Creative Unveils 5.1 Surround-Sound USB Audio Solution
	Sound specialist Creative has just announced a new sound blaster in the X-Fi family, that offers 5.1 Surround Sound over an USB 2.0 bus. The external sound card is completely detachable and allows high-fidelity enthusiasts to enjoy crystal-clear sound even on notebook computers. The Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 external sound card comes in a sleek, black shell with a metallic finish. Its clean and modern design se ... [read more >>]
	12 May 2008, 11:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Creative: You Fix Our Sound Drivers, We Throw You In Jail
	Soundcard specialist Creative has been marketing its sound-related products as "Vista Ready" since the release of the new operating system from Microsoft. However, things are not quite exactly true, and many of the company's customers have fallen for this "misunderstanding". The issue relies in the Windows Vista sound drivers the Creative engineers have written. However, the code comes crippled in the ... [read more >>]
	31 March 2008, 12:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Creative: Asustek's Sound Cards Don't Support EAX
	Asustek recently released a new series of sound cards targeted at the enthusiast and high-end markets, which somehow ended Creative's supremacy on the market. Until Asustek arrived on the market, users who would like to enjoy a Hi-Fi ... [read more >>]
	26 March 2008, 07:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Flash the Apple Logo in Front of Someone's Eyes and They'll Build You a Space Craft... Out of Bricks
	Here's a good one. No really, pay attention to this: guys over at Duke University and the University of Waterloo conduct this study, right? What they find is that merely thinking about Apple makes a person more creative. Subjects who were shown the ... [read more >>]
	26 March 2008, 07:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Creative's All New EP-830 Earphones
	Creative have just unveiled in Singapore their latest headphones model, codenamed the EP-830. This new piece of high-class audio technology comes as a nifty upgrade for the acclaimed EP-630 version and it builds on the same heritage, delivering pristine and lifelike acoustics for music lovers on the go. [admark=1]The new headphones come with carefully-engineered design, and have been built for a comfortable audio experience: they are ... [read more >>]
	18 March 2008, 06:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Asus to Introduce Xonar DX Enthusiast Audio 7.1 Sound Card
	The professional sound industry has been under the domination of Creative for quite a while now. Other soundcard manufacturers would only dare to show up with more modest - mid-range at most – offerings. Everything was OK if you had to choose between more on-board soundcard chips, but if you needed some big guns, you had to go Creative. It's true that the vast majority of users are perfectly fine with the on-board audio t ... [read more >>]
	01 March 2008, 07:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Creative Labs Open-Sources the X-Fi Soundblaster Specifications
	Creative Labs has recently provided open source driver developers with documentation and sample code for the Sound Blaster X-Fi sound card released back in August 2005. The main reason for divulging the technical specifications is the fact that the company has not managed yet to fully develop open-source drivers. Prior to the event, Creative refused to release the sound blaster's technical sheet and attempted to develop ... [read more >>]
	11 February 2008, 11:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Creative Optia AF USB Webcam – You're Live!
	The advent of instant messaging and voice-over-IP telephony has morphed the webcam from a luxury piece of hardware into a common, yet extremely necessary gadget. Cheap pricing is not everything, but neither are the high-end expensive oddities. As every time, the truth is somewhere in the middle. I can say I've found the truth in Creative's Optia AF model. The ... [read more >>]
	01 February 2008, 09:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Creative GigaWorks HD50: Exquisite Sound From Diminutive Loudspeakers
	Just how many times have you cursed and sighed in front of your overburdened desktop, full of papers and pens, on and under your keyboard and mouse... and seeing the speaker cables cluttering like a snakepit only made things worse? Well, it seems like the guys at Creative have already grown sick with this kind of experiences and have decided to take action and offer you a very simple solution. [admark=1]Well, no, it's not the Cre ... [read more >>]
	08 January 2008, 09:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

