Archive for October, 2009

30
Oct

BrotherSoft Games Halloween Pack

Posted in Games, News  by Kevin
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis

Resident Evil 3: NEMESIS, released in Japan as Biohazard 3: Last Escape is in the Resa Survival horror video game and the third installmentident Evil series developed and published by Capcom…

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30
Oct

Picks of the Week for Internet 10.30.2009

Posted in Chat & E-mail, Picks of the Week  by Shawn


SnapTalk 5.1

License - Shareware
Publisher - Glass Bead Software, LLC

SnapTalk is the cross-platform private chat and file-transfer utility for your office. Instantly send messages and files on your local network.
SnapTalk uses peer-to-peer technology and unlike public chat systems, does not rely on Internet servers. This keeps SnapTalk up and running even if the Internet is down. It also increases security and productivity because all messages are kept in-house. You can be sure that everything in SnapTalk is company business. SnapTalk seamlessly connects Mac and Windows computers!

Key Features:
Send attachments and folders with your messages
Keep transcripts of your conversations in the searchable archives
Spell-check your messages as you type
Design SnapBacks that let you respond to calls with a single button-click
Create groups, which allow you to talk to multiple people with one easy selection
Choose how you will be notified with sounds and alerts
Activate an auto-reply message when you are out of the office
Connect remote offices securely across the Internet, creating a "virtual LAN."
No Administration needed



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30
Oct

Five Cute Halloween Software, Light the "jack-o'-lantern"

Posted in All Categories, Tips  by Yuki

Halloween celebration is coming on every 31st, Oct, but people prefer it a "trouble making" day that is associated with the colors black and orange, and is strongly relevant to any symbols like the jack-o'-lantern. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, wearing costumes and attending costume parties, ghost tours, bonfires, visiting haunted attractions, pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films. Well then, Brothersoft here especially commend several kinds of small and cute internet tools, just for a memorable happy day with your computer and have a Halloween fun time!

AOL Halloween Toolbar
It's a Halloween toolbar and with it you could get links to costumes, games and more, countdown the seconds to Halloween, total freely listen to the best Halloween songs, Halloween jokes are also very funny!

Free Haunting Halloween Screensaver
Install Free Haunting Halloween Screensaver and your contact with the world of the alive and the dead will bring you joy and fun as usual. If you meet a black cat more often this day or unusual creatures pass by behind your back, or a dancing skeleton come across you, be sure, all that is in Reality, because everything is possible this day. Read the rest of this entry »

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30
Oct

Picks of the Week for Home & Education 10.30.2009

Posted in Home & Education, Picks of the Week  by Shawn


Crossword Forge for Mac 5.6.0
License - Shareware
Publisher - solrobots

Crossword Forge can now turn your puzzles into interactive web pages. We call this Crossword Forge Live. The puzzles are intuitive to use and include eye-catching animations that players will be sure to love. Crossword Forge Live puzzles include the customization options you've come to expect from our puzzles (e.g. picture backdrops). You can also add automatic hints. Whether you are making puzzles for print or the web, Crossword Forge is always the best choice.
Crossword Forge is a great foreign language crossword maker and word search maker. Crossword Forge simplifies foreign language puzzle construction with more than a dozen built-in language sets, and an easy way to create your own. 

Key Features
Bonus Clues for Crossword and Word Search
Multiple puzzle titles
Font, Style, Size and Justification controls
Unlimited clue and answer length
Color and Picture backdrops
Customizable Across and Down text
Supports puzzle grids of any size
Puzzle clues can span multiple pages



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30
Oct

iTunes 9.0.2 Adds Support for Apple TV 3.0

Posted in DVD & Video, News  by Yuki

iTunes 9.0.2 release adds support for Apple TV software version 3.0, an option for a dark background for Grid View, and improves support for accessibility. As Apple TV 3.0 upgraded with a totally new interface, iTunes followed and including many new features and improvements below:

* An improved look and feel, including a new Column Browser for easily browsing your artists or albums, movies, TV shows, and more.
* iTunes Store has a brand new look, with improved navigation for quick and easy exploration.
* iTunes LP and iTunes Extras create unique experiences that feature exclusive interviews, videos, photos, and more — available with select album and movie purchases on the iTunes Store.
* Home Sharing helps you manage your family's iTunes collection between computers in your home. iTunes can automatically transfer new purchases, or you can choose just the items you want.
* Genius Mixes are created for you by iTunes and play songs from your library that go great together.
* iPod and iPhone syncing now allows you to organize your iPhone and iPod touch home screens directly in iTunes. Syncing is now also more flexible, allowing you to sync individual artists, genres, or TV show and Podcast episodes.
* iTunes U items are now organized into their own section in your iTunes library.
* Sync with iPod nano (5th generation), iPod classic (Fall 2009), and iPod touch (Fall 2009).
* iTunes 9 also includes many other improvements, such as HE-AAC encoding and playback, more flexibility with Smart Playlists rules, simpler organization of your media files inside an iTunes Media folder, and more.

