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        <title>Lowyat.NET: Latest topics in Latest Updates</title>
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            <title>Microsoft releases &amp;quot;Fishbowl&amp;quot; Facebook application, </title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1238355</link>
            <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style='color:blue'&gt;Fishbowl&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; is a WPF desktop application that uses the Facebook stream APIs to allow access to Facebook in a clean and impressive UI. Fishbowl also includes Windows 7 only features, including taskbar notifications, jump-lists and taskbar previews. The interface fully supports multi-touch navigation too and image gestures to navigate and view your photos. Fishbowl was created by the UXLabs@Microsoft to showcase the Windows Platform.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Exploring photos is one of the best features of Fishbowl, you can flick using touch gestures or flip through images with your mouse scroll-wheel. The notifications feature will pin a number to the taskbar and using aero peek you can quickly take a glance at your profile and your friends from just the taskbar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fishbowl is available for free as a technical preview from &lt;a href='http://www.fishbowlclient.com/' target='_blank'&gt;Fishbowl Client&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Source:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href='http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/11/24/microsoft-releases-fishbowl-facebook-windows-7-application' target='_blank'&gt;http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/11/24/m...s-7-application&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;More info:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href='http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/developers/archive/2009/11/19/fishbowl-for-facebook-using-the-windows-7-taskbar-for-extra-spice.aspx' target='_blank'&gt;http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/developer...xtra-spice.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Download:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href='http://www.fishbowlclient.com/' target='_blank'&gt;http://www.fishbowlclient.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
            <author>fariz</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:40:09 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>f.lux™ [Latest - Aug 29] (Free), Better lighting...for your computer</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1237708</link>
            <description>&lt;i&gt;Ever notice how people texting at night have that eerie blue glow?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or wake up ready to write down the Next Great Idea, and get blinded by your computer screen?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During the day, computer screens look good—they&amp;#39;re designed to look like the sun. But, at 9PM, 10PM, or 3AM, you probably shouldn&amp;#39;t be looking at the sun.&lt;br /&gt;f.lux&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;F.lux fixes this: it makes the color of your computer&amp;#39;s display adapt to the time of day, warm at night and like sunlight during the day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&amp;#39;s even possible that you&amp;#39;re staying up too late because of your computer. You could use f.lux because it makes you sleep better, or you could just use it just because it makes your computer look better.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;f.lux makes your computer screen look like the room you&amp;#39;re in, all the time. When the sun sets, it makes your computer look like your indoor lights. In the morning, it makes things look like sunlight again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tell f.lux what kind of lighting you have, and where you live. Then forget about it. F.lux will do the rest, automatically.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='http://ghost301tech.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/sshot51.png' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.stereopsis.com/flux/' target='_blank'&gt;http://www.stereopsis.com/flux/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is kind of unique software that adjust your display colour temperature according to your timezone. Pretty interesting and they had some &lt;a href='http://www.stereopsis.com/flux/research.html' target='_blank'&gt;researches&lt;/a&gt; proved that it is very good for eyes during night computing and can have better sleeping quality. Check it out&amp;#33;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you looking for a simple review of the software before you get it downloaded, I had wrote a small review for it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://ghost301tech.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/enhance-your-night-computing-with-f-lux-say-bye-bye-to-tired-eyes/' target='_blank'&gt;http://ghost301tech.wordpress.com/2009/11/...-to-tired-eyes/&lt;/a&gt;</description>
            <author>ghost_301</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:36:09 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>XP Quick Fix Plus v2.0.1.0 [Free], quick fix various functions in XP</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1237560</link>
            <description>There are a lot of excellent free Windows comprehensive repairing and fixing tools around the internet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But there are times when you want just one quick fix for example when you are under a virus attack and you just want to enable the Task Manager or the Registry Editor so you can fight the virus back, or when some new installation changed your XP behavior and My Documents opens on every start up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the right time to draw XP Quick Fix Plus with 40 common Windows XP problems fixes, only 0.58mb, portable, small and fast, a must have on every computer and with a small extra, a command line utility to fix 6 common problems directly from command line&amp;#33;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/XP-Quick-Fix-Plus.shtml' target='_blank'&gt;http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-...-Fix-Plus.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.mediafire.com/file/tcinnfmjml5/XPQuickFixPlus.zip' target='_blank'&gt;http://www.mediafire.com/file/tcinnfmjml5/XPQuickFixPlus.zip&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/4507/qfx1.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;</description>
            <author>cybpsych</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:01:44 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>SwfModify v1.0.0.1 beta [Free], View or Edit your SWF Files</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1237559</link>
