Hamachi 2.0.1.66 (Windows, Freeware, 3.2MB) [alt DL] is a VPN service that easily sets up in 10 minutes, and enables secure remote access to your business network, anywhere there's an Internet connection. Change: contains a fix for the "Loss of Hamachi IP" issue. Useful for playing network games with your buddy, using the internet. IceRocket Tags: hamachi, vpn, remote access, windows freeware

WhoCrashed 2.0 (Windows, Freeware) reveals the drivers responsible for crashing your computer. Supports x86 and x64 Windows systems. Whenever a computer running Windows suddenly reboots without displaying any notice or blue screen of death, the first thing that is often though about is a hardware failure. In reality, most crashes are caused by malfunctioning device drivers and kernel modules. In case of a kernel error, most computers running Windows do not show a blue screen unless they are configured to do so. Instead these systems suddenly reboot without any notice. WhoCrashed shows the drivers which have been crashing your computer with a single click. In most cases it can pinpoint the offending drivers which have been causing misery on your computer system in the past. It does post-mortem crashdump analysis and presents all gathered information in a comprehensible way. Normally, debugging skills and a set of debugging tools are required to do post-mortem crash dump analysis. By using this utility you do not need any debugging skills to be able to find out what drivers are causing trouble to your computer. Another app is BlueScreenView 1.15 (Windows x86 only, Freeware), which scans all your minidump files created during 'blue screen of death' crashes, and displays the information about all crashes in one table. You could use this for x86 (32-bit) systems. IceRocket Tags: whocrashed, blue screen, crash, windows freeware

Dexpot 1.5.0 Build 1003 (Windows, Freeware, 3.8MB) [alt DL] optimizes the window management of your PC, eliminates the problem of the disorder on your desktop and has many more functions. Dexpot makes working with your system substantially faster and more comfortable. All functions use a unified graphical interface which is very easy to operate. IceRocket Tags: dexpot, window management, virtual desktop, windows freeware

Java Runtime Environment 1.6.0.17 (Windows, Freeware, 16MB) [alt DL] allows you to run applications called "applets" that are written in the Java programming language. These applets allow you to have a much richer experience online than simply interacting with static HTML pages. Changes: contains Olson time zone data version 2009m specifies the 1.6.0_17 version security baselines for use with Java Plug-in technology Added one new root certificate for SECOM Added one new root certificate for GlobalSign Various bug fixes If you already have a previous version installed, it should alert you of a software update. IceRocket Tags: java runtime environment, jre, windows freeware

CCleaner 2.25.1025 (Windows, Freeware, 3.2MB) [alt DL] is a freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. Changes: Improved Windows 7 jump list cleaning. Improved Windows 7 thumbnail cache cleaning. Added support for Windows Server 2008 R2. Improved 64-bit support and performance. Fixed issue with Windows 7 task scheduler. Fixed issue with Startup tool, displaying incorrect folder contents. Added support for AVG Antivirus 9.0. Added support for ExcludeKey in INI files. Improved support for wildcards and RECURSE/REMOVESELF. Fixed minor GUI bugs in non-English versions. Fixed minor GUI usability issues. Improved input validation. Lots of minor bugs fixed. IceRocket Tags: ccleaner, optimize, registry, windows freeware

K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 5.30 (Windows, Freeware, 22.5MB) [alt DL] is a collection of DirectShow filters, VFW/ACM codecs, and tools. Codecs and DirectShow filters are needed for encoding and decoding audio and video formats. Changes: Updated Media Player Classic Home Cinema to version 1.3.1311.0 Updated Cyberlink MPEG-2 decoder to version 8.4.0.923 Updated MediaInfo Lite to version 0.7.23 Updated Codec Tweak Tool to version 4.0.0 Added file association options for: The KMPlayer Moved speaker configuration to a separate page in the installer Moved thumbnail options to a separate page in the installer For 64-bit systems the thumbnail options have been moved to the 64-bit K-Lite Codec Pack Added option to use the DC-Bass Source filter for decoding .m4a files Minor changes and fixes IceRocket Tags: k-lite, klite, codec pack, directshow, windows freeware

FileZilla 3.2.8.1 (Windows, Open Source, 3.9MB) [alt DL] is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive graphical user interface. Also available for Linux. Changes: Fix crash if creating filters with attributes or permissions rule MSW: Fix column reordering and hiding in file lists MSW: Fix crash if trying to edit a file without any associated program nor default editor Use REST+STOR to resume upload instead of APPE if server advertises REST STREAM support IceRocket Tags: filezilla, ftp, ftps, sftp, windows open source

