K-Lite Codec Pack update
by zzillezz on June 29, 2006
The biggest and meanest (and not completely legal) codec packs of all got an update! It contains new versions of MPC, ffdshow, XviD, DivX, Haali Media Splitter, x264, AC3ACM, FLV splitter and InterVideo DVD decoder. Just install it over your (…)
Adobe Flash Player 9.0.16.0
by zzillezz on June 29, 2006
Yes, you’ve read it right. It’s now Adobe Flash Player, since Macromedia was bought by Adobe last year. The Windows and Mac versions of the Flash Player just got a new release. Flash Player 9 achieves up to 10 times (…)
No trains to Rock Werchter?
by zzillezz on June 23, 2006
Once again people going to Rock Werchter by train will have difficulties. The unions are preparing actions during the Werchter weekend, starting on June 29th. Two years ago I think, they did the same: there were no trains for the (…)
Winamp 5.24
by zzillezz on June 22, 2006
Nullsoft Winamp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows. Winamp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video types (AVI,ASF,MPEG,NSV), custom appearances called skins (supporting both classic Winamp 1.x/2.x (…)
Jakob Nielsen on design, RSS, email and blogs
by zzillezz on June 22, 2006
Jakob Nielsen – who has spent years advising companies about their websites – took some time to chat with the Wall Street Journal’s Lee Gomes about RSS, email newsletters, web design and blogs. When asked whether blogs must maintain a (…)
Interview with IE Lead Program Manager
by zzillezz on June 22, 2006
Matasano Security is running an excellent interview with Christopher Vaughan, a lead PM on the IE team. Christopher has worked on every release of Internet Explorer since version 2. He discusses IE7, security lessons learned from IE6, the future of (…)
Opera 9 final
by zzillezz on June 20, 2006
Opera is “the other good browser”, besides Mozilla Firefox. Free to use, available on almost all platforms. And it has a ton of features: User Interface * Available accesskeys are now listed when entering accesskey mode with Shift+Escape. * “Save (…)
Windows Live Messenger 8.0.0787 final
by zzillezz on June 20, 2006
The Windows Live services are on the rise as it seems. Yesterday I could opt in with my Hotmail account to use the new Windows Live Mail, and today the Windows Live Messenger has been released. Windows Live Messenger is (…)
Microsoft will use Driver Quality rating in Vista
by zzillezz on June 15, 2006
Ars Technica is reporting that Microsoft is finally trying to do something about PC driver problems. A new crash-report-driven Driver Quality Rating system will be used in Windows Vista to rate drivers. Drivers that rate poorly in real world use (…)
Winamp 5.23 final
by zzillezz on June 9, 2006
The world’s most popular media player just got an update! * Improved: [gen_jumpex] jump-to-file speed improvements * Fixed: playlist saving with network share files * Fixed: Media Library preferences not loading in correct order * Fixed: main window not hilited (…)