The latest beta version of Firefox is now available as a preview release.

Firefox has an intuitive interface and blocks viruses, spyware, and popup ads. It delivers Web pages faster than ever. And it’s easy to install and import your favorites. Packed with useful features like tabbed browsing, Live Bookmarks, and an integrated Search bar, Firefox will change the way you experience the Web, for the better.

Download: Mozilla Firefox RCs

Download: Mozilla Firefox Beta

Download: Mozilla Firefox 3.7 Alpha 3

The fastest browser on Earth.

Experience powerful features with a minimalistic design, and speed like you’ve never seen.

Opera is the Web pioneer that delivered tabbed browsing in 2000, Opera adds Full Text History Search allowing you to access find pages you forgot to bookmark by simply typing just a few words into your toolbar! Opera also gives you the ability to Create Search shortcuts from any search field on the Web; and to Synchronize your Bookmarks, Speed Dial with any other Mac or PC computer, your cell phone, or the Opera-powered game consoles through My Opera.

The fastest ever
Our new JavaScript engine is 8x faster than before.

Beautiful design
A minimal design provides maximum browsing space.

Private browsing
Create tabs or windows that leave no trace.

Smart address field
Auto-complete addresses and search faster.

Download: Opera 10.51 for Windows Build 3313 RC2

Download: Opera 10.50 for Mac Build 8291 RC (Universal)

Download: Opera 10.51 for Linux Build 6248 Alpha

DVDFab Passkey is a Windows-based driver that works on-the-fly to unprotect encrypted movie DVDs and Blu-ray discs. For DVD, it removes all DVD copy protections, like CSS, CPPM, RC, RCE, APS, UOPs, ARccOS, RipGuard, FluxDVD, CORE X2, etc. For Blu-ray, it removes all known AACS and BD+ copy protections, Region Code, BD-Live and UOPs. It allows you to watch any region DVD on your region specific DVD drive and player software. It allows you to watch Blu-ray disc without HDCP-compliant graphics card and without HDCP-compliant display. It also allows you to use any software to access unencrypted DVD and Blu-ray disc content.

Download: DVDFab Passkey 7.0.0.8 Beta

The openSUSE project is a community program sponsored by Novell. Promoting the use of Linux everywhere, openSUSE.org provides free, easy access to the world’s most usable Linux distribution, openSUSE. The openSUSE project gives Linux developers and enthusiasts everything they need to get started with Linux.

The goals of the openSUSE project are:
Make openSUSE the easiest Linux distribution for anyone to obtain and the most widely used open source platform.
Provide an environment for open source collaboration that makes openSUSE the world’s best Linux distribution for new and experienced Linux users.
Dramatically simplify and open the development and packaging processes to make openSUSE the platform of choice for Linux hackers and application developers.

With the launch of the openSUSE project, openSUSE is now developed in an open model—public development builds, releases, and sources will be posted frequently here and you will have access to our Bugzilla database for defect reporting.

Download: openSUSE 11.2 | openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 3

PSPad, the universal freeware editor, is for you if you need to:

· work with plain text – editor has a wealth of formatting functions, including a spell checker
· create web pages – as web authoring editor PSPad contains many unique tools to save your time
· use a good IDE for you compiler – editor PSPad catch and parse compiler output, integrate external help files, compare versions, and much more…

There is no complex install process, editor PSPad is ready to work immediately, without requiring customization. Editor supports many file types and languages, with syntax highlighting. There are macros, clip files and templates to automate repetitive activities. An integrated HEX Editor, Project support, FTP Client, Macro Recorder, File Search/Replace, Code Explorer, code page conversion, are just some of the many possibilities that PSPad can offer you.

Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista

Download: PSPad 4.5.4 Build 2356

| PSPad 4.5.5 Build 2386 Beta

Watch your favorite videos on your favorite devices

Introducing RealPlayer SP

·It’s social. It’s portable. It’s the new RealPlayer SP.
·And it’s perfect for playing and sharing video with your friends and followers on Facebook and Twitter. ·You’ll also be happy to know it works easily with your favorite flavors of Blackberry, iPod, iPhone and game systems.

Download Video
Now you can download and organize your favorite videos from thousands of Websites. Then watch them anytime, anywhere you want.

Convert Video
Our new video converter makes it incredibly easy to copy online video to your iPod, cell phone, Xbox, PS3 or other favorite device.

Share Video
RealPlayer SP is the easiest way to share your favorite videos – with your favorite people – on your Facebook page or Twitter feed.

