New features:

• Enticing Multimedia Design
  Now users can not only play multimedia in Foxit Reader, but also are empowered to add, edit or delete multimedia files with the incredible Movie Tool and Sound Tool.
• Attachment Panel
  Lists all the attached files in the PDF document, and provides a number of common options that helps users manage the attachments, such as opening, deleting and adding description to the attachments. Users can also change the security settings when opening an attachment in this panel.
• Thumbnail Panel
  Shows thumbnail images for each PDF page and allows users to quickly view relevant portions of a PDF file. Now users can navigate through PDFs with page thumbnails.
• Layout Panel
  Lists PDF layers in the document, allows users to control the display of some certain content areas.
• Metric Unit Support
  Within the preferences dialog box it gives users the option to set the unit of page dimension in either metric system or imperial system.
• Auto-scrolling with Middle Mouse Button
  In the Hand Tool reading mode, users can perform auto-scrolling by holding the middle mouse button/wheel mouse button down.
• Awe-Inspiring Foxit OnDemand Content Management
  This new add-on enables users to organize, share and collaborate on documents and forms online. Users can upload from Foxit Reader or send documents with ease. Advanced features include workflow driven document sharing, revisions of documents, CollabRoom for group collaboration.
• Firefox Support
  With Firefox Plugin, users can view and work with PDF files loaded in Foxit Reader with Firefox web browser.

Enhanced features:

• Improved Select Text Tool
  Not only used for selecting text, but also enables users to add most types of annotations, including highlight, strikeout, underline, squiggly, replacement, etc.
• Enhanced Print Setup
  Supports printing separate pages or a range of pages by entering 1, 3, 7-10 or whatever in the Pages text box within the Print dialog box.
• Better Annotation Control
  Allows users to align and center multiple annotations on PDF pages, including Notes, Drawing Markups and Typewriter Comments.
• Advanced Toolbar Control
  Completely rearranges the toolbar layout and allows users to easily customize the tools that appear in Foxit Reader.
• Better Permission Control
  Disables and grays out some UI elements when users are not allowed to perform the corresponding operations on the protected PDF document.
• Improved Upgrade Mode
  Foxit Updater Preferences dialog box allows the user to configure the update settings. Foxit Reader supports the ability to check for updates automatically on a weekly or monthly basis.
• Improved Popup Note
  A popup note turns transparent when it is open but not selected. Users can also cut, copy or paste text in the new popup note.
• Enhanced Shortcut Keys Input
  Press F11 to enter or exit the full screen mode. Use keyboard shortcuts to fill PDF forms easily.
• Transferrable preferences Settings
  Foxit Reader creates an INI file to save user's preferences settings so that it can be easily kept and transferred. Users can keep their own settings and don't have to configure them when Foxit Reader is updated or moved.
• Many Bug Fixes
  

Download:

• Foxit Reader 3.0 [Windows Installer]
• Foxit Reader 3.0 [Windows ZIP-Version]

Links zum Thema:

• What's new in Version 3.0?

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Exciting New Features:

* Enables NVIDIA SLI technology on SLI-certified Intel X58-based motherboards with the following GPUs: GeForce GTX 280, GeForce GTX 260, GeForce 9800 GX2, GeForce 9800 GTX+, and GeForce 9800 GTX. Learn more here.
* Enables NVIDIA PhysX acceleration on a dedicated GeForce graphics card. Use one card for graphics and dedicate a different card for PhysX processing for game-changing physical effects. Learn more here. (Note: GPU PhysX is supported on all GeForce 8-series, 9-series and 200-series GPUs with a minimum of 256MB dedicated graphics memory. This driver package automatically installs PhysX System Software version 8.10.13).

Blazing Fast Performance:

* Boosts performance in numerous 3D applications. The following are some examples of improvements measured with Release 180 WHQL drivers vs. Release 178 WHQL drivers (results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings):
o Up to 10% performance increase in 3DMark Vantage (performance preset)
o Up to 13% performance increase in Assassin's Creed
o Up to 13% performance increase in BioShock
o Up to 15% performance increase in Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
o Up to 10% performance increase in Crysis Warhead
o Up to 25% performance increase in Devil May Cry 4
o Up to 38% performance increase in Far Cry 2
o Up to 18% performance increase in Race Driver: GRID
o Up to 80% performance increase in Lost Planet: Colonies
o Up to 18% performance increase in World of Conflict

And More:

* Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology* on DirectX 9 and OpenGL.
* Supports CUDA.
* Supports Folding@home distributing computing application. Download the high performance client for NVIDIA GPUs here and join the NVIDIA team: #131015.
* Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.
* Includes numerous 3D application compatibility fixes. Please read the release notes for more information on product support, features, driver fixes and known compatibility issues.
* Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.

*Note: The following SLI features are only supported on Windows Vista: Quad SLI technology using GeForce 9800 GX2, 3-way SLI technology, Hybrid SLI, and SLI multi-monitor support.

GeForce GTX 280
GeForce GTX 260
GeForce 9800 GX2
GeForce 9800 GTX+
GeForce 9800 GTX
GeForce 9800 GT
GeForce 9600 GT
GeForce 9600 GSO
GeForce 9500 GT
GeForce 9500 GS
GeForce 9400 GT
GeForce 9400
GeForce 9300
GeForce 9200
GeForce 8800 Ultra
GeForce 8800 GTX
GeForce 8800 GTS 512
GeForce 8800 GTS
GeForce 8800 GT
GeForce 8800 GS

• NVIDIA GeForce Grafiktreiber 180.48 WHQL Deutsch [Windows XP]
• NVIDIA GeForce Grafiktreiber 180.48 WHQL Deutsch [Windows XP x64]
• NVIDIA GeForce Grafiktreiber 180.48 WHQL Deutsch [Windows Vista 32-Bit]
• NVIDIA GeForce Grafiktreiber 180.48 WHQL Deutsch [Windows Vista 64-Bit]

Mit TrueCrypt 6.1 wurde eine neue Version veröffentlicht, die folgende Änderungen mit sich bringt:

October 31, 2008

New features:

* Ability to encrypt a non-system partition without losing existing data on the partition. (Windows Vista/2008)

Note: To encrypt a non-system partition in place, click 'Create Volume' > 'Encrypt a non-system partition' > 'Standard volume' > 'Select Device' > 'Encrypt partition in place' and then follow the instructions in the wizard. Please note that this is not supported on Windows XP/2000/2003 as these versions of Windows do not natively support shrinking of a filesystem (the filesystem needs to be shrunk to make space for the volume header and backup header).
* Support for security tokens and smart cards (for more information, see section Security Tokens and Smart Cards in chapter Keyfiles).
* The TrueCrypt boot loader can be prevented from displaying any texts (by selecting Settings > System Encryption and enabling the option 'Do not show any texts in the pre-boot authentication screen').
* The TrueCrypt boot loader can now display a custom message (select Settings > System Encryption and enter the message in the corresponding field) either without any other texts or along with the standard TrueCrypt boot loader texts.
* Pre-boot authentication passwords can now be cached in the driver memory, which allows them to be used for mounting of non-system TrueCrypt volumes (select Settings > System Encryption and enable the option 'Cache pre-boot authentication password').
* Linux and Mac OS X versions: The ability to mount a Windows system partition encrypted by TrueCrypt and to mount a partition located on a Windows system drive that is fully encrypted by a Windows version of TrueCrypt.


Improvements:

* Protection against memory corruption caused by certain inappropriately designed versions of some BIOSes, which prevented the pre-boot authentication component from working properly.
(Windows Vista/XP/2008/2003)
* During the process of creation of a hidden operating system, TrueCrypt now securely erases the entire content of the partition where the original system resides after the hidden system has been created. The user is then prompted to install a new system on the partition and encrypt it using TrueCrypt (thus the decoy system is created).

Note: Although we are not aware of any security issues (connected with decoy systems) affecting the previous versions of TrueCrypt, we have implemented this change to prevent any such undiscovered security issues (if there are any). Otherwise, in the future, a vulnerability might be discovered that could allow an attacker to find out that the TrueCrypt wizard was used in the hidden-system-creation mode (which might indicate the existence of a hidden operating system on the computer) e.g. by analyzing files, such as log files created by Windows, on the partition where the original system (of which the hidden system is a clone) resides. In addition, due to this change, it is no longer required that the paging file is disabled and hibernation prevented when creating a hidden operating system.
* Many other improvements. (Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux)

Bug fixes:

* Many minor bug fixes and security improvements. (Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux)

Download:

• TrueCrypt 6.1 [Windows]
• Truecrypt weitere Versionen

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Der norwegische Entwickler Opera Software hat eine neue Version 9.62 des gleichnamigen alternativen Webbrowsers veröffentlicht. Opera wird seit September 2005 kostenlos und frei von Werbung angeboten (wir berichteten). Die Neuerungen beschränken sich auf ein paar Sicherheitsupdates:

* Fixed an issue where History Search could be used to execute arbitrary code, as discovered by Aviv Raff; see our advisory
* The links panel no longer allows cross-site scripting; see our advisory

• Opera 9.62 International [Windows]
• Opera 9.62 International [Linux x64]
• Opera 9.62 International [Linux i386]
• Opera 9.62 - alle Versionen und Mirrors

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Pidgin unterstützt derzeit folgende Protokolle:

• AIM
• Bonjour
• Gadu-Gadu
• Google Talk
• Groupwise
• ICQ
• IRC
• MSN
• MySpaceIM
• QQ
• SILC
• SIMPLE
• Sametime
• XMPP
• Yahoo!
• Zephyr

Version 2.5.2 (10/19/2008)

• libpurple
  • Fixed a crash on removing a custom buddy icon on a buddy.
  • Fixed a crash caused by certain self-signed SSL certificates.
  • Enable a number of strong ciphers which were previously disabled when using NSS. (Thanks to Marcus Trautwig.)
• Pidgin
  • The status selector now saves your message when changing status.
  • Fix a case where a conversation window could close unexpectedly.
  • A mute sounds option has been added to the preferences window to help with discoverability. CTRL+S is no longer bound to mute.
  • Added ability to change the color of visited links (using the theme control plugin, or setting the color in ~/.gtkrc-2.0)
  • Fix a crash occuring when a custom smiley is deleted and re-added and used in an open conversation after being re-added.
• Finch
  • A new 'Nested Grouping' option in the 'Grouping' plugin. Group hierarchies are defined by the '/' character in the group names.
  • A bug was fixed where some key-bindings wouldn't work with some TERMs (e.g. xterm-color, screen-linux etc.)
• MSN
  • Operations (such as moving to a new group) on contacts that were added in the same session should now complete correctly, and not cause synchronization errors at next login.
  • Minor fixes to login process during a server transfer.
  • Restored the "Has You" feature to the MSN protocol tooltips.
  • ADL 205/214/etc errors should no longer prevent login.
• XMPP
  • Sending and receiving custom smileys using the specification in XEP-0231 (bits of binary) and XHTML-IM
• Yahoo
  • Only send a Ping once every hour. This prevents the account from being disconnected from the server periodically.

Download:

• Pidgin 2.5.2 - Windows (12,5 MB)
• Pidgin 2.5.2 (Linux & Source)

• Release Notes und Changelog

Vielen Dank an Txxxxs für den Hinweis.

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Seit dem Hyperion Pro 5.12A beinhaltet das Treiberpaket den neuen IDE Falcon Storage Treiber, der zuvor als "VIA IDE Accelerator Driver" bekannt war und nun mit dem früher einzeln erhältlichen "VIA PATA/SATA IDE Driver Package" verschmolzen wurde.

Version 5.21A of the Hyperion Pro drivers includes the following components:

• INF V3.00A
• AGP V4.60A
• V-RAID V5.80A and RAID Tools v5.81
• VIA IDE Falcon Storage Device driver v2.60A

Supported Operating Systems:

• Windows Vista 32-Bit
• Windows Vista 64-Bit
• Windows XP
• Windows XP 64-Bit
• Windows Server 2003 x64
• Windows 2000
• Windows NT
• Windows ME
• Windows 98SE
• Windows 98

VIA Hyperion Pro drivers are suitable for ANY VIA chipset - but they are particularly recommended for KT4## series, P4X4## series and newer, for example:
K7 chipsets: KT400, KT400A, KT600, KT880, KM400, KN400
K8 chipsets: K8T800, K8T800Pro, K8M800, K8M890, K8N800, K8N890, K8T890, K8T890Pro, K8T900
P4 chipsets: P4X400, P4X400A, PT800, PT880, PM800, PN800, PM880, PN880, PT880Pro, PT894, P4M800/Pro/CE, P4M900, PT890
C Series Chipsets: CN700, CN400, CLE266, CX700,CX700M, CX700M2, CN800, CN896
V Series Chipsets: VN800, VN896, VX700, VX800

Download:

VIA Hyperion Pro Version 5.21A

• Installation Guide

Dank an Sefegiru für den Hinweis.

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New Features

This release of Catalyst™ Linux introduces product support for the following new operating systems:

* Red Flag DT6SP1 production support
* OpenSUSE 11 production support
Red Flag DT6SP1 support

This release of Catalyst™ Linux introduces support for the following operating system:

· Red Flag Desktop 6 service pack 1
OpenSUSE 11 support

This release of Catalyst™ Linux introduces support for the following operating system:

· OpenSUSE 11

• ATI Catalyst 8.9 Proprietary Linux x86 Display Driver
• ATI Catalyst 8.9 Proprietary Linux x86_64 Display Driver

• Release Notes
• ATI CATALYST 8.9 Grafiktreiber für Windows

Heise online hat das Problem von Threads, die sich per Timestamp-Counter synchronisieren und dabei aus dem Takt geraten, unter dem Titel "Zeitmissmanagement" erklärt.

Die Beschreibung von AMD:

"The AMD Dual-Core Optimizer can help improve some PC gaming video performance by compensating for those applications that bypass the Windows API for timing by directly using the RDTSC (Read Time Stamp Counter) instruction. Applications that rely on RDTSC do not benefit from the logic in the operating system to properly account for the affect of power management mechanisms on the rate at which a processor core's Time Stamp Counter (TSC) is incremented. The AMD Dual-Core Optimizer helps to correct the resulting video performance effects or other incorrect timing effects that these applications may experience on dual-core or multiple processor systems."

Aus den Release Notes:

Version 1.1.4
* Fixed installation issue on Windows Vista.

Version 1.1.3
* Updated AMD Dual-Core Optimizer for compatibility with AMD Family 10h and AMD Family 11h processors.

Version 1.1.2
* AMD Dual-Core Optimizer installation no longer requires system reboot. (Clean installs only, upgrades from 1.1.1 still requires reboot.)

Download: AMD Dual-Core Optimizer 1.1.4

Update:

Der Optimizer ist wohl nur für Windows XP mit Service Pack 1 und ohne aktuelle Patches empfehlenswert. Mehr dazu in diesem Posting.

Dank an foenfrisur für den Hinweis.

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Version 4.2.1.919 - 2008-08-23 22:54:26

+ Added Bahasa Melayu translation
+ Added eject option for burning audio discs
+ Localised installer
* Command line version accepts drive letters as well
* Removed ISO creating dialog (too complex appearance and not necessary)
! Corrected error handling for copying data discs a bit
! Fixed "remove" context menu item being disabled when multiple files are selected
! Hopefully fixed a rare EntryPointNotFoundException on Vista
! Fixed an InvalidOperationException in the disc info dialog
! Fixed a NullReferenceException when converting BIN to ISO
! Small file sizes were not displayed
! Disc-at-once burning is changed to track-at-once when burning a second audio disc
! Fixed (or rather, added a workaround) for VBR MP3 files
! Fixed burning OGG Vorbis files
! Fixed an ArgumentOutOfRangeException when trying to show invalid Win32 file dates (.NET bug)
! Fixed an ArgumentOutOfRangeException in the audio player
! Fixed IOExceptions caused by insufficient disk space

Das Programm setzt die Installation des .NET Frameworks Version 2.0 oder höher voraus.

Download:

• CDBurnerXP 4.2.1.919 (Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista)
• CDBurnerXP 4.2.1.919 (Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista) - BitTorrent

Links zum Thema

• Kompatible Laufwerke
• Detaillierte Funktionsliste
• Online-Hilfe


• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 x86
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 x64

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Changes since Opera 9.51

User Interface

• Added several improvements to the icons and skin
• Added a bookmark path to autocompleted bookmarks in the address bar to better distinguish them from visited pages
• Added a Help button to "Engine Init() Failed" error message on start-up to inform users about a problem

Mail, News, Chat

• Fixed an issue where "Mark all as read" in Opera Mail would also mark as read some mails not visible in the current view
• Fixed the creation of the POP AOL/aim.com account
• Fixed a problem with POP accounts where message bodies were not downloaded
• Added work-arounds for problems with various POP servers
• Fixed mail appearance when Opera is installed in a folder with a "#" character in its name
• Fixed a problem that could occur when opening mail notification popups on a secondary monitor
• Fixed a problem connecting to online.no
• Note: Users experiencing problems with online.no should change their incoming server to use Plaintext authentication
• Fixed a problem updating signature when switching accounts
• Fixed a problem where UI would not update after unsubscribing an IMAP folder
• Fixed an issue where IRC would disconnect users without informing them

Display and Scripting

• Fixed an issue with history navigation: an iframe with document.write is not added to history anymore
• window.close() now functions after invoking a context menu - now also works in widgets
• Fixed a URL encoding issue: javascript: URLs
• Fixed an issue with lists not displaying correctly when text is rendering in RTL
• Fixed a problem where content blocker adds a generalized block rule when using the Details button

Security

• Fixed a startup crash that could allow execution of arbitrary code: see our advisory
• Sites can no longer change framed content on other sites: see our advisory
• Fixed an issue that could allow cross-site scripting, as reported by Chris Weber of Casaba Security: details will be disclosed at a later date
• Custom shortcuts no longer pass the wrong parameters to applications, as reported by Michael A. Puls II: see our advisory
• Prevented insecure pages from showing incorrect security information, as reported by Lars Kleinschmidt: see our advisory
• Feed links can no longer link to local files: see our advisory
• Feed subscription can no longer cause the wrong page address to be displayed: see our advisory

Miscellaneous

• Fixed a problem where Gmail would not load
• Fixed the opening of files in external applications when disk cache is off
• Fixed an issue with low quality on YouTube video previews
• Embedded YouTube videos should work more often now without having to reload
• Fixed RealPlayer on BBC
• Fixed a small memory leak in the BitTorrent code
• Fixed some translation errors

Windows-specific changes

• Returned the Windows shell menu to the Transfer context menu
• Fixed the opening of PDF files in Acrobat Reader plug-in when the folder contains special characters
• Added a "Close Tab" entry to the File menu

Download:

• Opera 9.52 [Windows]
• Opera 9.52 [Linux]
• Opera 9.52 [Mac OS X]

Links zum Thema:

• Opera 9.52 - Changelog
• Opera 9 Screenshots
• Opera 9 Features

Vielen Dank an Terminatrix und KIDH für den Hinweis!

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New Features

This release of ATI Catalyst™ Linux introduces product support for the following new operating systems:

* CrossFireX support
* Adaptive Anti-Aliasing support
* Support for new Linux operating systems
* ATI OverDrive™ Support for Linux
* ATI MultiView™
* Auto Detection and installation of distribution packaging

CrossFireX support

This release of ATI Catalyst™ Linux introduces support for CrossFireX configurations using the ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series on systems running the Linux operating system.

Adaptive Anti-Aliasing support

This release of ATI Catalyst™ Linux introduces Adaptive Anti-Aliasing support for the ATI Radeon HD 4800, ATI Radeon HD 3000 Series, ATI Radeon HD 2000 Series, and ATI Radeon X1000 Series of products installed on systems running the Linux operating system. Adaptive Anti-Aliasing substantially improves image quality by anti-aliasing transparent textures. This option is available in the Catalyst Control Center Linux Edition.
Support for new Linux operating systems

This release of ATI Catalyst™ Linux introduces support for the following new operating systems:

* RHEL 5.2 production support
* RHEL 4.7 early look

ATI OverDrive™ Support for Linux

ATI OverDrive™ maximizes the performance of the graphic processing unit (GPU) on your graphics card. This provides the ability to improve the performance of your GPU, especially if you are using a custom cooling solution.

Caution: Using ATI Overdrive™ to increase the graphics processor or memory clocks above normal limits may result in graphics corruption, data loss or system hangs. If ATI Overdrive™ detects unsafe conditions, it will automatically reduce the clocks. However, ATI cannot guarantee results, and will not be responsible for data loss or other problems that may occur as a result of using ATI Overdrive™.

ATI OverDrive™ on AMD Linux driver is a command line GPU overclocking tool for supported graphics adapters. It allows the users to:

* Enable or disable ATI OverDrive™
* Get GPU and memory clock range
* Manually set clocks within the available range. Note that there
* Test clocks with a stress utility
* Obtain GPU temperature

Graphics cards supported include:

* ATI Radeon™ HD 4870 X2
* ATI Radeon™ HD 4800
* ATI Radeon™ HD 4670
* ATI Radeon™ HD 4850
* ATI Radeon™ HD 4550
* ATI Radeon™ HD 3870
* ATI Radeon™ HD 3850
* ATI Radeon™ HD 3830
* ATI Radeon™ HD 3690
* ATI Radeon™ HD 3600
* ATI Radeon™ HD 3470
* ATI Radeon™ HD 3450
* ATI Radeon™ HD 3430
* ATI Radeon™ HD 2600

Note: The ATI Radeon™ HD 2900, ATI Radeon™ HD 3870 X2, and ATI Radeon™ HD 3850 X2 series of products, along with Workstation, and FireStream™ products are currently not supported.

Note: Mobile GPU OverDrive™ support is individual for each vendor, i.e. the same mobile GPU may have or may have not Overdrive 5 support. Please contact your vendor for more information.

More details on how to use ATI OverDrive™ can be found in the aticonfig help file.

