tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-234149052008-06-19T00:07:30.111+03:00Alex S.noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23414905.post-64419187061404299212007-05-26T17:33:00.000+03:002007-05-26T23:07:25.435+03:00

A few days ago, Piriform unleashed a new version of its PC cleaning tool: CCleaner 1.40.520. Among the notable changes are the improvements to the program's compatibility with Windows Vista's User Account Control (UAC) feature. However, posts on the official CCleaner forum indicate some (new?) bugs still plague the program's functionality when UAC is enabled. Namely, when storing settings to

Alex S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23414905.post-67219120082529762082007-04-18T20:29:00.000+03:002007-04-18T20:43:27.633+03:00

It's time for a new CCleaner release. We want our regular share of improvements and fixes.. and new features! It's here and it has a new secure file deletion routine (twice as fast, according to the developer, hmmm). The usual improvements to cleaning were not forgotten: better Internet files removal, Recycle Bin handling and cleaning lots and lots of temp files. Support for two new software

Alex S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23414905.post-60960857273541437062007-04-01T21:55:00.000+03:002007-04-01T22:05:25.579+03:00

If you’re familiar with CCleaner, a freeware system cleaning utility for Windows, you’ll be happy to know its developers have made available a new useful freebie. Piriform, the mother company of CCleaner, have launched, via www.recuva.com, the beta version of Recuva, a utility that recovers files deleted by accident. The software is designed as a general file recovery tool, which means it will

Alex S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23414905.post-57284190741292091602007-03-16T22:17:00.000+02:002007-03-17T09:34:10.759+02:00

WinRAR finally made the big step and went portable! The announcement came today via a press release and is currently featured on the official site of WinRAR but not RarLab. The version number for WinRAR Unplugged is 3.62 despite the latest WinRAR for Windows version being 3.70 Beta 4. As with all portable software, WinRAR Unplugged can be installed on any removable storage device (USB Stick,

Alex S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23414905.post-869939068112339402007-03-07T19:17:00.000+02:002007-03-07T19:36:51.806+02:00

More than a month after the last release, Piriform unleashed today a new version of their renowned cleaning utility CCleaner. CCleaner 1.38.485 further improves the program's compatibility with Microsoft's Windows Vista, adds support for Internet Explorer protected mode cookies and includes some fixes for Firefox cookie cleaning. The scanning speed has also been improved and some changes have

Alex S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23414905.post-16795159789289448442007-02-10T21:23:00.000+02:002007-02-10T22:10:16.795+02:00

Following the latest trend, Vandyke Software started updating their applications to comply with the Windows Vista guidelines. First is SecureCRT, the renowned SSH/Telnet client, with the 5.5 Beta 1 version released on the 8th of February. A nice addition is the New Session Wizard, which makes creating new connections a snap. Of course, it exposes only the basic options, so you might still want

Alex S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23414905.post-57937215099075972082007-02-04T10:22:00.000+02:002007-02-10T15:40:54.175+02:00

FlashGet has been my favourite download manager since forever (actually, since it was called JetCar). It's fast, fully-featured (mms:// downloads anyone?) and it doesn't hog on your system's resources. There was only one drawback: it was based on an adware model - unregistered versions displayed in-program advertisement banners. However, starting last year, a great deal of changes came from

Alex S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23414905.post-17455066038862770912007-02-03T13:51:00.000+02:002007-02-10T15:40:46.502+02:00

That's how this CCleaner release can be summarized: improved compatibility with Microsoft's newly launched Windows Vista and with 64-bit Windows versions. Both are important, especially the first, now that Vista's been launched and started popping up in stores and in major PC manufacturers' offers. Apart from these improvements, some interesting additions are included in CCleaner 1.37.456, such

Alex S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23414905.post-36956909220751455032007-01-16T20:19:00.000+02:002007-02-06T20:34:42.584+02:00

It was high time WinRAR joined the Vista-compatible club, and this new beta accomplishes just that. WinRAR 3.71 Beta 1 packs a host of changes, many of which aim to make the program more compliant to the Windows Vista standards. This is obvious if we take a look at the new help facility, which dropped the old HLP format in favor of the (not-so-new-anymore) CHM system, a change that does not

