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Tribler, a new file sharing client, takes away the need to have centralised services such as a torrent search engine, or trackers

New Super Resilient Software Makes File Sharing Unstoppable

Posted by: Sean F, 18:47 EST, Mon February 13, 2012

A new file sharing client may make websites like The Pirate Bay obsolete, and would make it almost impossible for authorities to stop file sharing ... More


Kaspersky will withdraw from the BSA because the lobby group supports SOPA

Kaspersky To Withdraw From BSA To Protest Against SOPA

Posted by: Sean F, 13:42 EST, Tue December 6, 2011

Kaspersky will withdraw from the Business Software Alliance to protest the lobby group's support of the controversial Stop Piracy Online Act ... More


Android Market bans FrostWire app, without giving any reasons

Google Bans FrostWire From Android Market, Doesn't Say Why

Posted by: Jason F, 14:33 EST, Fri October 21, 2011

Google bans the popular file sharing app FrostWire from Android Market, but doesn't tell the developers why ... More



News Icon XviD 1.3.2 Released

posted by: Sean F, 15:08 EST, Wed June 1, 2011

A new version of the Xvid codec has just been released. Version 1.3.2 fixes some bugs, and includes a new "MiniConvert" tool

News Icon VidCoder Tutorial Added

posted by: Sean F, 00:03 EST, Sun May 29, 2011

I've just added a new tutorial/guide for VidCoder, a tool that allows you to convert video files, DVDs and even Blu-ray movies to MKV or MP4

News Icon PowerDVD 11 Review Up

posted by: Sean F, 21:31 EST, Tue May 10, 2011

The review for PowerDVD 11 has just been posted

News Icon CNET Sued For Hosting LimeWire Software

posted by: Sean F, 13:46 EST, Thu May 5, 2011

Film producers and founder of FilmOn takes on CBS and CNET for hosting the LimeWire software, and helping promote piracy

News Icon Xvid 1.3.1 Released

posted by: Sean F, 13:14 EST, Sat March 26, 2011

A new version of the Xvid codec has just been released. Version 1.3.1 is mainly a bug fix release

News Icon H.264 vs WebM War: DoJ Launches Investigation of MPEG LA

posted by: Sean F, 15:05 EST, Sat March 5, 2011

The US DoJ is launching an investigation into whether the MPEG LA is trying to stifle Google's VP8/WebM and being anti-competitive

News Icon Xvid 1.3.0 Released

posted by: Sean F, 13:24 EST, Thu February 24, 2011

A new version of the Xvid codec has just been released

News Icon Windows 7 SP1 Released: Should You Update?

posted by: Sean F, 15:51 EST, Wed February 23, 2011

Windows 7's first service pack is now available, but should you update right away? Read this article to find out what's new in SP1

News Icon Google Chrome Dropping H.264: Microsoft To The Rescue

posted by: Sean F, 13:00 EST, Thu February 3, 2011

Microsoft tries to solve the problem of watching H.264 HTML5 videos on Chrome, by offering a free extension that brings H.264 back to the browser for Windows 7 users

News Icon DAEMON Tools - New Version Available (4.40.2)

posted by: Sean F, 13:31 EST, Fri January 21, 2011

A new bug fix release of DAEMON Tools Lite is now available to download

News Icon New Software Spotlight: Easy Subtitles Synchronizer

posted by: Sean F, 11:44 EST, Thu January 20, 2011

This feature highlights the newly released free software Easy Subtitles Synchronizer, which attempts to make the job of subtitle editing much easier

News Icon ImgBurn 2.5.5.0 Released

posted by: Sean F, 11:44 EST, Fri January 14, 2011

A new version of the popular disc burning tool, ImgBurn, has just been released

News Icon Google Drops Support For H.264 In Chrome Browser

posted by: Sean F, 13:54 EST, Thu January 13, 2011

The HTML5 war is heating up, with Google announcing they're no longer supporting H.264

News Icon Media Player Classic Updates HomeCinema Edition to Version 1.4.2808 Beta

posted by: Jonathan M, 02:13 EST, Sat January 1, 2011

Media Player Classic is a multimedia player capable of playing DivX movies and other video formats

