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Roundup: 30 software releases you might have missed this week

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Evernote’s Windows and Android apps get updated with new features and bug fixes

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Today's Hot Files

VSO Media Player 0.99.0.416

4.0 out of 5 stars

(January 27 - 4:50 PM ET)

VSO Media Player will play videos, blu-rays, dvds and audio files without any external codecs. Free VSO Media player manages playlists. It is extra light and easy to use. The player supports blu-ray and DVD iso files.

Xleaner 4.00.0030

4.4 out of 5 stars

(January 27 - 4:46 PM ET)

Xleaner is a free privacy and clean-up utility that allows you to get rid of junk files with ease. With Xleaner you can eliminate all these tracks that result from browsing the web on your computer, such as internet history, cookies, cache, autocomplete memory etc. of your browser, and window's temp folders, run history, search history, open/save history, recent documents and more.

eDeskToy 0.1.0.1311.1418

(January 27 - 12:33 PM ET)

eDeskToy makes desk toys available on the computer desktop rather than a hard table. Due to the unique properties of the computer desktop few different toy types turn into surprising plenty desktop animations. There are not only classic desk toys but also different semi-transparent animated love hearts, fire flames, perpetuum mobiles, screenmates, abstractions and other unusual arrangements. Screenmates use scripts to model artificial intelligence.

StockTicker7 0.2

(January 27 - 12:28 PM ET)

StockTicker7 lets you stay updated on the current stock prices. Easy to use Stock Ticker stays on top of other windows on the desktop and shows the current stock prices.

Google Earth for Windows 6.2

4.2 out of 5 stars Fileforum Pick

(January 27 - 12:12 PM ET)

Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips. Fly from space to your neighborhood. Type in an address and zoom right in. Search for schools, parks, restaurants, and hotels. Get driving directions. Tilt and rotate the view to see 3D terrain and buildings. Save and share your searches and favorites. Even add your own annotations.

Remove Fake Antivirus 1.84

3.9 out of 5 stars

(January 27 - 11:49 AM ET)

Remove Fake Antivirus is used to remove fake antivirus programs which are viruses or trojans. It is used to remove used to remove: Security Tool, Antivirus Live, Personal Security, Cyber Security, Alpha Antivirus, Windows Enterprise Suite, Security Center, Control Center, Braviax, Windows Police Pro, Antivirus Pro 2010, PC Antispyware 2010, FraudTool.MalwareProtector.d, Winshield2009.com, Green AV, Windows Protection Suite, Total Security 2009, Windows System Suite, Antivirus BEST, System Security, Personal Antivirus, System Security 2009, Malware Doctor, Antivirus System Pro, WinPC Defender, Anti-Virus-1, Spyware Guard 2008, System Guard 2009, Antivirus 2009, Antivirus 2010, Antivirus Pro 2009, Antivirus 360, MS Antispyware 2009, IGuardPC or I Guard PC, and Additional Guard.

SeaMonkey for Windows 2.7 Beta 5

4.4 out of 5 stars

(January 27 - 11:49 AM ET)

SeamMonkey is an all-in-one Internet application suite. Web-browser, advanced e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editing made simple -- all your Internet needs in one application.

The SeaMonkey project is a community effort to deliver production-quality releases of code derived from the application formerly known as "Mozilla Application Suite".

µTorrent for Windows 3.1.2.26696 Beta

4.6 out of 5 stars Fileforum Pick

(January 27 - 11:49 AM ET)

µTorrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint. It was designed to use as little cpu, memory and space as possible while offering all the functionality expected from advanced clients.

Calibre 0.8.37

4.8 out of 5 stars

(January 27 - 11:38 AM ET)

Calibre is a free and open source e-book library management application developed by users of e-books for users of e-books.

LockHunter 2.0 Beta 1

(January 27 - 11:38 AM ET)

LockHunter is a free tool to delete files blocked by something you do not know. LockHunter is useful for fighting against malware, and other programs that are blocking files without a reason. Unlike other similar tools it deletes files into the recycle bin so you may restore them if deleted by mistake.

LAME 3.99.4

4.7 out of 5 stars Fileforum Pick

(January 27 - 11:34 AM ET)

LAME is an educational tool to be used for learning about MP3 encoding. The goal of the LAME project is to use the open source model to improve the psycho acoustics, noise shaping and speed of MP3. LAME is not for everyone - it is distributed as source code only and requires the ability to use a C compiler. However, many popular ripping and encoding programs include the LAME encoding engine.

Stardock Tiles 1.0

4.1 out of 5 stars

(January 27 - 11:15 AM ET)

Stardock Tiles appears as a side-bar on a user's display. At the top are the labels for each page such as 'My Tiles' or 'Documents' or 'Apps'. Users can then drag and drop programs, documents, or website URLs onto Tiles. If the program is running, users can hold the shift-key down and drag the app onto Tiles immediately. When the program is inactive, it appears as an icon. When it is active, it appears as a live preview tile.

PowerArchiver 2011 12.11

4.2 out of 5 stars Fileforum Pick

(January 27 - 11:15 AM ET)

PowerArchiver 2011 is the latest version of the award winning compression utility. Brand new ZIP engine features multicore optimizations that lead up to 4x speed improvement compared to competitors and enable you to use full potential of your PC. New ZIP engine supports ZIPX archives (LZMA, PPMD, WavPacl, BZ2 format support) and makes PowerArchiver the only compression utility fully compatible with WinZip 12. Other ZIP/ZIPX related features include full Unicode support, AES support and unlimited file size/number support. RAR extraction has been optimized and is now up to 30% faster than other software.

