Valve is offering a worldwide Team Fortress 2 Free Weekend that is going on now! You can join in and play the full game for free, including the new content just released in the TF2: Gold Rush Update. All you need is a Steam account to play. The Free Weekend is available to players all around the world and ends this Sunday, May 4, 2008 at 1pm PDT.

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A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Added the ability to block all communications from another user
  
• Added an option to timestamp friends messages
  
• Added an option to configure taskbar window flashing behavior on friends messages
  
• Added background detection of game updates while Steam is running
  
• Fixed backups failing for certain games, and made other improvements to it