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June 4, 2006 I've been having problems sending out my e-mail updates because so many people signed up that larger mail servers like Yahoo and HotMail are turning them away. I've now created an RSS feed for the What's New page, and the e-mail updates are now discontinued. If you use Mozilla Thunderbird the built-in RSS capabilities are great, and if you use Outlook or Outlook Express RSS Popper is good. Just paste the following address into your RSS reader: http://www.usablefreeware.com/whatsnew/?feed=atom

June 3, 2006 Been a while... My hosting provider upgraded PHP on their servers and my Internet, Multimedia and Utilities sections stopped working. Found it was because of a security change in PHP v4.2.0 that disallowed variables passed from the browser unless they were called in a different way (see here for details). What a hassle... Update: Firefox version 1.5.0.4. Update: FileZilla version 2.2.24a. Update: K-Lite Codec Pack version 2.72. Update: WinAmp version 5.22. Update: AVG Antivirus version 7.1.394. AVG updates itself so you don't have to. Changed: Added a nasty bug I found to CDBurnerXPPro's Disadvantages. Update: CutePDF Writer version 2.6. Update: ATI Omega Drivers version 3.8.252 (Catalyst 6.5). Update: Realtek RTL Gigabit/Fast Ethernet NIC driver version 6.41. Update: Hyperion Pro Driver Package for VIA chipset motherboards version 5.08a. Update: VIA AC'97 Audio Combo driver version 6.60b for VIA chipset motherboards with integrated audio.

April 14, 2006 Update: Firefox version 1.5.0.2. Update: eMulePlus version 1.2. Update: FileZilla version 2.2.19a. Update: XNews version 2006.03.14. Update: WinAmp version 5.21.

February 25, 2006 Update: Firefox version 1.5.0.1. Removed: OE-Quotefix. It no longer works for me. Update: K-Lite Codec Pack version 2.70. Update: WinAmp version 5.2. Update: ATI Omega Drivers version 3.8.221 (Catalyst 6.2).

January 30, 2006 Update: K-Lite Codec Pack version 2.70 beta. Update: WinAmp version 5.13. Update: Daemon Tools version 4.0.3. Update: ATI Omega Drivers version 3.8.205 (Catalyst 6.1). Update: Realtek RTL Gigabit/Fast Ethernet NIC driver version 6.39.

January 15, 2006 Removed: IE View Firefox extension. Added: IE Tab to Firefox Extensions & Themes. Update: eMulePlus version 1.1g. Update: FileZilla version 2.2.18. Update: IrfanView version 3.98. Update: K-Lite Codec Pack version 2.67. Update: VIA AC'97 Audio Combo driver version 6.50a for VIA chipset motherboards with integrated audio. Update: Hyperion Pro Driver Package for VIA chipset motherboards version 5.07a.

December 17, 2005 Update: Firefox version 1.5. Update: FileZilla version 2.2.17a. Update: K-Lite Codec Pack version 2.65. Update: WinAmp version 5.12. Update: ATI Omega Drivers version 2.6.87 (Catalyst 5.12). I no longer use the ATI reference drivers, due to graphical glitches in Counterstrike Source, and they keep trying to push their new Catalyst Control Center, which takes forever to load.

November 27, 2005 Added: Sort Extensions to Firefox Extensions & Themes. Updated: WebLog Expert Lite version 3.6. Update: K-Lite Codec Pack version 2.63. Removed: Spinner, as it has been replaced by web-based AOL Radio. Update: CutePDF Writer version 2.5. Update: IZArc version 3.5 beta 3.

October 28, 2005 Update: FileZilla version 2.2.17. Update: XNews version 2005.10.18. Update: WinAmp version 5.11. Update: AVG Antivirus version 7.1. Update: ATI Catalyst drivers version 5.10. Update: Realtek RTL Gigabit/Fast Ethernet NIC driver version 6.35.

