1 Year now past through but finaly XviD 1.0 the Open Source Mpeg-4 Encoder arrived get it while it's hot :) Xvid.org read more for the changelog

Central Brain Identifier is designed to provide detailed recognition and obtaining the most complete extended information for all AMD processors. It recognizes more than 40 various models of the AMD processors! New in this release: full support for AMD64 processors, multiplier/VCore change feature and P-Rating calculation for AMD64 processors.

Thanks to SavageNews for the Heads up! ICQ Lite is pure messaging: It includes only the most popular features of ICQ, such as instant messaging, file transfer, SMS and meeting people, for super-quick communication. Because it's so small and has everything good about the full-featured ICQ made easy, it's the perfect version to send to your friends and get them on ICQ. It is a new experimental version of the ICQ software.

Performance Test allows you to objectively benchmark a PC using a variety of different speed tests then compare the results to other computers. Twenty seven standard benchmark tests are available in seven test suites plus there are five advanced testing windows for custom benchmarking.

Nero Media Player specializes in playing back audio data. It offers a large range of function and effects for the perfect reproduction of audio CDs, MP3, MP4, WMA, AIFF, WAV files, etc.

CPUCooL is a program that monitors temperature, fan speed and voltages for many motherboards. It works with all chipsets from Intel, ALI, VIA, AMD and SiS 5595 motherboards.

Colourless over at Beyond3D's forum has thrown up his new Direct3D benchmark! Here's a snip.

I've been working on a new benchmarking tool for a while now and it's at a stage where people might be interested in it. It's exactly usefulness at this stage would be debatable, but it does what it's supposed to. Consider it a tech preview if anything.

BurnInTest is a software tool that allows all the major sub-systems of a computer to be simultaneously stress tested for endurance, reliability and stability. BurnInTest tests the CPU, hard drives, CD ROMs, sound cards, 2D graphics, 3D graphics, RAM, network connections & printers. The Pro version can also test tape drives, serial and parallel ports.

Fraps 2.1.0 is finally available! Fraps is a tool that lets you monitor current framerates in a corner of the screen for programs using DirectX or OpenGL technology. It also allows you to easily take screenshots of games, make movies of gameplay, and manually determine the average framerate between two points.

GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software suitable for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It is an extremely capable piece of software with many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, a expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, a image format converter, etc.

NVIDIA empowers real-time developers with the latest graphics technology by providing the NVSDK, a suite of cutting edge content creation, code integration, performance analysis and educational resources. Packed with powerful solutions to challenging problems, the NVSDK will help you create more compelling effects for the latest graphics hardware.

BeFaster Lite is a multi-featured connection optimization tool which supports all 32bit Windows in 26 languages It supports AOL, Symantec PcAnyWhere, IE, Opera, Dial-up modem, Lan, Cable Modem, xDSL, ISDN, T1, DirectPc and Broadband, Cable/DSL running PPPoE. Program optimizes connection for you. You can awake your suspended modems with built-in Ping Now function. You can prevent connection drops with Super-ping tool.

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.

RadLinker is new tweaker/linker for ATI Radeon based graphics cards. Read More.

Central Brain Identifier is designed to provide detailed recognition and obtaining the most complete extended information for all AMD processors. It recognizes more than 40 various models of the AMD processors.

Thanks to Dreamer over at SavageNews for the heads up!

GetRight extends the ability of your web browser's built in downloading by supporting graceful error recovery, download resuming, and many other advanced downloading features. It is different than traditional FTP clients. It is designed to easily add onto your web browser to download files you find using the Web. It provides many features to automate and control your downloads, including scheduling them to start at a time, dialing your modem, hanging up the modem when the files are done, and much more.

A collection of codecs for playing DivX movies. All you need to see DivX movies: DivX, XviD, AC3.

DAEMON Tools is an application for multiprotection emulation. It is further development of Generic Safedisc emulator and incorporates all its features. This program allows running backup copies of SafeDisc, Securom or Laserlock protected games. Also included is a Virtual DVDROM drive enabling you to use your CD images as if they were already burned to CD.

A very simple and powerfull tool for making dvd's. AutoGK comes with almost all that you'll need to create excellent quality backups of your DVDs. This program puts the VOB files onto your hard drive, and in the process breaks the encryption and Macrovision protection which DVDs have, and which is illegal in many countries. You'll have to get it and install it yourself.

Stinger is a stand-alone utility used to detect and remove specific viruses. It is not a substitute for full anti-virus protection, but rather a tool to assist administrators and users when dealing with an infected system. Stinger utilizes next generation scan engine technology, including process scanning, digitally signed DAT files, and scan performance optimizations.