This open source word processor and text editor has a new version.

AbiWord is compatible with Microsoft Office and OpenOffice.org documents.

You can read all its features here.

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Notepad++ is an open source text editor that has many useful features, like syntax highlighting, code folding, autocompletion and macro recording.

It has a portable version available.

You can read all the features in its website.

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I have posted about foobar before. This new version has some important changes like the ability to choose several item within the albums list and they included some DSP (Digital Signal Processing) plugins with Crossfade and Skip Silence features.

foobar2000 0.9.5.4 latest changes:

• Media Library Search: queries using “SORT BY” create always-sorted autoplaylists by default.
• File format handling updates:
  • Security updates to Vorbis, Speex, FLAC and WavPack libraries.
  • Fixed a rare Ogg seeking accuracy bug.
  • Improved MP4 parser security.
• Converter improvements:
  • No longer aborts the entire operation when one of queued tracks can’t be processed.
  • Optional status log popup after conversion.
• Album List: ability to select multiple items at once by holding shift or control keys.
• New built-in DSPs: Crossfader, Skip Silence.

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This great open source FTP client has a new version.

Remember that you can download a portable version and that there is a server version if you need an FTP server.

FileZilla 3.0.11.1 latest changes:

• Show number of filtered files in status bars if directory appears empty
• Support for international domain names was accidentally commented out
• Add missing path separator in remote filename on file exists dialog
• Fix shrinking panes if using widescreen or blackboard styles
• MSW: If showing file changed notification dialog after editing a file, program could become unresponsive in some cases
• MSW: Fix visual problems with right-to-left languages introduced with the flicker corrections in 3.0.11
• MSW: Main component can no longer be unselected in the installer

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Here is a small update the popular Linux distribution Ubuntu.

I didn’t find any release notes about Ubuntu 8.04.1 but they will update them soon.

People that already has it running can update it within Ubuntu itself. This download is for users that want to try it as it comes as a disc image, of for those that always download new disc images to store them in case they need them.

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While Mozilla released Firefox 3.0 a week ago, they just updated version 2.x to 2.0.0.15 to include some security updates.

This is great for people that still prefer 2.0 over the new version, or for those that are still waiting for their favorite extensions to support Firefox 3.0.

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After waiting for a couple of months, this is the final release of KeePass Password Safe, a great application for managing and storing all of your passwords.

The password database database is encrypted and no one but you can see it. You can organize your accounts in categories, asign them icons and more.

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Today Mozilla released the final version of Firefox 3.0.

I was trying to get access to their ftp’s but all of them were full of users downloading it. It was until some minutes ago that i noticed they changed their site to reflect their new release. They changed graphics and other stuff on the homepage.

Now, everyone can access the download links and also read all about the new features, which too many to talk about them here.

The most promising features are what they call the Awesome Bar and the memory management and performance issues that were present since 1.x versions.

Update: PortableApps.com has already released the portable version of Firefox 3.0. Get it here.

Important: Before you upgrade to this new version, make sure you know all the extensions you use because you will need to install them later. It could be helpful to write them down if you have too many.

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