CCleaner 2.16.830

CCleaner works on Windows XP, Vista & Windows 7 Beta. It supports Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera & Google Chrome browsers but this is not evident in the software as shown.

On their website, it is mentioned it can clean temporary files, history, cookies, download history and form history for Mozilla Firefox. This is less effective than Firefox 3 which can clean more items such as search history, offline website data, saved passwords and authenticated sessions. But, CCleaner also can clean applications such as Foxit Reader, Windows Media Player, Windows Defender, MS Paint and RegEdit.

It can be scheduled to run when the computer starts. After installation on a computer, you can just copy the installation directory to a USB flash drive and it will work on any computer.

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6

The latest release fixed several security issues:

MFSA 2009-06 Directives to not cache pages ignored

MFSA 2009-05 XMLHttpRequest allows reading HTTPOnly cookies

MFSA 2009-04 Chrome privilege escalation via local .desktop files

MFSA 2009-03 Local file stealing with SessionStore

MFSA 2009-02 XSS using a chrome XBL method and window.eval

MFSA 2009-01 Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.9.0.6)

Java Application Error in Windows 7 Beta

I've no issue with Java SE 6 Update 7 running in Windows Vista SP1 with Internet Explorer 7. There are some issues with the latest version Java SE 6 Update 10.

But, using Java SE 6 Update 7 in Windows 7 Beta with Internet Explorer 8 causes application error with general exception as shown.

Australian PC Authority March 2009

Features

1. Watch TV Anywhere
2. 15 Security Suites

Viewing PDF Files in Windows 7 Beta

You can use Adobe Acrobat Reader to view PDF files. Another alternative is Foxit Reader. This software is faster and occupies less disk space.

After installation on a computer, you can just copy the installation directory to a USB flash drive and it will work on any computer.

Creating PDF Files in Windows 7 Beta

Although Windows 7 Beta comes with Microsoft XPS Document Writer, pdf is the de facto standard. By using pdf printer driver, it not only saves paper but works in any application. I tested the following software which supports Windows Vista:

1. novaPDF Lite Desktop 6
2. PrimoPDF 4.1
3. CutePDF Writer 2.71
4. Foxit PDF Creator

Only CutePDF Writer 2.71 works in Windows 7 Beta. But, you need to install the PS2PDF converter as well.

Intel CPUs

CPU	Atom N270	Atom Z530	Atom 230	DuoCore E5200
Speed (GHz)	1.6	1.6	1.6	2.5
L2 Cache (KB)	512KB	512KB	512KB	2MB
FSB (MHz)	533	533	533	800
Intel 64	No	No	Yes	Yes
Intel Virtualization	No	Yes	No	No
Demand Based Switching	No	Yes	No	No