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Can VLC 1.0 change the world?

Can VLC 1.0 change the world?But VLC has been around for years . . And my favorite player. Plays everything, no need to DL codecs or hack your media player. Why the big deal now?Answering your question[i]Now, will it change the media world, or will the media industry work to...

Tags: Media players, Digital music, Digital media, Operating systems, Mplayer, VLC, VLC 1.0

Discussion threads 2009-07-13

Can VLC 1.0 change the world?

VLC media player is everything the copyright industries have fought against for over a decade -- open source, wide-open access, free, streaming, Linux. VLC ignores all the agendas that have hampered Apple QuickTime, the Real Player, and Windows Media Server over the years. Now, will it change the media landscape,...

Tags: Industry, VLC, Digital Music, Digital Media, Linux, Strategy, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-07-13

Mac OS 10.5.2 a lemon for music

Mac OS 10.5.2 a lemon for musicWell, there goes two OS's straight away![i]"...what we should start to expect from the actual OS is [b]less eye candy and more conservative, long-term nuts-and-bolts reliability[/b]."[/i]There goes Mac OS X and Vista straight out of the window then!Ahh the echo chamber effectWhere ten people...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Media players, VLC, Looks like IT, Mac OS 10.5.2, Apple Mac OS, lemon, audio, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2008-05-22

Yahoo (and others), get your act together!

Yahoo and others, get your act together!Me too!Thank you for this. I thought it was only me and my computer. I use Ubuntu Linux and Yahoo. I am also tired of the step-child treatment not only by Yahoo but others, too.Yahoo has the rightto put up video in any format...

Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Web browsers, VLC, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-04-12

Additional Resources

Sofa Control 2.9.4 (Mac)

With Sofa Control you are able to control your applications with the remote control. Out of the box Sofa Control supports more than 40 popular applications like VLC, Safari, PowerPoint, Democracy, NetNewsWire, Yojimbo and many more. A spezialized Front Row inspired user interface enables the user...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft PowerPoint, GravityApps, Microsoft Office, Keyboards, Office Suites, Software, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2009-11-12

Seven great (and free!) applications for Windows 7

You added Windows 7 to the title for page hits...Any tech enthusiast worth their salt has long known about all these apps. Nah ... ... for page hits I'd have added XP ... bigger user base ... User base yes but Windows 7is what everyone is interested in reading...

Tags: Operating systems, Ubuntu 9.10, Linux Distro, Paint.net, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, 7-zip

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

VLC Media Player Portable 1.0.3 (Windows)

Portable VLC media player is the popular VLC media player packaged as a portable app, so you can take your audio and video files along with everything you need to play them on the go. VLC initially VideoLAN Client is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Media Player, Multimedia, Audio, Microsoft Windows, Video, PortableApps.com, Corporate Communications, Digital Video, Digital Media, Networking, Marketing, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-11-01

VLC Media Player 1.0.3 (Mac)

VLC initially VideoLAN Client is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats, including MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MP3, and OGG, as well as for DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It also can be used as a server for unicast or multicast streams in IPv4 or...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Media Player, Multimedia, Apple Macintosh, VideoLAN Project, Digital Video, Digital Media, Networking, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-11-01

VLC Media Player 1.0.3 (Windows)

VLC initially VideoLAN Client is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats, including MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MP3, and OGG, as well as for DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It also can be used as a server for unicast or multicast streams in IPv4 or...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Media Player, Multimedia, Microsoft Windows, VideoLAN Project, Digital Video, Digital Media, Networking, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-10-31

Ubuntu 9.10 advances Canonical's cloud, enterprise goals

RE: Ubuntu 9.10 advances Canonical's cloud, enterprise goalsSabayon Linux is a better linux and no one ever talks about it. You get up and running right after installing Sabayon Unlike Ubuntu. All of your plugin's are already in place and running from the jump. It's really good for people who...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Desktops, Linux, Ubuntu, desktop, distro, Sabayon Linux

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

FairMount 1.0.5 (Mac)

FairMount is a companion to VLC Media Player. It uses VLC to mount encrypted DVDs as decrypted disk images. Their content can then be accessed transparently by any applications.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Disk, FairMount

Software downloads 2009-10-26

Ding Dong, The Vista's DEAD!

