It took a total of 120 bugs fixes, of which 19 are marked critical to get Thunderbird 3.0.2 out into the wild. Users of Thunderbird email client can check for updates at Help -> Check for Updates. Particularly addressed in this release; fixes for Thunderbird 2 users upgrading to Thunderbird 3 and several fixes to Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP), More»
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The open-source all-in-one Internet suite, SeamMonkey 2.0 was released just a few days ago and punctually the PortableApps team have packed a portable copy that when installed occupies only 43MB of your USB pen drive. SeaMonkey®, Portable Edition 2.0 is released in 10 different languages; Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Spanish (Spain) and Spanish (International). It’s a free download for all Windows systems and is packed to integrate well with the PortableApps.com Suite.
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For Windows, Linux: The popular open source, GNU Image Manipulation Program, Gimp is well known for its extensibility – Freely downloadable plug-ins that practically render certain tasks less time-wasting, like that of adding arrows or indicators on images. You can make the indicators yourself or use plug-in-furnished arrows like those on the Gimp Help website. You’ll find glossy “black arrows”, ready-to-use “colourful” and “action” arrows” and more. More»
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The popular open source media player VLC gets a maintenance release to fix bugs found in previously released VLC 1.0.1. VLC 1.0.1 that was rolled out about two months ago had a number of bugs and security vulnerabilities that have been fixed in VLC 1.0.2. VLC 1.0.2 fixes issues in subtitles, Theora video compression format and Ogg, it addresses dvb-c channels-scanning and fixes some playlist sorting issues.
Mac OS X Port users benefit most from this update that addresses issues like, VLC crashing during an update, a newly added “Quit after Playback” feature and a full 64bit runtime compatibility on both Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6 amongst other feature. See the changelog.
Because of the security issues addressed in this release, the VLC team strongly recommends everyone to update to VLC 1.0.2.
VLC is released under the GNU General Public License (GPLv2).
Download VLC 1.0.2 ~ for Mac OS X, Linux and Windows
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Opera 10 Final took many Firefox users by surprise for its speed and stability. Opera 10 browser together with Chrome 4.0 share the podium as fastest browser that the web can provide for download.
For a quick and clean test of Opera 10, lay your hands on Opera 10 Portable browser, a carbon-copy of the original, with the only difference of being a no-install. It will not interfere with other web browsers or with any version of the Opera browser installed on your system. [Portables and thumb-drives almost always go together.] If you then find it useful, load into your thumb-drive and carry it along with other portable apps.
Opera 10 Portable is an unofficial Windows-only application, that has English and German language versions.
Opera 10 Portable by Opera USB
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