Montezuma's Return Beta 9 Released

Recently, after USA Games Interactive moved servers, a new version of the side scroller game came out. You can download it by clicking
here

The bug fixes and improvements are below:

Renamed *.xgs files as *.wav.
Replaced Gardian skull sounds with Guardian eagle sounds.
Updated LoadSounds() function.
Fixed bug where the player can walk over the spike pits.
Fixed bug where player invincibility is reset
when loading a saved game.
Updated sound descriptions menu.
Removed external level data files.
Incorperated external level data into Montezuma.exe.
Fixed bug with wrong death sound being played when falling off of a vanishing platform.
Added invincible monsters for levels 7-11.
Recompiled registration tools from 12/4/2007 backup sources.
Added yes/no prompt for saving games with f3.
Added yes/no prompt when loading games with f4.

Montezuma-Beta5 Released

Today,
USA Games Interactive
has released Montezuma-Beta5 which includes new features a bug fixes.

Here are the changes:

Added Windows 2000 legacy support.
Updated jump code to kill player when missing ledges, drop offs, and other hazards.
Updated USA Games logo sound.
Updated snake death sound.
Updated player jump, pain, and death sounds.
Raised background drumb beat volume.
Updated get sword effect.
Updated use sword effect.
Changed run from space to shift.
Converted swords from automatic to manual attack.
Attached KillEnemy() to space.
Renamed AnnounceCoordinates() to AnnounceArea().
Asigned AnnounceArea() to a.
Fixed bug in UseSword() where all swords are used at the same time.
Updated user's manual.

you can
click here
to get the exe file with out having to go to the website and finding the link to download.

Skype version 3.6.0.159 beta Now available

Skype version 3.6.0.159 beta is now available and one place where you can download it from is at
majorgeeks.com/Skype_d4245.html.

Here are the changes in this version:

Feature: Linking MySpace profile in Skype
Feature: Display MySpace avatar in Skype
Improvement: Improved audio quality on low speed internet connections
Improvement: Improved presence
Change: Computers with Dual Core CPU's will send 640x480 by default
on video call
Bug fix: Audio settings not displayed correctly
Bug fix: Microphone level adjustments made during the call were not
remembered for next calls
Bug fix: Full screen video windows was movable
Bug fix: Skype crashed when user enabled and disabled video many
times in short timeframe

Winamp Version 5.36 Build 1500 Beta Now Available

Winamp version 5.36 build 1500 beta is now available and one place where you can download it from is at
www.majorgeeks.com/Winamp_5_Full_d2490.html.

Here are the changes in this version and there are quite a lot of changes this time!

