Description:

Maxthon Internet Browser software is a powerful tabbed browser with a highly customizable interface. It is based on the Internet Explorer browser engine (your most likely current web browser) which means that what works in the IE browser will work the same in Maxthon tabbed browser but with many additional efficient features like...

• Tabbed Browsing Interface
• Mouse Gestures
• Super Drag&Drop
• Privacy Protection
• AD Hunter
• RSS Reader
• IE Extensions Support
• External Utility Bar
• Skinning

Technical:

Title:	Maxthon 2.5.1.4075
Filename:	mx_2.5.1.4075.exe
File size:	4.95MB (5,192,424 bytes)
Requirements:	Windows (All Versions)
License:	Freeware
Date added:	January 14, 2009
Author:	Maxthon International Ltd www.maxthon.com

Change Log:

Core:

• Redesigned browser framework and added new anti-freeze feature
  

Plugin and External Tools:

• Improved plugin security. Security id is no longer accessible in max.src. Existing Script/HTML plugins are not affected, individual COM plugins could obtain the security id through a new putSecurityId method if necessary.
  

Interface:

• Added clean browser history option in the exit confirmation dialog
• Added a save as option in Collector, support ANSI, Unicode, and UTF-8 txt format
• Added a notice window when cleaning browser history
• Fixed a GDI leakage when tab is dragged
• Fixed a favorites and RSS sidebar focus problem
• Fixed a Maximize problem in mult-monitor environment
• Fixed a Float Button position problem under Split View
• Fixed a RSS duplicate addition alert problem
• Fixed a freeze problem when the shadow of menu is clicked
• The URL of favorites is shown when mouse hover favorites sidebar
• The close button on the active tab now works on mouse released (previously when mouse pressed)
  

Capture:

• Fixed problem capturing long web pages
  

Others:

• Fixed a zoom problem under IE8
• Fixed a freeze problem when maxthon exits
• Fixed a Magic Fill auto fill problem
• Fixed problem opening .url shortcut
• Fixed some browser window focus problems
• Fixed some memory leakage problem
• Possibly fixed problem that browser frame may not be drawn
• Possibly fixed problem that browser window may go behind other windows when opening external url
• Improved page scrolling efficiency
• Web page zoom ratio is limited between 10% to 1000%

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Description:

XnView is freeware software that allows you to view and convert graphic files. It's very fast and easy to use. But more importantly it supports more than 400 graphics formats!

• Import about 400 graphic file formats
• Export about 50 graphic file formats
• Multipage TIFF, Animated GIF, Animated ICO support
• Image IPTC, EXIF metadata support
• EXIF auto rotation support
• IPTC editing
• Resize, rotate, crop support
• Lossless rotate & crop (jpeg) support
• Adjust brightness, contrast...
• Auto levels, contrast
• Modify number of colors
• Apply filters (blur, average, emboss, ...)
• Apply effects (lens, wave, ...)
• Fullscreen mode
• Slide show with effects
• Batch convert, batch rename
• Create WEB page easily
• Screen capture
• Create contact Sheet
• Create or edit Multi-page file (TIFF, DCX, LDF)
• TWAIN & WIA support (Windows only)
• Print support (Windows only)
• Drag & Drop support (Windows only)
• Compare image side by side
• Filmstrip layout
• 44 languages support (Windows only)

Technical:

Title:	XnView v1.96 Beta 2
Filename:	XnView-beta2.zip
File size:	15.77MB (16,532,115 bytes)
Requirements:	Windows (All Versions)
License:	Non-Commercial Freeware
Date added:	January 13, 2009
Author:	XnView.com www.xnview.com

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Description:

LimeWire is a fast P2P file-sharing application, letting users share and search for all types of computer files, including movies, pictures, games, and text documents. The application's other features include dynamic querying, the ability to preview files while downloading, advanced techniques for locating rare files, and an extremely intuitive user interface.

• Ease of use - just install, run, and search
• Ability to search by artist, title, genre, or other metainformation
• Elegant multiple search tabbed interface
• "Swarm" downloads from multiple hosts help you get files faster
• iTunes integration for Mac and Windows users
• Unique "ultrapeer" technology reduces bandwidth requirements for most users
• Integrated chat
• Directly connect to a computer
• Browse host feature--even works through firewalls
• Added Bitzi metadata lookup
• International versions: Now available in many new languages
• Connects to the network using GWebCache, a distributed connection system
• Automatic local network searches for lightning-fast downloads
• Support for MAGNET links that allow you to click on web page links that access Gnutella

Technical:

Title:	LimeWire Basic 5.0.5 Beta
Filename:	LimeWireWin.exe
File size:	15.92MB (16,697,744 bytes)
Requirements:	Windows (All Versions)
License:	Freeware
Date added:	January 13, 2009
Author:	Lime Wire LLC www.limewire.com

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Description:

This utility, which has the most comprehensive knowledge of auto-starting locations of any startup monitor, 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. You can configure Autoruns to show other locations, including Explorer shell extensions, toolbars, browser helper objects, Winlogon notifications, auto-start services, and much more. Autoruns goes way beyond the MSConfig utility bundled with Windows Me and XP.

