SpyCatcher Express, and others Tenebril antispyware software, uses Spyware Profiling Engine technology. The Spyware Profiling Engine protects you from next-generation, mutating spyware that conventional antispyware and antivirus technologies simply can’t detect.

SpyCatcher Express features:

• Allows novice PC users to remove aggressive spyware
• Stops next-generation, mutating spyware
• Blocks reinstallation of aggressive spyware
• Removes spyware safely and automatically
• Database receives 6 million spyware submissions per day

[ Download SpyCatcher Express (direct) ] [ Visit Tenebril ] [ Via MSN Filter ]

I haven’t tried this beta version, but I hope this one fixes the progress bar glitch when receiving or sending email.

What’s new on Thunderbird 1.5 Beta 1:

• Automated update to streamline product upgrades. Notification of an update is more prominent, and updates to Thunderbird may now be half a megabyte or smaller. Updating extensions has also improved.
• Spell check as you type.
• Built in phishing detector to help protect users against email scams.
• Podcasting and other RSS Improvements.
• Deleting attachments from messages.
• Integration with server side spam filtering.
• Reply and forward actions for message filters.
• Kerberos Authentication.
• Auto save as draft for mail composition.
• Improvements to product usability including redesigned options UI, and SMTP server management.
• Many security enhancements

You can download Thunderbird 1.5 Beta 1 here: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X.

GoogRank is a stand-alone software, unlike the other PageRank checker which usually come as a plugin or browser’s toolbar. It takes user-submitted URL and then returns the corresponding PageRank for that URL. Very simple, but it does the job.

By the way, what is Google PageRank?

PageRank is a numeric value that represents how important a page is on the web. Google figures that when one page links to another page, it is effectively casting a vote for the other page. The more votes that are cast for a page, the more important the page must be. Also, the importance of the page that is casting the vote determines how important the vote itself is. Google calculates a page’s importance from the votes cast for it. How important each vote is is taken into account when a page’s PageRank is calculated.

More information about PageRank, including the formula to calculate it yourself, is available in this article.

GoogRank is freeware and can be downloaded here.

What’s new in Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Beta 1:

• Automated update to streamline product upgrades. Notification of an update is more prominent, and updates to Firefox may now be half a megabyte or smaller. Updating extensions has also improved.
• Faster browser navigation with improvements to back and forward button performance.
• Drag and drop reordering for browser tabs.
• Improvements to popup blocking.
• Clear Private Data feature provides an easy way to quickly remove personal data through a menu item or keyboard shortcut.
• Answers.com is added to the search engine list.
• Improvements to product usability including descriptive error pages, redesigned options menu, RSS discovery, and “Safe Mode” experience.
• Better accessibility support including DHTML accessibility.
• Report a broken Web site wizard to report Web sites that are not working in Firefox.
• Better support for Mac OS X (10.2 and greater) including profile migration from Safari and Mac Internet Explorer.
• New support for Web Standards including SVG, CSS 2 and CSS 3, and JavaScript 1.6.
• Many security enhancements.
• List of notable bug fixes since Deer Park Alpha 2

[ Download Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 (Direct) ]

Google Earth features:

• 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.

Minimum configuration:

• Operating system: Windows 2000, Windows XP
• CPU speed: Intel® Pentium® PIII 500 MHz
• System memory (RAM): 128MB
• 200MB hard-disk space
• 3D graphics card: 3D-capable video card with 16MB VRAM
• 1024×768, 32-bit true color screen
• Network speed: 128 kbps (”Broadband/Cable Internet”)

What’s new in Google Earth:

• overview window no longer fuzzy, will fetch as needed
• several rare crashes, mostly with bad graphics drivers
• direct URL links to KMZ files in description balloon now work (KML already did)
• custom icons no longer require the size be input, it defaults to the extents of the image
• IMG SRC local image files were not being zipped into kmz (0464 regression, now fixed)
• balloon now resizes to match image width
• hyperlinks in were misleading and have been disabled
• obscure bug in Intel jpg library failed on some AMD processors, updated library fixes problem (this showed up as “zebra-like stripes”)
• Installing Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer has been added as an option at the end of the Google Earth install or upgrade. You’ll only be asked once and only if IE is your default browser and you don’t already have Toolbar installed.

[ Download Google Earth ] [ Visit Google Earth Website ]

If somehow you don’t like GMail Notifier (and you don’t install Google Desktop 2 as well), there’s another alternative software named XM2Rss. xm2Rss has the same purpose. It let’s a user of Gmail check their mail without having to be logged in through their web browser. Again, like GMail Notifier, xm2Rss also stays on the tray bar and periodically check GMail for a new email. If there is a new one, the user can then click on the tab that tells them how many new messages they have and it will automatically log them into their Gmail account.

What make xm2Rss different is that it’s not just a notifier program, it’s also a RSS feed that is freely available to any user who wishes to use it. The author mentioned that xm2Rss is based on the original gmail2Rss script developed by muadib.blogspot.com which has been abandoned last year.

The xm2Rss script allows the developer or user to pass in their username and password and the script generates a dynamic RSS XML sheet containing information about their account, such as: Amount of new messages, number of total messages, amount of space used, and more.

Xm2Rss is a free software.

[ Download XM2Rss ] [ More About Xm2Rss ]

To use LEGO Digital Designer, first you have to download the software from LEGO website. Both PC and Mac version available. Next, choose the Lego Factory palette of Lego bricks and elements. Now use your imagination and simply drag-and-drop to create your custom LEGO model.

Once your LEGO model completed, you can upload it to the Lego Factory. Your custom LEGO model set will now be available for sale / purchase or to share with others. You can also see all of the pieces you’ll need and the price to purchase your model.

Click here for more tips to getting started with the lego designer.

[ Via Quick Online Tips ]

Great, Dune has a remake too! Wohoo, now I can spend my weekend with this game :d

[ Let's Play ]

What’s New on WinAmp:

• New: CodingTechnologies AACPlus encoder!
  Awesome at low bitrates too!
• New: Grand Prize Winner of the Internet Surround Music Project!
  KAJE – Hey Buddy (featuring Afrika Bambaataa)
• New: SHOUTcast Wire – A Media RSS Browser and Subscription Service
• New: Predixis Smart Playlist Generator
  (Mix your tracks based on what they sound like!)
• New: AOL Radio featuring (((XM))) Free Sampler!
• New: CD Ripping now available at 8x in free version!
• New: Microsoft WMA encoder
• New: Over 200 new Milkdrop presets!
• Update: in_vorbis now returns bitrate in getextendedfileinfo
• Fixed: WMA stuttery playback
• Fixed: out_ds copy button on status tab now works all the time
• Fixed: Much improved ripping and playback with Sonic engine
• Fixed: Video window now resizable regardless of Sidecar
• Fixed: Length of long mp3’s now reported properly
• Fixed: Silent install switch now works properly
• Fixed: Simultaneous CD Playback and Ripping

[ Download WinAmp v5.1 Surround Edition ]

Note that if you already have the Google Talk client installed, you will automatically receive new mail notifications from Google Talk and you do not need to install the Notifier. But unfortunately, no Google Talk for Mac OS X version yet.

[ Download GMail Notifier ]