Vista is still alive here..."Vista definitely improved"Vista-preinstalled SP1/SP2 Just Works, so I have no immediate plans to upgrade to Windows 7. Right now, I don't want to tempt fate.I don't see why people get all emo over Vista's UAC. It doesn't bother me.Yes, everyone says that Windows 7 is better...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2009-10-24

Widget CineTV 4.5.4 (Mac)

Ce widget permet d'afficher votre programme TV ou Cine. Vous pouvez utiliser des listes de chaines pre-existantes ou bien personaliser votre propre liste. Alertes dans iCal, Programmation eyeTV et Freebox via VLC et iMagneto, les fonctionnalites sont variees Pour le cine, il n'y a qu'a taper le nom de votre...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, DES, iSmileys, Digital Security, Network Security, Security, Networking

Software downloads 2009-10-24

Media Indexer 2.0 (Windows)

Media Indexer is a super light application to index, search, find and play your media files. With its unique web style interface finding media on your computer was never this easy. Ultra light application : Weighing only at 1.5 MB, Media Indexer is one most lightest media indexing applications available....

Tags: Media, Microsoft Windows, Superscalar, Media File, Advertising & Promotion, Digital Music, Digital Media, Marketing, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-10-24

Relax, kids...Windows 7 is just another OS

finally...someone with sensefor all this noise and fireworks, finaly someone here says something reasonable7 is just another OSand yes it is.amen.give this man a raiseIt doesn't have to rock to be successfulIt merely needs to be fast, stable and secure. If that's all it does, then there's no reason to...

Tags: Operating systems, operating system, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

xCode Parallel Encoder 1.0.0.111 (Windows)

xCode is a video encoding program. You can use xCode to convert DvDs you own into compressed avi files which can be played back on a computer using suitable video playback software such as Media Player or Video Lan VLC. Compressed files are encoding using x.264 to ensure quality. Unlike...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Video, Apple Xcode, Computer, Superscalar, Corporate Communications, Productivity, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-10-08

TV Everywhere: We're not just ready; we're already doing it

LCD TV'sWith the LCD TV's taking over of the market its making the transition even easier. I need no other equipment than a laptop with RGB and even better S-Video to hook up to my LCD and play movies over my wireless connection from my home server using VLC...

Tags: TVs, Monitors & displays, TV & Home Theater, TV, LCD

Discussion threads 2009-09-30

Hardware 2.0 - Best software applications/tools/utilities

Why VMware workstation?Why VMware workstation and not VMware server?That was nice. Only, you do all this stuff in Linux for FREEntYes, whats the difference between the two? ntntI was thinking the same thing......just replacing them with other apps.For example, I use Notepad++ which is open source instead of UltraEdit, and...

Tags: Virtualization, desktop virtualization, AnyDVD, Foxit, applications/tools/utility, Hardware 2.0, Best Software, VMware Inc., MagicISO, Adobe Systems Inc., hardware

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

Samsung P2570HD

Great AlternativeFirst Impression on the p2570HD:The great: Samsung?s SyncMaster P2570HD offers plenty of inputs, a descent HDTV monitor, basic speakers, and a remote control with all necessary features. Also, great style and very good performance are included in a panel less than 2? deep.The bad: No VGA cable, no...

Tags: Monitors & displays, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., monitor, TV

Discussion threads 2009-09-27

Watch Out for That Meteor, Stallman.

Show me the innovation StallmanWhile Microsoft pushes forward software technology and produces modern software, open source continues to copy the trailing edge of the innovators. Want an Office97 copy? Want a media player that works on all platforms but just not as well as Windows Media Player, want...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Jason, F/OSS, Stallman, software

Discussion threads 2009-09-22