BitComet 1.14

(2009.07.31)

Changes in 1.14
GUI Improved: support Wed Seed when make torrent file
GUI Improved: support modify Wed Seed list in BT task properties dialog
GUI Improved: display download/upload rate of user group in peer list of BT task
GUI Improved: display downloading piece position in peer list of BT task
GUI Improved: display balloon on system tray icon when disk busy leading to GUI losing response
GUI Improved: new appearance option: minimize when program start
GUI Improved: add loading page to bookmark in left fav bar
GUI Improved: loading torrent collection list from xml file in working thread, avoid GUI freezing
GUI Improved: decrease the delay switching to torrent collection list from task list
GUI Improved: add new command in context menu of floating window: start uploading all
GUI Improved: change the BitComet icon in system tray to grey when program exiting
GUI Improved: new setting in connection panel of option dialog: Alternate max upload rate when not downloading
GUI Improved: statistics panel displays current download rate limit and upload rate limit
GUI Improved: individual max concurrent downloading task numbers for BT tasks and HTTP tasks in option dialog
GUI Improved: new "Force" option for BT task protocol encryption in option dialog
GUI Improved: new setting in Long-Time Seeding panel of option dialog: Auto upload rate control
GUI Improved: statistics panel displays current upload rate limit of long-time seeding
GUI Improved: BitComet not responding dialog will be closed automatically after GUI resumed
GUI Bugfix: can't add HTTP Tracker whose port is 80 in BT task properties dialog
GUI Bugfix: if task selection state changed before task delete dialog displayed, the task will be deleted may not be the originally selected

Core Improve: BT task supports downloading from Web Seed, compatible with BitTorrent mainline
Core Improve: decrease CPU usage of DHT modular
Core Improve: ban the peers from the specified IP even they changed peer ID
Core Improve: improve connection algorithm for UDP download from Long-Time seed
Core Improve: send no-retry instruction to remote UDP peers when exiting
Core Improve: improve connection algorithm for BT uploading
Core Improve: give BT upload connection higher priority when auto upload rate control of long-time seeding enabled
Core Bugfix: max simultaneous half-open TCP connection number in advanced option page does not take effect
Core Bugfix: making torrent file may fail if there're too many files in the specified folder

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BitComet 1.14

uTorrent 1.8.3 (build 16010)

(2009.07.30)

Changes in build 16010
- Change: toolbar installer version
- Fix: buffer overrun vulnerability in create torrent dialog

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uTorrent 1.8.3 (build 16010)

Adobe Flash Player 10.0.32.18

(2009.07.30)

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Adobe Flash Player 10.0.32.18

Silverlight 3.0.40723.0

(2009.07.30)

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Silverlight 3.0.40723.0

Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 Update 15

(2009.07.28)

Changes in 1.6.0_15
JRE 6 Update 15 Release Notes

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Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 Update 15

K-Lite Codec Pack 5.0.3 Update Build 20090728

(2009.07.28)

Update for:
K-Lite Codec Pack 5.0.0 (Mega/Full/Standard/Basic/Corporate)

Changelog:
* Updated ffdshow to revision 3044
* Updated AC3Filter to version 1.62b
* Updated FLV splitter to version 1.2.1180.0
* Updated Gabest MPEG splitter to version 1.2.1195.0
* Updated x264VFW to revision 1189
* Updated MediaInfo Lite to version 0.7.19

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K-Lite Codec Pack 5.0.3 Update Build 20090728

CCleaner 2.22.968

(2009.07.28)

Changes in 2.22.968
- Redesign of Cleaner results panel.
- Added support for Opera 10 Beta.
- Added support for Safari 4.0.
- Added search to Uninstall tool.
- Added search to Cookies screen.
- Improved User assist cleaning in Windows 7.
- Fixed bug in OpenOffice cleaning.
- Fixed IE8 SuggestedSites.dat cleaning support.
- Fixed UI bugs.

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CCleaner 2.22.968

VirtualDub 1.9.4

(2009.07.27)

Changes in 1.9.4
Build 32559 (1.9.4, stable): [July 27, 2009]
[bugs fixed]
* Fixed chroma subsampling and 4:1:0 chroma positioning in test videos.
* Scene stepping works with panes disabled.
* Fixed crash in scene stepping with certain frame sizes and 24-bit RGB
selected as the input format.
* Path options were reversed in the batch wizard.
* Filters: Fixed crash when VDXA is enabled and 3D acceleration
initialization fails.
* Filters: Corrected several positioning errors in resize filter in 3D
accelerated mode.
* Filters: Fixed bad offset and channel swapping when cropping on a filter
that triggers a switch to 3D accelerated operation in RGB mode.
* Filters: Fixed cut off size text in cropping dialog.
* Filters: Field bob, threshold, and sharpen filters were added to the list
even if the configuration dialog was cancelled.
* Capture: Devices that don't declare a frame rate now cause an error
rather than a crash.

[regressions fixed]
* Fixed compatibility problems with Windows NT 4.0.

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VirtualDub 1.9.4

VLC Media Player 1.0.1

(2009.07.27)

Changes in 1.0.1
Access:
* Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB

Demuxers:
* Support for ADPCM in .flv streams

Mac OS X Interface:
* Completely reworked user interface (based upon works from GSoC 2008)

Playlist:
* WPL playlist support
* ZPL playlist support

Audio filters:
* Chorus/Flanger audio filter

Encoders:
* x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings

Video Output:
* Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX
desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks.