PeerBlock 1.0+ r187 (Windows, Open Source, 1.86MB) lets you control who your computer "talks to" on the Internet.  By selecting appropriate lists of "known bad" computers, you can block communication with advertising or spyware oriented servers, computers monitoring your p2p activities, computers which have been "hacked", even entire countries!  They can't get in to your computer, and your computer won't try to send them anything either. Changes: Redirectable URLs - From here on in, all Interim Releases will bring you directly to the page for the latest Interim Release when a new version is detected.  Previously, we'd just take you to the Dev Blog and leave you on your own. List Manager UI Tweak - Changed the "Open List" button and the "Open..." right-click menu entry to be "View" instead, to match what we've got up in the top section. No Duplicate Lists - We now should be correctly handling list entries, so that you don't end up with duplicate lists.  This was mostly a problem if you added a list via checkbox and also via the dropdown list. Sorted Lists - Dynamic lists should now be sorted (by description) whenever opening/closing the List Manager. New Tray-menu Items - Added "Help" and "Support" entries to the right-click menu for the system-tray icon, taking you to our online User Manual and Forums sites, respectively. Updated Credits - Updated the credits to make sure everyone who's contributed to PeerBlock 1.0 received the credit they're due. Don't Install Manual - On new installations, the User Manual will no longer be installed locally to your machine.  If you're upgrading from a previous version, the manual files will be deleted. About Window Tweak - The "Launch Homepage" button on the "About" window now takes you to http://www.peerblock.com, instead of our old sites.google.com hosted page. Installer Tweaks - The installer now has a PeerBlock icon!  Also, removed the "License" shortcut from the Start Menu. PeerBlock is a fork of the PeerGuardian2 software. IceRocket Tags: peerblock, windows open source

CCleaner 2.24.1010 (Windows, Freeware, 3.16MB) [alt DL] is a freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. Changes: Added support for Firefox 3.6. Added file search history cleaning for Windows 7. Improved Opera 10 cleaning. Reduced temp folder cleaning delay to 24 hours. Several bugs fixed to better support Windows 7. Added winapp2.ini filter support to detailed results view. Improved 64-bit support for Registry Cleaner. Fixed minor bug in Uninstall Tool. Fixed minor bug in System Restore Tool. Minor interface bugs fixed. Minor display bugs fixed. IceRocket Tags: ccleaner, optimize, privacy, windows freeware

GPU-Z 0.3.5 (Windows, Freeware, 436KB) [alt DL] is a lightweight utility designed to give you all information about your video card and GPU. Changes: ATI Radeon HD 5870 (Cypress) fully supported (includes voltage monitoring) Added or improved support for NVIDIA FX5500, 9400 GT, G73, GTS 240, GT 140, FX 1800, GT 120 (Apple), FX 380, FX 350, GTX 295 Single PCB, Quadro CX, FX 5800, FX 4800, FX 3800, GTX 180M, GTX 260M, FX 2700M, G 110M, GT 120M, GT 220M, FX 1700M, G 105M, MCP79MX Added or improved support for ATI HD 4730, HD 4650 AGP, M92, M96, M98 Added clock reading for Intel i910, i915, i945, 946 Added support for DDR3 detection on G9x Added monitoring support for RV7xx based mobile chips Voltage controller "slaves" are now called "phases" Added Intel Havendale detection Fixed BIOS parsing on some newer HD 4870 cards Added voltage monitoring support for MSI N275GTX Lightning IceRocket Tags: gpu-z, video, graphics, hardware, windows freeware

iTunes 9.0.0 (Windows, Freeware, 88.8MB) [alt DL] is a free application for Mac and PC. It plays all your digital music and video. It syncs content to your iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV. Changes: Features a new design of the whole product and its iTunes Store using WebKit. New features: Cleaner UI, Genius Mixes, Home Sharing, iTunes LPs. Usual negative comments/aspects to this nice app is its large download size. For managing audio files, this is the one I would recommend. And for no-fuss “just need some music” playback on a Windows-based computer, I suggest something simple like Evil Player. And if you own an iPod or iPhone, don’t ask, just download. ;-) IceRocket Tags: apple, itunes, windows freeware

The GIMP 2.7.0 Beta (Windows, Open Source, 20.9MB) [alt DL] is a multiplatform photo manipulation tool. GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. The GIMP is suitable for a variety of image manipulation tasks, including photo retouching, image composition, and image construction. Also available for Linux. Changes: Change the Text Tool to perform text editing on-canvas Add support for tagging GIMP resources such as brushes and allow filtering based on these tags Separate the activies of saving an image and exporting it, there is now an 'File->Export...' for example Port file plug-ins to new export API which gets rid of many annoying export dialogs Add a simple parser to size entry widgets, images can be scaled to e.g. "50%" or "2 * 37px + 10in" Arrange layer modes into more logical and useful groups Added support for rotation of brushes Make the Pointer dockable show information about selection position and size Get rid of the Tools dockable and move toolbox configuration to Preferences Add status bar feedback for keyboard changes to brush parameters Add diagonal guides to the Crop Tool New docks are created at the pointer position Add support for printing crop marks for images Move 'Text along path' from tool options to text context menu Change default shortcuts for "Shrink Wrap" and "Fit in Window" to Ctrl+R and Ctrl+Shift+R respectively since the previous shortcuts are now used for the save+export feature Make Alt+Click on layers in Layers dockable create a selection from the layer Allow to specify written language in the Text Tool IceRocket Tags: gimp, image, editor, windows open source

