KeePass Password Safe 1.18

(2010.09.02)

Changes from 1.17 to 1.18

New Features:
* Password quality estimation algorithm: added check for about 1500 most common passwords (these are rated down to 1/8th of their statistical rating; Bloom filter-based implementation).
* {GOOGLECHROME} placeholder: updated detection code to also support the latest versions of Chrome.
* KeePass now enables data execution prevention (DEP).
* Improved lock overlay icon (higher resolution).

Improvements:
* Improved character classification in password quality estimation algorithm.
* Improved group and entries deletion confirmation dialogs (only Windows Vista and higher).
* Items in the update checking, plugin and icon picker dialogs aren't underlined anymore when hovering over them.
* The default expiry interval for new entries is now limited to a maximum of 8 years.
* Renamed character repetition option in the password generator for improved clarity.
* Added code to prevent loading libraries from the current working directory (to avoid binary planting attacks).
* Installer: various minor improvements.
* Various code optimizations.
* Minor other improvements.

Bugfixes:
* (None).

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KeePass Password Safe 1.18

Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) Beta

(2010.09.02)

The Ubuntu developers are moving quickly to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software the Open Source community has to offer. The Maverick Meerkat Beta is the beta release of Ubuntu 10.10, bringing with it new features for the next version of Ubuntu.

This is a beta release. Do not install it on production machines. The final stable version will be released on October 10, 2010.

Upgrading from Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
To upgrade from Ubuntu 10.04 LTS 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 '10.10' is available. Click Upgrade and follow the on-screen instructions.

To upgrade from Ubuntu 10.04 LTS 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 -d; and follow the on-screen instructions.

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(Ubuntu Desktop, Server, and Netbook)
(Ubuntu Server for UEC and EC2)
(Kubuntu)
(Xubuntu)
(Edubuntu DVD)
(Ubuntu Studio)
(Ubuntu ARM)
(Mythbuntu)
(Kubuntu Mobile Preview)
(Kubuntu Mobile Preview ARM)

New features in Maverick
Feature development for Maverick has completed. Please see the Maverick 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 came from an automatic sync from Debian's Unstable branch. The period of automatic syncs has stopped now, so from now on there will be fewer changes.

For a list of all packages being accepted for 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, please subscribe to maverick-changes:
- https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/maverick-changes

Ubuntu Desktop Edition
The GNOME base platform has been updated to the current 2.31 versions. This particularly includes the new dconf and gsettings API.

Evolution was updated to the 2.30 version, which operates much faster compared to the version in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.

Shotwell has replaced F-Spot as the default photo manager.

Gwibber has been updated to support the recent change in Twitter's authentication system, as well as changing the back end storage to improve performance.

The Sound Indicator has been enhanced to include music player controls.

The Ubuntu Software Center has an updated look and feel, including the new "Featured" and "What's New" views for showcasing applications, an improved package description view, and a "For Purchase" software category has been added. You can also now easily access your package installation history too.

Ubuntu One: Polished desktop integration with new sign up and sign in process. Tighter integration with Ubuntu SSO. Nautilus enhancements for managing folder sync preferences. Faster file sync speed. Share links to music within the Ubuntu One Music Store.

Ubuntu Netbook Edition
The new Unity interface is now the default in Ubuntu Netbook Edition. This includes the global menu bar as part of the default interface. The date/time indicator now has a real calendar widget.

The standard photo management application has been switched to Shotwell. Evolution express is also available in the default launcher. This interface is more suited to netbook interfaces.

Kubuntu
Kubuntu 10.10 Beta comes with the latest KDE Software. KDE Platform, Workspaces and Applications were updated to 4.5.0. The recently released 4.5.1 update will arrive shortly.

For 10.10 Beta, Kubuntu has merged the Desktop and Netbook images into one image featuring both the Plasma Desktop and Plasma Netbook workspaces. The appropriate workspace for your machine will be launched at login, you can also change the workspace in System Settings.

Plasma Netbook now sports the Global Menu by default.

The defaults web browser is now Rekonq, a KDE browser based on Qt Webkit.

The new KDE bluetooth application collection Bluedevil is now installed by default.

Pulseaudio is the default sound server to match other Ubuntu variants.

KPackageKit updates bring a faster backend and an updated UI that provides a new Categories page, and new features such as a backup/restore tool for the list of installed packages.

