An update to the Steam client and HLDS update tool has just been released. Steam will update itself automatically when you restart. Here is a list of the changes:

STEAM CLIENT CHANGES / ADDITIONS:

• Steam will now generate a receipt when you purchase a product, instead of sending it via e-mail


• Removed email verification


• All Steam error messages are now localized


• Improved offline behavior if no SteamUI.dll or Steam.dll present


• Improved content server responsiveness


• Disabled background preloaders when any game is running


• Preloader checks to see if an item will fit in the cache (improves going offline)


• Improved behavior of content "tickets" (thrown out if system clock more than 4 weeks off)


• Improved loading progress bar time calculation


• Improved startup speed of Steam


• Improved responsiveness of user cancel


• Changed legal characters in new account names to only be 'a'-'z', 'A'-'Z', '0'-'9', and '_'

HLDS UPDATE TOOL CHANGES / ADDITIONS:

• Added "-retry" flag -- auto-retry to get content every 30 seconds