September 23, 2005 I've updated the Internet, Multimedia and Utilities sections to use PHP and an SQL database. Please let me know if I broke something... :~) Update: Firefox version 1.0.7. Update: FileZilla version 2.2.16. Update: K-Lite Codec Pack version 2.54. Update: WinAmp version 5.1. Update: CutePDF Writer version 2.4. Update: ATI Catalyst drivers version 5.9. Update: VIA AC'97 Audio Combo driver version 6.20b for VIA chipset motherboards with integrated audio.

August 31, 2005 Update: ATI Catalyst drivers version 5.8. Update: eMulePlus version 1.1f. Update: FileZilla version 2.2.15. Update: K-Lite Codec Pack version 2.53.

July 31, 2005 Update: Firefox version 1.0.6. Update: eMulePlus version 1.1e. Update: WinAmp version 5.094. Added: System 47 to Screensavers.

July 19, 2005 Update: ATI Catalyst drivers version 5.7.

July 7, 2005 Added: Google Toolbar to Firefox Extensions & Themes. Removed: GoogleBar from Firefox Extensions & Themes. It was just a pale imitation of the real Google Toolbar. Removed: Autofill from Firefox Extensions & Themes. The Google Toolbar has an autofill function. Update: FileZilla version 2.2.14b. Update: DVD Profiler version 2.4.0. Update: K-Lite Codec Pack version 2.50. Update: WinAmp version 5.093.

June 14, 2005 Update: ATI Catalyst drivers version 5.6. Update: VIA AC'97 Audio Combo driver version 6.00a for VIA chipset motherboards with integrated audio. Update: FileZilla version 2.2.14a. Update: K-Lite Codec Pack version 2.49. Update: Spybot - Search & Destroy version 1.4.

May 31, 2005 Update: ATI Catalyst drivers version 5.5. Added: PlainOldFavorites to Firefox Extensions & Themes. Removed: SyncMarks from Firefox Extensions & Themes, in favor of PlainOldFavorites. Update: FileZilla version 2.2.14. Update: K-Lite Codec Pack version 2.48. Update: WinAmp version 5.092.

May 15, 2005 Update: Firefox version 1.0.4. Added: Focus Last Selected Tab to Firefox Extensions & Themes. Added: Phoenity to Firefox Extensions & Themes. Removed: Sort Bookmarks from Firefox Extensions & Themes. The latest Firefox has that functionality built in. Added: FileZilla to Internet. Removed: SmartFTP from Internet. FileZilla is better.

May 7, 2005 Update: IrfanView version 3.97. Update: K-Lite Codec Pack version 2.46. Update: WinAmp version 5.09.

April 20, 2005 Update: Firefox version 1.0.3. Update: K-Lite Codec Pack version 2.45.

April 12, 2005 Update: ATI Catalyst drivers version 5.4. Update:Hyperion 4 in 1 driver for VIA chipset motherboards version 4.56v. Update: PuTTY v0.58. Update: K-Lite Codec Pack version 2.44.

March 23, 2005 Update: ATI Catalyst drivers version 5.3. Update: Realtek RTL Gigabit/Fast Ethernet NIC driver version 6.21. Update: VIA AC'97 Audio Combo driver version 5.90b for VIA chipset motherboards with integrated audio. Update: Firefox version 1.0.2. Update: eMulePlus version 1.1d. Update: SmartFTP version 1.1.985. Update: Cyclone, Euphoria, FieldLines, Flocks, Flux, Helios, Lattice, Plasma, Skyrocket and Solar Winds Screensavers. Added: Hyperspace to Screensavers.

March 11, 2005 Update: Firefox version 1.0.1. Update: eMulePlus version 1.1c. Update: WebLog Expert Lite version 3.5. Update: K-Lite Codec Pack version 2.41. Update: Serif PhotoPlus version 6.

February 26, 2005 Update: Trillian version 3.1. Update: WinAmp version 5.08e.

