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Audio Conversion Wizard helps you to convert audio files of supported audio format from one format to another with all possible settings, using easy step-by-step interface. MP3, WMA, OGG Vorbis, and WAV PCM formats are supported, with ID3v2 copying and creation. You can use Single mode for easy one-file conversion and Batch mode for fast converting of several files.

What's new:

• Player for single mode is added (now you may listen to the file before conversion


• Now you may specify the nonexistent output folder and it will be created during the conversion


• Small buxfixes

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Part of the problem seems to be that business managers buy IDS systems (often on the advice of auditors or consultants) without committing to the people and resources needed to make the technology work, or having a managed services firm maintain an installation.

The concern is that adopters of the technology will fail to maintain it or simply leave it to gather dust as overworked admins get bombarded with false alarms.

In recent weeks The Register have spoken to two service providers, COLT Telecom and Data Return, who both told us customers request the installation of IDS systems in their datacentre but then subsequently fail to monitor the alerts generated.

Speaking at a recent Black Hat conference, Nicolas Fischbach, senior IP and security engineer at COLT Telecom, said IDS systems if hosting environments generate "thousands of alerts but no one watches them."

This can generate a false sense of security, he warned.

Users at last night's conference echoed these concerns and one summed up the feelings of the meeting by saying "installation of IDS systems is only 10 per cent of the solution".

Brian Milnes, general manager in Northern Europe of security tools firm Intrusion.com, said buying a IDS systems was like "buying a Christmas puppy" because both needed attention.