Autoruns' Hide Signed Microsoft Entries option helps you to zoom in on third-party auto-starting images that have been added to your system and it has support for looking at the auto-starting images configured for other accounts configured on a system. Also included in the download package is a command-line equivalent that can output in CSV format, Autorunsc.

You'll probably be surprised at how many executables are launched automatically!

Autoruns works on all versions of Windows including Windows XP 64-bit Edition (for x64) and Windows Server 2003 64-bit Edition (for x64).

This download includes the exe and command line versions of Autoruns.

Technical:

Title:	Autoruns 9.38
Filename:	Autoruns.zip
File size:	564KB (577,363 bytes)
Requirements:	Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/XP64/Vista64
License:	Freeware
Date added:	January 13, 2009
Author:	Microsoft SysInternals www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals
Homepage:	technet.microsoft.co...nals/bb963902.aspx

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Descritpion:

Ever wondered which program has a particular file or directory open? Now you can find out. Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.

The Process Explorer display consists of two sub-windows. The top window always shows a list of the currently active processes, including the names of their owning accounts, whereas the information displayed in the bottom window depends on the mode that Process Explorer is in: if it is in handle mode you'll see the handles that the process selected in the top window has opened; if Process Explorer is in DLL mode you'll see the DLLs and memory-mapped files that the process has loaded. Process Explorer also has a powerful search capability that will quickly show you which processes have particular handles opened or DLLs loaded.

The unique capabilities of Process Explorer make it useful for tracking down DLL-version problems or handle leaks, and provide insight into the way Windows and applications work.

Process Explorer works on Windows 9x/Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Server 2003, and 64-bit versions of Windows for x64 processors, and Windows Vista.

Technical:

Title:	Process Explorer 11.32
Filename:	ProcessExplorer.zip
File size:	1.54MB (1,615,519 bytes)
Requirements:	Windows (All Versions)
License:	Freeware
Date added:	January 13, 2009
Author:	Microsoft SysInternals www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals
Homepage:	www.microsoft.com/te...ocessExplorer.mspx

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Description:

Use Yahoo! Messenger to call and talk over the Internet just like you're on the phone. All you need is a headset, or a microphone and speakers. It's that easy - just click the Call button. If no one's there, leave a voicemail!

You can also get much better sound quality than regular phone lines. Try it out - you and your friends will really hear a difference.

Find, add, share friends... It's easier than ever to add and invite friends to Messenger. You can even send your contact information to a friend's Address Book.

Technical:

Title:	Yahoo! Messenger 9.0.0.2112
Filename:	ymsgr900_2112_us.exe
File size:	14.15MB (14,839,576 bytes)
Requirements:	Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/XP64/Vista64
License:	Freeware
Date added:	January 13, 2009
Author:	Yahoo! Inc www.yahoo.com
Homepage:	messenger.yahoo.com

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Description:

Pidgin (previously called Gaim) is a multi-protocol instant messaging (IM) client for Linux, BSD, MacOS X, and Windows. It is compatible with AIM and ICQ (Oscar protocol), MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, SILC, GroupWise Messenger, and Zephyr networks.

Pidgin users can log in to multiple accounts on multiple IM networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on AOL Instant Messenger, talking to a friend on Yahoo Messenger, and sitting in an IRC channel all at the same time.

Pidgin supports many features of the various networks, such as file transfer, away messages, typing notification, and MSN window closing notification. It also goes beyond that and provides many unique features. A few popular features are Buddy Pounces, which give the ability to notify you, send a message, play a sound, or run a program when a specific buddy goes away, signs online, or returns from idle; and plugins, consisting of text replacement, a buddy ticker, extended message notification, iconify on away, spell checking, tabbed conversations, and more.

Technical:

Title:	Pidgin 2.5.4
Filename:	pidgin-2.5.4.exe
File size:	13.61MB (14,275,882 bytes)
Requirements:	Windows (All Versions)
License:	Open Source
Date added:	January 13, 2009
Author:	Gaim www.pidgin.im

Change Log:

libpurple:

• Fix a connection timeout with empty Gadu-Gady buddy lists. (Martin Rosinski)
• Don't ignore namespace information when parsing XMPP data. (Michal Witkowski)
• Fix a crash that occurred when retrieving certain Offline Messages on MSN.
• Extended purple-url-handler to handle "gtalk" URI's. (Paul Aurich)
• Fix the hang on exit in Network Location Awareness for Windows XP and Windows Vista. (Paul Aurich)
  

MSN:

• Change Contact Server to temporarily fix connection problems. (Thanks to Youness Alaoui)
  

XMPP:

• Support for XEP-0191 blocking. (Vijay Raghunathan)
• Don't put SASL PLAIN or IQ Auth passwords in debug logs. (Paul Aurich)
• Fix removal of avatars (both PEP and vCard), we weren't removing them correctly before. (Paul Aurich)
  

Pidgin:

• Fix a crash in the Add Account dialog when changing protocols under certain circumstances.
  

Finch:

• Redirect stderr outputs to the debug window.
• Fix rebinding actions with the arrow-keys and tab.