News Icon Vista Codec Package Updates to Version 5.8.8

posted by: Jonathan M, 02:13 EST, Sat January 1, 2011

Vista Codec Package takes the best codecs and settings and allows playback of DVDs and other movie formats in Windows Vista

News Icon Windows 7 Codec Package Updates to Version 2.7.1

posted by: Jonathan M, 02:13 EST, Sat January 1, 2011

Windows 7 Codecs is a codec pack for Microsofts new operating system Windows 7, similar to Vista Codec Package for Windows Vista

News Icon ConvertXtoDVD Updates to Version 4.1.9.347

posted by: Jonathan M, 13:00 EST, Wed December 15, 2010

ConvertXtoDVD is a tool to convert and burn your movie files to a compatible DVD playable on any home DVD player

News Icon ImgBurn Updates to Version 2.5.4.0

posted by: Jonathan M, 12:56 EST, Wed December 8, 2010

ImgBurn can write most types of CD / DVD images and it supports all the latest writers (including booktype / bitsetting on many of the major ones

News Icon Cyberlink PowerDVD Updates to Version 10.0.2325

posted by: Jonathan M, 03:08 EST, Mon December 6, 2010

3D technology is the next big thing and Cyberlink held nothing back with the release of their updated PowerDVD

News Icon BD Rebuilder Updates to Version 0.36.04 Beta

posted by: Jonathan M, 12:50 EST, Mon November 22, 2010

Like its older brother DVD ReBuilder, BD Rebuilder is a Blu-ray disc re-encoder and re-authoring package...it even works for the iPad

News Icon Cole2k Codec Pack Updates to Version 7.9.3

posted by: Jonathan M, 12:50 EST, Mon November 22, 2010

Cole2k Media bring you a codec pack that contains a collection of the most common and most compatible codec's related to DivX and it also includes full support for DTS

News Icon Cyberlink PowerDirector Updates to Version 9.0

posted by: Jonathan M, 15:05 EST, Fri November 19, 2010

Cyberlink PowerDirector allows you to edit video and home movies, produce interactive DVDs and has web publishing features

News Icon Just Released VidCoder

posted by: Jonathan M, 09:54 EST, Sun November 14, 2010

VidCoder helps to transode your unencrypted DVDs and Blu-ray movies to other formats, including MP4 and MKV files using H.264

News Icon K-Lite Codec Pack Updates to Version 6.5.5

posted by: Jonathan M, 12:16 EST, Wed November 10, 2010

The K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and filters needed to play the most commonly used video formats

News Icon SUPER Updates to v2010.build.42

posted by: Jonathan M, 12:13 EST, Wed November 10, 2010

SUPER © is the fastest and simplest tool to encode full length movies to any other format without any time or function limitation

News Icon VLC Now Available for iPhone

posted by: Jonathan M, 09:31 EST, Tue October 26, 2010

VLC is a very simple free multimedia player that will play almost any video file you throw at it and its now available for your iPhone or

News Icon Burn4Free Updates to Version 5.1.0.0

posted by: Jonathan M, 11:23 EST, Tue September 28, 2010

Burn4Free is a free CD/DVD burner with ISO burning and audio compilations support

News Icon Cyberlink PowerDVD Updates to Version 10.0.2013

posted by: Jonathan M, 13:47 EST, Sat September 25, 2010

PowerDVD 10 is a unique universal player that offers the best playback quality available whether its 3D movie content, captured home videos, or your digital music files

News Icon TMPGEnc XPress Updates to Version 4.7.8.309

posted by: Jonathan M, 11:47 EST, Fri September 17, 2010

TMPGEnc XPress gives you the freedom to take almost any video file and encode it to your desired file format and much more

News Icon BurnAware Free Edition Updates to Version 3.0.5

posted by: Jonathan M, 13:23 EST, Sat September 11, 2010

BurnAware Free Edition is a lightweight, extremely powerful and easy to use burning application for burning and mastering CD, DVD, Blu-Ray and HD-DVD media, which is suitable for both beginners and power users

News Icon VLC (VideoLan) Updates to Version 1.1.4

posted by: Jonathan M, 12:46 EST, Mon August 30, 2010

VideoLan (VLC Media Player) is a multimedia and DVD player for Linux, BeOS, BSD, MacOS X ...