Kubuntu's installer (Ubiquity) now has an updated look and layout. Install starts after partitioning making it a quicker experience.

Qapt-batch now replaces install-package as the update/batch-installer utility

Qt was updated to the current 4.7 beta release and Qt Webkit to a preview of 2.0.

For more information see our release page https://wiki.kubuntu.org/MaverickMeerkat/Beta/Kubuntu

Xubuntu
Xfce4 was updated to the current 4.6.2 release. This fixes many of the bugs and updates the programs used in Xubuntu.

New default applications: Parole (Xfce4 Media Player) replaced Totem Movie Player, Xfburn (Xfce4 CD/DVD burning tool) replaced Brassero, and xfce4-taskmanager (Xfce4 process manager) replaced Gnome-Task-Manager.

Edubuntu
Edubuntu changes include the changes from Ubuntu. In addition, Edubuntu now includes Gnome Nanny, which provides parental controls in Edubuntu. There is new wallpaper included ( periodic table breakout). In addition, OEM Install mode is now available.

For those interested in learning more, there's a new web site as well, check out: www.edubuntu.org.

Ubuntu Studio
Ubuntu Studio has had several applications updated and includes the changes from Ubuntu. There is now better integration between Pulse Audio and JACK - starting JACK does not automatically suspend Pulse Audio anymore. JACK and Pulse Audio can be used side by side if they are using different audio interfaces, if they are trying to use the same audio interface JACK will take precedent. In addition, the network connections can now be configured with gnome-network-admin (removed a patch that disabled the network connections configuration).

Help would be appreciated in testing out:
- Integration between Pulse Audio and JACK
- gnome-network-admin network connections configuration

Mythbuntu
In this release, Mythbuntu has updated to MythTV 0.23.1. There is also a new backup and restore tool.

There are a couple of known issues to watch out for
- On KMS hardware, the background might not be stable during installation
- No way to currently configure the backend until after installation

Software-Center
The software-center got a "Featured" and "Whats New" carousel in the Frontpage. It is faster and more responsive and contains a "History" feature that keeps track of what was installed/removed/upgraded. Plugin support is added and technical items will not be shown by default.

Once the server is turned on (estimated next week) you will be able to purchase software.

Ubuntu Server Cloud images
cloud-init, the configurable initialization process for Ubuntu Server cloud images, has gained new features in Maverick Alpha 2, including pluggable hooks, ebsmount, ext4 support, and new stanzas in the cloud-config format.

Starting with Alpha3, cloud images instances can now manage their own kernel, and can upgrade kernels with apt. This is done by utilizing pv-grub provided by Amazon. The functionality is also provided on UEC hosts running Maverick Alpha 3 or later.

Starting with Beta, cloud images can now easily be run outside of an EC2 or UEC instance environment. This will allow you to quickly and easily test function in cloud-init or other features of the image without needing to start a new instance. There is more information available on the Ubuntu wiki.

Installation
The new btrfs file system may now be used during installation via manual partitioning, as long as /boot is on some other file system.

Linux kernel 2.6.35
Beta includes the 2.6.35-19.28 kernel which is based on the 2.6.35.3 upstream stable kernel.

This kernel also includes input subsystem patches for improved multitouch capability, ALSA device patches to resolve audio and microphone issues, miscellaneous driver updates for intel_ips, lirc, iscsitarget and rtl8192se, general security updates(CVE-2010-2240,CVE-2010-2803,CVE-2010-2959), and security enhancements for ARM.

Please note, the Maverick Beta kernel has decommissioned support for the ia64 and sparc architecture ports per a decision from the Ubuntu Tech Board.

Known issues
As is to be expected at this stage of the release process, there are several known bugs that users are likely to run into with Maverick Beta. We have documented them here for your convenience along with any known workarounds, so that you don't need to spend time reporting these bugs again:

- USB stick installs will fail unless they are created without persistence enabled. This is fixed in updates, but not on the CD. (627672)

- The Gwibber micro-blogging client has switched to SQLITE for back end storage. This should make it faster, but means that syncing of account details across computers is no longer supported. Also note that due to a change to the Twitter service, Gwibber will not work with Twitter until updates are applied.

