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Even if XOOPS core development released version 2.2.5 of XOOPS dynamic web content management system, it is labelled as unrecommended and the users are advised to use 2.0.17 version instead.

XOOPS is an Object Oriented tool written in PHP used by developers of dynamic community websites, intra company and corporate portals, and weblogs.

2.0.17 version is an update with lots of bug fixes and functionality enhancements.
The tool is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License and is free to use, modify and redistribute.

Key features that make it popular include: a relational database to store data required for running a web-based content management system; it is fully modularized; registered users can edit their profiles, select site themes, upload custom avatars; user management; it is supported world-wide; has a multi-byte language support; versatile group permissions system; theme-based skinnable interface.

XOOPS is available for download at the Project SourceForge Download page.

Nullsoft Scriptable Install System is an open-source tool based on script files, which is used in developing stable simple or advanced Windows installers.
As a professional tool it is able to create even web installers since several plug-ins and scripts are available.

NSIS is described as being small, fast and efficient, with an installer’s overhead of only 34KB, unlike hundreds of kilobytes or several megabytes that other installers add.

The installer created is compatible with Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP, Windows Server 2003 and Vista and supports multiple interface languages as well as right-to-left languages.
Compression methods available are: ZLib, LZMA and BZip2.
The program allows developing of a custom interface using the classic and modern wizard interface that NSIS includes.
The plug-ins brought by NSIS can be written in languages including C, C++ and Delphi and can communicate with the installer.
A set of plug-ins allows downloading of files from the Internet and even patching existing files.
The generated installer will run on Windows only but the NSIS compiler can be compiled for Linux and BSD.

NSIS 2.30 beta version comes with a modern UI 2 which makes use of nsDialogs and supports better the external strings.
Among other changes, the version 2.29’s bug has been fixed so that invalid $SMPROGRAMS value on Windows 98 won’t be caused anymore.

The NSIS 2.30 tool can be downloaded free of charge from here.

Orbit Downloader is known as a software used for downloading social music and video files from YouTube, MySpace, Imeem, Pandora RapidShare and others.

What makes it one of the leading download managers are its extreme download acceleration, the support for RapidShare downloads, for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Maxton and Opera, for Metalink downloads, for protocols like HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, MMS, RTSP and RTMP, and Proxy server configuration.

The improvements that come with the new version are its new logic to promote download speed and a bug fix that could cause program crash.

The free program can be downloaded from here.

On August 24 Macecraft Software has released the updated version of jv16 PowerTools, 1.7.0.411.
The software is a Windows optimization suite and registry cleaning toolkit for maximizing PCs performances, used by home users and helpdesk and support personnel also.

It does not contain any bundled software, spyware or advertisements.

The 21 tools contained are in charge with registry cleaning, errors fixing, and removing the unneeded data and most recently used lists that can contain sensitive information about the user.

The bugs fixed in the updated version, jv16 PowerTools 2007 1.7.0.411 Final, are not critical and the users are not obligated to replace the old version if they are used with it.
Changes in the new version include minor bugs fixed, improved registry cleaner engine and user interface.

jv16 PowerTools 1.7.0.411 is free for the license owners of 2005, 2006, and 2007 versions of the software, while the upgrading price for the other versions is of 5.95$.

The 30 days trial version can be downloaded with or without the Quick Start Handbook from here.

Firefox Campus Edition 2.0.0.6 is described as a combination of the Firefox browser with special features that gives the user streamlined access to useful information, music and cool sites, suited perfectly to college life.

FoxyTunes is a feature that allows the user listening music while surfing the web and customize the player, skins and lyrics.
It has Alarm Clock and Sleep Timer integrated and is compatible with Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.

Another feature is Zerotero, a tool with which the user can set to capture citation information from web pages automatically.
It also saves records and notes in any language, stores PDFs, images, links or whole web pages.

StumbleUpon bar is also integrated.

The free Firefox Campus Edition 2.0.0.6 can be downloaded from here.