PowerArchiver fully supports open source 7zip format which provides up to 50% stronger compression than zip, with some unique features available only in PowerArchiver such as optimized compression mode where best format is selected automatically. PowerArchiver supports following formats: ZIP, RAR, 7-ZIP, CAB, ACE, HA (LZH), TAR, GZIP, BZIP2, BH, XXE, UUE, yENC, and MIME (Base 64), ARJ, ARC, ACE, ZOO plus ISO, BIN, IMG and NRG disc image formats. If you want more formats, PowerArchiver has plugin system which can be used to add more formats support (msi, chm, etc).

Other notable features include fully integrated shell extensions, preview window where you can preview files, pictures, and archives without extracing them first and even, optional, modern ribbon interface. PowerArchiver fully supports Windows 7 with jump lists, taskbar progress and taskbar icon overlays, as well asother Windows operating systems from Win98 to Windows Vista.

Pro version of PowerArchiver adds even more features: Professional level backup utility that lets you backup your files to 3 destinations as well as ftp/email or burn to the disc, FTP client for easy transfer of files via FTP and integrated standalone Burner utility which lets you burn data CD/DVD/Blue-Ray discs, rip your discs to ISO images and even use Virtual DVD tool to mount ISO files.

Opera (v12) 12.00.1256 Beta

4.1 out of 5 stars Fileforum Pick

(January 27 - 11:15 AM ET)

Opera Web browser offers the best internet browsing experience available. Discover what over 20 million people have already experienced by downloading Opera's fast and safe internet browsers. Features include Speed Dial, Search Shortcuts, and Trash Can.

eXtra Buttons 2.2.3 Beta

4.3 out of 5 stars

(January 27 - 10:58 AM ET)

eXtra Buttons adds set of buttons in the caption of all windows. They look as system standard buttons and become built into a system. 10 buttons set contains: Always on top, Send to back, Copy window, Roll-up/Unroll, Minimize to Box, Transparency, Percentage transparency, Minimize to Tray, Minimize to Tray Menu, Move to another monitor.

McAfee Rootkit Remover 0.8.1.148

(January 26 - 6:03 PM ET)

McAfee Rootkit Remover is a stand-alone utility used to detect and remove complex rootkits and associated malware. Currently it can detect and remove ZeroAccess and TDSS family of rootkits. McAfee Labs plans to add coverage for more rootkit families in future versions of the tool.

VLC (VideoLAN) for Windows 2.0.0 RC1

4.0 out of 5 stars Fileforum Pick

(January 26 - 5:58 PM ET)

VLC (VideoLAN) is a multi-platform multimedia player. It can read DVDs, VCDs, MPEG, and DivX files and from a satellite card. It can also read a stream from a network sent by the VideoLAN Server or another source. The stream can be MPEG 2 TS in UDP or HTTP packets unicasted or multicasted on an IPv4 or IPv6 network.

JavaRa 2.0 Beta

4.5 out of 5 stars

(January 26 - 4:20 PM ET)

JavaRa will check if your computer has the latest version of Java Runtime Environment (JRE). If the version you have installed has been superseded by a newer version the program will download and install this newer version for you, by running Java's update program. It then allows you to remove all possible older versions of this program. This will ensure that the security of your computer is enhanced and extra space on your hard disk is created.

Yapbam 0.9.11

4.3 out of 5 stars

(January 26 - 3:19 PM ET)

Yapbam (Yet Another Personal Bank Account Manager) is an open-source personal bank account manager. You can easily import your bank transactions from your previous account manager or from your bank online statements to Yapbam. It helps you to quickly enter your transactions with its entry wizard. It automatically generates your periodical transactions (salary, taxes, etc.). Yapbam builds your account's balance history and throws alerts when it becomes negative. Yapbam creates instantaneously budget view and category-wise charts of your expenses. At last, Yapbam provide you with a currency converter connected through the Internet to the official ECB (European Central Bank) rates.

Snarl 2.5.1 Beta 2

4.3 out of 5 stars

(January 26 - 3:19 PM ET)

Snarl is a notification system inspired by Growl that allows applications to display a nice alpha-blended message on the screen. Snarl does not hijack the current focused window, nor does it force the taskbar to be visible. Notifications can either be cancelled by clicking on them, or left to disappear automatically if ignored for a period of time.

Snarl can display many message at any one time; new messages are simply displayed beneath existing ones. The application displaying the message can also update the content at any time, remove the message, or specify an icon to be displayed.

Shark 1.2.9 Pre-Alpha

3.6 out of 5 stars

(January 26 - 3:18 PM ET)

Shark is a framework for mobile P2P applications, including a P2P protocol which supports interest based information exchange. Shark peers are context aware.

phpMyAdmin 3.5.0 Beta 1

4.8 out of 5 stars

(January 26 - 2:47 PM ET)

phpMyAdmin is a tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the Web. Currently it can create and drop databases, create/drop/alter tables, delete/edit/add fields, execute any SQL statement, manage keys on fields.