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 [...]
Introducing Appnews
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 [...]
Software Updates Checker
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 [...]
Keep Software Installers Up To Date
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 that [...]
Software Updates 46 2008
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 have been [...]
Software Updates Week 41 2008
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 [...]
Software Updates Week 40 2008
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 [...]