Still, iTunes 9.0.2 again kills the ability for the Palm Pre to sync with the software. Update to iTunes 9.0.2 from Brothersoft!

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29
Oct

Windows 7 Software Compatibility Testing - VLC Media Player

Posted in DVD & Video, Reviews  by Lucas Artigas

VLC Media Player plays almost any audio and video file regardless its format. This capability is the reason why millions of users consider this great media player to be the best. This amazing compatibility with media files of all sorts is possible due to the fact that VLC Media Player brings its own set of codecs. Thus VLC does not depend on those which you have already installed in your Windows-based machine.

The interface of VLC Media Player has no secrets, even for novice users. Despite its ease of use VLC also brings advanced features such as the ability to stream video.

Throughout its development, the program has been specialized in video playback. This is clearly noted on the possibility of adding subtitles and handling multiple audio tracks associated with a movie.

Another aspect that makes many users to choose VLC Media Player is the ability to open incompletely downloaded videos. Moreover, VideoLAN News claim in its official site that version 1.0.2 meets all of the technical requirements to be Compatible with Windows® 7 and that its latest version, 1.0.3 which is the Release Candidate "…brings a few improvements and fixes, and especially fixes an important issue with Windows® 7 that worsened the video quality of the default output of VLC."

So, I downloaded, installed and run VLC Media Player under Windows 7 and what you are about to read is the result of this testing. Read the rest of this entry »

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29
Oct

Youtube Downloader HD 1.6 is Available

Posted in Internet, News  by Yuki

Youtube downloader is a free tool to download videos from YouTube and save them to your local computer. And the vidoes could be converted to AVI video format or MP4 (compatible with iPod and iPhone). The main highlight of Youtube Downloader HD 1.6 is, high quality videos and high definition videos from Youtube are possible to download.

What's new in Youtube Downloader 1.6 are:
* The bug "Unable to download this video" is fixed
* Support for big video files
* Unicode support: Youtube Downloader HD can save movies with Chinese, Japanese, Cyrillic, etc names

Youtube Downloader is a completely free software containing absolutely no adware, spyware,registration, popups, malware or other unwanted software. It’s very easy to use, copy the video URL and paste to Youtube Downloader HD. Convert videos to various formats as you want.

Update youtube downloader 1.6 right now from Brothersoft!

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29
Oct

BrotherSoft Daily Games - 10.29

Posted in Games, News  by Kevin
Turtix Rescue Adventure

A thrilling arcade Puzzler for all ages! With easy-as-pie controls and a tutorial that will show you the ropes, you'll be up and running in a snap…

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28
Oct

VirtualBox 3.0.10.54047

Posted in News, Utilities  by Yuki

VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is now the only professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source Software. Now VirtualBox 3.0.10.54047 updated for Windows and Linux.
Main Features of VirtualBox 3.0.10.54047:

- Modularity. VirtualBox has an extremely modular design with well-defined internal programming interfaces and a client/server design.
- Virtual machine descriptions in XML.
- Guest Additions for Windows, Linux and Solaris.
- Shared folders. VirtualBox allows for declaring certain host directories as "shared folders".

The VirtualBox is very easy to operate and it also provides a detailed document for the new. Update VirtualBox 3.0.10.54047 for Windows and Linux from Brothersoft!

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28
Oct

Mac OS X 10.6.2 Release Next Month

Posted in News, Utilities  by Yuki

Apple released new Mac OS X 10.6.2 Beta, this is the second maintenance and security udate to the new Snow Leopard opearting system.

This release is actually a big upgrade with nearly 150 components performance. As labeled Mac OS X 10.6.2 Build 10C535, it mainly comes down to Snow Leopard's Dock, ColorSync, QuartzCore and graphic driver components. Apple also asked developers to continue providing feedback on graphics drivers, putting more importance on TrackPad and the ability to create virtual machines.

Besides, some components being amended also includes AppleBacklight, Battery Menu, Dictionary, Expose, FileSync, Family Controls, Fonts, Front Row, HFS, Inkwell, iPhoto, MobileMe, OpenCL, Parental Controls, QuickTime, Screen Sharing, Spell Checker, Spotlight, Time Machine, and USB.

Mac OS X 10.6.2 now weights around 480MB and will release sometime next month.

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