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An Elegant, Outside the Browser Alternative to YouTube

YouTube's domination on the market of video-sharing is quite obvious, so numerous applications, such as HUDTube, have emerged to improve the interaction with the popular website. YouTube is easy to use and provides a multitude of features, so you can enjoy watching your favorite clips online. Still, it can be tw...

24 December 2011
06:31 GMT

Download AIMP 3.00 RC1

You may not have heard of it, but AIMP is a very popular media player. Version 3 of the application has freshly moved from beta stage of development to the first release candidate. There are plenty of modifications that shaped up the current release, correcting previous issues or adding new features to various modul...

7 November 2011
07:30 GMT

Flash Player 11.2 Beta

Three weeks after Adobe Flash Player 11 rolled out, the company releases the first beta for their cross-platform, browser-based application. The release is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. Flash Player 11.2.202.18 brings to the table fully multi-threaded video decoding, which ...

27 October 2011
05:09 GMT

Winamp 5.622 Rolled Out

There’s a new Winamp in town, although Nullsoft has not modified the version number on their main page just yet. Version 5.622 of the player brings mainly fixes regarding various MP3 and MP4 audio formats, and no new features are listed among the changes.It now supports TXXX (Band) tag as an alternative to...

26 October 2011
11:05 GMT

RCA Stealthily Readies 10-Inch Portable Blu-ray Player

Normally, when traveling somewhere, those in need of a so-called computerized traveling companion usually opt for a netbook or ultrathin laptop. There are even a fair number of netbooks with decent multimedia capabilities nowadays. Still, for those that want full HD video playback on the move, there is a certain oth...

31 July 2010
07:00 GMT

Blu-Ray Player Sales Set To Reach 62.5 Million in 2011

It seems that the Blu-ray segment is truly blossoming. Sharp has just announced that it had finally started selling 100GB BDXL Blu-ray disks, along with BD-HDW700/70 drives meant to support the new format. Now, a development on the Blu-ray player market seems to suggest that this means of enjoying multimedia is growi...

16 July 2010
10:50 GMT

Download iTunes 9.0.3 for Mac OS X, Windows

iTunes is the popular media-player application developed by Apple for Mac and Windows users. Besides its ability to play back audio and video, iTunes serves as a platform for purchasing various kinds of content for your Apple iPod, iPhone, AppleTV, as well as stuff that is best played on a computer. The company head...

2 February 2010
02:32 GMT

VLC for Mac Finally Receives Some Attention

Last time we talked about VLC for Mac, the popular media player application was in desperate need of developers, with the people behind the VideoLAN project signaling that development had come to a halt at version 1.0.3. Whether or not anyone has stepped up to the challenge remains to be confirmed, but something posi...

1 February 2010
10:05 GMT

Blu-ray to Become Mainstream

When the Blu-ray storage technology was developed and introduced to the IT industry, it was obvious that its much higher storage capacity and ability to store video in Full-HD quality made it significantly superior to the DVD. However, even four years after its development, the technology has still not become mainstr...

26 January 2010
07:01 GMT

Download ReelBean 4.53 Media Player, Converter for Mac OS X

A new version of the full-featured movie converter, player, and editor for Mac OS X is now available from JS8 Media. ReelBean is capable of playing almost any Mac-supported video and audio format, and supports the use of third-party plugins that make proprietary formats available. The media-focused app is supported o...

21 January 2010
07:53 GMT

LG Preps Two Blu-Ray Players for CES

With the Consumer Electronics Show hype almost at its maximum, all companies have been taking turns previewing or announcing what products and technologies they will have available for this year's edition. Among other things, companies like Acer and Lenovo introduced their respective laptops while Freescale, VIA...

4 January 2010
11:40 GMT

Ford’s Latest: HD Radios, iTunes Tagging

Ford has been confirmed as the first car maker to offer factory-installed HD radios equipped with iTunes tagging as a standard across a wide range of car models. The products are slated for introduction at the US trade show CES in January 2010. According to various sources covering the topic, the move will see Ford c...

29 December 2009
09:49 GMT

Apple Aims to Improve iPod Experience

Softpedia has stumbled upon a new Apple patent application describing a “method and apparatus for prolonging battery life of a media player.” Filed with the iPod in mind, “The method includes receiving a plurality of initially configured video settings for viewing a video segment on the media player...