February 21, 2005 Added: WebLog Expert Lite to Internet. Update: PuTTY v0.57.

February 15, 2005 Update: ATI Catalyst drivers version 5.2. Update: SmartFTP version 1.1.984. Update: K-Lite Codec Pack version 2.36.

February 8, 2005 Update: Hyperion 4 in 1 driver for VIA chipset motherboards version 4.55vp1. Update: Realtek RTL Gigabit/Fast Ethernet NIC driver version 6.20. Update: VIA AC'97 Audio Combo driver version 5.80c for VIA chipset motherboards with integrated audio. Added: Size-O-Matic to Utilities. Removed: Star Trek 3D screensaver. Installer was bundled with FileSubmit adware, which some consider to be spyware.

February 2, 2005 Added: Plain Text Links to Firefox Extensions. Added: TargetAlert to Firefox Extensions. Update: XNews version ??.01.30.

January 23, 2005 Update: ATI Catalyst drivers version 5.1. Update: XNews version ??.01.14.

January 15, 2005 Update: MP3Gain version 1.2.5.

December 28, 2004 Added: CDBurnerXP Pro to Utilities. Update: eMulePlus version 1.1b.

December 23, 2004 Update: K-Lite Codec Pack version 2.35. Update: WinAmp version 5.08.

December 17, 2004 Update: ATI Catalyst drivers version 4.12. Update: Trillian version 3.0. Update: DVD Profiler version 2.3.1. Update: CutePDF Writer version 2.3.

December 12, 2004 Update: eMulePlus version 1.1a. Update: DVD Profiler version 2.3.0.

December 6, 2004 Update: WinAmp version 5.07. Removed: Dr. Who 3D screensaver. Installer was bundled with FileSubmit adware, which some consider to be spyware.

December 1, 2004 Added: Mozilla Firefox to Internet. Added: Firefox Extensions & Themes. Removed: Google Toolbar. Firefox has its own version. Update: XNews version 6.12.01.

November 18, 2004 Update: WinAmp version 5.06. Update: AVG Antivirus version 7.0.

November 14, 2004 Update: ATI Catalyst drivers version 4.11. Update: The Matrix Trilogy 3D Code Screensaver.

November 6, 2004 Update: Realtek RTL Gigabit/Fast Ethernet NIC driver version 6.18. Update: SmartFTP version 1.0.983. Update: K-Lite Codec Pack version 2.34. Update: MP3Gain version 1.2.4.

October 31, 2004 Update: ATI Catalyst drivers version 4.10. Update: PuTTY v0.56. Update: IrfanView version 3.95.

October 24, 2004 Update: Google Toolbar version 2.0.114.7. Update: eMulePlus version 1.1. Removed: Net Transport is now Shareware. Update: K-Lite Codec Pack version 2.33.

October 10, 2004 Update: Google Toolbar version 2.0.114.6.

October 3, 2004 Update: Google Toolbar version 2.0.114.5. Update: eMulePlus version 1o.

September 28, 2004 Update: Google Toolbar version 2.0.114.4. Update: K-Lite Codec Pack version 2.32. Removed: Star Wars 3D Space Battle screensaver. George's lawyers didn't like it.

September 19, 2004 Update: eMulePlus version 1n.

September 12, 2004 Update: ATI Catalyst drivers version 4.9. Update: Realtek RTL Gigabit/Fast Ethernet NIC driver version 6.16. Added: K-Lite Codec Pack to Multimedia.

September 1, 2004 Update: VIA AC'97 Audio Combo driver version 5.50a for VIA chipset motherboards with integrated audio. Update: Version 4.53v of the Hyperion 4 in 1 driver for VIA chipset motherboards. Update: ATI Catalyst drivers version 4.8. Update: Version 1.0.982 of SmartFTP. Update: WinAmp version 5.05. Update: Daemon Tools version 3.47.

August 22, 2004 Update: Net Transport version 1.92. Update: IrfanView version 3.92.