Visualisation:
* Support of .milk visualisation files using projectM libraries

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VLC Media Player 1.0.1 (Windows)

Auslogics Disk Defrag 2.1.1.30

(2009.07.27)

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Auslogics Disk Defrag 2.1.1.30

ImgBurn 2.5.0.0

(2009.07.26)

Changes in 2.5.0.0
* Added: An 'Advanced' input mode to build mode where you have total control over the layout of the disc and can add new folders, change names etc. (i.e. you're no longer limited to burning an existing folder structure on your hard disc as-is)
* Added: Optional logging when hidden or system files/folders are skipped in Build mode due to the current settings (i.e. when 'Include Hidden Files' or 'Include System Files' are disabled).
* Added: Yet another attempt at setting the write speed - this one does it 100% by the book. It fills the fields in the performance descriptor sent via 'SET STREAMING' with the values returned in the descriptor after issuing the 'GET PERFORMANCE' command. (The previous best method of setting the speed missed one field out)
* Added: An option (off by default) to enable the enumeration of medium changer devices (this was previously always enabled) on the I/O tab in the Settings.
* Added: Support for enumerating medium changer devices via the SPTI 'Device Interface' method too - previously it was always done by 'Device Class'.
* Added: The graph data preview in the Settings now uses a default value for media/volume id if one isn't available based on the current media/image file.
* Added: Support for another IOCTL for locking the drive - this one (only) appears to work with the 'Device Interface' enumeration method of the SPTI I/O interface ('lock volume' doesn't).
* Added: Support for using 'Opti Drive Control' as the IBG viewer when you click the 'Display Graph Data' buttons/menu option.
* Added: ImgBurn now adds itself to the context menu's 'Open With' submenu for files it's associated with.
* Added: Debug logging to the function that compares the image file/disc layouts.
* Added: Option to disable the 'Fix VTS Sectors' function when building a DVD Video disc.
* Added: The 'Create DVD File' feature can now make DVD files with the MediaType field set to 'CD'.
* Added: Support for saving plain MODE1/2048 discs as a MODE1/2352 image in Read mode by saving as a BIN/IMG file.
* Added: Support for converting a MODE2/FORM1 track (on a single session/track disc) into MODE1 when reading a disc so it can be stored in an ISO file.
* Added: Support for burning CCD files.
* Added: Support for adding files that exceed the limit imposed by the ISO9660/Joliet file systems. Those file systems will record the file size as 4GB (-1 byte) but all their data will be physically present in the image. The UDF file system will use the correct size.
* Added: Support for building images using the 'MODE2/FORM1/2352' data type. (previously it only supported 'MODE1/2048')
* Added: Warning when user attempts to read a 'complex' disc to an ISO file and option to use BIN instead.
* Added: Support for using 'BurnPlot' as the IBG viewer when you click the 'Display Graph Data' buttons/menu option.
* Added: Advice in the log window (on how to remove the virus) for when the 'maximum number of secrets exceeded' error in encountered when searching for devices (and 0 drives are found).
* Added: Mini lookup table for some CD disc ID's to get manufacturer info. This info is now show in the disc information panel (under ATIP Information) and also in the log when you erase a disc or burn one.
* Added: Option to stop the program from analysing (doing the dummy decode pass on) cd-da ready wav files.
* Added: Show the booktype in the log when reading a disc in Read mode.
* Added: A check to ensure all the DVD Video files in a sequence are present. (i.e. it'll prompt if VTS_XX_1.VOB and VTS_XX_3.VOB are present but VTS_XX_2.VOB isn't)
* Added: It now does a basic parse of any supported 'Special' file system on a disc when in Read mode so it can display a volume label (to match what you'd see when loading an image of said disc into Write mode).
* Added: 'Write Speed Miscompare!' warning in the log when the drive reports a write speed that doesn't match what the user selected.
* Added: Error balloon when user tries to enter an unacceptable character in the 'Rename' box when replacing/overwriting files.
* Added: Error checking (and logging) when searching for folders/files (via 'FindFirstFile'/'FindNextFile') and adding them to the image in Build mode.
* Added: Detection of attempts to build Vista style OS installation discs (via the 'sources\install.wim' file) and the relevant prompting for conflicting settings, failing to make it bootable etc (same as an 'I386' install disc).
* Added: 'Explore' and 'Open' options to the 'Source' box's context menu in Build mode.
* Added: You can now control which 'image layout' files Build mode creates via its own set of options (rather than piggy backing the Read mode ones)
* Added: Ability to select the media type when creating an MDS file via the 'Create MDS File' feature.
* Added: Ability to select the font used by the program's GUI.
* Added: New CLI parameter '/CERTIFICATEFOLDER ' to tell the program if it should attempt to include/create a CERTIFICATE folder when a BDAV/BDMV folder is present.
* Added: Sanity checking for most of the comboboxes - to catch errors in translations where they don't notice I've added new entries!
* Added: 'Average Write Speed' to the log when full erasing a BD-RE disc with 'perfer properly formatted discs' enabled - i.e. so it performs the 'Zeroing Sectors' part.
* Added: Workaround for a bug in Windows 7 (7077 anyway) where the PlaySound API will bring up an 'insert disc' error box if the current working directory is no longer valid (i.e. it was set to an optical drive and the disc has been ejected).
* Added: Workaround for drives/drivers that randomly report a bogus error ('No Additional Sense Information') during the burn, thus forcing a retry - which fails with the error 'Invalid Address For Write' because those sectors HAVE actually been written ok - according to the track's NWA info anyway.
* Added: The option to read/write CD-TEXT using the Ansi code page rather than ISO 8859-1.
* Added/Changed: The log entry/error box that pops up when 'send cue sheet' or 'set write parameters' fail now includes a 'reason' in the form of the decoded sense area message.
* Added/Changed: The ISO9660 Volume Label will now accept characters based on the current ISO9660 character set selection.
* Added/Changed: Had a go at making all the Build mode question type messageboxes simpler and translatable.
* Added/Changed: Tweaked and cleaned up the file search code when loading CUE files. It now supports relative paths.
* Changed: The installer no longer offers the 'Quick Launch' option when Windows 7 is detected as an OS.
* Changed: The SPTI device enumeration method now defaults to 'Device Interface' on XP SP2/2003 SP2 + IMAPI v2.0, XP SP3, Vista and newer.
* Changed: The SPTI device enumeration method 'CdRom Class' is now known as 'Device Class'.
* Changed: The 'CERTIFICATE' folder is no longer created for Blu-ray Video discs by default. This means the programs creating the file structure have more control over whether one gets added or not.
* Changed: Tweaked all the code for file associations to make it more compliant with Microsoft's documentation. (The installer cleans up the old ones so make sure you use it!)