23 December 2009
05:29 GMT

VLC for Mac Death Is ‘Greatly Exaggerated’

One piece over at the VideoLAN.org site claims that rumors of VLC for Mac being close to its end are greatly exaggerated. “VLC for Mac is being maintained,” the post explains. “However the old Cocoa graphical interface of VLC is not being maintained at this time.” That’s pretty much what...

22 December 2009
05:55 GMT

Development on VLC for Mac Suspended

VideoLAN is sad to announce that all work on the Mac OS X version of VLC may come to a halt. The open source media playback application is most notable for bridging the gap between official playback solutions developed by Apple and Microsoft, delivering support for a wide range of file formats. The software is being ...

17 December 2009
06:55 GMT

doubleTwist Device Support Expanding

The iTunes clone known as doubleTwist received a major update this week, although the final version of the software is still pending. Developed by the company with the same name, doubleTwist allows users to browse through their media and play various kinds of video and audio formats. The software recognizes numerous...

15 December 2009
05:34 GMT

Download New and Improved ReelBean 4.5 for Mac OS X

ReelBean 4.5 is a new version of the full-featured movie converter, player, and editor for Mac OS X available from JS8 Media. ReelBean is capable of playing almost any Mac-supported video and audio format, and supports the use of third-party plugins that make proprietary formats available. The media-focused app is su...

10 November 2009
09:36 GMT

Download VLC Media Player 1.0.3 for Mac OS X - New UI

VLC Media Player comes as a highly portable multimedia player that also works as a multimedia framework. It can play almost any audio and video formats available today, including MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, DivX, MPEG-1, mp3, ogg, aac, and more. In addition, the player can also read DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs and a series of s...

3 November 2009
06:13 GMT

Adobe Points Fingers: ‘Blame Apple for Lack of iPhone Flash’

Apple has long denied the presence of Flash on its iPhone and iPod touch, accusing battery drainage and other issues. Adobe, for its part, strove to prove that was not exactly the case, and recently announced that the upcoming Flash CS5 Professional would allow developers to write applications in Flash that were then...

3 November 2009
03:40 GMT

iTunes 9.0.2 Released to the Public - Download Here

Apple has released iTunes 9.0.2, an update to its proprietary digital media player application for Mac and PC. According to the company developing the software, iTunes 9.0.2 adds support for Apple TV software version 3.0, as well as an option for a dark background for the Grid View, and improves the support for acces...

30 October 2009
05:12 GMT

Download ReelBean 4.4 Movie Converter and Player for Mac OS X

A new version of the full-featured movie converter, player and editor for Mac OS X, ReelBean, is now available from JS8 Media. ReelBean is capable of playing almost any Mac-supported video and audio format, and supports the use of third-party plugins that make proprietary formats available. Last month, JS8 Media ann...

15 October 2009
04:07 GMT

Download VLC Media Player 1.0.2 for Mac OS X

The VLC team is proud to announce that, after almost two months and 27 million downloads of VLC 1.0.1, the third version of the Goldeneye branch of VLC: 1.0.2 is now available for download. Mac OS X users can access the link included in this article to grab the latest version of the media player immediately. Accordi...

23 September 2009
04:40 GMT

ReelBean Now Supports Snow Leopard

JS8 Media has released a new version of its full-featured movie converter, player and editor for Mac OS X, ReelBean. The application can play almost any Mac-supported video and audio format, and supports the use of third-party plugins that make proprietary formats available. With the release of ReelBean 4.32, the Cha...

16 September 2009
09:59 GMT

Google Lets Users Play Google Voice Messages in Gmail

Google announced on Wednesday yet another feature that Google Voice subscribers would certainly be happy to learn about, the availability of Google Voice player on their Gmail, offering them the possibility to play Google Voice messages directly in Gmail. While until now a new web page opened when users clicked on th...

10 September 2009
09:04 GMT

Download QuickTime 7.6.4 for Mac OS X, Windows

QuickTime 7.6.4 includes changes that increase reliability, improve compatibility and enhance security, according to Apple. Recommended for all QuickTime 7 users, the new version also adds security fixes – three, to be precise, for Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5.8, Windows 7, Vista and XP SP3. On the Suppo...

