Latest version of the popular Windows PC optimization suite "TuneUp Utilities 2009" is now available for downloading, being one of the most comprehensive PC optimization application suite, TuneUp Utilities 2009 offers all the required tools you will ever need for Windows maintenance as an easy to use, single streamlined solution, the all new TuneUp Utilities 2009 makes use of an much improved intelligent optimization approach by analyzing individual PC configuration to tune-up the Windows system delivering the maximum performance.

I am a great fan of GTA game franchise since GTA Vice City, Latest version of the game series - Grand Theft Auto IV : Liberty City is already available on XBOX 360 and PS3 platforms, with PC version release dates announced to be December 2nd in North America and on December 3rd in Europe.

As promised, Rockstar Games announced release dates for first Grand Theft Auto IV downloadable episode Lost and Damned for the XBox 360 version of the game via Xbox LIVE® online entertainment network, the new episode will be made availble worldwide on February 17th 2009, The Lost and Damned will feature all new content and is the first of two episodes announced for Grand Theft Auto IV on Xbox 360.

We have blogged on how to read popular magazines online for free using sites like Mygazines and Digi-zines, but these community powered websites seem to be violating copyright laws by sharing the magazines online, However, now you can get one-year free online subscription to major magazines legally, under the

Apple iPhone Firmware 2.2 is out now and if you ignored the do not upgrade warning for jailbroken iPhones, you must be sitting with a bricked phone by now. Sadly, since iPhone firmware update v 2.2 also updates baseband there is no easy way to restore back to firmware v 2.1, However, one of our reader Keith managed to downgrade his iPhone 3G to version 2.1 after updating to 2.2, He was kind enough to send us the full procedure as follows.

For downgrading iPhone Firmware 2.2 To an earlier version you will need to downgrade the baseband and firmware, for this following software are needed:

1. ZiPhone patched by kIREmK (Pls. read this comment).
2. PwnageTool 2.2.
3. Apple iTunes.
4. Firmware IPSW file : 2.1 firmware 3G or 2.1 firmware 2G.

Once you have got all the above softwares, follow the process below:

As rumored earlier iPhone Firmware 2.2 is now available for download via iTunes to general users, apart from several new features and performance improvements the new update fixes critical security vulnerabilities and is being labeled as a "essential update" by Apple.

The new firmware update brings the following new features:

• Google Street View with public transit and walking directions with handy option to share location via email.
• Mail improvements like better formatting of wide HTML email with resolved issues with scheduled fetching of emails.
• Availability of millions of free podcasts from your device.
• Performance and stability improvements to Safari.
• Handy option to turn text auto-correction on and off from the Keyboard Settings.
• Now pressing the Home button from many Home screen takes you to the first Home screen.
• Decrease in call setup failures and dropped calls.
• Better sound quality of Visual Voicemail messages

OpenOffice is one of the most preferred open-source office application suite, despite being the best free alternative to Microsoft Office, OpenOffice lacks in terms of speed and full-compatibility with MS-Office formats, But this can be taken care of with Go-OO - A fork of OpenOf

You can now say goodbye to unofficial Gmail themes hacks, as Google now officially supports and provides Gmail Themes for a refreshing look to your Google mail account, Google Gmail team unveiled the new themes with 30 brand new themes to spice-up your mail-box with colors, the Gmail theme styling looks quite similar to Orkut Themes, the feature will get rolled out to all users in upcoming days and can be accessed from the Theme Tab in your Gmail settings page.

Microsoft has acted upon customer feedback and released the Zune firmware update 3.1 for all models of their Zune MP3 players, packed with exciting new features, games and usability updates this is a must upgrade for all Zune owners.

Zune Firmware 3.1 Update Features:

• Navigational UI update for Zune Social.
• Three brand new games Checkers, Sudoku and Space Battle.
• New "like minded listeners” feature enabling Zune community users to compare their music taste with other users.
• All new multi-player game mode using Zune Wi-Fi for existing Texas Hold 'Em Card game and New Checkers game.

The new firmware update also brings performance and stability improvements to the device firmware and the PC application with better content synchronization and play-count reporting.

Microsoft has announced to offer full featured comprehensive anti-malware protection from all kinds of Malware's like viruses, spywares, trojans and root-kits, at the best possible price-tag of FREE, Codenamed Morro the free security suite is expected to be made available in second half of 2009, as a standalone download for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7.

We have blogged about Freeware Video Splitter solution earlier on this blog, But if you are looking for a fast and free video joiner with ability to convert video to different format's here is the perfect solution - "Free Video Joiner" is as simple as its name sounds, the single screen interface offers basic functionality but gets the job done fast and easy.

Free Video Joiner supports AVI, MOV, WMV, MOV and MPEG video formats for input and can output to AVI, WMV, MOV, MP4, DVD, VCD, iPod, iPhone, Zune and PSP compatible video formats covering all popular devices and video formats.