Avant Browser is a fast, stable, user-friendly, versatile web browser. Avant Browser is a multi-window browser which features with many functions such as Pop-up Stopper and Flash Ads Filter, Built-in Yahoo/Google Searching, Safe Recovery, Integrated Cleaner and Advanced Browsing Options.

Flash Animation Filter: More than 85% of all flash animation on web pages is advertising. These flash files are pretty large, and normally take up to 90% of the size of the page you´re visiting. With Avant Browser you can save this bandwidth by blocking the download of these flash files with just one easy click. Avant Browser also provides options to block downloads of pictures, videos, sounds and ActiveX components. With these options users can control their bandwidth and speed up page loading.

Built-in Pop-up Stopper: Easily eliminate unwanted pop-up pages automatically with just one click.

Additional Mouse Functions: If you click a link in the web page with the middle mouse button, the link will be opened in a new window in the background. And there are two handy mouse gestures in Avant Browser. The first allows you to navigate backward one step by holding the right button down and then clicking on the left button simultaneously. The second allows you to navigate forward one step by reversing the buttons used: hold left, and click right.

Multi-Window Browsing: Browse multiple web pages simultaneously. All opened pages can be easily stopped, refreshed, closed or arranged with one click.

Real Full Screen Mode and Alternative Full Desktop mode: When you enable Full Screen Mode, all you see is the webspace, with no toolbars or other clutter. They are simply autohidden! Move your mouse over the top or bottom and find the toolbar and tab bar respectively. Avant Browser also provides Full Desktop Mode, which is the same as Full screen mode, but differs in that your windows task bar stays visible.

Download the stable version. Avant Browser 11.0.46.

Posted on December 14th, 2007 by Jim Roz | Category Internet | No Comments »

µTorrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint. It was designed to use as little cpu, memory and space as possible while offering all the functionality expected from advanced clients. With BitTorrent, you can download files faster and contribute by sharing files and bandwidth.

Features:

* Multiple simultaneous downloads
* Smart bandwidth usage
* File level priorities
* Configurable bandwidth scheduling
* Global and per-torrent speed limiting
* Quickly resumes interrupted transfers
* UPnP support (WinXP only)
* Supports popular protocol extensions

Download the Stable version. µTorrent 1.7.5.

Posted on December 14th, 2007 by Jim Roz | Category Internet | No Comments »

Ant Commander is a fully configurable file manager.

Features :

* Several file systems are suported: file, zip, ftp, webdav, etc.
* Several kinds of panels are available: directory table; directory tree, text editor, image viewer, html viewer, command line, etc.
* You can configure the menu, the toolbars, the panels, the actions, etc.
* Several file operation are supported: copy, move, delete, multiple rename, create directory, zip, unzip, etc.
* External plug-ins are available to add more skins, for BeanShell, SSH Shell, Telnet, VNC, more file systems (tar.gz, Samba, …)
* And more: skinnable, OS independant, bookmarks, historic, a lot of file operations, macros, etc.

Requires Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6. Download here.

Posted on December 14th, 2007 by Jim Roz | Category Utilities | No Comments »

The program for fast viewing files of various formats. There is no edit possibility, just quick view. The implemented view modes and corresponding file types are: Text, Binary, Hex, Unicode, Multimedia, Images: all files, of unlimited size.

Posted on December 12th, 2007 by Jim Roz | Category Utilities | No Comments »

Virtual Magnifying Glass is a free, open source, screen magnification tool. It is simple, customizable, and easy-to-use.

Latest Features:

* Experimental Dynamic Mode added
* Invert colors
* Show the center pixel’s RGB values, in both decimal and hexadecimal.
* New configurations dialog
* Hotkey shows/hides the magnifier. Now the user can choose the hotkey on the new configurations dialog
* Lens height and width can have any size
* Mouse scroll-wheel now controls zoom factor
* Esc key closes magnifier window, but it remains on systray. Q key closes the software

Posted on December 12th, 2007 by Jim Roz | Category Desktop | No Comments »

Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates for the operating system. This update also includes a small number of new functionalities, which do not significantly change customers experience with the operating system.

Supported Operating Systems: Windows XP; Windows XP Home Edition ; Windows XP Home Edition N; Windows XP Media Center Edition; Windows XP Professional Edition ; Windows XP Professional N; Windows XP Service Pack 1; Windows XP Service Pack 2; Windows XP Starter Edition; Windows XP Tablet PC Edition.

Posted on December 12th, 2007 by Jim Roz | Category Desktop | No Comments »

GridMove is a windows management tool that can quickly arrange windows into desktop grids. It does so by defining a visual grid on the desktop, to which windows can easily be snapped.

This program comes bundled with some predifined grid templates, that can be swaped with one click, but also features the possibility of creating custom grids or sharing grids made by others. GridMove makes moving windows, resizing windows, displaying them on cascade or on mosaic, making them on top or anything you can think of as easy as drag and drop. This tool was made taking in mind those who own big screens and keep organizing their windows.

This program is specially useful for anyone that keeps more than 1 window on the screen at one time, because it helps the user to maximize the usable space of the monitor, by resizing the windows in a much easier way than moving and resizing them one by one. Thanks to its simple interaction methods, GridMove becomes intuitive and fast, helping you to improve your workflow.

Also, since it´s latest release, GridMove is also fully expandable. This is due to it´s new function that allows a custom grid to include elements that can run any local file.

Features:

* - Several pre-made grid templates that can be easily swaped
* - 3 different interaction methods to suit everyone´s likes
* - Ability to set windows on top and maximize them vertically or horizontally
* - Full keyboard support, which can organize windows with one hotkey press
* - Customizable interface
* - Possibility to create dynamic custom grids
* - Complete help file
* - Full MultiMonitor Support

Posted on December 12th, 2007 by Jim Roz | Category Desktop | No Comments »

This DVD5 ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on December 11th, 2007. The image does not contain security updates for other Microsoft products. This DVD5 ISO image is intended for administrators that need to download multiple individual language versions of each security update and that do not use an automated solution such as Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). You can use this ISO image to download multiple updates in all languages at the same time.

This DVD5 image contains the following updates:

KB942624 / (MS07-063):

* Windows Vista - 36 languages
* Windows Vista for x64-based Systems - 36 languages

KB941568 / (MS07-064):

* Windows 2000 - 24 languages
* Windows Server 2003 - 18 languages
* Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition - 11 languages
* Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems - 4 languages
* Windows XP - 24 languages
* Windows XP x64 Edition - 2 languages
* Windows Vista - 36 languages
* Windows Vista for x64-based Systems - 36 languages

KB937894 / (MS07-065):

* Windows 2000 - 24 languages
* Windows XP - 24 languages

KB943078 / (MS07-066):

* Windows Vista - 36 languages
* Windows Vista for x64-based Systems - 36 languages

KB944653 / (MS07-067):

* Windows Server 2003 - 18 languages
* Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition - 11 languages
* Windows XP - 24 languages
* Windows XP x64 Edition - 2 languages

KB941569 / (MS07-068):

* Windows 2000 - 24 languages
* Windows Server 2003 - 18 languages
* Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition - 11 languages
* Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems - 4 languages
* Windows XP - 24 languages
* Windows XP x64 Edition - 2 languages
* Windows Vista - 36 languages
* Windows Vista for x64-based Systems - 36 languages

KB944275 / (MS07-068):

* Windows Server 2003 - 18 languages
* Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition - 11 languages

KB942615 / (MS07-069):

* Windows 2000 - 24 languages
* Windows Server 2003 - 18 languages
* Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition - 11 languages
* Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems - 4 languages
* Windows XP - 24 languages
* Windows XP x64 Edition - 2 languages
* Windows Vista - 36 languages
* Windows Vista for x64-based Systems - 36 languages

Posted on December 12th, 2007 by Jim Roz | Category System Security | No Comments »

Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool checks your computer for infection by specific, prevalent malicious software (including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom) and helps to remove the infection if it is found.

This tool will help to remove specific, prevalent malicious software from infected systems. Because computers can appear to function normally when infected, Microsoft advises you to run this tool even if your computer seems to be fine. In addition to using this tool, you should use an up-to-date antivirus product to help protect your computer from other malicious software.

Posted on December 12th, 2007 by Jim Roz | Category System Security | No Comments »

A graphical editor for Windows Media (.asf, .wmv) and MPEG files. Select or delete multiple portions from a video file. The system lets you copy, paste and fine tune the selections. Also supports joining of video / movie files.

Features:

* Select or delete multiple portions from a video file.
* Copy, paste and fine tune the selections.
* Join multiple files together
* Split movies into smaller files
* Save and play selected scene without editing the movies

Requires: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0.

Posted on December 12th, 2007 by Jim Roz | Category Audio & Video | No Comments »