CyberLink PowerDVD 12 debuts new format support, enhanced iOS/ Android apps,...
CyberLink has today released the latest version of its flagship media player, PowerDVD 12 – and the build sees major steps forward in the formats it can handle, and the way the program works with...
View ArticleDrive Manager uncovers everything you need to know about your PC’s drives
Hard drives, memory card readers, DVD and Blu-rays, network drives, removable disks and more: even a budget PC can have a host of storage options available at any one time. If you find you have trouble...
View ArticleReview: CyberLink PowerDVD 12 Ultra
PowerDVD has always been one of the most popular commercial DVD and Blu-ray players, but these days that’s just the start of its abilities. CyberLink are now trying to position the program as more of a...
View Article19 software releases and updates you may have missed this week
This week has seen an impressive number of releases – so many that you may have missed one or two. In this roundup we’ve collected together some of the highlights starting with a selection of mobile...
View ArticleMovie Label 2013 enables to store even more information about your movie...
While digital video formats are more popular than ever, most people still have large collections of DVDs and Blu-rays. One of the many advantages of digital video formats is that they are easily stored...
View ArticleDownloadcrew Giveaway: WinISO Standard 6.1, worth $29.95, free on Wednesday
ISO disc images are an increasingly popular way of distributing software, but the standard tools for working with them aren’t particularly useful. Windows 7 can burn ISO images to disc, for instance,...
View ArticleDownloadcrew Giveaway: get Ashampoo Burning Studio 2012, worth $49.99, for free!
Burning discs has become so fundamental to computing that practically every computer produced in the last decade has a disc burner of some sort built in. But in order to make use of your burner, you’re...
View Article19 top applications and downloads from the past 7 days
The second week of March has been dominated by news from Apple but, not to be outdone, Microsoft has released a couple of interesting tools that are well worth a look. Microsoft Research Cliplets 1.0.1...
View Article14 tools to rip, convert and stream video from DVD and Blu-ray
These days, more and more of us watch video in a variety of different ways. The ease and versatility of modern media can leave you looking at your old collection of videos and DVDs with some annoyance....
View ArticleReview: CyberLink Media Suite 10 Ultra
CyberLink make some great media software – PowerDirector is probably the best consumer video editor available today – but, unsurprisingly, for the most part it isn’t cheap. Equipping yourself with the...
View ArticleTweakNow DriveShortcut brings removable disc shortcut creation to the Windows...
Sometimes it is the smallest of things that makes the biggest differences – it can be little touches that matter the most. Users of OSX and many flavors of Linux will be used to the appearance of a...
View ArticleAlways leaving USB drives behind? Free USB Guard can help
It’s easily done. You’ve finished working on a friend’s PC, close it down and walk away – completely forgetting about the USB key you plugged in a little earlier. Or maybe you’re at home, closing down...
View ArticleCyberLink’s PhotoDirector 10, PowerDVD 12 and MediaShow 6 hit warp speed on...
Taipei, Taiwan-based CyberLink has issued updates for its flagship media viewing and editing products, including CyberLink PowerDirector 10 Deluxe, CyberLink PowerDVD 12 Pro and CyberLink MediaShow 6...
View ArticleSoftware roundup – 27 downloads from the last seven days
As we move through June, there are more and more software titles being released. The past week has been pretty busy, particularly on the web browser front, but there have also been a number of other...
View ArticleWant to try Linux? LinuxLive USB Creator lets you make a portable version
Linux is no longer the geeky OS it used to be. Well, that might not be entirely true, but the operating system has certainly become more accessible in recent years. User friendly distributions such as...
View ArticleRoxio Toast Titanium 11.1 adds full Mountain Lion compatibility, web-video...
Roxio has released a major update for its Mac disc-burning product. Roxio Toast Titanium 11.1 (1063) is supplied as an updater for existing Toast 11.0 users, and is the first fully Cocoa-ized build,...
View ArticleMount disc images from Explorer with WinCDEmu
Windows 8 has many interesting new features, and one small but particularly welcome example will see the system able to mount ISO images for easier browsing. Sounds good to us. If you don’t plan on...
View ArticleBurnAware 5.5 Free adds DVD video creation tools
Burnaware Technologies has released BurnAware 5.5 Free and BurnAware 5.5 Home, the latest builds of its free and paid-for disc burning products for Windows. Version 5.5 adds DVD-Video as an option to...
View ArticleCyberLink PowerProducer 6 adds animated menu templates, widens file format...
CyberLink has released PowerProducer 6 Ultra, the latest version of its DVD authoring tool, and while the changes aren’t revolutionary there’s plenty to explore. The program now includes 14 animated...
View ArticleCD Burner XP 4.5 promises better drive support, performance
German developer Canneverbe Limited has announced the first stable release of popular Windows freeware disc-burning tool, CDBurnerXP 4.5.0. Once the freeware burning tool of choice, the latest update...
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