Something has gone south in the recent developments of the Linux operating system. My old linux rig IBM Think T41 is experiencing significant slow downs with very latest revisions of Ubuntu, and other major distributions. This is most apparent in web browsing which suffers of notable slowdowns on web pages that have higher than average [...]
VSO software has released a new major version update of their well known PhotoDVD slide show authoring software. This new version contains several improvements: the animation engine has been fully rewritten, the image processing is using our new vso scaler. Now the DVD slideshow software can generate automatically DVD menus with better chaptering management. You [...]
Over the last months I have spent some time playing around with various anti-virus and firewall software. The problem with computer security is that while it keeps you safe, or at least safer, it tends to introduce some negative side effects as well. The PC I am writing this on is rather old, so system [...]
Comodo Internet Security offers total, 360° protection against internal and external threats by combining 3 critical desktop security products in one application:
Antivirus – powerful protection against infection
Firewall – enterprise class protection against internet attacks
Defense + Host Intrusion Prevention System
Author: Comodo Holdings BVI
License: Freeware
Download: http://personalfirewall.comodo.com
Cahoona Games releases Marble Maze Ultra for iPhone
Cahoona Games has released a game title Marble Maze Ultra for Apple iPhone. The idea of the game is to control a ball inside a labyrinth using the accelerometer sensor as control. The new idea in the game is to have moving “wooden” boxes inside the labyrinth to give more [...]
Lately the buzz has been on Microsoft and their upcoming new operating system Windows Seven (or is it Windows 7?), which is now available for a free beta test version download on their website. Yes, you can click yourself to www.microsoft.com/windows7 and download yourself a legit copy of the upcoming dominant operating system, and they [...]
Good sign for the hardware vendors and bad for the film studios? The high definition AVCHD format is being adopted by the Hong Kong pirated copies producers, as is used for creating Blu-ray imitations of feature films. The AVCHD format is supported by Sony PlayStation 3 console, as well as some Blu-ray players (although not [...]
VSO Software’s ConvertXtoDVD is without any doubt the leading video to DVD conversion software. It combines unbeatable ease of use, advanced features and a great combination of video processing speed and quality. The software has matured over the years to support just about every format on the market, but VSO continues to release new versions [...]
XBMC Media Center has an interesting history, as it originates from the Microsoft Xbox game console – thus the name XBMC (Xbox Media Center). It has a long history as the project goes back to as far as the year 2002. XBMC can be considered as one of the killer applications for the original Xbox [...]
Yet another proof that no copy protection is unbeatable, which again makes one wonder why do they put so much money and effort in developing them. Usually the protections get cracked and the one to beat the protection gets famous, like Jon Lech Johanssen aka ‘DVD Jon’, who craked the CSS protection used on DVDs. [...]
