“Microsoft has just began its beta testing on a new program, made to have Microsoft’s hotmail on your own desktop according to an article on CNET. it’s going to be free software and your going to be able to manage multiple accounts and they are attempting to include the ability to also just control all pop3 and smtp accounts you have, including Google’s gmail as well as Windows Live Mail, the successor to Hotmail. From the article, “The move is a shift for the Hotmail business, which in the past, has charged users who wanted to read their mail using desktop software, rather than a Web browser. Microsoft charged $20 and up for its paid service.”"
Monthly Archive for March, 2006
DVD ReBuilder combines DVDfab Decrypter, DVD Rebuilder, HC Encoder en AviSynth. Complete with the optimal settings for all these programs. Now it’s very easy to copy a dvd!
* New! Now works for all WinXP languages
* fixed bug with shortcuts
* updated the EasyGuide
* updated the Uninstaller
* batchfile with comments
FileZilla is a fast and reliable FTP client and server with lots of useful features and an intuitive interface. And best of all: it’s free! Note: when you have an older version of FileZilla installed, you can just install the new version over it, all settings and accounts will be saved.
* Fixed problem with SSL transfers aborting or even crashing the server.
* Improved CLNT command detection for UTF-8 support
* Fix SSL rekeying
Hitman Pro 2.4 is a free collection of spyware detection and removal tools, all automated. It rocks 
* New slick user interface (so we can introduce more functions in the near future, like settings for realtime protection).
* Added Flash Player upgrade to solve critical vulnerabilities (Adobe Systems Security Bulletin APSB06-03). Because Adobe Systems nor Microsoft is taking steps to automatically upgrade Flash Player arround the globe.
* Added support for Windows XP x64 (currently still limited). Note that Spy Sweeper will not be installed under x64 since Webroot hasn’t tested this).
* Fixed enabling SurfRight for Outlook Express when Outlook Express was not found on default location.
* Improved quarantine (restore checks for existing files and asks user to overwrite)
* Added hotfix for Spyware Doctor ikhlayer.sys which causes problems with chkdsk, Partition Magic, etc.
* Fixed block on some ActiveX controls. Hitman applies the Spyware Block List which blocks CLSIDs of certain ActiveX controls (prevent them from installing). Problem is, some of the CLSIDs are also used by MSN Instant Games. Hitman now unblocks the CLSIDs used by MSN.
* Added “Improved spyware removal” for external applications (like Ad-Aware, Spy Sweeper, etc). When eg. Ad-Aware finished scanning, Hitman will gather its targets and will close corresponding processes of these targets. This significantly helps spyware removal.
* Improved control of Ad-Aware.
* Improved control of Spybot Search & Destroy
* Improved SurfRight Helper
* Added support for Spyware Doctor 3.5. Users running Spyware Doctor version 3.2 will be automatically upgraded to version 3.5.
* Added removal of RazeSpyware en PestTrap to Hitman Pro AntiSpyware.
* Replaced WMF hotfix from Ilfak Guilfanov with installer for official Microsoft Security Update. Note that Hitman will still install the hotfix on operating systems which are no longer supported by Microsoft (ex. Windows XP without Service Pack).
* Ported hitmanpro2.dll (Visual Basic) to new C++ DLL, to solve ObjCreate and DllRegisterServer errors (which could occur under certains conditions).
* Added automatic install path for external antispyware software. Previously users must manually specify the destination path if he/she did not want to install (ex. Ad-Aware) in C:\Program Files. Note that the externals tools will be installed on the same drive and parent folder as Hitman Pro. This can still be changed in the Configuration of Hitman Pro.
* Fixed offline usage. If user copies setup and the folders packages and updates from a current Hitman install, user can run Hitman offline.
K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools. Codec is short for Compressor-Decompressor. Codecs are needed for encoding and decoding (playing) audio and video. This Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files. You should be able to play all the popular movie formats and even some rare formats.
This update includes updates for the following components: BSPlayer, FLAC, x264, Gabest MPEG splitter and Gabest MPEG-1/2 decoder.
Foobar2000 is an advanced audio player for the Windows platform. Some of the basic features include full unicode support, ReplayGain support and native support for several popular audio formats.
* Reworked UI structure, removed various redundant / rarely used features.
* New: Media Library, replacing old “database” functionality.
* Improved playlist management
* better handling of multiple playlists, native multilevel undo and more.
* Changes in title formatting script (field remappings) to make common operations easier.
* New: Converter, replacing old “Diskwriter” component. Includes album image writing (cuesheet creation, direct encoding to MP4 with chapters), preview generation and multi-CPU optimizations. Most popular encoders are supported out-of-the-box; more encoders can be added using generic commandline encoder setup.
* Improved support for specific file formats: faster tag updates with MP3 and FLAC, new native ID3v2 support, rewritten MP4 support now including chapters, rewritten cuesheet handling with improved handling of embedded cuesheets, improved AAC streaming support, and more.
* Various speed optimizations, improved UI responsivity during time-consuming operations; better handling of overkill playlist scripts.
* New: file type associations page in preferences.
* New and improved ReplayGain scanner with proper multichannel support and multi-CPU optimizations; now with option to apply RG adjustment directly to audio data in MP3 files.
* Improved audio CD support, with simple secure ripping functionality.
* Rewritten network code.
* Improved security by replacing various third party libraries with own implementations.
* Various usability improvements.
* Dropped Windows 95/98/ME/NT4 OS support. Windows 2000, XP or newer is now required.
* New: [jnetlib] HTTP compression support
* Improved: [installer] multi-user profile migration
* Fixed: [ml_wire] memory leak
* Fixed: [pmp_p4s] DRMclien.dll error
* Fixed: [gen_ff] skin info display in preferences
* Fixed: [in_mp3] Wordwrap disabled in Info Editor Comments field
* Fixed: [in_wm] Minor bug fixes
* Fixed: Keyboard shortcuts don’t work from video window
* Fixed: [in_vorbis] No Artist metadata in stream titles
* Fixed: [in_dshow] floating point audio
* Updated: Coding Technology AAC+ Decoder 7.2.5
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. And it’s free.