Requirements: Windows XP/Vista, Macintosh, Linux

Download: RealPlayer SP 1.1.2 Build 12.0.0.641 for Windows

Download: RealPlayer SP 1.0 Beta for Mac

Download: RealPlayer 11 for Linux

Mp3tag – the universal Tag Editor and more …

Mp3tag is a powerful and yet easy-to-use tool to edit metadata of common audio formats where it supports ID3v1, ID3v2.3, ID3v2.4, iTunes MP4, WMA, Vorbis Comments and APE Tags.

It can rename files based on the tag information, replace characters or words in tags and filenames, import/export tag information, create playlists and more.

Mp3tag supports online database lookups from, e.g., Amazon, discogs, or freedb, allowing you to automatically gather proper tags and cover art for your music library.

Mp3tag supports the following audio formats:

• Advanced Audio Coding (aac)
• Free Lossless Audio Codec (flac)
• Monkey’s Audio (ape)
• Mpeg Layer 3 (mp3)
• MPEG-4 (mp4 / m4a / m4b / iTunes compatible)
• Musepack (mpc)
• Ogg Vorbis (ogg)
• OptimFROG (ofr)
• OptimFROG DualStream (ofs)
• Speex (spx)
• True Audio (tta)
• Windows Media Audio (wma)
• WavPack (wv)

Main features:

Batch Tag Editing Write ID3v1.1, ID3v2.3, ID3v2.4, MP4, WMA, APEv2 Tags and Vorbis Comments to multiple files at once.

Support for Cover Art Download and add album covers to your files and make your library even more shiny.

Import from Amazon, discogs, freedb Save typing and import tags from online databases like Amazon, discogs, freedb and more.

Replace characters or words Replace strings in tags and filenames (with support for Regular Expressions).

Create Playlists automatically Create and manage playlists automatically while editing.

Rename files from tags Rename files based on the tag information and import tags from filenames.

Export to HTML, RTF, CSV Generate nice reports and lists of your collection based on user-defined templates.

Full Unicode Support User-interface and tagging are fully unicode compliant.

Besides these main features Mp3tag offers a variety of other functions and features ranging ranging from batch export of embedded album covers, over support for iTunes-specific tags like media type or TV Show settings, to combining multiple actions into groups that can be applied with a single mouse click.

For Windows XP/2003/2008/Vista/Windows 7.

Download: Mp3tag 2.46

Download: Mp3tag Beta

A (very) tiny BitTorrent client

µTorrent (uTorrent) is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint. It was designed to use as little cpu, memory and space as possible while offering all the functionality expected from advanced clients.

With BitTorrent, you can download files faster and contribute by sharing files and bandwidth.

At a glance

- Multiple simultaneous downloads
- Configurable bandwidth scheduler
- Global and per-torrent speed limiting
- Quick-resumes interrupted transfers
- RSS Downloader
- Trackerless support (Mainline DHT)
- Typical memory use less than 6 MB
- Incredibly small

For Wine, Windows 95 (Winsock2), 98/ME, NT/2000, XP, 2003, Vista, and Mac

Download: µTorrent 2.1 Build 18581 Alpha

TeamSpeak is flexible, powerful, scalable software which enables people to speak with one another over the Internet. TeamSpeak consists of both client and server software. The server acts as a host to multiple client connections, capable of handling literally thousands of simultaneous users. This results in an Internet based conferencing solution that works in a variety of applications such as team mates speaking with one another while playing their favorite online game, facilitating inter-office communication among co-workers, or simply for personal communication with friends and family.

Among TeamSpeak’s incredible range of features are crystal clear voice communication, cross-platform design for both the client and server, a built-in web based administration control panel for the server, and a highly scalable user permissions system. In addition, the TeamSpeak server can spawn multiple instances or “virtual servers” from a single server session, thus easily scaling to suit the needs of your community or social network. The TeamSpeak server has a native SQLite database but can be configured for use with MySQL, and has built-in command line query capabilities allowing practically limitless automation and scripting possibilities. Lastly, our next generation TeamSpeak 3 SDK offers a complete integrated solution for online games, virtual worlds, social networks, military simulators, education, or any environment where up to thousands of users require crystal clear voice communication.

TeamSpeak is FREE of charge for non-commercial use and has low cost, flexible licensing options for commercial use.

Runs on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux

Download: TeamSpeak 3.0.0 Beta 20

Mozilla Thunderbird makes emailing safer, faster, and easier than ever before with the industry’s best implementations of features such as intelligent spam filters, built-in RSS reader, quick search, and much more.

