X-Setup Pro is a high-performance tool which allowes you over thousand different adjustments of Windows. No matter if you want to change your boot-section of your computer or if you want to accelerate your start-menue: X-Setup Pro is the most complete "hacker" ever available: nearly 1.500 hidden functions can be controlled with some simple button clicks (e.g. Windows, Internet Explorer, Instant Messaging, Office, Explorer appearance, Server options, Network settings, Security.

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.

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.

OPN64, much like the existing program, OPN-462, carries on the tradition of being able to decipher the OPN codes found on AMD processors into a form that is much easier to understand. However, OPN64 now sports a mostly rewritten code base and support for Athlon 64, Athlon 64 FX and Opteron processors and all existing Socket 462 processors!

Thanks to the guy's over at CDFreaks for the Info!

fengtao tell us about this release of Audio DVD Creator tool. You can create a DVD disc compiled from normal Audio CDs and MP3 files, then play it on any DVD player since it's DVD-Video compliant. You can choose the audio format from high quality (up to 6 hours PCM 48kHz/16bits) or high quantity (up to 45 hours AC3 192kbps).

The production source code for the front-end compiler for the OpenGL Shading Language on Wildcat VP is being made available by 3Dlabs under an open source license that enables free commercial use. Our intent is to encourage all hardware vendors to rapidly develop OpenGL Shading Language compilers. The compiler source includes pre-processing, lexical analysis, parsing, semantic checking and building of an intermediate program representation. This intermediate representation can be traversed by a back-end compiler to generate machine specific code.

DVDAuthorgui is a very basic win32 frontend for the DVDAuthor project. The gui is meant to be an easy means to create a basic dvd.

Stardock BootSkin is a program that allows users to change their Windows 2000 and Windows XP boot screens.

HD Tach is a low level hardware benchmark for random access read/write storage devices such as hard drives, removable drives (ZIP/JAZZ), flash devices, and RAID arrays. HD Tach uses custom device drivers and other low level Windows interfaces to bypass as many layers of software as possible and get as close to the physical performance of the device possible.

Thanks to Dreamer over at SavageNews for the Info!

ZoneAlarm includes five interlocking security services that deliver easy-to-use, comprehensive protection. Unlike any other security utility, it incorporates a firewall, Application Control, an Internet Lock, dynamically assigned Security Levels and Zones. Combined, these elements yield the strongest security possible.

YMPEG is a first Freeware MPEG Codec which can integrate itself with Windows and offers seamless encoding from your favorite application. YMPEG is Windows AVI codec (VFW). After installation, it becomes part of Windows so that it can be used by any application which uses Windows Compression Manager (like VirtualDub, Adobe Premiere, AE, Vegas etc.). It can also be use for real-time MPEG encoding.

MSN Messenger 6.2 is out and the current version of Messenger Plus! had to be updated to stay compatible with this new Messenger version.

RightMark Spy (Gotcha!) will help your monitor CPU frequency, CPU load in %%, Free memory available and PCI overclock (via HPC clock shift)!

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! This version has a new feature, which lets you enable and disable the Cool'n'Quiet technology of AMD64 processors.

This professional software package takes advantage of the programmability, precision, performance, and quality of NVIDIA Quadro FX professional graphics solutions to render imagery of uncompromising quality at unheard-of speeds. Gelato offers all the features that film and television customers demand today, and is both flexible and extensible allowing for easy integration into your existing production pipeline as well as satisfying the requirements of the future.

FlashFXP offers the easiest and fastest way to transfer any file using FTP, providing an exceptionally stable and robust program that you can always count on to get your job done quickly and efficiently. There are many, many features available in FlashFXP.

while we are at it, it's not been officaly posted on the page but Miranda IM 0.3.3.1 is now out.

Miranda IM is a multi protocol instant messenger client for Windows. Miranda IM is designed to be resource efficient and easy to use. It uses very little memory and requires no installation. Just unzip and run! This also makes it ideal for users that want to run their messenger client from a removable storage such as an USB memory stick. It can even be stored on a floppy disc if not too many plugins are used.

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.

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! This version has a new tab available on AMD64 systems, which shows some hidden information about northbridge, DRAM controller, Hyper-Transport link and memory timings.

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.