Media Converter SA Edition is a free file converter which supports many file types. It has also an integrated video downloader to download videos from Youtube and co.
Supported file types:
* Audio: mp3, ogg, wav, wma
* Video: 3g2, 3gp, avi, flv, m4v, mov, mp4, mpg, mpeg, rm, wmv
Special features:
* *New* Batch conversion: Convert multiple files
* Integrated video downloader in connection with mediapirate.org
* Customizable video resolutions
* Customizable audio and video bitrate
* Copy the audio stream out of a movie and save it as an audio file
* Variable file size limit, start position and recording time
Changelog 0.7 -> 0.8:
* Added batch conversion
* New audio bitrate (160)
* Fixed some small bugs
* Error report improvements
Requirements:
* Windows NT/2000/XP
* Fast CPU
* .NET Framework
Download: Media Converter SA 0.8 freeware
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Source http://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=41356

From
Barry Goffe
Director, Windows Vista Ultimate
Microsoft Corporation

When we launched Windows Vista in January 2007, we identified Windows Ultimate Extras as a unique series of add-ons that would be available to Windows Vista Ultimate customers. To date, we have released four sets of Extras – Windows Hold’Em, 16 Language Packs for the Windows multi-language user interface, Secure Online Key Backup, and Windows BitLocker Drive Preparation Tool. We want to let our Windows Vista Ultimate customers know that we are actively working to deliver the remaining Extras that we identified in January. Our goal is to provide the highest-quality, most secure and reliable offerings, and as a result we are continuing our work on these offerings. We apologize for taking so long to provide a status update to customers.

We intend to ship Windows DreamScene and the remaining 20 Language Packs by the end of the summer. We will not ship the last two Extras showcased in January (Windows DreamScene and the remaining 20 Language Packs) until they meet the high quality bar required by our enthusiastic customers—and we believe that we can achieve that bar by the end of this summer.

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This seems like a cool new application.. see the video below!

ooVoo(TM) is a free application which uses state-of-the-art audio and video technology enabling you to meet over the Internet using live video. It’s the closest thing to being there with your family, friends and people you meet with. You can participate in a video conversation one-on-one or with up to 6 participants using a standard computer (Pentium 4, 1 GHz or higher) with just a web camera and headset (or microphone and speakers). The video and audio is of superb quality and only requires a standard broadband Internet connection (such as DSL or cable). You can see which contacts are online and easily call them for a live video conversation. The application is easy to use and also enables you to record and send video messages, chat with friends, and share files. Does it contain spyware? Absolutely not. What you see is what you get. No cookies. No spam. No spyware.

System Requirements:

• Pentium 4 1Ghz with 256MB of RAM
• 20MB Hard disk space
• Webcam and Headset
• Broadband connection (Cable, DSL etc..)
• Microsoft Windows 2000, XP or Vista

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PowerPoint 2007 viewer FREE:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=048dc840-14e1-467d-8dca-19d2a8fd7485&DisplayLang=en

Visio 2007 viewer FREE:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D88E4542-B174-4198-AE31-6884E9EDD524&displaylang=en

In order to view word 2007 (docx) and excel 2007 (xlsx) files you need the following 3 things:

1) the word 2003 viewer here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=95E24C87-8732-48D5-8689-AB826E7B8FDF&displaylang=en

2) the excel 2003 viewer here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c8378bf4-996c-4569-b547-75edbd03aaf0&DisplayLang=en

3) the office compatibility pack here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466&DisplayLang=en

There is no word 2007 viewer or excel 2007 viewers yet, read about this here:

Compatibility Pack for the Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats
To reduce file size, improve reliability, and enhance integration with external sources, Microsoft has added new file formats to Word 2007, Excel 2007, and PowerPoint 2007. To help ensure that you can open files in these new formats, Microsoft has developed a Compatibility Pack for the Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats. By installing the Compatibility Pack after you install the Word Viewer 2003, you can view documents that are saved in the following new document formats:

• Microsoft Office Word 2007 document (.docx)
• Microsoft Office Word 2007 macro-enabled document (.docm)

Note: When you use the Word Viewer 2003 to view files that are saved in these formats, you will see a

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Office Language Interface Pack (LIP) packages provide the desktop user with a localized user experience. The packages provide the frequently used User Interface (UI) of the following Microsoft Office System programs:

• Microsoft Office Word 2003
• Microsoft Office Excel 2003
• Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
• Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003

In addition, the packages allow users to switch between the LIP language UI and the full Office 2003 program UI installed on the user’s computer.

The following LIP downloads are available from the Microsoft Downloads site:

• Afrikaans - Office 2003 Afrikaanse Koppelvlakpakket

• Albanian - Office 2003 ndërfaqe e pakos në Shqip (Shqipëri)

• Basque - Office 2003 Edition-en euskarazko interfaze-paketea

• Bosnian (Cyrillic) - Office 2003 Edition Bosnian (Cyrillic) Interface Pack

• Bosnian (Latin) - Office 2003 paket interfejsa na bosanskom jeziku

• Catalan - Paquet de la interfície per a castellà i català de l’Office 2003 Edition

• Farsi - Office 2003 Edition Persian Interface Pack

• Galician - Paquete de interface en Galego para Office 2003

• Gujarati - Office 2003 Edition Gujarati Interface Pack

• Icelandic - Office 2003 notendaviðmót

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Xvid is a video codec for PC, whereas codec is an abbreviation for [co]der/[dec]oder, hence describes a program to encode and decode digital video. The purpose of encoding video data is to reduce redundancies – that means to make it smaller for faster transmission over computer networks or for more efficient storage on computer disks. Xvid is Free Software and released under the GNU GPL license. This means that the source code of the software is publically available and programmers are allowed to make modifications to the code. Also, redistribution of Xvid is permitted but only under the terms of the GPL license.

Change log:
- {core}: Fixed possible security issue in mbcoding.c

 Download: Koepi XviD 1.1.3

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