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With Vista Codec Package installed, you won’t need to install any other codec or filter. Many user suggested default settings are implemented. It does not contain a media player. It does not 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 any format. Streaming video (real and quicktime) is supported in web browsers. Visit the homepage to get a 64bitAddon which enables xvid, divx and DVD playback in Vista’s MediaCenter.

Latest Changes:

• MAJOR CHANGES to the Installation Architecture
• Require a clean installation - DO NOT UPGRADE
• - 23% reduction in the distribution filesize
• - Startmenu shortcuts organized into folders
• - Stop QuickTime checking for updates on Vista
• - Updated the FFDshow components to t926 unicode
• - Add Orban-CT AAC/aacPlus Stream Parser
• - Fix subtitle displays in x64players-MediaCenter
• - Remove fccHandler ac3acm.acm to resolve conflicts
• - x64 codecs/filters mapped and defined separately
• - x64Components is now a standalone installation

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XviD is a video codec just like DivX. Most new movies and videos are being encoded with XviD. The XviD Codec is needed to play movies encoded by XviD. XviD is better than DivX.
Changes in XviD 1.1.2 [01.11.2006] :
- {core}: Fixed bug when frame-drop (N-VOP) feature is used in combination with packed B-frames
- {core}: Fixed potential crash on AMD64/EMT64 architecture.
- {core}: Fix for visual_object_verid vs. video_object_layer_verid problem.
- {core}: Ensure intervening bytes are preserved in BitstreamInit()
- {vfw}: Prevent segfault when encoding application calls compress_end with NULL codec context
- {vfw}: Profile definitions updates.
- Xvid 1.1.2 fixes also a bug with unaligned bitstream buffers still present in Xvid 1.1.1.

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ISA Server 2006 is the integrated edge security gateway that helps protect your IT environment from Internet-based threats while providing your users with fast and secure remote access to applications and data. ISA Server 2006 Release Candidate is available for download in both Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition.ISA Server 2006 makes it easier to provide security for corporate applications accessed over the Internet by pre-authenticating users before they gain access to any published servers, inspecting even encrypted traffic at the application layer in a stateful manner, and providing automated publishing tools. In addition, by providing HTTP compression, caching of content including software updates, and site-to-site VPN capabilities integrated with application-layer filtering, ISA Server 2006 makes it easier to securely expand corporate networks. ISA Server 2006 also makes it easier to manage and protect your network with a hybrid proxy-firewall architecture, deep content inspection, granular policies, and comprehensive alerting and monitoring capabilities.

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“This week, we began testing Trillian 3.1 inside the studios. We’ve actually managed to squeeze a whole bunch of cool new features and enhancements into this version - I do believe that all of our “backend” and “architecture” upgrade work is finally starting to bear some fruit.”CeruleanStudios

Microsoft VirtualWiFi is a virtualization architecture for wireless LAN (WLAN) cards. It abstracts a single WLAN card to appear as multiple virtual WLAN cards to the user. The user can then configure each virtual card to connect to a different wireless network. Therefore, it allows a user to simultaneously connect his machine to multiple wireless networks using just one WLAN card. This new functionality introduced by VirtualWiFi enables many new applications, which were not possible earlier using a single WLAN card.MoreInfo & Download

Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) software is the premier solution for rapidly developing and deploying mission-critical, enterprise applications. It builds upon Java technology’s cross-platform support and robust security model with new features and functionality, enhanced performance and scalability, and improved reliability and serviceability. It advances rich client application development and provides the foundation for standards-based, interoperable Web services that can be built and deployed today.

Latest Changes:

Support for GNOME 2.6 on both Solaris 10

Support for GNOME 2.6 the Sun Java Desktop System

The addition of Intel’s Extended Memory 64 Technology (EM64T) as a supported architecture

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux is the core operating system and infrastructure enterprise Linux solution. It supports the largest commodity-architecture servers with up to 16 CPUs and 64GB** of main memory and is available with the highest levels of support. This makes it the ultimate solution for large departmental and datacenter servers.

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux is the core operating system and infrastructure enterprise Linux solution. It supports the largest commodity-architecture servers with up to 16 CPUs and 64GB** of main memory and is available with the highest levels of support. This makes it the ultimate solution for large departmental and datacenter servers.

Latest Changes:

First RHEL release based on the 2.6 Linux kernel

Kernel 2.6.8

Gcc 3.4.1

GNU libc 2.3.3

GNOME 2.8 release candidate

OpenOffice.org 1.1.2

Evolution 1.5.94

Mozilla 1.7.2, Firefox 0.9.3, and Epiphany 1.3.8

X.org X11 6.8.0

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ATI has released a new set of Catalyst drivers today, version 3.10. The release focuses on resolving issues for the most part, however, there is one new feature; OpenGL Shading Language Support.

New Features - This release adds support for the OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL), a flexible, forward-looking, and hardware-independent high-level graphics programming language. The OpenGL Shading Language, defined as an open standard by the OpenGL Architecture Review Board, allows application developers to take advantage of the powerful programmable vertex and pixel processing units present in the 3D graphics system.

Performance Improvements - Performance in various 2D applications has improved by as much as 3-6% across the entire RADEON product line. Comanche 4 framerates have also improved by approximately 5-7%.

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Pentium 4-based PCs will get a performance boost next week when Intel Corp. begins shipping its 875 chipset, formerly known by the code name Canterwood. The new chipset revs up the highest speed of the front-side bus used with Pentium 4 chips from 533MHz to 800MHz. Pentium 4-based PCs will get a performance boost next week when Intel Corp. begins shipping its 875 chipset, formerly known by the code name Canterwood. The new chipset revs up the highest speed of the front-side bus used with Pentium 4 chips from 533MHz to 800MHz.

Intel has scheduled a press conference to be held in Taipei on April 15 to announce the new chipset.

Chipsets are a key component in PCs, where they are used to connect the processor to the main memory and to provide an interface with other PC components, including the graphics card and hard-disk drives.

To coincide with the launch of the 875, Intel also plans to release a version of its 3GHz Pentium 4 chip that will support the faster bus speed. Additional Pentium 4 processors that support the 800MHz front-side bus supported by the 875 are expected to be released in the near future.

Currently, the fastest front-side bus speed supported by the Pentium 4 runs at 533MHz. A 400MHz front-side bus, which was supported by the earliest Pentium 4 models, is also available. The increase in speed to 800MHz will result in increased overall system performance for PCs with the 875 chipset.

The 875 is the first of two chipsets that Intel will unveil that supports the 800MHz front-side bus. A second chipset, known by the code name Springdale, is expected to ship in May, according to motherboard makers. In addition to support for the faster front-side bus, Springdale incorporates a revamped architecture that Intel says will boost the performance of Gigabit Ethernet networking performance.

Engineering samples of 2.6GHz and 2.8GHz Pentium 4 processors that support the new 800MHz front-side bus, both yet to be announced by Intel, were on display Wednesday in at least one shop in Tokyo’s Akihabara electronics district. Staff at the shop, called Jyanpara, were unable to provide any more information on the chips, including an anticipated launch date and price.

The chips had been obtained by the shop from one of its customers, a member of the staff said.

Sumner Lemon is Taipei correspondent for the IDG News Service.

Martyn Williams is Tokyo correspondent for the IDG News Service.

Source : ITworld.com