Welcome to Daily Downloads brought to you by CyberNet! Each weekday we bring you software updates for widely used programs, and it’s safe to assume that all the software we list is freeware (we’ll try to note the paid-only programs).
As you browse the Internet during the day, feel free to post the software updates you come across in the comments below so that we can include them the following day!
–Stable Releases–
The software listed here have all been officially released by the developers.
- Breakaway 1.7 [Homepage] [Changelog] [Review]
Operating System:
Mac only
Type of Application: Monitors when headphones are unplugged
Changes: Bug fixes - Cyberduck 3.0.1 [Homepage] [Changelog]
Operating System: Mac only
Type of Application: FTP client
Changes: Bug fixes - Flock 1.1.4 [Homepage] [Changelog] [Mirror] [Review]
Operating System:
Windows; Mac; 
Linux
Type of Application: Social web browser
Changes: Bug fixes - Maxthon 2.1.0.2082 [Homepage] [Changelog] [Mirror] [Review]
Operating System: Windows only
Type of Application: Web browser
Changes: Bug fixes - Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1 [Homepage] [Review]
Operating System: Windows only
Type of Application: Virtual PC update
Changes: N/A - PDF995 8.4 [Homepage] [Mirror]
Operating System: Windows only
Type of Application: Print as PDF
Changes: N/A - Pidgin 2.4.2 [Homepage] [Changelog] [Mirror] [Review]
Operating System: Windows only
Type of Application: Cross-network messenger
Changes: Bug fixes - SetPoint 4.60 [Homepage] [Mirror] [Review]
Operating System: Windows only
Type of Application: Mouse software
Changes: N/A - Skype 2.7.0.330 [Homepage] [Changelog]
Operating System: Mac only
Type of Application: Messenger
Changes: Improvements and bug fixes - UltraEdit 14.00b [Homepage] [Changelog] [Mirror] [Review]
Operating System: Windows only
Cost: $49.95
Type of Application: Advanced text editor
Changes: Bug fixes
–Pre-Releases (Alpha, Beta, etc…)–
The software listed here are pre-releases that may not be ready for everyday usage.
- Adobe Flash Player 10.0.1.218 [Homepage] [Changelog] [Review]
Operating System: Windows; Mac; Linux
Release: Beta
Type of Application: Browser plug-in
Changes: 3D effects, custom filters, and more - AIM 6.8.5.17 [Homepage] [Changelog] [Mirror] [Review]
Operating System: Windows only
Release: Beta 3
Type of Application: Messenger
Changes: New plug-ins, and more - Defraggler 1.01.073 [Homepage] [Changelog] [Mirror] [Review]
Operating System: Windows only
Release: Beta
Type of Application: Defragmenter
Changes: New defrag algorithm (faster and better), updated UI, and bug fixes - Firefox 3.0 [Homepage] [Changelog] [Mirror] [Review]
Operating System: Windows; Mac; Linux
Release: Release Candidate 1
Type of Application: Web browser
Changes: Theme improvements, and bug fixes - MediaMonkey 3.0.3.1175 [Homepage] [Changelog] [Review]
Operating System: Windows only
Release: Release Candidate 7
Type of Application: Media manager
Changes: Bug fixes - OpenSUSE 11.0 [Homepage] [Changelog] [Mirror]
Operating System: Linux only
Release: Beta 3
Type of Application: Linux operating system
Changes: Bug fixes
–Release Calendar–
- June – iPhone 2.0 Software [Review]
- June – Firefox 3.0 [Review]
- June 12 – Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 1
- June 19 – openSUSE 11.0
- Mid 2008 – Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 [Review]
- September 2 – OpenOffice.org 3.0 [Review]
- October 30 – Ubuntu 8.10
- 2009 – Windows Mobile 7 [Review]
- 2009 – Paint.NET 4.00 [Review]
- 2010 – Windows 7 [Review]
A big thanks to everyone who sent in tips on these downloads!
Why did you cut the feed? Please keep the whole thing.
Did you cut the feed because of its length ?
Heh, was wondering the same thing. Perhaps not worth checking this page if I need to load the page from the feed view everytime.. (slow – I’ll rely on my other software update feeds then)
Isn’t this kind of getting out of hand by the way? Seems it’s getting longer every week, which I’m sure gives you guys a lot of work.
Today we actually cut the feed because of length, but we’ve been pondering doing it on a regular basis. There are quite a few sites who steal our Daily Downloads content, and this would help get around that issue for the most part. We obviously have to do what’s necessary to be successful, otherwise we may not be around much longer.
This one was so long because we missed two days last week, but yes, they are getting longer. That’s mostly because we’ve been including software for other operating systems. And it’s definitely a lot of work… this article took over an hour to complete.
I’m just trying to carefully raise a question whether that hour should be spend on notifying users on big name apps & news/reviews, or big name apps & small name apps of all platforms, or just wonderful, original news/reviews and leave the update notifications to other, more specialized sites. Perhaps interesting for a poll?
(I don’t mean to interfere, please ignore me if you think I am. I just personally hope it doesn’t take away too much time from those great articles you write..
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I like the daily downloads, but if you’re going to make me click through, maybe I’ll unsubscribe altogether. I’ve been pruning feeds from my reader and the daily downloads was one of the things keeping me from unsubscribing Cybernet. I realize you need “to do what’s necessary to be successful” but if you make enough of your subscribers angry enough to leave, then you won’t be successful either.
If it’s getting too hard, then maybe you should consider dropping the other OSes.
I too understand the feed cut due to leechers (is that the right way to put it?), but I hate to have to click through. Is there another way? Maybe put ads in the feed? Tastefully done, I have no issue there.
We don’t have any intentions of “cutting” the Daily Downloads feed quite yet. The only reason I did it today was because of the sheer length, but that’s not to say we won’t be doing it in the future. The point of the comment earlier was to inform everyone that this could be something we’ll pursue if we feel the need to.
We’ve pondered not doing the Daily Downloads, but they have actually become a strong aspect of our site. Everyday it’s one of our most visited articles, and people frequently email me with compliments on the icon concoctions that I come up with. So I think it will be sticking around for the time being.
I guess you need to do what you need to do as well. If you’re trying to trim down your feeds then I would hope that we would make the cut, but it’s your call as to whether we’re worth the click through. We offer our content for free, and if we feel the only way to continue doing so is by cutting *some* articles off in the feed then that’s what we’ll do.
Right now there aren’t too many good solutions for advertising in feeds. We’ve currently got Feedburner ads but they display so infrequently that we hardly make any money off of them. We’ll look into that some more though.
Okay, good argument
It’s true that those concoctions are great, almost worth visiting this article just for that 
Thanks for the reply & clarifications!