August 7, 2004 Update: Microsoft DirectX v9.0c. Update: PuTTY v0.55.

August 2, 2004 Update: Google Toolbar version 2.0.113. Update: WinAmp version 5.04.

July 19, 2004 Update: Realtek RTL Gigabit/Fast Ethernet NIC driver version 6.12. Update: ATI Catalyst drivers version 4.7. Update: Google Toolbar version 2.0.112. Update: Net Transport version 1.91.

June 27, 2004 Update: VIA AC'97 Audio Combo driver version 5.40a for VIA chipset motherboards with integrated audio. Update: eMulePlus version 1m. This version fixes a major memory bug, so they advise upgrading ASAP. Update: Trillian version 0.74I.

June 22, 2004 Update: Net Transport version 1.90.

June 20, 2004 Removed: AI Roboform. I'm tired of reporting updates for it every week, and not knowing what was updated. The Google Toolbar will fill forms well enough. Update: eMulePlus version 1l.

June 12, 2004 Update: ATI Catalyst drivers version 4.6. Update: VIA AC'97 Audio Combo driver version 5.30c for VIA chipset motherboards with integrated audio. Update: AI Roboform version 5.7.0. Removed: G-Lock SpamCombat is now shareware.

May 30, 2004 Update: AI Roboform version 5.6.8.

May 16, 2004 Update: VIA AC'97 Audio Combo driver version 5.20b for VIA chipset motherboards with integrated audio. Update: ATI Catalyst drivers version 4.5. Update: Google Toolbar version 2.0.111. Update: Net Transport version 1.87. Update: Spybot - Search & Destroy version 1.3.

May 8, 2004 Added: G-Lock SpamCombat to the Internet area. Update: CutePDF Writer version 2.2.

May 2, 2004 Update: IrfanView version 3.91. Changed: IZArc is now my zip/unzip software of choice, instead of UltimateZip.

April 25, 2004 Update: Google Toolbar version 2.0.110. Update: AI Roboform version 5.6.6.

April 16, 2004 Added: Trillian to the Internet area. Update: IrfanView version 3.90.

April 11, 2004 Update: ATI Catalyst drivers version 4.4. Update: AI Roboform version 5.6.5. Update: eMulePlus version 1k.

April 4, 2004 Update: MP3Gain version 1.2.3. Update: WinAmp version 5.03.

March 28, 2004 Update: AI Roboform version 5.6.4. Update: Net Transport version 1.85a. Update: XNews test version 6.08.25 was released a while ago, but it's more stable than the "stable" version 5, IMO. Update: Daemon Tools version 3.46.

March 14, 2004 Version 4.3 of the ATI Catalyst drivers have been released. Version 1.0.981 of SmartFTP has been released.

March 9, 2004 Version 5.6.2 of AI Roboform has been released. Version 1.83a of Net Transport has been released. Version 2.1 of CutePDF Printer has been released.

February 29, 2004 Version 2.0.108 of Google Toolbar has been released. Version 5.6.1 of AI Roboform has been released. Version 2.0 of the Star Wars 3D Space Battle screensaver has been released.

February 20, 2004 Version 5.6.0 of AI Roboform has been released. Version 1.82 of Net Transport has been released.

February 15, 2004 Version 4.2 of the ATI Catalyst drivers have been released. Version 2.0.107 of Google Toolbar has been released. Version 5.5.9 of AI Roboform has been released. Version 0.54 of PuTTY has been released.

February 7, 2004 Version 5.02 of WinAmp has been released.

February 6, 2004 Version 5.5.7 of AI Roboform has been released. Version 1.80 of Net Transport has been released.

February 1, 2004 Added Radio@Netscape Plus to the Multimedia area. Version 1j of eMulePlus has been released, though their download link doesn't seem to work right now.

January 25, 2004 Added eMulePlus to the Internet area. Version 1.71 of Net Transport has been released.

