VirtualDub is a video capture/processing utility for 32-bit Windows platforms (95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP), licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It lacks the editing power of a general-purpose editor such as Adobe Premiere, but is streamlined for fast linear operations over video. It has batch-processing capabilities for processing large numbers of files and can be extended with third-party video filters. VirtualDub is mainly geared toward processing AVI files, although it can read (not write) MPEG-1 and also handle sets of BMP images.

This release of FX Composer includes several minor bug fixes and installer updates. It has also been updated to support the Microsoft DirectX SDK April 2005 Update, so you can start using the latest HLSL compiler and FX framework with FX Composer now.

NVPerfHUD analyzes your graphics pipeline performance one stage at a time and displays real time statistics that can be used to diagnose performance bottlenecks in your Direct3D 9 application.

The NVIDIA SDK includes hundreds of code samples, effects, and libraries to help you take advantage of the latest in graphics technology. This release includes several new code samples, bug fixes and improved documentation:

Mainly, it's a little bit of a slipstreamer, customizer, reducer and iso creator all in one package. Works for every version of Windows XP installation, tested with SP2 build 2180. To avoid confusion, this is for pre-installation, not like XPlite which is post installation customizer.

IsoBuster lets you explore a CD's File System while by-passing Windows. This way you get better Error handling and several retry-mechanisms to aid you in getting the data anyway (or at least partially). Starting with version 1.2, the program has some PRO features for which you must pay. The classic functions can still be used for free, though.

IsoBuster 1.8 (Build 1.8.0.4) - Changelog

Our bro's over at Station-Drivers send word that they've snagged Asus new PCProbe 2, which is a convenient utility to monitor the computer's vital components: fan rotation speeds, voltages and temperatures.

FFDSHOW is a DirectShow decoding filter for decompressing DivX, XviD, WMV, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 movies. It uses libavcodec from ffmpeg project for video decompression, postprocessing code from mplayer to enhance visual quality of low bitrate movies, and is based on original DirectShow filter from XviD, which is GPL'ed educational implementation of MPEG4 encoder.

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

Thanks to Jim over at MajorGeeks for the Heads UP! Ad-aware Standard Edition is THE award winning, free*, multicomponent detection and removal utility that consistently leads the industry in safety, user satisfaction, support and reliability.

Central Brain Identifier 7.5.0.4 Build 0525 R4 is available for download! This release supports a new plugin called AdminControl. The plugin allows to remotely identify AMD processors.

BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer protocol designed to transfer files. Users connect directly to send and receive portions of a file, while a central tracker coordinates the action of all peers and manages connections without knowledge of the contents of the files being distributed.

eDonkey is a File Sharing program. This means that it will give you the opportunity to share files you have on your computer with other users on the network, and you will in turn be able to download files of them.

eDonkey2000

W1zzard has released a new version of his popular ATITool software. ATITool is an overclocking utility designed for ATI video cards. Design target is to write a light-weight application for the enthusiast - so no questionable registry tweaks.

ATITool v0.0.24

BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer protocol designed to transfer files. Users connect directly to send and receive portions of a file, while a central tracker coordinates the action of all peers and manages connections without knowledge of the contents of the files being distributed.

DVD Region+CSS Free enables you to watch and copy any region code CSS-encrypted DVD movies on any DVD drive! It fully supports region-protected (RPC2) DVD drives, and does not require any firmware modifications. It will work, even if you can not change the DVD drive's region anymore.

A small utility for removing CoolWebSearch (aka CoolWwwSearch, YouFindAll, White-Pages.ws and a dozen other names). Spybot S&D tends to forget essential parts of the hijack, so until it updates, you can just this to completely remove the hijack. Updated to remove the new variants once they come out.

DVDFab lets you make perfect quality DVD movie backups the smart way! Backup your entire DVD - including menus, trailers, and special features - on one or multiple discs.

EVEREST Home Edition is a freeware hardware diagnostics and memory benchmarking solution for home PC users, based on the award-winning EVEREST Technology. It offers the world's most accurate hardware information and diagnostics capabilities, including online features, memory benchmarks, hardware monitoring, and low-level hardware information.

Magic Utilities is a cute program designed to make your computer clean and more stable.These utilities include Uninstller Plus,StartUp Organizer,Process Killer.Magic Utilities enables you to easily and safely uninstall programs;inspect and manage the programs that automatically start when your turn on or logon to your computer;lists and controls all currently running processes(system and hidden processes are also shown).With a cool and user-friendly interface makes it easy for
anyone to use Magic Utilities.