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Eidos Interactive has issued the v1.1 patches for the English, German, French, Spanish and Italian editions of Hitman: Blood Money.

It addresses performance issues, a few game crashes, some graphics problems and more, and like the demo patch it also allows enabling the Managed Vertex Buffer on SLI systems. Go here, here (all), here or here to download (6.1-9.7MB).

Focus Home has released a free bonus mission for Fire Department 3. It tasks you with fighting a fire in a Las Vegas casino and rescuing the trapped civilians. Download here.

Security research firm eEye warned Thursday that a high-risk code execution flaw exists within Symantec's Norton AntiVirus 10.x. The flaw does not require any user interaction to be exploited and could affect millions of customers. Read more here.

US Intervention has issued a v0.11 hotfix for their mod, that makes it compatiable with BF2 1.3. You can go here to download.

Eidos Interactive has released the v1.2 patch for all european editions of Crystal Dynamic's first person shooter. Tomb Raider: Legend. This upgrade implements a separate 'walk' button, enhances the NextGen graphics and overall performance, and makes a few other improvements. Download here, here, here, here, here, here or here (36.8MB).

Opera introduces the looks and the performance of an exceptional Web browser. Opera's user interface has received a major overhaul with the new start-up dialog, and new default buttons, skin and panels in a blue and white color scheme that can be changed back to classic Opera look or another design. You can download the latest beta release (without Java) here.

Eidos Interactive has issued a patch for the recently released demo of Hitman: Blood Money. It addresses the constant low framerate bug that some users have been experiencing on certain hardware configurations. Go here, here, here, here, here, here or here to download (6.33MB).

Matrix Games has released a playable v1.1 demo (99MB) of Puresim Baseball 2007. In addition they've also issued a v1.1 patch (9.8MB) for the retail edition of the game. You can go here or here to download.

Fountain Of Youth (known by many as FoY) is a freeware point and click adventure game with a similar style to the classic LucasArts adventure, Fate of Atlantis.

It is being developed by an international team of enthusiastic fans of both Indiana Jones and point & click adventures. Download here (6MB).

CloneDVD extracts, transcodes and writes any orginal DVD title you like to a single recordable DVD. Be impressed by the program speed and the amazing image quality of the movie copy. A special transcoding technology compresses your choice of DVD title with your selected audio and subtitle streams to one DVD Recordable. Download here (5.1MB).

A v1.21-1.22 patch for the Battleracer racing mod for Battlefield 2, is now available. This release addresses compatibility issues with the latest v1.3 patch. Download it here (2.2MB).

Vivendi Universal Games has released the v1.05 patches and sdk for the US and all European editions of F.E.A.R. It adds two multiplayer modes called Control and Capture All as well as a pair of new multilplayer maps titled Cafeteria and Heliport. Go here, here or here to download.

CloneCD is a powerful CD copy program. It writes in RAW mode, allowing full control on the written data. Therefore, CloneCD will produce real 1:1 copies of your CDs.Due to this special copying mode, CloneCD requires a CD writer that can write in RAW mode. Almost all CD writers currently available support this. It's very simple and easy to use. Download a trial version here (2.44MB).

Nullsoft Winamp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows. Winamp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video types (AVI,ASF,MPEG,NSV), custom appearances called skins (supporting both classic Winamp 1.x/2.x skins and Winamp 3 freeform skins), audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins (including two industry dominating visualization plug-ins), an advanced media library, Internet radio and TV support, CD ripping, and CD burning. Download here.

AOL AIM Triton is the next generation release of AOL Instant Messenger. It is an all new user experience with an elegant, tabbed look and feel. Download here.

Easy CD-DA Extractor will make great-sounding direct digital copies from audio compact discs. It includes MP3 encoding and decoding, Windows Media audio encoding, encoding thru the Windows Audio Compression Codecs, and more. Included CD-recording software records audio CDs from MP3 and WAV files, and supports BURN-Proof technology. Download a trial version here.

Bongfish Interactive has released an updated playable demo for Stoked Rider featuring Tommy Brunner. Download here.

Wine is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X and Unix. Wine provides both a development toolkit for porting Windows sources to Unix and a program loader, allowing many unmodified Windows binaries to run on x86-based Unixes. You can download it here.

RAR is a general purpose archiving and compression program competing with/replacing programs such as PKZip, ARJ, and others. It offers significantly improved compression ratios, easier use and a cheaper price as well as supporting long file names, disk spanning, and self-extracting file creation. Download here

Skype is the next phenomenon from the people who brought you KaZaA. Just like KaZaA, this uses P2P (peer-to-peer) technology to connect you to other users – not to share files this time, but to talk for free with your friends. The technology is extremely advanced - but super simple to use. You’ll be making perfect quality free phone calls to your friends in no time. Go here to download  (8.97MB).