Works on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

Download: Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1 Beta 1

Eudora is the best email program for people who get lots of email. If you’re not one of those people now, you will be soon. So, take control of your email before it takes control of you. Eudora is more than a way to send and receive messages – it’s a powerful email management tool with features to increase your productivity and enhance your communications.

System Requirements
- A PC running Microsoft Windows 2000/XP
- Or a Macintosh running Mac OS X
- A POP3 or IMAP4 mail account via an Internet Service Provider or a network connection
- Access to your mail account via PPP dial-up networking using a modem or a TCP/IP Internet-style network connection

Download: Eudora 8.0.0 Beta 9 | Eudora 7.1

The fastest P2P program on the planet!

LimeWire is the world’s most popular peer-to-peer file-sharing program. With over 70 million unique monthly users, the software is downloaded hundreds of thousands of times every day and boasts millions of active users at any given moment. LimeWire uses the BitTorrent protocol and the Gnutella network to provide an unparalleled searches and download speed to the user. As always, LimeWire takes the security of its users very seriously and will never bundle spyware, adware, or viruses. LimeWire will run on Windows, Mac OS X (Intel 64-bit Only), Linux, Solaris, and other operating systems.

Features

Create And Share ListsThe fastest P2P program on the planet!

• Share groups of files with your contacts, or create a list of files just for your friends.

Facebook Integration

• Sign-in with your Facebook ID and share files with your Facebook friends.

Overhauled BitTorrent

• Our completely re-implemented BitTorrent features give you faster downloads.

Advanced Search Refinement

• Drill down to find exactly what you want in your search results. Avoid spam and unwanted files.

Virus Protection

• We’ve got you covered. If LimeWire identifies a virus in your search results, it won’t let you download the file.

Download: LimeWire 5.5.5 Beta

The Open Hardware Monitor is a free open source application that monitors temperature sensors, fan speeds, voltages, load and clock speeds of the hardware of a computer. It runs on 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows operating systems using the Microsoft .NET Framework. Linux systems with Mono are supported as well, although the available sensors are (currently) very limited.

Supported Hardware

• CPU core sensors
 · Intel Core 2, Core i3/i5/i7
 · AMD K8 (0Fh family), K10 (10h family)

• Mainboard sensors
 · ITE IT8716F, IT8718F, IT8720F, IT8726F
 · Fintek F71862, F71869, F71882, F71889
 · Winbond W83627DHG, W83627DHG-P, W83627EHF, W83627HF, W83627THF, W83667HG, W83667HG-B

• GPU sensors
 · Nvidia
 · ATI

• Hard disks
 · S.M.A.R.T. sensors (optional)

• Fan controllers
 · T-Balancer bigNG (direct acces to USB-Serial driver, no T-Balancer Server needed)

User Interface
 · Display of sensor value, min, max and (technical) limit (columns configurable).
 · Window position and size is restored the next time the application is started.
 · Sensor names can be edited (click sensor twice or select the sensor and press F2).
 · Plotting of temperatures graphs (currently limited to max 100min).
 · Display can be limited to certain sensor types (voltage, clock, temperature, fan).
 · Hard disk S.M.A.R.T. sensor reading can be disabled to allow unused disks to be turned off.
 · Minimize to system tray.

Download: Open Hardware Monitor 0.1.23.2 Beta

PuraRa is a simple tool that does a simple job: it removes files from your computer that other mainstream cleaning programs tend to oversee. Some of our targets can simply be removed to create some valuable space while others are removed in an attempt to repair certain problems because they will simply recreate themselves.

Download: PureRa 1.5

Miranda IM IM is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for Windows. Very light on system resources and extremely fast, Miranda IM requires no installation and can be made to fit on a single floppy disk or USB drive. Featuring a powerful plugin-based framework and boasting over 350 plugins, Miranda IM is one of the most flexible and customisable messaging clients on the planet.

Protocol Support

· AIM (AOL Instant Messenger)
· Gadu-Gadu
· IAX (Inter-Asterisk Exchange)
· ICQ
· IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
· Jabber
· MSN
· Netsend
· Tlen
· Yahoo
· And more…

Miranda IM is published under the GPL license and is free of charge.

Miranda IM supports Windows NT4, 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista and 7.

Download: Miranda IM 0.9.0 Alpha Build 6

Inno Setup is a free installer for Windows programs. First introduced in 1997, Inno Setup today rivals and even surpasses many commercial installers in feature set and stability.

