2010-02-04

K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 5.70

K-Lite Mega Codec PackThe K-Lite Mega Codec Pack is a collection of DirectShow filters, VFW/ACM codecs, and tools. Codecs and DirectShow filters are needed for encoding and decoding audio and video formats. The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your audio and movie files.

With the K-Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play all the popular audio and video formats and even several less common formats.

The K-Lite Codec Pack has a couple of major advantages compared to other codec packs:

* It is updated frequently. So it is always up-to-date with the newest and/or best components.
* All components have been carefully selected for specific purposes. It is not just a random bunch of stuff thrown together.
* It is very user-friendly and easy to use.
* The installation is fully customizable, meaning that you are able to install just those components that you really want.
* The customization abilities even go beyond the component level. Some components are able to handle multiple formats. You can specify exactly which components should handle which formats. The pack can thus be fully tweaked to your own specific needs and preferences.
* Uninstallation removes everything that was installed by the pack. Including all registry keys.
* It is extremely easy to make a fully customized unattended installation with the integrated wizard.
* It does not contain any bad, buggy or unstable codecs.

Title: K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 5.70
Filename: K-Lite_Codec_Pack_570_Mega.exe
File size: 23.75MB (24,902,766 bytes)
Requirements: Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista / Windows7 / XP64 / Vista64 / Windows7 64
Languages: en-US
License: Freeware
Date added: February 4, 2010


Change Log:

# Updated Media Player Classic Home Cinema to version 1.3.1595.0
# Changed default video renderer in MPC-HC on Vista/7 to "EVR Sync"
# Changed default H.264 decoder from "ffdshow (libavcodec)" to "DivX H.264"
# This gives better decoding performance, certainly on computers with multiple CPU cores
# Updated Gabest MP4 splitter to version 1.3.1572.0
# Updated AC3ACM to version 1.5
# Updated Codec Tweak Tool to version 4.2.0
# Updated Win7DSFilterTweaker to version 2.8
# Minor changes

Vista Codec Package 5.5.6

Vista Codec PackageAll the codecs you need for Vista to play AVIs, DVDs and more!

It does not contain a media player and it doesn't associates filetypes. With this package installed you will be able to use any media player, limited only by the players' capabilities, to play DVD's, movies and video clips of almost any filetype. Streaming video is supported in all popular web browsers. By default you won't need to make any adjustments to enjoy a variety of media content immediately. Users have the ability to choose what is installed using the public redistributable or after an unattended install, you can select to remove specific portions without removing the entire package. Future releases will recognize previous releases and are capable of performing upgrade installations.

The Vista Codec Package is also compatible with all versions of Windows XP.

Title: Vista Codec Package 5.5.6
Filename: VistaCodecs_v556.exe
File size: 20.10MB (21,077,333 bytes)
Requirements: Windows XP / Vista / Windows7 / XP64 / Vista64 / Windows7 64
Languages: en-US
License: Freeware
Date added: February 4, 2010
Author: Shark007
shark007.net


Change Log:

- update gabests filters 1602
- update ffdshow 3254
- improve AC3Filter integration
- improve interface functionality

Sandboxie 3.44

SandboxieIntroducing Sandboxie: Sandboxie runs your programs in an isolated space which prevents them from making permanent changes to other programs and data in your computer.

Benefits of the Isolated Sandbox

* Secure Web Browsing: Running your Web browser under the protection of Sandboxie means that all malicious software downloaded by the browser is trapped in the sandbox and can be discarded trivially.
* Enhanced Privacy: Browsing history, cookies, and cached temporary files collected while Web browsing stay in the sandbox and don't leak into Windows.
* Secure E-mail: Viruses and other malicious software that might be hiding in your email can't break out of the sandbox and can't infect your real system.
* Windows Stays Lean: Prevent wear-and-tear in Windows by installing software into an isolated sandbox.

Title: Sandboxie 3.44
Filename: SandboxieInstall.exe
File size: 1.44MB (1,514,728 bytes)
Requirements: Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista / Windows7 / XP64 / Vista64 / Windows7 64
Languages: en-US
License: Freeware
Date added: February 4, 2010
Author: Sandboxie
www.sandboxie.com


Change Log:

* Full support for 64-bit Windows.
- Single installation EXE contains both 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Sandboxie.