Alex S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23414905.post-78378341052590762862006-12-19T23:28:00.000+02:002006-12-19T23:51:45.492+02:00

The latest CCleaner release introduces an important addition to its cleaning routines: Office 2007 handling. Aside that, Piriform's product was also updated with the usual tweaks and optimizations, as well as bugfixes. See below for more information and download links... *** WHAT'S NEW IN CCLEANER 1.36.430 *** - Fixed bug with Hotfix and logfile cleaning. - Added Office 2007 cleaning. -

Alex S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23414905.post-29592156887414529632006-12-05T20:52:00.000+02:002006-12-05T21:28:24.388+02:00

WinRAR 3.62 is a release clearly dedicated to improving modules that handle third-party compression formats, 7z and gzip to be more precise. The fix for 7-Zip's format is the most notable since it targets a stack overflow vulnerability. The bug in gzip handling was, at most, an inconvenience: sometimes the date for an extracted file could be set incorrectly.Apparently, these flaws affected only

Alex S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23414905.post-75070898501657396612006-11-28T21:15:00.000+02:002006-11-28T21:48:23.213+02:00

TreeSize Professional's little brother got an update yesterday. As the minor version bump suggests, the changes won't rock your world. Nevertheless, TreeSize 1.7.9 is important since it fixes some (small) bugs that manifested under Windows Vista. Oh, and one more thing, the scanning process doesn't stop anymore with a message box when an "access denied" error is encountered. Wanna be

Alex S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23414905.post-39316219014668606162006-11-25T10:27:00.000+02:002006-11-25T11:06:56.931+02:00

What we have here is a regular CCleaner update: improved cleaning routines, bug fixes and UI language changes. Nothing too special, except maybe for the two IE7 cleaning fixes. Anyway, it would be so unfair not to keep this useful and (still) free app updated, so you're strongly advised to get 1.35.424, even if you're not French and don't care too much for the improved French UI. There's a new

Alex S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23414905.post-28417983241882011042006-11-23T20:57:00.000+02:002006-11-23T22:11:49.402+02:00

A month after the final release of SecureCRT 5.2, we get a new update. SecureCRT 5.2.1 build 256 doesn't include many or important changes, but I can't not be up-to-date :) Read on for more details and, of course, download links... *** WHAT'S NEW IN SECURECRT 5.2.1 *** Changes: - Added a new Global.ini clipboard data format VDS_TEXT that converts special dashes to "-" and smart quotes

Alex S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23414905.post-43742664802612400932006-11-22T19:52:00.000+02:002006-11-22T21:22:53.755+02:00

Next on the Vista-compatible apps wave is my favorite image viewer, IrfanView - a simple, yet robust and powerful application, especially when coupled with the optional 47-plugin pack which raises the supported file formats to over 100. Irfan Skiljan's viewer has been around for more than 10 years. Though less actively developed in the last 2 years, IrfanView has been innovative in its category

Alex S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23414905.post-1163871101962450182006-11-18T19:04:00.000+02:002006-11-20T21:26:17.877+02:00

The first Daemon Tools update since 4.0.6, the release that brought Vista-compatibility, is finally here. DT 4.0.8 fixes a couple of bugs, adds an unattended installation mode and includes a newer version of the SPTD driver. Duplex Secure's SPTD 1.37 fixes a few problems such as compatiblity with InterVideo DVD Copy 5. The installer no longer displays the notice about debuggers in order to

Alex S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23414905.post-1162732648427007302006-11-05T14:51:00.000+02:002006-11-22T19:51:55.283+02:00

JAM Software's new version of TreeSize, 4.1.0.302, packs quite a host of new features and improvements, but the highlight is surely its compatibility with Microsoft's Windows Vista. Unfortunately, there's also a drawback to this, but more on that later. First, let's go through the notable additions to TreeSize 4.1 ... ... starting off with the multithreaded scanning improvements which make

