I am drowning in my curiosity. I attempt to keep somewhat informed on a lot of different software especially in my areas of interest. This involves lots of time to download and fool around with freeware, shareware, and demo versions of commercial software. The only sane way I have found to even attempt keeping up with more than a handful of applications is by using VersionTracker.
VersionTracker: Mac OS X Software has by far the best free access to see updates and download latest versions. The above link is for OSX software, but they also track updates for Windows, Mac OS9 , and Palm software. I also subscribe to their Pro service which allows comparison of the version on your hard disk with the most recent version and a direct link to the download. With the pro version you can add many items to a download shopping cart to be downloaded all at once rather than waiting for each.
Happy Labor Day!
