foobar2000 is among the best audio players, paid or free. Has an impressive array of options to customize the whole interface. Supports ReplayGain, visualizations and has freedb tagging capabilities as well.

Its library management is very good. I use it for opening audio flies when i double-click them.

You can choose to store its settings in the installation folder in order to make portable.

If you want to try it out, read this guide to learn how to take advantage of its features.

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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 an installer or a zip file.

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Comodo Firewall Pro is a freeware full-fledge firewall for Windows. It has the options you expect from a decent firewall as well as some advanced rules or configurations only found in paid software.

The tests i have read ensure you get a great firewall that can protect you from the latest trend in atacks as well as any other type of spyware.

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Xvid.org has released an updated 1.1.3 version, dated 12.04.2008. This update contains a fix for a security vulnerability, so it is a must to update to this version.

For those of you who don’t know nothing about Xvid, it is a codec (Encoder/Decoder) for playing or converting avi files.

This is the most popular video codec today. If you download movies or videos in avi format, you need this codec in order to take advantage of its features.

To read more about video codecs, here is an article in wikipedia that covers the topic.

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A new version of JRE (Java Runtime Environment) is available. The Java RE is used by many programs that are written in java and you need it in order to run programs, among others, like LimeWire, RSS Owl, etc.

Also, JRE is used by web browsers to run java applets (programs) in web pages. Sun, the developer of JRE makes important security updates constantly. It is advised to run the latest vesion of JRE.

The Release Notes mentions all the changes in the new version.

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Today Mozilla released a new version of Firefox. The latest changes are not available yet.

There a few security issues that has been fixed. If you want a link to the release notes, check the link later when Mozilla updates it to see the complete changelog.

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Multiple Image Resizer is a freeware application that can help you resize images. It has features like cropping, rotating. You can also add borders to your images or even watermark them.

If you are interested, you can read all the features here.

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If you own a cd/dvd burner with LightScribe support, then you need to update the system software with this and future updates.

Description:

The LightScribe System Software (LSS) is required for proper operation of your LightScribe system. Updates are released regularly to support new hardware or recently introduced LightScribe CDs and DVDs, and will ensure optimal and reliable operation of your LightScribe Labeling system.

In the official website of LightScribe you can download two free programs, Simple Labeler and Template Labeler. These two are very useful if you don’t have labeling software in order to take advantage of LightScribe.

Note: You need to use special media and burners that support LightScribe in order to print labels.

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