Skype is the next phenomenon from the people who brought you KaZaA. Just like KaZaA, this uses P2P (peer-to-peer) technology to connect you to other users – not to share files this time, but to talk for free with your friends. The technology is extremely advanced - but super simple to use. You’ll be making perfect quality free phone calls to your friends in no time. Go here to download.

Deep Silver has released the promised multiplayer demo of Rush for Berlin. It contains a deathmatch map titled Killing Fields and a R.U.S.H. level called Black Forest Revisited, both playable via LAN, direct IP, and Internet (with a GameSpy account). Go here, here, here, here or here to download (295.4MB).

Ubi Soft has issued the v1.10 patches for the retail and downloadable editions of Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter. This release applies several interface improvements, a handful of AGEIA updates, and over a dozen bug fixes and other changes. Download here, here, here or here.

Ensemble Studios has released the promised v1.07 patches for the English, European and Brazilian retail editions of Age of Empires III. You can go here or here to download.

Apogee has issued the Super Upgrades mission pack for the original! Wolfeinstein 3D. This freeware addon pack contains over 800 new levels for Wolfenstein 3D, a random level generator, and a map editor. Go here to download (1.7MB).

AVG AntiVirus offers maximum virus protection, product customization, and free virus database updates and technical support. The core of the testing engine is a Virtual Device Driver which loads into memory on Windows startup. Download here.

Easy CD-DA Extractor will make great-sounding direct digital copies from audio compact discs. It includes MP3 encoding and decoding, Windows Media audio encoding, encoding thru the Windows Audio Compression Codecs, and more. Included CD-recording software records audio CDs from MP3 and WAV files, and supports BURN-Proof technology. Download a trial version here.

eDonkey2000 combines the strengths of Gnutella and Napster while avoiding their problems. It doesn't rely on a central server yet searches are quick and your client doesn't get bogged down with endless search requests. You have the ability to search all the files being shared anywhere on the network. It automatically resumes interrupted transfers from alternate sources. Download here.

Electronic Arts has released the promised v1.3 patches for Battlefield 2, Digital Illusions' 3D multiplayer action game. You can update from the previous v1.22 or any older version.

This release adds airdropped vehicles, a single-player co-op mode, a default kit selection feature, and more than two dozen gameplay tweaks, bug and crash fixes, and other improvements. Go here or here to download. Update: download mirrors here and here.

BitTorrent is a protocol for distributing files. It identifies content by URL and is designed to integrate seamlessly with the Web. Download the new Windows and Linux beta here.

Opera introduces the looks and the performance of an exceptional Web browser. Opera's user interface has received a major overhaul with the new start-up dialog, and new default buttons, skin and panels in a blue and white color scheme that can be changed back to classic Opera look or another design. You can download the latest beta release (without Java) here (Win, Linux, Mac OSX). Note: this is the same as last week's weekly beta build 8414.

Yet another unofficial patch for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines has been released. This third-party patch is an unsupported release. This release includes two dozen gameplay tweaks and bug fixes. Download here, here or here (70.1MB). Update: download mirrors here and here.

Azureus is a Java based BitTorrent client that offers multiple torrent downloads, queuing/priority systems (on torrents and files), start/stop seeding options and instant access to numerous pieces of information about your torrents. It also features an embedded tracker that is easily set up and ready to use. Download here (6.8MB).

SmartFTP allows you to transfer files across the Internet. Features include SSL (Implicit/Explicit), FXP Support, Multiple connections, Proxy Firewall support, Drag and Drop from Explorer, and Remote Directory caching. It is a solid FTP client that is constantly being improved. Download here (2.89MB).

ICQ is a program that lets you find your friends and associates online in real time. You can create a Contact List containing only people you want to have there, you can send them messages, chat with them, send files, configure ICQ to work with external applications and more. Go here to download.

Eidos has released the promised playable demo of Hitman: Blood Money. It contains the first mission of the full game, titled "Death of a Showman". Go here, here, here, here, here, here or here to download (759.2MB).

Virtual Racing Industries has issued a standalone playable demo for Virtual RC Racing, their radio-controlled miniature race car simulation. This version 3.2 demo includes the RC Speedway and VRC Drifter Park tracks, but the online options are disabled and it's not compatible with the full versions. You can download the demo here or here (20.6MB).

Azureus is a Java based BitTorrent client that offers multiple torrent downloads, queuing/priority systems (on torrents and files), start/stop seeding options and instant access to numerous pieces of information about your torrents. It also features an embedded tracker that is easily set up and ready to use. Download here.

Version 1.21 of the Battleracer racing mod for Battlefield 2, is now available. Download it here (65MB).

eDonkey2000 combines the strengths of Gnutella and Napster while avoiding their problems. It doesn't rely on a central server yet searches are quick and your client doesn't get bogged down with endless search requests. You have the ability to search all the files being shared anywhere on the network. It automatically resumes interrupted transfers from alternate sources. Download here.