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73808 2002-08-25 10:01:00 America's Army Patch
A new patch has been released for America's Army RECON to bring it up to version 1.2.1. The patch addresses some bugs introduced in the version 1.2.0 patch and has more team structure fixes. The patch is available from (www.aafiles.com) and FilePlanet AmericasArmyFiles (www.fileplanet.com).

AMD P-Rating calculation script
MikeMTH Tweakers Guide has developed a script to calculate the Performance Rating of AMD Palomino and Thoroughbred processors. All you need to do is enter a clock speed for your desired processor core and it gives you the processors P-Rating, EG 2.1GHz would be 2650+. Try it out yourself here (twg.mikemth.de:1027).

22 New Unreal Tournament 2003 Screenshots
Gade202 has posted up 22 new screenshots of Unreal Tournament 2003. These are high res shoots and they still don't do the game justice. Check em out here (www.gade202.net).

How to change the Windows XP Product Activation Key Code
Labmice has posted up another guide on how to change the Windows XP Product Activation code. Just follow the instructions below:
- Download the ViewKeyXP utility to report what corporate product key you are using and to see if that key is one of the popular leaked keys floating around the internet that Microsoft may try and disable with XP Service Pack 1.
- Use the xp_cd_key_changer to generate your own corporate product key.
- Then refer to the instructions from the linked page and perform a "telephone" reactivation of XP using the new corporate product key you generate.
-You will need to reboot before you can confirm the activation. Use the ViewKeyXP utility after the reboot to verify that you are using the new key.
- View this page first: @Labmice.net (www.labmice.net)
- Then Download: XP KEY Viewer (www.webtree.ca)
- Then Download: XP CD Key Changer (msbetas.net)

Privacy Inspector 1.10 is out
Want to cover your tracks from your boss, wife or kids when using you PC at home or work. If you don't want others gathering info on you use Privacy Inspector, it cleans up your tracks left by Windows, your browser and many other programs and it also saves storage space and improves the performance of your computer. This new version has the following changes:
- Keep the cookies that you don't want to be erased
- Encrypt/Decrypt files on your computer
You can download it here (www.privacyinspector.com)and read more about it here (http://www.privacyinspector.com).

New Unofficial ATI Radeon Drivers out
These new ATI Radeon drivers are for Windows 9x/2000/XP and are WHQL certified. Thed rivers have the following version numbers:
ATI Radeon 6.13.10.6143 Driver for Windows XP
ATI Radeon 5.13.01.6143 Driver for Windows 2000
ATI Radeon 4.13.01.9056 Driver for Windows 98/98SE/Millenium
And are for the the following video cards:
Mobility FireGL 9000
Mobility Radeon 9000
Radeon 7000 / Radeon VE
Radeon 7200 / Radeon
Radeon 7500
Radeon 8500
Radeon 8500 / 8500LE
Radeon 8500 DV Edition
Radeon 9700
Radeon Mobility
RADEON RV250
RADEON RV250 SECONDARY
To download the new drivers go here (www.warp2search.net).

Logitech iTouch 2.13 build 194
If your having trouble finding the iTouch drivers for your Logitech keyboard that were in the story yesterday, that would be because I neglected to include a link. These drivers are for the Cordless Desktop keyboards are recommended if you are also upgrading your MouseWare drivers. The drivers have the following changes:
Support for the F-lock functions on the Elite™ keyboard, Cordless Navigator Duo™
Access™ keyboard, Cordless Access Duo™ and Cordless Elite Duo™.
An updated user interface that is easier and friendlier to use than previous versions.
Download the drivers here (www.fileconnect.net).

Adobe Photoshop 7.0.1 update
Adobe has released an update for their highly professional Photoshop program, bringing it up to version 7.0.1. This update fixes a number of problems after the initial release of Photoshop 7.0. Here are the biggest changes:
Photoshop now saves alpha transparency data in Targa files in the same way it did in previous versions.

File Browser performance has been enhanced.
If the color settings color management policy is set to "Off," Photoshop no longer asks to save changes unless other edits have been performed.
The total ink now defaults to 300% as it did in previous versions of Photoshop.
The color of white areas in CMYK files saved as JPEG files no longer shifts.
TIFF files with LZW compression are now written correctly.
Files made with Photoshop now work better with Microsoft® Windows® XP's automatic thumbnail generation.
Favorites now function correctly in the Open dialog box.
Picture Package no longer locks up when it encounters incorrect file types while using custom page layouts.
Metadata is better preserved in certain JPEG files.
Photoshop no longer appears frozen when applying KPT3 filters.
Photoshop now offers better compatibility with older Intel® Pentium® III hardware.
Photoshop no longer produces a program error when resampling certain large 16-bit documents.
An issue that prevented Photoshop 6.0 from opening certain files containing layer effects and edited in Photoshop 7.0 has been fixed.
The Maximize Backwards Compatibility for Photoshop Files preference now correctly sets the state of the Maximize Compatibility checkbox in the Photoshop Format Options dialog box when you save a file as Photoshop (PSD) format.
Download it here (betas.intercom.net).