News Icon Convert Home Movies to 3D with Ease

posted by: Jonathan M, 10:02 EST, Wed August 25, 2010

Thanks to Roxio's new Creator 2011 software you can now turn all those home movies of memorable moments, like graduations and birthdays, in to eye popping 3D

News Icon Adobe Flash 10.1 Leaked for Android

posted by: Jonathan M, 10:04 EST, Tue August 24, 2010

Droid-life.com has found a way for non-rooted Android phones to run Adobe's Flash 10.1

News Icon DVD2one Updates to Version 2.4.1

posted by: Jonathan M, 11:49 EST, Wed July 14, 2010

DVD2one is a DVD to DVD+-R/RW backup tool that backups onto a single DVD-Recordable in 15-30 minutes, including movie-only backups or full backups, with audio remastering capabilities

News Icon TVersity Free Edition Updates to Version 1.9

posted by: Jonathan M, 11:43 EST, Wed July 14, 2010

The TVersity Media Server lets you manage your Internet and home media and create your personalized lineup of channels and and serves this media to a multitude of networked devices in the home or on the go

News Icon FFmpeg Goes WebM Enabling VP8 For Video Sites

posted by: Jonathan M, 11:29 EST, Thu July 1, 2010

FFmpeg is used by more than a hundred video players, transcoding applications and home theater solutions to support a wide range of video codecs

News Icon VSO PhotoDVD Updates to Version 4.0.0.28

posted by: Jonathan M, 12:12 EST, Sat June 19, 2010

VSO PhotoDVD is a program to create an animated slideshow of your digital pictures to watch them on a regular home DVD player

News Icon VideoLan Updates to Version 1.1.4 RC4

posted by: Jonathan M, 12:12 EST, Sat June 19, 2010

VideoLan (VLC Media Player) is a multimedia and DVD player for Linux, BeOS, BSD, MacOS X ...

News Icon Apple Updates iTunes to Version 9.2

posted by: Jonathan M, 12:42 EST, Thu June 17, 2010

The update adds quite a few performance enhancements but most notably the support for Apple's new iPhone 4 and allows syncing books to iPhones and

News Icon Best Buy to Launch Online Movie Service

posted by: Jonathan M, 13:11 EST, Wed May 19, 2010

Best Buy willl launch its online movie/TV show service later this month in a noble attempt to combat Apple iTunes and Amazon Video On Demand service

News Icon Google Acquires 3D Desktop Software

posted by: Jonathan M, 10:38 EST, Tue May 4, 2010

Its being reported that Google has acquired Bump Technologies whose main focus was on converting two dimensional images into Minority Report like

News Icon Adobe Releases Creative Suite 5

posted by: Jonathan M, 11:09 EST, Tue April 13, 2010

Adobe has released version 5 of Creative Suite, which is a collection of multimedia tools, that puts its main focus on mobile apps and

News Icon Cyberlink Becomes 3D Certified

posted by: Jonathan M, 10:56 EST, Mon April 5, 2010

Cyberlink announces that PowerDVD is the first Blu-ray 3D player software to achieve certification from the Blu-ray Disc Association

News Icon DAEMON Tools Updates to Version 4.35.6

posted by: Jonathan M, 13:28 EST, Fri April 2, 2010

DAEMON Tools is a virtual cd/dvd-rom emulator. It is able to emulate nearly all known copy protections on the market today

News Icon Nero Multimedia Suite 10 is Now Available

posted by: Jonathan M, 10:16 EST, Thu April 1, 2010

Nero Multimedia Suite 10 boosts your multimedia power with a collection of three products bundled into one powerful suite that is packed full of advanced video editing features, media organizer and

News Icon HDConvertToX Updates to Version 2.5.624.4217

posted by: Jonathan M, 04:32 EST, Wed March 31, 2010

HDConvertToX (HDC in short) is a gui aimed for converting video files (vob/mkv/avi/m2ts/ts...) with XviD or

News Icon RAD Video Tools Updates to Version 1.9s

posted by: Jonathan M, 04:29 EST, Wed March 31, 2010

RAD Video Tools is a set of utilities for handling video, animation, and sound data

