examins the CPU and Memory as well as virtually all parts of the motherboard for errors, bugs and defective parts. Check out www.7byte.com for more information.

AboutBuster removes the Home Search Assistant, CWS.MfPlay and CWS.SeDll.

NextSensor 2.5.0.0 Final has been released! New features include: independent monitoring of each core for dual core CPUs, option to select the temperature sensor type (thermal diode, bipolar transistor or thermistor (TCPU, TNB or TAUX)), minor improvements and bugfixes.

AC3Filter is high quality freeware DirectShow audio decoder and processor filter used to decode audio tracks in movies (DVD, MPEG4 and others).

Trojan Remover was written to aid in the removal of Trojan Horses and Internet Worms when standard anti-virus software has either failed to detect the problem or is unable to effectively eliminate it.

The Intel® Processor Identification Utility was developed by Intel Corporation to identify the processor inside a system, assuring the processor contains intended technologies and is operating at the tested and rated frequency intended by Intel Corporation.

mIRC 6.2 has been released! Of course this new version addresses the buggies and most of the other comments and remarks we received after the previous release. Apart from that Khaled spend lots of time on the UTF-8 support that was added in the previous version. As you might know UTF-8 is a font encoding system that allows you to use fonts with strange, international characters. That of course helps a lot if you want to chat in your own language!

QuickTime Alternative 1.72 is based on QuickTime 7.0.4.80, which adds support for H.264 and more, but it does not support Windows 95, 98, 98 SE, ME and NT any longer. QuickTime Alternative will allow you to play QuickTime files (.mov, .qt and other extensions) without having to install QuickTime Player from Apple. It also supports QuickTime content that is embedded in webpages. The very user-friendly installation is fully customizable, which means that you can install only those components that you want.

MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator, and currently runs 1800+ classic (and even some not so classic) arcade games! There are two version of MAME:

Dead Pixel Tester was written to help me check my own screens (Couldn't find one that worked across multiple desktops so had to write my own!) by cycling through the three primary colours used (red,green,blue) and all on (white) and all off (black). Simply select a colour then closely inspect your monitor in each of the primary colours checking for pixels that are not operating as expected. Stuck pixels (always on) are easier to noticed then pixels that are not on due to their size (normally under .5mm).

Windows Media Lite will allow you to play and stream Windows Media files without having to install Windows Media Player from Microsoft. In all recent Windows versions Windows Media Player is installed by default, but some tools (like nLite and XPlite) allow you to remove Windows Media Player from your system or even prevent it from ever being installed.

Browser Hijack Retaliator is an anti Browser Hijack Software. Real-time protection for your Internet Explorer Home Page, Search Page, Search Bar and Favorites.

WinRAR is a powerful archive manager. It can backup your data and reduce size of email attachments, decompress RAR, ZIP and other files downloaded from Internet and create new archives in RAR and ZIP file format.

The Intel Chipset Identification Utility provides an easy way to identify the specific Intel chipset that is located on your motherboard. This information can be used to determine if your system supports the Intel Application Accelerator.

QuickTime Alternative will allow you to play QuickTime files (.mov, .qt and other extensions) without having to install the official QuickTime Player. It also supports QuickTime content that is embedded in webpages.

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Many OpenGL extensions, as well as extensions to related APIs like GLU, GLX, and WGL, have been defined by vendors and groups of vendors.The extension registry is maintained by SGI and contains specifications for all known extensions, written as modifications to the appropriate specification documents.

EVEREST is a 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 PROnetworks Betas Team and Staff are pleased to let everyone know that VistaBootPRO, the original program developed by our PROnetworks Betas Team and the Beta Testing Forum, is now available for download! That's right!! The update to the original VBPro 1.0 beta you've been waiting for is HERE! There are LOADS of new features and you'll be dazzled by the new and improved GUI interface. We have added full support for Vista Beta 2 and Build 5456, as well as included a number of new and improved features.

Real Alternative will allow you to play RealMedia files without having to install RealPlayer or RealOne Player from Real Networks. Supported are: RealAudio (.ra .rpm), RealMedia (.rm .ram .rmvb .rpx .smi .smil), RealText (.rt) and ReadPix (.rp). It also supports RealMedia content that is embedded in webpages.