Die Version 1.1, welche auf FreeBSD 6.1 basiert, ist genau wie auch die Version 1.0 schon ein auf KDE 3.5.2 basierendes BSD-Betriebssystem, welches das BSD-Betriebssystem dem Heimanwender näher bringen soll. In der aktuellen Version wurden folgende Änderungen vorgenommen:

Changelog PC-BSD 1.1
• Updated core OS to FreeBSD 6.1.
• Added "nve" devices to DHCP network detection.
• Fixed network manager to restart network after settings change.
• Added extraction test to installation CD - Now warns on failed install.
• Upgraded Online Update Utility to display status + plus major bugfixes.
• Added DRM / ATI support to default kernel.
• Misc bugfixes.
Official Changelog for PC-BSD

Die kompletten Release Notes der Version 1.0 und 1.1 findet man ebenfalls auf der offiziellen PC-BSD Homepage.

Links zum Thema:

• PC-BSD Homepage

Mit der Version 3.60 bietet WinRAR erstmals eine Unterstützung für Dual-Core CPUs wie z.B. AMDs Athlon 64 X2.

WinRAR - What's new in the latest version

Version 3.60 beta 4

• Recovery speed improved when repairing heavily damaged archives using the recovery record.
• If volume size field contained a value exceeding 4 GB, it was changed to wrong value after switching to any other page of archiving dialog and returning back to "General" page.
• Update ('u') command did not work properly with some high ASCII names in beta 3.

Version 3.60 beta 3

• Previous beta version could create duplicate copies of same file when updating an archived file with high ASCII characters in file name.
• SFX module crashed if single string length in "License" or "Text" block exceeded 4096 characters.

Version 3.60 beta 2

• Improved Unicode support in the folder tree panel.
• Fixed a bug with incorrect font in the volume size list in Japanese Windows 98.

Version 3.60 beta 1

• Multithreaded version of RAR compression algorithm improves the compression speed on computers with several CPU, dual core CPU and processors with hyperthreading technology. Multithreading is enabled by default, but you can disable it in "General" part of "Settings" dialog. In the command line mode you can control multithreading with -mt switch.
• WinRAR can display the folder tree panel allowing to navigate in disk and archive folders. Use "Options/Folder tree" submenu to enable the folder tree. It can be configured separately in file and archive management modes.Folder tree replaces "Browse for folder" command previously available in "File" menu and uses its Ctrl+T keyboard shortcut.
• Now WinRAR "Rename" command also works with ZIP archives. Previous versions could rename files only in RAR archives.
• Added decompression of LZH archives created with "-lh7-" algorithm.
• New "Remove duplicate folders from extraction path" option in "Settings/Compression" dialog.If this option is on and you unpack an archive which root folder has no files and only one 'somename' folder and if destination folder is new or empty and also ends with '/somename', WinRAR will exclude one 'somename' from resulting 'somename/somename' path.
• New "Define volume sizes..." button in "Settings/Compression". This button activates "Define volume sizes" dialog. Here you can customize the list of predefined volume sizes associated with "Split to volumes, bytes" field in archiving dialog.
• Speed of RAR general compression increased for some data types. Depending on data type and size the gain may achieve 5 - 15%.
• New "Rename automatically" option in the extraction dialog and command line -or switch to rename extracted files automatically if file with the same name already exists. You can also enable the auto-renaming mode directly from the overwrite confirmation prompt with "Rename All" button.Renamed files will get names like 'filename(N).txt', where 'filename.txt' is the original file name and 'N' is a number.
• "Set modification time" option in "Advanced" part of extraction dialog is accessible also for ZIP archives. Previously it could be changed only for RAR archives.
• "Multithreading" option added to "Benchmark and hardware test" command, so you can compare performance of usual and multithreaded versions of RAR compression algorithm.
• New 'ch' (change archive parameters) command line mode command. Its purpose is to apply switches like -av, -tl and -cl to archive.
• New 'cv' command line mode command. It provides the command line interface to WinRAR "Convert archives" command. It is supported only by winrar.exe, not by rar.exe.
• New command line -sl and -sm switches to set size limits of processing files.
• New command line -fcu[file] switch allows to read archive comments from Unicode files. It also modifies behavior of "cw" command, setting the comment output format to Unicode.
• 7Z added to list of formats stored without compression when using -ms switch without a parameter.
• Switch -e[+] is now supported by most of command line operations including extracting and deleting files. Previously it was supported by only archiving command.
• It is allowed to use environment variables in archive name in archiving dialog, in destination path in extraction dialog, in folder names on "Compression" and "Paths" pages in WinRAR settings. For example, you can enter '%temp%' in "Folder for temporary files" field.

Download:

• WinRAR 3.60 beta 4 - Trial Version [Windows]


• RAR 3.60 beta 4 - Free Version [Pocket PC]
• RAR 3.60 beta 4 - Trial Version [DOS, Command line only]
• RAR 3.60 beta 4 - Trial Version [Linux, Command line only]
• RAR 3.60 beta 4 - Trial Version [FreeBSD, Command line only]
• RAR 3.60 beta 4 - Trial Version [MacOS X, Command line only]

Links zum Thema:

• WinRAR Changelog

Kommentare

^{*) CCC = CATALYST Control Center; Erläuterung siehe hier.}

Download:

• Omega Treiber für ATI-Karten v3.8.252 [Windows 2000/XP] (22.0 MB)

• Release Notes

-> Kommentare

Whats new:

• New: loading of additional playlist formats: ASX/WAX/WMX/WVX, WPL, B4S
• New: [gen_ff] modern skin unicode support
• New: [in_wm] burning of DRM protected files (if allowed by content provider)
• New: [ml_pmp] transfer of playlists to portable devices
• Improved: More informative CD burning status window
• Improved: [gen_ff] modern skinning engine speed optimizations
• Improved: [in_wm] seeking improvements
• Improved: [in_wm] gapless WMA support
• Improved: [ml_nowplaying] Redesigned 'Now Playing' media library view (it actually works now)
• Improved: [pmp_ipod] Loading times for iPods reduced
• Fixed: Winamp won't restore after being minimized with a dialog box open
• Fixed: $abbr() title formatting lockup
• Fixed: Add Folder adds tracks BEFORE the last track
• Fixed: Clicking 'Next' in Fullscreen video OSD acts like clicking it twice
• Fixed: Rating in pledit right-click context menu always shows "No Rating"
• Fixed: Stop with fadeout (Shift+V) just stops playback, no fadeout
• Fixed: CD burning bugs and crashes
• Fixed: Delete key not working in Online Services or SC Wire search
• Fixed: [gen_jumpex] modern skin pledit docked toolbar mode not remembered
• Fixed: [gen_jumpex] ML size/position not remembered when switching from Classic to Modern and back to Classic skin
• Fixed: [gen_ml] playlists root view slowness bug
• Fixed: [gen_ml] Modern skin: Media Library > View (menu) > Devices
• Fixed: [in_midi] corrupt header crash
• Fixed: [in_mp4] metadata writing crash
• Fixed: [in_mp4] seek bug when using right arrow key
• Fixed: [in_mp3] MPEG-2 and MPEG-2.5 Layer 3 playback crash
• Fixed: [in_mp3] Winamp crashes when trying to play any wrongly named .aac file
• Fixed: [in_wave] WAV burning fix
• Fixed: [in_wave] Locking files (wav's can't be renamed/deleted)
• Fixed: [in_wm] lockup on wma with expired/unrenewable drm license
• Fixed: [in_wm] out of sync audio/video on some WMV streams
• Fixed: [in_vorbis] fullpath shown in playlist for tagless files with atf disabled
• Fixed: [ml_pmp] Duplicates being synchronized
• Fixed: [ml_pmp] Several crashes during transfers
• Fixed: [out_ds] Can't select different Output Device with two active instances of out_ds
• Fixed: [out_ds] incorrect enumeration of stereo outputs for two of same pro soundcard
• Updated: [gen_tray] Tray Control 2.0 (thanks DrO)

• Winamp 5.22 Full (5,8 MB)
• Winamp 5.22 Pro (5,8 MB)
• Winamp 5.22 lite (1,2 MB)

• Winamp Versions History

-> Kommentare

Zudem hat ATI neue Linux-Treiber in der Version 8.25.18 veröffentlicht.

Als neue Features nennen die Release Notes einen überarbeiteten Overlay Theater Mode und Adaptives Anti-Aliasing für ATI-Grafikkarten ab der Radeon 9500.

Overlay Theater Mode Update

Catalyst® 6.5 introduces a new option for Overlay Theater Mode. The new option, Standard Dual Mode is available for Radeon® X1x00 series of graphics cards. This new feature now allows users to playback video using hardware acceleration when it is played on both displays (clone mode). Hardware acceleration decreases CPU utilization, allowing the PC to run smoother and faster. When using two displays in clone mode, video playback will be identically displayed on both display devices. For Radeon® X1000 series products (Avivo Video) overlay is per-display and true overlay will be used for both displays. For pre-Radeon® X1x00 boards, there is only one hardware overlay, so video on the second clone display device is either software-rendered (i.e. "Same on all" selection) or the Windows desktop is displayed but the video will not show through the color key (i.e., "Standard mode" selection).