January 17, 2004 Version 2.0.106 of Google Toolbar has been released. Version 5.5.4 of AI Roboform has been released. Version 1.70 of Net Transport has been released. Removed AdShield. It became crippleware a while back, and Google Toolbar has a good pop-up blocker built-in. The makers of Kazaa Lite have been sued into ceasing distribution. Hopefully I'll have an alternative P2P program decided upon soon.

January 1, 2004 Happy New Year! Version 3.44 of Daemon Tools has been released.

December 20, 2003 Version 1.0.980 of SmartFTP has been released. Version 5.01 of WinAmp has been released. Version 5.5.3 of AI Roboform has been released. Version 1.60c of Net Transport has been released. Version 3.43 of Daemon Tools has been released.

December 9, 2003 New ForceWare drivers v53.03 for nVidia video chipsets have been released. Version 3.3 of the Lord of the Rings screensaver has been released. Added The One Ring to the Screensavers area.

December 7, 2003 Due to the ironic suing of the makers of Kazaa Lite by the makers of Kazaa, I've had to change the download link for that program.

December 2, 2003 Version 4.51 of the Hyperion 4 in 1 driver for VIA chipset motherboards has been released. Added DVD Profiler to the Multimedia section.

November 10, 2003 Version 2.0.102 of Google Toolbar has been released. Version 1.53 of Net Transport has been released.

November 2, 2003 Added Net Transport to the Internet section. Version 5.5.2 of AI Roboform has been released.

October 25, 2003 New ForceWare drivers v52.16 for nVidia video chipsets have been released. Version 3.2 of The Matrix Revolutions screensaver has been released.

October 18, 2003 Version 5.5.1 of AI Roboform has been released.

October 11, 2003 Version 3.41 of Daemon Tools has been released. Version 5.5.0 of AI Roboform has been released.

September 27, 2003 Version 5.4.9 of AI Roboform has been released. Version 2.4.3 of Kazaa Lite has been released. Version 4.49 of the Hyperion 4 in 1 driver for VIA chipset motherboards has been released.

September 21, 2003 Version 3.01 of The Matrix Revolutions screensaver has been released. Version 5.4.7 of AI Roboform has been released. Version 1.0.979 of SmartFTP has been released. Version 1.2.2 of MP3Gain has been released.

September 13, 2003 Version 5.4.5 of AI Roboform has been released.

September 7, 2003 Added NetMeter to the Internet section. Added CutePDF Printer to the Utilities section.

September 6, 2003 Version 5.4.4 of AI Roboform has been released. Version 3.0 of The Matrix Revolutions screensaver has been released.

August 31, 2003 Version 5.4.3 of AI Roboform has been released. Version 3.85 of IrfanView has been released. For some reason it's not up on their website yet, but TUCOWS has it. Version 2.4.2 of Kazaa Lite has been released. Version 1.2.1 of MP3Gain has been released and they have a new web site. Version 2.0.32.60 of TeamSpeak has been released.

August 24, 2003 Version 5.4.1 of AI Roboform has been released. Version 3.0 of the Lord of the Rings screensaver has been released. This one contains pictures from Return of the King!

August 21, 2003 Version 2.0.95 of Google Toolbar has been released. Now it has a built-in pop-up blocker and auto-form-filler! Will I be removing AdShield and AI Roboform from my lists soon?

August 14, 2003 New Detonator drivers v45.23 for nVidia video chipsets have been released. Version 5.4.0 of AI Roboform has been released. Version 2.0.31.55 of TeamSpeak has been released.

August 9, 2003 Removed FreshDownload. It hasn't properly "plugged in" to my browser in months and has been corrupting downloads. Version 2.6 of The Matrix Reloaded screensaver has been released. Version 5.3.9 of AI Roboform has been released. Version 1.19.2 of OE-QuoteFix has been released. Version 1.2.9 of TightVNC has been released.

