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K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 5.3 (Windows)

K-Lite Mega Codec Pack is a collection of codecs, DirectShow filters and tools. Codecs and DirectShow filters are needed for encoding and decoding playing audio and video formats. The K-Lite Mega Codec Pack is designed as an user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files. With K-Lite Codec Pack you...

Tags: Codec, Microsoft Windows, Codec Guide, K-Lite Mega Codec Pack

Software downloads 2009-10-28

K-lite Codec Pack Corporate 5.3 (Windows)

Corporate Edition is a special version for use in a corporate environment. It is similar to the Full version, minus a few items, but alomst just as powerful. It has a strong focus on open-source software. K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of VFW/ACM codecs, DirectShow filters and tools. Codecs...

Tags: Codec, Microsoft Windows, Codec Guide, K-Lite Codec Pack

Software downloads 2009-10-27

K-Lite Codec Pack Full 5.3 (Windows)

Full supports even more audio and video formats. It also has encoding support for various formats. This package is for power users and people who do video editing/encoding.K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools. Codec is short for Compressor-Decompressor.Codecs are needed for encoding and decoding playing...

Tags: Codec, Microsoft Windows, Codec Guide

Software downloads 2009-10-27

K-lite Codec Pack Standard 5.3 (Windows)

Standard contains everything you need to play all the most commonly used formats. This package should be enough for the average user.K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of VFW/ACM codecs, DirectShow filters and tools. Codecs and DirectShow filters are needed for encoding and decoding playing audio and video formats. The...

Tags: Codec, Microsoft Windows, Codec Guide, K-Lite Codec Pack

Software downloads 2009-10-27

K-lite Codec Pack Basic 5.3 (Windows)

Basic contains only the most essential things. It contains everything you need to be able to play the two most popular and widespread formats: DivX and XviD. With this you should be able to play DVDrips and TVrips. K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of VFW/ACM codecs, DirectShow filters...

Tags: Codec, Microsoft Windows, Codec Guide, K-Lite Codec Pack

Software downloads 2009-10-27

QuickTime Alternative 3.0.0 (Windows)

QuickTime Alternative will allow you to play QuickTime files (.mov, .qt and other extensions) without having to install the official QuickTime Player or put up with the QT nags. It also supports QuickTime content that is embedded in webpages.

Tags: Apple QuickTime, Microsoft Windows, Codec Guide, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-10-10

Real Alternative 2.0.1 (Windows)

Real Alternative will allow you to play RealMedia files without having to install RealPlayer. All RealMedia formats (.ra .rm .rmvb .ram .rpm .rv .rp .rt .rnx .smi .smil) are supported, including streaming content and RealMedia content that is embedded in Web pages.

Tags: RealNetworks RealMedia, Codec, Microsoft Windows, Codec Guide, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-09

Real Alternative Lite 2.0.1 (Windows)

Real Alternative will allow you to play RealMedia files without having to install RealPlayer. All RealMedia formats (.ra .rm .rmvb .ram .rpm .rv .rp .rt .rnx .smi .smil etc.) are supported, including streaming content and RealMedia content that is embedded in webpages.Some advantages compared to RealPlayer are: Quick and easy...

Tags: RealNetworks RealMedia, Codec, Microsoft Windows, RealNetworks RealPlayer, Codec Guide, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-09

Additional Resources

dBpoweramp Music Converter 13.3 (Windows)

dBpoweramp stands-out when Ripping Audio CD's and Converting Audio Files. CD Ripping: it is vital to rip fast, error free and have quality metadata track titles. CD Ripper rips as fast your drive is able. Secure Ripping Error Free is our forte: dBpoweramp is regarded as the securest of the...

Tags: Audio, CD, Microsoft Windows, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-10-06

Doctor Antivirus 2008 (The ultimate guide to scareware protection)

ScamsI have seen many of these screens before, on my own PC. I usually retreat to AVG, Norton, or Symantec sites to check their claims, do online scans, and Google search to find unhappy "users"RE: Doctor Antivirus 2008 The ultimate guide to scareware protectionthere ought to be laws... even so...

Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, antivirus, SpyBot, ultimate guide, TrendMicro RUBotted, Trend Micro Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

News to know: Kumo; Zune; Storm; Google

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Would you 'Kumo' it? Phil Wainewright: When to spend cash in a SaaS business Brian Sommer: Taleo's November to forget ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Zune, RIM BlackBerry, Nokia Reliability Labs, E-mail, Home Entertainment, Handhelds, Open Source, Online Communications, Personal Technology, Hardware

Blog posts 2008-11-24

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: MP3 players

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: MP3 playersJust picked up a Zune for $80 a couple of days ago!Really liked Zune MP3 Player after trying out a friend's Zune. I ended up buying one after finding a good deal here for a brand new Zune for just $80 delivered. Also...

Tags: Digital music, Media players, Digital media, Archos, Microsoft Zune, MP3 player, Archos 605, MP3, Holiday Gift Guide 2008, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-11-22

Open source and political junkies

Open source and political junkiesAnd thus it will ever beThere is no reason to believe it will ever change substantially. To the vast majority of users, a computer is just a tool. It should be like a hammer or a drill--obvious and intuitive. I don't need to spend hours scouring...

Tags: Linux, PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, open source, Open Source Product, Microsoft Windows, computer

Discussion threads 2008-01-07

Everything you've read about Vista DRM is wrong (Part 3)

This is the final installment in my series debunking Peter Gutmann's widely read and undeservedly cited paper on Vista content protection. (If you missed Part 1 and Part 2, go read them before you dive into this conclusion.) Today, I want to deal head-on with one of the most...

Tags: Paper, HDMI, PC, Digital-rights Management, Output, NVidia Corp., Codec, Microsoft Windows Vista, Video, Microsoft Corp., Hardware, 1080p, Peter Gutmann, HD, Laptop Magazine, DVI, D-CINEMA, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2007-09-20

The how and when of Adobe and Microsoft's Rich Internet Application technologies

Now that Silverlight is being talked about, people seem to be comparing Apollo and Silverlight in the same posts. I think this stems from the fact that both are still alpha/beta and that the two technologies "cross the streams" into the other companies territory. For that they are significant, but...

Tags: Windows Presentation Foundation, Expression Studio, Apollo, Ajax, Adobe, XBAP, WPF, Silverlight, Rich Internet Applications, On2, Microsoft, Flex, Flash

Blog posts 2007-04-23

Where's the iPod killer?

Where's the iPod killer?Didiom is the iPod killerWhere's the iPod killer? Right here - www.didiom.comRhapsodyRhapsody strikes me as being 'reasonable'.I can run it from a supported web browser on Windows or Linux and on the Nokia N800 Internet Tablet.At $9.99/month, for unlimited streaming music selection of over 3M songs, that's...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Media players, Didiom, iPODS, MP3, iPod-killer, phone, headphone, HT820, music

Discussion threads 2007-04-02

RealPlayer flaws open PCs up to hijackers

RealPlayer flaws open PCs up to hijackersRealPlayer has always been a piece of.....well ya know what I am saying. Why anyone would use RP is beyond me!If it ain't mpeg, I'm not playing itAny format that has the capability to start local applications, there is no way I'm going to...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Media players, Operating systems, RealNetworks RealPlayer, Microsoft Windows, media player, flaw, Apple QuickTime, PC, RealPlayer flaw, security

Discussion threads 2004-02-05

ZyGoVideo for QuickTime (OS X) 2.0 (Mac)

From the developer: "Start producing quality QuickTime video for Internet or intranet broadcasting and streaming today. ZyGoVideo 2.0 is a video compression codec based on Wavelet transforms for producing QuickTime movies. It produces video comparable in quality and size to MPEG4, but unlike MPEG4 there are no associated ongoing license...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple QuickTime, Apple Mac OS X, Video, ZyGo Digital, ZyGoVideo 2.0, Pro Version, Corporate Communications, Digital Music, Digital Media, Marketing, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2002-09-18