- The Wubi Windows installer was reported to be unable to open Windows' boot configuration data store in some (but not all) cases. Investigation of the problems are ongoing (613288)

- Upgrading Wubi systems from 10.04 LTS is known to fail, and is not recommended at this time. (610898, 617715)

- Ubuntu Netbook Edition with Unity does not currently provide a fallback for systems without a 3D capable video driver, such as NVidia cards. (600567)

- On systems with very little memory (256 MB and below), ureadahead causes out-of-memory conditions, which may break booting. (600359)

- Maverick thumb drive images built on Lucid (& earlier?) fail to boot due to differences in syslinux version - the 'ui' keyword in the syslinux.cfg file needs to be removed to get it to boot. A fix for this on Lucid is available to be applied, see lucid-updates. (608382)

- Installation in OEM mode is broken when trying to install without network connection (628681, 628290, 628911)

- A lot of USB 3G cards currently just expose themselves as a CD drive instead of a modem. To fix this, please upgrade your system to get udev version 161+git20100827-1, which should fix this. (625110)

- Inconsistent certificates prevent CC to start correctly (627963). On affected systems, you don't get anything in /var/log/eucalyptus/cc.log. This is an inconsistent issue that is not being reliably reproduced yet, and is actively being worked on: see on the bug for the best workaround known.

- eucalyptus-get-console-output will not display the instance console log (619843). This is due to a change in the user libvirt uses. Performing a "sudo adduser eucalyptus kvm" should resolve this. Closely following beta release, a fix will be uploaded.

- There are still some issues with upgrading Eucalyptus from Lucid to Maverick Beta (617053). Shortly following Beta release, a standard upgrade should resolve this issue.

- Known major issues for Kubuntu:

- The live CD "Guided" install option replaces the existing operating system installation in the selected partition (including destroying user data). This is not obvious from the description. See Bug (628864) for details.

- The live CD autoresize installation option is not always available (see Bug (628897) for details). To work around this issue, do any needed partition resizing before starting the live CD. Partitions can be deleted and created using the manual partioning option if no data needs to be saved from them.

- A list of notable Kubuntu bugs can be found at http://tinyurl.com/33p7vu3

- 613636 Kubuntu Maveric ISOs show purple "Ubuntu 10.10" boot splash

- 628681 Kubuntu OEM did not install oem-config-kde

- 628808 maverick try/install kubuntu graphics are cut off

- 628812 kubuntu slideshow too large for widget

- 628815 Cannot resize from kubuntu partitioner

- 628836 did not install restricted packages

- 628839 kfmclient not installed in kubuntu maverick beta cd

Reporting bugs
It should come as no surprise that this beta release of Maverick Meerkat contains other bugs. Your comments, bug reports, patches and suggestions will help fix bugs and improve future releases. Please report bugs using the tools provided.

If you want to help out with bugs, the Bug Squad is always looking for help.

Participate in Ubuntu
If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways you can participate at
- http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate/

GPU-Z 0.4.6

(2010.09.02)

Changes in 0.4.6
* Added MSI hardware giveaway
* Fixed temperature readings getting stuck on ADT7473 sensor (GTX 400 cards)
* Fixed broken BIOS reading on all cards
* General improvements to Intel support, still far from perfect
* Added support for ATI FirePro V8750
* Added support for GeForce GTS 455, GTS 450, GT 440, GT 430, GT 420, GT 330, GT218 based ION, GTX 470M, GTX 460M, GT 445M, GT 435M, GT 425M, GT 420M, GT 415M, GeForce 310M
* Added basic detection for AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
* Improved handling for unknown NVIDIA cards
* Added fan RPM monitoring for NVIDIA cards

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GPU-Z 0.4.6

Songbird 1.8.0 Build 1800

(2010.09.02)

Release Notes
1.8.0 Release Notes

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Google Chrome 6.0.472.53

(2010.09.02)

Google Chrome 6.0.472.53 has been released to the stable and beta channels for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Updates from the previous stable release include:

* Updated UI
* Form Autofill
* Syncing of extensions and Autofill data
* Increased speed and stability

More information on these and other changes in Chrome 6 can be found on the Google Chrome blog. Download Chrome today!

Security fixes and rewards:
Please see the Chromium security page for more detail. Note that the referenced bugs may be kept private until a majority of our users are up to date with the fix.