Zoom Player 2.80 RC1 released
Zoom Player, the program that provides special zooming functions to improve TV-Output quality on your PC, version 2.80 RC1 has been released for download. Zoom Player also has the following job description:
Zoom Player provides special zooming functions to improve TV-Output quality by eliminating overscan and scaling to exactly match the video area to your screen's dimensions in real-time with adjustable background colour in order to test for brightness bleeds. You can also fast forwarding (even on MPEG4 type formats such as DivX), 10 Keyboard accessible presets to automatically adjust the video area to pre-defined settings, customizable control bar with graphical time-seek controls, keyboard mapped controls, aspect ratio support for correct playback of anamorphic video and out of aspect-ratio content.
There is no word on the changes, but you can download the latest version here (inmatrix.hoyty.com).

Nimo Codec Pack 5.0 build 8 out
The Nimo Codec Pack is a complete collection of codecs, filters and tools much like DivX and is a must have. This new version has the following changes:
The Unique install options for DivX Playback Filters
The New Divx 5.02 Codec Build 484
The New XviD Codec 28/06/02 + MiniCalc and AviC (FourCC Changer)
The New Avisynth 2.04 MMX Dll for fast Frameserving
The New TFM Audio Filter ver. 1.0 beta 7
The New VFAPI Reader Codec 1.05
The DirectVobSub, to make your Sub files for your movie and mux them (srt - Mux )
VobSub for VirtualDub, AviUtl, Avisynth & DirectShow
VobSub Version 2.18, DirectVobSub Version 2.18
Subresync 2.18, Submux 2.18
The New SimpleResize filter for Avisynth
The New Ogg Vorbis implementation
The New Ogg DirectShow filters v0.9.9.1
Removed from since build 7
Moonlight Odio Dekoda ( bad sound quality )
The pack is available from here (www.fileconnect.net) and contains the following features:
Coder & decoder Divx 4.12 Build 307 (Project Mayo)(DivX).
Coder & decoder DivX V3.11a (3.11Alpha Low Motion)(Div3)
for playing old compressed movies.
Coder & decoder DivX v3.11a (3.11Alpha Fast Motion)(Div4)
for playing old compressed movies.
Coder & decoder DivX WMA Audio V4.2 (Standard)(divxa32).
Coder & decoder MPEG-Layer 3 Audio V4.2 (Professional)(l3acm), With control panel icon.
Decoder for AC3 Audio V2.2.
Coder & decoder MS MPEG-4 (For ASF/DivX Conversion)(mpg4,mp42,mp43).
Filters for Vob playback in Windows Media Player:

MPEG Parser ActiveX filter
MPEG Decoder ActiveX filter
MS-MPEG4 ActiveX filter
DivX V3.2 ActiveX filter
DivX V4.0 ActiveX filter
DivX AC3 Prologic ActiveX filter
The iviaudio.ax : InterVideo Audio Dec! oder ActiveX filter (No limit time)
The MS Mpeg Original codec (Microsoft)
The New MPEG-2 Splitter AC3 XForm
The New Ligos MPEG-2 Splitter 3.0.0.17
The Morgan Multimedia Stream Switcher (To change the audio stream in WMP)
I-Media Multi-MPEG2-Source
MPEG Layer-2 Audio Decoder
MPEG Layer-3 Audio Codec for MSACM
DivX AntiFreeze Filter (No more freezed movies)
DirectSound 3D Renderer (with help files)
Cyberlink PowerDVD 3.0 Audio Decoder
Ogg Vorbis Audio codec for MSACM
Lame_dshow.ax (Lame mp3)
Wavdest.ax
Dump.ax
Windows Media Audio Codec
Lame MP3 Encoder ACM Codec
3ivx Delta 3.5 Codec for QuickTime Windows and the pluging for flask
Plug-ins for Flask: Panasonic MPEG 1, LSX MPEG 1 or MPEG2
The New Mpeg2dec DLL And the New Avisynth 1.05 MMX Dll for fast Frameserving
The New SimpleResize filter! for Avisynth
The New Lame MP3 Encoder ACM 0.3.0
The New Directshow Bicubic Resizer 1.3
The New Playa 0.6.6
The New DivX AntiFreeze Filter 0.4
The New Sub Station Alpha v2.x/4.x
The New Moonlight Odio Dekoda
The New Moonlight Scalar Filter
The New Subtitle Picture Decoder
The New DynEQ DirectShow filter
The New DivX G400 Filter ver 2.7
The New DivFix 1.06 with Source Code
The Logo plug-in for VirtualDub and Nandub
The New Fraunhofer Vob Filters
The New Fraunhofer Mp3 codec
As you can see it's the complete package.


New VIA Audio drivers version 3.11b released
VIA has released a new version of it's audio drivers bringing them up to version 3.11b. These are the "combo" version of audio drivers for all VIA southbridges that use a VIA audio codec. Changes in this version are:
- WDM driver(WIN98SE)
- Remove VIAUDIO.CAT file, because Microsoft does not accept Windows 98SE WHQL submission from 7/1/2002.
Get the driver here (www.fileconnect.net).

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