            <description>SwfModify software is useful tool for edit , rebuild flash file, and it&amp;#39;s free. It’s different from other edit tools. You need no experience of flash design, all you should do is click mouse button. You can replace virtual item in .swf file, and save as another flash file. In the future, we hope every user can upload your flash resources for the others. If we share more and we can get more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;All you need to do is:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.Open a flash file extension is .swf&lt;br /&gt;2.Edit current frame or all frame&lt;br /&gt;3.See preview in player and save new flash file.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Features:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.Delete item from flash movie. &lt;br /&gt;2.Replace item with picture,text.&lt;br /&gt;3.Repalce item with other flash item. &lt;br /&gt;2.Export shape,movieclip,sound resource.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.swfmodify.com/swfmodify_inst.exe' target='_blank'&gt;http://www.swfmodify.com/swfmodify_inst.exe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/4533/43121972.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;</description>
            <author>cybpsych</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:58:09 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>iFree Recorder v2.0.1.6 [Free], Record Skype Conversations</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1237558</link>
            <description>iFree recorder is a easy-to-use tool for recording Skype voice conversations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The interface is very simple and easy to use. Once installed, you will need to grand access for this application to use Skype and this authorization is needed only for the first use.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.ifree-recorder.com/iFreeRecorder.exe' target='_blank'&gt;http://www.ifree-recorder.com/iFreeRecorder.exe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;It has the following advantages: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- It&amp;#39;s FREE with no limits attached. &lt;br /&gt;- Automatic or manual recording capabilities. &lt;br /&gt;- Can be used to record Skype2Skype calls, SkypeOut/SkypeIn calls, Conference calls. &lt;br /&gt;- Choice to record different side. &lt;br /&gt;- Store your calls to MP3 format (Using Lame MP3 Encoder). &lt;br /&gt;- Easy to track record history. &lt;br /&gt;- Built-in audio player. &lt;br /&gt;- UI friendly, easy to use.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/52/ifreerecorder.png' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;</description>
            <author>cybpsych</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:54:51 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>OEM Info Tool v1.2 [Free], add/modify the OEM info on Sys Prop.</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1236379</link>
            <description>OEM Info Tool is a little tool that allows you to add or modify the OEM information you see when you open the System Properties window. It works on Microsoft Windows Vista and 7.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.trishtech.com/downloads/oem_info_12.zip' target='_blank'&gt;http://www.trishtech.com/downloads/oem_info_12.zip&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/8564/oeminfotool.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('cc37335616e893b7f28595d898d7ab46')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;cc37335616e893b7f28595d898d7ab46&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;&lt;b&gt;What does OEM Info Tool do?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you buy branded personal computers which come pre-installed with Windows, the OEM (original equipment manufacturer) like Dell, Sony, etc. puts in the OEM information, thereby branding the Windows PC. This branding includes logo of the OEM, the support web site along with other information. But when you install Windows yourself from the Windows DVD, this OEM information is never set. This information is absent from the System Properties window. You can use the OEM Info Tool to add or modify this OEM information. You can put in any information you like, setting your personal picture as logo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Backup and Restore &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you have already set OEM information yourself or your OEM has set the information, then OEM Info Tool will show this information on the startup. In this case, it as highly advised that you backup your original information before making any changes. To make a backup of your current settings, select File · Backup. If later you want to restore the settings from the backup, you can choose File · Restore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Adding and Modifying &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you have not set any OEM information previously, then OEM Info Tool will show up with all fields blank. You can add any information you want. You must fill all the fields and choose a logo file before you can save the changes. To choose a logo file, click on the button labeled Browse Logo. Alternatively, you can select from menu File · Browse Logo. Then select a Windows BMP file. The logo file should be 120x120 pixels in size and should be of type BMP only. I have provided some logo files on this page for you to start with. Right-click on any of the logo and select Save As to save that logo file on your hard disk.&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;</description>
            <author>cybpsych</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:45:13 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Mp3tag 2.45, </title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1235479</link>
            <description>&lt;span style='color:blue'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mp3tag&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is a powerful and yet easy-to-use tool to edit metadata of common audio formats where it supports ID3v1, ID3v2.3, ID3v2.4, iTunes MP4, WMA, Vorbis Comments and APE Tags.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It can rename files based on the tag information, replace characters or words in tags and filenames, import/export tag information, create playlists and more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mp3tag supports online database lookups from, e.g., Amazon, discogs, or freedb, allowing you to automatically gather proper tags and cover art for your music library.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Download: &lt;a href='http://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html' target='_blank'&gt;http://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------------  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;[2009-11-21]  REL: VERSION 2.45 (for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7)&lt;br /&gt;------------  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;[2009-11-18]  FIX: internal selection state was not reset when loading files via drag and drop (since v2.44a).&lt;br /&gt;[2009-11-15]  LNG: Swedish translation reworked by Matthias Stasiak.&lt;br /&gt;[2009-11-08]  CHG: removed built-in field mapping from WRITER to COMPOSER at MP4.&lt;br /&gt;[2009-11-07]  NEW: hex-encoded HTML entities are now also translated in Tag Sources.&lt;br /&gt;[2009-11-07]  FIX: moving files from one directory to another via drag&amp;#39;n&amp;#39;drop resulted in unresponsive program (since v2.44a).&lt;br /&gt;[2009-11-05]  FIX: query strings containing equal or ampersand signs did not work with Amazon Tag Source.&lt;br /&gt;[2009-11-05]  FIX: undo remove or write tag operations sometimes refreshed wrong files in file view (since v2.44a).