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A-Squared Free 4.5.0.13 File Size: 51.5 MB License: Freeware Operating Systems: Windows XP/2003/Vista/XP64/Vista64 HomePage: http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/ A-Squared Free is a complementary product to antivirus software which is specialized in protection against harmful software. Antivirus software often features an inadequate protection against Trojans, Dialers and Spyware. A-Squared Free fills this gap. This is just for use as an on demand scanner for detection and removal there is no realtime protection with the free version. Features *Scan your PC for infections of Trojans, Viruses, Spyware, Adware, Worms, Bots, Keyloggers and Dialers…

A-Squared Free 4.5.0.1 File Size: 47.50 MB License: Freeware Operating Systems: Windows XP/2003/Vista/XP64/Vista64 HomePage: http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/ A-Squared Free is a complementary product to antivirus software which is specialized in protection against harmful software. Antivirus software often features an inadequate protection against Trojans, Dialers and Spyware. A-Squared Free fills this gap. This is just for use as an on demand scanner for detection and removal there is no realtime protection with the free version. Features *Scan your PC for infections of Trojans, Viruses, Spyware, Adware, Worms, Bots, Keyloggers and Dialers…

Auslogics Registry Defrag 5.2.19.450 File Size: 2.52 MB License: Shareware ($19.95 to buy) Operating Systems: Windows 2K/03/XP/Vista HomePage: http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/registry-defrag Screenshots: http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/regis...rag/screenshots Most of you already know that a fragmented registry slows down computer speed (same as hard disks). But few are aware that the registry is fully kept in the memory when your PC is running. Memory on your PC is much smaller than disk space and the more bloated the Registry becomes, the less space there is for other programs to run. Auslogics Registry Defrag is an extremely useful program …

Recuva 1.27.419 File Size: 3.02MB License: Freeware Operating Systems: Windows (All Versions) HomePage and Download: http://www.recuva.com/ Screenshots: http://www.recuva.com/screenshots Recuva (pronounced "recover") is a freeware Windows utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer. This includes files emptied from the Recycle bin as well as images and other files that have been deleted by user error from digital camera memory cards or MP3 players. It will even bring back files that have been deleted from your iPod, or by bugs, crashes and viruses! Features *Simple to use interface - just click 'Scan' and choose t…

Zipeg 2.7 File Size: 1.3MB ( Windows ) License: Freeware Operating Systems: Windows: XP and Vista, Mac OS X: Tiger and Leopard. HomePage: http://www.zipeg.com/ Screenshots: http://www.zipeg.com/zipeg.html Zipeg is free alternative archiver tool to WinZip, WinRar, StuffIt. Zipeg supports: Formats: ZIP, RAR, 7z, ARJ, LHA, TGZ, TAR and many many more. Pictures and Photos - preview them instantly or open in external application. Filenames in your national alphabet. Features *supports wide variety of archive formats: ZIP, RAR, ARJ, LHA/LZH, 7z, TAR, GZ, TGZ, BZIP2, CPIO, RPM, ISO, CHM, Z, CBR, CBZ, WAR, EAR... *allows to see what's …

XBMC Media Center File Size: 44.4MB. ( Windows Version ) License: Open Source Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, Mac, Xbox HomePage: http://xbmc.org/home/ Gallery, Screenshots, Videos, and Logos: http://xbmc.org/media/ Downloads : http://xbmc.org/download XBMC, recursive acronym for “XBMC Media Center“, is an award winning free and open source software media-player and entertainment hub for all your digital media. Multi-platform, Internationalized, and Localized XBMC is a cross-platform software available for Linux, Mac OS X (Leopard, Tiger, and Apple TV), Microsoft Windows operating-system, as well as the original Xbox game-console. With translations…

This Link has a very surprising article concerning COMODO, and Licensing issues, http://news.softpedia.com/news/Comodo-Soft...ia-110169.shtml

Vuze 4.2.0.2 (formally Azureus) File Size: 10.1MB License: Open Source Operating Systems: Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/XP64/Vista64 HomePage: http://azureus.sourceforge.net/ Vuze wiki: http://wiki.vuze.com/index.php/Main_Page Plugins: http://azureus.sourceforge.net/plugin_list.php Vuze is a BitTorrent client written in Java. The BitTorrent protocol is a new way of exchanging or distributing data over the internet. Downloading also means uploading, and the amounts of each are linked, to ensure fairness and rapidity in the spread of the file at hand. Plugins -3D View -SMS Notifications -Country Locator -FireFrog -HTML Web UI -Jython -Ono -Progress…