* Changed: Tweaked the code used to determine the drive's current write speed before then displaying the 'Write Speed Miscompare' message (I blame the buggy drive firmware!).
* Changed: Tweaked the code that positions forms when they open (in the middle of the main form) so they're no longer drawn a few pixels off the screen (assuming the main form is along the edge) when desktop composition is enabled under Vista / 7.
* Changed: Tweaked the code that positions forms when they open (in the middle of the main form) so they're opened on whichever monitor their 'centre point' is on (or the nearest to it).
* Changed: Tweaked some of the functions associated with the ISO9660 file system's volume label so they handle characters with extra bits like accents a little better and hopefully reduce the number of '_' characters that end up being used.
* Changed: Even when set to 'No', the DVD/MDS layout files will still be created (if they're selected in the first place) when multiple output files have been created (i.e. file splitting has been used).
* Changed: Tweaked the way fields in the Joliet volume descriptor are read to hopefully deal with buggy descriptors (like those written by XP's built in burning software) where the fields don't contain Unicode text.
* Changed: Updated the Virtual TreeView control to the latest on SVN.
* Changed: Ignore failure to set the layer break position (when changeable or not) if the desired position is where the drive reports it is already . Previously it only ignored the failure if the position was the same and wasn't changeable.
* Changed: Tweaked some of the code that sizes and positions controls based on the current translation.
* Changed: The information window shown when building the image/calculating its size in Build mode can now be translated.
* Changed: The custom strings inserted into system / application menus can now be translated.
* Changed: When loading a CUE into the 'Create CUE File' feature, the program will now warn you if track/index info will be lost (i.e. if a file is used for more than 1 track or a track has more than 1 index).
* Changed: Renamed 'Create CD CUE File' feature (and associated buttons/tooltips etc) to 'Create CUE File' so it matches with 'Create DVD File' & 'Create MDS File'.
* Changed: Rewrote all the code that deals with when to create/not create CCD/CUE/DVD/MDS files. Each one is handled individually now.
* Changed: Modified that MDS file slightly when building an image with a BDAV/BDMV folder in it (so it'll play when mounted in DT).
* Changed: Since adding support for CCD/CUE/DVD, the 'Create MDS File' term/option in the Settings didn't really fit - so it's been renamed to a more generic 'Create Image Layout File'.
* Changed: The 'Filter Drive Load Order' feature now scans for and lists device class filters found in all the relevant 'CdRom' keys under 'HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\[IDE|SCSI|USBSTOR|1394]' rather than just the first one it finds with an 'UpperFilters/LowerFilters' entry.
* Changed: The 'Filter Drive Load Order' feature can now remove 'Upper/Lower Device Class' filters.
* Changed: When burning a CD, the program will now also issue the 'SET STREAMING' command (where supported and in addition to the existing 'SET CD SPEED' one) to set the write speed.
* Changed: 'FastWrite' no longer applies to BD-R, the new option 'BD-R Verify Not Required' now takes its place.
* Changed/Fixed: Tweaked the 'Title Case' function to handle certain strings a bit better.
* Changed/Fixed: Implemented a workaround for Windows 7 whereby ImgBurn prompts 'Do you really want to cancel?' if it's open when you try to restart/shutdown the computer.
* Changed/Fixed: The program would only use the layer break position in an IBB if the /CLOSE switch was issued via CLI, /CLOSESUCCESS wouldn't work (and it should have done).
* Fixed: Clicking 'Cancel' to certain build mode prompts (that correct conflicts/settings) didn't prevent some other prompts from popping up.
* Fixed: Initial disc space check when doing a 'Read' operation didn't take into account the wave header when outputting an audio cd to a wav file.
* Fixed: The MD5 was incorrect when reading an audio disc to a *.wav file.
* Fixed: Incorrect / missing drive letters when using 'Device Interface' SPTI enumeration.
* Fixed: The 'Device Interface' SPTI drive enumeration method didn't work on Vista (drive letters would have been used as a fallback).
* Fixed: A little bug (they you'd be very unlikely to run into) in the function that compares the layout of an image file to the layout of a disc in terms of sessions, tracks etc.
* Fixed: A problem where code (specific to 'Image File' output mode) was being called for something that only applies to Device output mode. This was to do with changing the data type to 'MODE1/2048' if the current disc was DVD/HD DVD/Blu-ray.
* Fixed: Problem with reporting the correct error code in the booktype setting tool on the 'LiteOn' tab if the drive doesn't support any of the 3 different I/O command versions (it would always just return 'No Additional Sense Information').
* Fixed: The wrong 'Free Space' was/could be displayed in Build mode (image file output) if the destination was set to 'desktop\[*.*]' and the desktop folder was on a different drive to the 'Image File' one configured in the settings.
* Fixed: A problem with some code that decides if a CCD file should be created or not.
* Fixed: A few problems with the creation of CCD files (wrong values in certain fields) - mainly when doing multisession.
* Fixed: Incorrect start time of Indexes >= 1 in a CUE file when any sort of pre/postgap was also present.
* Fixed: If the 'unlock volume' (exclusive access) function failed after an erase, the program logged that the erase had failed - when actually it hadn't. Also, if the erase had failed but the unlock succeeded, the program logged that the erase was successful.
* Fixed: The volume label tooltip on the Read mode progress screen was showing 'Unknown' for fields that it shouldn't have been.
* Fixed: Problem where the program opens the drive whilst in the middle of a temporary open/close which leads to the drive being left in a 'closed' state ('invalid handle' message in the status bar) and potentially leaves an orphaned drive handle which prevents the program from being able to lock the drive for exclusive usage.
* Fixed: Labels were not displaying the '&' character properly in the 'Image Information' box.
* Fixed: List out of bounds error when changing the language.
* Fixed: Bad text width calculation (due to font changes) when positioning controls.
* Fixed: Task status wasn't updated from 'Fixing VTS Sectors' to 'Getting Region Information'.
* Fixed: An issue where some internal stuff got messed up as a result of the program prompting to include ADV_OBJ / CERTIFICATE folders (but only if the user said 'Yes').
* Fixed: Multi-monitor issue where forms centred over the main one could be displayed slightly off the screen.
* Fixed: A call to the SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETNONCLIENTMETRICS) API function was failing on pre-Vista OS's and so the GUI font might have been different to previous versions of the program - shouldn't have been an issue for people using the default OS fonts for everything though.
* Fixed: Bogus 'Destination' text (parent folder of the *.IBB) when loading a project in Build mode where the Output is set to 'Image File' and the destination field is blank.
* Fixed: Clicking the 'Close' (X) button in the preparing image / building image tree boxes closed the window but didn't actually stop the program from doing what it was doing.

