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PerfView – A New Geek Tool From Microsoft

January 3, 2012, 19:47(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Microsoft has released a new performance analysis called PerfView.
This one isn’t for the average user.
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December 29, 2011, 15:27(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Microsoft has issued an out-of-band security update for XP,2K3, Vista, 2K8, and 7.
You can view the details of the issue in this Microsoft Security Response Center post.
This issue effects more than just Windows, you can read about it here:
ARS Technica – Huge portions of the Web vulnerable to hashing denial-of-service attack

December 28, 2011, 14:48(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

CCleaner 3.14 (slim) released. Download (slim). Release notes.

December 28, 2011, 14:45(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Thunderbird 9.0.1 released. Download.
“Fixes an issue that stopped users of Windows XP and earlier from running Thunderbird in some cases“

December 28, 2011, 14:43(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

December 28, 2011, 14:37(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

VirtualBox 3.2.14 released. Download. More info here.

December 22, 2011, 10:53(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Firefox 9.0.1 has been released. Download or update from within the program (Help > About Firefox).

December 21, 2011, 14:08(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Thunderbird 9 is now officially released. Download or update from within the program (Help > About Thunderbird > Check for updates). Release notes.

December 21, 2011, 07:42(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Firefox 9 has been released. Download or update from within the program (Help > About Firefox).
Firefox 9 for Android is available in the Market.
Release notes.

December 18, 2011, 13:30(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

MediaMonkey has been updated to version 4.0.1.1461.
Download
Announcement
Version 4 introduced a host of changes. Read about it here.