There have been so many updates over the past 2 weeks that they won't all fit onto a single page. Here are the open-source updates

Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)

Warnings:
- do not install unwanted toolbars, etc.
- alpha releases have new features; crashes and bugs are to be expected
- beta releases have new features; they may contain bugs or crash
- release candidate software may contain minor bugs; crashes are rare

Aptana Studio 3.0.5
web software development in an IDE supporting HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, CoffeeScript, Ruby, Rails, PHP and Python
w/ code assist, built-in debugging, Git intergration, built-in ftp and more
http://www.aptana.com/

Auslogics Disk Defrag 3.3.0.0
free, extremely fast and effective disk defragmentation & optimization program; recommended
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag

Auslogics Registry Cleaner 2.2.0.0
free Windows registry optimizer/cleaner; recommended
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/registry-cleaner/

Avira Free AntiVirus 12.0.0.86
free; highly-rated antivirus product (nagware); recommended
http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus

BurnAware 4.0
CD/DVD/Blu-ray disc-burning software
http://www.burnaware.com/burnaware_free.html (info)
http://www.burnaware.com/downloads.html (download)

Calibre 0.8.24
cross-platform open source ebook manager for all popular ebook readers with format conversion,
news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer
http://calibre-ebook.com/

CCleaner 3.12
free registry and file optimization/privacy/cleaning tool; thorough and effective: recommended
http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner (CCleaner homepage)
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2011/10/24/ccleaner-v312 (announcement)

CDBurnerXP 4.3.9.2762
open source CD / DVD / Blu-ray burning software for Win32/64; recommended
this program requires .NET framework; Media Format 9.0 update required if using WMA format
- be careful, you want the version *without* the 'Open Candy' advertising
http://cdburnerxp.se/en/download (homepage & download)

ClamWin Free Antivirus 0.97.3
excellent open source antivirus scanner, does not include an on-access real-time scanner
http://www.clamwin.com/

Digital Mars D Compiler 1.071 & 2.056
free compiler for Win32, Linux32, FreeBSD32 & Mac; an interesting OO language
http://www.digitalmars.com/d/download.html

Drupal 7.9
open source PHP-based content management platform for websites
http://drupal.org/home

EaseUS Todo Backup Free 3.5
free backup program w/many features: hard disk image, full/incremental/automatic file/folder backups, and disk clone
http://www.todo-backup.com/products/home/free-backup-software.htm

Eclipse 3.8M3
open source extensible IDE framework supporting plugins for almost all programming languages
w/ syntax highlighting, intellisense, code completion, templates, version control, more
http://www.eclipse.org/ (homepage)
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/S-3.8M3-201110271800/index.php (download)

Eclipse 4.2M3
open source extensible IDE framework supporting plugins for almost all programming languages
w/ syntax highlighting, intellisense, code completion, templates, version control, more
http://www.eclipse.org/ (homepage)
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops4/S-4.2M3-201110281100/index.php (download)

Explorer++ 1.3.3
open source multi-tab file manager for Windows32/64 using familiar Windows Explorer interface
http://www.explorerplusplus.com/ (homepage)
http://www.explorerplusplus.com/download (download)

FBackup 4.6.260
free, simple backup program
http://www.fbackup.com/

FileZilla Client 3.5.2 RC 1
open source ftp client; recommended
- this is a *release candidate*
http://filezilla-project.org/

FreeFileSync 4.2
open source Win32/64 & Linux folder comparison and synchronization tool; recommended
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freefilesync/

FrostWire 5.2.3
open source, Java-based BitTorrent peer-to-peer (P2P) client
http://www.frostwire.com/

Game Booster 3.1
free; increases performance by temporarily shutting down background processes and maximizing available RAM; recommended
http://www.iobit.com/gamebooster.html (homepage)
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Game_Booster_d5952.html (download)

GCC 4.6.2
open source Gnu C/C++ Compiler for Linux
includes front ends for C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, Ada, and Go, as well as libraries for these languages
http://gcc.gnu.org/

Git 1.7.7.2
free, open source distributed version control system
http://git-scm.com/ (homepage)

Glary Utilities 2.39.0.1310
free; cleanup, repair, optimize and enhance your privacy & security, etc.
http://www.glaryutilities.com/gu.html

GPartEd Live 0.10.0-3
open source Gnome Partition Editor - resize, move, copy, check, label your hard drive's partitions
understands most file systems including all for Windows and Linux
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/ (project page)

Greenshot 0.8.1 RC 6 (Build 1372)
free, open source screenshot capture program
- this is a *release candidate*
http://getgreenshot.org/

IronPython 2.7.1
free, open source Python for .NET/Mono; use Visual Studio or MonoDevelop for easy development
Windows: requires .NET 4.0 or Silverlight 4; Linux: requires Mono 2.10.1 / MoonLight
http://ironpython.net/ (homepage)
http://ironpython.codeplex.com/releases/view/62475 (announcement)