Autoruns 9.5 File Size: 570 KB License: Freeware Operating System: Windows 2000/2003/2008/Vista/XP HomePage and Download: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinte...s/bb963902.aspx *Please Note: Autoruns 9.5 is also available through the ( AMT ) Anti-Malware Toolkit Autoruns shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and shows you the entries in the order Windows processes them. These programs include ones in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce, and other Registry keys. A "show non-Microsoft only" option helps you to zoom in on third-party auto-starting images that have been added to your system. You'll probably be surprise…

Toucan 2.1.0 License: Open Source File Size: 2.5MB Download / 3.1MB Installed 0perating System: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7, Wine HomePage: http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/toucan Toucan is a tool for advanced users that allows you to sync, backup and secure files on your portable device. With more options than the built in suite utilities. It is split up into 7 tabs, allowing you to easily find the function that you want. This release contains includes a brand new sync engine, bug fixes, additional languages, a new installer, Windows 7 support and a new progress dialog. There is also a change to Backup Differential. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format…

FrostWire 4.18.0 File Size: 7.0MB License: Open Source Operating Systems: *Windows 2000/XP/Vista,2000,NT *Mac OS X 10.4 or later *Linux, Unix such as Solaris ( Debian, Ubuntu, Red Hat, Fedora, Mandriva, Tarball ) Other Requirements: *Java Runtime Environment 1.6 http://www.java.com/en/ *128 MB of RAM (256 MB Recommended) HomePage: http://www.frostwire.com/ Screenshots: http://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots...group_id=142481 FrostWire is a fork of the very popular LimeWire PRO Gnutella/Bittorrent client. The purpose of FrostWire is to keep and maintain the freedoms that LimeWire LLC may be forced to withdraw. Share any type of file …

Prism 1.0 File Size: 7.98MB License: Free Operating Systems: Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows XP HomePage: https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebRunner Prism is a simple XULRunner based browser that hosts web applications without the normal web browser user interface. Prism is based on a concept called Site Specific Browsers (SSB). An SSB is an application with an embedded browser designed to work exclusively with a single web application. It doesn’t have the menus, toolbars and accoutrements of a normal web browser. Some people have called it a "distraction free browser" because none of the typical browser chrome is used. An SSB also has a tighter integration with t…

OpenOffice.org is a free, open-source, cross-platform office suite. A free alternative to Microsoft Office. It supports the ODF (OpenDocument Format) which is the ISO standard for document exchange. OpenOffice.org 3.0 was release last October, but today the OpenOffice.org community has announced the release of its first major update. OpenOffice.org 3.1 brings a major revamp of the program's on-screen graphics, further grammar check integration, performance improvements, improved support for bi-directional scripts, easier deployment of macro applications, and many other features. The anti-aliasing feature for charts and drawings make it much nicer to work with. N…

UBCD4Win is a bootable recovery CD that contains software used for repairing, restoring, or diagnosing almost any computer problem. Our goal is to be the most complete and easy to use free computer diagnostic tool. Almost all software included in UBCD4Win are freeware utilities for Windows®. Some of the tools inlcuded are "free for personal use" copies so users need to respect these licenses. A few of the tools included in UBCD4Win are paid for and licensed software owned by UBCD4win. On occasion we work with software companies/authors for permission to include their software in our download or have requested their software better support PE. Users can freely share co…

An addiction center is opening Europe's first detox clinic for video game addicts, offering in-house treatment for people who can't leave their joysticks alone. Link -> :twitch: Must have more PC time :twitch: _________________________________________ Cheers from your intrepid webreporter

Songbird 1.1.1 is a free, open-source, cross-platform audio player. It got support for skins. It is built using XUL (just like Mozilla Firefox). It has extensions so you can extend it with plugins. It is developed by Pioneers of the Inevitable aka POTI Inc, which includes several members from the old Winamp team. http://getsongbird.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songbird_(software) Features: http://getsongbird.com/features/

A new Beta of Firefox 3.1 was released yesterday. Read the full Release Notes here: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.1b3/releasenotes/ Downloads (64 different languages) here: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html .

Opera 9.64 has been released " Opera 9.64 is a recommended security and stability upgrade, incorporating the Opera Presto 2.1.1 user agent engine. Opera highly recommends all users to upgrade to Opera 9.64 to take advantage of these improvements. Release date: 03.03.2009" Version 9.64 includes a fix to a critical security vulnerability in which a specially crafted JPEG image could cause Opera to corrupt memory and execute arbitrary code. Download page: http://www.opera.com/browser/download/ Release notes/changelog (Windows version): http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/964/ .

