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Google Calendar Sync for Microsoft Outlook
2008-03-07 21:08:00
One of the most popular requests for Google Calendar was synchronization with mobile devices and Outlook . After launching a sync tool for Blackberries, Google Calendar now offers a small utility for synchronizing events with Outlook. By default the synchronization is bi-directional, but you can change this when you install the utility or from the options dialog. The only significant drawback is that you can only synchronize your main Google Calendar, but a future update should remove this limitation.Google installs a small program that loads at start-up and sits on your system tray, while waiting for the next synchronization (the default sync interval is 2 hours). After synchronizing your calendar with Outlook, you can access it offline and synchronize it with your mobile phone.It's worth noting that Google's new tool works with Google Apps accounts and it's another step towards making Google Apps more business-friendly.View: Google Calendar SyncSource: GoogleSystem
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FileZilla 3.0.8 RC 1
2008-03-07 21:05:00
FileZilla is powerful Open Source FTP/SFTP client with many features. It includes a site manager to store all your connection details and logins as well as an Explorer style interface that shows the local and remote folders and can be customized independently. The program offers support for firewalls and proxy connections as well as SSL and Kerberos GSS security. Additional features include keep alive, auto ascii/binary transfer, download queue, manual transfers, raw FTP commands and more. Changelog:+ Add interface for SFTP public key authentication+ Add option to bypass proxy settings to sitemanager and quickconnect bar+ Automatic timezone detection for SFTP listings+ Preserving file timestamp on SFTP transfers+ If using Site Manager, display site name in window title during connection- Tell user in message log to use interactive logon type if SFTP server sends multiple prompts- Fix performance issue with local file listings, most noticeable if browsing network shares- Reduce initi...
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Crysis Patch 1.2
2008-03-07 17:55:00
Electronic Arts has issued the first patch for Crysis , bringing the first person shooter developed by Crytek to version 1.1Changelog:- Added mod loader to main menu- Increased damage of most player-fired weapons and decreased damage of most AI-fired weapons- Added auto team balance - Added grenade indicator for enemy and friendly team - Added additional audio feedback (headshot/body) on bullet impact - Fully implementing Crytek’s internal anti-cheat-solution - Added numbers to energy bar in PowerStruggle for quicker reference - Added team colors to kill/death messages - Team killed players no longer drop their weapon- Improved vehicle handling under braking and boosting- Greatly increased AAA damage vs. VTOL and Helicopter- Reduced collision damage for players hit by vehicles at lower speeds- And more!Download: Crysis Patch 1.2View: Patch AnnouncementView: Crysis Home Page
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Flock 1.1
2008-03-06 18:00:00
Flock is a social Web browser, open source, cross platform and based on Mozilla technologies. Currently, the browser implements support for del.icio.us and Flickr. Users can also install alternative hosted bookmarks or photo sharing services. In the search box and the blog manager, Flock offer users a number of choices and the ability to install other services using open standards. Expect the same, over time, for hosted bookmarks, photo-sharing and other services Flock integrates. Flock is based on the open source Mozilla code base.Flock is focused on fundamentally evolving the browser, bringing a refreshing new approach to how people use and participate on the web and simplifying social and web-based applications by bringing them one step closer to the user and integrating them directly into the browser.When using Flock, people can easily discover, access, create and share videos, photos, blogs, feeds and comments across social communities, media providers, and popular websites.Cha...
