Software updates

Multimedia - Multimedia Players
VLC media player 0.8.6c

Productivity and Office - Notepad replacements
AkelPad 3.4.4

VirtuaWin 3.2

System - desktop and display tools

Added to my selection.
VirtuaWin 3.2: is an open source virtual desktop manager to organize applications over several (maximum 9) virtual desktops ("workspaces").

For instructions about portability, visit my web page.

Software updates

Internet and Communication - Website building
FileZilla 3.0.4

System - Miscellaneous tools
AutoIt v3.2.10.0

Software updates

Internet and Communication - Browsers
K-Meleon - 1.1.3

System - Registry and file cleaners, registry tools
Crap Cleaner 2.03.532

Productivity and Office - Editors with structured management
Notecase 1.7.2

Software updates

System - System Information
CPU-Z v1.42

Productivity and Office - Editors for programming
Notepad++ v4.6

System - System Information
PC Wizard 2008 v1.81

System - Context menu handling
ShellExView v1.19

Software updates

System - Keyboard and Mouse tools
AutoHotKey - 1.0.47.05

Software updates

Productivity and Office - Editors with structured management
MemPad v3.23-b

MozBackup 1.4.7

Internet and Communication - Miscellaneous tools

Added to my selection.
MozBackup 1.4.7: is an utility for creating backups of Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, Mozilla Suite and Netscape profiles. It allows you to backup and restore bookmarks, mail, contacts, history, extensions, cache etc.

Software updates

Multimedia - Audio
Mediacoder v0.6.0.3980

Xion Audio Player v1.0.82

Multimedia - Audio Players

Added to my selection.
Xion Audio Player v1.0.82: is an audio player with nice skins, 10 band equalizer with presets and support for all popular file formats as well as Internet streaming. Xion includes all the standard features including playlist support, audio library, repeat and random play, visualizations. It also offers several online radio station presets, extensive hotkey operation and one-click stop/start from the tray icon.

Software updates

Internet and Communication - Download managers
Free Download Manager - 2.5 build 727

Internet and Communication - Miscellaneous tools
HTTrack v3.42

Security and privacy - Secure notepads
fSekrit 1.3

YamiPod - 1.7 final

Multimedia - Miscellaneous Audio Tools

News.
YamiPod - 1.7 final has been released.

Unstoppable Copier v3.2

System - Other storage tools

Added.
Unstoppable Copier v3.2: Recovers files from disks with physical damage: scratched CD's or defective floppy/hard disks. Allows you to copy files from disks with problems such as bad sectors, scratches or that just give errors when reading data. The program will attempt to recover every readable piece of a file and put the pieces together. Using this method most types of files can be made useable even if some parts were not recoverable in the end.

Check my web page for portable use.

JkDefrag v3.29

System - defragmentation

News.
JkDefrag v3.29 is out.
Changes:
- Total rewrite of the "-a 7"..."-a 11" sorted optimizations.
- Total rewrite of the code that calculates the begin of the zones.
- Excluded files are no longer listed in the "These items could not be moved" report.
- Bugfix in the Windows version for very long filenames.
- Added exception to ignore the Symantec GoBack configuration files.
- Added protection against defragging hybernated disks.
- Added to the list of build-in spacehogs:
?:\\windows.old\\*
*.dvr-ms
*.wmv

EssentialPIM v2.13

Productivity and Office - Personal Information managers

News.
EssentialPIM v2.13 is out with improvements.

CurrPorts v1.31

System - System Information

Added.
CurrPorts v1.31: displays the list of all currently opened TCP/IP and UDP ports on your local computer. For each port in the list, information about the process that opened the port is displayed, including the process name, full path of the process, version information of the process, the time that the process was created, and the user that created it. In addition, CurrPorts lets you close unwanted TCP connections, kill the process that opened the ports, and save the TCP/UDP ports information to a HTML , XML, or TSV text file. CurrPorts automatically marks suspicious TCP/UDP ports owned by unidentified applications (Applications without version information and icons) with pink color.

For instructions about portability, check my web page.(Click the title of this blog)

YamiPod 1.7b4

Multimedia - Miscellaneous Audio Tools

YamiPod 1.7b4 is out.

AkelPad v3.4.3

Productivity and Office - Notepad replacements

AkelPad v3.4.3 is out.

Métamorphose v1.1.0

Files and Folders - File rename

Added.
Métamorphose: is an open source program to mass rename files and folders which combines enormous flexibility with an intuitive interface. Renames files and folders simultaneously, undo an operation, Wide use of regular expressions, add counting sequences: numerical, alphabetical, and Roman numeral, and more...

SavageEd 1.3.5

Productivity and Office - Notepad replacements

SavageEd version 1.3.5 released.

µTorrent 1.8 build 6102 alpha

Internet and Communication - P2P and Filesharing

News about µTorrent:
The first alpha release of µTorrent version 1.8 has gone public today.
µTorrent is a small and feature rich BitTorrent-client with a small footprint.

Update

Updated Web page Files and Folders for Vista compatibility.

CPU-Z

System - System Information

New.
CPU-Z: gathers and displays information on some of the main devices of your machine, including CPU, motherboard, memory and operating system.

AutoIt

System - Miscellaneous tools

New.
AutoIt V3: is a BASIC-like scripting language designed for automating the Windows GUI and general scripting. It uses a combination of simulated keystrokes, mouse movement and window/control manipulation in order to automate tasks. It's small and standalone with no external .dll files or registry entries. Scripts can be compiled into stand-alone executables with Aut2Exe. AutoIt is popular in the system administration field as a tool for automating administrative tasks. But you can use AutoIt to automate anything in a Windows environment. It allows you to create complex Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs).

Instructions about portability on my website.

Artweaver Portable

Graphics - Image Editors and CAD

New.
Artweaver Portable: This is a portable wrapper for Artweaver. Artweaver is a simple Freeware program for creative painting, i.e. Artweaver makes all artistic effects, which you need for your work. You can create sketches from photographies and experiment with a wide range of brushes.This is a pretty advanced program as far as paint programs go and it has a lot of features.

Instructions for portability are on my website.

Free Download Manager

Internet and Communication - Download managers

New.
Free Download Manager: is a full-featured open source download accelerator and manager. FDM accelerates downloads by splitting files into sections and then downloading them simultaneously. Free Download Manager allows you to: adjust traffic usage; to organize and schedule downloads; download video from video sites; download whole web sites with HTML Spider; and more! Offers HTTP/FTP/BitTorrent support. You can choose between a full version and a lite version. Offers also a branded version for free under conditions. As of v2.5 there's an option to make a portable version. FDM will be automatically detected by the Flashgot extension in Firefox as your download manager unless you use the portable version, then you have to config Flashgot manually.

You can find the instructions for portability on my website.