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SIW 2008-04-02 is available

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SIW – System Information for Windows is a free tool that gives you detailed system specs.

4/1/2008
* Added “Security” module.
* Added WinPE 2.1 Support.
* Added U3 Support.
* Enhanced “Updates” module. It shows “Installed Updated” and “Missing Updates”. The “Missing Updates” module will connect to windowsupdate.microsoft.com
* Enhanced “Ports” module.
* Added detection of Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007. Thanks to Jan Romanowski.
* Fixed “/silent” option.
* Support for new hardware and software.
* Support for the latest Intel and AMD CPUs.
* Updated device database.
* Minor improvements.
* Bugfixes.

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IE7Pro 2.2 Released

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IE7Pro is a must have add-on for Internet Explorer, which includes a lot of features and tweaks to make your IE friendlier, more useful, secure and customizable.
Changelogs: IE7Pro 2.2 (Mar 31,2008):
1.Added Support for Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1
2.Added support for Left Mouse button in Mouse Gestures.
3.Open module API
4.Support block https AD
5.MiniDM now shows details of the current download jobs in the tip from tray icon
6.New Action: Go to parent directory
7.Livebookmark can recover last version
8. Update switch from backgroud to page mode.
9. Fix Bug: Adblock change “<>” to “<<" 10. Fix Bug: "javascript:" alike url don't pop new tab

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Automatix Is No More

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The controversial but highly useful app for Ubuntu Linux is going to be put on the shelf:

Well the day has finally come, development of Automatix has been discontinued. We are doing this, not because we think Automatix is no longer necessary on Ubuntu and Debian, but because all of the Automatix developers have become wrapped up in more pressing commitments.

I know many people within the Ubuntu (Canonical) ranks will be happy to see it go. I liked it and used it so I’m sad to see it go.

Vista-capable lawsuit paints picture of buggy NVIDIA drivers

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This article revels an interesting Microsoft memo. There is a chart with the breakdown of Vista’s crashes. The main problem? Yes, you already know, DRIVERS.
Vista-capable lawsuit paints picture of buggy NVIDIA drivers

NVIDIA drivers were identified as the cause of over 479,000 crashes, or just under 29 percent of all the crashes Microsoft logged. Microsoft’s own drivers follow, at 17.9 percent, and the “Unknown” category takes third place at 17 percent. ATI is in fourth place (9.3 percent) and Intel in fifth place (8.83 percent).