Software, Hardware, Technology
4 Dec
AbiWord is an open source text processor that can work with documents from Microsoft Word and OpenOffice.org, among other formats.
It has dictionary languages and plugins that can be downloaded from their website.
You can read all the features here. The latest changelog can be found here.
3 Dec
New and updated installers:
3 Dec
Vista Codec Package installs everything you need in order to play all audio and video formats.
It doesn’t come with a media player, so you can use Windows Media Player, Windows Media Center or whatever you like. All codecs are set to default settings.
You can install it on Windows XP. For support, there is a forum section for it at MSFN.
Latest changes in Vista Codec Package 5.0.4:
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Vista Codec x64 Components
3 Dec
FileZilla is an open source multi-platform FTP client. It has the most useful options and is the best of the freeware applications out there.
FileZilla 3.1.6 latest changes:
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2 Dec
VLC is a free multiplatform video and audio player with tons of features and a great interface.
It doesn’t need any external codecs and can stream multimedia over a network.
Highly recommended.
2 Dec
Realtek HD Audio Drivers 2.10.
If you ever get any problems when updating drivers you can use Driver Sweeper after you have uninstalled you current drivers to clean your system for left over files. After that, reboot your computer and install the new ones. This will reduce the chance of having driver issues.
2 Dec
CCleaner is a great cleaning utility.
With it you can delete cookies, temp files and more. It has a registry cleaner, startup manager and can uninstall applications as well.
CCleaner 2.14.763 latest changes:
27 Nov
Recuva is a freeware program for recovering deleted files.
Recuva 1.21.373 changelog: