Nichtdestoweniger geht die Entwicklung an WinRAR weiter. Soeben wurde die Version 4.0 Beta 3 des Packers veröffentlicht, die - für eine Beta-Version üblich - zahlreiche Bugs behebt. Grundsätzlich soll die Version 4 gegenüber den bisherigen Final-Versionen unter anderem um bis zu 30 Prozent schneller entpacken können. Hier die komplette Fixliste seit der letzten Final:

Version 4.00 beta 3

1. Now switch -ep3 converts not only disk letters, but also UNC paths. So \\server\share will be converted to __server\share when archiving and restored to the original \\server\share when extracting with -ep3.

2. Bugs fixed:
a) previous beta could fail to unpack self-extracting and multivolume CAB archives;
b) "Create a new folder" command always created new folders in the root archive folder;
c) "Remove redundant folders from extraction path" option did not work;
d) previous beta crashed when displaying archive comments with ANSI escape sequences;
e) switches -cl and -cu did not work.

Version 4.00 beta 2

1. "Reenter password for verification" field is not displayed in password dialog when extracting or opening an encrypted archive. It is present only when archiving and only if "Show password" option is off.

2. If you enabled "Use for all archives" option when entering the default password (Ctrl+P) and specified the empty password, extract and test commands will skip all encrypted archives.

3. If you prefer to use "Install" button instead of "Extract" in SFX module, but do not need any setup programs, you can add "Setup=<>" command to archive comment or enter "<>" as setup name in "Advanced SFX options" dialog.

We changed it to "Setup=<>" instead of "Setup" as in the first beta, because presence of specific parameter allows to enable this mode also through "Advanced SFX options" dialog, by entering "<>" as setup name.

4. Bugs fixed:
a) extraction operation activated from Explorer context menu could fail if several archives were selected and processed at once;
b) WinRAR window title did not contain the current disk name, when browsing the root disk folder;
c) items related to extraction were not present in Explorer context menu for 7-Zip self-extracting archives;
d) sorting by "Type" in WinRAR shell did not work inside of archives.

Version 4.00 beta 1

1. RAR decompression speed is improved. Depending on data type, decompression can be up to 30% faster than in previous versions. Both the general RAR algorithm and most of special RAR multimedia methods benefit from this improvement. The only module of RAR algorithm, which is not affected, is "Text compression" method.

2. Changes in ISO support:
a) UDF support is upgraded to UDF 2.50 revision. It makes possible to unpack most of Blue-ray ISO files;
b) when browsing UDF ISO file, UDF revision number is displayed after the "UDF" format name in WinRAR address bar and in archive information dialog;
c) WinRAR sets the folder modification date when unpacking folders stored in UDF and ISO9660 files.

3. Changes in password dialog:
a) WinRAR uses the same format of password dialog both when archiving and extracting, so "Show password" option is available also when extracting;
b) "Organize passwords..." button in password dialog provides access to password organizer interface, where you can specify your frequently used passwords. You will be able to access these saved passwords using the drop down list or autocomplete feature in password dialog. It is important to know that saved passwords are not encrypted and anybody having access to your computer can view them. Use "Organize passwords" feature only if your computer is protected from unauthorized access;
c) "Use for all archives" option is available in password dialog when unpacking several archives at once. You can utilize it to apply an entered password to all archives. If you use this option with an empty password, WinRAR will skip all encrypted archives.

4. In Windows 7 WinRAR will display the total operation progress also on WinRAR icon on Windows taskbar. You can disable it using "Taskbar progress bar" option on "General" page of WinRAR settings.

5. Numerous Unicode support improvements allow to process non-English file names more smoothly. These improvements include:
a) better Unicode handling in WinRAR in "Rename", "Convert", "Find" and other commands, in folder tree panel, in password request dialog and in many other parts of WinRAR interface;
b) correctly displayed Unicode names in WinRAR items in Explorer context menus;
c) Unicode support in .lng files, making WinRAR localization possible for Unicode only languages.

6. Changes in -x switch syntax. Now you can specify a wildcard exclusion mask for folders. Such mask must have the trailing '\' character, like -x*tmp*\ or -x*\temp\

7. New "Extract relative paths" option in "Advanced" part of extraction dialog. If you browse some archive subfolder in WinRAR shell and enable "Extract relative paths" option, the path part up to and including the current subfolder will be removed from extracted file paths. For example, if you are inside of "Backup\MyData" archive folder and extract "Images" folder, it will be extracted as "Images", not as "Backup\MyData\Images". This option is the new default extraction mode, but you can change the default back to WinRAR 3.x style. Just select "Extract full paths" and then press "Save settings" in "General" part of extraction dialog.

8. Windows 98, Windows Me and Windows NT are not supported by WinRAR and WinRAR self-extracting modules anymore. Minimum Windows version required for WinRAR 4.0 is Windows 2000. If you need to run WinRAR on older Windows, you can download previous WinRAR versions from [url]ftp://ftp.rarlab.com/rar[/url]

9. If TAR, TAR.GZ or TAR.BZ2 archive contains symbolic or hard links and if destination file system is NTFS, WinRAR will create these links when unpacking such archive. WinRAR will create symbolic links as symbolic and hard links as hard in Windows Vista and newer and it will create all links as hard in older Windows. If destination file system is FAT32 or any other not supporting file links, WinRAR will skip links when unpacking TAR, TAR.GZ and TAR.BZ2 archives.

10. Recovery volume processing involves less disk seek operations resulting in higher performance.

11. You can select Windows 7 library in tree panel in extraction dialog and WinRAR will use its default save location as the destination path.

12. "Report" command allows to select HTML, Unicode text and usual text as output format for report file. Unlike previous WinRAR versions, now WinRAR preservers Unicode characters in reports when using HTML or Unicode text format. So non-English characters in file names will be displayed properly in such reports.

13. Message list in GUI SFX archives displays only operation status and error messages. It does not contain names of all extracted files anymore. This change improves the speed and reduces memory requirements for SFX archives containing a large number of files. Also it makes easier to locate error messages, because they are not hidden among extracted file names.

14. GUI SFX archives display "Extract" button instead of "Install" if no "Setup" or "Presetup" commands are present in the archive comment. If you prefer "Install" button, but do not need to execute any setup programs, you can add "Setup" command without any parameters.

15. WinRAR displays the current percent above the operation progress bar when repairing an archive containing the recovery record and when processing recovery volumes.

16. WinRAR limits the maximum possible volume size to 4 GB minus 1 byte when creating RAR volumes on a disk with FAT or FAT32 file system in volume size autodetecting mode. These file systems do not support 4 GB and larger files.

17. If "Wait if other WinRAR copies are active" option is enabled and WinRAR waits for another copy, you can press "Continue" button in command progress window to force WinRAR to stop waiting. So now "Continue" button allows to override the state of "Wait if other WinRAR copies are active" option for current operation.

18. WinRAR displays one password request instead of two, when saving an encrypted file back to RAR or ZIP archive after modifying it in some external editor. Previous WinRAR versions usually requested the password twice, both when extracting the original file and archiving its modified copy. Only RAR archives with encrypted file names were processed with the single password prompt.

19. New error code 10 ("no files") is added to list of error codes returned in command line mode by RAR and WinRAR. This new code can be returned by archive, extract, delete and repair commands. It means that RAR did not find any files matched the specified file or archive mask.

20. File name area in file overwrite dialog occupies several lines now. It makes possible to display much longer names.

21. Bugs fixed:
a) renaming a file in archive could also rename all other files with the same name in other folders of the same archive;
b) previous versions displayed the wrong total packed size in "Info" command for multivolume CAB archives;
c) in ZIP archives 'U' (update) and 'F' (fresh) commands could erroneously update even files not specified in the command line. It happened only for files in current folder which names matched files in ZIP archive. This bug was not present in usual 'A' (add) archiving mode.

• WinRAR 4.0 Beta 3 Deutsch [Windows 32-Bit]
• WinRAR 4.0 Beta 3 Deutsch [Windows 64-Bit]

Die Open Source Edition der Software kann, wie der Name vermuten lässt, als Source heruntergeladen werden, sie enthält allerdings nicht alle Funktionen der Closed Source Variante. Genaueres kann man auf der Projekt-Seite nachlesen.

VirtualBox ist für Windows, Mac OS X, Linux und Solaris verfügbar. Zu den unterstützten Gastsystemen zählen neben Windows, Mac OS X, Linux und Solaris auch OS/2, DOS und einige BSD-Derivate.

Changelog:

• VirtualBox 4.0.0 (released 2010-12-22)

  This version is a major update. The following major new features were added:

  
  
  • Reorganization of VirtualBox into a base package and Extension Packs; see chapter 1.5, Installing VirtualBox and extension packs, see the manual for more information
  • New settings/disk file layout for VM portability; see chapter 10.1, Where VirtualBox stores its files, see the manual for more information
  • Major rework of the GUI (now called “VirtualBox Manager”):
    • Redesigned user interface with guest window preview (also for screenshots)
    • New “scale” display mode with scaled guest display; see chapter 1.8.5, Resizing the machine’s window, see the manual for more information
    • Support for creating and starting .vbox desktop shortcuts (bug #1889)
    • The VM list is now sortable
    • Machines can now be deleted easily without a trace including snapshots and saved states, and optionally including attached disk images (bug #5511; also, VBoxManage unregistervm --delete can do the same now)
    • Built-in creation of desktop file shortcuts to start VMs on double click (bug #2322)
  • VMM: support more than 1.5/2 GB guest RAM on 32-bit hosts
  • New virtual hardware:
    • Intel ICH9 chipset with three PCI buses, PCI Express and Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI); see chapter 3.4.1, “Motherboard” tab, see the manual for more information
    • Intel HD Audio, for better support of modern guest operating systems (e.g. 64-bit Windows; bug #2785)
  • Improvements to OVF support (see chapter 1.12, Importing and exporting virtual machines, see the manual for more information):
    • Open Virtualization Format Archive (OVA) support
    • Significant performance improvements during export and import
    • Creation of the manifest file on export is optional now
    • Imported disks can have formats other than VMDK
  • Resource control: added support for limiting a VM’s CPU time and IO bandwidth; see chapter 5.8, Limiting bandwidth for disk images, see the manual for more information
  • Storage: support asynchronous I/O for iSCSI, VMDK, VHD and Parallels images
  • Storage: support for resizing VDI and VHD images; see chapter 8.21, VBoxManage modifyhd, see the manual for more information.
  • Guest Additions: support for multiple virtual screens in Linux and Solaris guests using X.Org server 1.3 and later
  • Language bindings: uniform Java bindings for both local (COM/XPCOM) and remote (SOAP) invocation APIs
  
  In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:
  
  
  • VMM: Enable large page support by default on 64-bit hosts (applies to nested paging only)
  • VMM: fixed guru meditation when running Minix (VT-x only; bug #6557)
  • VMM: fixed crash under certain circumstances (Linux hosts only, non VT-x/AMD-V mode only; bugs #4529 and #7819)
  • GUI: add configuration dialog for port forwarding in NAT mode (bug #1657)
  • GUI: show the guest window content on save and restore
  • GUI: certain GUI warnings don’t stop the VM output anymore
  • GUI: fixed black fullscreen minitoolbar on KDE4 hosts (Linux hosts only; bug #5449)
  • BIOS: implemented multi-sector reading to speed up booting of certain guests (e.g. Solaris)
  • Bridged networking: improved throughput by filtering out outgoing packets intended for the host before they reach the physical network (Linux hosts only; bug #7792)
  • 3D support: allow use of CR_SYSTEM_GL_PATH again (bug #6864)
  • 3D support: fixed various clipping/visibility issues (bugs #5659, #5794, #5848, #6018, #6187, #6570)
  • 3D support: guest application stack corruption when using glGetVertexAttrib[ifd]v (bug #7395)
  • 3D support: fixed OpenGL support for libMesa 7.9
  • 3D support: fixed Unity/Compiz crashes on natty
  • 2D Video acceleration: multimonitor support
  • VRDP: fixed rare crash in multimonitor configuration
  • VRDP: support for upstream audio
  • Display: fixed occasional guest resize crash
  • NAT: port forwarding rules can be applied at runtime
  • SATA: allow to attach CD/DVD-ROM drives including passthrough (bug #7058)
  • Floppy: support readonly image files, taking this as the criteria for making the medium readonly (bug #5651)
  • Audio: fixed memory corruption during playback under rare circumstances
  • Audio: the DirectSound backend now allows VMs to be audible when another DirectSound application is active, including another VM (bug #5578)
  • EFI: support for SATA disks and CDROMs
  • BIOS: reduce the stack usage of the VESA BIOS function #4F01 (Quake fix)
  • OVF/OVA: fixed export of VMs with iSCSI disks
  • Storage: Apple DMG image support for the virtual CD/DVD (bug #6760)
  • Linux host USB support: introduced a less invasive way of accessing raw USB devices (bugs #1093, #5345, #7759)
  • Linux hosts: support recent Linux kernels with CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX set
  • Guest Additions: Shared Folders now can be marked as being auto-mounted on Windows, Linux and Solaris guests
  • Linux Additions: Shared Folders now support symbolic links (bug #818)
  • Linux Additions: combined 32-bit and 64-bit additions into one file
  • Windows Additions: automatic logon on Windows Vista/Windows 7 is now able to handle renamed user accounts; added various bugfixes

Download:

• VirtualBox 4.0 [Windows x86/x64]
• VirtualBox 4.0 [Mac OS X (Intel)]
• VirtualBox 4.0 [Linux x86]
• VirtualBox 4.0 [Linux x64]
• VirtualBox 4.0 [Solaris/OpenSolaris]
• VirtualBox 4.0 Open Source Edition (OSE) [Source]

• Offizielle Internetpräsenz
• Offizielles Support-Forum
• Technische Dokumentation

Das Programm läuft laut Internetseite unter allen Windows-Versionen ab Windows 95.

Changelog:

• Changes in HWiNFO32 v3.65 - Released on: Dec-21-2010:
  
  
  • Enhanced support of ATI PM2 sensors.
  • Added support of CHiL CH8266 PWM (for monitoring of GPU voltage, current, power).
  • Added universal support of CSMI SAS (improved drive detection).
  • Enhanced sensor monitoring on ASUS Rampage III GENE/Extreme.
  • Enhanced support of AMD Family 15h.
  • Added support of Intel XTU v2.1.
  • Added nVidia GeForce GTX 570.
  • Enhanced sensor monitoring on Intel 6-series desktop boards.
  • Added nVidia GeForce GT 540M.
  • Enhanced support of Ivy Bridge-DT/MB.
  • Added preliminary support of Ivy Bridge-EP/EX (Ivytown).
  • Enhanced sensor monitoring on MSI GX620.
  • Improved recognition of Arrandale ECC.
  • Added support of SMSC SCH3112/4/6 LPC HW monitor.
  • Fixed Benchmark comparison label issue.
  • Added Intel Core 2nd generation logos.

Download:

• HWiNFO32 3.65 [Setup] - P3D
• HWiNFO32 3.65 Portable Edition [.zip] - P3D

• Offizielle Internetpräsenz
• CPUID CPU-Z 1.56
• GPU-Z 0.4.9
• GPU Caps Viewer 1.9.3
• PC Wizard 2010.1.95
• System Information for Windows (SIW) 2010 build 0714

Nun scheint Futuremark mit dem 3DMark 11 wieder auf den ursprünglichen Pfad zurück gefunden zu haben, denn es gibt auch wieder eine freie Version, die zwar in ihren Einstellmöglichkeiten eingeschränkt ist, jedoch wieder unbegrenzt oft auf dem Testsystem ausgeführt werden kann.

Im Forum gibt es bereits einen Thread, in dem die Ergebnisse des Tests verglichen werden können.

Beschreibung des Herstellers:

3DMark 11 ist die neueste Version des weltweit beliebtesten Benchmarks. 3DMark 11 misst die Gaming-Performance Ihres PCs und nutzt dabei sämtliche neuen Funktionen in DirectX 11, wie Tessellation, Compute Shader und Multi-Threading. Gamer in der ganzen Welt vertrauen den exakten und unverfälschten Ergebnissen, denn 3DMark 11 ist das optimale Verfahren zum einheitlichen und verlässlichen Testen von DirectX 11 unter realistischer Gaming-Auslastung.

Für 3DMark 11 sind DirectX 11, eine mit DirectX 11 kompatible Grafikkarte und Windows Vista bzw. Windows 7 erforderlich.

Wir empfehlen, 3DMark Vantage für das Benchmarking von DirectX 10 und 3DMark06 für das Benchmarking von DirectX 9 zu verwenden.

- Betriebssystem: Microsoft Windows Vista oder Windows 7
- Prozessor: Intel Dual-Core- mit 1,8 GHz oder AMD-Prozessor
- Speicher: 1 GB Systemspeicher
- Grafik: mit DirectX 11 kompatible Grafikkarte
- Festplatte: 1,5 GB freier Speicherplatz
- Sound: mit Windows Vista oder Windows 7 kompatible Soundkarte

All Editions
- Fixed an issue with SystemInfo that prevented the Physics and Combined tests from running.
- Fixed an issue that could cause a crash if the DirectX 11 API or .NET was not available.
- Fixed an issue that could cause a crash if the number of system GPUs was unknown.
- Letterboxing and scaling now works with wide displays.
- The benchmark UI is now minimized during the benchmark run.
- Improved result security when submitting to 3dmark.com.
- Added automatic update notification.
- Updated SystemInfo component to version 3.54.1.1.

• Advanced and Professional Edition only
- Added option for manual GPU Count selection to the Advanced tab.
- Added Scaling Mode selection to the Advanced tab, choose from centred or stretched.
- Results tab now shows the individual scores for each of the six tests.

• Professional Edition only
- Demo audio now works when running from the command line.
- Image Quality tool now handles unexpected parameters correctly.
- Image Quality tool now works correctly with the reference rasterizer option.

• 3DMark 11
• 3DMark 11 Version 1.01 Upgrade

• Futuremark Website
• 3DMark 11 Ergebisse [P3D Forum]
• Futuremark bevorzugt Intel-Prozessoren?

Notepad++ läuft unter Windows ab Windows 95 und Linux (über Wine).

Die wichtigsten Funktionen im Überblick:

• Syntax-Hervorhebung und Syntax-Gliederung
• WYSIWYG
• Benutzerdefinierte Syntax-Hervorhebung
• Auto-Vervollständigung
• Multi-Dokument (Tabs)
• Multi-Ansicht
• Suche mit regulären Ausdrücken
• Komplette "Drag 'n' Drop"-Unterstützung
• Dynamische Position der Anzeigen
• Dateistatuserkennung
• Zoom hinein und Zoom heraus
• Multi-Sprachen-Umgebung
• Lesezeichen
• Klammerhervorhebung
• Stil-Konfigurator
• Macro recording and playback

Changelog:

• Notepad++ v5.8.6 fixed bugs (from v5.8.5):

  1. Fix langs.xml 0 length problem while user ends session without closing Notepad++.
  2. Fix empty line count failure (RegExpr).
  3. Fix task list display glitch under Windows 7.
  4. Add trim functions (header/trailing/compact feature).
  5. Add white space and TAB conversion features.
  6. Fix folding margin to be displayed when opening Notepad++ with a new/empty file (Normal text).
  7. Fix auto-completion detection language bug.
  8. Fix the changing theme settings makes switch back to the default theme bug.
  9. Make english.xml customizable.

• Notepad++ 5.8.6 [Setup]
• Notepad++ 5.8.6 [.zip]
• Notepad++ 5.8.6 [Source]

• Offizielle Internetpräsenz
• Was ist Freie Software?

The HK-2207 real-time demo features a number of post processing effects (depth-of-field, lens flare, ghosting, aerial perspective/atmospheric, LUT, emissive and reflection) provided as an easy approach for developers and artists to adopt Microsoft® DirectX® 11 programming. This demo also uses a current trend in game engines utilizing deferred lighting and deferred shading allowing many more lights and rapid prototyping. A newly developed GPU accelerated physics particle system is introduced utilizing DX11 DirectCompute. Bullet Physics is used with a new fracture/destruction approach that also features procedurally generated unique debris leveraging DX11 tessellation.

Update:

Dank unseres Lesers Cr@zed^ gibt es jetzt auch bewegte Bilder von der Technologie-Demo:

Download:

• Radeon™ HD 6900 Series Graphics Real-Time Demo

• Aliens vs. Predator DirectX 11 Benchmark
• Unigine DirectX 11 Benchmark - Heaven Version 2.1
• Technologie-Demos für AMDs DirectX 11 ATI-Grafikarten

Achtung! Wie bei allen Preview- und Hotfix-Treibern sei auch hier der Hinweis angebracht, dass es sich nicht um eine voll umfänglich getestete Software handelt, in der auch schwerere Fehler noch enthalten sein können. Der Treiber sollte also nicht auf Produktivsystemen installiert werden.

AMD Catalyst driver 10.12a Hotfix Feature:

• AMD Catalyst driver support for systems running Windows® 7 with an AMD Radeon™ HD 69xx series graphics card installed
• Includes support for 5x1 AMD Eyefinity display configurations

Download:

• AMD Catalyst 10.12a Hotfix [Windows 7 32-bit & 64-bit]


• Release Notes für AMD_Win7_Vista_Radeon_HD6900_8.79.6.2RC2_Dec7.exe

Links zum Thema:

• Graphics Technical Support
• Catalyst Crew Feedback Form
• Guide on how to install an ATI graphics card and / or its drivers
• AMD Catalyst 10.12 Driver – What’s New?


• AMD Catalyst Application Profiles erscheinen künftig im wöchentlichen Rhythmus
• AMD zeigt erstmals das neue Catalyst Control Center
• ATI Catalyst Software Q2 2010 Newsletter aufgetaucht

Was ist neu?

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

• Ubuntu 10.10 support (production)

Download:

• AMD Catalyst 10.12 Proprietary Linux x86 & x86_64 Display Driver

Links zum Thema:

• ATI Proprietary Linux Driver FAQ
• Linux Crew Driver Feedback
• Unofficial Wiki for the ATI Linux Driver
• ATI Linux Platform Bug Reporting


• AMD Catalyst Application Profiles erscheinen künftig im wöchentlichen Rhythmus
• AMD zeigt erstmals das neue Catalyst Control Center
• ATI Catalyst Software Q2 2010 Newsletter aufgetaucht

Das neue Treiberpaket ist in zwei verschiedenen Versionen erhältlich. Zusätzlich zur normalen Catalyst Software Suite wird eine AMD Catalyst Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) Technology Edition angeboten. APP ersetzt künftig die Marke ATI Stream Technology. Wie der Name des neuen Paketes bereits erahnen lässt, enthält es die OpenCL Laufzeitumgebung. Bisher war eine zusätzliche Installation des ATI Stream SDK (künftig AMD APP SDK) notwendig, wenn auf der Grafikkarte OpenCL-Kernel bzw. per OpenCL-beschleunigte Programme ausgeführt werden sollten. Mit der AMD Catalyst 10.12 Grafiktreiber APP Edition wird erstmals das ATI Stream SDK 2.3 bzw. AMD APP SDK 2.3 ausgeliefert.

New Features:

• Support for DivX on the AMD Radeon 6800 Series
  • With DivX® software installed on an AMD Radeon™ HD 6800 Series and later GPU and the DivX Accelerated™ solution, consumers can enjoy an improved DivX video playback experience by lowering CPU load, extending computer battery life on notebooks, reducing noise on home theater PCs and improving overall computer operation.
  • Grab the DivX Accelerated download from here (will be available Dec 15)


• Support for OpenGL 4.1
  • New features introduced in OpenGL 4.1
    • Full compatibility with OpenGL ES 2.0 APIs for easier porting between mobile and desktop platforms
    • The ability to query and load a binary for shader program objects to save re-compilation time
    • The capability to bind programs individually to programmable stages for programming flexibility
    • 64-bit floating-point component vertex shader inputs for higher geometric precision
    • Multiple viewports for a rendering surface for increased rendering flexibility
  • New ARB extensions introduced with OpenGL 4.1
    • Linking OpenGL sync objects to OpenCL event objects for enhanced OpenCL interoperability
    • The ability to set stencil values in a fragment shader for enhanced rendering flexibility
    • Features to improve robustness, for example when running WebGL applications
    • Callback mechanisms to receive enhanced errors and warning messages


• AMD Stream 2.3 SDK release
  • Performance improvements for AMD’s OpenCL toolset
  • Support UVD video hardware component through OpenCL driver (Windows 7 only)
  • Support for the Stream Profiler on Linux (command line version)
  • Support added for AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series and AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series
  • Support for FFT and BLAS-3 libraries
  • Stream Profiler enhancements (including timeline visualization)
  • Resolves a number of bug fixes from the Stream SDK 2.2 release

• HomeFront – Improves CrossFire performance
• DvaMira 2.0 (Russion version of Two World 2) – Improves CrossFire performance
• Final Fantasy XIV – Forced on Anti-Aliasing through the Catalyst Control Center has been disabled
• Track Mania Nations Forever – Forced on Anti-Aliasing through the Catalyst Control Center has been disabled

Download:

• AMD Catalyst 10.12 Grafiktreiber [Windows 7 / Vista 32-Bit]
• AMD Catalyst 10.12 Grafiktreiber [Windows 7 / Vista 64-Bit]
• AMD Catalyst 10.12 Grafiktreiber [Windows XP 32-Bit]
• AMD Catalyst 10.12 Grafiktreiber [Windows XP 64-Bit]


• AMD Catalyst 10.12 Grafiktreiber APP Edition [Windows 7 / Vista 32-Bit]
• AMD Catalyst 10.12 Grafiktreiber APP Edition [Windows 7 / Vista 64-Bit]
• AMD Catalyst 10.12 Grafiktreiber APP Edition [Windows XP 32-Bit]
• AMD Catalyst 10.12 Grafiktreiber APP Edition [Windows XP 64-Bit]


• AMD Catalyst 10.12 CAP1

Auch der AMD Catalyst Mobility für alle ATI Mobility Radeon Grafikkarten ab der HD 2000 Serie wurde aktualisiert. Folgende Notebooks werden nicht unterstützt:

• Any notebook launched after this driver release.
• Switchable Graphics enabled notebooks using Intel chipsets.
• Toshiba notebooks (please check with your notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks)
• Sony VAIO notebooks (please check with your notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks)
• Panasonic notebooks (please check with your notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks)

Download:

• AMD Catalyst 10.12 Grafiktreiber für Notebooks [Windows 7 / Vista 32-bit]
• AMD Catalyst 10.12 Grafiktreiber für Notebooks [Windows 7 / Vista 64-bit]


• AMD Catalyst 10.12 Grafiktreiber für Notebooks APP Edition [Windows 7 / Vista 32-bit]
• AMD Catalyst 10.12 Grafiktreiber für Notebooks APP Edition [Windows 7 / Vista 64-bit]

• Release Notes
• Graphics Technical Support
• Catalyst Crew Feedback Form
• Guide on how to install an ATI graphics card and / or its drivers
• AMD Catalyst 10.12 Driver – What’s New?


• AMD Catalyst Application Profiles erscheinen künftig im wöchentlichen Rhythmus
• AMD zeigt erstmals das neue Catalyst Control Center
• ATI Catalyst Software Q2 2010 Newsletter aufgetaucht

SeaMonkey ist für Windows ab Windows 2000, Mac OS X, Linux und als Source verfügbar.

Changelog:

• SeaMonkey 2.0.11 contains the following noteworthy changes relative to SeaMonkey 2.0.10:
  
  
  • Security fixes
  • Fixes for a number of non-security-relevant crashes, increasing the stability of the whole platform and the Mail & Newsgroups part of SeaMonkey


• Ausführliches Changelog
• Neue Features in diesem Release
• Release Notes SeaMonkey 2.0.11

• SeaMonkey 2.0.11 [Windows]
• SeaMonkey 2.0.11 [Mac OS X]
• SeaMonkey 2.0.11 [Linux]
• SeaMonkey 2.0.11 [Source]

• Offizielle Internetpräsenz [englisch]
• Inoffizielle deutsche Internetpräsenz
• Was ist Freie Software?


• Mozilla Firefox 3.6.13
• Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.7
• Sunbird 1.0 beta1

Thunderbird 3.1 mit der Kalender-Erweiterung Lightning 1.0 Beta 2

Changelog:

• Thunderbird 3.1.7 fixes the following issues in Thunderbird 3.1.6:
  
  
  • Several fixes to improve performance, stability and security, see the Security Advisory.
  • Several fixes to improve handling of large folder files stored locally.
  • Several fixes to improve corruption in local copy of IMAP mailboxes.


• Release Notes
• Vollständige Liste der Änderungen

• Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.7 [Windows]
• Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.7 [Mac OS X]
• Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.7 [Linux]
• Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.7 [Source]

• Offizielle Internetpräsenz
• Was ist Freie Software?


• Mozilla Firefox 3.6.13
• SeaMonkey 2.0.10
• Sunbird 1.0 beta1

Die neue Version ist bereits über das automatische Update verfügbar.

Firefox 3.6.13 behebt folgende Probleme:

• Mehrere Sicherheitslücken.
• Mehrere Stabilitätsprobleme.


• Vollständige Liste der Änderungen


• Versionshinweise Firefox 3.6.13

• Mozilla Firefox 3.6.13 [Windows]
• Mozilla Firefox 3.6.13 [Mac OS X]
• Mozilla Firefox 3.6.13 [Linux]
• Mozilla Firefox 3.6.13 [Source]

• Offizielle Internetpräsenz
• Was ist Freie Software?
• Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.6
• SeaMonkey 2.0.10

Die aktualisierten "AMD Catalyst Application Profiles", die zu allen Treibern ab dem AMD/ATI Catalyst 10.2 kompatibel sind, sollen folgende Verbesserungen enthalten:

• 3DMark 2011 – Improves CrossFire performance
• Dead Space 2 – Forced on Anti-Aliasing through the Catalyst Control Center has been disabled

Download:

• AMD Catalyst Application Profiles 08.12.2010 [Windows, Setup] - P3D

• Catalyst Application Profile – update tracker
• Graphics Technical Support
• Guide on how to install an ATI graphics card and / or its drivers
• AMD Catalyst 10.11 Driver – What’s New?


• AMD Catalyst 10.10e Hotfix
• AMD Catalyst 10.11 WHQL Desktop- und Notebook-Grafiktreiber
• ATI Catalyst Software Q2 2010 Newsletter aufgetaucht

Winamp läuft Windows ab Windows 2000.

Changelog:

• Winamp 5.6.0.3091:

  * Improved: [in_wave/libsndfile] Added AIF to default extension list
  * Improved: [ml_plg] Localization of playlist names & various other tweaks
  * Fixed: Win2k compatibility (caused by 5.6-specific DLL load vuln fix)
  * Fixed: [in_midi] Security vulnerability (thanks: Morten @ kryptoslogic)
  * Fixed: [in_mp3] Querying endoffset metadata for iTunes gapless playback
  * Fixed: [pmp_ipod] Sync and Eject issues
  * Fixed: [pmp_ipod] Compilation flag when Album Artist is "Various Artists"
  * Fixed: [pmp_wifi] Crash when devices.w5s missing
  * Misc: Made installer disable incompatible 3rd-party gen_lyrics plugin
  * Misc: More general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations

• Winamp 5.601 Standard (Lite)
• Winamp 5.601 Standard (Full)
• Winamp 5.601 Standard (Bundle)
• Winamp 5.601 Pro

• Offizielle Internetpräsenz
• Version History
• AIMP 2.61 Build 570 - schlanker Winamp-Ersatz

Passend zum HD Audio-Codec Treiber gibt es den Realtek HDMI-Codec Treiber, welcher für den HDMI-Codec auf den ATI Radeon Karten mit HDMI-Ausgang notwendig ist, in der aktuellen Version 2.55 und den High Definition Audio-Codec Treiber für Linux in der Version 5.15rc21.

Changelog:

• Driver Package R2.55

  Realtek HD Audio Driver support all of Realtek HD Audio Codec.

  1. Vista/Windows 7 WHQL Supporting: ALC882, ALC883, ALC885, ALC887, ALC888, ALC889, ALC892, ALC899, ALC861VD, ALC660, ALC662, ALC663, ALC665, ALC670, ALC680 ALC260, ALC262,ALC267, ALC268, ALC269, ALC270, ALC272, ALC273, ALC275
  2. Windows 2000/XP WHQL Supporting: ALC880, ALC882, ALC883, ALC885, ALC887, ALC888, ALC889, ALC892, ALC899, ALC861VC, ALC861VD, ALC660, ALC662, ALC663, ALC665, ALC670, ALC680 ALC260, ALC262, ALC267,ALC268, ALC269, ALC270, ALC272, ALC273, ALC275
  3. HDMI Device WHQL Support: ATI HDMI Devices
  4. OS Supporting: Microsoft WindowsXP, Widnows2000, Windows Server 2003, Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows7 - x86/x64
  5. Pack with Microsoft High Definition Audio UAAV1.0a(5013)
  6. Add/Fix
     1. Driver :
        1. Customizations.

• Release Notes 2.55 [.pdf] - P3D

• Realtek High Definition Audio-Codec Treiber 2.55 [Windows 2000/XP/2003 32-Bit & 64-Bit, .exe] - P3D
• Realtek High Definition Audio-Codec Treiber 2.55 [Windows 2000/XP/2003 32-Bit & 64-Bit, .zip] - P3D


• Realtek High Definition Audio-Codec Treiber 2.55 [Windows Vista/7 32-Bit, .exe] - P3D
• Realtek High Definition Audio-Codec Treiber 2.55 [Windows Vista/7 64-Bit, .exe] - P3D
• Realtek High Definition Audio-Codec Treiber 2.55 [Windows Vista/7 32-Bit & 64-Bit, .exe] - P3D
• Realtek High Definition Audio-Codec Treiber 2.55 [Windows Vista/7 32-Bit & 64-Bit, .zip] - P3D


• Realtek ATI HDMI Audio Device Treiber 2.55 [Windows, .exe] - P3D


• Realtek High Definition Audio-Codec Treiber 5.15rc21 [Linux] - P3D

Links zum Thema:

• Offizielle Internetpräsenz
• Realtek AC97 Audio-Codec Treiber
• Realtek AC97 Audio-Codec Treiber für Vista und Windows 7

GPU-Z läuft unter Windows ab Windows 2000, sowohl unter den 32Bit als auch unter den 64Bit Versionen.

Changelog:

• GPU-Z 0.4.9
  
  
  • Added support for GeForce GTX 570, GTX 460 SE
  • Added support for PCI-Express 3.0
  • Added PowerColor Giveaway
  • Added Colorfire PCI vendor ID
  • Added detection for AMD Radeon HD 6310, HD 6370
  • Fixed BIOS >64k reading on GF110
  • Added GT215 based GT 220
  • Fixed TMU count on GF104
  • Improved default clock reading on GeForce GTX 580
  • Better error handling for memory type detection code
• Full Revision History

• GPU-Z 0.4.9 [.exe] - P3D

• Offizielle Internetpräsenz
• Offizielles Support-Forum


• GPU Caps Viewer 1.9.3
• NVIDIA Inspector Tool 1.94
• Nvidia BIOS Editor v5.9
• Radeon BIOS Editor 1.26

Die Open Source Edition der Software kann, wie der Name vermuten lässt, als Source heruntergeladen werden, sie enthält allerdings nicht alle Funktionen der Closed Source Variante. Genaueres kann man auf der Projekt-Seite nachlesen.

VirtualBox ist für Windows, Mac OS X, Linux und Solaris verfügbar. Zu den unterstützten Gastsystemen zählen neben Windows, Mac OS X, Linux und Solaris auch OS/2, DOS und einige BSD-Derivate.

Changelog:

• VirtualBox 3.2.12 (released 2010-11-30)

  This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:

