AC3Filter Project is back and alive! This plugin is very handy for some codec that does not perform well when playback some encoded movie files, such as DivX or Mpeg. AC3Filter is a DirectShow filter for AC3 decoding to play .AVI with AC3 audio tracks and MPEG2 (DVD). Though this may sound like an old release, but it’s a good as the latest available. Furthermore, the latest release of AC3Filter 1.05a is now available!

This is a free (open source) distribution, but it is as good as any other audio/video filter plugin that you can get elsewhere. For instance, if your .avi playback allows you to hear the background sound, but not the narration of the casts, then this may fix your problem.

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I have been using this application for a period of time, and it is absolutely wonderful and useful CPU Frequency Control software for Windows. Thanks to Christian Diefer for providing SpeedSwitchXP 1.51 free for users, running Windows XP.

SpeedswitchXP is a small applet that sits in the system tray and allows dynamic switching of the frequencies of mobile Intel and mobile AMD CPUs under Windows XP.

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Want some fanciful Mac OS X Screensaver? Try Fenêtres Volantes. If you are not using your windows, this screensaver can make them fly, after some idle time, which can be set in the System Preferences.

Upon activation, the windows will take off in the screen and flutter in the void. On any mouse movement, the windows will immediately come back and stuck to their original position. Totally amazing, and eye-catching!

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This is a small, yet quite a useful utility tool. CPU-Z allows you to gather information on some of the main devices of your system. The latest version of CPU-Z 1.35 has been released.

The good thing about this tool is that it does not require installation onto your system registry. You can just run the .exe file directly. (You can check out a screenshot at the bottom of this post.) Below are some of the information obtainable by CPU-Z:

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Kip 1.0.1 is a free software for Macintosh. This is a nice piece of utility tool that allows Mac users to organise the papers and PDF files in the computer.

If you have loads of PDF files scattered all over your hard disk drive, not knowing where they might be residing, Kip has the capability to search, view and manage all these documents in one single convenient place. It is just like iPhoto for your documents.

Similarly, if you have loads of files, receipts, important papers, letters, tax records, either lying around the house or stored in some basement unit, Kip provides a tool to help you keep these documents in one place, providing instant retrieval and search of these documents.You do not need a scanner to use kip but if you have one, kip will use it to help you scan in all those paper documents.

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WinRAR has been announced the winner for Overall Best Utility for SIAF People’s Choice Award, after Shareware Industry Awards Foundation asked polls from users all over the world to vote for their favourite software.

To appreciate and celebrate the wonderful achievement, WinRAR has decided to offer WinRAR 3.51 single user non-upgradeable version TODAY for FREE!! Starting on Sunday, 30th July 2006, from 00:00 to 24:00 CET, users can access the WinRAR website to obtain their free licensed copy of WinRAR 3.51.

You will need to provide a genuine email address, so that they would be able to send you the license code. So, do not miss out this exceptional offer, by WinRAR. The “WinRAR 3.51 for FREE on Sunday” campaign will start in a few moments, just be patience…

The latest version of Skype 2.5.0.130 for Windows has been released.

Skype has made Skype 2.5 easier to install and get connected up to the internet. Furthermore, users will find it easier to pay for the premium features, such as the SkypeOut services. Some of the new features include SMS (short messaging services) functions and the ability to automatically update to major releases of Skype once there is a new release. Hotfixes update can also be configured to be updated automatically.

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Wine 0.9.18, a free implementation of Windows on UNIX systems, has been released. Some improvements have been noted in this version, since my last post about 3 weeks ago:

Feature Improvements:

• - Still more work on Direct3D.
• - A lot of MSI bug fixes and improvements.
• - More compatible memory management.
• - Several fixes for Win64 support.
• - Some performance improvements.
• - Lots of bug fixes.

Note that Fedora packages can be installed from the Fedora Extras repository by running yum install wine.
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Since the last release, Mozilla has made public the next version of Firefox, Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.5, which yesterday was still at RC (Release Candidate) 3.

This release is likely to include some enhancements and several bug fixes. Nothing major changes is expected.

Change Log:

• * Improvements to product stability
• * Added changes for Frisian locale (fy-NL)
• * Several security fixes

Users can download Firefox 1.5.0.5 here [Release Date: July 27, 2006].

Dedicated especially for LAN (Local Area Network) communication, LAN Voice Chat 1.0 allows you to call users over the LAN and talk to them as though it is over a phone. This is very similar to, or rather like, those VoIP (Voice over IP) services, such as MSN Messenger,Yahoo Messenger, Skype, GoogleTalk…etc, except that it is only dedicated to LAN networks. Hence, there is no compromise of security as data packets are not transferred over a third-party network.

All that is needed for the equipment is just only a cheap microphone, and you can get voice communication for FREE.

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