VLC 1.0 for Linux Released, Now with New HD Codecs
Dear readers, it’s time to celebrate… as one of the best, free and popular media player application, VLC (VideoLAN Client), reached today version 1.0.0, after more than eight years of activity!
Dubbed Goldeneye, VLC 1.0.0 brings some of the highly anticipated features, lots of bug fixes and many improvements. Among the new features we can notice support for some HD streams. Without further introduction, here are the highlights of VLC 1.0.0:
· Added new HD (High-Definition) codecs, such as:
· Blu-Ray Linear PCM
· Dolby Digital Plus
· AES3
· TrueHD
· Real Video 3.0 and 4.0
· Added support for M2TS and Raw Dirac;
· Greatly improved the support for video playback;
· Added MP3 fixed-point encoder;
· Added Dirac encoder;
· AirTunes streaming support;
· Playback support for zipped files;
· Fullscreen support for video scaling;
· Support for MTP devices;
· Support for Frame-by-Frame;
· Instant pausing support;
· Live recording support;
· Support for RTSP Trickplay;
· Improved speed controls;
· Improved support for the GTK environment;
· Added an easier encoding graphical user interface in the Qt version;
· Made the toolbars customizable;
· New artwork;
· Includes popular audio/video codecs;
· Cross-platform and open source!
About VLC
VideoLAN Client or VLC for short is one of the best and most popular multimedia playback applications available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X platforms. VLC is independent of the system’s codecs and it is able to play most of today’s audio and video formats, such as DivX, XviD, AVI, MPG, MPEG-2, DVD-Video, online streaming, FLV, MP3, OGG, FLAC, MPEG-4, MKV, Blu-Ray and many more! VLC can also be used as an audio/video streaming server in multicast and unicast, with support for IPv4 and IPv6.
Download Opera 10.0 Beta Build 6526 Mac
Opera Software has released a new beta version of its popular cross-platform web browser. For Mac users, Opera 10.0 Build 6526 Beta delivers UI improvements (on top of the major refresh added last month), as well as changes with the Mail client and the usual laundry of bug fixes.
The main changes added with last month’s release (incorporated with the Opera version available today) include an updated engine (more than 40% faster Opera Presto 2.2 engine with cutting-edge Web Standards support), Opera Turbo (for fast browsing on slow connections), new visual tabs (with support for thumbnails of your current open tabs), a new skin, an updated Speed Dial feature (with support for 2×2 to 5×5 Speed Dials and configurable background image), a new spell checker, support for external Webfeed, Web mail and BitTorrent clients, resizable search fields, automatic updates and a Report tool for browser crashes. Download the latest version of Opera using the link below.
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Apple has launched new i Phone
Apple Inc has unveiled a speedier iPhone, but contrary to rumour its convalescing Chief Executive Steve Jobs did not make an appearance.The new iPhone 3GS is twice as fast as its predecessor, and features an improved digital camera and a new service that lets users locate their phones if they have been lost or stolen.
The 3GS will cost $199 for 16 GB of memory, and $299 for 32 GB of memory. The existing iPhone 3G will get an immediate price cut to $99.
ASUS P7P55 Pro Motherboard Exposed
espite no official word from Santa Clara, California-based Intel, ASUS, one of the world’s leading motherboard manufacturers, has been showcasing some of its upcoming designs at this year’s Computex show in Taipei. Such is the case with one of the company’s new P55-based chipsets, which will enable users with support for Intel’s next-generation mainstream processors, codenamed Lynnfield. Dubbed P7P55 Pro, the upcoming motherboard from ASUS will be built on a full-ATX PCB and deliver all the necessary features for a next-generation Intel-based desktop computer system.
Pictures of the new board have just been made available in a recent news-article on hothardware, showcasing the board’s layout and overall design. As you can see from the images below, ASUS went for a black PCB with blue connectors for the upcoming P7P55 Pro platform. Designed to deliver support for a new wave of mainstream Intel-based desktop rigs, this motherboard boasts four, dual-channel DDR3 memory DIMMs, two PCI Express x16 graphics slots and Intel’s next-generation socket LGA 1156, specifically designed for all of the upcoming Lynnfield processors.