July 27, 2003 Version 5.3.2 of AI Roboform has been released, and has been classified as Non-commercialware as well as Crippleware. Version 2.4.1 of Kazaa Lite has been released.

July 14, 2003 Version 5.90 of Fresh Download has been released. Version 2.40 of Kazaa Lite has been released.

July 12, 2003 Version 1.0.978 of SmartFTP has been released.

June 29, 2003 Version 5.2.9 of AI Roboform has been released.

June 21, 2003 I've renamed the Other area to Utilities, which makes more sense. Version 2.0.29.47 of TeamSpeak has been released. Added AVG Antivirus to the Utilities section.

June 14, 2003 Version 5.2.7 of AI Roboform has been released.

June 12, 2003 Version 5.80 of Fresh Download has been released.

June 7, 2003 Version 5.2.6 of AI Roboform has been released. Version 2.5 of The Matrix Reloaded screensaver has been released.

June 1, 2003 New Detonator drivers v44.03 for nVidia video chipsets have been released. Version 5.2.5 of AI Roboform has been released.

May 25, 2003 Version 5.2.4 of AI Roboform has been released. Version 3.33 of Daemon Tools has been released. They've also changed their web address. Replaced TeamSound with TeamSpeak. TeamSound hasn't had a new version in almost 2 1/2 years.

May 15, 2003 Version 5.70 of Fresh Download has been released.

May 9, 2003 Version 1.0.976 of SmartFTP has been released. Version 2.0 of The Matrix Reloaded screensaver has been released. Version 2.1 of The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers screensaver has been released. Replaced the Enterprise screensaver with the new Star Trek 3D Starships.

May 6, 2003 Version 1.0.975 of SmartFTP has been released. You can update it via the Tools menu -> Update Check from within the program itself.

May 5, 2003 Removed Atomica Slingshot, as it is now Trialware. The program has also returned to its original name of GuruNet. Replaced Ad-Aware with Spybot - Search & Destroy as the spyware remover of choice. Please read the Tale of Woe for details.

May 3, 2003 Version 5.2.1 of AI Roboform has been released.

April 28, 2003 Version 3.0 of AdShield has been released. Unfortunately, it has also now become Crippleware, limiting the size of the block list.

April 27, 2003 Version 2.91 of WinAmp has been released. Version 2.10 Build 3 of Kazaa Lite has been released.

April 19, 2003 Version 5.2.0 of AI Roboform has been released. Version 5.6.0 of Fresh Download has been released.

April 4, 2003 Version 2.9 of WinAmp has been released.

March 28, 2003 Added Spinner.com to Web Sites (Music). New Detonator drivers v43.45 for nVidia video chipsets have been released.

March 22, 2003 Removed NetPerSec, as ZDNet now requires a paid subscription to access their file area, and their license agreement doesn't allow mirroring of the software either. Version 5.5 of Fresh Download has been released.

March 15, 2003 Version 5.1.7 of AI Roboform has been released. It has also become Crippleware, limiting some of the things you can do with it after 30 days. Version 1.19.1 of OE-QuoteFix has been released. Version 1.1 of The Matrix Reloaded screensaver has been released.

March 8, 2003 Version 1.19 of OE-QuoteFix has been released.

March 4, 2003 Version 5.1.5 of AI Roboform has been released.

February 23, 2003 Version 2.1.0 of Kazaa Lite has been released.

February 22, 2003 Version 5.4 of Fresh Download has been released. Version 5.1.4 of AI Roboform has been released.

February 10, 2003 Version 1.0.973 of SmartFTP has been released. You can update it via the Tools menu -> Update Check from within the program itself. Added Matrix Reloaded 3D to the Screensavers section.

February 8, 2003 Version 5.1.0 of AI Roboform has been released.

February 5, 2003 Added Ad-Aware to the Other section.