Alex S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23414905.post-1162316741408743072006-10-31T19:36:00.000+02:002006-11-20T20:52:15.879+02:00

Nero Burning ROM is finally fully compatible with Microsoft's upcoming Windows Vista. Yes, that's the big news Nero 7.5.7.0 is all about. Actually, most of the applications included in the Nero suite are now marked as "Vista Ready". And that's about it... oh, yes, the download links are below, enjoy! *** RELEVANT LINKS FOR NERO 7.5.7.0 *** Download Nero 7.5.7.0 (all languages, 324MB) Download

Alex S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23414905.post-1161327716996221682006-10-20T09:35:00.000+03:002006-11-20T21:25:33.100+02:00

CCleaner, the always-hungry piece of software that feeds on the "crap" it finds on our computers for free, got updated a few hours back. Even if most software sites list it as 1.34.405, the actual version number is 1.34.407. This update is a bit more consistent, compared to 1.33.382. Aside the usual bug fixes, there are new cleaning modules (Microsoft Visio 2003,AVG Anti-Spyware, CuteFTP 8.0

Alex S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23414905.post-1160502863471668012006-10-10T19:30:00.000+03:002006-11-20T22:51:29.058+02:00

What comes following SecureCRT 5.2 Beta 4? Well, of course, it's SecureCRT 5.2 FINAL; as I suspected back then, we were really close to the final version, actually just a week away. Vandyke did not publish much info about the changes since Beta 4, only a minor bugfix was mentioned. The complete list of new features, changes and bug fixes for 5.2 is quite long, so I've included it below.

Alex S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23414905.post-1160423369869719832006-10-09T22:27:00.000+03:002006-11-20T21:27:38.560+02:00

After a few days of quiet, a new foobar2000 beta is out and about. foobar2000 0.9.4.1 Beta 1 aims at improved compatibility and, as expected, fixes some bugs too. This version plays well with the MP4 tracks encoded by recent versions of iTunes: foobar2000 can do "gapless" playback of such files. Some issues regarding tagging specification/implementation for the Vorbis and APE formats have been

Alex S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23414905.post-1159904858303033232006-10-03T22:37:00.000+03:002006-11-20T22:51:01.401+02:00

Striving to stay true to my promise of not missing another SecureCRT Beta ever again, I give you version 5.2 Beta 4. This build is not much of a deal actually; a few bugs have been ironed out, while no real changes have been implemented. The whole release gives me the feel we'll see the final version pretty soon. The addressed flaws are related to the UI (tabs), SecureFX's integration with

Alex S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23414905.post-1159635818506071272006-09-30T19:11:00.000+03:002006-11-20T20:59:22.155+02:00

The much awaited uTorrent WebUI is now open for public testing, which means that anyone interested can download the WebUI 0.300 beta package and check it out. That is, anyone interested except IE6 users. WebUI is just not designed to work on IE6. Note: According to Pleh of the uTorrent Forums, there is now a Flash interface for the WebUI, which works on all browsers supporting Flash, including

Alex S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23414905.post-1159252518163686982006-09-26T09:19:00.000+03:002006-11-22T19:44:57.098+02:00

Note: A newer version of Daemon Tools is available (4.0.8) A new Daemon Tools version hit the net waves today and it's the first to fully support Windows Vista. Released in both 32-bit and 64-bit builds, Daemon Tools 4.0.6 introduces full Vista compatibility and includes some new antiblacklist methods. A couple of bugs have been fixed as well. The included SPTD driver has been updated too,

Alex S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23414905.post-1159099609449418162006-09-24T14:19:00.000+03:002006-11-20T20:54:48.054+02:00

Nero Burning ROM got updated as well last week and the new version, 7.5.1.1, is a really important upgrade: it introduces Blu-ray disc data recording. In other related-news, NERO 7 Premium Reloaded is now available and it adds two more applications to the party: Nero Mobile (media center for smartphones and PDAs) and Nero Sipps (PC2PC/VoIP calls). Nero Mobile runs on your mobile phone/PDA/

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