News Icon Nero Burning ROM Updates to Version 9.4.26.0b

posted by: Jonathan M, 23:29 EST, Thu March 25, 2010

Nero Burning ROM, commonly called just Nero, is a popular optical disc authoring program for Microsoft Windows and Linux that has many features for backup, cd copying, audio and

News Icon DivX Releases Updated DivX Plus Software Package

posted by: Jonathan M, 14:30 EST, Wed March 17, 2010

DivX announced today that the latest version of its DivX Plus(TM) Software, is now available as a free download for Windows 7, Vista and XP

News Icon DoubleTwist Updates to Version 2.7 Beta

posted by: Jonathan M, 14:20 EST, Fri March 12, 2010

DoubleTwist is now capable of syncing with your iPhone & iPod Touch (bye bye iTunes) thanks to DVD Jon's reverse engineering skills

News Icon TMPGEnc Authoring Works Updates to Version 4.0.9.37

posted by: Jonathan M, 09:05 EST, Fri March 5, 2010

TMPGEnc Authoring Works 4 is the easy way to make or author your own DVDs, Blu-ray Discs, and DivX® ULTRA video

News Icon Flash 10.1 for Windows Mobile 6.5

posted by: Jonathan M, 05:49 EST, Fri February 26, 2010

An Adobe employee posted on official forums that Adobe has decided to release Flash 10.1 only for Windows Mobile 7, leaving 6.5 users left hanging

News Icon Real Alternative Updates to Version 2.0.2

posted by: Jonathan M, 05:05 EST, Mon February 22, 2010

Real Alternative is software that will allow you to play RealMedia files without having to install RealPlayer on your system

News Icon MagicISO Updates to Version 5.5 Build 281

posted by: Jonathan M, 05:03 EST, Mon February 22, 2010

MagicISO is CD/DVD image utility that can extract, edit, create and burn ISO files

News Icon AMD Releases Catalyst 10.2 Drivers

posted by: Jonathan M, 12:08 EST, Thu February 18, 2010

AMD has just released the 10.2 Catalyst drivers bringing promises of better performance in games with a reworked CrossFire profile using the multi

News Icon Roxio & DivX Come Together

posted by: Jonathan M, 11:59 EST, Wed February 17, 2010

Sonic Solutions & DivX announced their partnership to enable the transfer and playback of blockbuster content on DivX Certified(R) mobile devices

News Icon Media Player Classic Updates to Version 6.4.9.1 (20100214)

posted by: Jonathan M, 12:56 EST, Tue February 16, 2010

Media Player Classic is a multimedia player capable of playing DivX movies and more

News Icon Microsoft Debuts Windows Mobile 7

posted by: Jonathan M, 07:12 EST, Tue February 16, 2010

Microsoft has spilled some of the beans about Windows Mobile 7, its new revolutionary, built from the ground up, trend setting mobile operating system

News Icon Adobe Flash on Mac Just as Good

posted by: Jonathan M, 12:17 EST, Tue February 9, 2010

Adobe has gone on record saying that the flash performance on the Mac will be just as good if not better than flash on Windows

News Icon Happy Valentines from Nero

posted by: Jonathan M, 06:06 EST, Sat February 6, 2010

Nero has a Valentines promotion going on that when you buy Nero 9, they will throw in the Blu-ray Disc Authoring Plug-in & the DTS Plug-in

News Icon 2010 Catalyst Drivers Released

posted by: Jonathan M, 13:37 EST, Fri January 29, 2010

AMD has released the first batch of Catalyst drivers this year complete with the usual round of performance improvements and

News Icon TVersity Updates to Version 1.7.3 Beta

posted by: Jonathan M, 06:59 EST, Sat January 16, 2010

The TVersity Media Server lets you manage your Internet and home media and create your personalized lineup of channels and serves this media to a multitude of networked devices in the home or on the go

News Icon XBMC Camelot, A.K.A. Version 9.11 Has Arrived

posted by: Jonathan M, 18:26 EST, Thu December 31, 2009

It’s been quite a while in the making, but Camelot has arrived for Windows, OSX, Linux, and XBMC Live, and just in time for the holidays

