker falls into that category. The software program is available for the Windows operating system and requires a Cnet account before it can [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

We have started Appnews, a software update service, about a week ago and Rarst was so nice to compile a few stats after the first seven days of service. If you have not heard about Appnews before you might want to check out the introductory posts at Ghacks, Rarst and Freeware Genius to get an [...]

Categories: The Web

Appnews is a new software update notification service that provides software updates via rss, twitter or email. It is the brainchild of long time Ghacks reader Rarst and combines notifications about software updates with links to reviews of those software programs on the websites Freeware Genius, Ghacks and Rarst. Every new entry consists of the [...]

Categories: ghacks, Software

One of the main disadvantages of the Windows operating system is the lack of an internal application handling third party software updates on the computer system. An automatic update system like that offered in the Linux operating system would be increasing system security and stability of the Windows operating system. Several third party software programs [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Rarst published an interesting article yesterday on his blog with the title Ketarin – keeps setup packages updated. It introduces a different concept to automatic software updaters like SUMO or our software updaters overview. Ketarin on the other hand does not keep the software on a specific computer system up to date. The difference is [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

We missed last week’s software update thread. The updates of the last seven days trickled in and there was not really a lot of action regarding new releases. A short explanation for new users: We collect the software updates of the last seven days and list them in an article each Wednesday. Most notable updates [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

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 [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

A list of software updates is published each Wednesday at Ghacks. The list will consist of software programs that have been covered before at this website, that have been updated in the last seven days and that are free to use. A download link to the program’s homepage is given. The beta versions listed here [...]

Categories: Software, Windows