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ATI Catalyst Beta 10.7a
31 July 2010
ATI has released the Beta Catalyst 10.7a graphics driver for the HD 2000 series and above. This driver provides support for Anti-Aliasing through the Catalyst Control Center for Starcraft II. The driver also contains improved performance for Quad ATI CrossFireX for Eyefinity supported configurations.
Game Patches
31 July 2010
VLC Media Player 1.1.2
30 July 2010
The free VLC Media Player has been updated to Version 1.1.2. This version contains a range of bug fixes.
SoundBlaster X-Fi Titanium 2.17.0008
30 July 2010
Creative has released an official 2.17.0008 driver for most of the X-Fi Titanium series under Windows XP, Vista and 7. This driver improves the loading time of the Audio Control Panel and enables selection of other microphones. It also includes a range of fixes.
Internet Explorer 9 Beta
30 July 2010
Microsoft has announced that a public beta of Internet Explorer 9 will be made available in September 2010. The final version of IE9 is not expected until some time in 2011.
Game Patches
30 July 2010
Safari 5.0.1
29 July 2010
Apple has released Version 5.0.1 of the Safari browser for Windows. This update adds support for extensions, which can be downloaded from this gallery.
Game Patches
29 July 2010
Nvidia Forceware 259.09
28 July 2010
Nvidia has released the official Forceware 259.09 WHQL certified driver for Windows XP, Vista and 7. These drivers are a special release intended primarily for developers, providing support for OpenGL 4.1 and GLSL 4.10. Note that the new features of OpenGL 4.1 and GLSL 4.10 require a GeForce GTX 400 series or Quadro 4000, 5000, 6000, or 7000 series card in order to function.
Chrome 5.0.375.125
27 July 2010
Google has released Version 5.0.375.125 of the Chrome browser. This version has several security and bug fixes.
Logitech SetPoint 6.15
27 July 2010
Logitech has released Version 6.15 of the SetPoint software for mice and keyboards. Changes include updated control panel for standard mice and keyboards, as well as various fixes and stability enhancements.
ATI Catalyst 10.7
27 July 2010
ATI has released the official Catalyst 10.7 graphics driver for the HD 2000 series and above. This WHQL certified driver has HydraVision enhancements for ATI Eyefinity, enhanced pulldown detection, support for rotated displays on CrossFireX configurations, and GPU acceleration for VLC player 1.1.1. The drivers also contain performance improvements, as well as a range of bug fixes.
Update: ATI has also released a 10.7 Preview driver which is newer than the official 10.7 driver and provides support for OpenGL ES 2.0.
Game Patches
27 July 2010
CCleaner 2.34.1200
27 July 2010
A new Version 2.34.1200 of the free CCleaner system cleaning utility has been released. This version extends cookie cleaning to HTML5 Web Storage, and has several other minor improvements and bug fixes.
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