Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

EasyBCD 2.1

June 28, 2011, 16:25(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

EasyBCD is NeoSmart Technologies’ multiple award-winning answer to taking control of your bootloader. EasyBCD extends and revamps the Windows Vista/Windows 7 BCD bootloader, and with EasyBCD, almost anything is possible. Setting up and configuring a dual-boot between Windows 7, Windows Vista, older versions of Windows such as XP & 2003, Linux, Ubuntu, BSD, and Mac OS X is a breeze. You just point & click and EasyBCD does the rest. EasyBCD is free for all private, non-commercial use.

VirtualBox 4.0.10

June 27, 2011, 19:47(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

VirtualBox 4.0.10 released “This is a maintenance release.” Download and info.

Thunderbird 3.1.11 Released

June 21, 2011, 14:43(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Thunderbird has been updated to version 3.1.11. Download or update from within the program (Help / Check for Updates.)

Firefox 5 Officially Released

June 21, 2011, 14:41(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Download here or update from within the program (Help > About Firefox > Check for Updates).
Firefox 5 Other Systems and Languages
Droid users: Firefox 5 is in the Market. If you were using the Beta uninstall it and install Firefox 5 final.

Firefox 5

June 18, 2011, 10:07(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Although not officially released, Firefox 5 (scheduled for June 21st) has hit the main Mozilla FTP servers.
Since several locations have reported this as being released I figured I might as well post it.
Links:
Windows (en-us) or try Major Geeks.
For others you can find it on the ftp site.

BleachBit 0.8.8 Released

June 16, 2011, 15:36(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Hit the link for downloads and release notes: BleachBit 0.8.8

BleachBit quickly frees disk space and tirelessly guards your privacy. Free cache, delete cookies, clear Internet history, shred temporary files, delete logs, and discard junk you didn’t know was there. Designed for Linux and Windows systems, it wipes clean 90 applications including Firefox, Internet Explorer, Adobe Flash, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari,and more. Beyond simply deleting files, BleachBit includes advanced features such as shredding files to prevent recovery, wiping free disk space to hide traces of files deleted by other applications, and vacuuming Firefox to make it faster. Better than free, BleachBit is open source.

AMD / ATI Catalyst 11.6 Drivers Are Out

June 15, 2011, 18:34(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

AMD / ATI Catalyst 11.6 drivers are available for XP, Vista, and Windows 7. Linux 11.6′s available here.

Fun With Audio Players

June 15, 2011, 18:30(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

New article up: Fun With Audio Players

Fun With Audio Players

June 15, 2011, 18:27(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

***PLEASE SEE – Fun With Audio Players – 2015***

“Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.” Keith Richards

The last several years whenever anyone brings up which audio player software to use, the focus seems to be on low resource usage.
I’m guilty of it too.
I’ve been getting back into having a little fun listening to music on the computer.
I thought I would post an article on this topic. This article is really a collection of screen shots and links.
Hopefully you’ll see something you like and check out some of the links.
For those new to this topic. Many audio players have two things you can do to the interface: skin it, and add a plugin.
Skins change the look of the interface. Plugins can add sound and visual enhancements.
Some of the screen shots are large so I’ve thumbnailed them. Click on the small pic for a larger one.

Load up your current audio player with your favorite tunes, put on your rock-n-roll shoes, grab an adult beverage and check out the screen shots.

The order is kinda by popularity, except my 2 favorites are last.

1 – Windows Media Player 12
WMP 12? Yup, you can skin it. WMP 12 skins here, other WMP versions here.

(click image for larger pic)