Interesting Software and System News

[Lisandro]

Now that we'll have AIS, I'm not so self confidence that we should post about the concurrence (not freeware even). At least, in the near future.

[timcan]

Outpost Firewall PRO -  Lifetime Licenses!

   http://www.agnitum.com/products/outpost/

Yep, good deal. I took advantage of exact same promotion earlier in the year.

[Alan|Cvette]

LinkExtend, for a multi-opinion safety rating. http://www.linkextend.com/download/ Firefox & Flock.

When I installed this months ago I didn't like it, was too un-organized, couldn't understand it. But decided to give it a 2nd chance.

I really am enjoying it so far, after a little bit of organizing via moving around the toolbar buttons 'n such, it is very nice. I've taken a screen shot with WOT enabled so you can see a comparison.

[bob3160]

LinkExtend, for a multi-opinion safety rating.

When I installed this months ago I didn't like it, was too un-organized, couldn't understand it. But decided to give it a 2nd chance.

I really am enjoying it so far, after a little bit of organizing via moving around the toolbar buttons 'n such, it is very nice. I've taken a screen shot with WOT enabled so you can see a comparison.

This is for Firefox and Flock:
http://www.linkextend.com/download/

[Alan|Cvette]

Thanks Bob, forgot to mention that  

*Edit, I musta been out of it this morning, I even forgot the link 

[Omid Farhang]

LinkExtend, for a multi-opinion safety rating.

When I installed this months ago I didn't like it, was too un-organized, couldn't understand it. But decided to give it a 2nd chance.

I really am enjoying it so far, after a little bit of organizing via moving around the toolbar buttons 'n such, it is very nice. I've taken a screen shot with WOT enabled so you can see a comparison.

This is for Firefox and Flock:
http://www.linkextend.com/download/

Thank you Bob and Alan, look likes a Great idea, but it need a few more works and improvement. need to works more on networks usage for faster responce and also I felt it has some impact on Firefox performance, yet it can improve so much.

[Alan|Cvette]

Yes, I have seen a few performance issues here and there, room for improvement. But its a hopeful.

[Chris Thomas]

Xion Audio Player



Xion Audio Player is ultra light and only consumes minimal amounts of RAM and CPU.

http://xion.r2.com.au/index.php?page=download

Portable Download

http://www.r2.com.au/downloads/files/xion_v1.0b125.zip


Features

    * Ultra easy to skin using a powerful skinning system (No coding required!)
    * Complete animation support
    * Skins load directly from .PSD files, not script or extra files required!
    * Powerful playlist support
    * Seamless playback
    * Crossfading support
    * 10 band equalizer with presets
    * Blazingly fast, low cpu and low memory consumption
    * MP3/OGG (Shoutcast, etc) internet radio streaming
    * Customizable global hotkeys
    * Auto play and position saver
    * Single click play/pause
    * Volume and balance controls
    * Full system tray functionality
    * MSN Messenger and Windows Live Messenger Integration
    * Component Plugin system
    * Portable version available


Supported file formats

    * Advanced Audio Coding (.Aac)
    * Dolby Digital AC-3 (.Ac3)
    * CRI ADX (.Adx)
    * CRI AIX(.Aix)
    * Audio Interchange File Format (.Aiff)
    * Monkey's Audio (.Ape, .Mac)
    * Advanced Streaming format (.Asf)
    * CD Audio (.Cda)
    * Free Lossless Audio Codec (.Flac)
    * Impulse Tracker (.It)
    * MIDI music (.Mid, .Midi, .Kar, .Rmi)
    * Protracker / FastTracker (.Mod)
    * MP3/OGG compressed MOD music (.Mo3)
    * MPEG I/II Layer 1 (.Mp1)
    * MPEG I/II Layer 2 (.Mp2)
    * MPEG I/II Layer 3 (.Mp3)
    * Advanced Audio Coding MPEG-4 (.Mp4)
    * Apple Lossless Audio Codec (.M4a)
    * Musepack (.Mpc, .Mp+, .Mpp)
    * OptimFROG (.Ofr, .Ofs)
    * Ogg Vorbis (.Ogg)
    * Scream Tracker 3 (.S3m)
    * DirectMusic Files (.Sgt)
    * Speex (.Spx)
    * The True Audio (.Tta)
    * Unreal/Unreal Tournament Music File (.Umx)
    * Microsoft Wave files (.Wav)
    * Windows Media Audio (.Wma)
    * WavPack (.wv)
    * FastTracker 2 (.Xm)


Supported playlist formats

    * M3u - M3U Playlist
    * Pls - PLS Playlist
    * Wpl - Windows Media Playlist

Supported Operating Systems

    * Windows 2000
    * Windows 2003
    * Windows XP
    * Windows Vista
    * Windows 7

LOTS OF SKINS TOO

[bob3160]

Top 10 Chrome Browser Add-ons
 Some of these extensions for Google's browser will boost productivity and some are just plain fun.
You need Google Chrome Beta to use any of these Add-ons. Get it from here

[Chris Thomas]

Firefox 3.5.7

* Fixed a common stability issue.
* Fixed a problem with how updates were being presented to users.

http://www.filehippo.com/download_firefox/

Flock 2.5.6

# New Features

* Based on the Firefox 3 technology, providing a faster, safer, and more stable web surfing experience.
* Incorporated Mozilla's 3.0.16 patch for Firefox.
* Incorporated the latest Adobe Flash Player version.

http://www.filehippo.com/download_flock/

Comodo Internet Security 3.13.125662

* NEW! AV engine was integrated

http://www.filehippo.com/download_comodo/

[bob3160]

Firefox 3.5.7

* Fixed a common stability issue.
* Fixed a problem with how updates were being presented to users.

http://www.filehippo.com/download_firefox/

Flock 2.5.6

# New Features

* Based on the Firefox 3 technology, providing a faster, safer, and more stable web surfing experience.
* Incorporated Mozilla's 3.0.16 patch for Firefox.
* Incorporated the latest Adobe Flash Player version.

http://www.filehippo.com/download_flock/

Comodo Internet Security 3.13.125662

* NEW! AV engine was integrated

http://www.filehippo.com/download_comodo/

Aren't these updates and therefore belong in the update section

[Jtaylor83]

Microsoft Office 2010 is now adware. Shame on Microsoft.

Microsoft Office Coming in Ad-Supported Version

Microsoft Tuesday said it would include an advertising-supported version of Office 2010 on new PCs as well as offer users a virtualized version that stream Office to a PC to run alongside existing versions.

Source: PC World

[bob3160]

Microsoft Office 2010 is now adware. Shame on Microsoft.

Microsoft Office Coming in Ad-Supported Version

Microsoft Tuesday said it would include an advertising-supported version of Office 2010 on new PCs as well as offer users a virtualized version that stream Office to a PC to run alongside existing versions.

Source: PC World

I've checked out the beta of this some time back and it's a free way to utilize the main parts of Office 2010.
You can always purchase Office 2010 and then there aren't any ads.

[Hermite15]

yeah, and there's never been ads in betas 

[Lisandro]

Microsoft Cooking Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1)
http://www.askvg.com/microsoft-cooking-windows-7-service-pack-1-sp1/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AskVG+%28AskVG%29