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+3.0.0b2 (Nov 9, 2011)
+New Features:
+- New database design
+- Hashlookup / calculation
+- Minor overall improvements
+
+3.0.0b1 (Aug 16, 2011)
+- Initial release
+- Windows only
+- Directory tree
+- File Search
+- Table and thumbnail viewer
+
 --------------------------- Version 2.24 --------------------------------
 3/22/10: Bug Fix: resolved issue 2950986 to support HFS directories. 
 
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-                     Autopsy Forensic Browser 
-                 http://www.sleuthkit.org/autopsy
+                               Autopsy 3.0 (Beta)
+                          http://www.sleuthkit.org/
 
-                     Last Updated: Oct 2011
+                                July 18, 2011
 
 
-Quick Overview
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-The Autopsy Forensic Browser is a graphical interface to utilities
-found in The Sleuth Kit (TSK).  It is currently undergoing a major 
-redesign and being rewritten from scratch. 
+OVERVIEW
 
-Version 2 contains more features than Version 3 does at this point.
-Version 3 is still in beta form.
+Autopsy is a graphical interface to The Sleuth Kit and other open source digital forensics tools. Autopsy 3 is a complete rewrite from Autopsy 2 and it is now Java-based.  This version is currently in a beta state.   
+
+The current beta version works only on Windows.  We have run it on XP, Vista, and Windows 7 with no problems. 
+
+Autopsy 3.0 is relased under the Apache 2.0 license. 
 
 
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-Brian Carrier
-carrier [at] sleuthkit [dot] org
+INSTALLATION
+
+Autopsy requires the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) to be installed. A 32-bit version of release 1.6+ is required. If you have a 64-bit version of the JRE, then it will fail. We are working on a 64-bit version for a later release.
+
+You can download Java from here:
+    http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp 
+
+You should be able to simply open the Autopsy ZIP file and run the autopsy.exe program located in the 'bin' folder.
+
+
+CONTRIBUTORS
+
+The primary development of Autopsy 3 has been done at Basis Technology. The following people have developed code in the project:
+* Anthony Lawrence
+* James Antonius
+* Peter Martel
+
+
+FEEDBACK
+
+Send any bug reports or feature requests to the sleuthkit-users e-mail list.
+    http://www.sleuthkit.org/support.php
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