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Mass Effect Andromeda now available for Xbox One, PS4 and PC

Gurkaran Singh — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 14:16:01 +0000

After several delays, rough reviews for its animations and a buggy trial, Mass Effect: Andromeda has finally released for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC. The series returns after a five-year hiatus. Read more...

Fallout Shelter now available to download for Xbox One and Windows 10

Gurkaran Singh — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 21:46:01 +0000

After a week of its announcement, the free-to-play game Fallout Shelter by Bethesda is now available to download for Xbox One and Windows 10. The game is already available for iOS and Android. Read more...

Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde released from prison

Usama Jawad — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 16:10:01 +0000

The Pirate Bay co-founder, Peter Sunde, was freed from prison this morning after five months of time served; he plans to return to building a few different products he started previously Read more...

Firefox 8 released

Brad Sams — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 17:25:13 +0000

Firefox 8 is now out and brings with it some new features and bug fixes to the platform. The latest release brings the version up to number 8 and will be pushed on to FTP mirrors tomorrow. Read more...

Twitter account info to be released to Government in Wikileaks case

Piers Hausjell — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 18:18:32 +0000

The ongoing Wikileaks story has taken a new turn with the US Government being given permission to obtain the Twitter account information of Icelandic Birgitta Jonsdottir, Dutch Rop Gonggrijp and American Jacob Appelbaum, all three... Read more...

Google releases Chrome 10

Piers Hausjell — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 02:39:35 +0000

Google has released a new version of its Chrome web browser, removing support for H.264 and adding in a 66% faster JavaScript engine. This version 10 release comes only seven weeks after version nine, maybe... Read more...

Opera 11 beta released

Tom Dwyer — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 00:29:04 +0000

Earlier today, Opera software announced on their community blog MyOpera that the new anticipated version of their desktop browser, Opera 11 would be released in beta after having undergone several alpha releases. A Neowin user pointed... Read more...

Internet Explorer 9 platform preview 3 released

Tom Warren — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:06:25 +0000

Microsoft released Internet Explorer 9 platform preview 3 today, marking the third and possibly final release prior to the beta phase. The updated platform preview code includes support for the HTML5 video tag. Platform Preview 3... Read more...

SeaMonkey 2.0 released

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:29:55 +0000

The SeaMonkey Project The SeaMonkey project is a community effort to develop the SeaMonkey all-in-one internet application suite (see below). Such a software suite was previously made popular by Netscape and Mozilla, and the... Read more...

Fences 1.0 released

Spencer Scott — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:16:27 +0000

The much anticipation version 1.0 of the popular desktop organization app Fences, has been released today. Fences helps you reduce and eliminate the clutter of icons on the desktop by creating "fences" of icons.... Read more...

Demigod v1.19 Update Released

Spencer Scott — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:12:15 +0000

Demigod, the real-time strategy PC game from Gas Powered Games has received an update with many new enhancements, and fixes. One of the new additions to the game is Replays, which have several variations... Read more...

uTorrent 2.0.0 Beta 16546 Released

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:03:58 +0000

ÂµTorrent is a small and incredibly popular BitTorrent client. Micro-Sized Yet Feature Filled Most of the features present in other BitTorrent clients are present in ÂµTorrent, including bandwidth prioritization, scheduling, RSS auto-downloading and Mainline... Read more...

KDE 4.3.0 Released

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:29:31 +0000

KDE Community Delivers Incremental Innovations With New KDE 4.3 Release KDE 4.3 (Codename: "Caizen") Delivers Incremental Innovations to the Free Desktop Users and Software Developers ... Read more...

Demigod demo released

Spencer Scott — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:36:00 +0000

The demo for Gas Powered Games' RTS game, Demigod, is now available for download. The demo features online Internet multiplayer games, the Cataract map and four playable Demigods (Regulus, Rook, Sedna and Lord Erebus.) All... Read more...

Critical security patch for IE released, Win 7 RC affected

Tom Warren — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:21:00 +0000

Microsoft has released an out of band security patch (MS09-034) to fix remote exploits in Internet Explorer. This security update is rated Critical for the following versions of Internet Explorer: Internet Explorer 5.01, running on... Read more...

Recuva 1.28.424 Released

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:34:09 +0000

Recuva (pronounced "recover") is a freeware Windows utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer. This includes files emptied from the Recycle bin as well as images and other files that... Read more...

Apple TV 2.4 update

Sam Symons — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:32:00 +0000

Apple has quietly released their 2.4 update for the Apple TV, which brings some interesting and handy new functionality, providing you own an iPhone or iPod touch. Let's have a quick look and see what... Read more...

Microsoft Security Essentials Beta released

Tom Warren — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:47:55 +0000

Microsoft is offering it's free anti-virus product, Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) to 75,000 lucky people today. The company is offering the product via a beta program and will likely extend the cap of 75,000 downloads... Read more...

Belkin reveals world's first Gigabit Powerline adapter

Sam Symons — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:50:02 +0000

The technology that allows you to stream data through your house's existing electrical circuits is interesting. Not only is it interesting, but it's mighty secure and extra stable, and companies know this... and they sure... Read more...

Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate 2 released

Sam Symons — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 07:46:09 +0000

Just today, Mozilla, famous for their Firefox browser, have released the second release candidate for the upcoming version 3.5, for public use. This build comes not long after the first release candidate, and as you... Read more...

ClamWin 0.95.2 Released

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:16:21 +0000

ClamWin is a Free Antivirus program for Microsoft Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003 and Vista. ClamWin Free Antivirus comes with an easy installer and open source code. You may download and use it absolutely free of charge. It... Read more...

AbiWord 2.7.4 Released

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:55:58 +0000

AbiWord is a free word processing program similar to Microsoft Word. It is suitable for a wide variety of word processing tasks. Multi Platform Enjoy your favorite Word Processor on the operating system you... Read more...

NSIS 2.45 Released

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:27:07 +0000

NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) is a professional open source system to create Windows installers. It is designed to be as small and flexible as possible and is therefore very suitable for internet distribution. Being... Read more...

iTunes 8.2 and QuickTime 7.6.2 released

Sam Symons — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:51:50 +0000

Apple's love-it-or-hate-it iTunes media player has today been updated to version 8.2, preceding the release of the iPhone OS 3.0. The software, available on both Mac OS X and Windows, has not has an extensive... Read more...

Google Chrome 2.0 released

Sam Symons — Fri, 22 May 2009 22:54:45 +0000

Google's Chrome browser has been out for a little while now, and is already pretty popular with users. Development for it is ever pushing forward, and Google has just released version 2.0 of the browser,... Read more...

Google Sky Map for Android: "A planetarium in your pocket"

Sam Symons — Tue, 12 May 2009 21:44:16 +0000

You have to hand it to Google. When it comes to cool and interesting software, these guys really know how to pull it off. Just after Google revealed their new Search Options, they've shown the... Read more...

Mac OS X 10.5.7 released

Sam Symons — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:27:30 +0000

We've been hearing about the development of Apple's update to their Leopard operating system, 10.5, for quite a while now and just earlier it seems it has been finally released. The update, named 10.5.7, was... Read more...

iPhone OS 3.0 beta 5 and iTunes 8.2 pre-release 2 available

Sam Symons — Thu, 07 May 2009 09:13:22 +0000

The development of iPhone OS 3.0 has been progressing nicely, and approximately a week after beta 4 was released, Apple has churned out a new beta, along with a new version of iTunes 8.2 pre-release.... Read more...

Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 released

Tom Warren — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:06:51 +0000

Microsoft has released its second Service Pack for Office 2007 today. Service Pack 2 includes some significant changes, including built-in ability to save as ODF & PDF formats, improvements to Outlook's performance and calendar reliability... Read more...

PocoMail 4.8 and Barca 2.8 Released

Marcel Klum — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:39:26 +0000

PocoMail gives you serious power over your email, from instant review of your folders via the unique Focus Box, to easy management of your contacts. You can automate email processing in a myriad of ways,... Read more...

Nexuiz 2.5 released

Marcel Klum — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:31:02 +0000

I'm a little late with this one but opensource deathmatch game Nexuiz has been updated to version 2.5 Nexuiz is a 3d deathmatch game that has been in development since the summer of 2002.... Read more...

iTunes 8.1.1 released

Sam Symons — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:30:51 +0000

Not long after iTunes 8.1 itself was released, Apple has gone and sent out version 8.1.1 for your updating pleasure. Don't get too excited; this isn't bringing any huge new features, as indicated by the... Read more...

FBackup 4.1.134 released

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:46:29 +0000

FBackup is a freeware backup program for Windows, with an easy to use interface. Performs mirror backups and has wizards for backup & restore, file filters and internal scheduler. Creates standard zip files or exact... Read more...

FBackup 4.1.131 released

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:39:14 +0000

TweakNow RegCleaner 4.0 released

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:31:18 +0000

The Registry is a heart and soul of any Windows system. It contains information that controls how your Windows appears and how it behaves. Most applications today use registry to store configuration and other important... Read more...

Dell's Adamo made official, Adamo 9 already rumored

Sam Symons — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:15:59 +0000

After Google gave away the release date for the upcoming Adamo, Dell has come out and made it official; the world has a new player in the game of thin notebooks. The notebook itself features... Read more...

Winamp 5.55 released

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:47:30 +0000

Winamp 5.55, Nullsoft's powerful multi-purpose free media player, has been released.The update features a bunch of speed improvements as well as some new features and updated plug-ins. Full changelog: * New: Turkish, Portuguese-BR &... Read more...

GIMP 2.6.5 released

Marcel Klum — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:19:00 +0000

GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It has many capabilities. It can be used as... Read more...

GOM Player 2.1.15.4610 Released

Marcel Klum — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:59:57 +0000

GOM Player is a video/audio player with additional multimedia functions. This is a player of the new generation, which allows you to quickly and conveniently use the advantages of digital technologies. GOM uses low CPU... Read more...

SoundPackager 1.2 Released

Spencer Scott — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:00:39 +0000

SoundPackager is an application that lets users change the default Windows sound scheme to one of many available for download.Â This is done by applying Ã¢€œpackagesÃ¢€ of sound files which allows you to easily change... Read more...