<s>
UpdateStar	B-Application
is	O
a	O
freeware	B-License
software	I-License
application	O
providing	O
update	O
information	O
for	O
approximately	O
1.3	O
million	O
software	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UpdateStar	B-Application
uses	O
advertising	O
to	O
refinance	O
the	O
free	O
service	O
and	O
shares	O
ad	O
revenue	O
50/50	O
with	O
the	O
software	O
authors	O
via	O
their	O
Share	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
UpdateStar	B-Application
is	O
a	O
freeware	B-License
client	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
easily	O
installed	O
to	O
inform	O
users	O
about	O
available	O
updates	O
for	O
their	O
individual	O
software	O
setup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allows	O
downloading	O
,	O
installing	O
and	O
uninstalling	O
the	O
programs	O
from	O
within	O
the	O
client	O
,	O
which	O
acts	O
as	O
an	O
enhancement	O
for	O
the	O
Add/Remove	O
Programs	O
control	O
panel	O
applet	O
(	O
Programs	O
and	O
Features	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
and	O
above	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
search	O
engine	O
at	O
is	O
built	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
UpdateStar	B-Application
’s	O
user	O
generated	O
software	O
and	O
program	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Via	O
the	O
ad	O
revenue	O
sharing	O
program	O
Share	O
,	O
UpdateStar	B-Application
allows	O
developers	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
UpdateStar	B-Application
website	O
as	O
a	O
download	O
mirror	O
to	O
participate	O
from	O
ad	O
revenue	O
created	O
on	O
their	O
program	O
’s	O
webpages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UpdateStar	B-Application
has	O
been	O
reviewed	O
by	O
Computerworld	O
,	O
Softpedia	O
,	O
PC	O
Advisor	O
,	O
and	O
c't	O
among	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UpdateStar	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
by	O
Michael	O
Ganss	O
,	O
Frank	O
Alperstaedt	O
,	O
and	O
Olaf	O
Kehrer	O
in	O
2007	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
based	O
in	O
Berlin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
included	O
new	O
software	O
search	O
capabilities	O
with	O
results	O
based	O
on	O
user	O
submitted	O
information	O
for	O
more	O
than	O
259,000	O
programs	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
professional	O
services	O
business	O
section	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
UpdateStar	B-Application
freeware	B-License
client	O
section	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UpdateStar	B-Application
freeware	B-License
has	O
grown	O
in	O
popularity	O
with	O
about	O
50,000	O
users	O
in	O
2007	O
and	O
about	O
550,000	O
users	O
in	O
July	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UpdateStar	B-Application
4	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
March	O
2009	O
introduced	O
an	O
enhanced	O
recognition	O
algorithm	O
and	O
a	O
registry	B-Application
cleaner	I-Application
,	O
which	O
removes	O
remnants	O
of	O
uninstalled	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
is	O
available	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
commercial	O
Premium	O
Edition	O
with	O
additional	O
security	O
advice	O
for	O
program	O
,	O
a	O
cleaner	O
for	O
system	O
maintenance	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UpdateStar	B-Application
provides	O
the	O
user	O
with	O
information	O
about	O
software	O
updates	O
available	O
for	O
software	O
on	O
their	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
includes	O
major	O
releases	O
provided	O
by	O
UpdateStar	B-Application
Freeware	B-License
Edition	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
minor	O
version	O
upgrades	O
and	O
patches	O
included	O
with	O
the	O
Premium	O
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UpdateStar	B-Application
Premium	O
additionally	O
offers	O
security	O
advice	O
allowing	O
for	O
an	O
identification	O
of	O
important	O
software	O
updates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UpdateStar	B-Application
Premium	O
includes	O
a	O
tool	O
to	O
clean	O
the	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Registry	I-Protocol
from	O
superfluous	O
and	O
faulty	O
software	O
entries	O
which	O
are	O
often	O
the	O
result	O
of	O
incompletely	O
uninstalled	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
million	O
users	O
profit	O
from	O
the	O
UpdateStar	B-Application
service	O
per	O
month	O
(	O
December	O
2009	O
)	O
and	O
receive	O
updates	O
for	O
their	O
PCs	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UpdateStar	B-Application
provides	O
users	O
with	O
program	O
update	O
information	O
for	O
4.5	O
million	O
installations	O
-	O
daily	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UpdateStar	B-Application
released	O
version	O
5	O
on	O
Oct	O
19	O
,	O
2009	O
introducing	O
improved	O
version	O
recognition	O
,	O
improved	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
support	O
,	O
new	O
language	O
support	O
for	O
Korean	O
and	O
Lithuanian	O
,	O
and	O
improved	O
translations	O
of	O
Russian	O
,	O
Hungarian	O
,	O
and	O
Romanian	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Attempts	O
to	O
download	O
software	O
from	O
the	O
UpdateStar	B-Application
site	O
can	O
lead	O
to	O
malware	O
attacks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UpdateStar	B-Application
uses	O
the	O
software	O
search	O
engine	O
website	O
to	O
share	O
ad	O
revenue	O
with	O
software	O
authors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
UpdateStar	B-Application
to	O
provide	O
their	O
update	O
information	O
service	O
for	O
free	O
to	O
their	O
user	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
UpdateStar	B-Application
website	O
tracks	O
created	O
ad	O
revenues	O
on	O
program	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
users	O
click	O
on	O
ads	O
on	O
a	O
program	O
’s	O
download	O
page	O
in	O
the	O
UpdateStar	B-Application
web	O
,	O
the	O
advertiser	O
is	O
charged	O
and	O
the	O
advertising	O
fee	O
is	O
split	O
between	O
UpdateStar	B-Application
and	O
the	O
software	O
vendor	O
,	O
if	O
the	O
vendor	O
participates	O
as	O
a	O
Share	O
partner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UpdateStar	B-Application
website	O
’s	O
user	O
traffic	O
comes	O
from	O
targeted	O
alerts	O
about	O
newly	O
available	O
updates	O
for	O
used	O
software	O
and	O
offering	O
information	O
and	O
downloads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2010	O
,	O
UpdateStar	B-Application
began	O
a	O
commercial	O
online	B-General_Concept
backup	I-General_Concept
service	I-General_Concept
called	O
UpdateStar	B-Application
Online	B-General_Concept
Backup	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
of	O
UpdateStar	B-Application
Online	B-General_Concept
Backup	I-General_Concept
can	O
select	O
files	O
and	O
folders	O
through	O
a	O
desktop	B-Application
application	I-Application
,	O
which	O
are	O
then	O
periodically	O
backed	O
up	O
to	O
a	O
remote	O
data	O
center	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
employs	O
a	O
differential	B-General_Concept
backup	I-General_Concept
algorithm	O
to	O
minimize	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
data	O
that	O
needs	O
to	O
be	O
backed	O
up	O
on	O
subsequent	O
runs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UpdateStar	B-Application
offers	O
plans	O
with	O
unlimited	O
storage	O
for	O
home	O
and	O
business	O
desktop	B-Device
computers	I-Device
and	O
limited	O
storage	O
(	O
100	O
GB	O
,	O
250	O
GB	O
,	O
500	O
GB	O
)	O
for	O
server	B-Application
computers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
runs	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
(	O
desktop	O
edition	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2003	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Device
Server	I-Device
2008	I-Device
(	O
server	O
edition	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
