The browser wars are heating up, as the first beta of Firefox 2.0 is due on Tuesday July 11th, and Internet Explorer version 7.0 is now on it's third beta release.
Firefox fans, and browser junkies have an opportunity to get a jump on Tuesday's beta, as a public "release candidate" has been posted on the Mozilla FTP site. This nightly build is finally feature complete, although it's still not completely ready for mass consumption.

Reports from early testers compliment two of the significant new features: an integrated spell checker, and an anti-phishing tool. The spell-checker promises to make blog and forum postings more lucid. The phishing filter (an ... more

Opera is known as the fastest and smallest full-featured browser, a first choice for people using older PCs and Windows 95 and a brilliant alternative to the default IE from Microsoft. Opera, first of all, is client World Wide Web, that is the program for extraction of the information from WWW as the documents created with help HyperText Markup Language (language of a marking of hypertext HTML). Low requirements to resources of system. Opera will work even on 386 computer about 6 Mb of operative memory. MDI the interface. You can open without special expenses of memory any quantity of windows inside one working window, having chosen thus a tabulared or cascade mode.
Changelog ... more

Messenger Plus! Live is an add-on for Windows Live Messenger which adds lots of features and extras that make your instant messenger easier, more useful or just tons more entertaining.
Latest Changes: Scripts: added Contact::Network property to identify contacts from Yahoo Messenger Messenger Plus! Live now refuses to start on previous beta versions of Windows Live Messenger Added compatibility for the "Clean Messenger" patch Clicking "Apply" in the preferences to select a new language closes the preferences window to make sure the changes are applied properly More resistant to Smiley Central, although if y ... more

Opera Software ASA is an industry leader in the development of Web browsers for the desktop and device markets. The Opera browser has received international recognition from end-users and the industry press for being faster, smaller and more standards-compliant than other browsers, and it has gathered a cult following on the net. Opera has proved itself faster than the competition in magazine tests for home users. Opera is significantly faster on computers with lower modem speeds and weaker system resources. And these are also the types of computers that many home users are equipped with today. It may be more difficult to notice the difference if you are running a machine with the latest in ... more

Microsoft has launched the Beta or a tester homepage. The homepage can be viewed at HomePage Preview. It is to be noted that the preview is working only in Internet Explorer at this point of time and it is giving an error while you browse through Firefox and same is the case with Opera.

The new homepage has changed the navigation and overall working of the site. Now, the site has small window like concept i.e. when someone clicks on the navigation on the right hand side they'll be able to see a small window poping up (not a new window, you can call it a frame or you can call it a layer or whatever) and that contains the information about the Microsoft products. ... more

Changes:
- Many people will notice serious improvements to the quality of audio and video.
- Fewer messenger crashes, hangs, and connectivity issues.
- Fixes "Error 80004005 – Can’t Log In"

Download: Windows Live Messenger 8.0.0812 Final | Mess Patch for Windows Live Messenger 8.0.0812 ... more

This release is based on the all-new AutoPatcher 5.1. Although it was made with Windows XP SP2 English in mind, it will load on any (English) Windows version, showing only the items which match the running environment.
Windows XP SP2 - Critical Updates
KB873339: Security Update for Windows XP
KB885835: Security Update for Windows XP
KB885836: Security Update for Windows XP
KB886185: Critical Update for Windows XP KB887742: Critical Update for Windows XP KB888302: Security Update for Windows XP KB890046: Security Update for Windows XP KB890830: Malicious Software Removal Tool v1.20 KB890859: Security Update fo ... more

ESET NOD32 Antivirus System - Integrated, Real-Time Protection against viruses, worms, trojans, spyware, adware, phishing, and hackers. Best detection, fastest performance & smallest footprint.
NOD32 Antivirus System provides well balanced, state-of-the-art protection against threats endangering your PC and enterprise systems running various platforms from Microsoft Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT / 2000 / 2003 / XP, through a number of UNIX/Linux, Novell, MS DOS operating systems to Microsoft Exchange Server, Lotus Domino and other mail servers. Users of Microsoft® Windows® can experience the power and elegance of NOD32's ThreatSense Technology with ease and comfort. Our ... more