HyperSnap-DX 5 is a screen capture and image editing tool for MS Windows. It captures screens from standard desktop programs and even those hard-to-grab DirectX, Direct3D, 3Dfx Voodoo and Glide mode games. HyperSnap-DX 5 can capture frames from many software DVD players and other video playing software.

Intel have released a Updated version of their Processor Frequency ID Utility v4.61! Dated September 12, 2002.

The Intel Processor Frequency ID Utility was developed by Intel Corporation to enable consumers the ability to identify and, in some circumstances, determine if their Intel processor is operating at the correct and rated frequency intended by Intel Corporation. Beginning with the Pentium® processor, this utility provides consumers with the ability to determine standard CPU identification of Intel processors. In addition, supported processors can utilize the Frequency Test feature of the utility to help determine if a processor has been overclocked.

Just a day after yesterdays release Asus Germany has a new version of Asus LiveUpdate avaiable. This software lets you flash/download and check BIOS information directly from within the Windows operating systems.

Asus PCProbe is a convenient utility to monitor the computer's vital components: fan rotations, voltages and temperatures. Asus has released a new LiveUpdate revision for Win9x / NT4 / W2K / XP. This time its version 3.32.01.

A new version of Boot XP has been released: BootXP v2.25 RC1.

Without XPdite, or XP's Service Pack 1, clicking on a simple, but malicious, URL can delete the entire contents of your directories. This FREE 30 kbyte "XPdite" utility protects your Windows XP system until you are able to install Service Pack 1.

This flaw is considered critical because these malicious URLs could be delivered to any XP user through any means: via an eMail solicitation, a chat room, a newsgroup posting, a malicious web page, or even processed automatically without the user clicking anything by merely visiting a malicious web page. (That's bad.) Curiously, Microsoft was informed of this easily-demonstrated, quite significant, and trivial-to-fix, Windows XP defect back in June of 2002, but chose not to proactively address the significant vulnerability created for their users until the September 9th, 2002 with windows XP SP1

jv16 PowerTools is the next generation of RegCleaner. A full set of tools to keep your computer and your LAN up and running. jv16 PowerTools is basicly the Tool to control your computer. Until now your computer might had been the one who is in charge, but with jv16 PowerTools you can take the control. The program contains all the tools needed for monitoring and cleaning the Registry and the file system. In addition to that, you can control all the computers in your LAN.

With BeSweet, you can backup your DVD's audio into MP3 / MP2 / OGG / AIFF / WAV & CD. All the amazing quality of your favorite tools : Azid, SSRC, WaveBooster, Lame, MP2enc, Vorbis, SupreEQU. Now, in one comprehensive tool !

PowerStrip 3.28 provides advanced, multi-monitor, programmable hardware support to a wide range of graphics cards - from the venerable Matrox Millennium I to the latest SiS Xabre and Radeon 9700. 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 of What's New Yet! Click on Read More... for more information & download link

I got a mail from Hilbert Hagedoorn of Guru3D and this is what he said:
A new release of our nVHardPage NVIDIA videocard tweak utility is out. It's by far not a small update. One of the more spectacular new functions is a performance wizard. This feature is for newbies in tweaking and basically tweaks the videocard for you by entering only a few simple parameters ! Click on Read More... to see what's new and a download link

Big thanks to Majorgeeks.com for this one. A freeware, small file to prevent Windows Messenger from running on Windows XP.

Tweak-XP bundles more than 22 different utilities in one: it was developed to combine both tweaking and optimizing features to increase the speed of your Windows® XP system. All settings can be done without having any former knowledge, since Tweak-XP informs the user in detail about each option. Read more for changelog and download link.

WinDVD Tweaker is designed to allow users of the WinDVD playback software to enable some hidden settings and allow for maximum playback pleasure. Now the tweaker supports WinDVD 4!

Majorgeeks.com has info on new versions. CpuIdle lowers the CPU temperature. This enhances CPU life (a decrease by 10°C doubles the life span) and cuts power consumption. Unlike normal power management CpuIdle is active all the time and works even when you're actively using your computer.

Dacris Software has released Dacris Benchmarks .NET. It is a new all-in-one system diagnosis utility allowing the user to quickly evaluate their personal computer using a series of tests as well as system information. It sports an online test result database and a new set of diagnostic and stress tests.

Plextor PX Info is a program to display all information about your Plextor drive.

CDR Info will tell you information about the manufacturer of your CDR media.

Cdfreaks.com reports that Ren Hoek mailed us to inform us about an open source CD/DVD emulator. There are already a decent amount of emulators, but this one is special. This program will let you interface between a real device and will create a virtual device for it. Currently there are only 3 filters available: like this one!

Unrestrict DVD: This filter removes various usage restrictions from a DVD, including region lockout, APS (Macrovision), and disabled fast-forwarding, menu call, angle change, and so forth.

DVD Region-Free is an unique, effective and easy-to-use DVD tweaking tool. It allows you to watch all region DVDs on any DVD drive( especially RPC2 ) even if it has been locked.

You don't need to flash any firmware which is dangerous or unavailable. DVD Region-Free also disables region check for popular software-based DVD players such as PowerDVD, WinDVD and CinePlayer. Other features include Region-Free for RCE DVDs, Macrovision-Free, Operation-Free and run self at DVD players startup automatically.

Fresh UI - your FREE Windows tweaking tool - just got better with the release of version 4.20! What's new: hidden settings for Logon, Logoff Script, and Network settings.

Big Thanks to Majorgeeks.com! ZoneAlarm is designed to protect your DSL or cable-connected PC from hackers. This program includes four interlocking security services : a firewall, an Application Control, an Internet Lock and Zones. No word on what's new.