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. [...]

PerfectRip is the true cloning and ripping tool for exigent users. PerfectRip allows CDDA, CD+G, CD-ROM (incl. PSX+Audio) imaging with fully compliant cuesheet generation, making images ready to burn in Golden Hawk Technology CDRWin or any other cuesheet compatible burning program. PerfectRip allows above mentioned disc formats to be backed up in SlySoft CloneCD image [...]

In a bold move, Nero Software AG some time ago released a freeware, command line version of their famous Nero Digital AAC encoder – which was previously only available bundled with their flagship Nero Burning ROM software package. Recent listening tests showed that Nero AAC’s quality is quite good, leaving to the user the delightful [...]