BurnInTest is a software tool that allows all the major sub-systems of a computer to be simultaneously stress tested for endurance, reliability and stability. BurnInTest tests the CPU, hard drives, CD ROMs, sound cards, 2D graphics, 3D graphics, RAM, network connections & printers. The Pro version can also test tape drives, serial and parallel ports.

A new version of WinHvance 1.6.3 has been released! With more than 170 tweaks that will help you to improve your Windows 9x operating systems.

Freeware Optimizer XP 3.51 will help you to optimize your PC system to its best performance without any options. No experience required. Just select mode to optimize or restore your system.

A-tuner is a small tool for changing the following 4 settings on your Nvidia card:

Anti-Aliasing (including all unofficial modes)
Anisotropic Filtering
Vsync
MipMap LOD (Level Of Detail) Bias

Search Toolbar is multipurpose shareware that easily fits into your Internet Explorer toolbar that's designed to simplify your web surfing experience. Among Search Toolbar's most notable features are:

Fresh UI - your FREE Windows tweaking tool - just got better with the release of version 4.0! What's new: hidden settings for Security, Explorer Settings, Add Remove Programs, and Active Desktop sections.

PowerStrip 3.21 provides advanced, multi-monitor, programmable hardware support to a wide range of graphics cards - from the venerable Matrox Millennium I to the latest Radeon 9000 Pro and GeForce4 Ti4600. It is in fact the only program of its type to support multiple graphics cards from multiple chipset vendors, simultaneously, under every Windows operating system from Windows 95 to XP. A simple menu that pops up from the system tray provides access to some 500 controls over your display hardware, including sophisticated color correction tools, period level adjustments over screen geometry, and driver independent clock controls! No word on what's new

New Lavasoft Ad-Aware Reference File dated 8/16/02 is now available.

With this reffile (038-16-08-2002), the detection+removal of iWon CoPilot, 7faSSt Search, Kontiki, several new browser Hijackers and some new versions of previous targets have been added to Ad-aware.

Signum a New Version of Mirc is out updated to 6.03 with the following fix's!

BetaNews reports that NSV is a new video format. It is designed to be easily streamed, support any audio and video codec, and be usable on nearly any platform. Currently NSV utilizes MP3 for audio and VP3 for video. Support for more codecs will be added soon. Make your own NSVs using the NSV Encoding Tools. Playing back NSVs with Winamp3. For NSV samples, visit winamp.com/videos .

This little utility will cool your Athlon/Duron processor on Via KT133 or KX133(A) (VT8363, VT8361, VT82C691/693A/694 or VT8371 +VT82C686x) chipsets during idle!

If there was ever a program Play&Burn, this is it! NeroMIX creates or copies anything you throw at it, in the slickest possible way. Just grab any data and burn it! NeroMIX is the Emperor of Style in Multimedia CD creation, combining dynamic CD burning (data, audio, copying) with the newest Internet audio technology all in one customizable interface!

AVIPluginPRO is the audio and video capture plugin for pViewerPRO. It's opening the capture feature for ELSA Erazor III and GLADIAC VIVO series under Windows 2000/XP.

AVIPluginPRO has the following features:

Multiple thread application with capture without dropping frames
Own capture driver (the video stream buffering system)
Low-level VCM video and ACM audio API's services
Compress the video in realtime during capture without UYUV->RGB conversion
DivX Pro v5.0.2 compatible and other codecs and a lot more.

DAEMON Tools is an application for multiprotection emulation. It is further development of Generic Safedisc emulator and incorporates all its features. This program allows running backup copies of SafeDisc, Securom or Laserlock protected games. Also included is a Virtual DVDROM drive enabling you to use your CD images as if they were already burned to CD. DAEMON Tools works with all types of CD/DVDROM drives and supports nearly any CD protection.

Just got word from Tim @Majorgeeks.com that he's just uploaded Freeware SpySites 1.0 ready for download. SpySites includes a database of over 1,500 known Spy/Sleaze sites and guides you through the simple process of including them in Internet Explorer's Restricted Zone and setting policies to prevent them from performing intrusive acts on your PC or from compromising your privacy and security such as installing and/or running:. ActiveX controls Java applets JavaScript Cookies and alot more.

Asus PCProbe is a convenient utility to monitor the computer's vital components: fan rotations, voltages and temperatures.

Release final version of new CPU benchmark utility. MetaScream uses floating point performance to benchmark the CPU from mathematical calculations based on Huffman algorithms.

WCPUID is the program that displays the CPU information of your personal computer.

Shows Frequency, Multiplier, Chipset Info. etc ...

Data released: 13/08/2002

No changelog

WM Recorder (WMR32/40) allows you to record Windows Media stream video and audio clips from the Internet and save them to your hard drive or CD. The program provides two recording modes. In Browse Mode you can record media clips while browsing the Net. WM Recorder detects the beginning, the end, and names of different media so that multiple clips can be recorded in a row without exiting recording. In URL mode you can download media files from their Internet locations. WMR32/40 supports HTTP Windows Media Player video and audio stream formats.

jv16 PowerTools 1.1.0.143 Beta released. Don't use the ActiveX / COM scanner yet. This release contains onlyvery small fixes, some network features (net tool, remote dir selector and remote task manager) should worknow and the registry tool's network features seems to work also. This releases idea is mainly to fix the bugs of1.1.0.142.

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