Daily Downloads: Miro, QuickTime, OpenOffice, and More

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.

• Miro 1.2.4 [Homepage] [Changelog] [Mirror] [Review]
  Operating System: Windows; Mac; Linux
  Type of Application: Video player
  Changes: Bug fixes
• NeoOffice 2.2.3 Patch 6 [Homepage] [Review]
  Operating System: Mac only
  Type of Application: Office suite
  Changes: N/A
• OpenOffice.org 2.4.1 [Homepage] [Changelog] [Mirror]
  Operating System: Windows; Mac; Linux
  Type of Application: Office suite
  Changes: Security fix, minor enhancements, and bug fixes
• QuickTime 7.5.61.0 [Homepage] [Changelog] [Mirror]
  Operating System: Windows; Mac
  Type of Application: Media player
  Changes: Improves application compatibility and addresses security issues

–Pre-Releases (Alpha, Beta, etc…)–

The software listed here are pre-releases that may not be ready for everyday usage.

• 7-Zip 4.59 [Homepage] [Changelog] [Mirror]
  Operating System: Windows only
  Release: Alpha 2
  Type of Application: File extraction and compression
  Changes: Can unpack DMG/HFS archives
• Defraggler 1.02.077 [Homepage] [Changelog] [Mirror] [Review]
  Operating System: Windows only
  Release: Release Candidate 1
  Type of Application: Defragment files
  Changes: Better UI, improved 64-bit support, and bug fixes
• OpenOffice.org 3.0 [Homepage] [Changelog] [Mirror] [Review]
  Operating System: Windows; Mac; Linux
  Release: Beta 1
  Type of Application: Office suite
  Changes: Bug fixes

–Release Calendar–

• June – Firefox 3.0 [Review]
• June/July – Flock 2.0 Beta [Review]
• June 12 – Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 1
• June 19 – openSUSE 11.0
• Early July – iPhone 2.0 Software [Review] ^UPDATED
• July 11 – iPhone 3G [Review] ^NEW
• August – 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]