This excellent application has a new version.

Remember that you can download a portable version as well a build without the toolbar. Just click on Other Builds in the download page.

CCleaner 2.08.588 changelog:

• Added Startup tool enable/disable checkbox.
• Fixed problem with Vista “low” folders being removed.
• Improved index.dat detection on multiple scans.
• Secure deletion improved with IE History index.dat files.
• Added OS detection to INI files.
• Added Vista Thumbnail Cache cleaning.
• Added ImgBurn cleaning.
• Added Secure deletion to “Recent Documents” cleaning.
• Improved Vista “Recent Documents” cleaning.
• Fixed bug with Chkdsk chk files not being removed.
• Added “Select all” checkbox to header of Registry cleaner.
• Added sorting to Startup tool listview.
• Fixed Vista 64 issue with Startup tool.
• Added Croatian translation.
• Minor tweaks and GUI improvements.

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IcoFX is a great icon editor for Windows. It is free and has many useful tools.

Official Description:

IcoFX is an award winning freeware icon editor. It is an all-in-one solution for icon creation, extraction and editing. It is designed to work with Windows XP, Windows Vista and Macintosh icons supporting transparency.

With a wealth of tools and more than 40 effects at your fingertips, there’s virtually no limit to the icons you can create. You can easily convert your favorite images into icons, or icons into images. IcoFX gives you the possibility to create icon libraries or change icons inside exe files. Create a favicon for your website or blog.

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Adobe just updated Reader. Version 8.1.2 is available right now in several languages.

There is a “Lite” version a guy from MSFN makes but he haven’t updated his installer yet. I will ask him if i can post it here. If so, i will let you know with a new post.

Meanwhile, grab the new version in you desired language.

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This is one my favorite freeware image viewers, if not the number one. Its fast at displaying pictures and has tons of features.

You can customize it by choosing among all the options it has. Can apply lossless transformations, which is great for digital photos because you can rotate them, either automatically or manually without any single loss of quality.

You can download it with an installer or in a zip file. I use the latter because i can set it to store all settings in an .ini file inside the program’s folder. This way, i make it portable or i can make an installer to use in unattended installations.

Supports various languages. Read about all the features.

Highly recommended.

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Feedreader is, like its name says, a RSS news reader. It has basic capabilities and its great for quick viewing you newsfeed. There is also support for Podcasts.

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There has been a little hype for the last couple of days regarding a supposedly leaked version of Windows 7 Milestone 1, the nest version of Windows that will replace Windows Vista in the future.

A few monts ago i read about a demonstration of the new Kernel of Windows 7. It is called MinWin and you can read about it and see a video showing it here.

According to a Neowin user, he or she tried it and posted this:

[Over the weekend I finally managed to play with the build…. but disappointed.

One my primary machine, it asked for my SATA driver (never happened when installing Vista, as my drives were set as IDE in BIOS). After adding the driver from my USB thumb drive it would finally install. It didn’t boot after first restart, however.

On my laptop it installed perfectly, but with no driver support for the video card. After numerous tries I gave up in the end, so Aero is now left in the dark.

Oh well, so there’s nothing to show...

The build is 6.1.6519.

The GUI, as much of you have guessed, is very much like Vista. I don’t know if once the right video card driver is in place whether there will be flashy stuffs to surprise me. The system is very responsive, using barely 480MB of memory after boot]….

If you are interested you can read more details and all the discusion here.

I already downloaded an ISO image file of this build but i haven’t tried it yet.

If you are looking for or need a software firewall, there a few choices when it comes to freeware.

Comodo Firewall Pro is the best free firewall i have tested. I has a nice set of features, the interface is good and has options for averyone. I read also that it has passed some standard tests before so it can protect you against know network attacks.

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Paint.NET is the most comprehensive free image editor. It supports layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a a great variety of useful tools.

With it you can edit, compose, retouch, fix and repair images of any type.

You can export them to a wide array of image types as well.

Highly recommended.

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