As of November 2008, total downloads surpassed 22.5 million.

Avant Browser is currently available in 41 languages.

Avant Browser was largely inspired by Opera, the first major browser to have a multiple document interface. The developer’s objective was to wrap a comparable interface around the layout engine used by Internet Explorer, thereby achieving Opera-like ergonomics without suffering the frequent problems that browser had rendering pages tested only in IE. In fact it was initially released under the name “IEopera”, though this was soon changed due to the obvious trademark issues.

Latterly, Avant’s developer Anderson Che has concentrated on adding user-requested features, and Avant was among the first browsers to have popup blocking, advertising server blocking, and one-click disabling of potential security vulnerabilities such as ActiveX, Java, and scripts.

In the Avant Browser, unlike most other “alternative” browsers, the default search engine is not Google. Instead it uses a version of the Yahoo! search engine, given a custom look and renamed Avantfind, and it is not immediately evident how to change it. However Google and many other search engines are available via the address bar “Quick Search” facility, and instructions on how to change the default to an engine of the user’s choice have been posted by the very active Avant Browser user community.

The community has also created other tools and extensions for Avant, including registry files which allow it to use the Information Bar and other security enhancements of XP SP2.

Alongside Avant, the developer has a sister project known as Orca Browser, an Avant-like shell of Mozilla’s Gecko layout engine as used in Firefox 3 and has similar approaches as Flock. It is in the final testing stage and a public release candidate version is available.

Other Information

• Developed by Avant Force
• Initial release 2004, 4–5 years ago
• Stable release 11.7 Build 19
• Preview release none (n/a) [+/−]
• OS Windows
• Type Web browser
• License Proprietary EULA
• Website http://www.avantbrowser.com

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Features

Furl enables members to bookmark, annotate, and share web pages. Topics are used to categorize saved sites, similar to the tagging feature of other social websites. Additionally, a user may write comments, save clippings, assign each bookmark a rating and keywords (which are given greater weight while searching), and have an option of private or public storage for each topic or item archived.

Considered one of its main features, Furl also privately archives a complete copy of the html of each page that a user bookmarks, making it accessible even if the original content is modified or removed, an antidote for link rot. This also allows full text searches to be made within the archive. However, as highlighted under limitations below, images that are embedded using links are not archived with user’s copy of the html page, so images may disappear over time. To avoid claims of copyright violations, this archived copy is visible only to the member who bookmarked the page. Other users are directed to the publisher’s site, where the content can be viewed depending on membership requirements and privacy settings.

Users may see lists of other users who have furled a URL, and read their comments (if made public) to find users who share interests, supporting folksonomy. A dynamic recommendation list is automatically generated for each user based on the sites already saved by him or her and other users with similar interests. Lists of the most popular items for today, this week, and this month (and by topic) are also available. It’s possible to subscribe to a user’s archive (or to a set of topics in a user’s archive) to get daily email notifications whenever new items are filed.

Furl allows bookmarks to be imported from (and exported to) Internet Explorer, Mozilla/Firefox, and del.icio.us; and also supports exporting of the entire saved archives to ZIP formats, and export metadata to XML format. There are other import/export functions, including various citation formats (MLA, APA, Chicago, CBE, BibTeX, and RIS/EndNote). Toolbars and bookmarklets are available for Internet Explorer and Firefox to quicken the bookmarking process.

Limitations

Images which are embedded links will not be archived with the HTML page. For example, when an HTML page is archived via Furl, the location of the JPG from the HTML content is saved, thus pulling up that image when the user’s personal copy is loaded; however, if that image no longer exists on the original server, it is lost and will not display with the user’s archived copy. So, a Furled site with many pictures may end up being just text.

The search result displays items from the entire Furl archive, or only from a user’s own archive, but the sequence of these results is automatically ordered. There is no option to display results by date order, by popularity order, or in any other particular sequence. It is not obvious how the results are ordered.

The popularity of Furl has grown, which has exposed users to performance problems which began in the latter half of 2006 and persisted into 2007.

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The service allows one to bookmark favorite websites and add labels or tags, and also notes.

Labels and notes are searchable, and users can access their bookmarks from any computer by signing in on one’s Personalized Homepage.

Google toolbar has tools enabling a user to easily create bookmarks and quickly access them. Bookmarks can also be created manually from the web interface, or by use of third-party tools such as Firefox extensions created for the purpose of managing the user’s Google Bookmarks account and keeping them synchronized to the browser’s bookmarks.

A simple javascript function labelled Google Bookmark is created on the Firefox Bookmarks Toolbar, which opens a window to save the bookmark to the Google Bookmarks. This same function can be imported into the Internet Explorer Favorites (IE7) and placed in the Links folder, which can be opened as a toolbar.