February 1, 2003 Version 1.1.66 of Google Toolbar has been released. If you already have it installed then it will have auto-updated itself. Version 5.0.9 of AI Roboform has been released. Version 2.0.2 build 5 of Kazaa Lite has been released. Version 1.2.8 of TightVNC has been released. Version 3.29 of Daemon Tools has been released. Added Dr. Who 3D to the Screensavers section. Added Freeware Files to the Web Sites section.

January 26, 2003 Version 5.3 of Fresh Download has been released.

January 15, 2003 Version 3.80 of IrfanView has been released.

January 14, 2003 Version 1.0.0 of MP3Gain has been released.

January 11, 2003 Version 5.0.8 of AI Roboform has been released. Version 9.0 of Windows Media Player has been released.

January 8, 2003 Version 1.18.3 of OE-QuoteFix has been released.

January 6, 2003 Added Microsoft TweakUI to the Other section.

January 5, 2003 Version 5.07 of AI Roboform has been released. Replaced Download Accelerator Plus and Star Downloader with FreshDownload as the Download Manager of choice.

January 1, 2003 Happy New Year! Looking through my web server's error log, I see I forgot to upload all the larger Screensavers screenshot graphics. If you tried to see the screenies and got a File Not Found error, please try again now.

December 21, 2002 Version 0.9.9 of MP3Gain has been released. Microsoft DirectX 9 has been released.

December 15, 2002 Version 5.0.3 of AI Roboform has been released.

December 14, 2002 Version 1.2.7 of TightVNC has been released.

December 9, 2002 Version 5.0.2 of AI Roboform has been released.

December 6, 2002 New Detonator drivers v41.09 for nVidia video chipsets have been released.

December 2, 2002 Added to Tips & Tricks: activate ClearType (antialiased screen fonts) in Windows XP.

November 30, 2002 Version 5.0.0 of AI Roboform has been released. Replaced Pop-Up Stopper with AdShield as the pop-up blocker of choice. AdShield is for Internet Explorer only (Netscape has a built-in pop-up stopper anyway), won't block requested (on click) pop-ups like Pop-Up Stopper does, and can also block banner ads.

November 25, 2002 Version 4.9.8 of AI Roboform has been released.

November 16, 2002 Version 1.0.971 of SmartFTP has been released. Version 2.02 of Kazaa Lite has been released.

November 6, 2002 Version 1.0.970 of SmartFTP has been released. The software is now Non-Commercialware, but is still free for educational/personal use.

October 26, 2002 Version 1.1.62 of Google Toolbar has been released. Version 0.53 beta of PuTTY has been released. Version 0.9.6 beta of MP3Gain has been released. I've rolled back the suggested version of WinAmp to use to 2.81, as version 3 is incredibly slow to load, in comparison. Atomica Personal has been renamed to Atomica Slingshot (v3.3.0.397), and is also now Registerware.

October 25, 2002 Added Cyclone, Enterprise, Field Lines, Flocks, Flux, GL Gravitation, Gravity, Helios, Plasma, Solar Winds, and Spider-Man 3D to Screensavers. There's also a new Lord of the Rings screensaver in the same area. The first one was good -- this one is awesome!

October 20, 2002 Version 3.23 of Daemon Tools has been released.

October 13, 2002 New Detonator Drivers v40.72 Beta have been released for nVidia video chipsets (WinXP/2k only).

October 7, 2002 Removed SSH Sentinel, as it is no longer free software.

October 5, 2002 Verson 1.33 of Star Downloader is available.

October 2, 2002 New Detonator Drivers v40.71 Beta have been released for nVidia video chipsets (WinXP/2k only).

September 28, 2002 Version 1.32 of Star Downloader has been released. While 2.7.1 of UltimateZip has been released as a bugfix, it still has an annoying pop-up ad every time you run it. I will continue to host 2.7 beta 3 on this site, as it runs fine -- there are no bugs or ads in it.

September 27, 2002 Version 2.0.0 of Kazaa Lite has been released. Also, I've changed the link to its home page. The .com site is not very dependable and doesn't seem to be the "official" site.