ATI MultiView™

ATI MultiView™ provides the ability to utilize GPUs from multiple adapters on an independent multi-display desktop. It allows a user to configure, manage and use a Multiview configuration under Linux and allows OpenGL applications run on any displays driven by multiple GPUs. ATI MultiView™ provides:

* Multi-GPU configuration support
* Up to 4 displays support
* Enhanced display configuration and selection through the Catalyst Control Center Linux Edition
* Administrator shortcut which provides access to configuration options that require root privileges. Root privileges are required for multi-screen configurations, including enabling and disabling certain multi-screen configurations and screen placement.
* ATI MultiView™ only works on systems with two identical FireGL™ products which include:

o ATI FireGL™ V7700
o ATI FireGL™ V7400
o ATI FireGL™ V5600
o ATI FireGL™ V5200
o ATI FireGL™ V3700
o ATI FireGL™ V3600
o ATI FireGL™ V3400
o ATI FireGL™ V3350
o ATI FireGL™ V3300

* ATI MultiView™ does not operate with Compiz environments
* ATI MultiView™ (released in 8.52/8.53) does not operate with Xinerama enabled

Auto Detection and installation of distribution packaging

With version 2.0 of the AMD Graphics Driver distribution packaging Application Programming Interface (API), each Linux distribution will have the option of updating their packaging scripts to provide auto detection and installation of the AMD graphics driver.

Version 2.0 of the API installation option will automatically generate and install a distribution-specific package using the distribution's package management system, it automatically check for build and install dependencies when generating and installing distribution-specific packages.

Note: This is achieved in supported distributions by using the following command: aticonfig --buildandinstallpkg

Version 2.0 enhancements include the following:

* Automatic OS detection. Users will be able to generate and install distribution-specific packages without having to provide system-specific information
* Dryrun option. Users will have the ability to request a test run of the installer to ensure that all dependencies are met

Tip: Dryrun can be added after either --buildpkg or --buildandinstallpkg to simulate those actions.

Currently only RedHat, Slackware and Ubuntu support these enhanced options. As more distribution packaging scripts implement the AMD Graphics Driver distribution packaging API version 2.0 this list will grow.

Bei Phoronix gibt es bereits Artikel zu einigen dieser neuen Features:

• ATI Radeon CrossFire On Linux
• AMD OverDrive On Linux
• AMD Catalyst 8.8 Linux Driver

Download:

• ATI Catalyst 8.8 Proprietary Linux x86 Display Driver
• ATI Catalyst 8.8 Proprietary Linux x86_64 Display Driver

-> Kommentare

Seit dem Hyperion Pro 5.12A beinhaltet das Treiberpaket den neuen IDE Falcon Storage Treiber, der zuvor als "VIA IDE Accelerator Driver" bekannt war und nun mit dem früher einzeln erhältlichen "VIA PATA/SATA IDE Driver Package" verschmolzen wurde.

Version 5.20A of the Hyperion Pro drivers includes the following components:

• INF V3.00A
• AGP V4.60A
• V-RAID V5.80A and RAID Tools v5.81
• VIA IDE Falcon Storage Device driver v2.60A

Supported Operating Systems:

• Windows Vista 32-Bit
• Windows Vista 64-Bit
• Windows XP
• Windows XP 64-Bit
• Windows Server 2003 x64
• Windows 2000
• Windows NT
• Windows ME
• Windows 98SE
• Windows 98

VIA Hyperion Pro drivers are suitable for ANY VIA chipset - but they are particularly recommended for KT4## series, P4X4## series and newer, for example:
K7 chipsets: KT400, KT400A, KT600, KT880, KM400, KN400
K8 chipsets: K8T800, K8T800Pro, K8M800, K8M890, K8N800, K8N890, K8T890, K8T890Pro, K8T900
P4 chipsets: P4X400, P4X400A, PT800, PT880, PM800, PN800, PM880, PN880, PT880Pro, PT894, P4M800/Pro/CE, P4M900, PT890
C Series Chipsets: CN700, CN400, CLE266, CX700,CX700M, CX700M2, CN800, CN896
V Series Chipsets: VN800, VN896, VX700, VX800

Download:

• VIA Hyperion Pro Version 5.20A

Links zum Thema:

• Installation Guide

Vielen Dank an KIDH und Gerby19 für den Hinweis!

-> Kommentare

Version 4.1.2.789 - 2008-07-27 18:54:40

! Fixed an InvalidOperationException
! Fixed an argument exception happening with certain visual themes

Version 4.1.2.787 - 2008-07-27 17:35:25

+ Added Bulgarian translation
* Improved renaming in the data layout list view
! Fixed a NullReferenceException when checking the disc without selected device
! Fixed a meaningless Win32Exception when clicking links
! Fixed an IOException in the Video-DVD dialog
! Fixed incorrect burning speeds for copying
! Fixed an ArgumentNullException in the cover printing dialog
! Fixed audio copy dialog not being reset properly
! Fixed copy and paste when renaming in the folder tree view
! Fixed a NullReferenceException when closing the data compilation
! Fixed a problem with incomplete audio tracks on the burned disc

Das Programm setzt die Installation des .NET Frameworks Version 2.0 oder höher voraus.