&lt;br /&gt;[2009-11-01]  FIX: sorting filtered results displayed files that were not matched by the filter expression.&lt;br /&gt;[2009-11-01]  CHG: trailing pipe symbol in fields filled by Tag Sources are now removed.&lt;br /&gt;[2009-10-31]  NEW: installer and program now digitally signed.&lt;br /&gt;[2009-10-29]  FIX: numerical ID3v2 frames TLEN, TBPM and TDAT were always written in Unicode instead of ISO-8859-1.&lt;br /&gt;[2009-10-27]  CHG: changed %_total% to be empty if there is no total number of tracks stored in the track field.&lt;br /&gt;[2009-10-24]  NEW: added support for multiline fields (for e.g., Lyrics) in Tag Panel.&lt;br /&gt;[2009-10-23]  FIX: lines in M3U playlists consisting of blanks only resulted in the M3U&amp;#39;s directory being loaded.&lt;br /&gt;[2009-10-23]  CHG: multiple values of fields in Tag Panel are now also listed in drop-down fields&lt;br /&gt;[2009-10-23]  FIX: applying actions on _FILENAME did not always remove invalid characters.&lt;br /&gt;[2009-10-23]  FIX: tag panel was not updated after removing files from file list (since v2.44a)&lt;br /&gt;[2009-10-18]  FIX: dropping directories from optical drives was always interpreted as add directory regardless of Ctrl-key state.&lt;br /&gt;[2009-10-18]  FIX: action Case Conversion (Sentence) and &amp;#036;caps3 gave different results.&lt;br /&gt;[2009-10-17]  FIX: importing covers via Web Sources occasionally resulted in erroneous mimetype containing charset descriptions.&lt;br /&gt;[2009-10-17]  NEW: added MATCHES keyword to filter using regular expressions. &lt;br /&gt;[2009-10-17]  FIX: dropping cover art to extended tag dialog stopped working (since v2.44).&lt;br /&gt;[2009-10-12]  CHG: empty fields from web source are no longer listed in tag sources dialog.&lt;br /&gt;[2009-10-12]  FIX: query strings containing question marks did not work with Amazon Tag Source.&lt;br /&gt;[2009-10-01]  FIX: drag&amp;#39;n&amp;#39;drop of non-audio files resulted in blank line in file view (since v2.44a).&lt;br /&gt;[2009-10-01]  FIX: selection was not preserved when sorting in file view (since v2.44a).&lt;br /&gt;[2009-09-26]  FIX: spaces in quoted filter strings were ignored.&lt;br /&gt;[2009-09-26]  FIX: occasional runtime error on Export (since v2.44a).&lt;br /&gt;[2009-09-26]  FIX: selection state did not update after filtering (since v2.44a).&lt;br /&gt;[2009-09-26]  FIX: selecting multiple files via Shift+Arrow keys did not set  to fields with different content in Tag Panel (since v2.44a).&lt;br /&gt;[2009-09-25]  FIX: saving tags when using arrow keys/single mouse click did not work anymore (since v2.44a).&lt;br /&gt;[2009-09-25]  FIX: selecting multiple files did not set  to fields with different content in Tag Panel (since v2.44a).&lt;br /&gt;[2009-09-25]  FIX: fixed &amp;#036;loop(%field%) still limited after &amp;#036;loop(%field%,n) at export.&lt;br /&gt;[2009-09-23]  NEW: support for user-defined field name mappings.&lt;br /&gt;[2009-09-23]  CHG: updated MusicBrainz web source.&lt;br /&gt;[2009-09-18]  FIX: occasional runtime error when writing tags to malformed FLAC files.&lt;br /&gt;[2009-09-18]  CHG: improved status reporting when files are added via drag and drop.&lt;br /&gt;[2009-09-18]  NEW: added *.flc (used for FLAC in some programs) to list of supported file extensions.&lt;br /&gt;[2009-09-16]  CHG: converter &amp;#39;Text file - Tag&amp;#39; now runs in separate thread with progress dialog.&lt;br /&gt;[2009-09-13]  FIX: fixed resizing issue at convert dialogs.&lt;br /&gt;[2009-09-08]  CHG: addressed performance issues when reading OGG files with large metadata values.&lt;br /&gt;[2009-09-07]  NEW: filter now supports filter expressions.&lt;br /&gt;[2009-09-07]  CHG: filtering is now done in separate thread. &lt;br /&gt;[2009-09-03]  FIX: occasional runtime error when removing tags from Ogg Vorbis files.&lt;br /&gt;[2009-09-02]  NEW: added support for preserving mp3HD correction data.&lt;br /&gt;[2009-09-01]  FIX: fixed lost focus after editing via the extended tags dialog.&lt;br /&gt;[2009-08-31]  FIX: occasional runtime error when canceling writing operations.&lt;br /&gt;[2009-08-21]  CHG: filter now enabled by default.&lt;br /&gt;[2009-08-21]  CHG: changed appearance of lists to themed style under Vista and above.&lt;br /&gt;[2009-08-15]  CHG: removed German help files.&lt;br /&gt;[2009-08-15]  CHG: removed Quick Launch Shortcut installer option for Windows 7 and above.</description>
            <author>fariz</author>
            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:47:10 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>foobar2000 1.0 beta, </title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1234502</link>
            <description>&lt;b&gt;2009-11-20&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;foobar2000 v1.0 beta 1 has been released.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Changelog:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; New context menu structure - better out-of-the-box layout but less customizable.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; Built-in support for Windows Media and RTSP streaming.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; “Edit” menu operates on the currently selected object rather than always on the active playlist.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; Improved compatibility with multimedia keyboards.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; Improved, more customizable album art support.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; Portable installs now remember Media Library paths relatively to the install folder.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; Reworked Preferences: OK/Cancel/Apply buttons, new layout of standard pages.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; New options regarding selection viewer behavior.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; Default User Interface: new pseudo color code system for status bar and playlist view.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; CD ripping improvements:&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; Results can be now checked against the AccurateRip database on-the-fly.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; CD-TEXT reading support.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; Ability to choose individual tracks to rip in the “Rip Audio CD” dialog.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Download: &lt;a href='http://www.foobar2000.org/download' target='_blank'&gt;foobar2000 1.0 beta 1&lt;/a&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The beta versions are time limited, which is done so people wont keep outdated beta versions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=76327' target='_blank'&gt;http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....showtopic=76327&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;Official Release Notes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Menu layout changes&lt;br /&gt;A new Context Menu structure has been introduced along with a reworked context menu preferences page.&lt;br /&gt;Holding down shift while opening a menu - with both context and main menu - will bring up menu commands that are normally hidden, so you no longer need to go through the preferences page to access obscure commands that are hidden by default.