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Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 Released
2008-03-05 21:33:00
Just a couple of hours ago, I posted about two new web pages for Internet explorer 8, and now beta 1 is available for public download.So if you have the guts to try out the first beta of Internet Explorer 8, download it now.Download: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Download: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 for Windows Vista x64 Edition and Windows Server 2008 x64 EditionDownload: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 for Window XP SP2Download: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 for Windows Server 2003 SP2Download: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 for Windows Server 2003 SP2 x64 Edition and Windows XP SP2 Pro x64 Edition
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Crime City Trial
2008-03-05 21:08:00
Crime city is a real-time strategy game where the player controls police patrols to chase down and capture criminals to take the namesake crime out of the city.The story involves around a big city filled with criminals. Crime in the city must be controlled and, should it get out of hand, be dealt with swiftly. Therefore, an elite police unit is created. This taskforce consists of Policemen in their cars trained in high speed pursuit and motorized urban tactics whose mission is to intervene rapidly and intercept any and all threats to the public before any harm be done. These policemen take their orders from YOU. You are the only line between order and anarchy. Take command of this elite police unit and let no one cross it.Download: Crime City Trial (44.8 MB)View: Crime City Home Page
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IE 8 Beta coming soon
2008-03-05 18:00:00
Two new web sites for Internet Explorer 8 beta, has just appeared.One which shows some of the new features:- Activities- WebSlices- Favorites Bar- Automatic Crash Recovery- Improved Phishing FilterActivities allow users to lookup/send information in a right-click contextual menu, such as retrieving an address map from Windows Live Maps, submitting a story to Digg, sharing a page on Facebook etc. WebSlices allows users to crop a specific area section of a site and bookmark it. Improvements have been made to the phishing filter which continues to block known Phishing sites and now blocks sites known to contain malicious software that could harm users computer or steal their information.And a second site with the download links for Internet Explorer 8 beta 1 (The links are not working yet)View: Internet Explorer 8 Readiness
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Office Live Workspace Beta Publicly Available
2008-03-04 19:08:00
Only a few days after Office Live Workspace received an update, it has become publicly available.REDMOND, Wash. — March 3, 2008Microsoft Corp. today announced the public availability of Microsoft Office Live Workspace beta (http://workspace.officelive.com), the new Web-based extension of Microsoft Office that lets people access their documents online and share their work with others. Office Live Workspace was among the first entries in the new wave of online services in Microsoft’s software plus services vision previewed last fall. Office Live Workspace is now available worldwide in English. People can sign up for free at http://workspace.officelive.com and will be granted immediate access to the service. Microsoft is also unveiling a number of new Office Live Workspace features, such as an activity panel, notifications, direct links and multifile upload.View: Office Live Workspaces
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IE7Pro 2.1 Final
2008-03-03 17:54:00
IE7Pro is a must have add-on for Internet Explorer, which includes a lot of features and tweaks to make your IE friendlier, more useful, secure and customizable. With IE7pro you may switch proxy, set agent identification, block ads and flash, apply super drag-drop, refresh tab automatically, recover session crash, manage tab history, view page information, save image files quickly and more. IE7Pro includes Tabbed Browsing Management, Spell Check, Inline Search, Super Drag Drop, Crash Recovery, Proxy Switcher, Mouse Gesture, Tab History Browser, Web Accelerator, User Agent Switcher, Webpage Capturer, AD Blocker, Flash Block, Greasemonkey like User Scripts platform, User Plug-ins and many more power packed features. You can customize not just Internet Explorer, but even your favorite website according to your need and taste using IE7Pro.Changes in IE7Pro 2.1 (Mar 3,2008):1. Changed IE7Pro icon2. IE7Pro improved* User config file online backup* Add keyboard shortcut CTRL+SHIFT+Mouse ho...
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MSN Toolbar Beta
2008-03-01 14:54:00
The New MSN Toolbar powered by Silverlight is now available for download. There are a lot of new improvements in this beta version."MSN Toolbar helps you more easily get the MSN content you enjoy and the information you need whenever you go online"Here are some of the features -- Choose from lots of MSN Content - Easily access the content you want - Bring MSN with you - Keep updated on important news - Start a search from anywhere - Get twice as many search results - Have fun onlineView: MSN Toolbar Beta
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Pidgin 2.4.0
2008-02-29 18:53:00
Pidgin is an instant messaging program for Windows, Linux, BSD, and other Unixes. You can talk to your friends using AIM, ICQ, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, and Zephyr.Users can log in to multiple accounts on multiple IM networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on AIM, talking to a friend on Yahoo Messenger, and sitting in an IRC channel all at the same timePidgin supports many features of the various networks, such as file transfer, away messages, and typing notification. It also goes beyond that and provides many unique features. A few popular features are Buddy Pounces, which give the ability to notify you, send a message, play a sound, or run a program when a specific buddy goes away, signs online, or returns from idle; and plugins, consisting of text replacement, a buddy ticker, extended message notification, iconify on away, spell checking, tabbed conve...
