LibreOffice a free Office Suite and is a fork of OpenOffice. Head over to ARS Technica for a review.
Head to the LibreOffice home page to download it.
Ultimate Windows Tweaker 2.2
UWT is the only Windows 7 tweak program I use and recommend. Download & Info
Change Log
Ultimate Windows Tweaker v 2.2 now works on Internet Explorer 9
Internet Explorer
+ Supports Internet Explorer 9 Beta
+ Enable Menu bar permanently
+ Always on InPrivate Filtering
+ Hide Compatibility View button
+ Disable sending keystrokes to your default search engine
+ Enable Quick Tabs
+ Manage no. of rows in about:Tabs (IE9 only)
+ Disable caching of SSL pages
+ Enable software rendering instead of GPU redering (IE9 only)
User Accounts & UAC
+ Manage user accounts (improved)
System Performance
+ Disable PAE
# Extensive code optimization for speed improvement
# Improved refreshing capability after applying tweaks
# No more prompts after each Apply clicks
# Some UI and typo fixes
CCleaner v3.03
v3.03.1366 (25 Jan 2011)
* Added K-Meleon browser support.
* Added Rockmelt browser support.
* Added Chrome Plus browser support.
* Added Saved Password cleaning for all browsers.
* Added cleaning for multiple profiles in Google Chrome.
* Added Recent Search History cleaning for Safari.
* Added cleaning for Adobe Acrobat 9.0 and 10.0, Shockwave 10 and 11, Daemon Tools, Compare It! and Microsoft Search Helper Extension.
* Improved Autocomplete Form History cleaning for IE9.
* Improved Saved Form Information cleaning for Chromium based browsers.
* Improved Internet History cleaning for Opera.
* Improved Internet Cache cleaning for Firefox.
* Improved cleaning for Silverlight and Adobe Reader.
* Improved Office 2003 and XP to prevent removal of autocorrect settings.
* Added more Windows MRU cleaning rules.
* Added Belarusian translation.
* Minor UI tweaks and fixes.
Time To Run Windows Update
Updates available for XP-7 and MS Office. There is also an optional update for Windows 7 that basically prepares your computer for SP1.
This update is necessary to successfully install and to remove any service packs to all versions of Windows 7 and on Windows Server 2008 R2.
FWIW, I have no clue when Windows 7 SP1 will come out. Last I heard was Q1 which means sometime before April.
Microsoft Security Essentials 2
This version of Microsoft Security Essentials includes the following new features and enhancements to better help protect your computer from threats:
-Windows Firewall integration. Security Essentials setup enables you to turn on or off Windows Firewall.
-Network Inspection System. This feature enhances real-time protection by inspecting network traffic to help proactively block exploitation of known network-based vulnerabilities.
-New and improved protection engine. The updated engine offers enhanced detection and cleanup capabilities with better performance.
iTunes 10.1.1
About iTunes 10.1.1
This release provides a number of important bug fixes, including:
* Addresses an issue where some music videos may not play on Macs equipped with NVIDIA GeForce 9400 or 9600 graphics.
* Resolves an issue where iTunes may unexpectedly quit when deleting a playlist that has the iTunes Sidebar showing.
* Fixes a problem where iTunes may unexpectedly quit when connecting an iPod to a Mac equipped with a PowerPC processor.
* Addresses an issue where some music videos may not sync to an iPod, iPhone, or iPad.About iTunes 10.1.1 for Windows (64 bit)
This release provides a number of important bug fixes, including:
* Addresses an issue where iTunes may unexpectedly quit when resizing the iTunes window.
* Resolves an issue where iTunes may unexpectedly quit when deleting a playlist that has the iTunes Sidebar showing.
* Addresses an issue where some music videos may not sync to an iPod, iPhone, or iPad.
Time To Run Windows Update
Updates, and updates, and more updates available for XP, 2K3, Vista, 2K8, Seven, Office, etc.
Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for December 2010
ATI Catalyst 10.12’s Released
ATI Catalyst 10.12 drivers are available for XP, Vista, and Windows 7.
BleachBit 0.8.3 Released
I consider this a program for advanced users. Be careful with it.
Download & Info
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.
Multi-platform: Linux and Windows
BleachBit 0.8.3 cleans more Opera, WinRAR, Adobe Reader, Windows logs; improves wiping speed; adds menu options; add a Lithuanian translation; and updates other 18 translations.
3DMark Contest Winners
The contest winners for the 3DMark 11 Advanced Edition keys were contacted and the prizes were claimed.
Congrats to Darek and Tony!
FWIW – My favorite PC game of all time is Redneck Rampage 🙂 I just had a ton of fun playing it.