OpenOffice.org 3.1.1 (Windows, Open Source, 136.32MB) [alt DL] is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. Also available for Linux. Changes: Fix encoding of URIs of external references and chart data range loss. Java update single fix for possible data loss with graphics in impress/draw And some bugfixes. Thanks to this great software suite, I no longer have to spend big bucks for a new office productivity software license whenever I build a new Windows or Linux machine. IceRocket Tags: openoffice, office, suite, word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, graphics, database, windows open source

QuickTime Alternative 2.9.2 (Windows, Freeware, 10.9MB) [alt DL] is a trimmed-down version of QuickTime that contains only the essential components needed for playing QuickTime content that is embedded in webpages. Changes: Updated Media Player Classic to version 6.4.9.1 rev. 104 Updated MOV Download Tool to version 1.2.0 IceRocket Tags: quicktime, alternative, windows freeware

FileZilla 3.2.7.1 (Windows, Open Source, 3.9MB) [alt DL] is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive graphical user interface. Also available for Linux. Changes: Fix crash if adding new filters Small performance optimization for local directory tree IceRocket Tags: filezilla, ftp, windows open source

uTorrent 1.8.4 Build 16150 (Windows, Freeware, 282KB) [alt DL] is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint. Changes: Feature: Enabled magnet bundles. Change: run the 64 bit version of explorer when running as a 32 bit app in a 64 bit windows os. Change: disable toolbar offers for Wine installs Change: uninstaller is added to all user profiles Fix: crash when assigning new label to torrents from RSS Change: Incomplete downloads sort after completed downloads if sorting by "Completed On" Fix: maintain category list selection on update for some edge cases Change: if selected, install start menu and desktop shortcuts to all users instead of only current user Fix: buffer overrun vulnerability in create torrent dialog Fix: Check at startup for incompatible versions of NVIDIA nForce firewall IceRocket Tags: utorrent, bittorrent, windows freeware

FileZilla 3.2.7 (Windows, Open Source, 3.9MB) [alt DL] is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive graphical user interface. Also available for Linux. Changes: Make external address resolver IPv6 aware, resolve correct address type on hosts both with working IPv4 as well as IPv6 Bumped minimum required GnuTLS version to 2.8.3 Keep URLs copied to clipboard even after FZ gets closed For me, this is one of the easiest-to-use FTP clients out there. And it’s free and open source too. IceRocket Tags: filezilla, ftp, windows open source

Java Runtime Environment 1.6.0.16 (Windows, Freeware, 15.9MB) [alt DL] allows you to run applications called "applets" that are written in the Java programming language. These applets allow you to have a much richer experience online than simply interacting with static HTML pages. Change: JDWP threadid changes during debugging session (leading to ignored breakpoints). IceRocket Tags: java runtime environment, jre, windows freeware

Wine 1.1.27 (Linux, Open Source, 14.9MB) [alt DL] is a project to allow a PC running a Unix-like operating system and the X Window System to run x86 programs for Microsoft Windows. Changes: New version of the Gecko engine New GSM 06.10 codec support Improved support for the disk volume APIs Support for XShm pixmaps for better performance Various bug fixes IceRocket Tags: wine, linux, windows, app, open source

VirtualBox 3.0.4 (Windows, Open Source, 67.9MB) [alt DL] is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is now the only professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source Software. Changes: VMM: 64 bits guest stability fixes (AMD-V only) VMM: SMP stability fixes (AMD-V only) VMM: SMP performance improvement (esp. for Solaris guests) VMM: eliminated several bugs which could lead to a host reboot VMM: fixed OS/2 ACP2 boot floppy hang (VT-x only) VMM: small performance improvement for OpenSolaris guests (AMD-V only) VMM: fixed CentOS/Xen reboot (software virtualization only) SATA: fixed hangs / BSOD during Windows XP installation SATA: mark the ports as non hotpluggable 3D support: fix deadlocks and context/window tracking for multithreaded applications 3D support: fix memory leaks when terminating OpenGL guest applications 3D support: fix crash in Call of Duty And much more enhancements and fixes. IceRocket Tags: virtualbox, virtualizer, windows open source, linux