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Office Live Workspace updated
2008-02-29 18:48:00
Office Live Workspace launched last December and just got it's first update, here is what's new:- A new Activity pane to help you keep track of what’s happening in your workspaces and email notifications so you always know when the people you share with make updates. This feature is a lot of fun and makes it easy to see at glance the changes happening in your workspace and in individual documents. Now you’ll know when someone comments on your document, adds a note, or updates an important list. - New support for adding multiple documents to your workspaces. The Add multiple documents button makes it is easier than ever to bring your documents into a workspace by browsing and selecting files from your computer or dragging and dropping files on the document uploader. - New permalinks for sharing direct hyperlinks to your workspaces and documents. Now you can bookmark individual workspaces and items in your workspace using the “add to favorites” tool in your web browser or copy the a...
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IE7Pro 2.1 RC 2
2008-02-29 17:40:00
IE7pro is an add-on for IE 7 which adds lots of features and extras to make your IE easier, more useful, secure and customizable. You can use IE7pro as Tab Management, AD Blocker, Flash Block, Super Drag Drop, Crash Recovery, Proxy Switcher, Mouse Gesture, Tab History Browser, Web Accelerator, User Agent Switcher, Webpage Capturer, Greasemonkey for IE and etc . Using IE7pro, you can Close/Open tab by double left click, build your own greasemonkey script, switch proxy, switch user agent, block ads and flash, recover browser crash, apply super drag drop, auto scroll page, manage tab history, refresh tab automatically, open new tab from address bar and favorites, view page information and save whole page to images quickly and so on.Changelog:- Fixed MiniDM bug: "show main window when new task reated"- Fixed installer bug in vistaDownload: IE7Pro 2.1 RC 2Download: IE7Pro 2.1 RC 2 x64View: IE7Pro Home page
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Google Sites Launched
2008-02-28 18:01:00
After more than a year since the JotSpot acquisition, Google finally launched a service that uses JotSpot's technology: Google Sites . The new service is a part of Google Apps and allows you to create web sites collaboratively. "People can work together on a Site to add file attachments, information from other Google applications (like Google Docs, Google Calendar, YouTube and Picasa), and new free-form content. Creating a site together is as easy as editing a document, and you always control who has access, whether it's just yourself, your team, or your whole organization," explains Google.Google offers templates, a rich-text editor, 10GB of storage for each Google Apps account and integration with other Google services so you can embed gadgets, calendars, spreadsheets, presentations, photo slideshows and videos. You can invite people to collaborate or just view a site and you can also publish the site so that anyone can view it.View: Google Sites
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Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.12
2008-02-27 18:40:00
Mozilla Thunderbird is a redesign of the Mozilla mail component. The goal is to produce a cross platform stand alone mail application using the XUL user interface language. The intended customer is someone who uses Mozilla Firefox (or another stand alone browser) as their primary browser and wants a mail client based on mozilla that "plays nice" with the browserKeep Your Vital Information OrganizedThunderbird 2 features many new enhancements to help you better manage your unruly inbox, and stay informed. Thunderbird 2 scales to the most sophisticated organizational needs while making it easy to find what you need.Secure and Protect Your MailMozilla has bolstered Thunderbird’s acclaimed security and privacy measures to ensure that your communications and identity remain safe. It’s like having your own security guard online.Get Your Mail, Your WayThunderbird allows you to customize your email to suit your specific needs whether it’s how you search and find messages or listening to mus...