* [34414] Low Pop-up blocker bypass with blank frame target. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Inferno) and “ironfist99”.
* [37201] Medium URL bar visual spoofing with homographic sequences. Credit to Chris Weber of Casaba Security.
* [41654] Medium Apply more restrictions on setting clipboard content. Credit to Brook Novak.
* [45659] High Stale pointer with SVG filters. Credit to Tavis Ormandy of the Google Security Team.
* [45876] Medium Possible installed extension enumeration. Credit to Lostmon.
* [46750] [51846] Low Browser NULL crash with WebSockets. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (SkyLined), Google Chrome Security Team (Justin Schuh) and Keith Campbell.
* [$1000] [50386] High Use-after-free in Notifications presenter. Credit to Sergey Glazunov.
* [50839] High Notification permissions memory corruption. Credit to Michal Zalewski of the Google Security Team and Google Chrome Security Team (SkyLined).
* [$1337] [51630] [51739] High Integer errors in WebSockets. Credit to Keith Campbell and Google Chrome Security Team (Cris Neckar).
* [$500] [51653] High Memory corruption with counter nodes. Credit to kuzzcc.
* [51727] Low Avoid storing excessive autocomplete entries. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Inferno).
* [52443] High Stale pointer in focus handling. Credit to VUPEN Vulnerability Research Team (VUPEN-SR-2010-249).
* [$1000] [52682] High Sandbox parameter deserialization error. Credit to Ashutosh Mehra and Vineet Batra of the Adobe Reader Sandbox Team.
* [$500] [53001] Medium Cross-origin image theft. Credit to Isaac Dawson.

This release also fixes [51070] (Windows kernel bug workaround; credit to Marc Schoenefeld), which was incorrectly declared fixed in version 5.0.375.127.

In addition, we would like to credit Google Chrome Security Team (Inferno), James Robinson (Chromium development community), Google Chrome Security Team (Cris Neckar), Aki Helin of OUSPG, Fred Akalin (Chromium development community), Anna Popivanova, “myusualnickname”, Michal Zalewski of the Google Security Team, kuzzcc and Aaron Boodman (Chromium development community) for finding bugs during the development cycle such that they never reached a stable build.

If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug. If you would like to use the stable channel, you can find out more about changing your Chrome channel.

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Google Chrome 6.0.472.53 (Windows) / Google Chrome 6.0.472.53 (Mac) / Google Chrome 6.0.472.53 (Linux)

iTunes 10.0

(2010.09.01)

What's new in iTunes 10
* Introducing Ping. Use Ping to follow your favorite artists and friends or connect with the world's most passionate music fans. Discover the music everyone is talking about, listening to, and downloading.

* Rent HD TV episodes for just 99¢ each. Watch them on your Mac or PC, on-the-go with iPhone or iPod touch, or in your living room with the all new Apple TV.

* Play your favorites on the all new iPod touch, iPod nano, iPod shuffle, and Apple TV.

* Play music wirelessly with AirPlay on AirPlay-enabled speakers, home theater receivers, and iPod accessories.

* Explore many look-and-feel improvements throughout iTunes.

* Enjoy performance improvements which make iTunes faster and more responsive.

* Additional voice support with VoiceOver Kit for iPod.

Changes in 10.0
* Adds new social networking layer named "Ping".
* Adds support for iPod shuffle 4G, iPod nano 6G, iPod touch 4G, and Apple TV (late 2010).
* Renamed AirTunes to AirPlay.
* Adds visual improvements to list view.
* Improves performance.
* Adds additional support for VoiceOver Kit for iPod.
* Changes application icon.

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iTunes 10.0 / Mirror (Windows 32-bit)

Silverlight 4.0.50826.0

(2010.09.01)

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Silverlight 4.0.50826.0

BitComet 1.23

(2010.08.31)