Unlike del.icio.us (owned by Yahoo), which is a social tool to share your bookmarks with the community, this service is only for personal and private use with no option to share bookmarks with others, and no option to see what is popular in others’ bookmarks. Nevertheless, many websites will encourage bookmarking to Google Bookmarks through third party buttons on their sites, knowing that Google’s search engine keeps tabs and considers these bookmarks significant in the results for public search.

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1. Firefox 3 – Firefox remains the most-recommended web browser for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux users. Reviews say Firefox 3 and (and its 3.1 beta) are even better, using less memory than earlier versions and incorporating other… improvements as well. It’s by far the most customizable web browser, with thousands of add-ons available. For speed, Firefox rivals the new Google Chrome browser.
2. Flock 2 – Reviews recommend Flock 2 for people who ‘live on the web’ since it has all the speed, security and options of Firefox 3, but builds in a blog editor, photo-up-loader and big sidebar to keep current with social networking… friends, RSS feeds and photo-sharing sites.
3. Google Chrome Beta – The new Google Chrome browser is stripped down for fast browsing, with superb built-in search features, private browsing and a task manager to help prevent crashes. Chrome also makes it possible to use Google desktop… applications offline. However, it’s still a work in progress with few add-ons available, and since it’s so new, some sites won’t display properly. Chrome is Windows-only.
4. Opera 9.5 – Reviews and tests recommend the free Opera web browser as fast and lean, especially for older or underpowered PC and Mac computers apt to bog down on more resource-hungry browsers. Despite its small file size, Opera beats… the other browsers in compliance with web standards, and builds in loads of convenient features. It runs on Windows, Mac or Linux, and excels in synchronization. Reviews also praise its mobile version.
5. Internet Explorer 8 – Reviews say that if you don’t want to switch from Internet Explorer, upgrading to version 8 over version 7 is a good choice. Although IE8 is now more resistant to crashes and offers private browsing, it’s still much… slower and uses more resources than Firefox, Chrome and Opera. But reviewers do agree that Internet Explorer 8 is a big improvement over version 7.

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Flash also supports high-fidelity MP3 streaming audio, text entry fields, interactive interfaces, and more. All Flash formats can be viewed with this latest release. you can free download Macromedia Flash Player 8.0 now.

Other Information

• Last Updated: 2008-09-09
• License: Freeware Free
• OS: Windows XP, 2000, 98, Me, NT
• Size: 1.56MB
• Requirements: Internet Explorer
• Publisher: Adobe Systems
• Homepage: http://www.adobe.com

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Updated Version Adobe Flash Player 9.0.124

Cleans the following:

• Internet Explorer Cache, History, Cookies, Index.dat.
• Recycle Bin, Temporary files and Log files.
• Recently opened URLs and files.
• Third-party application temp files and recent file lists (MRUs). Including: Firefox, Opera, Media Player, eMule, Kazaa, Google Toolbar, Netscape, Office XP, Nero, Adobe Acrobat, WinRAR, WinAce, WinZip and more…
• Advanced Registry scanner and cleaner to remove unused and old entries. Including File Extensions, ActiveX Controls, ClassIDs, ProgIDs, Uninstallers, Shared DLLs, Fonts, Help Files, Application Paths, Icons, Invalid Shortcuts and more… Backup for registry clean.
• Windows Startup tool.

Other Information

• License: Freeware
• Filename: ccsetup213.exe
• File size: 2.82MB (2,955,128 bytes)
• Requirements: Windows (All Versions)
• Date added: October 27, 2008
• Author: Piriform
• Homepage: www.ccleaner.com
• MD5 Checksum: C35EA91D17EAA7EB809858C66C2277E1

Change Log

• Added support for Firefox 3.1
• Added right-click cleaning and analysis for individual items in the tree
• Added icons to tree parent items
• Added cleaning for Windows Error Reporting files
• Added Include/Exclude list editing
• Improved TypeLib registry cleaning
• Fixed Index.dat bug that could cause a crash
• Fixed bug with INI warning messages
• Internal architecture improvements
• Fixed minor GUI errors

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Flash Player provides a more secure, lightweight, robust runtime environment for rich media and enterprise-ready rich internet applications.

Flash Player 9 achieves up to 10 times faster performance through ActionScript 3.0 and a new ActionScript Virtual Machine, which features a Just In Time compiler that translates ActionScript bytecode to native machine code for maximum execution speed.

Installed on over 600 million internet-connected PCs and mobile devices worldwide, Flash Player provides consistent and predictable application runtime capabilities across browsers, desktops and other devices.

Flash Player and Adobe Reader provide client runtime capabilities for the Adobe Engagement Platform, which delivers a programming model, tools, components and services that enable designers and developers to create and deliver rich, vibrant, branded content and applications to mass audiences in virtually every medium.

Other Information

• License: Free
• Type: freeware
• Platform : Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista
• Manufacturer: Adobe
• Size: 1.4MB
• System Requirements: Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape or Opera web browser

This version is for Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Netscape web browsers. A version for Internet Explorer is also available.