Adaptive Anti-Aliasing for ATI Radeon® 9500 and above

Adaptive Anti-Aliasing smoothes out the surfaces in an entire scene unlike Multi-Sample which works only on edge surfaces. Adaptive AA has the ability to work on transparent or opaque texels, like those that comprise a surface texture. Previously this feature was available on the ATI Radeon® X1000 family products. Starting with Catalyst® 6.5, Adaptive AA support is now available to ATI Radeon® 9500 products and above.

Download:

• ATI CATALYST 6.5 [Windows 2000/XP] (34,5 MB)
• ATI CATALYST 6.5 [Windows XP x64] (53,5 MB)
• ATI CATALYST 6.5 [Windows XP Media Center Edition] (34,5 MB)


• ATI CATALYST 6.5 Mobility mit CCC* [Windows XP] (33,0 MB)
• ATI CATALYST 6.5 Mobility Kompatibilitätsprüfung (0,94 MB)


• CATALYST Uninstaller

• ATI Proprietary Linux x86 Display Drivers for XFree86 / X. Org Version 8.25.18 (34,6 MB)
• ATI Proprietary Linux x86-64 Display Driver for XFree86 / X.Org Version 8.25.18 (29,1 MB)

• ATI Avivo H.264 Informationen
• CCC* Alternative : Ray Adams' ATI Tray Tools


• Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1
• Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 x86
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 x64

-> Kommentare

Parallel dazu haben die Skype-Entwickler auch eine neue Beta-Version (2.5.0.91) des nächsten Major-Releases 2.5 veröffentlicht, das folgende neue Optionen in den Skype-Client integriert

• Auf unkomplizierte Weise mehr als 2,9 Milliarden reguläre Telefone anrufen: von Skype mit unserem neuen Wählassistenten und neuen Zahlungsmethoden.
• Auf unkomplizierte Weise mit Freunden und Familienangehörigen in Verbindung bleiben: mit gemeinsamen Gruppen zur Weitergabe von Kontaktdaten, Vorstellen von Freunden und vielem mehr.
• Einen Treffpunkt für Ihre Gruppe erstellen: für kostenlose Konferenzgespräche und Gruppenchats.
• Ihre Outlook®-Kontakte anrufen: direkt von Skype.
• Mit Skype SMS-Nachrichten an Ihre Freunde senden.

Anfang Februar sorgte eine Ankündigung der Skype-Entwickler, bestimmte Features des neuen 2.0 Clients ausschließlich Nutzern mit Intel Dual-Core CPUs zugänglich zu machen (wir berichteten), für sehr kontroverse Diskussionen.

Download:

• Skype 2.0.0.107 [Windows 2000/XP] (9,0 MB)
• Skype 2.5.0.91 Beta [Windows 2000/XP] (10,2 MB)

• Changelog
• Kostenlose Skype-Gespräche in den USA und Kanada
• AMD: Verfügung an Skype
• Skype schließt AMD-Nutzer aus
• eBay übernimmt Skype

-> Kommentare

Die wesentlichste Neuerung stellt hierbei "tZers" dar - an in der Kontaktliste geführte Freunde verschickbare Flash-Animationen, sozusagen als Ergänzung zu den in der Version 5.1 ebenso überarbeiteten "Emoticons".

Die weiteren Neuerungen und Änderungen:

New in this version:
• tZers - send short Flash animations to your Contact List friends.
• Two new Boyz and Girlz skins available for download.
• Quick access to send SMS messages to ICQ and non-ICQ Contacts (now called SMS Contacts).
• New option to select the login status.
• Notifications when contacts are online.
• New emoticons (old emoticons still available).
• Devil and nickname displayed on the top of the Contact List.
Improved:
• Improved Voice Chat sound quality using the latest VOIP technology (GIPS)
• Improved sign-up process.
• Improved User interface - text menus.
Changed:
• Add and Find Contacts button moved to the Contacts menu.
• Group Mode and Show Online Only buttons moved to the Contacts menu.
• Sort Contacts option moved to the Contacts menu.
• Find Contacts (in the Contact List) option moved to the Contacts menu.
• Adding an SMS Contact is now available from the Add and Find Contacts dialog.
• Xtraz Center shortcut button moved to the bottom of Contact List's Xtraz Panel.

Download: ICQ Messenger Version 5.1 - etwa 6 MB

-> Kommentare

Release Notes:

• Beta release of driver package for nForce 590 SLI, nForce 570 SLI, nForce 570 Ultra, nForce 550 motherboards.
• WHQL candidate

Installation Notes:

• Uninstall any existing nForce networking drivers prior to installing this package.
• Windows XP users must install Service Pack 1, at a minimum, prior to attempting to install this package. Failure to do so will result in the inability to support USB 2.0.
• Installation of DirectX 9.0 or higher is required in order to use NVMixer.

User Guides

MediaShield
Networking

Windows XP/2000 Driver Versions:

• Ethernet Driver (v60.15)
• Network Management Tools (v60.16)
• SMBus Driver (v4.52) "WHQL"
• Installer (v5.08)
• WinXP IDE SataRAID Driver (v6.67) "WHQL"
• WinXP IDE SataIDE Driver (v6.67) "WHQL"
• WinXP RAIDTOOL Application (v6.69) RAIDTOOL application version 5.52

Download:

• nForce 500 Series Treiber 9.34 Beta [Windows 2000/XP] (28,1 MB) - Mirror 1
• nForce 500 Series Treiber 9.34 Beta [Windows 2000/XP] (28,1 MB) - Mirror 2
• nForce 500 Series Treiber 9.34 Beta [Windows 2000/XP] (28,1 MB) - Mirror 3
• nForce 500 Series Treiber 9.34 Beta [Windows 2000/XP] (28,1 MB) - Mirror 4


• nForce 500 Series Treiber 9.34 Beta [Windows XP x64] (28,9 MB) - Mirror 1
• nForce 500 Series Treiber 9.34 Beta [Windows XP x64] (28,9 MB) - Mirror 2
• nForce 500 Series Treiber 9.34 Beta [Windows XP x64] (28,9 MB) - Mirror 3
• nForce 500 Series Treiber 9.34 Beta [Windows XP x64] (28,9 MB) - Mirror 4

-> Kommentare

Die neue ForceWare Release 90 Series bietet diverse Neuerungen. Unter anderem beinhaltet das Treiberpaket nun NVIDIAs neues Control Panel mit einer überarbeiteten Benutzeroberfläche. Die ForceWare-Treiber der 90er Serie sollen u.a. auch als Grundlage für die spätere Havok FX Physikbeschleunigung (wir berichteten) dienen. Weiterhin bietet das neue Treiberpaket Performance-Optimierungen in Verbindung mit NVIDIAs neuen nForce 590 SLI Chipsatz (wir berichteten).

Eine Übersicht der unterstützten Grafikkarten bietet NVIDIAs Product Support List.

Release Highlights:

• Beta driver – for a full list of fixed and known issues please view the Release Notes.
• Adds support for GeForce 7900 GS, GeForce 7300 GT, Quadro FX 4500 X2, Quadro FX 5500, Quadro FX 3500, Quadro FX 1500, and Quadro FX 560.
• Includes the new NVIDIA Control Panel. Please visit the NVIDIA Control Panel website for more information.
• New NVIDIA PureVideo features and enhancements. Please visit the NVIDIA PureVideo website for more information on PureVideo technology and system requirements.
• Adds noise reduction post processing
• Adds image sharpening post processing
• Improved Inverse telecine algorithm
• Improved de-interlacing algorithm
• Improved compatibility with third party MPEG-2 decoders
• Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c and OpenGL® 2.0 support

• ForceWare 91.28 Beta Windows 2000/XP (60,2 MB) - Mirror 1
• ForceWare 91.28 Beta Windows 2000/XP (60,2 MB) - Mirror 2
• ForceWare 91.28 Beta Windows 2000/XP (60,2 MB) - Mirror 3
• ForceWare 91.28 Beta Windows 2000/XP (60,2 MB) - Mirror 4


• ForceWare 91.28 Beta Windows XP x64 (36,5 MB) - Mirror 1
• ForceWare 91.28 Beta Windows XP x64 (36,5 MB) - Mirror 2
• ForceWare 91.28 Beta Windows XP x64 (36,5 MB) - Mirror 3
• ForceWare 91.28 Beta Windows XP x64 (36,5 MB) - Mirror 4

• Release-Notes
• New Display Properties User's Guide (Release 90)
• Display Properties User's Guide (Release 90)
• nView 3.5 Desktop Manager User's Guide (Release 90)

-> Kommentare

Man beachte bitte folgende einleitende Hinweise der Release Notes:

Release Notes

• This is a beta version of Opera. Use only on properly backed up computers.
• This release uses a new account storage format. If you install over an existing profile, you will be prompted to convert all accounts into the new format. This will not require a re-index. You will not be able to use the reformatted e-mail with previous versions of Opera.
• The widget.setPreferenceForKey method is not able to store widget preferences in this release.

Opera 9 verfügt über eine Reihe neuer Features wie z.B. einen integrierten Bittorrent-Client oder die Möglichkeit programmierbarer Widgets (Learn more about Widgets).

New features in Opera 9 include

• Widgets - Small Web applications (multimedia, newsfeeds, games and more) that make your desktop experience more fun. Any Web developer can create their own Widgets and share them, regardless of operating system. Try the Widgets in Opera 9 by pressing F6. Look for further development of Opera Widgets in future releases.
• BitTorrent - Instead of having to use a separate BitTorrent application for downloading large files, users can now simply click a torrent file and start the download
• Content blocker - Choose the content you want to view. Remove ads or images - it is up to you. Right-click on the Web page and choose "Block content"
• Improved rich text editing - Take advantage of rich text editing capabilities when using the latest Web mail or blogging services
• Customize your search engines – Use your favorite search engine in the search box. Right-click on the site's search field and select "Create search" from the menu
• Thumbnail preview – It's easy to have many tabs open at once in Opera. But exactly which tab had that video you wanted? Hover any tab to see a thumbnail preview
• Site-specific preferences - Do you need to view a site in a different way or deny certain cookies? Want to block pop-ups on certain sites only? Site specific preferences hold the key

Download:

• Opera 9.0 Beta 2 [Windows]
• Opera 9.0 Beta 2 [Linux]
• Opera 9.0 Beta 2 [Mac]

Links zum Thema:

• Opera 9 Beta - Release Notes Windows
• Opera 9 Beta - Release Notes Linux
• Opera 9 Beta - Release Notes Mac

-> Kommentare

Das neue Treiberpaket beinhaltet folgende Änderungen:

Driver Package R1.38
RtkHDAud.sys Version: 5.10.0.5257
1. Codec Supporting: ALC880, ALC882, ALC883, ALC885, ALC888, ALC861, ALC260, ALC262
2. OS Supporting: Microsoft WindowsXP, Widnows2000, Winx64
3. Pack with Microsoft High Definition Audio UAAV1.0a(5013)
4. Add/Fix
   

   1.) Customization.
   
   For New architecture:
   1.) Customization.

   CPL :
   1.) Customization.
   
   InstallShield package :
   1.) Add "XP2K" and "Vista" folder name for installation .
   2.) Abort flag setting.

Download:

• Realtek High Definition Audio-Codec Treiber 1.38 [Windows XP/2000/2003/x64] Mirror 1
• Realtek High Definition Audio-Codec Treiber 1.38 [Windows XP/2000/2003/x64] Mirror 2
• Realtek High Definition Audio-Codec Treiber 1.38 [Windows XP/2000/2003/x64] Mirror 3

Link zum Thema:

• Realtek HD Audio Versionshistory

-> Kommentare

Laut der openSuSE-Community wurde der heutige 11. Mai 2006 als Releasedatum gewählt um dem bekannten und bereits verstorbenen Autor Douglas Adams, der hauptsächlich durch sein Werk "Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis" bekannt geworden ist, an seinem heutigen fünften Todestag zu Gedenken. Douglas Adams hat schon früh in der Entwicklung der SuSE-Distribution seine Spuren hinterlassen und so worde damals die erste offizielle SuSE-Linux-Version mit der Versionsnummer 4.2 ausgestattet. Diese Zahl (42), welche vom Supercomputer Deep Thought berechnet wurde, bezieht sich auf die Antwort aller Fragen, aus dem Roman "Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis".

"After lot of work and several delays, we proudly announce the availability of SUSE Linux 10.1. In tribute to 42 and as today is the fifth anniversary of the death of Douglas Adams, we dedicate this release to him.

Enthaltene Softwarepakete sind unter anderem:

• Kernel 2.6.16.11
• GNOME 2.12.2
• KDE 3.5.1
• X.Org 6.9
• Xen 3.0
• GCC 4.1.0
• Apache 2.2
• OpenOffice.org 2.0.2

Vielen Dank, Onkelvent, für den Hinweis auf diesen Download.

[UPDATE]

Seit kurzem ist SuSE Linux in der Version 10.1 nun auch als DVD-Image von den Servern zu beziehen. Angeboten wird das Image hierbei als x86- und x86_64-System(AMD64). Genau wie zur Veröffentlichung der CD-Images empfehlen die SuSE-Entwickler auch diesmal vorerst den BitTorrent-Link zu nutzen, da die Server kurz nach dem Release stark überlastet sein werden.

Links zum Thema:

• [opensuse-announce] SUSE Linux 10.1 Release
• openSuSE Download
• "openSuSE vs. Novell SuSE Linux 10.x" - Das doppelte Linux?

-> Kommentare

A3.88

1. For special customize settings
2. Update Realtek 3D engine.
3. Fix delay issue in starting Windows.

• Realtek Audio-Codec Treiber 3.88 [Windows XP/2000/2003/98/ME/x64] Mirror 1
• Realtek Audio-Codec Treiber 3.88 [Windows XP/2000/2003/98/ME/x64] Mirror 2
• Realtek Audio-Codec Treiber 3.88 [Windows XP/2000/2003/98/ME/x64] Mirror 3
• Realtek Audio-Codec Treiber 3.88 [Windows 95]
• Realtek Audio-Codec Treiber 3.88 [Windows NT4]
• Realtek Media Player 3.88 (RtlRack)

Links zum Thema: Realtek AC'97 Versionshistory

-> Kommentare

Das Paket unterstützt sowohl Windows XP und Windows Server 2003, als auch die 64-Bit Betriebssysteme Windows XP x64 Edition und Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition.

Download: AMD Prozessor-Treiber 1.3.1 (2,8 MB)

Weitere Informationen zu Cool'n'Quiet findet Ihr hier, das Tool CPU-Z, um C&Q live bei der Arbeit bewundern zu können bzw. dessen Funktion zu überprüfen, gibt's hier. Weitere aktuelle Treiber für Euer AMD-System findet Ihr in unserer Treiberdatenbank

-> Kommentare

Wohlgemerkt handelt es sich bei dem von Softwin zur Verfügung gestellten BitDefender 10 Download um eine Beta-Version, die allerdings schon alle geplanten Neuerungen der neusten Version enthält. Die Software ist kostenlos von der dafür vorgesehenen Homepage zu beziehen, allerdings ist für den Download eine ebenfalls kostenlose Anmeldung nötig.

An Neuerungen soll BitDefender 10 laut Aussage von Softwin eine sogenannte Früherkennungstechnik für noch unbekannte Viren enthalten die das System zusätzlich absichert. Dieses System, mit dem Namen "B-Have", soll laut Softwin auch Viren identifizieren können, für die es bislang noch keine Signatur-Updates gibt! Eine weitere Neuerung stellt die neue Rootkit-Erkennung dar, die es verhindern soll, dass sich heimlich unerwünschte Programme aus dem Internet installieren. Dies soll laut Softwin möglich sein, da BitDefender 10 den Internet-Datenverkehr in Echtzeit auf schadhafte Programme oder Dateien untersucht und filtert.

Links zum Thema:

• BitDefender Generation 10 Enters Beta
• Log In für BitDefender 10 Beta Download
• Registrierung für BitDefender 10 Beta

-> Kommentare

Vor einigen Wochen haben die Skype-Entwickler zudem eine erste Beta des nächsten Major-Releases 2.5 veröffentlicht, das folgende neue Optionen in den Skype-Client integriert

• Auf unkomplizierte Weise mehr als 2,9 Milliarden reguläre Telefone anrufen: von Skype mit unserem neuen Wählassistenten und neuen Zahlungsmethoden.
• Auf unkomplizierte Weise mit Freunden und Familienangehörigen in Verbindung bleiben: mit gemeinsamen Gruppen zur Weitergabe von Kontaktdaten, Vorstellen von Freunden und vielem mehr.
• Einen Treffpunkt für Ihre Gruppe erstellen: für kostenlose Konferenzgespräche und Gruppenchats.
• Ihre Outlook®-Kontakte anrufen: direkt von Skype.
• Mit Skype SMS-Nachrichten an Ihre Freunde senden.

Anfang Februar sorgte eine Ankündigung der Skype-Entwickler, bestimmte Features des neuen 2.0 Clients ausschließlich Nutzern mit Intel Dual-Core CPUs zugänglich zu machen (wir berichteten), für sehr kontroverse Diskussionen.

Download:

• Skype 2.0.0.105 [Windows 2000/XP] (9,0 MB)
• Skype 2.5.0.72 Beta [Windows 2000/XP] (10,1 MB)

• Changelog
• Kostenlose Skype-Gespräche in den USA und Kanada
• AMD: Verfügung an Skype
• Skype schließt AMD-Nutzer aus
• eBay übernimmt Skype

-> Kommentare

Die Versionshistory wurde noch nicht aktualisiert, so dass sich über eventuelle Änderungen bzw. Fehlerkorrekturen bislang nichts sagen lässt.

Download:

• Realtek High Definition Audio-Codec Treiber 1.37 [Windows XP/2000/2003/x64] Mirror 1
• Realtek High Definition Audio-Codec Treiber 1.37 [Windows XP/2000/2003/x64] Mirror 2
• Realtek High Definition Audio-Codec Treiber 1.37 [Windows XP/2000/2003/x64] Mirror 3

Link zum Thema:

• Realtek HD Audio Versionshistory

->Kommentare

Laut der openSuSE-Community wurde der heutige 11. Mai 2006 als Releasedatum gewählt um dem bekannten und bereits verstorbenen Autor Douglas Adams, der hauptsächlich durch sein Werk "Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis" bekannt geworden ist, an seinem heutigen fünften Todestag zu Gedenken. Douglas Adams hat schon früh in der Entwicklung der SuSE-Distribution seine Spuren hinterlassen und so worde damals die erste offizielle SuSE-Linux-Version mit der Versionsnummer 4.2 ausgestattet. Diese Zahl (42), welche vom Supercomputer Deep Thought berechnet wurde, bezieht sich auf die Antwort aller Fragen, aus dem Roman "Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis".

"After lot of work and several delays, we proudly announce the availability of SUSE Linux 10.1. In tribute to 42 and as today is the fifth anniversary of the death of Douglas Adams, we dedicate this release to him.

Enthaltene Softwarepakete sind unter anderem:

• Kernel 2.6.16.11
• GNOME 2.12.2
• KDE 3.5.1
• X.Org 6.9
• Xen 3.0
• GCC 4.1.0
• Apache 2.2
• OpenOffice.org 2.0.2

Vielen Dank, Onkelvent, für den Hinweis auf diesen Download.

Links zum Thema:

• [opensuse-announce] SUSE Linux 10.1 Release
• openSuSE Download
• "openSuSE vs. Novell SuSE Linux 10.x" - Das doppelte Linux?

-> Kommentare

Mit der Version 3.60 bietet WinRAR erstmals eine Unterstützung für Dual-Core CPUs wie z.B. AMDs Athlon 64 X2.

WinRAR - What's new in the latest version

Version 3.60 beta 3

• Previous beta version could create duplicate copies of same file when updating an archived file with high ASCII characters in file name.
• SFX module crashed if single string length in "License" or "Text" block exceeded 4096 characters.

• Improved Unicode support in the folder tree panel.
• Fixed a bug with incorrect font in the volume size list in Japanese Windows 98.

• Multithreaded version of RAR compression algorithm improves the compression speed on computers with several CPU, dual core CPU and processors with hyperthreading technology. Multithreading is enabled by default, but you can disable it in "General" part of "Settings" dialog. In the command line mode you can control multithreading with -mt switch.
• WinRAR can display the folder tree panel allowing to navigate in disk and archive folders. Use "Options/Folder tree" submenu to enable the folder tree. It can be configured separately in file and archive management modes.Folder tree replaces "Browse for folder" command previously available in "File" menu and uses its Ctrl+T keyboard shortcut.
• Now WinRAR "Rename" command also works with ZIP archives. Previous versions could rename files only in RAR archives.
• Added decompression of LZH archives created with "-lh7-" algorithm.
• New "Remove duplicate folders from extraction path" option in "Settings/Compression" dialog.If this option is on and you unpack an archive which root folder has no files and only one 'somename' folder and if destination folder is new or empty and also ends with '/somename', WinRAR will exclude one 'somename' from resulting 'somename/somename' path.
• New "Define volume sizes..." button in "Settings/Compression". This button activates "Define volume sizes" dialog. Here you can customize the list of predefined volume sizes associated with "Split to volumes, bytes" field in archiving dialog.
• Speed of RAR general compression increased for some data types. Depending on data type and size the gain may achieve 5 - 15%.
• New "Rename automatically" option in the extraction dialog and command line -or switch to rename extracted files automatically if file with the same name already exists. You can also enable the auto-renaming mode directly from the overwrite confirmation prompt with "Rename All" button.Renamed files will get names like 'filename(N).txt', where 'filename.txt' is the original file name and 'N' is a number.
• "Set modification time" option in "Advanced" part of extraction dialog is accessible also for ZIP archives. Previously it could be changed only for RAR archives.
• "Multithreading" option added to "Benchmark and hardware test" command, so you can compare performance of usual and multithreaded versions of RAR compression algorithm.
• New 'ch' (change archive parameters) command line mode command. Its purpose is to apply switches like -av, -tl and -cl to archive.
• New 'cv' command line mode command. It provides the command line interface to WinRAR "Convert archives" command. It is supported only by winrar.exe, not by rar.exe.
• New command line -sl and -sm switches to set size limits of processing files.
• New command line -fcu[file] switch allows to read archive comments from Unicode files. It also modifies behavior of "cw" command, setting the comment output format to Unicode.
• 7Z added to list of formats stored without compression when using -ms switch without a parameter.
• Switch -e[+] is now supported by most of command line operations including extracting and deleting files. Previously it was supported by only archiving command.
• It is allowed to use environment variables in archive name in archiving dialog, in destination path in extraction dialog, in folder names on "Compression" and "Paths" pages in WinRAR settings. For example, you can enter '%temp%' in "Folder for temporary files" field.

Download:

• WinRAR 3.60 beta 3 - Trial Version [Windows]


• RAR 3.60 beta 3 - Free Version [Pocket PC]
• RAR 3.60 beta 3 - Trial Version [DOS, Command line only]
• RAR 3.60 beta 3 - Trial Version [Linux, Command line only]
• RAR 3.60 beta 3 - Trial Version [FreeBSD, Command line only]
• RAR 3.60 beta 3 - Trial Version [MacOS X, Command line only]

Links zum Thema:

• WinRAR Changelog

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Der VLC media player unterstützt bereits von Haus aus unzählige Audio- und Video-Codecs und wird für eine Vielzahl unterschiedlicher Betriebssysteme bereitgestellt. Eine Übersicht der bereits integrierten Codecs und der unterstützten Plattformen zeigt eine Feature-Übersicht. Der VLC media player wird als kostenlose Freeware unter der GNU General Public License angeboten.