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reworked Preferences&lt;br /&gt;Various standard Preferences pages have been reworked. The Preferences dialog now has OK, Apply and Cancel buttons. Existing components need to be updated to utilize the new Preferences functionality.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New Edit Menu behavior&lt;br /&gt;With Default User Interface, the Edit Menu commands operate on currently selected items, not just on the currently active playlist. This allows - for an example - to use the Copy command on Album List selection.&lt;br /&gt;This feature currently does not work with third party user interfaces - Edit Menu commands operate on the active playlist just like in old foobar2000 versions; relevant components will need to be updated to comply.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Custom art filename patterns&lt;br /&gt;You can now set custom filename patterns and paths for front cover, back cover, artist and disc artwork. You also have the ability to set a stub image for each of these.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New configuration file format&lt;br /&gt;Configuration of individual components is now stored in separate files. Reading of old configuration files is still supported so your settings will be preserved while upgrading from older versions; however you will not be able to downgrade back to older 0.9.x releases without losing your settings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Built-in support for Windows Media streaming&lt;br /&gt;Buggy third party components are no longer required to play ASX/MMS/RTSP streams. It&amp;#39;s recommended to uninstall relevant components.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style='color:blue'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Time limit in beta versions&lt;br /&gt;To prevent people from running outdated beta versions, every beta version now expires after four weeks from the original release.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;</description>
            <author>fariz</author>
            <pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:51:10 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>7zip 9.07 BETA - x86 &amp;amp; x64, </title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1233109</link>
            <description>As most of you already know what is 7zip, links in here are for those who wish to be at the cutting edge, beta versions for both 32bits(x86) and 64bits(x64) windows users. Enjoy &lt;!--emo&amp;:)--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NOTE: They are beta version, USE AT YOUR OWN RISK&amp;#33; &lt;!--emo&amp;;)--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sevenzip/7z907.exe' target='_blank'&gt;7zip 9.07 Beta x86&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sevenzip/7z907-x64.msi' target='_blank'&gt;7zip 9.07 Beta x64&lt;/a&gt;</description>
            <author>fastcx</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:55:40 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Miro - Podcast &amp;amp; Torrent Client, </title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1232907</link>
            <description>&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;Miro is a free HD video player. It can play almost any video file and offers over 6,000 free internet TV shows and video podcasts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Miro has a simple, gorgeous interface designed for fullscreen HD video. Since Miro downloads most videos, you can take your shows with you, even on an airplane. Quite simply, Miro is a better way to watch all the video you care about.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Best of all, Miro is 100% free and open source, developed by a non-profit organization and volunteers around the world.&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'&gt;Miro is different&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'&gt;A Gorgeous Interface&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;miro has a unique, elegant, and seamless user interface that makes watching internet tv easier than ever. take a look at some &lt;a href='http://www.getmiro.com/download/screenshots/' target='_blank'&gt;&lt;span style='color:red'&gt;screenshots&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'&gt;The Most Shows&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;miro works with the open internet to bring you everything. the built-in &lt;a href='http://www.getmiro.com/publish/guide' target='_blank'&gt;&lt;span style='color:red'&gt;content guide&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; has thousands of free video feeds (many in HD) and streaming video sites.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'&gt;Open and Not-for-Profit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;miro is open source software, built by a non-profit organization; we are 100% committed to supporting users and creators &lt;a href='http://www.getmiro.com/open-source/volunteer/' target='_blank'&gt;&lt;span style='color:red'&gt;join in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.getmiro.com/download/for-windows' target='_blank'&gt;&lt;span style='color:red'&gt;Download Miro 2.5.3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.getmiro.com/' target='_blank'&gt;&lt;span style='color:red'&gt;Miro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
            <author>fastcx</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:16:22 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Handbrake - Open-Source Video Transcoder, </title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1232898</link>
            <description>&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='http://handbrake.fr/images/screenshots/Windows_Main.png' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Supported Sources:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; * Any DVD-like source: VIDEO_TS folder, DVD image or real DVD (unencrypted--protection methods including CSS are not supported internally and must be handled externally with third-party software and libraries), and some .VOB and .TS files&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; * Most any multimedia file it can get libavformat to read and libavcodec to decode.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Outputs:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; * File format: MP4 and MKV&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; * Video: MPEG-4, H.264, or Theora (1 or 2 passes or constant quantizer/rate encoding)&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; * Audio: AAC, MP3, Vorbis or AC-3 and DTS pass-through (supports encoding of several audio tracks)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Misc features:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; * Chapter selection&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; * Basic subtitle support (burned into the picture)&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; * Integrated bitrate calculator&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; * Picture deinterlacing, cropping and scaling&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; * Grayscale encoding&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Current Release Version : &lt;b&gt;0.9.3&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Windows XP/Vista/7 - GUI &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://handbrake.fr/rotation.php?file=HandBrake-0.9.3-Win_GUI.exe' target='_blank'&gt;Download&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Windows XP/Vista/7 - CLI&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://handbrake.fr/rotation.php?file=HandBrake-0.9.3-Win_CLI.zip' target='_blank'&gt;Download&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Homepage : &lt;a href='http://handbrake.fr/' target='_blank'&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt;</description>