News Icon DivX Codec Updates to Version 7.2.2

posted by: Jonathan M, 15:29 EST, Thu November 26, 2009

The DivX Codec takes the power of advanced digital video compression to the next level, encoding video at resolutions up to 1920 x 1080 at a fraction of the file size

News Icon ConvertXtoDVD Updates to Version 4.0.5.315a

posted by: Jonathan M, 04:15 EST, Thu November 26, 2009

ConvertXtoDVD is a tool to convert and burn your movie files to a compatible DVD playable on any home DVD player

News Icon DVD ReBuilder Pro Updates to Version 0.31.02

posted by: Jonathan M, 14:03 EST, Fri November 20, 2009

DVD ReBuilder Pro is a DVD backup tool for making high quality DVD backups

News Icon Womble MPEG Video Wizard DVD 5.0 + Win Prizes!

posted by: Sean F, 00:10 EST, Thu November 19, 2009

Womble has released the latest version of MPEG Video Wizard, and you can win a copy, as well as copies of Womble EasyDVD, in our new competition

News Icon DivX Codec Updates to Version 7.2.2

posted by: Sean F, 04:15 EST, Sun November 8, 2009

The DivX Codec takes the power of advanced digital video compression to the next level, encoding video at resolutions up to 1920 x 1080 at a fraction of the file size

News Icon CDBurnerXP Pro Updates to Version 4.2.7.1801

posted by: Jonathan M, 05:50 EST, Tue November 3, 2009

CDBurnerXP Pro is a free CD/DVD burning solution. With this software you can burn CD-R, CD-RW DVD+R/RW DVD-R/RW discs

News Icon Nero Recode Updates to Version 4.4.38.1

posted by: Jonathan M, 05:15 EST, Sun October 11, 2009

Nero Recode can make backups of your DVDs to DVD or CD by transcoding, content removal or compression

News Icon Nero Vision Updates to Version 6.4.17.0

posted by: Jonathan M, 05:13 EST, Sun October 11, 2009

Nero Vision allows you to capture videos to your hard drive, create your own video clips or edit existing ones, make photo slideshows and display your work in animated menus then burn it all to DVD, SVCD or VCD

News Icon Nero Updates Home Entertainment Suite

posted by: Jonathan M, 12:03 EST, Tue September 29, 2009

Nero 9, the easy-to-use yet powerful multimedia suite, gives you the freedom to create, rip, copy, burn, edit, share, and upload online

News Icon Adobe Released Photoshop Elements 8

posted by: Jonathan M, 11:10 EST, Fri September 25, 2009

Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 software combines power and simplicity so you can make your photos look extraordinary

News Icon AMD Releases ATI Catalyst 9.9 Drivers

posted by: Jonathan M, 01:40 EST, Sun September 13, 2009

AMD has released 9.9 drivers that fixes annoying bugs for several different operating systems

News Icon Microsoft Promises Silverlight 4 by 2010

posted by: Jonathan M, 10:14 EST, Thu September 10, 2009

The media distribution platform, Silverlight, will be getting upgraded and new features added to provide the same rich interactive experiences we have learned to expect from Microsoft

News Icon Corel Releases WinDVD 2010

posted by: Jonathan M, 01:35 EST, Thu September 3, 2009

Bring the ultimate movie experience to your PC with Corel® WinDVD® 2010, the world’s leading video and DVD player software

News Icon Free Version of Nero 9 Updates to Version 9.4.12.3d

posted by: Jonathan M, 10:18 EST, Tue September 1, 2009

Nero offers you the chance to enjoy Nero's world-renowned data disc burning and copying features for an unlimited time, absolutely FREE

News Icon Just Released is SilverX

posted by: Jonathan M, 13:32 EST, Sat August 15, 2009

SilverX is a Windows application needed to convert Flash (.SWF) videos to Microsoft's Silverlight format

News Icon XP Codec Pack Updates to Version 2.4.9

posted by: Jonathan M, 13:22 EST, Sat July 25, 2009

The XP Codec Pack is a collection of all the frequently used codecs and filters needed to play all major audio and video formats

News Icon Cyberlink PowerDVD 9 Updated to Version 9.1719a

posted by: Jonathan M, 09:55 EST, Fri July 17, 2009

CyberLink PowerDVD is a commercial video player and audio player for Microsoft Windows and Linux that allows you to view High-definition video