JSDuck 3.0.1
open source JavaScript documentation generator
https://github.com/nene/jsduck

Komodo Edit 7.0.0 Beta 1
free cross-platform programmer's editor for JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and Tcl
- this is a *beta* release
http://www.activestate.com/komodo-edit/downloads

LameXP 4.03
open source audio encoder GUI for LAME MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC and Nero AAC
http://code.google.com/p/mulder/downloads/list

LibreOffice 3.4.4 RC 2
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)
http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/ (download)

Lunascape 6.5.7 for Windows
free browser with all 3 major rendering engines: IE(Trident)+Firefox(Gecko)+Chrome/Safari(Webkit)
developers can preview web pages side-by-side using the 3 different rendering engines
http://www.lunascape.tv/

Maxthon 3.2.1.1200 Beta
free IE-based web browser with many extra features and plugins
- this is a *beta* release
http://www.maxthon.com/

Miranda IM 0.9.33
open source instant messaging program
http://www.miranda-im.org/

Macrium Reflect Free 5.0.4094
Windows32/64 disk imaging; free edition has full image backups/restores only and only for private use
http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp

MySQL Community Server 5.5.17
free (Community Server Edition only!), and very popular open source SQL database
http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ (download)

Network Scanner 5.3
free multi-threaded IP, NetBIOS & SNMP scanner; scans for listening TCP/UDP ports &
displays shared network resource types
http://www.softperfect.com/products/networkscanner/

Notepad++ 5.9.6
open source programmer's editor; recommended
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

PeaZip 4.1
open source file and archive manager; available as portable app also
- create 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, PAQ/ZPAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, ZIP
- extract 134 archive types: ACE, ARJ, CAB, DMG, ISO, LHA, RAR, UDF, etc.
http://peazip.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)

PHP 5.3.9 RC 1
PHP is a very popular open source scripting language mostly used for web applications
- this is a *release candidate*
http://php.net/ (homepage)

Puppy Linux 'Slacko Puppy 5.3'
Open source, boots from a CD (your Windows installation is unchanged) w/ simple instruction manual
old, slow computers run very well using Puppy's all-in-memory Linux kernel
There are many versions of Puppy available, each with a specific purpose
You will need to know how to burn a disk from an ISO image
Puppy is an easy-to-learn, easy-to-use Linux distribution for Windows users. Recommended.
You don't necessarily use the latest release, you use the version with the software you want
- Slacko Puppy "binary compatibility with Slackware 13.37 packages, and access to the Slackware package repositories"
http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02556 (announcement)
http://puppylinuxnews.org/ (news & download)
http://puppylinux.org/ (PuppyLinux homepage)

Python Tools for Visual Studio 1.1 Alpha
free, open source Python IDE plugin supporting CPython and IronPython; NumPy & SciPy;
parallel & clustering support; debugging; profiling; more
- this is an *alpha* release
http://pytools.codeplex.com/

Ruby 1.9.3
popular scripting language, often used with Rails library
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/

Secunia PSI 2.0.0.4003
free; detects vulnerable and out-dated programs and plug-ins which expose your PC to attacks
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/

Soluto 1.2.718.0 Beta
free; uses community-developed power-user solutions to fix your PC problems
- this is a *beta* release
http://www.soluto.com/

SQLite 3.7.9
open source SQL database for programmers; small and fast
- "a regularly scheduled bi-monthly maintenance release"
- minor update
- "upgrading from version 3.7.6.3, 3.7.7, 3.7.7.1, and 3.7.8 is optional"
http://www.sqlite.org/ (homepage)
http://www.sqlite.org/news.html (update info)

System Explorer 3.5.3
free; detailed info about Windows tasks, processes, modules, startups, IE addons, uninstallers, windows,
services, drivers, connections and opened files; graphs monitor usage of system resources in real-time
http://www.systemexplorer.net/

Task Coach 1.2.30
open source cross-platform desktop todo manager with task or calendar viewing, project tracking, etc
http://www.taskcoach.org/

TortoiseSVN 1.7.1
Win32/64 Subversion (version control system) client
http://tortoisesvn.net/

USBDeview 1.96
free utility to list all USB devices ever connected to computer; can uninstall any USB drivers local or remote
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html (homepage)
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usbdeview.zip (direct download)

µTorrent 3.0 Stable (build 25824)
very popular and fast open source BitTorrent client
http://www.utorrent.com/ (homepage)
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=98500 (3.0 forum thread)

VirtualBox 4.1.6
open source, general-purpose, full virtualizer for x86 hardware
runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and OpenSolaris as host
install several guest operating systems onto the same computer
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Guest_OSes (list of guest operating systems)
http://www.virtualbox.org/ (homepage)

WinAmp 5.622
free media player; I prefer the Lite version
http://www.winamp.com/media-player/en (Lite link is towards the bottom)

Wireshark 1.6.3
open-source network protocol analyzer (packet sniffer) for advanced users
http://www.wireshark.org/

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Green = Updated
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