            <author>fastcx</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:03:25 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>BatteryBar v3.3.1 [Free], the most accurate battery meter</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1232323</link>
            <description>BatteryBar is a simple, straight-forward, battery meter that monitors the status of your battery and displays your battery&amp;#39;s status in the taskbar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BatteryBar constantly monitors the status of your battery as you use your laptop. As it monitors your battery, it keeps historical data on your battery and provide you with a very accurate estimate of how much time is remaining on your battery.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;System Requirements: Windows XP, Vista, or 7, both 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) editions are supported, .NET Framework 2.0 (Windows XP only)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/1120/batterbar.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Features available in BatteryBar Free&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('2f6571d402d11d1ae81f8f5c3423cda7')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;2f6571d402d11d1ae81f8f5c3423cda7&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;&lt;b&gt;Statistical Time Prediction&lt;/b&gt;, this is the most important feature of BatteryBar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BatteryBar keeps historial data on your batteries as you use your laptop. That information is used to calculate a very accurate estimate of the time remaining on your laptop.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Windows reports a time remaining that&amp;#39;s very simple and fluctuates wildly from moment to moment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Discharging&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you&amp;#39;re running on battery, BatteryBar shows the percentage bar in green, yellow, or red, depending on how much battery power is remaining. The bar displays the time left on your battery in Hours:Minutes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Charging&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When charging, the percentage bar is shown in blue to indicate charging, and the estimated time to full charge is shown. The bar turns black and shows &amp;quot;On A/C&amp;quot; when fully charged.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Other Features&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Vista style&lt;/b&gt; - The toolbar is using the same look and feel as the Vista taskbar buttons&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Statistical time prediction&lt;/b&gt; - BatteryBar monitors your battery and keeps a history of how long it takes for your battery to charge and discharges. That information is used to more accurately predict the life of your battery&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Translations&lt;/b&gt; - BatteryBar fully or partially supports 13 languages. Anyone may volunteer to translate BatteryBar to additional languages&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Detailed Battery Info&lt;/b&gt; - BatteryBar is now capable of collecting detailed information about your battery, including max capacity (mW), current capacity (mW), charge rate (mW), discharge rate (mW), and more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Automatic Update&lt;/b&gt; - BatteryBar will check for new versions at startup and automatically download the new version&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;</description>
            <author>cybpsych</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:32:15 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Diskeeper 2010 v14.0.896 [Trial], Prevent Fragmentation Before It Happens</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1232314</link>
            <description>&lt;img src='http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/263/dk2010.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Diskeeper 2010 on your desktop, laptop and home server means a clean disk and unprecedented speed and reliable efficiency. Every minute. Every day. It means systems lasting years longer due to reduced drive wear.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Choose the Diskeeper® 2010 performance software edition that is right for you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In addition to IntelliWrite, Diskeeper 2010 also incorporates a number of other features/enhancements including: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('d47c8f4b2ed2741d965d97ae5da785a3')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;d47c8f4b2ed2741d965d97ae5da785a3&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;Improved analysis/defrag reports that include free space fragmentation data &lt;br /&gt;The Diskeeper service (DKservice.exe) start is delayed by default (for better system startup performance)&lt;br /&gt;Enhancements to File Exclusion feature &lt;br /&gt;Improved Health and Recommendation reports including: &lt;br /&gt;Consistency across all recommendations and health assessments in the Job Reports and the Dashboard&lt;br /&gt;Greater focus performance in the various reports (rather than fragments per file)&lt;br /&gt;Removed MFT usage as a factor in warnings, etc...&lt;br /&gt;Runs free space consolidation engines more frequently (relative to file defrag, given IntelliWrite largely eliminates the need for file defrag work)&lt;br /&gt;No more volume size limits in Diskeeper Home/Professional editions&lt;br /&gt;Home edition supported mow extended to include Windows 7 Professional&lt;br /&gt;Microsoft Windows 7 compatible (formerly known as &amp;quot;certified&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;Certification for Windows Server 2008 R2 coming in the next few weeks &lt;br /&gt;Defragments &amp;#036;USNJRNL and &amp;#036;SECURE metadata online on Windows 7 / 2008R2&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style='color:blue'&gt;&lt;b&gt;IntelliWrite™ Fragmentation Prevention&lt;/b&gt;, &amp;quot;the only way to prevent fragmentation before it happens&amp;#153;&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('2b302254350c5c643675ad6ca077da8a')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;2b302254350c5c643675ad6ca077da8a&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;Whitepaper: &lt;a href='http://www.diskeeper.com/blog/file.axd?file=2009%2f11%2fInside+Diskeeper+2010+with+IntelliWrite.pdf' target='_blank'&gt;http://www.diskeeper.com/blog/file.axd?fil...ntelliWrite.