The latest version is a preview release and now supports H.264 video, so you can play non-DRM iTunes videos, podcasts and embed HD video on your website, playable via Flash player.

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Features

• License: Free
• Requirements: Internet Explorer 5.5, Netscape, Mozilla Firefox
• Limitations: No limitations
• Date Added: Date unavailable

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Most importantly, you can see what viruses your current antivirus software let slip through. You just need to be online and using Internet Explorer.

Features

• License: Free
• Requirements: Webware, Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher
• Limitations: No limitations
• Date Added: Date unavailable

Note: When using this service for the first time, you have to run with Administrator privileges in order to install the product. Also, you will need to download and install files about 400 KB in size followed by 9 MB of virus definitions. However, if you use the Online Scanner again, you will only need to download the files that have been updated since your last scan.

The Online Scanner service offered by Kaspersky Lab uses Microsoft ActiveX technology. Microsoft ActiveX Technology and the Kaspersky Online Scanner work only with MS Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher.

The free Kaspersky Online Scanner does not scan boot sectors and MBRs, so it cannot detect malicious code located in these areas. The free Kaspersky Online Scanner does not protect against malicious code, and cannot prevent future infections.

It only detects malware that has already penetrated your computer. We strongly recommend that you install a full antivirus solution to protect your system.

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Adobe has announced the launch of an online photo storage and manipulation tool. The public beta of Photoshop Express marks the arrival on the internet of the probably the world’s most recognizable image processing brand name. Photoshop Express allows users to non-destructively edit and enhance their images, which can be pulled and pushed to and from popular websites such as Facebook. Updated: Adobe has issued a statement about some of the application’s fine print that was causing consternation.

Features

• License: Free
• Requirements: Adobe Flash Player 9
• Limitations: No limitations
• Date Added: Date unavailable

The site’s terms and conditons, which appear to grant Adobe the right to re-use and license, potentially for profit, the images uploaded to public areas of the site, have caused concern amongst potential users. Adobe has now issued the following statement on its Photoshop Express forums:

“Statement for Terms of Service Issues:
We’ve heard your concerns about the terms of service for Photoshop Express beta. We reviewed the terms in context of your comments – and we agree that it currently implies things we would never do with the content. Therefore, our legal team is making it a priority to post revised terms that are more appropriate for Photoshop Express users. We will alert you once we have posted new terms.

Thank you for your feedback on Photoshop Express beta and we appreciate your input.

-Adobe Photoshop Express Team”

Simple, Fun and Accessible

With Photoshop Express, digital photos can be uploaded and sorted anytime, edited non-destructively to always preserve the original image, and shared from anywhere, on any Web browser. In a few easy clicks, Photoshop Express empowers anyone to make standard edits, such as removing blemishes and red-eye, converting to black and white, cropping and resizing, and much more.

No experience is required to add special effects that will impress friends and family. In keeping with its one-click approach, Photoshop Express offers tricks like Pop Color which selects an object in an image, mutes the background color of the photo and allows the user to swap the object’s color so it jumps off the page. Sketch effects help photos look like drawings and the Distort feature allows you to distort facial features or objects within the images for a comical or artistic effect. Even users with limited photo editing knowledge can simply select what looks best from a line-up of sample photos with visual hints showing different variations of the added effect.

Photoshop Express offers a variety of creative sharing options, including uploading and showing off photos and slideshows in your own online “Gallery” hosted by Adobe, or conveniently embedding or linking photos to social networking sites and personal blogs without having to leave the application. Slideshows never looked better with animation that makes photos float and fly across the screen, allowing for viewer interactivity and unique presentation styles.

Adobe Photoshop Family

Adobe Photoshop CS3 and Photoshop CS3 Extended are at the heart of the Photoshop family, joined by solutions for users at every level who want to bring out the best in their digital images. Photoshop Lightroom™ addresses the workflow needs of professional and serious amateur photographers. Photoshop Elements provides exciting tools and sharing options for photo hobbyists.

Photoshop Express is the latest step Adobe is taking to leverage the advanced technology that underpins its award-winning creative products and deliver it to new online communities. In early 2007, Adobe also announced the availability of Adobe® Premiere® Express, an online video editing and mash-up tool on partner sites such as MTV and Photobucket. Adobe Premiere Express leverages the functionality found in Premiere Elements, a fully-featured desktop video editing program.

Free and Available Now

Adobe Photoshop Express beta is available now for free via any Web browser at http://www.photoshop.com/express. Photoshop Express was created with Flex, Adobe’s free, open source framework for building RIAs. Flex applications provide a consistent, rich user experience across operating systems and all major browsers, including Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari and others. An Internet connection and an up-to-date Flash® Player 9 are all that are required to experience Adobe Photoshop Express. In its early phases, Photoshop Express is available to US residents-only in English. Users may experience slow performance if accessed outside of the US. Future plans include availability in other languages and countries.

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