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Microsoft will push IE 8 public beta
2008-02-27 18:03:00
Microsoft has surprised watchers by saying that it will shortly make a first beta of Internet Explorer 8 generally available, according to a staffer at IT Week who wishes to remain anonymous.In a mail-out to previous testers, Microsoft said it would make the pre-release code available to the “general public” but pointed out that it is “focused on the developer community”. Microsoft had already stated in the past that the main advances in IE8 will focus on compliance with web standards, security and user interface options, something the web developer community feels that IE7 failed to live up to.The company has long been the target of criticism for not following standards in its browser but, as numerous critics have noted, any effort to make IE standards compliant runs the risk of breaking existing sites written for earlier versions. Microsoft will attempt to compromise by offering developers the option to stay in or out of the web standards mode.IE 8 is scheduled to be demonstrated ...
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BurnAware Free Edition 1.2.8
2008-02-27 17:56:00
BurnAware Free Edition allows you to easily perform the most common disc burning tasks: write to all CD/DVD media types, including Blu-Ray; write Audio CDs and DVD-Video files; create and burn disc images; write multi-session discs and much more.BurnAware Free Edition has a modern interface and supports Windows 98/NT/2000/XP and Vista (32 and 64 bit). The application is free and contains absolutely no adware or annoying banners.Features:Absolutely FREE. No spyware, no adware, no banners Writes to all CD/DVD media types including Blu-Ray (BD-R/BD-RE) Writes discs from disc images Writes DVDs from DVD-Video files Writes Audio CDs from WAV, MP3, or WMA files Creates disc images Supports all current hardware interfaces On-the-fly writing for all image types Writes Multi-Session to all supported media formats Auto-verification of written files Supports unicode for multi-byte languages Clean, flexible, easy to use interface Supports Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista (32 and 64 Bit)Download: ...
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Google Talk chatback badge
2008-02-26 18:55:00
Google Talk 's gadget was a nice addition, but you couldn't use it to chat with unknown people or with the visitors of the site, like in Meebo Me. Now you can do that using the new chatback badges. You only need to add some code to your site and anyone could click on the generated badge to chat with you.A Google Talk chatback badge allows others to chat with you even if they haven't signed up for Google Talk or a Google Account. You can put the badge in your blog or website, and people who visit those pages can chat with you. The badge will display your online status (whether you're available to chat or not) and, optionally, your status message."If someone clicks on the badge, a special version of the Google Talk gadget will open and he will be able to chat with you.The conversations are private and only one-to-one, so other visitors won't be able to read them. For some strange reason, they're not even added in Gmail's chat section. Unfortunately, being constantly interrupted ...
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Recuva 1.11.257
2008-02-25 18:46:00
From the makers of CCleaner. Recuva (pronounced "recover") is a freeware Windows utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer. This includes files emptied from the Recycle bin as well as images and other files that have been deleted by user error from digital camera memory cards or MP3 players. It will even bring back files that have been deleted by bugs, crashes and viruses!Changelog:- New file contents analysis.- Tweaks to secure delete feature.- Added filter by file type.- Added status icon to the list view.- Improved progress indication on large files.- Several performance improvements.- Minor tweaks and changes.( Click Image to Enlarge )Download: Recuva 1.11.257View: Recuva Homepage
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IE7Pro 2.1 RC 1
2008-02-25 18:45:00
