Aaaaand I’m back.
Hold back the BOOs, I am perfectly aware my absence from the ‘tubes has been rather lengthy, but let all of you rest assured that it was undoubtedly well-founded. No, I’m not going to elaborate on that.
Moving on, it’s been only 1 year, 5 months and 1 day since my last post, so let’s kick off with not one, but two updates: foobar 0.9.6 beta 2 and CCleaner 2.13.720.
7-Zip, the leading opensource compression tool for Windows in a new (beta) version, with excellent additions! See below for more details downloads and reviews.
*** WHAT’S NEW IN 7-ZIP 4.36 BETA ***
- 7-Zip now can unpack ISO archives
- 7-Zip File Manager now can calculate CRC checksums for files
*** RELEVANT LINKS ***
7-Zip Homepage
7-Zip Review
Download 7-Zip 4.36 Beta (Windows 32bit)
Download 7-Zip 4.36 Beta (Windows x64)
The popular free office suite is now available in a new (minor) version. Here’s word from the devs:
“OpenOffice.org 2.0.2 is available today. This release is recommended for everyone. It contains some new features, fixes many small bugs, and resolves
numerous issues. The spellcheck dictionary in German and some other languages is now directly integrated into OpenOffice.org, so there is no need for a separate download for those languages. The community have further added import filters for Quattro Pro 6 and Microsoft Word 2. As well, other import filters have been improved and it is now easier to use mail merge. Integration with the KDE address book is now possible.
The appearance has also been enhanced, and for Linux users, there are new icon sets for KDE and GNOME. (OpenOffice.org runs on Windows, Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X (X11)). The result of this and the other improvements is not just a prettier OpenOffice.org but a friendlier and more capable suite.”
*** RELEVANT LINKS ***
Download OpenOffice.org 2.0.2 without JRE (.exe - 89MB)
Download OpenOffice.org 2.0.2 with JRE included (.exe - 104MB)
Official download page for OpenOffice.org 2.0.2
Full release notes for 2.0.2
OpenOffice.org Homepage
After only one the after the stable release of µTorrent 1.5, a new build has been unleashed onto the ‘net. Build 437 brings on two small fixes and a change. See below for more details.
*** WHAT’S NEW IN µTORRENT 1.5 BUILD 437 ***
- Change: Lower # of pieces started at the same time
- Fix: Fix issue when compact allocation getting enabled even though it’s off
- Fix: Tab icons now transparent
*** RELATED LINKS ***
Download µTorrent 1.5 (Installer - 469KB)
Download µTorrent 1.5 (.exe - 154KB)
µTorrent 1.5 .exe file hash (a32ceb881610197959e101507d66f384a380574c)
Download µTorrent 1.5 Language pack (.lng - 184KB)
Download older releases and language packs
Download µTorrent Skins
µTorrent Online FAQ
The latest version of the popular (very) tiny BitTorrent client µTorrent brings lots of improvements and bugfixes. AND, the official homepage got a new elegant and very good-looking design. Way to go µTorrent!
*** WHAT’S NEW IN µTORRENT 1.5 ***
- Feature: Setting to determine the number of µTorrent users.
- Feature: Use icons instead of network ok/nat error
- Feature: Auto detect read cache size
- Feature: Language file can be auto updated
- Feature: Keys can be used in main listview to move to the right item
- Feature: New easter egg
- Feature: RSS Help button
- Feature: Reorder RSS favorites
- Feature: If user is running from temporary internet files, prompt to install it.
- Feature: Added popup menu to easily change if the scheduler/dht is enabled.
- Feature: Added log-to-file option in logger.
- Feature: Option to always prioritize the rarest pieces.
- Feature: Added active/inactive categories in category list
- Feature: DEL key works in RSS history, and the last item is selected
- Feature: RSS history remembers only 500-600 items
… visit full changelog for complete list
*** RELEVANT LINKS ***
Visit µTorrent Homepage
Download µTorrent 1.5 (.exe - 153KB)
Download Language packs and older releases
Download µTorrent Skins
µTorrent Online FAQ
7-Zip, the leading opensource compression tool for Windows in a new (beta) version.
*** WHAT’S NEW IN 7-ZIP 4.35 BETA ***
- New switch for 7z.exe (console version): -slt.
- “l” (list) command with -slt shows technical information for archive.
- Some bugs were fixed.
*** RELEVANT LINKS ***
7-Zip Homepage
7-Zip Review
Download 7-Zip 4.35 Beta (Windows 32bit)
Download 7-Zip 4.35 Beta (Windows x64)
Download 7-Zip 4.35 Beta (Windows ia64)
Nero Burning ROM 7.0.8.2 has just been uploaded on the company’s FTP servers. No official announcement is available yet on the product website.
UPDATE: Changelog posted @Nero website, see below for details.
(Note: A new version, 7.2.3.2b, has been released on the 23rd of June 2006.)
*** WHAT’S NEW IN NERO BURNING ROM 7.0.8.2 ***
New features
- Support of Labelflash(TM) in Nero Burning ROM
- Burn support for audible audiobooks
Fixed issues
- Nero Burning ROM crashed after an image was burned and a new project was started afterwards
*** RELEVANT LINKS ***
Download Nero 7.0.8.2 English
Other languages and versions (FTP Directory)
Full changelog information
Nero 7 Product Page