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ImgBurn 2.5.0.0

K-Lite Codec Pack 5.0.2 Update Build 20090724

(2009.07.24)

Update for:
K-Lite Codec Pack 5.0.0 (Mega/Full/Standard/Basic/Corporate)

Changelog:
* Updated ffdshow to revision 3040
* Updated AC3Filter to version 1.62b
* Updated FLV splitter to version 1.2.1180.0
* Updated MediaInfo Lite to version 0.7.19

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K-Lite Codec Pack 5.0.2 Update

Recuva 1.29.429

(2009.07.24)

Changes in 1.29.429
- Added recovery of deleted Thunderbird emails.
- Added support for Nikon RAW in Deep Scan.
- Improved support of exFAT drives.
- Improved recovery of JPG images from NTFS drives.
- Various minor tweaks.

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Recuva 1.29.429

Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) Alpha 3

(2009.07.23)

Introduction
The Ubuntu developers are moving quickly to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software the Open Source Community has to offer. The Karmic Koala Alpha 3 is the third alpha release of Ubuntu 9.10, bringing with it the earliest new features for the next version of Ubuntu.

This is an alpha release. Do not install it on production machines. The final stable version will be released on October 29th, 2009.

Upgrading from Ubuntu 9.04
To upgrade from Ubuntu 9.04 on a desktop system, press Alt+F2 and type in "update-manager -d" (without the quotes) into the command box. Update Manager should open up and tell you: New distribution release '9.10' is available. Click Upgrade and follow the on-screen instructions.

To upgrade from Ubuntu 9.04 on a server system: install the update-manager-core package if it is not already installed; edit /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades and set Prompt=normal; launch the upgrade tool with the command sudo do-release-upgrade; and follow the on-screen instructions.

New features in Karmic
Feature development for Karmic is happening with full speed. Please see the Karmic blueprint list for details.

Please test and report any bugs you find:
http://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs

Updated Packages
As with every new release, packages--applications and software of all kinds--are being updated at a rapid pace. Many of these packages come from an automatic sync from Debian's Unstable branch. For a list of all packages being accepted for 9.10 Karmic Koala, please subscribe to karmic-changes:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/karmic-changes

GNOME
Ubuntu Karmic Alpha 3 includes the latest GNOME 2.27.4 development release.
Empathy has replaced Pidgin as the default instant messaging client, introducing the Telepathy framework.
The gdm 2.27.4 login manager is a complete rewrite compared to the version in earlier Ubuntu releases.

Kubuntu
Kubuntu includes its first Netbook release, Social from the Start and the latest KDE packages. See the Kubuntu technical overview

Ubuntu One file sharing
Ubuntu Karmic Alpha 3 ships the https://ubuntuone.com/ file sharing service by default, providing tightly integrated file synchronization of your computer with other computers and the Ubuntu One network storage service.

