ActiveIRC 1.0 released 11/10
new MICE has released ActiveIRC 1.0, an ActiveX control to allow programs to connect to IRC, enter several channels at once, send messages to other users and more, all packaged into an ActiveX control. The Shareware version stops functioning after 100 lines are sent to or received from the IRC server.

Mabry FileView/X open beta 11/10
beta Mabry Software has put its new FileView/X component up for open beta today. FileView/X looks and behaves just like the right pane in the Windows Explorer. $49.

CodeSMART 3.50 updated 11/9
update AxTools has updated CodeSMART. 3.51 is primarily a very important update for CodeSMART 3.5, but also extensive optimizations were applied, resulting in important speed improvements, smaller memory/resources footprint and better stability. $99.

Starting threads in VB 11/9
article Black Belt Visual Basic has published "Starting a Thread (another process) and Waiting for it to Complete," an article that shows how to use API calls to start and monitor a thread. Stan Williams provide a fun code snippet to try called 'ShellandWait'.

vbip.com website launched 11/8
new site A new website, vbip.com, provides software and web developers with the tutorials, articles, source codes and other free resources devoted to Internet development (client application development, web development, webmaster's helper tool development and so on) with VB.