Download:

• CDBurnerXP 4.1.2.789 (Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista)
• CDBurnerXP 4.1.2.789 (Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista) - BitTorrent

Links zum Thema

• Kompatible Laufwerke
• Detaillierte Funktionsliste
• Online-Hilfe


• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 x86
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 x64

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New Features

This release of ATI Catalyst™ Linux introduces product support for the following new operating systems:

• Ubuntu 8.04 production support
• SLED 10 sp2 production support

This release of ATI Catalyst™ Linux also introduces early look support for the following new operating systems:

• Open Suse 11
• Redflag DT 7.0

Resolved Issues

The following section provide a brief description of resolved issues with the latest version of the ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite. These include:

• The display no longer fails to display an image after the installation of the Linux graphics driver. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35929
• Corruption is no longer noticed when switching from the laptop's display to the external CRT display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35953
• SECAM, NTSC or PAL signal changes when using aticonfig or Catalyst Control Center and now gets applied to the TV display output. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34297
• An X segmentation fault no longer occurs when launching SUZI/textured video. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35214
• Ubuntu 7.04: aticonfig --enable-monitor no longer results in X restarting. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35957
• Creating two successive connections no longer results in direct GL context to fail. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35215

Known Issues

The following section provides a brief description of known issues associated with the latest version of ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite. These issues include:

• DiscoveryStudio1.7: The print preview and save as functions may fail to work properly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35219
• Quake 3 Arena (demo): Segmentation faults may occur when attempting to play the game. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34302
• Desktop corruption may be noticed when dragging the overlay/video when using dual-display mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29578
• Bandwidth corruption may be noticed when setting the desktop resolution to 2048x1536 on systems containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 3200 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33499
• Connecting a CRT display device to a system containing an ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X1600 product may result in the display device flashing multiple Verdana or failing to display an image when attempting to launch the Catalyst Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34300
• Setting the Overscan to an invalid value may result in segmentation faults. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35211
• An incorrect error message may be returned when applying an unsupported TV geometry in a console terminal. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35212
• An X segmentation fault may occur when launching SUZI/textured video. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35214
• The X Server may fail to reset clearly when AIGLX is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35217
• XServer may fail when playing media files with XVideo enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35968
• Setting the Overscan to an invalid value may result in segmentation faults. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35211
• Running Xtest may result in the operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35927
• Softimage XSI Ariane x64: A segmentation fault may occur when loading the application. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35963

Download:

• ATI Catalyst 8.7 Proprietary Linux x86 Display Driver
• ATI Catalyst 8.7 Proprietary Linux x86_64 Display Driver

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Version 4.1.2.694 - 2008-07-09 18:35:37

* Hidden files are now shown or hidden according to the system settings
! Fixed NullReferenceException when adding cda files from hard disk
! Fixed NullReferenceException when playing tracks
! Fixed a NotSupportedException
! Fixed ArgumentNullExceptions and ArgumentExceptions
! Fixed an InvalidOperationException
! Fixed an OverflowException

Das Programm setzt die Installation des .NET Frameworks Version 2.0 oder höher voraus.

Download:

• CDBurnerXP 4.1.2.694 (Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista)
• CDBurnerXP 4.1.2.694 (Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista) - BitTorrent

• Kompatible Laufwerke
• Detaillierte Funktionsliste
• Online-Hilfe


• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 x86
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 x64

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Winamp 5.54 (Latest)

