diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7c5cd5cdd..c654e15e8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 OSG News (most significant items from ChangeLog)
 ================================================
 
+July 2002 - OpenSceneGraph-0.9.0.tar.gz
+
+    osgcluster - ported to windows.
+
+    Multitexturing support added to osg::StateSet, osg::Geometry, osg::State
+    and txp loader.
+    
+    Geometry classes which superseeds the old Performer sytle osg::GeoSet.
 
     Occlusion culling adding to the core OSG.
 
@@ -10,14 +18,25 @@ OSG News (most significant items from ChangeLog)
 
     osgSim a seperate add-on library adds support for navigational light points.
     
-    osgGA (Gui Abstrabtion) library introduced to provide classes for adatping
+    osgGA (Gui Abstraction) library introduced to provide classes for adatping
     different GUI toolkits to work with a standard set of manipulators for
     modifying the scene, such as camera and state manipulators.
     
     Support for NodeKits.
 
+    New demos:
 
-26th April 2002 - osg-0.8.45.tar.gz
+        osgoccluder
+        osghud
+        osgparticle
+        osgprerender
+        osgcallback
+        osglight
+        osgclip
+        osggeometry
+        osgmultitexture
+
+26th April 2002 - OpenSceneGraph-0.8.45.tar.gz
 
     >>> Support added for Solaris, texture cube mapping & muliple projections.
    
diff --git a/src/osg/Version.cpp b/src/osg/Version.cpp
index a964c5db2..e93147b8c 100644
--- a/src/osg/Version.cpp
+++ b/src/osg/Version.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 const char* osgGetVersion()
 {
-    return "0.8.45";
+    return "0.9.0";
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/osgDB/Version.cpp b/src/osgDB/Version.cpp
index ad4e0e5ab..39463f01b 100644
--- a/src/osgDB/Version.cpp
+++ b/src/osgDB/Version.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 const char* osgDBGetVersion()
 {
-    return "0.8.45";
+    return "0.9.0";
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/osgGA/Version.cpp b/src/osgGA/Version.cpp
index 691ac9747..4474f2bf0 100644
--- a/src/osgGA/Version.cpp
+++ b/src/osgGA/Version.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 const char* osgGAGetVersion()
 {
-    return "0.8.45";
+    return "0.9.0";
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/osgGLUT/Version.cpp b/src/osgGLUT/Version.cpp
index de8284729..f52a0e977 100755
--- a/src/osgGLUT/Version.cpp
+++ b/src/osgGLUT/Version.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 const char* osgGLUTGetVersion()
 {
-    return "0.8.45";
+    return "0.9.0";
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/osgParticle/Version.cpp b/src/osgParticle/Version.cpp
index f63ecd6a1..a2d996246 100644
--- a/src/osgParticle/Version.cpp
+++ b/src/osgParticle/Version.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 const char* osgParticleGetVersion()
 {
-    return "0.8.45";
+    return "0.9.0";
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/osgText/Version.cpp b/src/osgText/Version.cpp
index f4d80205f..f185827f8 100644
--- a/src/osgText/Version.cpp
+++ b/src/osgText/Version.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 const char* osgTextGetVersion()
 {
-    return "0.8.45";
+    return "0.9.0";
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/osgUtil/Version.cpp b/src/osgUtil/Version.cpp
index 00bce800f..388ddef12 100644
--- a/src/osgUtil/Version.cpp
+++ b/src/osgUtil/Version.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 const char* osgUtilGetVersion()
 {
-    return "0.8.45";
+    return "0.9.0";
 }