Halite is a lightweight BitTorrent client. It is free and open source.

It has less features than most clients, but it consumes very little resources and can be controlled remotely via web.

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While the release date for the final version is still scheduled to the end of this month, Mozilla has released another RC build for Firefox. This time, a Mac OS X bug caused crashes in certain situations.

Windows and Linux versions are unchanged but the version numbers were changed to keep all platforms updated. Here if information about the the RC3 release and the Mac OS X bug.

Windows and Linux users doesn’t need to update but you can download and install Firefox 3.0 RC3 is you haven’t try it yet.

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OpenOffice is an open-source office suite that includes alternatives to all Microsoft Office programs, like an spreadsheet, word processor, slide presentation program and other modules.

It lets you save your work as PDF, Office formats, and the native OpenOffice files.

Its very useful and has a complete feature set that makes it a great alternative to Microsoft Office. Supports opening Office files also.

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PortableApps.com just updated it Firefox Portable Editions to include the latest beta of version 3.0 RC2. It is as always a snap to install.

Just run the downloaded file, choose where to install it (or extract it, as it is portable) and you are ready to go. You can even take this extracted files to anywhere you want without the need of the original .paf.exe file.

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Apparently, there were some bugs to fix in RC1 because Mozilla released another release candidate of Firefox 3.0.

There is no change log for Firefox 3.0 RC2 or download links for all languages, but i will update this post when they post them.

I will try it later today to see how it works with all my extensions installed.

Update: All languages are available from the Mozilla FTP server. The download link will take you there.

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SMPlayer is an open source, multi-platform video/audio player, focusing in video features.

It uses the well-known (at least in the open source field) command-line player MPlayer. This means SMPlayer doesn’t need external codecs in order to play the files. This is great because it saves you time and troubles when playing less-known formats.

Note: If you are using Windows Vista, the default settings of SMPlayer will disable Aero temporarily while playing files.

For it to work well with Aero, go to Options - Preferences. In the General tab, select gl or gl2 in the Output Drivers: Video drop down list. Aero won’t be disabled anymore.

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DD-WRT is a third party firmware which is open source. You can install it in different wireless routers. Please check DD-WRT hardware compatibility to see if your router is supported.

There are many advantages when running third party firmware instead of the factory defaults. The first one is flexibility because they allow you to do many things that normally you can’t do with proprietary firmware. The second is better support.

Believe it or not, it is more likely that you can find a solution to your problem in these communities than in the manufacturer’s site.

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This great audio player is here with a new version. You can read the changelog here.

I have posted about it before. With every new release, the authors add more and more interesting features and add more possibilities to customization.

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