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IntelliWrite is the ground breaking technology that prevents the majority of fragmentation from ever occurring, dramatically improving Windows system performance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A small percentage of fragmentation is not preventable and will be eliminated by Automatic Defragmentation. The combination of IntelliWrite and Automatic Defragmentation will keep your system running at optimum performance in the most effective and efficient way possible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prevention of fragmentation with IntelliWrite has been found to be more efficient than other defragmentation methods. IntelliWrite reduces the need for disk head movement resulting in a reduction of system resource usage and power consumption.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;&amp;quot;IntelliWrite is a major R&amp;amp;D breakthrough that addresses the cause of fragmentation and prevents up to 85% and more of the fragmentation that has long plagued every hard disk. This technology is unavailable anywhere else, and nothing else comes close. IntelliWrite elevates system performance and efficiency to a whole new level. It keeps disks clean and fast by intelligently writing contiguous files to the disk. The benefits of IntelliWrite and the fast, efficient disk it enables go far beyond what defragmentation can achieve.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The benefits of IntelliWrite include:&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+ Peak system performance—every minute, every day &lt;br /&gt;+ Faster file read and writes - any time, all the time &lt;br /&gt;+ Zero impact on system resources &lt;br /&gt;+ Eliminate data/file replication traffic (and subsequently storage processing/requirements) caused by technologies which monitor block level data access such as &amp;quot;snapshots&amp;quot; (common in SAN environments) &lt;br /&gt;+ Reduced drive wear and tear / extended hardware life &lt;br /&gt;+ Reduced energy costs &lt;br /&gt;+ Faster return on investment (ROI)&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;All Windows Vista Editions, All Windows XP Editions, Windows 2000 Professional and Windows 7. Supports both 32 and 64 bit Windows&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/6415/dk2010productsdiskeeper.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Home (30-day Trial): &lt;a href='http://downloads.diskeeper.com/trialware/Diskeeper2010-Home-30day.exe' target='_blank'&gt;http://downloads.diskeeper.com/trialware/D...-Home-30day.exe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pro Premier (30-day Trial): &lt;a href='http://downloads.diskeeper.com/trialware/Diskeeper2010-ProPremier-30day.exe' target='_blank'&gt;http://downloads.diskeeper.com/trialware/D...emier-30day.exe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('93b9fe8e8d7f96ce352da8dfbdede51d')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;93b9fe8e8d7f96ce352da8dfbdede51d&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;&lt;b&gt;You CAN have your cake and eat it too&lt;/b&gt; &lt;i&gt;30. October 2009 10:39&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Diskeeper 2010 RTM&amp;#39;ed (Release To Manufacturing) earlier this week, so we celebrated with cake; a Diskeper cake in the image of the new DVD case that is. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/1158/boxw.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;img src='http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/9862/cakelw.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;</description>
            <author>cybpsych</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:08:58 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Microsoft Office 2010 Beta [Trial], </title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1232304</link>
            <description>&lt;img src='http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/7677/logomsftoffice2010187x5.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/download-office-professional-plus/default.aspx' target='_blank'&gt;http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/do...us/default.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010, your people get a wide range of powerful new ways to do their best work from more places – whether they’re using a PC, smartphone or web browser. From insightful updates to Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook, to new server integration capabilities that make it easier for everyone to track, report and share vital information, Office Professional Plus 2010 offers the complete package through familiar, intuitive tools.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;This beta software is expected to expire on &lt;b&gt;31 October 2010&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/2395/2010.png' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;</description>
            <author>cybpsych</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:35:01 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>WinSnap v3.1.4 [Trial], Enable Superior Screenshots</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1232301</link>
            <description>&lt;b&gt;WinSnap&lt;/b&gt; is a small enhancement utility for taking and editing screenshots. Standard features include easy capture of non-rectangular windows with customized and transparent backgrounds, simple and automatic canvas transformations, coloring effects, and the addition of eye-candy drop shadows. WinSnap supports a variety of image formats and has advanced auto-save features.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.ntwind.com/software/winsnap.html' target='_blank'&gt;http://www.ntwind.com/software/winsnap.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.ntwind.com/download/WinSnap_3.1.4.exe' target='_blank'&gt;http://www.ntwind.com/download/WinSnap_3.1.4.exe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.ntwind.com/download/WinSnap_3.1.4-x64.exe' target='_blank'&gt;http://www.ntwind.com/download/WinSnap_3.1.4-x64.exe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.ntwind.com/download/WinSnap_3.1.4-portable.zip' target='_blank'&gt;http://www.ntwind.com/download/WinSnap_3.1.4-portable.zip&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('b22b2ce2b1d09ec8ed9bf1691070d5cc')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;b22b2ce2b1d09ec8ed9bf1691070d5cc&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;&lt;b&gt;Version 3.1.4 (November 18, 2009)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Improved the behavior of &amp;quot;Window&amp;quot; captures when the Taskbar is active&lt;br /&gt;Improved the &amp;quot;Clear Aero background under Vista and Windows 7&amp;quot; feature&lt;br /&gt;Fixed an issue with capturing desktop using the &amp;quot;Application&amp;quot; mode&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/8813/winsnapvsother3.png' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;</description>
            <author>cybpsych</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:27:30 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Stardock WindowBlinds v7.0 [Trial], customize the look &amp;amp; feel of Windows</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1231133</link>
