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BeOS Release 4.5 BeOS is the world's first operating system designed for broadband digital media, designed to offer unsurpassed performance for editing high-bandwidth digital media such as audio and video. With Release 4.5, we have extended BeOS support of standards in virtually every area, making it the most comfortable and compatible version of BeOS yet. At the same time, we have continued to improve our acclaimed performance to ensure that BeOS remains the fastest operating system for media available today. BeOS now supports a wider variety of media file formats (QuickTime, AVI), audio file formats (WAV, AIFF, AU), video compression standards (MPEG-1, Indeo 5, Cinepak, et. al.) and other digital media standards. BeOS makes it possible for any application to easily make use of such standards, so BeOS co-exists with other operating systems more seamlessly than ever. We have included a number of new applications with Release 4.5, including an all-in-one MediaPlayer application, a TV viewer application, a Webcam application, a SoundRecorder application and software to access a variety of digital cameras. We have also included a limited edition of our new 3DSound application, a program that enables users to mix and record multiple streams of audio using a three-dimensional soundstage metaphor. Release 4.5 includes a new version of NetPositive, our Web browser optimized for BeOS. Besides making NetPositive compatible with many more Websites than ever before, we have also included Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption, enabling BeOS users to conduct secure e-commerce over the Web. We have also included an experimental version of JavaScript support for NetPositive. BeOS now supports two important hardware standards. The first, Universal Serial Bus (USB), is a rapidly emerging standard for supporting slow-speed peripherals on PCs. Release 4.5 users can now make use of their USB keyboards, mice and printers. The second, PCMCIA, is a well-established standard for enabling notebook computer users to add hardware to their systems. Release 4.5 supports certain PCMCIA-based Ethernet adapters and modems. BeOS Release 4.5 offers fast and easy installation, a consistent and familiar user interface, high performance for broadband digital media and support for a wide variety of industry standards. If you're ready for serious media editing, Release 4.5 is ready for you. Complete list of new features in BeOS Release 4.5.

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