  * VMM: fixed rare host crash when running 64-bit guests on 32-bit hosts (bug #7577)
  * VMM: fixed host reboots under rare circumstances due to NMIs triggered by active performance counters (Linux hosts in non-VT-x/AMD-V mode only; bug #4529)
  * VMM: fixed out of memory guru meditation for large memory guests (bug #7586)
  * VMM: fixed a guru meditation related to large pages
  * VMM: use new VT-x feature to keep the guest from hogging the CPU
  * Snapshots: implemented deleting the last remaining snapshot while the VM is running
  * GUI: perform the checks for exceeding the size limit of the host file system and for broken asynchronous I/O on older Linux kernels with ext4 / xfs file systems not only when starting the VM from scratch but also when starting from a saved state
  * NAT: fixed memory leak (3.2.0 regression; bugs #6918, #7353)
  * Networking: fixed VM reset handling in e1000
  * VRDP: fixed rare crash in multimonitor configuration
  * Display: fixed occasional guest resize crash
  * Mouse: don't send relative mouse events together with absolute mouse events (3.2.10 regression; bug #7571)
  * Keyboard: fixes for the USB keyboard emulation; fixes for Koran keyboards
  * Serial: don't hang if the host device would block during open (bugs #5756, #5380)
  * Serial: fixed modem status lines (Linux hosts only; bug #812)
  * Graphics: Horizontal resolutions are no longer restricted to a multiple of 8 pixels (bug #2047; requires Guest Additions update).
  * USB: fixed a crash with older Linux kernels and non-ASCII characters in device strings (Linux hosts only; bug #6983, #7158, #7733; version 3.2.8 contained an incomplete fix)
  * USB: fixed a crash under rare circumstances (bug #7409; Windows hosts only)
  * iSCSI: respond to NOP-In requests from the target immediately to avoid being disconnected if the guest is idle
  * 3D support: fixed a crash under certain circumstances (bug #7659)
  * 3D support: fixed crashes for GLUT based apps (bug #6848)
  * 3D support: added missing GLX 1.3 functionality (bugs #7652, #7195)
  * 2D Video acceleration: fixed potential deadlock when saving the VM state (bug #4124)
  * Windows hosts: another fix for BSODs under certain circumstances in VBoxNetFlt.sys (bug #7601)
  * Solaris hosts: fixed host USB DVD drive detection
  * Mac OS X hosts: fixed swapped keys for certain ISO keyboard types (bug #2996)
  * Linux hosts: added link state handling for TAP devices needed for proper operation with bridged networking on kernels 2.6.36 and above (bug #7649)
  * Linux hosts/guests: Linux 2.6.37 fixes
  * Linux Additions: properly compile the vboxvideo module if DKMS is not installed (bug #7572)
  * Linux Additions: fixed a memory leak when accessing non-existing files on a Shared Folders (bug #7705)
  * Windows Additions: skip none-mapped user accounts when enumerating user accounts for VM information

• VirtualBox 3.2.12 [Windows x86/x64]
• VirtualBox 3.2.12 [Mac OS X (Intel)]
• VirtualBox 3.2.12 [Linux x86]
• VirtualBox 3.2.12 [Linux x64]
• VirtualBox 3.2.12 [Solaris/OpenSolaris]
• VirtualBox 3.2.12 Open Source Edition (OSE) [Source]

• Offizielle Internetpräsenz
• Offizielles Support-Forum

Der NVIDIA BIOS Editor ist zu allen Windows-Versionen ab Windows XP kompatibel.

Main features:

• Detailed BIOS information output
  • Device ID
  • BIOS Version
  • BIOS Date
  • Vendor
  • Core/Memory Clock display
    • 2D Core/Memory Clock
    • 3D Core/Memory Clock
    • Throttling Core/Memory Clock
    • Geo Delta Clock
  • Core Voltage display
    • 2D Voltage
    • 3D Voltage
    • Throttling Voltage
  • Memory Timings display
    • Detailed Timings Feature
    • AutoSelect/Test Timings Feature
  • Product Identification
• Ability to modify the several BIOS Parameters
  • Core Clock defined within the BIOS
  • Memory Clock defined within the BIOS
  • Core Voltage defined within the BIOS
  • Memory Timings defined within the BIOS
  • Temperature Settings defined within the BIOS
  • Fan Speed Settings defined within the BIOS
• Specific Boot Settings
  • Graphics Card OEM and Advanced Signon Message
  • Monitor Specific Parameters
  • Graphics Card Initiation Settings
  • TV Mode Selection (NTSC/PAL)
• Ability to check BIOS Integrity
  • BIOS Checksum Checking
  • BIOS Structure Checking

Changes in this Version:

• Added Min/Max Fan Speed Editing
• Added GeForce GTS 450
• Added GeForce GTS 360M
• Added GeForce GT 310M
• Added GeForce GTX 285M
• Added GeForce GT 240M

• Nvidia BIOS Editor v5.9 [.zip]

Links zum Thema:

• Offizielle Internetpräsenz
• Revision History
• NVIDIA BIOS Editor (NiBiTor) Guide


• NVIDIA Inspector Tool 1.94
• Radeon BIOS Editor 1.26
• GPU Caps Viewer 1.9.3
• CPUID CPU-Z 1.56
• GPU-Z 0.4.8

Im aktualisierten "AMD Catalyst Application Profile", das zu allen Treibern ab dem AMD/ATI Catalyst 10.2 kompatibel ist, sollen folgende Verbesserungen enthalten sein:

• HomeFront - Improves CrossFire performance
• DvaMira 2.0 (Russion version of Two World 2) - Improves CrossFire performance
• Final Fantasy XIV - Forced on Anti-Aliasing through the Catalyst Control Center has been disabled
• Track Mania Nations Forever - Forced on Anti-Aliasing through the Catalyst Control Center has been disabled

Download:

• AMD Catalyst Application Profiles 03.12.2010 [Windows, Setup] - P3D

• Catalyst Application Profile – update tracker
• Graphics Technical Support
• Guide on how to install an ATI graphics card and / or its drivers
• AMD Catalyst 10.11 Driver – What’s New?


• AMD Catalyst 10.10e Hotfix
• AMD Catalyst 10.11 WHQL Desktop- und Notebook-Grafiktreiber
• ATI Catalyst Software Q2 2010 Newsletter aufgetaucht