Key features:

• Support for all versions of Windows in use today — Windows 95, 98, 2000, 2003, XP, Me, NT 4.0. (No service packs are required.)
• Extensive support for installation of 64-bit applications on the 64-bit editions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. Both the x64 and Itanium architectures are supported. (On the Itanium architecture, Service Pack 1 is required to install in 64-bit mode.)
• Supports creation of a single EXE to install your program for easy online distribution. Disk spanning is also supported.
• Standard Windows 2000/XP-style wizard interface.
• Customizable setup types, e.g. Full, Minimal, Custom.
• Complete uninstall capabilities.
• Installation of files:
Includes integrated support for “deflate”, bzip2, and 7-Zip LZMA file compression. The installer has the ability to compare file version info, replace in-use files, use shared file counting, register DLL/OCX’s and type libraries, and install fonts.
• Creation of shortcuts anywhere, including in the Start Menu and on the desktop.
• Creation of registry and .INI entries.
• Integrated Pascal scripting engine.
• Support for multilingual installs.
• Support for passworded and encrypted installs.
• Silent install and uninstall.
• Full source code is available (Borland Delphi 2.0-5.0).

Download: Inno Setup 5.3.8 | Inno Setup Beta

Stanza Desktop is a free application for Windows and Mac OS X. Use it to download from a vast selection of over 100,000 books and periodicals, and read them right on your PC or Mac. It’s a wireless electronic library that stays open 24/7.

A million readers can’t be wrong.

Stanza is the most popular electronic book reader for a reason. Intuitive ease of use, unmatched customizability, and powerful library organization features all blend together to make finding, obtaining, and reading your books a joy.

Browse.

The built-in Lexcycle Online Catalog contains links to over 100,000 books, from classics to contemporary works. From Austen to Zola, the world’s greatest literature is all at your fingertips.

Read.

Font sizes and colors, portrait mode or landscape, justification, line spacing, and hyphenation. It’s all under your control. Customize Stanza with your preferred style and enjoy distraction-free reading.

Requires Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista, Mac OS X 10.4.8 or higher.

Download: Stanza Desktop for Windows 1.0 Beta 18

Download: Stanza Desktop for Mac 1.0 Beta 18

GX::Tweat is a desktop Twitter client based on the Twitter API 2.1.

Download: GX::Tweats 0.92.11.671 Beta

jEdit is a mature programmer’s text editor with hundreds (counting the time developing plugins) of person-years of development behind it.

While jEdit beats many expensive development tools for features and ease of use, it is released as free software with full source code, provided under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

The core of jEdit is primarily developed by Slava Pestov, and jEdit plugins are being written by a diverse team of programmers from around the world.

Some of jEdit’s features include:

• Written in Java, so it runs on Mac OS X, OS/2, Unix, VMS and Windows.
• Built-in macro language; extensible plugin architecture. Dozens of macros and plugins available.
• Plugins can be downloaded and installed from within jEdit using the “plugin manager” feature.
• Auto indent, and syntax highlighting for more than 130 languages.
• Supports a large number of character encodings including UTF8 and Unicode.
• Folding for selectively hiding regions of text.
• Word wrap.
• Highly configurable and customizable.
• Every other feature, both basic and advanced, you would expect to find in a text editor.

Download: jEdit 4.3.1 | Screenshots

WinSent Messenger – instant messenger for LAN

WinSent Messenger is a program, intended for instant messaging within local area networks (LAN). It will allow you to conveniently and instantaneously exchange short text messages with other users of your network, send and receive personal messages to and from them, send broadcast messages to a group of users or to all users of the network.

WinSent Messenger can be used within home LAN as well office, enterprise or corporate LAN. With WinSent’s help your company’s employees or home users will be able, for example:

 · Exchange messages with collegues and coworkers at work, chat with friends at home
 · Send announcements and tasks to collegues or subordinates
 · Remind employees about a meeting
 · Receive alerts from network administrator
 · and much more…

Using this software does not require any special knowledge. WinSent Messenger is easy-to-use, have friendly and comfortable interface. WinSent Messenger does not require dedicated server and is fully compatible with WinPopup, Messenger Service (net send).

It works with any versions of Windows (9x/NT/2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7). Besides, WinSent is absolutely free.

Download: WinSent Messenger 2.0 Beta 5

IpfilterX is a filter for Emule Mods that support it as feature in their Advanced Options. IpfilterX-u23 is a highly-sophisticated IPFilter that’s updated after careful analysis and study.

uIpfilterX is designed for uTorrent. PeerGuardX is for Peerguardian client.

Download: IpfilterX B14 Beta