Freeware n.player is a versatile media player that plays DVD, audio CDs, MP3, WMA, AVI, DiVX, or any media with the preisntalled DirectShow decoder. It also supports enhanced features for playing video and audio.

New v1.0 RC3 build 322 release. This program will support all BIOSes from TNT2 and up to Ti 4600. Except TNT and TNT2 with old version of Control Block (less than version 3). Does not require any .dll, and will work under any version of Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP!

Gainward have released a new version of their ExperTool v3.02.

Feurio! is an integrated program for creating audio-CDs (especially samplers). It runs on PCs with Windows NT or Windows 95/98/2000. Feurio! contains an "audio grabbing" (digital extraction of audio-data from an audio CD) program, a CD-database (including CDDB-support), a CD- and wave-player, a sample wave-editor and (of course) a CD-burning program.

HardwareInfo32 is a powerful system information utility designed especially for detection of hardware. It's able to identify a large scale of system components and supports the latest technologies and standards.

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.

This utility is designed to safely remove the DirectX runtime core component from Windows 9X, Millennium and Windows 2000 operating systems. DXE gives you the power to install and uninstall any version of DirectX as you wish. Features include

Full uninstall support for DirectX 2.0 to 9.0
Complete removal of all DirectX files and folders
Full Registry cleanup; INF rollback option

Update: Yes I know the Date and it says Full uninstall support for DirectX 2.0 to 8.1 on their webpage? I have tested this Tool on one windows 98SE and One windows 2000 PC and it has uninstall DirectX 9.0 beta on both Systems! but as always make a back-up before you do anthing.

This utility is provided for fine tuning your ASUS display card to make maximum stablility to your system.

Cloudmark SpamNet saves you time and frustration by automatically stopping spam. The service is free and easy to use. Spend time reading your email not deleting unwanted spam messages.

Not only do you protect your own Inbox, but you also shield the entire community from spam each time you block a message. Help others and join SpamNet now.

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.

CD Speed is a CD-ROM benchmark which can test the most important features of a CD-ROM drive.

PowerStrip 3.29 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.

Just been informed by Cdfreaks.com that they have found new copies of BlindWrite Suite 4.1 RC and CopyToCD 1.0.0.13! Hit Read More for what's new and the download links.

Note: I think the BlindWrite Suite 4.1 Beta that I posted earlier might be the same as BlindWrite Suite 4.1 RC! So if anyone has downloaded both BlindWrite Suite 4.1 Beta and RC and they are the same post your comments here.

SMS-it! allows you to send a short message (SMS = Short Message Service) to a mobile phone using your computer. SMS-it supports Picture messages, Caller Group Graphic, Operator Logo, Ringtones and Flash SMS. The messages can be sent through an attached modem, through an internet connection or directly through an attached mobile phone. If a mobile phone is attached to the computer (IE through the IR port), the contents of the inbox can be downloaded and stored in folders. The phonebook can also be downloaded and synchronized with SMS-it!

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.

Freeware SpyBot-S&D searches your hard drive for so-called spy- or adbots; little modules that are responsible for the ads many programs display.If SpyBot-S&D finds such modules, it can remove them - or replace them with empty dummies in case their host software won't run with its bot removed. Another feature of Spybot S&D is the removal of usage tracks, which makes it more complicated for unknown spybots to transmit useful data. The list of last visited websites, opened files, started programs, cookies, all that and more can be cleaned.

Thanks to Xp-erience.org for finding this tool developed by Jester2K, so all you peeps that have been sending me emails saying How do I fix the Control Panel in Detonator 40.xx? Here's the tool.

Tool for removing the elements of the Detonator 30.xx drivers that conflict with the 40.xx drivers. Usage Tip: -

Uninstall the current Detonator Drivers first, then reboot, cancel any attempt by Windows to reinstall the drivers and then run this program. Then install the new Detonators.

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!

This patch is intended to be installed ONLY over Winamp v2.81. Installing over older Winamp versions will not update files that weren't changed between v2.80a release and the compilation date of this patch; installing over newer Winamps will cause some files to be overwritten by older versions. Read More...

Fraps is a tool that lets you monitor current framerates in a corner of the screen for programs using DirectX or OpenGL technology. It also allows you to easily take screenshots of games, make movies of gameplay, and manually determine the average framerate between two points. Read More...