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Description:

Maxthon Internet Browser software is a powerful tabbed browser with a highly customizable interface. It is based on the Internet Explorer browser engine (your most likely current web browser) which means that what works in the IE browser will work the same in Maxthon tabbed browser but with many additional efficient features like...

• Tabbed Browsing Interface
• Mouse Gestures
• Super Drag&Drop
• Privacy Protection
• AD Hunter
• RSS Reader
• IE Extensions Support
• External Utility Bar
• Skinning

Technical:

Title:	Maxthon 2.5.1.3835 Beta
Filename:	mx_2.5.1.3835.exe
File size:	4.95MB (5,190,384 bytes)
Requirements:	Windows (All Versions)
License:	Freeware
Date added:	January 12, 2009
Author:	Maxthon International Ltd www.maxthon.com

Change Log:

Core
Redesigned browser framework and added new anti-freeze feature

Plugin and External Tools
Improved plugin security. Security id is no longer accessible in max.src. Existing Script/HTML plugins are not affected, individual COM plugins could obtain the security id through a new putSecurityId method if necessary. (Note: COM plugins are disabled in this beta)

Interface
Added clean browser history option in the exit confirmation dialog
Added a save as option in Collector, support ANSI, Unicode, and UTF-8 txt format
Added a notice window when cleaning browser history
Fixed a GDI leakage when tab is dragged
Fixed a favorites and RSS sidebar focus problem
Fixed a Maximize problem in mult-monitor environment
Fixed a Float Button position problem under Split View
Fixed a RSS duplicate addition alert problem
Fixed a freeze problem when the shadow of menu is clicked
The URL of favorites is shown when mouse hover favorites sidebar
The close button on the active tab now works on mouse released (previously when mouse pressed)

Capture
Fixed problem capturing long web pages

Others
Fixed a zoom problem under IE8
Fixed a freeze problem when maxthon exits
Fixed a Magic Fill auto fill problem
Fixed problem opening .url shortcut
Fixed some browser window focus problems
Fixed some memory leakage problem
Possibly fixed problem that browser frame may not be drawn
Possibly fixed problem that browser window may go behind other windows when opening external url
Improved page scrolling efficiency
Web page zoom ratio is limited between 10% to 1000%

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Description:

From Piriform, the company that brought you CCleaner and Recuva... they now bring you a file defragmentation tool... Defraggler!

It differs from other defrag tools on the market, by enabling you to quickly and simply defrag the files you want to, without having to process the whole drive. Simply run it, select the file and defragment in seconds. No more struggling with the Windows defragmentation tool!

• Defrag Individual Files
• Compact and Portable
• Vista Support
• Locate Files on the Drive
• Freeware

And remember like all Piriform products, Defraggler is completely free for both corporate and individual use.

Technical:

Title:	Defraggler 1.06.118
Filename:	dfsetup106.exe
File size:	727KB (744,824 bytes)
Requirements:	Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/XP64/Vista64
License:	Freeware
Date added:	January 12, 2009
Author:	Piriform www.piriform.com
Homepage:	www.defraggler.com

Change Log:

• Added interactive drive map.
• Improved scheduler handling of multiple drives.
• Fixed rare crash in Vista when defragging Folder entries.
• Optimized file placement for Win2k3.
• Improved placement of large files at end of drive.
• Added Dutch, Ukranian and Norwegian translations.
• Various UI tweaks.
• Several minor bug fixes.

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Description:

Notepad++ is a free source code editor (and Notepad replacement), which supports several programming languages, running under the MS Windows environment.

This project, based on the Scintilla edit component (a very powerful editor component), written in C++ with pure win32 api and STL (that ensures the higher execution speed and smaller size of the program), is under the GPL Licence.

• Syntax Highlighting and Syntax Folding
• WYSIWYG
• User Defined Syntax Highlighting
• Auto-completion
• Multi-Document
• Multi-View
• Regular Expression Search/Replace supported
• Full Drag 'N' Drop supported
• Dynamic position of Views
• File Status Auto-detection
• Zoom in and zoom out
• Multi-Language environment supported
• Bookmark
• Brace and Indent guideline Highlighting
• Macro recording and playback

Technical:

Title:	Notepad++ 5.1.4
Filename:	npp.5.1.4.Installer.exe
File size:	2.67MB (2,798,317 bytes)
Requirements:	Windows (All Versions)
License:	Open Source
Date added:	January 12, 2009
Author:	Notepad++ notepad-plus.sourceforge.net

Change Log:

• Add localization on run time feature : Change language on the run time for Unicode version (via preferences dialog).
• Add the ability to force opened ANSI document as UTF-8 w/o BOM.
• Fix verbose backup bug (while the backup dir is not set).
• Fix bug that external lexer doesn't work with Unicode version.
• Fix recent files list bug.
• Include a help content file.
• Add new plugin notification message NPPN_WORDSTYLESUPDATED.
• Add 2 plugin messages for shortcut feature : NPPN_SHORTCUTREMAPPED notification and NPPM_GETSHORTCUTBYCMDID message.

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