Due to the specific features of Intel’s next-generation P55 chipset, motherboard builders won’t be required to adopt an additional southbridge chipset, which is also the case with ASUS P7P55 Pro. With this design, ASUS has placed the P55 PCH in the same area that you would have traditionally found the southbridge.
Intel’s next-generation 5-series of chipsets has been designed to provide computer users with support for an upcoming wave of Nehalem-based, next-generation processors. These new CPUs are said to be capable of delivering an impressive performance, while also packing some of the necessary energy-efficient features of a desktop PC.
Unfortunately, the specific details regarding the motherboard’s release date and pricing are yet to be unveiled, but these new platforms should be out later this year.
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Cyberlink Collaborates with NVIDIA and AMD for Performance Optimizatio
Cyberlink, a leading provider of multimedia software applications for computer systems, has just announced that it has been successfully collaborating with AMD to optimize their multimedia solutions for the ATI Stream technology. The partnership between the two companies will enable Cyberlink applications to take full advantage of the performance delivered by AMD’s Radeon GPUs. In addition, Cyberlink has also announced that it has worked with NVIDIA to showcase CUDA-optimized solutions at this year’s Computex show in Taipei, Taiwan.
“As a leading developer of many of the most popular consumer photo and video applications, CyberLink consistently looks for new ways to improve the user experience and is employing ATI Stream technology to deliver great results faster than ever before,” said Godfrey Cheng, director of technical marketing for graphics products at AMD. “CyberLink’s engineers have successfully taken advantage of our advanced graphics products as well as ATI Stream technology to significantly speed up video conversion, editing, playback and transfer for consumers.”
Latest Wii Fitness Title Uses Body-Scanning Video Camera
than a very advanced electronic personal trainer with the possibility of also playing console games on.
Why am I saying that? Well, because Wii Fit is number one in the charts, there are a lot of fitness-related games coming up and most adults or teens only buy the Wii in order to help them exercise. And because the Wii is such a great personal trainer, there just had to come a game with a personal trainer’s very own… personality. What am I talking about? Why, the Your Shape title from Ubisoft, of course.
The game comes boxed with a body-scanning video camera that scans your body and creates a 3D “Minime” mini… you. Then, you point to the part of your body that you want to… well… shape, and the game recommends a series of customizable exercises depending on how much time you have or what type of workout you desire. It shows you how much weight you lost and even passes a bit of judgment on your current figure.
This “light” version of Microsoft’s Project Natal promises to bring you back into the shape you never had by mercilessly working you until you’re unconscious at the same time judging your every move and mentioning when something you did was wrong. Honestly, if this game makes people get up from those chairs and do some exercising in order to stop scaring kids when they show up in their bathing suits at the seaside, then I am all up for it.
Still, isn’t the Nintendo Wii a console, made for gaming, which is fun? And have we reached a stage where we are so fat and lazy that we need a console game to shame us into exercising? We’ll find out sometime this year.
Download NVIDIA GeForce Driver 186.08 BETA Release
Santa Clara, California-based NVIDIA has just announced the introduction of its new BETA version of the upcoming GeForce/ION drive release. Designed to provide users with support for NVIDIA’s latest series of GeForce GPUs, from the 6-series to the more recent 200-series, the new 186.08 Driver release will also include a new version of the chip maker’s PhysX System Software. In addition, as with most new driver releases, the latest version is also meant to fix a series of known bugs, so there’s a good chance that the various issues you have encountered with your GeForce products have been fixed.
According to the release notes of the new drivers, users upgrading to this BETA release will be able to take advantage of the new PhysX System Software version 9.09.0428. In addition, the new release will deliver ‘numerous’ bug fixes, which means users will be able to benefit from a smoother and higher-quality visual experience, using NVIDIA’s GeForce and ION products. As with other driver releases, the new BETA version adds support for the following series of GPUs: GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, and 200-series desktop GPUs and ION graphics processing units.