Download:

• VLC media player 0.8.5 Installer [Windows] - Mirror 1
• VLC media player 0.8.5 Installer [Windows] - Mirror 2
• VLC media player 0.8.5 Installer [Windows] - Mirror 3


• VLC media player 0.8.5 ZIP [Windows] - Mirror 1
• VLC media player 0.8.5 ZIP [Windows] - Mirror 2
• VLC media player 0.8.5 ZIP [Windows] - Mirror 3


• VLC media player 0.8.5 Power PC [Mac OS X]
• VLC media player 0.8.5 Intel [Mac OS X]


• Linux, BSD und weitere Betriebssysteme

Links zum Thema:

• VLC Changelog
• VLC features list
• VLC Screenshots

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A3.87

1. Update Realtek 3D engine.
2. For special customize settings.

Download:

• Realtek Audio-Codec Treiber 3.87 [Windows XP/2000/2003/98/ME/x64] Mirror 1
• Realtek Audio-Codec Treiber 3.87 [Windows XP/2000/2003/98/ME/x64] Mirror 2
• Realtek Audio-Codec Treiber 3.87 [Windows XP/2000/2003/98/ME/x64] Mirror 3
• Realtek Audio-Codec Treiber 3.87 [Windows 95]
• Realtek Audio-Codec Treiber 3.87 [Windows NT4]
• Realtek Media Player 3.87 (RtlRack)

Links zum Thema: Realtek AC'97 Versionshistory

Vielen Dank an "klein van" für den Hinweis!

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Microsoft hat beim IE7 die Benutzeroberfläche vollständig überarbeitet, der Browser unterstützt nun u.a. das von der Konkurrenz und diversen IE-Browseraufsätzen bekannte Tabbed Browsing, RSS Feeds, eine frei konfigurierbare Suchleiste und verfügt über einen integrierten Phishing-Schutz. Eine Übersicht der diversen Neuerungen führt Microsoft in einer Feature-Liste auf.

Nun hat Microsoft die zweite offizielle Beta-Version des Internet Explorer 7 veröffentlicht, vorerst ausschließlich in englischer Sprache. Lokalisierte Versionen sollen offenbar im Mai folgen. Mit diesem öffentlichen Beta-Test will Microsoft möglichst viele Anwender zum Testen bewegen und bietet zusätzlich telefonischen Support für die Beta-Tester des IE7, zunächst allerdings beschränkt auf amerikanische Nutzer.

Starting with Beta 2, we’ll be having beta phone support for consumer IE7 Beta users. Basically, support will be limited to help out our customers in a non-domain environment with their IE7 beta issues. So if you have questions or issues that are more developer, enterprise, or business related such as IEAK issues, group policy changes, or coding CSS pages for IE7, then it’ll be out of scope for the help we can provide on this support line. (Quelle : IEBlog)

Zudem hat Microsoft eine Webseite eingerichtetet, die verschiedene Erweiterungen für den IE7 bereithält.

System Requirements

Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 should not be used on production systems in mission-critical environments. Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 will run on Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), Windows Vista, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1).

Für die Installation ist ein erfolgreicher Windows Genuine Advantage Check notwendig. Bei einer ungültigen Windows Lizenz wird die Installation verweigert.

Download:

• Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 [Windows XP SP2 x86] (11,9 MB)
• Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 [Windows Server 2003 x86] (11,9 MB)
• Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 [Windows Server 2003 IA64] (23,3 MB)


• Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 [Windows XP SP2 x86] (12,0 MB)
• Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 [Windows Server 2003 x86] (12,0 MB)
• Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 [Windows Server 2003 IA64] (30,0 MB)

Update: Microsoft hat nun auch die deutsche Version der Beta 2 des Internet Explorer 7 zum Download freigegeben.

Links zum Thema:

• IEBlog
• Internet Explorer 7 Changelog
• Internet Explorer 7 Webseite
• Internet Explorer 7 Erweiterungen
• Internet Explorer 7 Systemvoraussetzungen

Danke an Jensematz für den Hinweis!

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Download:

• Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3 [Windows] (4,9 MB)
• Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3 [Linux] (8,1 MB)
• Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3 [Mac Universal Binary] (16,0 MB)

Update: Nun sind auch die Release Notes veröffentlicht worden.

Links zum Thema:

• Release Notes
• Firefox stolpert über JavaScript (heise online)

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