IE7pro is an add-on for IE 7 which adds lots of features and extras to make your IE easier, more useful, secure and customizable. You can use IE7pro as Tab Management, AD Blocker, Flash Block, Super Drag Drop, Crash Recovery, Proxy Switcher, Mouse Gesture, Tab History Browser, Web Accelerator, User Agent Switcher, Webpage Capturer, Greasemonkey for IE and etc . Using IE7pro, you can Close/Open tab by double left click, build your own greasemonkey script, switch proxy, switch user agent, block ads and flash, recover browser crash, apply super drag drop, auto scroll page, manage tab history, refresh tab automatically, open new tab from address bar and favorites, view page information and save whole page to images quickly and so on.Changelog:- Changed IE7Pro icon- Optimized inline search hotkey- Now Supports download dailymotion videoDownload: IE7Pro 2.1 RC 1Download: IE7Pro 2.1 RC 1 x64View: IE7Pro Home page
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Windows Live SkyDrive launched
2008-02-21 22:14:00
The SkyDrive team has just informed us that Windows Live SkyDrive is officially out of beta, and is now available in 35 countries and regions.With Windows Live SkyDrive you get 5 GB of free online storage, available from any computer with Internet access.You can Create personal, shared, and public folders, where you decide who has access to each folder.Windows Live SkyDrive easily allows you to upload multiple files, simply by dragging and dropping them on to your Skydrive.Further more you can embed files in a blog post or web page, allowing users to download them from your Skydrive.Head on over to skydrive.live.com and login with your Windows Live ID to use Windows Live SkyDrive today.View: Windows Live SkyDriveView: Skydrive Team Blog
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CCleaner 2.05.555
2008-02-21 15:52:00
CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) is a freeware system optimization tool. That removes unused and temporary files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster, more efficiently and giving you more hard disk space. The best part is that it's fast! (normally taking less that a second to run) and Free. Features of CCleaner 2.0:- Complete rebuild in C++With the requirements for a portable version, 64-bit compatibility and Windows Vista increasing against the limitations of the old architecture. We decided to rebuild the entire CCleaner application in highly optimized C++. - Faster analyzing and cleaningEach scanning process was rewritten from scratch and fully optimized. The result being a noticeable speed increase in all areas. - PortableCCleaner can now run from a USB thumbdrive and be installed/run on a computer without a complicated setup process. - CompactThe rewrite removed all external file dependencies, so the main EXE is now half the size of the original program and support files. ...
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Windows XP Service Pack 3 v.3311
2008-02-20 18:53:00
Microsoft yesterday made Service Pack 3 RC2 available to both testers and the general public. They have provided a small script to run on your XP SP2 machine that will allow for SP3 to be available through Windows Update.The build, now at v3311, cannot be installed over previous SP3 betas. Versions of Windows XP Service Pack 3 prior to Release Candidate 2 should be removed before attempting to use the registry key. Windows Update will not offer Release Candidate 2 to machines with previous versions of the Windows XP Service Pack 3 beta.Download: Windows XP SP3 RC2 via Windows Update ScriptView: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release NotesSource: Neowin
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Flock 1.1 Beta
2008-02-20 17:14:00
The first beta of Flock 1.1 has just been released. This beta includes several new features, including Yahoo and Gmail support, Picassa integration, and a friend activity feed.The integration of the popular webmail services from Yahoo and Gmail will allow users to share web pages, images, articles, and links with their friends using a click-to-compose function built right into the browser. By just clicking the email icon in the URL bar, Flock users can instantly share these items with their friends. When new mail arrives, the Flock Mail icon will light up to let users know to check their inbox. This is especially handy since webmail doesn't alert users of incoming mail the way that Outlook or other desktop clients do, forcing them to either keep checking it in a browser tab, using an add-on, or some sort of 3rd party notification software. The new Picasa feature will let users of the popular photo-sharing service quickly upload pictures to Picasa from Flock. To share these photos, ...