* Improved Disable Forced Programs mode.
- Hold Ctrl+Shift while invoking the right-click Run Sandboxed command on a program that is forced, to run the program outside the supervision of Sandboxie.
- When Disable Forced Programs is used to start some forced program X outside the supervision of Sandboxie, then any other forced programs started by that program X will also start outside the supervision of Sandboxie.

* Improved support for User Account Control (UAC) elevation by sandboxed programs.
- No longer requires Sandboxie Control to be running.
- Pop-up window displays information about the elevating program.

* Fixed incompatibility with Software Restriction Policies (SRP) on Windows 7.
* Windows Explorer running under Sandboxie displays current folder in title.
* Prevent Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome browsers from updating in the sandbox.
- Message SBIE2191 will be displayed.

* Support for installing extensions into Google Chrome.
* Support for ICMP (ping) operations by sandboxed programs in Windows Vista and Windows 7.
* Improved compatibility with third-party security software: a2 Anti Malware.
* Improved compatibility with other third-party software: Macro Express, LinkStash, Bing Toolbar.

uTorrent 2.0 Build 17920

uTorrentµTorrent is a small and incredibly popular BitTorrent client.

Micro-Sized Yet Feature Filled

Most of the features present in other BitTorrent clients are present in µTorrent, including bandwidth prioritization, scheduling, RSS auto-downloading and Mainline DHT (compatible with BitComet). Additionally, µTorrent supports the Protocol Encryption joint specification (compatible with Azureus 2.4.0.0 and above, BitComet 0.63 and above) and peer exchange.

Resource-Friendly

µTorrent was written with efficiency in mind. Unlike many torrent clients, it does not hog valuable system resources - typically using less than 6MB of memory, allowing you to use the computer as if it weren't there at all. Additionally, the program itself is contained within a single executable less than 220 KB in size.

Skinnable and Localized

Various icon, toolbar graphic and status icon replacements are available, and creating your own is very simple. µTorrent also has support for localization, and with a language file present, will automatically switch to your system language. If your language isn't available, you can easily add your own, or edit other existing translations to improve them!

Actively Developed and Improved

The developer puts in a lot of time working on features and making things more user-friendly. Releases only come out when they're ready, with no schedule pressures, so the few bugs that appear are quickly addressed and fixed.

Title: uTorrent 2.0 Build 17920
Filename: utorrent.exe
File size: 312KB (319,280 bytes)
Requirements: Windows (All Versions)
Languages: en-US
License: Freeware
Date added: February 3, 2010
Author: Ludvig Strigeus
www.utorrent.com


Change Log:

- Change: update TCP/IP overhead estimation
- Fix: handle wrapping in uTP timestamps
- Fix: Crash in setup dialog when dialog is exited before server list is downloaded.

iTunes 9.0.3 (32-bit)

iTunes (32-bit)iTunes is a free application for Mac and PC. It plays all your digital music and video. It syncs content to your iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV. And it's an entertainment superstore that stays open 24/7.

* Organize your music into playlists
* Edit file information
* Record compact discs
* Copy files to an iPod or other digital audio player
* Purchase music and videos on the Internet through the built-in iTunes store
* Run a visualizer to display graphical effects in time to the music
* Encode music into a number of different audio formats.

This is the 32-bit version.

Title: iTunes 9.0.3 (32-bit)
Filename: iTunesSetup.exe
File size: 93.63MB (98,180,904 bytes)
Requirements: Windows XP / 2003 / Vista / Windows7
Languages: en-US
License: Freeware
Date added: February 2, 2010
Author: Apple Inc
www.apple.com
Homepage: www.apple.com/itunes/download


Change Log:

# Important bug fixes, including:

- iTunes no longer ignores your "Remember password for purchasing" setting.
- Addresses problems with syncing some Smart Playlists and Podcasts with iPod.
- Resolves a problem recognizing when iPod is connected.
- Addresses issues that affect stability and performance.

2010-02-03

MySQL 5.1.43

MySQLMySQL Community Edition is a freely downloadable version of the world's most popular open source database that is supported by an active community of open source developers and enthusiasts.