CES 2008: Creative Reveals Zen Micro Boomboxes!
	Creative fans should be happy to know that their favorite company has just announced during the 2008 International Consumer Electronic trade show two new micro boom boxes to join its popular MP3 player series. Apparently, both ZEN Stone and ZEN Stone Plus will feature built-in speakers, albeit don't expect hi-fi quality out of these little buggers. As for their internal capacities, the ZEN Stone will be available in 1GB a ... [read more >>]
	08 January 2008, 04:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Surprise! Creative Zen 32GB Is Finally Available!
	Ladies and gentlemen, this time it's finally official! Straight from Creative's secret labs, please welcome the most discussed and expected portable media player, also known as the 32GB Zen. The device was confirmed a few weeks ago, but nobody expected it so soon. The company's US site is showing the PMP in its smashing 32GB storage capacity as being available in stock and ready for shipment. The card sized ... [read more >>]
	21 December 2007, 03:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Ho, Ho, Ho! Creative Rolls Out 32GB Zens, In Flash!
	The giant Creative recently celebrated selling its 25 millionth digital music player and this is the second time the company is announcing good news. Crave reports about Creative's plans to pop out both 32GB and 2 GB flavored ZEN players. The player's internal memory is going to go from hard disk to pure flash. While there is no official info on the 32 GB PMP, the 2GB one is said to retail straight from the Creative UK site, for ... [read more >>]
	03 December 2007, 14:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Music Overdose! Creative Delivers 32GB Pure Flash Stuff!
	Size matters when it comes to your music, and big fish in the industry know that best. Creative keeps up the good work by popping out in the wild the first 32 GB flash jukebox. The news became official after somebody spotted an unintentional slip-up on the company's website for its home country of Singapore. On the same web site, there is also an entry for the Creative ZEN, which proudly shows a 32GB version of the handheld alongs ... [read more >>]
	22 November 2007, 04:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Creative Zen Available in 4GB!
	Creative doesn't give up that easily, even after losing a couple of battles against other big fish in the industry, makers of both PMPs and MP3 players. Therefore, they sent the latest Zen into the wild, packed with 4GB of pure flash memory. As you probably imagined, it targets the iPod nano as the main competitor. It surely creates some stir in the industry, but some might say it doesn't stand a chance in front if t ... [read more >>]
	02 November 2007, 07:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Why Imitation Sucks: The Zen Clone Plus!!! Lame...
	The jolly fellows from Dapreview have done a remarkable job spotting another clone on the loose. This time, it's the case of a no-name electronics company, which dares clone cute Creative players. And with so many iPod, iPhone and Zune versions out there, Creative is only a step away from getting its portfolio copycatted. ... [read more >>]
	19 October 2007, 04:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Zen Vision M PMP Is Dead! Long Live the Chinese Clones!
	Poor sales are the main cause when a product is discontinued. Creative is a company that has encountered this problem with its Vision:M portable PMP series. Before being taken out of the market, the player was sold for about 2 years – more than enough to gain some popularity and respect among teenagers, and not only. Therefore, there are a lot of people who miss its attractive design, shape and specs. Hopefully, they'll b ... [read more >>]
	12 October 2007, 03:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Creative Muvo T100 Faces Identity Crisis! Lacks Both Screen and Personality...
	Dear Creative fans, I am happy to inform you that your favorite company has just released the Muvo T100 MP3 player. The biggest surprise of all, the newly released Mp3 player is totally screenless. And beside minimizing its design, the manufacturers managed to keep the same button layout and some of the features they used when developing the Zen Stone player, not so long ago. Between the two players, the only noticeable differ ... [read more >>]
	26 September 2007, 10:14GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Creative Drops Prices Again... This Time Is Zen!
	For reasons unknown and apparently without any connection, soon after hitting Amazon, Creative cuts the price tag for its Zen players. There is no inside info on that, yet. But, what better reason would they possible have, except trying to keep up with Apple’s cool showtime. The company had previously cut prices on their hot Zen V and Zen Vision W players, so this isn’t their first such initiative. The versions that are go ... [read more >>]
	25 September 2007, 07:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Creative Announces Yet Another iPod Video Killer Wannabe, The iTunes-Compatible ZEN
	The people at Creative have tried time and time again to come up with a portable media player that will end the iPods' supreme reign over this specific market segment. However, despite the fact that their products provided some rather interesting features, they simply couldn't compete against Apple's marketing power and this is the reason why the iPod is still the market leader. Nevertheless, Creative simply doesn't wan ... [read more >>]
	29 August 2007, 13:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

High Sound Fidelity: Auzen X-FI Prelude 7.1
	Auzentech announced that the Auzen X-FI Prelude 7.1 high fidelity soundcard will be released soon, meaning sometime during the next week, as the manufacturing company already sent shipments to retail channel dealers and other distributors. According to the manufacturing company press release concerning the immi ... [read more >>]
	23 August 2007, 10:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Creative's New Strategy - Keep Prices Low for Zen V Plus!
	For unknown reasons, Creative suddenly dropped the prices on its Zen V Plus model. So now, the 1GB version is $98, while the 2Gb model is going to cost 118 bucks, the 4Gb version is said to be around $158 and finally, the 8GB one is going to cost no more than 197 bucks a pop. Still, don't get your hopes too high, the 16GB player is keeping its price of 263 bucks a pop. However, it seems that the prices in the US are even ... [read more >>]
	06 August 2007, 02:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Creative Zen V Plus 16GB Player Hits The Market! Apple Gets Jealous Again...
	It's not easy to keep up with the heavy names in the industry, like Apple for example, so Creative decided to upgrade one of its most successful players, the Zen V Plus, to hold up to 16 GB of flash memory, which means twice the amount of storage capacity that is currently available on the largest iPod nano on the market, not to mention the other competitors. As most of the Creative players, the Zen V Plus stands out for ... [read more >>]
	03 August 2007, 02:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Creative Releases New Vista Drivers
	If you've already read the subtitle you're probably wondering what Creative products are not based on the original E-Mu 10kx design. Well, in order to answer that, a little history lesson is needed. The first Creative ever based on the E-Mu 10k1 line of APUs was the 1997 SoundBlaster live. From then on up until the last Audigy 4 Pro, all Creative's cards were based on the 10k1 and later on the 10k2 series of chips produced b ... [read more >>]
	29 June 2007, 12:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Creative Unleashes A New MP3 Player: The Zen Stone Plus!
	Well, it finally happened!After denying any rumor regarding a possible launching, Creative has just announced the Zen Stone. At first sight, the player seems to made especially to compete with the popular iPod Shuffle. As expected, the Stone features a blue glossy piano look and a mini screen. While using the player, the owner can choose to play songs, randomly. It can also play the tracks in order by skipping through various folders. ... [read more >>]
	21 June 2007, 02:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

