AIMP is my new default music player on Windows. I don’t want to spend the time and effort anymore to configure foobar2000 to my liking. I wanted something that *just works*: gapless playback, lots of cueing options, integrates well with Windows 7 and so on. Try it out! Continue reading
Seems like Microsoft is about to release a public beta version of the Wave 4 series of programs. They registered this url: http://windowslivepreview.com. Windows Live Messenger should get Facebook Chat integration, video messages into the messenger, HD video support, Iphone support and better Windows 7 integration.
PCLinuxOS 2010 – yes, it’s a stupid name – is now available for download. Features: Linux kernel 2.6.32.11-bfs for maximum desktop performance; full KDE 4.4.2 desktop; NVIDIA and ATI driver support; multimedia playback support for many popular formats; wireless support for many network devices; printer support for many local and networked printer devices; addlocale allows you to convert PCLinuxOS into over 60 languages; Continue reading
7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. The program supports 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, LZH, CHM, GZIP, BZIP2, Z, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB formats. Compression ratio in the new 7z format is 30-50% better than ratio in ZIP format. It also compresses to ZIP 2-10% better than PKZip and WinZip. It has an additional powerful command line version and FAR Manager support. Continue reading
aMSN Messenger is a multi protocol, free and open source messaging program. It’s available for a wide range of operating systems. There are more messengers out there than the official ones, try them! Continue reading
Opera Web browser offers the best internet browsing experience available. That is, in my humble opninion of course. This version is by far the fastest browser on my computer at the moment, and 10.50 has got a completely redesigned interface that’s really nice. Continue reading
“Welcome to Lucid Lynx Alpha 3, which will in time become Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.” New features: “The default search engine has been changed to Yahoo! The default home page will use either Google or Yahoo! depending on user setting. Alpha 3 includes the 2.6.32 kernel based on 2.6.32.8. Alpha 3 of Kubuntu features the new KDE SC 4.4. The nouveau video driver is now the default for NVIDIA hardware, this driver provides kernel mode setting, which will give improved resolution detection. We now feature built-in integration with Twitter, identi.ca, Facebook, and other social networks with the MeMenu in the panel.” It runs smooth on my computer, boots up a lot quicker than Ubuntu 9.04!
FrostWire is a free Gnutella and bittorrent client based on LimeWire distributed under terms of the GPL. FrostWire available for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux. The bittorrent engine in FrostWire has got a major overhaul in this release. Continue reading
PeaZip is an open source file and archive manager. Flexibe, portable, secure, and free as in freedom. PeaZip 3.0 was released today, featuring better system integration on Windows, with context menu entries capable of handling multiple input in a single instance of the program, and the capability of re-configuring the system integration (file associations, menu entries) from Options > Settings. Continue reading
Pidgin is an instant messaging program for Windows, Linux, BSD, and other Unixes. You can talk to your friends using AIM, ICQ, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, and Zephyr. Pidgin can be extended using plugins. Continue reading