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CCleaner 4.16

July 24, 2014, 09:54(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

CCleaner

CCleanerCCleaner v4.16 released.
Download
Version History
***Pay attention during install. May attempt to install unwanted programs.

v4.16.4763 (24 Jul 2014)
– Improved Google Chrome 36 cleaning and start-up management.
– Improved Firefox browsing cache cleaning.
– Added Repair option to Uninstall tool.
– Improved 64-bit build architecture on Windows 7 and 8.
– Improved Startup Item tool compatibility.
– Added Teamviewer, Microsoft One Drive, Real VNC 5, Tag & Rename and Tango cleaning.
– Minor GUI Improvements.
– Minor bug fixes.

Tagged With: Cool Tools, Freeware

Firefox 31

July 22, 2014, 12:26(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

firefox_2013

firefox_2013Firefox 31 is out.
Several new features including malware blocking. See the release notes for more info.
Download (Windows, EN-US)
Release Notes
Download other languages and operating systems
Firefox 31.0 for Android is available in the Play Store.

Although not “officially” released, Thunderbird 31 is also due out today.

Tagged With: Cool Tools, Freeware

FileZilla Updated

July 22, 2014, 12:17(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

filezilla

filezillaThe freeware FTP client/server FileZilla got updated to v3.9.0 followed quickly by v3.9.0.1.
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Version History

I was reminded of this by a reader and I would be remiss if I didn’t point out that FileZilla stores passwords in plain text.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FileZilla#Criticism
For myself, I do not consider this to be a big issue.

Tagged With: Cool Tools, Freeware

VMware Player 6.0.3

July 2, 2014, 07:50(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

vmware_player

vmware_playerVMware Player 6.0.3 is out.
Download
Release Notes

Tagged With: Cool Tools, Freeware

Google Chrome Updated

June 10, 2014, 15:33(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

google chrome

google chromeThe Stable Channel has been updated to 35.0.1916.153 for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Download or update from within the program.

Tagged With: Cool Tools, Freeware

Firefox 30

June 10, 2014, 11:34(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

firefox_2013

firefox_2013Firefox 30.0 has been officially released.
This brings a new interface. Learn it here.
Download (Windows, EN-US)
Release Notes
Download other languages and operating systems

Firefox 30.0 for Android is available in the Play Store.

Tagged With: Cool Tools, Freeware

DuckDuckGo News

May 22, 2014, 18:33(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

duckduckgo

duckduckgoDuckDuckGo has lots of nifty updates. You can find out what’s new here.
In case you didn’t know, DuckDuckGo is a search engine that doesn’t track you (among other things).
Check out their About Page for more info.
See also: 10 Useful DuckDuckGo Instant Answers That Save You Time & A Few Clicks at MakeUseOf
P.S. – They have an app too (iPhone & Android).

Tagged With: Cool Tools

CCleaner 4.14

May 22, 2014, 16:52(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

CCleaner

CCleanerDownload
Announcement
Version History
***Pay attention during install. May attempt to install unwanted programs.

CCleaner is the number-one tool for cleaning your Windows PC. It protects your privacy online and makes your computer faster and more secure. Easy to use and a small, fast download…
…This release sees several browser cleaning improvements, including improved Mozilla browser support and the addition of cleaning for Cyberfox.
We’ve also made a range of additional improvements, including better Operating System detection and unicode support for the Startup tool.

Tagged With: Cool Tools, Freeware

Google Chrome 35

May 20, 2014, 15:15(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

google chrome

google chrome“The Chrome Team is excited to announce the promotion of Chrome 35 to the Stable channel for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Chrome 35.0.1916.114 contains a number of fixes and improvements”
Download or update from within the program.
Source: Google Chrome Blog

Tagged With: Cool Tools, Freeware

Ultimate Windows Tweaker 3.1

May 2, 2014, 14:29(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

win8logo

win8logoUltimate Windows Tweaker 3.1 is out. This is for Windows 8.1 update 1 only.
These guys have done a fantastic job with this program.
Highly recommended.

Tagged With: Cool Tools, Freeware, Windows 8

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