Software updates from Adobe, Opera, FastStone Image Viewer

Today, Opera Software released another Windows beta of its small, lightweight and fast Opera web browser. (I keep the Opera browser on hand, just in case I can’t use Firefox. I’ve installed Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7.0, but I’m too spoiled by Firefox to bother using IE 7.0.)

FastStone Image Viewer includes a convertor, editor and browser and its polished appearance and nimble, rich features belie its freeware label. Its power and convenience earn it a place in my toolbox. [FastStone Software]

Adobe releases version 8.0.0 of free Adobe Reader for Windows XP and Vista [Adobe Systems] (I confess: I use FoxIt PDF Reader 2.0 instead of Adobe’s reader.)

Some MySpace users have been hit by a worm which exploits the javascript support in their browser’s embedded Quicktime player [Websense via Beta News] Steve reports on Hard OCP: MySpace plans to find and boot out s*x offenders who have set up user profiles on its social networking site.

Robin Good compares social networking sites and says they help netizens sort out the web, with the power of ‘crowds,’ (as long as they are not ‘digg rigged.’) While crowds are helpful in their collective wisdom, so are experts, who know one subject thoroughly and have found the most knowledge sources on the web.
Today, health expert Dr. Manny Alvarez, Fox News correspondent, recommended 10 health blogs worth reading, including Dr. Hsein’s A Hearty Life and Genetics and Health [Dr. Hsein Hsein's blog: Cotton-Pickin’ Days] (Dr. Hsein, channel editor for b5media, has given me great advice on blogging.)

What social networking sites do you recommend and why? I like Digg, del.icio.us, IT Toolbox, Flickr, among others.

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