10 September 2009
08:18 GMT

Download New ReelBean 4.31 for Mac OS X

ReelBean is a full-featured movie converter, player and editor for Mac OS X. The application can play almost any Mac-supported video and audio format, and supports use of third-party plugins that make proprietary formats available. With the release of ReelBean 4.31, developer JS8 Media has fixed a bug in the software...

20 August 2009
10:22 GMT

Download New Flip4Mac WMV Player 2.3.0.7 Beta for Mac OS X

The code-savvy folks at Telestream have updated their WMV Player to version 2.3.0.7 Beta. Flip4Mac WMV is a collection of QuickTime components that allow you to play, import and export Windows Media files and can be used with most of your favorite QuickTime applications including QuickTime Player, iMovie 6 and Final ...

11 August 2009
10:35 GMT

iPhone Freeware Pick – TuneWiki

TuneWiki Ltd. has released an incredible media player application for iPhone and iPod touch that allows users to browse and play their existing playlists, while getting album art and lyrics for free, over the air, instantly. The app also makes YouTube suggestions based on what one's listening to, and has built-i...

15 July 2009
08:15 GMT

Download VLC Media Player 1.0.0 Final for Mac OS X

The people behind the VideoLAN Project have released a stable and much improved version of their VLC Media Player for Mac OS X, adding a number of new features, codecs and the usual laundry of bug fixes that any piece of software needs every now and then. The program is free to download and install on any Macintosh c...

7 July 2009
08:39 GMT

Zune HD Better Than iPod touch

As the Microsoft userbase should know by now, the Windows maker introduced its first touchscreen, portable media player at the D7 technology show on Thursday. Surprisingly, those who've had a hands-on with the device have characterized it as quite impressive, and downright better than the iPod touch. In what is...

29 May 2009
09:58 GMT

What's So Great About the New shuffle

Where to start? Design, functionality, storage, battery life... The third generation shuffle has got it all, except for buttons, that is. Apple continues to pursue its dream of eliminating all physical controls on its devices (or at least on some of them), seemingly in an effort to stand out from the crowd. Not that ...

13 March 2009
04:32 GMT

Download Front Row 2.1.7 Now

Along with the new version of iTunes (8.1), Apple has released Front Row 2.1.7. The fresh software is available for Mac users either through the Software Update mechanism, or via a standalone installer, which they can download right here on our web site.Apple's Support section reveals that an update to Front Row...

12 March 2009
04:15 GMT

Engineer Invents 'iPod cube' with Accelerometer

A Japanese engineer has crafted an MP3 player (bearing an Apple logo) shaped like a cube. The player isn't strange because it's a cube, but because it has no mechanical controls whatsoever.The device could very well sit on a shelf next to Apple's iPods thanks to a sleek design and ingenious functionali...

29 January 2009
09:49 GMT

Useful iTunes Keyboard Shortcuts

You can use your keyboard to quickly perform many tasks in iTunes. Shortcuts for common commands like Playback, fast access to your iTunes Library and playlist, iTunes menu shortcuts and, most importantly, control menu shortcuts can be extremely handy if memorized. So here's what an iTunes fan simply has to know...

10 November 2008
07:08 GMT

VLC Player Not Safe!

Among all the media players that are available on the market, VLC is known to be one of the best for two reasons. First, it comes with a wide variety of video codecs, thus being the ideal tool for opening any file format, and second, it is free. Some philosopher from olden days said wine should have three qualities: ...

20 March 2008
13:06 GMT

Yahoo! Browser MP3 Player Released

The signs that something big was cooking with Yahoo when it came to music were not all over the place, but they were noticeable at any rate and, while reading a blog from Ian Rogers on the matter, I came across something mighty peculiar in the bottom left corner of the page: a grey rectangle with a green circle winki...

9 January 2008
09:41 GMT

Addonics Brings External HD DVD / Blu-Ray Combo Drive

Addonics has announced the Zebra Blu-ray / HD DVD Player. This type of optical media players is still young on the market and there are few such devices at hand. Apart from the HD DVDs and Blu-Ray discs, the player can read standard DVDs and CDs in various file formats or burn DVD±R/RW and CDRW media. Its abilities ...