Users will also see some performance improvements in comparison to the previous version of drivers, release 182. Such performance increments include:
Up to 25% performance increase in The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
Up to 22% performance increase in Crysis: Warhead with antialiasing enabled
Up to 11% performance increase in Fallout 3 with antialiasing enabled
Up to 14% performance increase in Far Cry 2
Up to 30% performance increase in Half-Life 2 engine games with 3-way and 4-way SLI
Up to 45% performance increase in Mirror’s Edge with antialiasing enabled
The drivers are available now for download, following the links below:
NVIDIA GeForce Release 186.08 BETA drivers for Windows XP 32-bit
NVIDIA GeForce Release 186.08 BETA drivers for Windows XP 64-bit
NVIDIA GeForce Release 186.08 BETA drivers for Windows Vista 32-bit
NVIDIA GeForce Release 186.08 BETA drivers for Windows Vista 64-bit
NVIDIA GeForce Release 186.08 BETA drivers for Windows 7 32-bit
NVIDIA GeForce Release 186.08 BETA drivers for Windows 7 64-bit
Next-Gen iPhone Confirmed; Steve Jobs Ready for CEO Again
According to people familiar with Apple, talks of Steve Jobs returning to the 1 Infinite Loop campus were true. Moreover, the Wall Street Journal cites these people as saying they’ve seen the much hyped next-generation iPhone, and the device is reportedly similar in appearance to the current version, but packs under-the-hood enhancements. And the list of details doesn’t end here.
The report in question, readable via WSJ’s iPhone app, reveals that uncertainty about Steve Jobs' health is down to a minimum. Mr. Jobs allegedly kept some Apple directors updated with his health condition and, according to at least one person familiar with the matter, “Mr. Jobs's recovery ‘is coming along’ and he is on schedule to return to work later this month.” This person has also seen Apple’s CEO in person recently, the WSJ says.
The person added: "He was one real sick guy. Fundamentally he was starving to death over a nine-month period. He couldn't digest protein. [But] he took corrective action.” This corroborates with Mr. Jobs’ own statements issued earlier this year, when Apple’s CEO revealed that his (weight-loss) condition was “more complex” than originally believed.
“…after further testing, my doctors think they have found the cause—a hormone imbalance that has been “robbing” me of the proteins my body needs to be healthy. Sophisticated blood tests have confirmed this diagnosis,” Mr. Jobs said earlier this year in an open letter addressing the entire Apple community.
Another person also confirmed that Jobs had visited Apple’s headquarters since he left for his medical leave, the report mentions.
Most intriguing is that “Apple is ready enough with its latest iPhone to be in a position to unveil it next week,” a person who has seen the new model allegedly revealed. “The new phone will look similar to last year’s model but has more processing power and some new features like video editing,” the WSJ claims to have learned.
The device is scheduled for an early July release, in tandem with the new OS 3.0, according to the report, although the unveiling will be made at WWDC 09 next week.
Sandvox (1.6.2) Updated for Snow Leopard
Sandvox is a website-making tool that offers more than 40 site designs (with viewport settings for optimized display on iPhones), text, image, audio, and video sharing features. Customizable banners let users personalize their site, while a comprehensive and completely integrated Help feature boasts more than 200 articles, including step-by-step “How do I…?” pages, etc. The application has been updated recently, adding improvements and bug fixes.
New in version 1.6.2 is a fix to rare cases that could result in text not saving, the release notes reveal. Also added are improvements to the publishing engine to prevent re-publishing of content already online and support for anamorphic QuickTime movies. Enhancements have been made to JS-Kit comment integration and SFTP publishing. Lastly, the changelog mentions, Sandvox 1.6.2 adds compatibility adjustments for Snow Leopard
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