            <description>&lt;a href='http://storage.stardock.com/files/WindowBlinds7_public.exe' target='_blank'&gt;http://storage.stardock.com/files/WindowBlinds7_public.exe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;What’s new in WindowBlinds 7 over WindowBlinds 6&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('087b274bc3f78afd6eb7317c72562d87')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;087b274bc3f78afd6eb7317c72562d87&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;There are hundreds of changes and new features in WindowBlinds 7 over previous versions. Below is a summary of some of the more significant changes.&lt;br /&gt;1. Native support for Windows 7 &lt;br /&gt;2. Native Aero skinning for Windows Vista and Windows 7 users &lt;br /&gt;3. Native 64-bit support for Windows Vista and Windows 7 users &lt;br /&gt;4. Auto-conversion of Windows XP era skins to Windows Vista or Windows 7 &lt;br /&gt;5. Ability to apply textures to skins &lt;br /&gt;6. A new, easy to use configuration program &lt;br /&gt;7. Native Clear-Type support for better font handling &lt;br /&gt;8. New Skin format called UIS0 for skinning Aero (takes hours instead of days to create a new skin). &lt;br /&gt;9. New WindowBlinds 7 skins included such as Submline, Aero Metals, Corporate, Aero Woods, Aero Clay, Sabertooth along with new WindowBlinds 7 skins being released soon after to the public such as Altitude. &lt;br /&gt;10. Option to have a random skin applied each logon &lt;br /&gt;11. Much better customization of fonts &lt;br /&gt;12. Massive performance improvements in applying of skins. &lt;br /&gt;13. Optimization of Windows Vista and Windows 7 DWM drawing to improve battery life on laptops. &lt;br /&gt;14. Aero skinning (UIS0) is 100% compatible (it’s Aero) with all Windows programs.&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;</description>
            <author>cybpsych</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:15:08 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>ATI Catalyst 9.11 Released, supports Flash GPU Acceleration</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1231105</link>
            <description>ATI Catalyst 9.11 has been released. You can find the drivers &lt;a href='http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx' target='_blank'&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteBegin-Release Notes+--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE(Release Notes)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;New Features&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;GPU Acceleration of H.264 video content using Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Beta&lt;/b&gt; - This release of ATI Catalyst™ supports the new Hardware Acceleration features of&lt;br /&gt;Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Beta for video encoded in the H.264 format. Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Beta introduces hardware-based H.264 video decoding to deliver smooth video playback, reduce system resource utilization, and preserve battery life. Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Beta is expected to be available for download from Adobe Labs&lt;br /&gt;(labs.adobe.com) before the end of the year. This feature is supported on the ATI Radeon HD 5800, ATI Radeon HD 5700 and ATI Radeon HD 4000 Series of products.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;High Quality downscaling for video transcoding MSE&lt;/b&gt; - This release of ATI Catalyst™ includes an enhancement for the ATI Video converter for users transcoding high quality interlaced content (1920x1080i @60i videos) down to small resolution progressive content (320x240 @30p - iPod videos as an example), by maintaining high visual quality when down-scaling by a significant amount and converting interlaced video content to progressive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Resolved Issues for All Windows Operating Systems&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol type='1'&gt;&lt;li&gt;Catalyst Control Center; Confirm/revert dialog now available when setting the Extend options for the display&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Now able to enable and disable CrossFire when three displays are configured in extended mode&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Catalyst Control Center no longer stops responding when setting Eyefinity SLS (Single Large Surface) mode for extended HDMI display&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol type='1'&gt;&lt;li&gt;calMemCopy() no longer causes some systems with 2 ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2s to become unresponsive&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Resolved, high bit rate audio from Blu-ray discs might not output when using PowerDVD 10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;World in Conflict (DX10) no longer exhibits corruption when exiting from multiplayer game with extended desktop&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;resolved Tom Clancy&amp;#39;s HAWX (in DX9 and DX10) no audio output during game play on some systems&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Choppy video and audio no longer occurs when more than one digital audio source is enabled&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Wolfenstein no longer stops responding when running in display mode of 2560 x 1600&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Resolved WinDVD Blu-ray playback will not start until application has been minimized and restored&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;WinDVD application now repaints and no longer remain on screen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Resolved display driver incompatibility with Resident Evil 5 Japanese release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Desktop is no longer cut short when 720P 60Hz HDTV custom mode is added in Windows 7 for some ASICs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol type='1'&gt;&lt;li&gt;ANNO 1404 (also known as &amp;quot;Dawn of Discovery&amp;quot;) no longer displays black texture corruption instead of surface terrain for some ASICs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A green line at the bottom when playing some interlaced content no longer occurs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Age of Conan does not show flashing corruption when played under CrossFire with medium or high settings&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Video corruption no longer occurs when playing some H.264 video files under Cyberlink Power DVD&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;PowerDVD no longer intermittently terminates when playing HD MPEG2 content in extended/clone mode&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Supreme Commander no longer shows flickering on the primary display with extended desktop&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Vista: Extended display are no longer disabled when CrossFire is enabled for the primary adapter&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The de-noise value in the Avivo Video - Advanced Quality page is now set to the proper default value after driver installation&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Crysis Warhead no longer stops responding when playing at very high settings with CrossFire enabled&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol type='1'&gt;&lt;li&gt;Transcoding of AC3 files no longer shows corruption in transcoded files&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Battlefield 2142 running in CrossFire with &amp;quot;low&amp;quot; in-game settings no longer shows corruption on objects&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Selection for &amp;quot;Add 720P 50Hz in the Display Manager (PAL)&amp;quot; no longer missing under HDTV Support in Catalyst Control Center&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Release Notes: &lt;a href='http://www2.ati.com/relnotes/Catalyst_911_release_notes.pdf' target='_blank'&gt;http://www2.ati.com/relnotes/Catalyst_911_release_notes.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;</description>
