Today ATI released their monthly Catalyst drivers. This month’s version is 8.5.

Read the release notes to see the latest changes and information.

If you experience problems with drivers, use Guru 3D Driver Sweeper after you have uninstalled your current drivers to clean the system before installing the new ones. It is recommended even if you don’t have any problems. You can do this right in you windows session or in Safe Mode.

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As i posted before, there are a lot of program to read temperatures for your CPU. But with the Intel Core 2 Duo, there were changes to how a program can measure the temps.

Core Temp is one of the best out there. The great logging feature is very useful if you overclock very often. It shows you the reading of each core as well as the estimated Tj. Max value for your CPU.

This is the final version 0.99.

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I’ve never been a fan of registry optimizers and/or cleaners because i never saw any noticeable performace after using these kind of programs. But i also think that i can’t hurt either.

RegDefrag is a program whose only purpose is to defragment Windows registry. It is free and has one of the most simplistic, yet nice, interface.

Try it if you want to see if applications such as RegDefrag can help you with a little performance increase.

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Recuva is a free program for recovering deleted files. It has few options but does its work very well. This program can recover files deleted files from memory cards and removable drives.

You can download it with an installer or a portable version in ZIP format.

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New version of Realtek HD Audio drivers. This time is 1.93.

If you experience problems with drivers, use Guru 3D Driver Sweeper after you have uninstalled your current drivers to clean the system before installing the new ones. You can do this right in you windows session or in Safe Mode.

Unattended usage:

setup.exe -s -f2<path\LogFile> -z[-rp<path\LogFile>]
example:
setup.exe -s -f2C:\mylog.log -z[-rpC:\RHDSetup.log]

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A portable version of Firefox 3.0 RC1 is avaiable.

With this version you can have Firefox in your usb stick or portable device without any need to install it. Just run it and you are all set.

You can visit PortableApps website to download more portable versions of open-source programs.

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Revo uninstaller is a free uninstaller that takes care of removing the left over files that normal uninstall setups don’t remove. It has options for managing startup programs and delete temporary files.

The thing that is useful about this uninstaller is that it scans the registry and program folders for left over files after the normal uninstall is ran. This happens fast, so you don’t have to spend a long time just clean for files.

You can download a portable version in ZIP format.

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Deluge is a great freeware BitTorrent client. It is open source and has plugin capabilities.

Its interface is simple but effective and is light on system resources. It has versions for Windows, Max OS X and Linux.

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