14 December 2007
09:45 GMT

Hacked MP3 Players Cause eBay Members' Revolt

A group of eBay members started a real virtual rebellion a few days ago when they decided it was time to fight against the hacked MP3 players sold through the famous bidding website. All their actions brought an online petition signed at the time of writing this article by 1733 persons who requested eBay to stop the ...

26 November 2007
06:39 GMT

YouTube High-Quality Videos En Route

The surprise (not!) announcement came from YouTube co-founder Steve Chen at the NewTeeVee Live conference today where he was invited to give a speech.What do you know? It turns out that the videos uploaded this far by the users are actually stored in the original format and size. That's good news indeed, once th...

15 November 2007
09:27 GMT

YouTube Swaps Old and Good Player for New and Worse One

You must be very familiar with the old style YouTube player and by now you must have come to terms with it and perhaps even love it (not the marriage type of love, let's get things straight). It was like an old dear friend you knew you could rely on to be there and support you whenever you needed him to do somet...

13 November 2007
08:31 GMT

Microsoft Debuts Limited-Edition 30GB Zune Player

In case you're one of those Latino music fans out there, this is your chance to get trendier than anytime before: buy a Microsoft limited-edition 30GB Zune player developed in collaboration with Latin Grammy-nominated artists Wisin y Yandel. 'What's so special about it?' you may ask. It's sim...

23 October 2007
11:12 GMT

New YouTube Player Interface. Test or Final Version?

YouTube quietly introduced a new interface for the embeddable videos published on its page which is pretty different from the one used before. As you can see in the photo attached to the article, the embedded videos are now silver with bigger icons and a time counter which shows the length of the video as well as the...

19 October 2007
03:40 GMT

Why Do Professional Players Miss the Easy Shots?

Now we know why even Ronaldinho or Shaq can miss easy shots: spontaneous fluctuations of brain's electrical activity are to blame. A team at Washington University, in Missouri, US, discovered that fluctuations in the brain activity made subjects to subconsciously exert a little less physical power when pushing a...

10 October 2007
05:09 GMT

MPlayer 1.0 RC2 Released: Are We There Yet?

You know, I was just thinking the other day about MPlayer 1.0 final and whether (when it will be released) it will have a different (better) GUI. Will it support more of the new technologies regarding video and audio streams? Well, the answer is about to be revealed, as last night, MPlayer 1.0 RC2 was released and it...

8 October 2007
04:13 GMT

Yahoo Music - Your Personal Music Online

The Sunnyvale company Yahoo rolled out a new beta version of Yahoo Music which brings exciting new functionality for all the music lovers. Besides the stunning interface provided by the service, the new Yahoo Music comes with several goodies just for your listening pleasure. For example, it offers a brand new music p...

25 September 2007
08:48 GMT

Media Player Classic or How to Watch a Movie While Being Hacked

Media Player Classic is often regarded as a simple alternative for the more-advanced Windows Media Player that provides excellent functionality for most video formats. Numerous consumers are currently using Media Player Classic since it requires a very low amount of resources but offers very good features for an open...

24 August 2007
09:55 GMT

Dell's Expansion Continues

Dell is taking its business seriously this year and tries harder to climb the ladder to the top computer manufacturers and vendors. The last expansion move initiated by the Dell company is the acquisition of a small, entirely private firm named Zing Systems that is specialized in the making of always-connected audio ...

7 August 2007
03:59 GMT

Hidden Trick to Modify the YouTube Player Interface

Well, it's not quite a hidden trick since it is published on the official page of YouTube but only a few Internet users heard about it. If you didn't know, you can customize the appearance of a YouTube clip straight from an official page hosted by the famous online video platform. Basically, you can choose ...

20 July 2007
06:22 GMT

Vulnerable Flash - Vulnerable Browser - Vulnerable Computer

It was proved several times that a single vulnerability discovered in only one application can lead to other problems with the computer and this time it's something similar. A new vulnerability was discovered in Flash Player 9.0.45.0 and in the earlier versions that can allow an attacker control an affected syst...

11 July 2007
09:34 GMT


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