Linux kernel 2.6.31
Alpha 3 includes the 2.6.31-3.19 kernel based on 2.6.31-rc3. The kernel ships with Kernel Mode Setting enabled for Intel graphics (see below). linux-restricted-modules is deprecated in favour of DKMS packages.

hal deprecation
Karmic Alpha 3's underlying technology for power management, laptop Hotkeys, and handling storage devices and cameras maps was moved from "hal" (which is going to be deprecated soon) to "DeviceKit-power", "DeviceKit-disks" and "udev". When testing Alpha 3, please pay particular attention to regressions in those two areas and report bugs.

New Intel video driver architecture available for testing
The Intel video driver has switched from the "EXA" acceleration method to the new "UXA". This solves major performance problems of Ubuntu 9.04, but could use further testing to flag any regressions it may bring.

Feedback about the new "kernel mode setting" feature is also heavily appreciated. This will reduce video mode switching flicker at booting, and dramatically speed up suspend/resume. Please see the instructions and feedback page for details.

New default compiler
Karmic uses GCC-4.4 as the default compiler, which in some parts is more strict than GCC-4.3, see list of changes. Please make sure to test packages on karmic or in a karmic chroot before upload.

ext4 by default
The new "ext4" filesystem is used by default for new installations of Karmic; of course, other filesystems are still available via the manual partitioner. Existing filesystems will not be upgraded.

If you have full backups and are confident, you can upgrade an existing ext3 filesystem to ext4 by following directions in the Ext4 Howto (note that the comments on that page at the time of writing about Ubuntu's use of vol_id vs. blkid are out of date and are not applicable to Karmic). Maximum performance will typically only be achieved on new filesystems, not on filesystems that have been upgraded from ext3.

GRUB 2 by default
GRUB 2 is the default boot loader for new installations of Karmic, replacing the previous GRUB "Legacy" boot loader. Existing systems will not be upgraded to GRUB 2 at this time, as automatically reinstalling the boot loader is an inherently risky operation.

If you wish to upgrade your system to GRUB 2, then see the GRUB 2 testing page for instructions. See also the upstream draft manual.

Some features are still missing relative to GRUB Legacy. Notable among these are lock/password support, an equivalent of grub-reboot, and Xen handling.

Download Alpha 3
Get it while it's hot. ISOs and torrents are available at:
Ubuntu Desktop, Server, and Netbook Remix
Kubuntu Desktop and Netbook
Xubuntu
Ubuntustudio

Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.1.601

(2009.07.23)

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Partition Wizard Home Edition 4.0

(2009.07.23)

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Partition Wizard Home Edition 4.0

Auslogics Disk Defrag 2.1.0.25

(2009.07.23)

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DriverMax 5.1

(2009.07.23)

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DriverMax 5.1

Defraggler 1.12.152

(2009.07.23)

Changes in 1.12.152
- Added Quick Defrag feature.
- Added exFAT compatibility.
- Architecture changes to improve defrag performance.
- Improved placement of most commonly used files.
- Various UI tweaks.

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Defraggler 1.12.152

Skype 4.1.0.141

(2009.07.21)

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Skype 4.1.0.141 (Windows)

Firefox 3.0.12

(2009.07.21)

What's New in Firefox 3.0.12
Firefox 3.0.12 fixes several issues found in Firefox 3.0.11:
* Fixed several security issues.
* Fixed several stability issues.
* Fixed an issue introduced in Firefox 3.0.11, where Firefox would occasionally freeze when accessing the Java plug-in on Windows XP. (bug 498132)
* Fixed an issue introduced in Firefox 3.0.11, where Firefox would not save data properly when a user stored their home directory on a remote location using AFP. (bug 497792)
* On Mac OS X, fixed an issue where certain AppleScripts failed to return the proper information. (bug 427448)
* See the Firefox 3.0.11 release notes for changes in previous releases.

See the complete list of bugs fixed.

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Firefox 3.0.12 (Windows) / Firefox 3.0.12 (Mac) / Firefox 3.0.12 (Linux)

Auslogics Disk Defrag 2.1.0.20

(2009.07.16)

Changes in 2.1.0.20
* added background autodefragmentation
* added an option to minimize the program into system tray
* added Windows Explorer integration
* added numerous new options and possibilities
* corrected mistakes in the localization files
* improved installers

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Auslogics Disk Defrag 2.1.0.20

Google Chrome 2.0.172.37

(2009.07.17)

Google Chrome 2.0.172.37 has been released to the Beta and Stable channels. This release fixes some minor bugs:

* Fix: Solving captcha images broken at orkut.com. (Issue 15569)
* Make forward/backward navigation work even when redirection is involved. (Issue 9663, issue 10531)
* Fix: Daylight savings time not recognized for some CET locales. (Issue 12579)
* Fix a browser crash on closing a URL request. (Issue 8942)
* Update the V8 Javascript engine to version 1.1.10.14 to fix issues with regular expressions.
* Update Gears to the latest release, 0.5.25.0.

In addition, this release fixes the following security issues:

Heap overflow with Javascript regular expressions
Evaluating a specially-crafted regular expression in Javascript on a web page can lead to memory corruption and possibly a heap overflow. Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to a renderer (tab) crash or arbitrary code execution in the Google Chrome sandbox.

More info: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=14719 (This issue will be made public once a majority of users are up to date with the fix.)

Severity: High. An attacker might be able to run arbitrary code within the Google Chrome sandbox.

Credit: This issue was found by the Google Chrome security team.

