Mozilla releases Firefox 3.5.5

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Firefox 3.5 Release Notes

v.3.5.5, released November 5th, 2009

Fixed Bugs:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=468562
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=525276
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=521750
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=524462
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=525326

ATI releases Catalyst 9.10 for Windows 7/Vista/XP

ATI has released the Catalyst Control Center v9.10. I’ve yet to install but I’ll provide some screenshots this time. For now, Here’s the usual highlights from the releases notes

Windows 7 x86 (x64)
Windows Vista x86 (x64)
Windows XP x86 (x64)

Resolved Issues for All Windows Operating Systems

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™
Software Suite for Windows. These include:

• The video preview in Avivo™ Video – Basic Quality page in Catalyst Control Center
  no longer flickers while playing SD/HD Blu-ray titles

• Underscan/Overscan settings for TV can now be applied from the Catalyst Control
  Center – TV Properties Adjustments page

• The display mode page will now refresh properly when selecting another display
  from drop down menu in Catalyst Control Center with two displays connected in
  extended mode

• “Component Video Properties” is no longer incorrectly listed under the “Quick
  Settings” tab under Catalyst Control Center – Basic view in extended mode

• Changes to the Avivo™ Video Presets page in Catalyst Control Center can now be
  applied and will not revert back to the default settings

• The “Use Application Settings” checkbox in Avivo™ Video Presets page can now be
  unchecked in Catalyst Control Center

• Changes to the “All Settings” and “Basic Quality” pages in Catalyst Control Center -
  Avivo™ Video will now be retained after reboot

• Switching profile settings in Avivo™ Video – Basic Quality page now functions
  properly in Catalyst Control Center

Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™
Software Suite for Windows 7. These include:

• EA Sports startup logo screen for “Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08″ will no longer
  disappear or turn black

• Ghostbusters video game no longer flickers between desktop and game play when
  anti-aliasing is set to 8X and game resolution set to 2560×1600

Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™
Software Suite for Windows Vista. These include:

• Enabling Screen Space Ambient Occlusion option in “Riddick 2 Dark Athena” no
  longer causes the game to fail under Multi-GPU configurations

• Severe flickering no longer observed while running 3D games/samples on specific
  HDMI displays with Tripod and Quad CrossFire enabled configurations

• Desktop flashing no longer observed after driver installation and reboot with systems
  configured with Radeon ASIC in the primary PCIe slot and Firestream ASIC in the
  secondary PCIe slot

• “Combat Mission Shock Force” no longer fails after a duration of game play
• Intermittent flashing no longer visible in Windows with ViewSonic VE150m
  displays

Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™
Software Suite for Windows XP. These include:

• Catalyst Control Center: The DTV (HDMI) Pixel Format settings will now be
  restored when a HDMI display is hotplugged back after a DVI display is hotplugged
  and unplugged during the interval to the same port

• System no longer reboots or displays a black screen while executing ATI Stream
  applications with a particular combination of ASICs set as primary and secondary

• “Force maximum performance clocks” option is now available for the second ASIC
  in the Catalyst Control Center system tray when two R700 ASICs are connected

• Corruption no longer observed during Blu-ray DVD H.264/VC-1 content playback
• Different Presets/Basic Color options can now be selected under Avivo™ Video in
  Catalyst Control Center Advanced View

A glance at the Sapphire ATi Radeon HD5850

For some time now, Sapphire has been my GPU Rebrander of choice. So I’ll take this opportunity to plug the upcoming specs and some pics of the newly released SAPPHIRE HD5850 1GB GDDR5 PCIE

Specifications
Core Clock: 725 MHz
Memory Clock: Effective 4000 MHz

I/O Output: Dual DL-DVI-I+DP+HDMI, Triple Display Support
40 nm Process Technology
Microsoft DirectX® 11 Support

Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 System Requirements

• PCI Express® based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard
• 500 Watt or greater power supply with 2x 75W 6-pin PCI Express® power connector recommended (600 Watt and four 6-pin connectors for ATI CrossFireX™ Technology in dual mode)”
  Certified power supplies are recommended. Refer to http://ati.amd.com/certifiedPSU for a list of Certified products

• Minimum 1GB of system memory
• Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
• DVD playback requires DVD drive
• Blu-ray™ / HD DVD playback requires Blu-ray / HD DVD drive
• For an ATI CrossFireX™ system, a second ATI Radeon™ HD 5850 graphics card, an ATI CrossFireX Ready motherboard and one ATI CrossFireX Bridge Interconnect cable per graphics card (optional) are required
• To support 3 displays, one of the monitors has to support DisplayPort.

Overscan Options in Catalyst 9.9 on Windows 7

I had enough trouble finding this option that i felt it worthy of a blog post.

I’m not immediately sure how the Catalyst Control Center differs between Windows 7 and Windows XP, but I was able to find the Overscan/Underscan options a bit easier in XP.

To access the Overscan option of your current display do the following:

• Right click on the Desktop and open CCC
• If your not already in Advanced Mode, Switch to this.
• Click dropdown menu Graphics in the top right
• Select Desktops and Displays
• Right Click your currently activated display under ‘Please Select a Display’
• Select Configure
• Click on the Scaling Options tab

From this menu you’ll probably find more of your favorite CCC options that you’ve been missing. For reference these instructions come from a Windows 7 machine with a Sapphire ATi Radeon 4850 running Catalyst Control Center 9.9

ATI Releases Catalyst 9.9!

ATI has released Cataylst 9.9 for all Operating Systems. Here’s links for your operating system as well as highlights from the releases notes

Windows 7 x86 (x64)
Windows Vista x86 (x64)
Windows XP x86 (x64)

Resolved Issues for All Windows Operating Systems

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™
Software Suite for Windows. These include:

• Catalyst Control Center – Basic now responds properly after exiting Quick Adjust
  Video Settings

• Edge enhancement and de-noise sliders in Catalyst Control Center no longer lags or
  appears out of sync with mouse movement

• Launching Hotkeys Manager in Catalyst Control Center no longer causes an
  unhandled exception error

• The “Desktop Rotation” page in Catalyst Control Center no longer shows additional
  information for the second display when the secondary adapter is connected

• HDMI is now detected properly as DTV (HDMI) instead of DTV (DVI) when the
  HDMI display is hotplugged for the first time

• Catalyst Control Center no longer displays error message when specific HDMI
  displays are hot unplugged and hotplugged back

Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™
Software Suite for Windows 7. These include:

• Intermittent failures no longer occur with MediaShow Espresso once a transcoding
  process has been completed

Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™
Software Suite for Windows Vista. These include:

• Running OpenGL applications in windowed mode on extended desktop no longer
  causes the secondary display to go blank for some ASICs

• Task switching between the desktop and a game in progress no longer has a visible
  delay (7-10 seconds)

• Enabling Screen Space Ambient Occlusion option in “Riddick 2 Dark Athena” no
  longer causes the game to fail under Multi-GPU configurations

• Catalyst Control Center no longer shows both HDMI displays as DVI when they are
  connected via HDMI port and to DVI port via HDMI-DVI dongle

• Windows Aero Glass Effects now works properly during HD Blu-ray playback

Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™
Software Suite for Windows XP. These include:

• Resuming video playback after S1 sleep no longer causes HDMI audio to disappear
• Changes to AVIVO Basic color settings are now retained after Catalyst Control
  Center is re-opened

• AVIVO Basic color setting changes can now be applied during HD DVD playback
  on specific ASICs on XP Media Center Edition

Blizzard announces 3rd Expansion for World of Warcraft, Cataclysm

Source: WorldofWarcraft.com

An ancient evil lies dormant within Deepholm, the domain of earth in the Elemental Plane.

