What’s new: build 715 includes a few bug fixes:

[-] Bug when using mirrors for downloading file with size >2GB
[-] “Upload” context menu in Explorer did not remove after uninstallation

FDM has been updated to build 713.

What’s new:

[*] Significant download speed improvement for BitTorrent
[-] Sometimes FDM could make network problems while downloading via BitTorrent
[-] Sometimes FDM could freeze with 100% CPU usage while downloading via BitTorrent
[-] Sometimes name of file was not detected correctly (HTTP)
[-] Bug when server returned incorrect response with resume data
[-] Sometimes sort of downloads list did not work
[-] ‘Out of memory’ error at the start of dial connection schedule.
[-] Zip preview did not work
[-] ‘Unknown error’ message when query size of files was >2GB.
[-] Sometimes FDM crashed when downloading files >2GB.
 

FDM has been updated to build 706.

Changes:

[-] Youtube.com, Dailymotion.com support updated
[-] Unknown error when query size of file >2GB
[-] Hang of browser when creating a new download while “create new
upload” dialog was opened.

FDM has been updated to build 703.  

Changes:

[+] Indication of the process of reserving disk space for file (useful for large downloads)
[-] Sometimes files may be damaged (last byte was 0).
[-] Some bugs when downloading files > 2GB.

The news about FDM becoming open source was featured on linux.com.

See details here.

Dear all! We have released Free Download Manager 2.5. FDM is now released under GNU General Public License!

Of course, this is not the only thing you can rejoice at, as FDM 2.5 opens up new opportunities for its loyal users, as well as for those who are just about to join the FDM community.

What’s new:

• Flash video download
• Audio / video files converter
• Bittorent support
• Easy file sharing
• Remote control
• Portable mode
• Metalink support
• General Public License
• Multilanguage support (desired language may be chosen during installation)

See the full features list. 

Free Download Manager 2.5 is available for free download here. Enjoy!

what’s new:

[-] a lot of bugs fixed.

changes:

[-] Vista: 0×80080005 error in Internet Explorer when trying to download files right after the installation of FDM until computer has been rebooted or FDM restarted.

changes:

[+] option for disabling seeding of completed bittorrent downloads
[+] enable/disable seeding of selected bittorrent downloads
[-] Uploaded files may be damaged
[-] zip preview minor bug fix
[-] bug fixes in bittorrent support

Dear all! Thank you for helping us test FDM beta. We have updated it, now it’s 2.3 beta 6 build 655.

What’s new:

[+] Bittorrent: enable/disable seeding of completed downloads
[*] Improved implementation of Bittorrent protocol
[-] Sometimes a bug occurred after deleting a group of downloads
[-] Bug in portable version of FDM
[-] General bug fixes.