Mitigations:
* A victim would need to visit a page under an attacker's control.
* Any code that an attacker might be able to run inside the renderer process would be inside the sandbox. Click here for more details about sandboxing.


Memory corruption in the browser process
A compromised renderer (tab) process could cause the browser process to allocate very large memory buffers. This error could cause the browser process (and all tabs) to crash or possibly allow arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the logged on user. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to be able to run arbitrary code inside the renderer process.

Severity: Critical. In conjunction with a vulnerability allowing arbitrary code to run in the renderer, an attacker might be able to run code with the privileges of the logged on user.

Credit: This issue was found by the Google Chrome security team.

Mitigations:
* A victim would need to visit a page under an attacker's control.
* The attacker must exploit a second vulnerability to control the renderer process.

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Google Chrome 2.0.172.37

EverNote 3.1.0.1212

(2009.07.17)

Changes in 3.1.0.1212
Enhancement
* Added support for future service search-indexing enhancements
* ENScript will create a new database when using "importNotes" and "syncDatabase" commands if the specified database file does not exist

Bug Fixes
* Improved full text search
* Improved template when emailing notes using Thunderbird
* Fixed problem when empty note attributes are synchronized
* Fixed image editor to correctly maintain the original file format

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EverNote 3.1.0.1212

Firefox 3.5.1

(2009.07.16)

What's New in Firefox 3.5.1
Firefox 3.5.1 fixes the following issues:
* Several security issues.
* Several stability issues.
* An issue that was making Firefox take a long time to load on some Windows systems.

Please see the complete list of changes in this version. You may also be interested in the Firefox 3.5 release notes for a list of changes in the previous version.

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Firefox 3.5.1 (Windows) / Other Systems and Languages

iTunes 8.2.1.6

(2009.07.15)

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iTunes 8.2.1.6

Notepad++ 5.4.5

(2009.07.14)

Changes in 5.4.5
1. Fix plugins shortcuts not working bug.
2. Fix the tooltip on toolbar display bug for the plugins icons.
3. Fix a crash that was occurring when searching in files from a deep path.
4. Fix a crash issue (Unicode binary) while close Notepad++ with an RC file opened under Chinese Xp.
5. Fix Pascal and Scheme syntax highlighting problem (fixes in styles.xml).
6. Add SQL folding capacity.

Included plugins (Unicode):
1. TextFX v0.26
2. NppExec v0.3 RC1
3. Spell Checker v1.3.2
4. MIME Tools v1.5
5. FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
6. NppExport v0.2.8
7. Doc Monitor v2.2
8. NppNetNote v0.1
9. ChangeMarkers 1.2.1
10. Compare Plugin 1.5.4

Included plugins (ANSI):
1. TextFX v0.25
2. NppExec v0.3 RC1
3. Spell Checker v1.3.1
4. MIME Tools v1.5
5. FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
6. NppExport v0.2.8
7. Light Explorer v1.5
8. Doc Monitor v2.2
9. NppNetNote v0.1
10. ChangeMarkers 1.2.1
11. Compare Plugin 1.5.4

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Notepad++ 5.4.5

Aegisub 2.1.7

(2009.07.14)

Changes in 2.1.7
* DirectSound audio player has been completely rewritten (again) - this should give much better stability of audio playback. Note that the old DirectSound player is still available, you can change to it in Options. If you're using Windows 7, the old one seems to be more reliable.

* PCM WAV audio provider actually works again, and with files of any size. (No more crashing with files bigger than 256 MB.)

* Tip of the Day has been removed.

* Loads of changes to FFmpegSource2 (FFMS2) giving better support for almost everything, making it more stable and so on.

* Lots of memory leaks have been fixed, Aegisub should use less memory now.

* Bug fixes in many file format readers and writers. Loading and saving subtitles to foreign formats should be more reliable now. Problems with frame-based/SMPTE timecode-based formats fixed.

* The Kanji Timer function has been almost completely rewritten, squashing all known bugs and giving a prettier GUI. The use is the same.

* OpenGL errors in the video display are no longer fatal. You will get an error message, and video won't open if Aegisub doesn't support your graphics card/driver, but it shouldn't crash. See below for a workaround if video doesn't work for you.

* Some additions to Karaoke Templater, you can now create loops with variable iteration counts (including infinite!) making a lot of effects more feasible.

* The "Local configuration" option was removed from Options. If you want a "portable" version of Aegisub (as it was intended for making) we now have a separate download package for that. It also actually works as advertised now. See the download page for details.

* An innumerable amount of other minor, cosmetic changes that just makes everyday use more convenient and smoother.

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Aegisub 2.1.7 (Windows)

HJSplit 2.4

(2009.07.10)

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HJSplit 2.4

K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 5.0.0

(2009.07.10)

Changelog:
* Updated ffdshow to revision 3029
* Updated Gabest MPEG splitter to version 1.2.1164.0
* Updated Codec tweak Tool to version 3.0.0
* Updated MediaInfo Lite to version 0.7.18
* Support for Unicode filenames has been added to the MediaInfo tool
* Minor changes

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K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 5.0.0

Vuze 4.2.0.4

(2009.07.09)

Changes in 4.2.0.4
FEATURE: Core | Subscription options for auto-starting auto-downloads [Parg]
FEATURE: Core | Support for sharing .vuze files [Parg]
FEATURE: Core | Added support for adding categories to transcoded content [Parg]
FEATURE: Core | Added default transcode dir option [Parg]
FEATURE: Core | Support for keep-alive and more gzip on web contexts [Parg]
FEATURE: Core | Added percentage complete and eta to content descriptor [Parg]
FEATURE: UIvz | UI displays while core initializes [TuxPaper]
FEATURE: Plug | Plugin interface to the search functionality [Parg]