Hidden away in a secluded sanctuary, the corrupted Dragon Aspect Deathwing has waited, recovering from the wounds of his last battle against Azeroth and biding his time until he can reforge the world in molten fire.

Soon, Deathwing the Destroyer will return to Azeroth, and his eruption from Deepholm will sunder the world, leaving a festering wound across the continents. As the Horde and Alliance race to the epicenter of the cataclysm, the kingdoms of Azeroth will witness seismic shifts in power, the kindling of a war of the elements, and the emergence of unlikely heroes who will rise up to protect their scarred and broken world from utter devastation.

This expansion will have the following features:

• Two new playable races [Worgen for the Alliance! and Goblins for the Horde!]
• Increased level cap to 85
• Classic zones rebuilt to include support for Flying Mounts
• New high level zones and raids
• New race and class variations [pictured below]
• Guild Leveling and Achievement system…
• New Secondary Profession Archaeology

Here is a chart released by Blizzard showing the new race/class combos.

Will update this post later as more details emerge. For now here’s some screenshots

Cogeco increases speed for High Speed customers.

Cogeco Website

Got this in my e-mail, and sure enough the speedtest reports i can upload at 100kb/sec now with ~1.4MB/sec down.

From the e-mail:

Dear Client,

The Internet is changing fast. Every day there are new and exciting things to see and do online.
To help you make the most of your online experience, we have great news to share about your current High Speed Internet service.

How fast is fast?

• Your download speed increased from 10 Mbps to 14 Mbps

• Your upload speed increased from 640 Kbps to 1 Mbps

Cogeco has increased the speed of your
High Speed Internet Standard package
at no additional cost.

Your download speed is now 40% faster. So now you can enjoy more of what the Internet has to offer – faster than ever before. Everyone is trying to get more for their money these days and we’re happy to make your dollars go a little further – or faster.
—

Of course it doesnt help that my monthly limit is only 60gb/month, but its progress.

Windows 7 has hit RTM Gold status at build 7600.16385.090713-1255

Filename: 7600.16385.090713-1255_x86fre_client_en-us_Retail_Ultimate-GRMCULFRER_EN_DVD.iso
Filesize: 2,501,894,144 byte
SHA1: 5395DC4B38F7BDB1E005FF414DEEDFDB16DBF610
MD5: D0B8B407E8A3D4B75EE9C10147266B89
CRC: C1C20F76

Filename: 7600.16385.090713-1255_x64fre_client_en-us_Retail_Ultimate-GRMCULXFRER_EN_DVD.iso
Filesize: 3,224,686,592 byte
SHA1: 326327CC2FF9F05379F5058C41BE6BC5E004BAA7
MD5: F43D22E4FB07BF617D573ACD8785C028
CRC: 1F1257CA

Windows 7 Build 7600 RTM x64 Leak – Verification Info

Filename: 7600.16384.090710-1945_x64fre_client_en-us_Retail_Ultimate-GRMCULXFRER_EN_DVD.iso
Filesize: 3,224,717,312 bytes
CRC: 1EE7DC6F
MD5: E6CE9644D0C7A8E1C950D257A7B2C8A4
SHA1: 31849B315290EFABFD81F967ED3C553D82925E4C

It has been confirmed that Build 7600 will be RTM, the sub-build is 16384 in this case, Built July 10th 2009 at 7:45pm. Which sub-build will become the Retail is yet to be known. But its getting close

Latest Windows 7 Builds [7260-7268] RTM Branch

6.1.7260.0.win7_rtm.090612-2110 – leaked
6.1.7261.0.win7_rtm.090615-1900
6.1.7262.0.win7_rtm.090617-1900
6.1.7263.0.win7_rtm.090619-1900
6.1.7264.0.win7_rtm.090622-1900 – latest leak
6.1.7265.0.win7_rtm.090624-1905
6.1.7266.0.win7_rtm.090626-1902
6.1.7267.0.win7_rtm.090629-1952
6.1.7268.0.win7_rtm.090701-1900