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FileZilla 3.0.7.1
2008-02-20 16:51:00
FileZilla is powerful Open Source FTP/SFTP client with many features. It includes a site manager to store all your connection details and logins as well as an Explorer style interface that shows the local and remote folders and can be customized independently. The program offers support for firewalls and proxy connections as well as SSL and Kerberos GSS security. Additional features include keep alive, auto ascii/binary transfer, download queue, manual transfers, raw FTP commands and more. Changelog:- Fix connections timing out shortly after sending keep alive command- Update remote file list if renaming files- *nix: Fix tab key in Site Manager not workingDownload: FileZilla 3.0.7.1View: Filezilla Home Page
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IE7Pro 2.1 Beta 3
2008-02-19 17:46:00
IE7pro is an add-on for IE 7 which adds lots of features and extras to make your IE easier, more useful, secure and customizable. You can use IE7pro as Tab Management, AD Blocker, Flash Block, Super Drag Drop, Crash Recovery, Proxy Switcher, Mouse Gesture, Tab History Browser, Web Accelerator, User Agent Switcher, Webpage Capturer, Greasemonkey for IE and etc . Using IE7pro, you can Close/Open tab by double left click, build your own greasemonkey script, switch proxy, switch user agent, block ads and flash, recover browser crash, apply super drag drop, auto scroll page, manage tab history, refresh tab automatically, open new tab from address bar and favorites, view page information and save whole page to images quickly and so on.Changelog:- Support download Youtube video/www.tudou.com/www.6.cn (Ctrl+Shift+Mouse hover)- Pressing Ctrl+Alt to click link will disable miniDM- IE context menu add tab history- Two shortcut added:. Switch enable/disable Adblock. Switch enable/disable MiniDM...
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Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0
2008-02-19 17:41:00
A new Mozilla Foundation effort to improve its Thunderbird open-source e-mail software now has an official name, and its first public goals.Thunderbird 3.0 is due to ship by the end of the year with a more comprehensive search feature and official integration of the Lightning calendar add-on, said David Ascher, chief executive of the newly named Mozilla Messaging subsidiary. The first alpha release will come sooner, though, for those who want to test the software.Source: Webware
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InstantUpdate 1.0 RC 1
2008-02-18 21:25:00
InstantUpdate can ensure users always have the latest versions of your software. The programs has two parts, a Designer and a Client.- With the InstantUpdate Designer you customize the look of the InstantUpdate Client, visually design updates to your product, and upload your newly created update to your website. - Then, using the InstantUpdate Client, your users can update your software quickly and easily. The InstantUpdate Client handles all of the nitty-gritty details of downloading and updating your software so you don't have toFeatures:- Visually Design your Updates- .NET Optimizations- Multi-lingual InstantUpdate Client- Secure Updating- Windows Vista's User Account Control (UAC)InstantUpdate is fully compatible with Windows 98, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, and 2008 Download: InstantUpdate 1.0 RC 1 (Freeware)View: WyDay Home Page
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Warzone 2100 v2.1.0 Beta 1
2008-02-18 17:55:00
The Warzone 2100 Resurrection Project offers an updated version of Warzone 2100, Pumpkin Studios' 20th century strategy game that's now GPL OpenSource as a result of the efforts of a group of dedicated fans. Word: "Finally, after many, many months, we have started a new release cycle. Namely the 2.1 series, which kicks off today with a first beta; Warzone 2100 version 2.1-beta1. This version introduces a multitude of new features, of which these are the most prominent ones:- Internationalisation/Translation support by means of gettext- Multi-turret support for droids (i.e. tanks and cyborgs) and structures- Video options menu; allows selecting of (among others) the screen resolution and windowed/fullscreen mode- A new mini-map mode: the heightmap (use CTRL+TAB to cycle through mini-map modes)- Stock AI greatly improved- Additional AI provided: Aivolution- 64-bit compatibility! Warzone now runs on systems with 64 bit processors, kernels and libraries as well! Download: Warzone 21...
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DAEMON Tools Lite v4.12.1
2008-02-14 17:45:00
Daemon Tools is an application for multiprotection emulation. It is further development of Generic Safedisc emulator and incorporates all its features. This program allows running backup copies of SafeDisc, Securom, or Laserlock protected games. Also included is a Virtual DVDROM drive enabling you to use your CD images as if they were already burned to CD. It works with all types of CD/DVDROM drives and supports nearly any CD protection.Changelog: What's new (compared to DT Lite 4.12):- Multilanguage setup support- Languages updates- Hot keys settings- Some GUI features for DT Panel: Images Search dialog, Mount&Drive manager Lookup, view mode options, etcBugs fixed:- Some minor GUI bugs- Setup bugsDownload: DAEMON Tools Lite 4.12View: DAEMON Tools Home Page
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