            <author>fariz</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:33:28 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Adobe Flash Player v10.1.51.45 Prerelease [Free], </title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1230243</link>
            <description>&lt;b&gt;Adobe Flash Player v10.1.51.45 Prerelease now also leverages hardware decoding of H.264 video on Windows PCs, netbooks and mobile devices.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;This is a developer prerelease version of the Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1 software for Windows, Macintosh and Linux.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is being made available for developers to test their content to ensure new features function as expected, existing content plays back correctly, and there are no compatibility issues. Consumers can try the beta release of Flash Player 10.1 to preview hardware acceleration of video on supported Windows PCs and x86-based netbooks. The Flash Player 10.1 prerelease is available in all supported languages; however, the prerelease installers are only in English and we can only accept feedback in English at this time.&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ActiveX [Windows]: &lt;a href='http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/flashplayer10_1_p1_activex_111709.exe' target='_blank'&gt;http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/fl...ivex_111709.exe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plugin [Windows]: &lt;a href='http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/flashplayer10_1_p1_plugin_111709.exe' target='_blank'&gt;http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/fl...ugin_111709.exe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plugin [Intel-based Mac] &lt;a href='http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/flashplayer10_1_p1_mac_111709.dmg' target='_blank'&gt;http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/fl..._mac_111709.dmg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plugin [Linux]: &lt;a href='http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/flashplayer10_1_p1_linux_111709.tar.gz' target='_blank'&gt;http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/fl...x_111709.tar.gz&lt;/a&gt;</description>
            <author>cybpsych</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:52:26 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Synology DSM 2.2-0959 firmware (2009/11/16), </title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1229597</link>
            <description>&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;Version: DSM 2.2-0959&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(2009/11/16)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Change log&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;  1. Surveillance Station 3:&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; * Added Visual Station VS60 support: With Visual Station, you can directly live-view the cameras managed by Surveillance Station on a TV set or LCD monitor without using a computer.View VS60 IP cameras support list here.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; * Spectators are granted to view events on Sync Playback mode.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;  2. (10732) Fixed Disk Station duplicated icons issue when Time Machine is enabled on Mac computers.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;  3. (10822, 10824) Enhanced *.app and *.dmg file uploading from Mac.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;  4. (10927) Enhanced Mac Safari connection after changing the management UI port.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;  5. (10751) Enhanced Mac Safari HTTPS connection.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;  6. (10753) Enhanced Windows Mobile 2003 2nd edition browsing compatibility.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;  7. (10812) Enhanced folder attributes handling when copying folders from Windows XP to Disk Station as mapped drives.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;  8. (11094) Enhanced DDNS service connectivity with proxy routing.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;  9. (11079) Updated built-in Internet Radio station list.&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;get it here &lt;a href='http://www.synology.com/support/download.php?lang=enu' target='_blank'&gt;http://www.synology.com/support/download.php?lang=enu&lt;/a&gt;</description>
            <author>jinaun</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:19:06 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Pazera Free Video to 3GP Converter, </title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1229329</link>
            <description>Pazera Free Video to 3GP Converter is a tiny application which allows the users to convert the most popular video files including AVI, MPEG, MP4, FLV and MOV into mobile phone video format like 3GP and 3G2. To make it simple and easy to use, the program is being designed with intuitive user-friendly interface.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The program is featured with the option for users to convert full movie or selected range only. Furthermore, the users can set the output file size and set several parameters used by encoder including audio and video bitrate, fps, resolutions, sampling frequency and etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pazera Free Video to 3GP Converter includes the following features:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    * Conversion from AVI, DivX, XviD, MPEG, MPG, WMV, ASF, MOV, QT, FLV, SWF, MP4, M4V, 3GP, 3G2, MKV, VOB, VCD DAT to 3GP or 3G2.&lt;br /&gt;    * Supported video codecs: H.263, MPEG-4 AVC and XviD.&lt;br /&gt;    * Supported audio codecs: AMR-NB (AMR Narrowband) and AAC.&lt;br /&gt;    * Large number of options.&lt;br /&gt;    * 2-pass encoding which will improve the video qaulity.&lt;br /&gt;    * Saving and restoring encoder settings.&lt;br /&gt;    * Supported languages: english, polish.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Pazera Free Video to 3GP Converter works well on Windows platform, e.g. Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003 and Windows Vista. It is available for free download from here. This program does not require any installation, therefore the user’s just need to extract ZIP archive to any folder or portable devices and double click on videoto3gp.exe file to execute it. To convert video files, the users just need to drag &amp;amp; drop them into main window, select proper resolution for their phone, and click the CONVERT button.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.pazera-download.com/audio_multimedia/Pazera_Free_Video_to_3GP_Converter.zip' target='_blank'&gt;http://www.pazera-download.com/audio_multi...P_Converter.zip&lt;/a&gt;</description>
            <author>Gamer</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:16:19 +0800</pubDate>
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