FreeEnc is a free MPEG-2 encoder, which uses avcodec library to encode. This encoder takes AVISynth input(.avs) and outputs MPEG2 like QuEnc, but the main difference is that every parameter is tweakable, plus it comes with the optimized parameters of MencodeMe, which are known to produce great quality.

I just found this program and I think it is great. I've needed a program like this for ages and I recommend it. Plus it is FREE TOO!!!

Folder View helps you get to any directory fast--no matter how deeply buried--by adding useful shortcuts to Windows Explorer. Instead of trudging through tedious folder trees, you can click an icon and breeze through a fly-out menu selection of folders such as My Documents or other recently accessed folders. File Open and Save dialog boxes display the most recently accessed folders along the middle edge, while another icon offers one-click access to key locations.

xpy is a small tool which disables the default threats of a Windows XP installation.

A new version of professional hardware information/diagnostics tool has been released.

The following changed have been made:

SPAMfighter is Europe's leading Anti Spam Filter developer, providing Spam Protection for hundreds of thousands of home and corporate users on PC's and Servers.

Are you an IT professional, an overclocker, a gamer, a desktop modder? If so, you've come to the right place. Samurize provides all the information you need about all your computers in one central location on your desktop. Skinnable and customizable, Samurize features a script plugin system which allows you to add the information you want, when you want it.

BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer protocol designed to transfer files. Users connect directly to send and receive portions of a file, while a central tracker coordinates the action of all peers and manages connections without knowledge of the contents of the files being distributed.

SpeedFan is a freeware program that monitors fan speeds, temperatures and voltages in computers with hardware monitoring chips. SpeedFan can even access S.M.A.R.T. info and show hard disk temperatures too, if supported.

CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) is a freeware system optimization tool that removes unused and temporary files from your system, allowing Windows to run faster, more efficiently and giving you more hard disk space.

This popular free utility is now out of beta. It lets you customize and trim your bloated windows context-menus. Remove menu-items you never use. Move rarely used items out on a sub-menu. Very easy to configure, just drag & drop the menu-items where you want them to go.

Ray Adams has release a new version of his popular ATI Tray Tools. ATI Tray Tools is a small utility that allows instant access to options and settings. The Tool is displayed in the Windows Tray and can easily be accessed by menu.

ATI Tray Tools v1.02.673

Real Alternative will allow you to play RealMedia files without having to install RealPlayer/RealOne Player.

HMonitor 4.2.1.3 has been released! Here's what's new: nVidia nForce4 SMbus support, history plots for temperatures and fans, support for HP Pavilion ze4900 and Acer Ferrari 3000 notebooks, minor improvements, etc.

MultiRes is a small, free, 32-bit alternative to QuickRes, with refresh rate and multi-monitor support for up to nine display devices under Windows 9x/Me and Windows NT/2000/XP. This release of the award-winning utility includes improved scripting support for dynamic monitor arrays.

PowerStrip 3.60 has been released, with improved profile support for multi-headed graphics cards. Year after year, it continues to be the only program of its type to provide driver-independent hardware support to multiple graphics cards from multiple vendors, under every OS from the original retail release of Windows 95 to the latest 64-bit Editions of Windows 2003 and XP.

DVDIdle helps you to extend the lifetime of your DVD drive. By using the Smart Read-ahead Cache, DVDIdle saves DVD data which will be played soon onto the hard disk cache or RAM cache, and then feeds it to DVD player. This allows the DVD drive to rest. For example: a 6X-speed DVD drive will only work for 15 minutes when you are watching a 90 minutes DVD movie.

This innovative software enables you to watch and copy any region-coded/CSS-encrypted DVD movies on any DVD drive!

EVEREST Home Edition is a freeware hardware diagnostics and memory benchmarking solution for home PC users, based on the award-winning EVEREST Technology. It offers the world's most accurate hardware information and diagnostics capabilities, including online features, memory benchmarks, hardware monitoring, and low-level hardware information.

The first version of ClockGen for an Abit mainboard equipped with uGuru has been released. This first version concerns the AS8 and AS8-V models.

DVDFab lets you make perfect quality DVD movie backups the smart way! Backup your entire DVD - including menus, trailers, and special features - on one or multiple discs.