CHANGE: Core | Added another non-standard RSS date format [Parg]
CHANGE: Core | Allow HTTP seeding for simple torrents without knowledge of file name [Parg]
CHANGE: Core | Keep log files open rather than continually opening and closing them [Parg]
CHANGE: Core | Improved reporting of 'no disk space' errors for FAT32 [Parg]
CHANGE: Core | Improved logging performance [Parg]
CHANGE: Core | Support for updated via installer as opposed to incremental updates [Parg]

BUGFIX: Core | Work around for broken socket handling on freebsd7.x [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Recover from borked transcode queue config [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Fix xml stats export with undefined characters [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Support >2GB resource downloads [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Fixed HTTP seeding when switching content on a keep-alive connection [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Fix tracker announcer to pay attention to user options correctly [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Multi-file torrents were borked in content directory [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Set speeds in bits/sec when bits/sec display is selected [Parg]

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Vuze 4.2.0.4 (Windows)

Silverlight 3.0.40624.0

(2009.07.09)

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Silverlight 3.0.40624.0

Orbit Downloader 2.8.14

(2009.07.09)

Changes in 2.8.14
* Fix: some bugs may cause IE crash when operating the lists of Grabpro
* Fix: some bugs may cause Grab++ crash

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Orbit Downloader 2.8.14

Safari 4.0.2

(2009.07.08)

Changes in 4.0.2
* Improves the stability of the Nitro JavaScript engine and includes the latest compatibility and security fixes.

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Safari 4.0.2 (Mac & PC)

VLC Media Player 1.0.0

(2009.07.07)

Changes in 1.0.0

Important notes:
* Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
See 'Access:' for more info.
* Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations

Playback:
* Instantaneous pausing
* Frame-by-Frame playback
* Finer speed control
* On-the-fly recording for all medias
* Timeshift for most medias
* RTSP trickplay support
* Subtitles core improvements and fixes

Decoders:
* New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
* New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
* New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
* New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
* New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
* Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
* New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
* Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
* Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
* Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering

Demuxers:
* Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
* Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
* Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
* Metadata for mod files are supported
* GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
* New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
* New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams

Encoders:
* Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
* Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder

Access:
* RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
* On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
* Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
* DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
* New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
* DVB scanning on linux
* EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
* On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form
zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of
zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
* Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
* MTP device access on Unix
* CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
* :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values

Inputs:
* Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
* Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
Windows and Mac OS X.

Playlist:
* Export the playlist in HTML
* Lua script for BBC radio playback
* Better metadata handling and reading

Linux/Windows interface:
* Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
* Various fixes for skins2 interface
* Recently played items list
* Interface toolbar customizations
* Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
- More menus actions
- Finer speed slider
- Improvements on many dialogs
- New dialog for plugins listing
- Fixed-size mode for videos
- Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
* Better integration in GTK environments

Mac OS X Interface:
* Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
* Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
* Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu
* Additional usability improvements

Stream output:
* Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
* Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
* bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
* Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
* Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.

Maemo Port:
* New Maemo port with:
- an interface based on Hildon framework.
- scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.

Windows CE Port:
EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.

Mac OS X Port:
* EXPERIMENTAL 64bit support
* Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
* New document icons by Dominic Spitaler
* Support for latest iSight models

Audio output:
* Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
* Surround support for PulseAudio

Video output:
* Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
* Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
(hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
* Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
The old image video output has been removed.
* Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.

Miscellaneous:
* Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications

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VLC Media Player 1.0.0 (Windows)

K-Lite Codec Pack 4.9.8 Update Build 20090706

(2009.07.06)

Update for:
K-Lite Codec Pack 4.9.5 (Mega/Full/Standard/Basic/Corporate)

Changelog:
* Updated ffdshow to revision 3028
* Updated Gabest MPEG splitter to version 1.2.1164.0
* Updated Codec tweak Tool to version 3.0.0
* Updated MediaInfo Lite to version 0.7.18

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K-Lite Codec Pack 4.9.8 Update Build 20090706

Tux Paint 0.9.21

(2009.07.04)

Changes in 0.9.21
* Was inadvertently calling "magic_switchin()" on Quit. Fixed.
Dan Shields

* [Ctrl]+[P] keyboard shortcut for printing was not complying with
option to disable printing capability (e.g., "--noprint")! Fixed.

* Preventing Tux Paint from dropping out of Fullscreen mode when
pressing either left or right [Windows] keys
Note: Works on Windows XP, 2000 and Vista only.
(If Tux Paint is deliberately switched to the background,
e.g. using [Alt]+[Tab], the [Windows] keys function as normal until
Tux Paint is the active application again.)
John Popplewell

* Directional brushes used to always begin with middle image;
now this only happens if you click and release, with dragging.
Jason Ward
Pere Pujal i Carabantes

* Corrected bug in postscript printing: images scaled up onto a large
canvas printed small, compared to when they're printed at the size
they were drawn.
Pere Pujal i Carabantes
Thomas Kalka

* Corrected 'oval' brush shape so that colors came out right.
(Thanks to Andrei Skoogarev)

* Improved support for localized Stamp sound effects (e.g., "en_GB" for
British English now works; only "en" would have worked before).