Linux Mint 6 Felicia File Sizes (other editions are available) *Main Edition: 664.5MB *Universal Edition: 1.3GB *x64 Edition: 682.3MB License: Open Source Operating System: Linux HomePage: http://www.linuxmint.com/index.php Screenshots: http://www.linuxmint.com/screenshots.php Wiki: http://linuxmint.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Linux Mint’s purpose is to produce an elegant, up to date and comfortable GNU/Linux desktop distribution. Linux Mint is one of the surprise packages of the past year. Originally launched as a variant of Ubuntu with integrated media codecs, it has now developed into one of the most user-friendly distributions on the market - co…

BitSpirit 3.3.3.118 Beta File Size: 2.1MB License: Freeware Operating Systems: Windows 2000, 2003, 9x, WindowsXP HomePage: http://www.167bt.com/intl/index.php BitSpirit is a powerful and easy-to-use BitTorrent client which provides not only full BitTorrent protocol implementation but also many personalized features.It supports simultaneous downloads, download queue, UPNP port-maping, NAT traversal(UDP transport), select downloads from multiple files torrent package, disk cache, chatting with other peers, torrent market,ip-filter, etc. In 3.0 or above versions of BitSpirit, it also supports DHT network which is based on Kademlia protocol and fully compatible …

Password Safe 3.15.1 File Size: 2.3MB License: Open Source Operating Systems: Windows 9x/2000/XP/2003/XP64 HomePage: http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/ Screenshots: http://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots...?group_id=41019 Whether the answer is one or hundreds, Password Safe allows you to safely and easily create a secured and encrypted user name/password list. With Password Safe all you have to do is create and remember a single "Master Password" of your choice in order to unlock and access your entire user name/password list. Using Password Safe you can organize your passwords using your own customizable references—for example, by user ID, catego…

BlackBox 1.0.2 File Size: 1.1MB License: Freeware Operating System: Windows Vista 32/64-bit. HomePage: http://blackbox.hardwaremania.com/en/ Downloads: http://blackbox.hardwaremania.com/en/download What is HWM BlackBox HWM BlackBox is a utility designed to deliver precise details on the core components of your computer to the maximum. As well as providing you with you with in-depth information about hardware such as the processor, memory modules, mainboard, hard drives and video card, it also offers the opportunity to assess critical parameters such as clock speeds and temperatures. HWM BlackBox also presents Vista – compatible tools to test your comput…

Movable Type 4.2 License: Open Source File SIze: 4.9 MB Operating Systems: Mac OS X, Windows XP/2003Server, 1GHz CPU, 512MB RAM, 100MB disk space HomePage: http://www.movabletype.com/ Screenshots: http://movabletype.org/screenshots/ Download: http://www.movabletype.org/download.html Powerful enough for building blogs, websites or social networks on a single platform It's easier than ever to publish and share information with Movable Type. Movable Type makes it simple to start a blog, manage entire websites and build an engaged community of readers and customers. Build Custom Blogs and Websites * Create the site you want. Build interactive blogs…

nHancer 2.4.5 File Size: 1.7MB (available 32-bit and 64-bit versions) License: Freeware Operating Systems: Windows 2000, XP, 2003 or Vista Other Rquirements: -Any nVidia GeForce graphic card -Forceware driver version 60 or higher -NET Framework 2.0 or later HomePage: http://www.nhancer.com/?dat=home Comparison Examples Anti-Aliasing comparison: http://www.nhancer.com/?dat=d_aapres Anisotropic filter comparison: http://www.nhancer.com/?dat=d_afpres Options and their effects, like Anti Aliasing, Anisotropic Filtering, etc: http://www.nhancer.com/?dat=d_enhancements#AA nHancer is an Advanced Control Panel and Profile Editor for nVidia cards …

Psi File Size: 11.6MB ( Windows Installer ) Your Operating System will determine the file size License: OpenSource Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, and Mac OS HomePage: http://psi-im.org/ Downloads: http://psi-im.org/download/ Psi is an instant messaging application for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X that connects to the free, open Jabber IM network (also known as XMPP). Google Talk, LiveJournal, and Portugal Telecom are just a few of the groups that are actively using the Jabber network around the world — and many other companies and educational institutions are still joining in. Psi allows you to seamlessly chat with anyone connected to this global IM netw…