* New: [in_mp3] Multi-channel mp3surround support
* New: [ml_local] 3 pane view options in 'Add/Edit View' dialog
* New: [ml_local] Smart View Presets
* New: [ml_local] Album Art support/pane
* New: [ml_local] Toolbar buttons to control view options
* New: [ml_plg] Winamp Playlist Generator (powered by Gracenote MusicID)
* New: [ml_pmp] New fields, configurable filter panes & columns, 3 pane view
* New: [ml_pmp] Album Art view & support for iPod and P4S Devices
* New: [ml_pmp] Separate view for video files
* New: Global 'playback thread priority' setting for decoders
* New: Version History drop-down selector and Search (in About dialog)
* Improved: General misc dialog/ui tweaks & improvements
* Improved: Re-tuned and optimized classic Spectrum Analyzer
* Improved: Surround indicator in Winamp Modern skin for multi-channel files
* Improved: [in_cdda] Conductor metadata support
* Improved: [in_cdda] Handling of multiple discs
* Improved: [in_flac/in_vorbis] ALBUM ARTIST & ENSEMBLE read support
* Improved: [in_flac] Advanced Editor mode
* Improved: [in_mod] Added support for more than 256 samples
* Improved: [gen_ff] General freeform skinning engine optimizations
* Improved: [gen_ml] Collapsed/expanded state of treeview items now remembered
* Improved: [gen_ml] Skinned scrollbars for Media Library with Modern skins
* Improved: [gen_ml] Reordering of treeview items (via drag+drop)
* Improved: [ml_disc] Better Unicode support
* Improved: [ml_history] Unicode support
* Improved: [ml_local] Customize Columns menu for top filter panes
* Improved: [ml_local] Option to show horizontal scrollbar for top panes
* Improved: [ml_local] New 'Podcasts' view (appears after downloading a podcast
* Improved: [ml_local] Added ISPODCAST and PODCASTCHANNEL field names
* Improved: [ml_local] Added BEGINSLIKE comparison operator
* Improved: [ml_local] Dragging of headers to sort column order
* Improved: [ml_local] Redesigned Smart View Editor
* Improved: [ml_local] Star Rating display and selection
* Improved: [ml_pmp] 'Copy to Local Media' config separated from CD
Ripping settings
* Improved: [ml_pmp] Portables "Sync" can now keep podcasts updated
* Improved: [ml_rg] ReplayGain calculation support for 64, 88.2 & 96 KHz samplerates
* Improved: [ml_wire] Optional automatic downloading of new podcast episodes
* Improved: [ml_wire] Multi-select, 'Send To' menu and other general enhancements
* Improved: [ml_wire] Podcast downloads now saved in channel subfolders
* Improved: [pmp_ipod] Now uses the iPod's podcast menu for podcasts
* Fixed: Long filepaths corrupted when opening Winamp via Explorer context menu
* Fixed: Oversized preference pages with large DPI setting
* Fixed: Recurrence of multiple instances bug (previously fixed in 5.3)
* Fixed: Selecting 'No' for 'Physically Remove' prompt removes playlist/mldb item
* Fixed: TV button in video window not working
* Fixed: Windows showing if switching from modern to classic skin in minimized state
* Fixed: [ASX Loader] Recursive playlist loading & case-insensitive element matching
* Fixed: [ASX Loader] Handling of entries embedded within a REPEAT tag
* Fixed: [gen_ff] "Can't unload script while in script" error when switching skins
* Fixed: [gen_ff] Transparent docked toolbars for skins using alpha-blending
* Fixed: [gen_ml] %playcount% returning Comment on drag+drop from ML to pledit
* Fixed: [in_cdda] CDDB crash when attempting to rip a CD in a 2nd instance of Winamp
* Fixed: [in_flac] General FLAC Editor quirks (Comments field, Enter key,etc
* Fixed: [in_flac] 24bit files don't play when 'Allow 24bit' settingis disabled
* Fixed: [in_mod] Fadeout value goes below 0.0 sec in in_mod config
* Fixed: [in_mod] Interpolator 'division by zero' crash bug
* Fixed: [in_mp3] Crash on some mp3's with corrupt ID3v2 extendedheaders (rare)
* Fixed: [in_mp3] Crash on loading corrupt id3v2.3 tags of a later revision
* Fixed: [in_mp3] Negative bitrate in File Info for long mp3's
* Fixed: [in_wave/libsndfile] Crash on invalid .au files
* Fixed: [in_wm] Garbage characters when editing filetypes in config
* Fixed: [in_mp4/libmp4v2] Memory leaks
* Fixed: [ml_disc] 0 byte temp files not deleted after ripping
* Fixed: [ml_disc] Double-click drive icon in Rip & Burn not selecting tree item
* Fixed: [ml_disc] Crash when using in playlist filename generation
* Fixed: [ml_disc] Drag+drop from Audio CD view to Playlist Editor
* Fixed: [ml_local] (no album) items adding to Album count in Artist pane
* Fixed: [ml_local] isempty and =0 queries now return same results
* Fixed: [ml_local] Add dir to 'Watch Folders' path truncated to 64 characters
* Fixed: [ml_pmp] Inserting extra period in filename when transcoding to mp4/aac
* Fixed: [ml_wire] Subscription Updates setting always resets to 'Never'
* Fixed: [pmp_ipod] Potential incompatability issue with latest version of iTunes
* Fixed: [pmp_p4s] 'Error In Insert' when transferring to some P4S devices
* Fixed: [vis_milk] Milkdrop DEP incompatibility
* Misc: Removed db.w5s (replaced by new Gracenote database system)
* Misc: Moved drawing engine out of gen_ff to tataki.dll
* Misc: Moved freetype font renderer out of gen_ff to freetype.wac
* Updated: Gracenote MusicID CDDB v2.5
* Updated: libpng 1.2.19
* Updated: [in_flac] FLAC 1.2.0
* Updated: [in_mp3] FhG Decoder v4.10
* Updated: [in_vorbis] libvorbis 1.2.0

Two New Versions of Skype Available.

Two new versions of Skype are now available.

Skype version
3.2.0.163
is now available and one place where you can download it from is at
www.skype.com.
Here are the changes in this version:

feature: Added Latvian localization done by Intars Students
improvement: Audio calls improved
change: Do not accept multichats from not authorized contacts
change: IE plugin updated
change: Extras Manager updated to version 1.2.0.261
bugfix: CCleaner removed 2 Skype related registry entries
bugfix: Tray icon menu not translated during login
bugfix: Skype crashed on password change notification
bugfix: On rare occasions Skype crashed when opening options.
bugfix: Skype may have crashed in large multichats
bugfix: NTLM proxy authentication did not work

Also Skype version
3.5.0.107
beta is now
available and one place where you can download it
from is at
www.skype.com/go/getskype-beta.
This is a direct link to the .EXE file for Skype 3.5
beta. Here are the changes in this version:

feature: Auto redial
feature: Call Transfer
feature: Device Indicators
feature: Edit chat messages
feature: Message history loading granulated
feature: Private Telephone Numbers
feature: Send contacts inside chat
feature: Visual indicators for Audio In / Audio Out in options
feature: Show examples of notifications / alerts in options
feature: Added Latvian localization - Intars Students
feature: In-Client Hardware store button
change: Extras Manager updated to version 1.2.0.261
change: Options categories smoothly slide open and close when changed
Updated language files: Arabic (Eriksen
Translations Inc.), Bulgarian (Nikolina Filipova
& Nikolay Filipov), Czech (Petr Silon), Danish
(Eriksen Translations Inc), German
(Claudius Henrichs & Dick Schiferli), Estonian
(Eve Loopere), Greek (Panagiotis Sidiropoulos
http://www.magenta.gr
French (Fabrice IMPERIAL & Bruno Lépaulard),
Italian (Daniele Conte), Japanese
(Mayu Shimizu), Hungarian (Mark Bender & Laszlo
Koncz & Gabor Stefanik),Latvian (Intars
Students), Lithuanian (Viktoras Kriukovas),
Norwegian (Stig Auestad), Dutch (Kees
Koenders), Polish (Karol Szastok),
Portuguese-Portugal (Francisco Ferreira, Portuguese-Brazil
(Leslie Predrotti), Finnish (Heino Keränen),
Swedish (Anders Olsson), Russian (Eriksen
Translations Inc), Romanian (Péter Henning and
Mónika Iancu), Turkish (Ömer Emin
Dede)