Note: There is a newer version of this software product: SecureCRT 5.2 final.

A new bugfix update has been released for Vandyke
SecureCRT 5.1, the highly acclaimed security and remote administration suite.

SecureCRT 5.1.4, which includes GUI and command line tools for connecting to servers via SSH (v1 and v2), Telnet, Rlogin and other communication protocols, has been improved with fixes that target a crash issue when SecureCRT was incorrectly called from a cmd.exe command line prompt and using UNC/Samba file paths for logging.

Another change affects the SSH2 protocol implementation: the default compression setting for new SecureCRT installation is not set to “None”.

Check the full changelog below for more details.

*** WHAT’S NEW IN SECURECRT 5.1.4 ***

Changes:
- SSH2: Changed the default compression to “None”. This only affects new installations.

Bug fixes:
- SecureCRT crashed when the command to launch it from Cmd.exe was incorrect.
- It was not possible to specify a UNC path (Samba) for a log file.

*** RELEVANT LINKS ***

VanDyke Homepage
Download SecureCRT 5.1.4 (.exe – 8.92MB, MD5=8CAF9194793066ED24816435F835BA39)
SecureCRT Product Page
General What’s New page for VanDyke products

WinRAR 3.61 has been posted today on the Rarlab download site. Only the Windows GUI and command line versions have been updated. The DOS, Mac OS X, Linux, FreeBSD ports are still at 3.60.

This is basically a bugfix release – it addresses a flaw in the multithreaded text compression module. Singlethreaded mode and other platforms than Windows were not affected.

Another issue that was fixed prevented WinRAR 3.60 from running on Windows 95. (It’s nice to see that, even mother Microsoft has banished its sibling – Win95 -, software developers strive to continue supporting their software on this platform.)

See below for the full changelog information.

*** WHAT’S NEW IN WINRAR 3.61 ***

- Corrected a bug in multithreaded text compression module, which under some circumstances might result in corrupt archived data.
This bug was present only in multithreaded mode and only in WinRAR 3.60. RAR versions for other platforms are not affected.

- Resolved a compatibility issue preventing WinRAR 3.60 to run in Windows 95.

*** RELEVANT LINKS ***

WinRAR Review

Download WinRAR 3.61 for Windows (.exe – 1MB, md5=75059AB2727FCB7244B57690625FC582)

Download RAR 3.60 for Linux (.tar.gz package, 735KB, md5 = 50C530F0896CFF4F922BB480CCB1AA18)

Download RAR 3.60 for FreeBSD (.tar.gz package, 700KB, md5 = 25B783A1D98E1311002244E40380D91B)

Download RAR 3.60 for MacOS X (.tar.gz package, 357KB, md5 = 41E6B7F4A9ABC797B612DAD55D3DCC3D)

Browse FTP Directory (other languages, themes, older releases)

foobar2000 is a simple but powerful audio player featuring support for many popular and rare formats, either out of the box or by using additional components.

So what’s up with version 0.9.4 Beta 1 ?

Well, for starters, there is freedb support included in the standard installer, the ID3v2 writer functionality has been updated with workarounds targeting errors in other programs’ ID3v2 implementation and the properties window has been improved.

foobar2000 0.9.4 Beta 1 even starts up and shuts down faster than its previous installments, and can detect the LAME codec version and settings (partially) that were used to encode MP3 files.

See below for the full changelog information.

*** WHAT’s NEW IN FOOBAR2000 0.9.4 BETA1 ***

- Properties dialog improvements
- Startup/shutdown speed optimizations
- Added LAME version and partial settings detection for MP3 files
- Replaced old “Fix MP3 Header” command with a new set of MP3-related utility commands
- “ID3v2 Writer Compatibility Mode” with workarounds for common bugs in other software’s ID3v2 implementations
- “Copy” button in components list
- freedb support now included with the installer
- Rewritten embedded cuesheet metadata handling
- Rewritten ReplayGain info editor dialog

*** RELEVANT LINKS ***

Download foobar2000 0.9.4 Beta 1
Visit foobar2000 homepage
Read detailed foobar2000 version history