MySQL delivers enterprise features, including:

* Partitioning to improve performance and management of very large database environments
* Row-based/Hybrid Replication for improved replication security
* Event Scheduler to create and schedule jobs that perform various database tasks
* XPath Support
* Dynamic General/Slow Query Log
* Performance/Load Testing Utility (mysqlslap)
* Improved! Full Text Search (faster, new dev templates)
* Improved! Archive engine (better compression, more features)
* Improved! User session and problem SQL identification
* Improved! MySQL embedded library (libmysqld)
* Additional INFORMATION_SCHEMA objects
* Faster data import operations (parallel file load)
* ACID Transactions to build reliable and secure business critical applications
* Stored Procedures to improve developer productivity
* Triggers to enforce complex business rules at the database level
* Views to ensure sensitive information is not compromised
* Information Schema to provide easy access to metadata
* Pluggable Storage Engine Architecture for maximum flexibility
* Archive Storage Engine for historical and audit data

Title: MySQL 5.1.43
Filename: mysql-essential-5.1.43-win32.msi
File size: 39.04MB (40,937,984 bytes)
Requirements: Windows 9x / 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista / Windows7
Languages: en-US
License: Open Source
Date added: February 1, 2010
Author: MySQL AB
www.mysql.com


Change Log:

# Bugs fixed:

* Security Fix: For servers built with yaSSL, a preauthorization buffer overflow could cause memory corruption or a server crash. We thank Evgeny Legerov from Intevydis for providing us with a proof-of-concept script that allowed us to reproduce this bug. (Bug#50227, CVE-2009-4484)
* Important Change: Replication: The RAND() function is now marked as unsafe for statement-based replication. Using this function now generates a warning when binlog_format=STATEMENT and causes the the format to switch to row-based logging when binlog_format=MIXED.
This change is being introduced because, when RAND() was logged in statement mode, the seed was also written to the binary log, so the replication slave generated the same sequence of random numbers as was generated on the master. While this could make replication work in some cases, the order of affected rows was still not guaranteed when this function was used in statements that could update multiple rows, such as UPDATE or INSERT ... SELECT; if the master and the slave retrieved rows in different order, they began to diverge. (Bug#49222)
* Partitioning: When used on partitioned tables, the records_in_range handler call checked all partitions, rather than the unpruned partitions only. (Bug#48846) See also Bug#37252, Bug#47261.
* Partitioning: A query that searched on a ucs2 column failed if the table was partitioned. (Bug#48737)
* Replication: A LOAD DATA INFILE statement that loaded data into a table having a column name that must be escaped (such as `key` INT), caused replication to fail when logging in mixed or statement mode. In such cases, the master wrote the LOAD DATA event to the binary log without escaping the field names. (Bug#49473) See also Bug#47927.
* Replication: Spatial data types cause row-based replication to crash. (Bug#48776)
* Replication: A flaw in the implementation of the purging of binary logs could result in orphaned files being left behind in the following circumstances:
- If the server failed or was killed while purging binary logs.
- If the server failed or was killed after creating of a new binary log when the new log file was opened for the first time.
In addition, if the slave was not connected during the purge operation, it was possible for a log file that was in use to be removed; this could lead data loss and possible inconsistencies between the master and slave. (Bug#45292)
* Replication: When using the STATEMENT or MIXED logging format, the statements LOAD DATA CONCURRENT LOCAL INFILE and LOAD DATA CONCURRENT INFILE were logged as LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE and LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE, respectively (in other words, the CONCURRENT keyword was omitted). As a result, when using replication with either of these logging modes, queries on the slaves were blocked by the replication SQL thread while trying to execute the affected statements. (Bug#34628)
* Replication: Manually removing entries from the binary log index file on a replication master could cause the server to repeatedly send the same binary log file to slaves. (Bug#28421)
* Cluster Replication: When expire_logs_days was set, the thread performing the purge of the log files could deadlock, causing all binary log operations to stop. (Bug#49536)