September 26, 2002 UltimateZip 2.7 does not seem to have a quickly-forthcoming fix, so there is now a copy of UltimateZip 2.7 beta 3 hosted on this site.

September 22, 2002 Version 3.17 of Daemon Tools has been released.

September 19, 2002 Version 2.7 of UltimateZip has been released. However, according to the UltimateZip technical support forums and my own recent experience with it, there seems to be a bug that keeps archive extraction from working properly. I recommend not upgrading at this time. In addition, UltimateZip now shows an ad on the screen during startup, making it Adware now.

September 14, 2002 Version 5.5 of Serif PhotoPlus has been released.

September 8, 2002 Added OE-QuoteFix to the Internet section.

September 3, 2002 Added Free Toons to the Web Sites area. First added is Ninjai.

September 2, 2002 Replaced WinVNC with TightVNC, which supports better compression, as well as some bugfixes over the original version.

August 30, 2002 New Detonator drivers v40.41 for nVidia video chipsets have been released (Win2k/XP only). Added Serif PhotoPlus to the Multimedia section. Visitors can now sign up at the bottom of the site for e-mail update notices . "What's New?" info will arrive in your Inbox in a timely fashion.

August 19, 2002 Version 0.9.4 of MP3Gain has been released.

August 18, 2002 New Detonator drivers v30.82 for nVidia video chipsets have been released.

August 10, 2002 Version 3.0 of WinAmp has been released.

August 8, 2002 Version 1.1.61 of the Google Toolbar has been released.

August 4, 2002 Version 5.3 Beta of Download Accelerator Plus has been released. Version 2.9 of Pop-Up Stopper has been released. Version 0.9.0 of MP3Gain has been released.

August 2, 2002 Version 1.0.969 of SmartFTP has been released.

August 1, 2002 Added MP3Gain to the Multimedia section.

July 29, 2002 Version 1.7.2 of Kazaa Lite has been released.

July 21, 2002 Version 4.6.8 of AI Roboform has been released. Version 3.75 of Irfanview has been released.

July 17, 2002 XNews has moved to new hosting.

July 13, 2002 Version 4.6.7 of AI Roboform has been released.

July 5, 2002 Added Pop-Up Stopper to the Internet section. I almost forgot about it, it works so well!

July 3, 2002 Added Star Downloader to the Internet section. I've been using it for a while, since I heard about some nastiness in Download Accelerator Plus' License Agreement.

June 29, 2002 Version 3.16 of Daemon Tools has been released. Version 4.6.6 of AI Roboform has been released.

June 26, 2002 Added Babelfish Translations to the Web Sites area.

June 23, 2002 Version 4.6.5 of AI Roboform has been released.

June 18, 2002 I've added bright-text image rollovers to the main menu...makes it a little easier to navigate. Added a couple more Tips & Tricks.

June 17, 2002 I've added a Tips & Tricks section, and will be updating it semi-regularly with advice. I've added some Free Laughs links in the Web Sites section.

June 15, 2002 Version 5.04.25 of XNews has been released. New Detonator drivers v29.42 for nVidia video chipsets have been released.

June 8, 2002 Version 5.04.24 of XNews has been released. Version 4.6.3 of AI Roboform has been released.

June 1, 2002 1.7.1 of KaZaA Lite has been released. For those that said Yes to auto-installing KaZaA 1.7 when the program asked, that's the full version of KaZaA, with spyware! You should uninstall it and install the newest version of KaZaA Lite.

May 30, 2002 Added a Disadvantage to UltimateZip. It doesn't happen often, but is a problem. Added TeamSound to the Multimedia section. Better-sounding alternative to Roger Wilco.

May 26, 2002 SmartFTP version 1.0.968 has been released.

May 25, 2002 Added a whole bunch of Screensavers from Really Slick Screensavers, as the author changed his software's license to Freeware back in November and I didn't notice.

May 24, 2002 Site goes live...now to get some people looking at it...