• New: Chinese, Japanese & Korean installer translations and language packs
• New: [in_swf] Adobe Shockwave Flash (SWF, RTMP) playback support
• New: [gen_dropbox] Winamp DropBox alpha (use: Ctrl-Shift-D)
• New: [Online Services] AOL Radio featuring CBS Radio (requires in_flv)
• Improved: Background reading option for playlist metadata
• Improved: Classic songticker scrolling for Winamp Modern skin pledit winshade
• Improved: Vista elevation (fixes: installing skins, filetype reg, Pro reg)
• Improved: Zero padding option for playlist item numbers
• Improved: [in_flv] Better streaming support and other improvements
• Improved: [in_mp3] Added APEv2 tag options to configuration
• Improved: [in_mp3] Optional retention of existing APEv2 headers
• Improved: [ml_disc] Artwork support for Data CD Reader
• Improved: [ml_disc] Better detection of any copy operations in progress
• Improved: [ml_disc] Improved start times if ml_disc view is active
• Improved: [ml_local] Redesigned 'Show Info' panel
• Improved: [ml_nowplaying] Redesigned 'Now Playing' artist experience
• Improved: [ml_playlists] Right-click option to sort list of playlists alphabetically
• Improved: [pmp_usb] Connect/Disconnect/Blacklist config options
• Fixed: Alt+F4 closing Winamp instead of individual dialogs
• Fixed: Bento browser redirecting network drive url's to Winamp Search
• Fixed: Blank playlist when in docked toolbar mode and Winamp is minimized
• Fixed: Modern skin component windows appearing individually in Alt+Tab
• Fixed: Multi-flashing on startup when previously closed whilst minimized to systray
• Fixed: Pure Virtual Function Call runtime crash errors
• Fixed: Redraw issue when built-in classic vis is disabled
• Fixed: Various multi-monitor docking issues
• Fixed: Various other 5.53-specific keyboard accelerator issues
• Fixed: [Bento] Drag+Drop into Playlist from Open Files dialog
• Fixed: [burnlib] 'CD Drive locked by another Winamp process' on 2nd burn attempt
• Fixed: [burnlib] 'Burner releasing failed' error
• Fixed: [dsp_sps] Crash on close when config Help dialog is still open
• Fixed: [enc_flac] MD5 checksum generation
• Fixed: [gen_ff] Attached vis plugin crash on winshade to normal mode in Modern skin
• Fixed: [gen_hotkeys] Assigning Winkey with already used Ctrl combinations
• Fixed: [gen_ml] Enter/Shift+Enter broken for ML treeview items (5.53-specific)
• Fixed: [in_cdda] Composer/Conductor logic bug when saving CDDB data to database
• Fixed: [in_flac] Minor metadata writing bugs
• Fixed: [in_midi] Seeking with 'DM/MS Synth' device in Streamed playback mode
• Fixed: [in_mp3] Crash on files with invalid/corrupt gapless data
• Fixed: [in_mp3] Create new ID3v1/v2 tags configuration setting
• Fixed: [in_vorbis] Huge lag on files with large embedded cover art
• Fixed: [in_vorbis] Metadata & Format Info display for streams in View File Info
• Fixed: [in_vorbis] Potential unicode-related crash on open/close issue
• Fixed: [jpeg.w5s] Saving corrupt album art
• Fixed: [ml_autotag] Results dialog hidden under Winamp when AOT is enabled
• Fixed: [ml_disc] Small resource leak
• Fixed: [ml_playlists] Enter/Shift+Enter broken for selected ML Playlist items
• Fixed: [ml_playlists / ml_transcode] Sending playlists from ML tree to Transcoder
• Fixed: [ml_wire] 404/timeout with valid rss feeds on Vista
• Misc: Miscellaneous localization tweaks, fixes & updates
• Misc: More miscellaneous general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
• Misc: Setup fixes (Agent not always starting, WLZ filetype not registering, etc)
• Misc: Various other 'Winamp Modern' & 'Bento' skin updates
• Misc: [enc_flac] Now encodes using libFLAC instead of Flake
• Updated: Bento skin v1.2
• Updated: freetype 2.3.7
• Updated: libpng 1.2.28
• Updated: [enc_lame] LAME 3.98

Mit Winamp 5.5 wurde der Support für Windows 9x/ME Betriebssysteme eingestellt. Als Mindestvoraussetzung für die Nutzung von Winamp bedarf es Windows 2000 oder eines neueren Microsoft Betriebssystems. Zu Windows Vista machen die Entwickler folgende Anmerkungen.

Is Windows Vista supported?

Yes, but there are currently a few known issues that the development team are working on. DirectSound hardware acceleration no longer exists on Vista (resulting in broken support for 5.1/7.1 speakers); Skinned scrollbars may not be displayed correctly; Video playback may be a bit flaky (most likely related to old/buggy video drivers or directshow codecs) or doesn't work at all with Aero enabled; and DWM/Flip3D displays the built-in Classic skin for all Modern skins. We hope to resolve most if not all of these issues in forthcoming Winamp releases.

Download:

• Winamp 5.54 Full [Windows 2000/XP/Vista] (12,8 MB)
• Winamp 5.54 Pro [Windows 2000/XP/Vista] (12,8 MB)
• Winamp 5.54 lite [Windows 2000/XP/Vista] (7,0 MB)

Links zum Thema:

• Winamp Versions History

Vielen Dank DIRTY4488 und KIDH für den Hinweis!

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