What's a good way to update third-party software?

I've been using Tech Tracker (CNET) as an easy way to update all my third-party (mostly not purchased through Apple) software. They seem to be dropping their Mac service. Is there anything equivalent out there that will survey my software and feed me updates?

this answer should be revisited .. the latest update to the Macupdate Desktop is a bug ridden disaster. I used the previous version of the Desktop app for 4 years. It was flaky, crashed often, would only reliably handle 2 simultaneous installs at once (supposed to handle 5+) and would fail to install many things. It handled paid updates well .. by warning the user BEFORE downloading .. and install thread could stall for unknown reasons. But it failed safe .. it did not damage an existing app if it failed, and left the downloaded packages available for retrying the install manually.
Now that is not the case. Desktop 6 destroys the installed app in 1 out of four installs:
only partly installing files, or corrupting some, so that the app cannot run
install only the .app bundle but no files behind it so it is a zero size item in Applications
My impression is there are now more apps that it cannot update than before .. i deleted Macupdate Desktop from my machine after it screwed up 20 installs over three different sessions .. I tried a total of 30 .. only 5 actually completed successfully, the rest I had to complete by hand.
All that said .. the site is still a great resource on the current version of Mac OS apps .. I just have to do all of my updates manually now

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Reading a line from a third party software using call dll function.

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I am using a third party software in Lab VIEW.
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One problems with your solution:
LCOM_MasterGetLine(int ID,char*Buffer,int Length)
You should allocate a buffer large enough in LabVIEW and pass it to the Call Library Node. The dll function needs som space to actually scribble in whatever it wants to do.
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Rolf Kalbermatter
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a division of Test & Measurement Solutions
Attachments:
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