* Fixed minor bug that caused Tux Paint to crash when loading
many fonts (i.e., with the 'sysfonts' option).
Pere Pujal i Carabantes and
Albert Cahalan

* 'tuxpaint-import' script didn't support files with spaces. Fixed.
James Le Cuirot

* Fixed display bugs and icon positioning in pop-up dialogs when
using right-to-left languages (like Hebrew or Arabic).

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Tux Paint 0.9.21 (Windows) / Other Platforms

Notepad++ 5.4.4

(2009.06.05)

Changes in 5.4.4
1. Upgrade Scintilla from 1.77 to 1.78.
2. Fix XML syntax highlighting bug while presence of the tag "script" (Yes, finally).
3. Fix Find in files/Find in all open files bug in non western languages (ie. Russian, Chinese, Hebrew...).
4. Fix the find in files crash issue if find what field contains 0x0A or 0xD.
5. Fix Window7 SetWindowsHookEx() failed issue for the dockable windows. (by recognizing windows7 environment)
6. Fix no tool bar bug under w2k.
7. Fix Incremental search bug while clicking on text zone after some searches.
8. Fix Matlab script making Notepad++ crash under Chinese windows issue.
9. Make NpWiki++ link available as on line help.
10. Add lines count on status bar.
11. Fix "In selection" bug in Find Replace features.
12. Fix the clickable link issue for some links (add '~' in RegExp).
13. Fix the bug that Notepad++ does not show on while it is minimized and its file is modified from outside.

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Notepad++ 5.4.4

uTorrent 1.8.3 (build 15772)

(2009.07.02)

Changes in build 15772
- Change: detect nvlsp too (previously it only detected nvappfilter). This means it warns about it and also adjusts the processor affinity like for nvappfilter. This should reduce the crash frequency.
- Fix: more installer problems on Vista

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uTorrent 1.8.3 (build 15772)

XnView 1.96.2

(2009.07.02)

Changes in 1.96.2
Added:
* Zeiss LSM, Analyze, Nifti, Mrc, IPlab, ImagePro Sequence format read support
* Kro (Autopano giga) format read support

Fixed:
* RAW embedded jpeg loading is slow
* Folder rename - http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?f=36
* Edit IPTC

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XnView v1.96.2 Complete version / XnView v1.96.2 Standard version / XnView v1.96.2 Minimal version

FileZilla 3.2.6.1

(2009.07.02)

Changes in 3.2.6.1
- Fix FTP over TLS regressions in provided binaries due to two bugs in GnuTLS causing transfer failures
- OS X: Revert regression in wxWidgets in provided binaries leading to a crash on drag & drop
- Keep bookmarks menu sorted after adding new bookmarks

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FileZilla 3.2.6.1 (Windows)

BitTorrent 6.2

(2009.07.02)

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BitTorrent 6.2 (Windows)

Messenger Plus! Live 4.82.368

(2009.06.30)

Changes in 4.82.368
* Messenger Plus! is now entirely compatible with Windows 7 (RC minimum) :
       o The Messenger Lock feature has been fixed. A new icon is added to the tray in Windows 7 if an unlock keyboard shortcut is not specified.
       o The default Messenger Lock icon in Windows 7 has been changed to blend in better in the new UI (hourglass: shell32.dll,323).
       o Note: the jump list of Messenger will work properly when using the Multiple-Accounts (polygamy) option but you'll get the options for only one of your Messenger clients.
       o Tabbed chats display a proper preview (peek) picture with a list of currently opened chats. Chats waiting for input are colorized in the thumbnail and Alt+Tab or Win+Tab combinations also display the proper picture.
       o A couple of other minor fixes here and there to make the Windows 7 experience complete.

* The settings of your scripts and skins can now be exported from the preferences panel and re-imported back.
       o Only the settings of the scripts/skins are exported and not the scripts/skins themselves.
       o As far as scripts are concerned, only the scripts that put their settings where they're supposed to (see MsgPlus.ScriptRegPath) will be concerned by this new feature.

* This release is contest-ready!
       o In this version, you will see a new golden icon in your Messenger toolbar. Those who participated in the contest 2 years ago will probably remember what this is.
       o A "Play and Win" menu has been added in the contact list.
       o The 2009 Contest is not open yet, it will be in about a week from now. Remember to give it a try in July!

* The bug present in beta versions of IE8 has been fixed in IE8 Final. The workaround for displaying long chat logs in the Log Viewer has been removed.

* Navigation arrows are now added in Windows 7 for tabbed chats, below the Aero Peek thumbnail in the task bar. Use them to switch from one chat to the next.

* Fixed: the background of the title bars of Messenger Plus! windows does not display correctly with bright colors.
* When a directory is selected in the Log Viewer, the log currently displayed is removed from the screen.
* Fixed: default Messenger sounds for event notifications and new external emails aren't played by Messenger Plus! in Messenger 2009.
* Scripts. Fixed: scripts may be automatically started and marked as "running" the first time Messenger is restarted after a script has been updated, even if the script is disabled.
* Skins. Fixed: new border areas specified in do not work in Messenger 2009 Final.
* Skins: Fixed: the element in is not used if specified without any other meta data.
* A couple of stability fixes. Runaway, from the river to the street.

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Messenger Plus! Live 4.82.368

Smart Defrag 1.20

(2009.07.01)

Changes in 1.20
+ Added Auto-defrag all volumes
+ Improved multi-language support
* Fixed general bugs

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Smart Defrag 1.20

Skype 4.1.0.136

(2009.06.30)

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Skype 4.1.0.136 (Windows)