News Icon Super DVD Creator Updates to Version 9.8.10

posted by: Jonathan M, 09:55 EST, Fri July 17, 2009

Super DVD Creator was designed to convert and burn video movies to DVD VCD SVCD with DVD chapter Menu and Subtitle

News Icon Google Enters the OS Arena with Microsoft

posted by: Jonathan M, 11:19 EST, Thu July 9, 2009

In an attempt to combat Microsoft's monopoly on the Windows OS market, Google announced that the Chrome OS would

News Icon Windows Essentials Codec Pack Updates to Version 2.3d

posted by: Jonathan M, 03:50 EST, Thu July 9, 2009

Windows Essentials Codec Pack is a collection of Video and Audio Codecs and tools that are required to Encode / Decode (i.e., PLAY) Audio and Video files

News Icon DVD Flick Updates to Version 1.3.0.7

posted by: Jonathan M, 06:00 EST, Sun June 28, 2009

DVD Flick is a simple but at the same time powerful DVD Authoring tool. It can take several video files stored on your computer and turn them into a DVD that will play back on your DVD player, Media Center or Home Cinema Set

News Icon Xvid Codec Updates to Version 1.2.2

posted by: Jonathan M, 03:15 EST, Tue June 9, 2009

The Xvid Codec is an open source MPEG-4 codec for encoding and decoding (playback) of your favorite video media

News Icon RealNetworks Fight Back!

posted by: Jonathan M, 12:14 EST, Sat May 16, 2009

In the legal battle between RealDVD and Hollywood studios, RealNetworks is fighting back by filing a antitrust violation suit against the studios and

News Icon RealDVD is Already $6M in the Hole

posted by: Jonathan M, 10:40 EST, Tue May 12, 2009

The trial between Hollywood and the RealDVD software will end up costing RealNetworks about $6 million dollars in legal fees

News Icon DivX for Mac Updates to Version 7.0

posted by: Jonathan M, 13:26 EST, Fri May 1, 2009

DivX for Mac is a video compressor for the Mac OS, includes player and converter software

News Icon Quicktime Gets New Features

posted by: Jonathan M, 10:43 EST, Tue April 28, 2009

Apple latest version of QuickTime will have the ability to convert and upload files directly to YouTube and more

News Icon TMPGEnc MPEG Editor Updates to Version 3.1.1.95

posted by: Jonathan M, 10:04 EST, Thu April 23, 2009

TMPGEnc MPEG Editor lets you edit your MPEG files on the frame level without re-encoding for DVDs and Blu-rays

News Icon Vista Codec Package Updates to Version 5.1.8

posted by: Jonathan M, 12:41 EST, Fri April 3, 2009

Vista Codec Package takes the best codecs and settings and allows playback of DVDs and other movie formats in Windows Vista

News Icon ArcSoft Releases SimHD Upscaler

posted by: Jonathan M, 12:10 EST, Thu April 2, 2009

ArcSoft announced today the retail version of ArcSoft SimHD, a plug-in for ArcSoft TotalMedia™ Theatre that can upscale almost any video to HD quality

News Icon DIKO Updates to Version 2.47

posted by: Jonathan M, 04:33 EST, Sun March 22, 2009

DIKO is a one click DivX/XVid to DVD/SVCD conversion tool that works with many other softwares to achieve the best quality and efficiency possible in this conversion

News Icon AMD Releases New Catalyst Drivers

posted by: Jonathan M, 11:48 EST, Thu March 19, 2009

A new group of Radeon video drivers has just been released by AMD that boosts performance and fixes

News Icon DivX Codec Updates to Version 7.1

posted by: Jonathan M, 14:27 EST, Fri March 13, 2009

DivX 7 is the next generation of DivX technology allowing you to create and play full HD videos

News Icon New Deals & Freebies Section

posted by: Sean F, 17:43 EST, Sat February 28, 2009

Find the latest bargains and free stuff for Blu-ray, games, software and more

News Icon K-Lite Codec Updates to Version 4.6.2

posted by: Jonathan M, 14:27 EST, Sat February 14, 2009

The K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and filters needed to play the most commonly used video formats

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