* Within a stored routine, selecting the result of CONCAT_WS() with a routine parameter argument into a user variable could return incorrect results. (Bug#50096)
* The IBMDB2I storage engine was missing from the i5os 64-bit distribution of MySQL 5.1.42. It is now included again. (Bug#50059)
* EXPLAIN EXTENDED UNION ... ORDER BY caused a crash when the ORDER BY referred to a nonconstant or full-text function or a subquery. (Bug#49734)
* The push_warning_printf() function was being called with an invalid error level MYSQL_ERROR::WARN_LEVEL_ERROR, causing an assertion failure. To fix the problem, MYSQL_ERROR::WARN_LEVEL_ERROR has been replaced by MYSQL_ERROR::WARN_LEVEL_WARN. (Bug#49638)
* Some prepared statements could raise an assertion when re-executed. (Bug#49570)
* A Valgrind error in make_cond_for_table_from_pred() was corrected. Thanks to Sergey Petrunya for the patch to fix this bug. (Bug#49506)
* When compiling on Windows, an error in the CMake definitions for InnoDB would cause the engine to be built incorrectly. (Bug#49502)
* Valgrind warnings for CHECKSUM TABLE were corrected. (Bug#49465)
* Specifying an index algorithm (such as BTREE) for SPATIAL or FULLTEXT indexes caused a server crash. These index types do not support algorithm specification, and it is now disallowed to do so. (Bug#49250)
* The optimizer sometimes incorrectly handled conditions of the form WHERE col_name='const1' AND col_name='const2'. (Bug#49199)
* Execution of DECODE() and ENCODE() could be inefficient because multiple executions within a single statement reinitialized the random generator multiple times even with constant parameters. (Bug#49141)
* MySQL 5.1 does not support 2-byte collation numbers, but did not check the number and crashed for out-of-range values. (Bug#49134)
* With binary logging enabled, REVOKE ... ON {PROCEDURE|FUNCTION} FROM ... could cause a crash. (Bug#49119)
* The LIKE operator did not work correctly when using an index for a ucs2 column. (Bug#49028)
* check_key_in_view() was missing a DBUG_RETURN in one code branch, causing a crash in debug builds. (Bug#48995)
* Several strmake() calls had an incorrect length argument (too large by one). (Bug#48983)
* On Fedora 12, strmov() did not guarantee correct operation for overlapping source and destination buffer. Calls were fixed to use an overlap-safe version instead. (Bug#48866)
* Incomplete reset of internal TABLE structures could cause a crash with eq_ref table access in subqueries. (Bug#48709)
* Re-execution of a prepared statement could cause a server crash. (Bug#48508)
* The error message for ER_UPDATE_INFO was subject to buffer overflow or truncation. (Bug#48500)
* SHOW BINLOG EVENTS could fail with a error: Wrong offset or I/O error. (Bug#48357)
* Valgrind warnings related to binary logging of LOAD DATA INFILE statements were corrected. (Bug#48340)
* An aliasing violation in the C API could lead to a crash. (Bug#48284)
* The InnoDB Monitor could fail to print diagnostic information after a long lock wait. (Bug#47814)
* Queries containing GROUP BY ... WITH ROLLUP that did not use indexes could return incorrect results. (Bug#47650)
* If an invocation of a stored procedure failed in the table-open stage, subsequent invocations that did not fail in that stage could cause a crash. (Bug#47649)
* On Solaris, no stack trace was printed to the error log after a crash. (Bug#47391)
* The first execution of STOP SLAVE UNTIL stopped too early. (Bug#47210)
* When the mysql client was invoked with the --vertical option, it ignored the --skip-column-names option. (Bug#47147)
* It was possible for init_available_charsets() not to initialize correctly. (Bug#45058)
* Comparison with NULL values sometimes did not produce a correct result. (Bug#42760)
* Crash recovery did not work for InnoDB temporary tables. (Bug#41609)
* The mysql_upgrade command would create three additional fields to the mysql.proc table (character_set_client, collation_connection, and db_collation), but did not populate the fields with correct values. This would lead to error messages reported during stored procedure execution. (Bug#41569)
* When compressed MyISAM files were opened, they were always memory mapped, sometimes causing memory-swapping problems. To deal with this, a new system variable, myisam_mmap_size, was added to limit the amount of memory used for memory mapping of MyISAM files. (Bug#37408)
* A race condition on the privilege hash tables allowed one thread to try to delete elements that had already been deleted by another thread. A consequence was that SET PASSWORD or FLUSH PRIVILEGES could cause a crash. (Bug#35589, Bug#35591)
* ALTER TABLE with both DROP COLUMN and ADD COLUMN clauses could crash or lock up the server. (Bug#31145)