Changes in 1.23
GUI Improved: add Summary tab to Torrent History and Torrent Share list
GUI Improved: open Torrent from URL dialog supports multiple URLs
GUI Improved: export all torrents in one time by selecting multiple tasks in task list, Torrent History or Torrent Share list
GUI Improved: display "click to add" in file list when BitTorrent task missing ED2K links
GUI Improved: add Snapshot and Comment tab to Torrent History and Torrent Share list
GUI Improved: new command in context menu of Torrent History: "add to task list"
GUI Improved: support import unfinished download files with any extension name
GUI Improved: new advanced option: allow preview program to open files of any type from file list (thanks to greywizard)
GUI Improved: enhance video file capture ability of Firefox extension
GUI Change: CometPassport renamed to CometID
GUI Bugfix: percent of score bar for CometID level up displays invalid for level 50+ (v1.22)
GUI Bugfix: after modifying save path in task properties dialog and selecting moving files, the downloaded files are copied to new folder, not moved
GUI Bugfix: no beeps after download completed (v1.22)
GUI Bugfix: after changing torrent file encoding in task properties dialog, the task name in Torrent History is not refreshed
GUI Bugfix: cannot send crash report under XP
GUI Bugfix: after switched to Torrent History, some buttons in toolbar should disabled
Core Improve: supports HTTP 301/302 redirecting for Web Seed
Core Improve: eMule plugin Xtreme Mod upgraded to v8.0 (eMule v0.50a)
Core Improve: after error code received from Tracker, increase retry interval and re-connect later
Core Improve: increase priority of HTTP tracker connection
Core Improve: improve piece request algorithm for BitTorrent task, reduce CPU usage
Core Bugfix: if BitTorrent task containing multiple files, multiple eMule plugin will be launched incorrectly(v0.50a)
Core Bugfix: failed to generate Crash Report in Vista/Win7 (v1.22)
Core Bugfix: upload task number limit works incorrectly when there are any task whose torrent not downloaded yet
Core Bugfix: perform hash-check if file changed or missing when start BitTorrent task
Core Bugfix: FTP download did not handle the error of disconnect by server unexpectedly
Core Bugfix: FTP download failed to resume download from certain FTP servers
Core Bugfix: fix DNS query function

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BitComet 1.23

CCleaner 2.35.1223

(2010.09.01)

Changes in 2.35.1223
- Fixed bug in Adobe Flash detection.

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CCleaner 2.35.1223

Vuze 4.5.0.4

(2010.09.01)

Changes in 4.5.0.4
FEATURE: Core | Allow multiple primordial UDP handlers [Parg]
FEATURE: UI | Ability to auto-send crash logs [TuxPaper]
FEATURE: UI | Members of the Beta Program now get a Sidebar entry which will one day have useful beta information [TuxPaper]

CHANGE: UI | Improved languages change detection so more of the text now shows in the new language (unfortunately not all) [TuxPaper]
CHANGE: UI | (Windows) Bigger click area around the "X" in the Library's filter box [TuxPaper]
CHANGE: UI | (Windows) Triple click in search box now selects all the text [TuxPaper]
CHANGE: UI | Replaced "Remove And.." menu tree from Library's content menu with "Remove..." entry that gives you the same options. Two related configs are in Options->Files->"File Deletion" [TuxPaper]

BUGFIX: Core | (Windows) Fix drive detection/removal when multiple drives get added/removed at once [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: Core | (Windows) Fix drive with letters D: H: L: P: T: X: not being detected when plugged in while Vuze was running [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: Core | Fixed some hard drives incorrectly being added as a Device and shown in the sidebar [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: Core | (OSX) Add additional (new?) crash log directory to crash log generator (debug.zip) [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: Core | (OSX) Fixed two cases where main window would not show after clicking the dock icon [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: Core | Don't open files with write-access unless required [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Ensure new profiles are picked up when xcode plugin reloads [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Correctly sequence plugin events to ensure that listeners see the correct plugin state [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Delete .vuze files when subscriptions are removed [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | (*nix) Fix table cells not getting click events (affected triggering the "New" column's state) [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UI | Fix case where scrolling right in a table view (Library) didn't draw the newly visible columns [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UI | Fixed some cases where column re-ordering was not being remembered [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UI | Fix Help->Check for Updates not notifying user there were no new updates found [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UI | Fixed visual problems with Tracker Status column when "Don't Scrape Stopped" is enabled [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UI | Fixed Queue and Stop not working on Torrent menu and right click of Sidebar's download's details item [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UI | (OSX) Fixed bug where a false double click was registered when Vuze did not have the focus and you single clicked on a row in the Library [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UI | Fixed subscription name and count on Sidebar not redrawing when either changes [TuxPaper]

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Vuze 4.5.0.4 (Windows) / Vuze 4.5.0.4 (Mac) / Vuze 4.5.0.4 (Linux)