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Opera 10.54 Final Opera is a full-featured Internet browser that includes pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, integrated searches, plus email, RSS newsfeeds, and IRC chat. You can also customize the look and content of your Opera browser with a few ... clicks of the mouse. http://majorgeeks.com Sylpheed 3.1 Beta 1 Sylpheed adopts 3-paned display similar to the popular e-mail clients for Windows such as Outlook Express and Becky! Internet email. The user-interface is comfortable, operational, and stable. http://majorgeeks.com This freeware software program is brought to you by MajorGeeks.com: The ... (view more)

Photoscape 3.5 Photoscape is a photo editing program that enables you to fix and enhance photos. Features include a viewer, photo editor, batch editor, screen capture function, raw converter, and much more. http://majorgeeks.com Silverlight ... 4.0.50524.0 Final Microsoft Silverlight (formerly WPF/E) is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of media experiences and rich interactive applications (RIAs) for the Web. It is intended for developers and designers interested in learning more about how to build experiences with Microsoft Silverlight. http://majorgeeks ... (view more)

Avidemux 2.5.3 Final Avidemux is a video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. Avidemux is an application which does everything VirtualDub can do, but runs on various platforms, supports a lot of containers, comes with ... all codecs you need built-in, and uses a simple interface. http://www.majorgeeks.com Calibre 0.6.53 Calibre is a one stop solution for all your e-book needs. It is free, open source and cross-platform works well on Linux, OS X and Windows. Calibre is meant to be a complete e-library solution and thus includes library management, format conversion, ... (view more)

Release Candidate (RC) The term release candidate (RC) refers to a software version with the potential to be a final product, ready to be released to the public for final testing. In this stage of product stabilization, all product features have ... been designed, coded and tested through one or more Beta cycles with no known software bugs (defects). During the 1990s, Apple Inc. used the term "golden master" for its release candidates, and the final golden master was the general availability release. Gamma, Delta, Omega, Zenith Release Candidates Other terms include gamma (and occasionally also ... (view more)

Time's up for users hoping to test run the Windows 7 beta , as today Microsoft blocked the ability to download the preview edition. "Sorry," the website has been telling users since midnight, February 9, "Windows 7 Beta downloads are no longer ... available." Anyone with interrupted downloads will be able to complete them, and those with a copy will still be able to access their product keys. No new downloads will be possible at this time. The beta edition, which had been open for download by the general public since January this year, will no longer be on Microsoft's website ... (view more)

I've got some *very* exciting news to share today! The folks over at Ashampoo sent me a friendly email today to announce that the beta version of Ashampoo Burning Studio 7 -- their flagship, simple-to-use, feature rich CD / DVD recording program -- ... is near completion. The final version will be available May 7th, 2007. Well, that may not sound too exciting, but read on -- because you won't want to miss this one! Ashampoo: Deal of the Century In order to celebrate the release of their flagship product, the company is offering a massive and extremely generous discount of over 50% off Ashampoo ... (view more)

Infopackets Reader Vicki S. writes: " I've been reading up on next major release from Microsoft (Windows XP Service Pack 2). From what I understand -- and, as with all Service Pack releases -- there are major security issues addressed in the ... upcoming release. I'm a bit confused: I understand the Service Pack 2 is not due to be released for a while yet, however, Microsoft is offering 'Release Candidate 2' [RC2] of Service Pack 2. My question is, do you think RC2 will work for me? I have Windows XP home edition, a cable modem, and Norton Internet Security 2004, not to mention all the other ... (view more)