Avast! Free Antivirus 5.0.396

Avast! Free Antivirusavast! Free Antivirus represents the best free antivirus protection currently available on the market. This edition is FREE OF CHARGE for non-commercial & home use. Its features include:

* Anti-spyware built-in
* Web Shield
* Anti-rootkit built-in
* Automatic updates
* Strong self-protection
* Virus Chest
* Antivirus kernel
* System integration
* Simple User Interface
* Integrated Virus Cleaner
* Resident protection
* Support for 64-bit Windows
* P2P and IM Shields
* Internationalization
* Network Shield

Title: Avast! Free Antivirus 5.0.396
Filename: setup_av_free.exe
File size: 41.53MB (43,550,760 bytes)
Requirements: Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista / Windows7 / XP64 / Vista64 / Windows7 64
Languages: en-US, es-ES, ja-JP, pl-PL
License: Non-Commercial Freeware
Date added: February 2, 2010
Author: Alwil Software
www.avast.com
Homepage: www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download


Change Log:

- fixed a number of bluescreens
- added Korean and Hungarian language versions

VLC Media Player 1.0.5

VLC Media PlayerVLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols without external codec or program.

It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.

VLC can play:

* MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 / DivX files from a hard disk, a CD-ROM drive, and so on
* DVDs, VCDs, and Audio CDs
* From satellite cards (DVB-S)
* Several types of network streams: UDP/RTP Unicast, UDP/RTP Multicast, HTTP, RTSP, MMS, etc.
* From acquisition or encoding cards (on GNU/Linux and Windows only)

Title: VLC Media Player 1.0.5
Filename: vlc-1.0.5-win32.exe
File size: 17.64MB (18,499,623 bytes)
Requirements: Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista / Windows7 / XP64 / Vista64 / Windows7 64
Languages: en-US
License: Open Source
Date added: February 1, 2010
Author: VideoLAN.org
www.videolan.org


Change Log:

# Decoders:

* SubRip extra styles improvements
* Fix potential crashes in SSA and svg decoders

# Mac OS X Interface:

* Improved support for the 2009 Apple Remote

# Windows port:

* Use of gcc 4.4.2 to compile instead of gcc 4.2. This might slightly increase performance and fix x264 issues

# Translations:

* Portuguese Brazilian, Lithunanian, Romanian, Ukranian, Japanese, Bengali, Walloon, Galician, Danish, Khmer, Polish, Slovenian, Vietnamese, Finnish Russian, Slovak translation updates
* New Malayalam, Macedoninan, Nynorsk translations

Any Video Converter 3.03

Any Video ConverterAny Video Converter is an All-in-One video converting tool with easy-to-use graphical interface, fast converting speed and excellent video quality. It allows you to effortlessly convert video files between every format! It can convert almost all video formats including DivX, XviD, MOV, rm, rmvb, MPEG, VOB, DVD, WMV, AVI to MPEG-4 movie format for iPod/PSP or other portable video device, MP4 player or smart phone. It also supports any user defined video file formats as the output. Any Video Converter makes it easy for anyone to enjoy the any format video with your iPod, PSP, mobile phone or MP4 player.

* User-friendly interface that is easy to use.
* Converts all video formats to Apple iPod Video, Sony PSP and more
* Batch convert any video formats including avi, wmv, asf, mpg, mp4, etc.
* Support DivX and Xvid avi format as importing and exporting video
* Support default video/audio settings or user customized parameters for video and audio.
* Has the option to preview the video in real-time before conversion .
* World's fastest video conversion speed with stunning video and audio quality.
* Supports adjust many video/audio options for MP4 files. For example, video/audio sample rate, bit rate, video size...

Title: Any Video Converter 3.03
Filename: avc-free.exe
File size: 15.67MB (16,427,166 bytes)
Requirements: Windows (All Versions)
Languages: en-US
License: Freeware
Date added: January 31, 2010
Author: AVC
www.any-video-converter.com


Change Log:

1. Upgrades the mplayer engine for faster video conversion speed.
2. Adds output profile (800x480 MPEG-4 movie) to support Google Nexus One.
3. Adds mp2 audio output for the DVD PAL profile.