Video Lan Client, the nigh-indispensable open source media player for multiple audio and video formats (MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Divx, ogg, etc.), was updated to version 1.1.1. The new version, a 39.6 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes:

- Multiple libVLC improvements and fixes.

- Windows video output fixes.

- DxVA2 decoding on ATI GPU, with Catalyst 10.7.

- Multiple fixes for interfaces.

- Various decoders and demuxers fixes.

- Updated translations.

- Various crashes and errors fixed.

VLC 1.1.1 requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later to install and run.

If you’ve tried the new version and have any feedback about it, please let us know.

Peripherals maker OWC has released a new eSATA ExpressCard adapter for MacBooks. The card, which is rated for 3GB/s, is hot swappable and ACHI compliant, requiring no drivers for any Mac notebook running Mac OS X 10.5 or higher.

Per MacNN, the card is said to be capable of 170MB/s read speeds and 120MB/s write speeds using external SSD-based eSATA drives and supports up to five disk drives on a JMicron JMB360 chipset. The ExpressCard is bootable for MacBooks with any Core 2 Duo chips, which cover all but the first generation.

The new eSATA ExpressCard requires Mac OS X 10.4 to install and run, with Mac OS X 10.5 or later required for hot-swapping. It also supports Windows 2000 and higher, including Windows 7. The card retails for US$40 but is currently on sale for US$33.

Google Chrome, Google’s new web browser, just reached version 5.0.375.99 for the Mac. The new version, an 25.4 megabyte download, offers the following the following changes:

- Low OOB read with WebGL. Credit to Sergey Glazunov; Google Chrome Security Team (SkyLined).

- Medium Isolate sandboxed iframes more strongly. Credit to sirdarckcat of Google Security Team.

- High Memory corruption with invalid SVGs. Credit to Aki Hekin of OUSPG; wushi of team509.

- High Memory corruption in bidi algorithm. Credit to wushi of team509.

- Low Crash with invalid image. Credit to javg0x83.

- High Memory corruption with invalid PNG (libpng bug). Credit to Aki Helin of OUSPG.

- High Memory corruption in CSS style rendering. Credit to wushi of team509.

- Low Annoyance with print dialogs. Credit to Mats Ahlgren.

- Low Crash with modal dialogs. Credit to Aki Helin of OUSPG.

Google Chrome requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later and an Intel-based Mac to install and run.

If you’ve played with it and have an opinion, let us know what you think in the comments.

Google Chrome, Google’s new web browser, just reached version 5.0.375.86 for the Mac. The new version, an 25.4 megabyte download, offers the following the following changes:

- Medium XSS via application/json response (regression). Credit to Ben Davis for original discovery and Emanuele Gentili for regression discovery.

- Medium Memory error in video handling. Credit to Mark Dowd under contract to Google Chrome Security Team.

- High Subresource displayed in omnibox loading. Credit to Michal Zalewski of Google Security Team.

- High Memory error in video handling. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Cris Neckar).

- High Stale pointer in x509-user-cert response. Credit to Rodrigo Marcos of SECFORCE.

Google Chrome requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later and an Intel-based Mac to install and run.

If you’ve played with it and have an opinion, let us know what you think in the comments.

Video Lan Client, the nigh-indispensable open source media player for multiple audio and video formats (MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Divx, ogg, etc.), was updated to version 1.1.0. The new version, a 40.4 megabyte download, adds a massive list of fixes and changes detailed here.

VLC 1.1.0 requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later to install and run.

If you’ve tried the new version and have any feedback about it, please let us know.

Late Tuesday, Apple released Security Update 2010-04 for Mac OS X 10.5.x (“Snow Leopard”). The update, a 218.6 megabyte download, adds a slew of security fixes and changes, as summarized here.

The update requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later to install and run and can be snagged via Mac OS X’s Software Update feature.

If you’ve tried the new update and have any feedback to offer, let us know.

Late Thursday, Adobe officially released Flash Player 10.1.53.64, the newest version of its multimedia software for Mac OS X. The new version, a 7.4 megabyte download, offers a slew of security fixes detailed here with full (and extensive) release note changes documented here.

The new version is available for free and requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later to install and run.

Google Chrome, Google’s new web browser, just reached version 5.0.375.70 for the Mac. The new version, an 25.2 megabyte download, offers the following the following changes:

- Medium: Cross-origin keystroke redirection. Credit to Michal Zalewski of Google Security Team.

- High Cross-origin bypass in DOM methods. Credit to Sergey Glazunov.

- High: Memory error in table layout. Credit to wushi of team509.

- High: Linux sandbox escape. Credit to Mark Dowd under contract to Google Chrome Security Team.

- High: Bitmap stale pointer. Credit to Mark Dowd under contract to Google Chrome Security Team.

- High: Memory corruption in DOM node normalization. Credit to Mark Dowd under contract to Google Chrome Security Team.

- High: Memory corruption in text transforms. Credit to wushi of team509.

- Medium: XSS in inner HTML property of text area. Credit to sirdarckcat of Google Security Team.

- High: Memory corruption in font handling. Credit: Apple.

- High: Geolocation events fire after document deletion. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Justin Schuh).

- High: Memory corruption in rendering of list markers. Credit: Apple.

Google Chrome requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later and an Intel-based Mac to install and run.

If you’ve played with it and have an opinion, let us know what you think in the comments.

Late Thursday, shareware developer Maintain released version 4.6.2 of Cocktail (Leopard Edition), Cocktail, the popular shareware utility program that allows for additional Mac OS X system tests.

The new version, a 1.9 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes:

- Fixed a bug where clearing the virtual memory swap files may cause kernel panics.
- Fixed a bug where the trojan RSPlug was falsely detected.
- Added clearing of the latest variants of the HellRTS and OpinionSpy trojan horses.
- Addresses an issue in which the system log server (syslogd) may not be properly restarted.
- Updated Automator actions.

Cocktail 4.6.2 retails for a US$14.95 shareware registration fee and requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later to run.

Video Lan Client, the nigh-indispensable open source media player for multiple audio and video formats (MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Divx, ogg, etc.), was updated to version 1.1.0 release candidate. The new version, a 23.1 megabyte download, adds a massive list of fixes and changes detailed here.

VLC 1.1.0 requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later to install and run.