Foobar2000 is an advanced audio player for the Windows platform. Some of the basic features include full unicode support, ReplayGain support and native support for several popular audio formats.

Changes in version 0.9.2:

* Native support for new free Nero Digital AAC encoder
* New “Advanced Preferences” page
* More compatible MP4 tagging scheme
* New CD ripping UI
* Added “directory context menus” feature to file type associations
* Support for realtime DSP preset editing through DSP Manager page
* Fixed various networking issues
* APL support (no longer maintained) moved to a separately downloadable component (Monkey’s Audio support)
* Various cosmetic changes
* Various other bug fixes

>> Download foobar2000 0.9.2

The free program from Adobe to read, print and search .pdf files has got a new update.

New Features:
* Yahoo Contextual Searching (part of Y!Q)
* If you select text, either a single word or phrase within a PDF, and right click with the mouse, then you are presented with menu item that allows you to use the Yahoo Contextual (Y!Q) Search Engine. For longer phrases especially, this returns better results than with a regular search. For more information on how Y!Q works, please vis it the Yahoo website.
* Preserving User Preferences when Upgrading (Windows only)
* When upgrading to Adobe Reader 7.0.8, the previous user preferences from Adobe Reader 7.0.7 will be preserved. Please note that the “Display PDF in browser” preference is not saved. Also note, preserving user preferences does not work with Windows NT .

Important bug fixes:
* Forms: Opening and closing certain forms can lead to a memory leak
* Fixes to address various Reader crashes.
* Security: several security bug fixes have been made, including one considered critical. For more information about the Adobe Severity Rating System, see the Adobe website.

>> Download Adobe Reader 7.0.8 (DUTCH, Windows)
>> Download Adobe Reader 7.0.8 (ENGLISH, Windows)

Paint.NET is a freeware graphics editing tool.

Changes:

* Built-in updater now works in Vista without having to use “Run as Administrator” beforehand (UAC permission is still required to install updates)
* Fixed a color intensity calculation that had Red and Blue swapped (affects Brightness/Contrast adjustment, and some plugins)
* Fixed .PDN images with transparency having a black background in their Explorer thumbnail
* Fixed crash when an image has bizarre DPI settings (such as 6 billion DPI)
* Fixed crash when an image has an invalid resolution unit specified (neither pixels, inches, nor centimeters)
* Fixed a few rare race conditions which resulted in crashes
* Fixed a rare crash with the history
* Fixed crashlog being created when the updates dialog appears over another modal dialog
* Fixed crashlog not reporting application version with certain damaged installations
* Placed a clickable Windows Live OneCare ad in the Setup wizard

>> Download Paint.net 2.63 (or use the update function in the program)

Foobar2000 is an advanced audio player for the Windows platform. Some of the basic features include full unicode support, ReplayGain support and native support for several popular audio formats.

Changelog:

* Native support for new free Nero Digital AAC encoder
* New “Advanced Preferences” page
* More compatible MP4 tagging scheme
* New CD ripping UI
* Added “directory context menus” feature to file type associations
* Support for realtime DSP preset editing through DSP Manager page
* Fixed various networking issues
* APL support (no longer maintained) moved to a separately downloadable component (Monkey’s Audio support)
* Various cosmetic changes
* Various other bug fixes

>> Download foobar 0.9.2 beta 5

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