New X-Fi Audio Cards are Here
	As strange as it may seem, Creative has started to license their own chips in order to spread them worldwide with the help of some large PCB integrators. However up until now no such demands were made by any producers so one could think that this idea was useless. Fortunately for Creative, there actually is a company that has started to roll out a product based on the original X-Fi design. Have you ever heard of Auzentech? Well, me neit ... [read more >>]
	04 June 2007, 09:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Creative Comes After Apple's Shuffle with Zen Stone
	It looks like Apple’s Shuffle has made enough waves to start being replicated by Apple’s competitors. Creative has just introduced their own version of the small media player, calling it the ‘Zen Stone’. Very similar to the second generation Shuffle in both size and functionality, the new Zen Stone comes in black, white, red, blue, pink and green. The similarities between Apple’s Shuffle and Creative’s Zen Stone are striking, ... [read more >>]
	04 May 2007, 09:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

1 GB Creative Zen Stone for $39,99: "That Doesn't Impress Me Much!"
	Here's another desperate move that intends to take Apple by surprise. Creative just released its latest solution to handling the iPod Shuffle issue: the Zen Stone. I'm pretty sure you read all the rumors about the under $50 Creative's Zen Stone imminent launch. Well, watch out! Creative throws the Zen Stone hoping they'll gun down the one-eyed 80$ 2nd G iPod shuffle (what a creative move). It's their f ... [read more >>]
	03 May 2007, 16:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Creative Live! Cam Optia AF
	When it comes to having the latest gadgets, gizmos and the most advanced computer hardware, the young generation has the upper hand. If you’re a parent which has to live up to your child’s expectations, you know that keeping him or her happy is one of your daily concerns. Forget about having to stay at work for overtime, just to be able to get some food on the table; no, if your kid saw a new PS3 game console, you’d better believ ... [read more >>]
	27 April 2007, 03:24GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

X-Fi Chipset on Auzentech Sound Card
	A new PC is always a thing to be glad of, especially if you invested a lot in it, because it might, just might be able to keep you satisfied for more than six months. But when you are throwing a serious amount of money “out the window” you want the best of the best to be available to you. So the PC must have all of the right components, high-end CPU, two graphics cards, two or four sticks of RAM, a couple of hard drives, a wide- ... [read more >>]
	20 April 2007, 03:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Creative Fatal1ty Gaming Headset
	That which we call, Jonathan “Fatal1ty” Wendell. Probably the best known name in the computer world, the gamer that gave his trademarked name to an entire series of motherboards is back with a new collaboration, this time it isn't Abit, it's Creative. He is the most famous gamer in the world, having won 12 World Championships in five different games, and with a career resume that spans for many pages. During this tim ... [read more >>]
	02 April 2007, 09:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

X-Fi-ing Your Laptop
	Creative Labs are one of the most serious and best-known brands when it comes to PC audio: their soundcards represented a milestone in the past and it looks like the latest models are sworn on such history-making endeavors as well. The Soundblaster meant a giant step in what audio – both listening and production – meant; gaming-related audio also changed for ever because of Creative's constant struggles. I guess a lot of ... [read more >>]
	26 March 2007, 04:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Creative's Video Blaster Editor
	Have you ever tried video editing when you know nothing about transferring home videos to your PC? It can really give you a lot of trouble. We all know most PCs don't come with FireWire, composite or S-video connection that enables the capture of video from a camcorder, VCR or other video device. And of course you want an easy way to capture and edit video. This is where Creative's Video Blaster Editor comes in. This de ... [read more >>]
	23 March 2007, 11:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

You May Not Believe This, But It's True: Creative Docks iPod!
	It sounds like Satan and God on a night out in the city, having red wine an dancing to a true romance: Creative has released a docking station built especially for iPods! I still can't really believe my ears and eyes when thinking about this: it is like Microsoft would give up the Windows Media Player or like RIAA stopped sucking so much. (As a matter of fact, I guess I'd rather live to see Apple team up with MS than RIAA stoppin ... [read more >>]
	08 March 2007, 09:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

CS3 Confirmed for March 27
	Adobe Systems has officially announced they will launch their much awaited Creative Suite 3.0 at a special event to be held in New York on the 27th of March. The event will be webcast live starting 8 30 pm, UK time. There have been several rumors about CS 3 launch in late March, and there were also words the launch would synchronize with the release of Mac OS X 10.5, the Leopard. Well, judging by the latest seed build Apple ma ... [read more >>]
	06 March 2007, 07:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia