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TorrentSpy no longer available to US users
Users logging in from the United States are no longer able to access TorrentSpy's torrent search engine and instead are redirected to a privacy notice."Sorry, but because you are located ...
AllofMP3 making a comeback
While many believed it to be dead and buried, it seems AllofMP3 will be resuming service."The service will be resumed in the foreseeable future," a blog post from the company read. "We ...
Netflix says demand for HD discs are evenly split
Netflix, the US' largest online DVD rental service has said that its demand for HD discs, HD DVD and Blu-ray, are just about equal but also reiterated what most knowledgeable consumers know ...
Study shows teens don't use internet for movies
A majority of teens see movies within the first two weeks after their release, and despite the surging popularity of the Internet among 13- to 17-year-olds, most find out about the latest films ...
Student's piracy claims not likely to keep information from RIAA
A University of Tennessee student is attempting to quash an RIAA subpoena issued as part of the music industry's war against on-campus file-sharing. Doe #28 is taking a different tack than other ...
Stories that Bioshock includes a rootkit aren't true
This weekend news spread quickly that the PC version of Bioshock comes loaded with a rootkit. The only problem is, it isn't loaded with a rootkit, it's just your standard "let's punish our customers" ...
UK study shows DVRs affecting DVD viewing
DVRs have earned the enmity of broadcasters and advertisers alike by enabling viewers to easily skip their least favorite bit of the TV watching experience, commercials. Another group may be ...
Sony introduces Vaio LT HD PC/TV
On Monday, Sony introduced its first ever combo HDTV/PC that included Blu-ray.Dubbed the Vaio LT HD PC/TV, the display is a 22-inch widescreen "all-in-one". The system has support for CableCARD ...
Limewire reveals pricing scheme for new legal store
Recently, we reported that the infamous P2P client Limewire was set to start a DRM-free legal music store but the company didnt give any pricing information or a date for launch.According ...
PSP getting a hard drive?
Sony Europe head David Reeves has recently said that the company has not ruled out introducing a hard drive for the PSP even though the PSP Slim is coming out soon."I think that it certainly ...
Antigua petitions WTO for piracy right
In order to settle a WTO complaint against the US, Antigua is seeking the right under international law to violate American intellectual property laws.Antigua is best known to Americans ...
Retailers concentrating on high end HDTVs
Consumers walking into an electronics store looking for a big-screen high-definition TV may find that the place looks and feels different from how it was last Christmas.They will see more ...
Game consoles see unexpected growth in July
Nintendo's Wii continues to lead the pack of current-generation video game consoles, according to NPD Group. However, the real eye-opener, from NPD's perspective, is the unexpected mid-summer ...
Still no sign of Chinese HD players
With much fanfare, the HD DVD Promotional Group announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in January that Chinese manufacturers would begin selling low-price HD DVD players in the U.S. this year...
UBS: iPhone sales may top 800,000 units
According to a UBS research note on Tuesday, Apple Inc.'s iPhone may reach a unit sales figure of 800,000 in the current quarter. By doing so, it would beat Apple's own hopes of 730,000 over ...
Fujitsu launches Full HD H.264 transcoder LSI
Fujitsu Limited has the development and launch of a new transcoder large-scaled integrated (LSI) chip that is able to convert full HD (1920 x 1080) MPEG-2 video data to H.264 / AVC data and ...
Sharp introduces ultra thin LCD TVs
Sharp, one of the largest LCD TV makers in the world, has unveiled that they will be selling a new set of TVs that are only 20mm (.78 inches) thick at its widest point.Sharp also claims ...
Happy holidays 2006!
Once again, it is the time of the year when AfterDawn.com team would like to wish all our users, moderators, associates and employees very, very merry Christmas and happy holidays!
Wii browser trial released
Nintendo has released a free trial of upcoming browser for Wii. The Opera powered browser can be downloaded from the Shop Channel, Wii Software section. Both the trial version of Internet Channel and..
Nintendo faces a lawsuit
The much debated Wii wrist straps have spawned another shadow on Nintendo. A US law firm, Green Welling LLP, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington on behalf..
Sony to pay $1.5 million for subjecting consumers to DRM
Music entertainment giants Sony BMG Entertainment will pay the sum of $1.5 million in addition to thousands of consumer refunds to settle out of court. A lawsuit brought up in California and Texas courts..
Toshiba officially launches HD-DVD in Europe
Electronics firm Toshiba announced today that it has launched its HD-E1 High Definition DVD system to European audiences in hopes to sway them against rivals supporting the Blu-Ray format.
Sony claims no one will use 100 percent of PS3
Phil Harrison, Sony's President of Worldwide Studios, has made a bold statement that no game in he future will use the full capability of Playstation 3. The topic that is commonly used to brag the newest..
Japan convicts Winny author
The author of the popular Japanese P2P software Winny has been convicted and fined by a Kyoto district court. Isamu Kaneko, a researcher at Tokyo University, was arrested all the way back in May 2004...
SanDisk sued for MP3 patent dispute
Known for its flash memory and MP3 players that hit the market with most of the functionality of the market leading competitors yet at cheaper prices, SanDisk is the target for a recent lawsuit and injunction..
Piratebay takes on AllOfMP3-blocking ISP
The popular Swedish BitTorrent tracker, The Pirate Bay, has blocked subscribers to ISP Perspektiv from using the site in response to the ISP blocking its subscribers' access to AllOfMP3.com. The intentions..
European Wii sold out
Nintendo announced the Wii European launch figures, 325,000 consoles were shipped in the first wave all over Europe, and during the weekend, or two days, every single Wii had been sold, which made it..
VSO ConvertXtoDVD v2.1.3.160
Easy-to-use tool that allows converting any video file format (DivX, AVI, WMV, ..) to a DVD-compliant video.
x264 full rev. 572
x264 is a free library for encoding H.264/AVC video streams.
Evil Player v1.15
Evil Player is a fast, powerful and flexible media player for windows.
ImTOO iPod Movie Converter v3.1.10.0926b
ImTOO iPod Movie Converter is a video and movie converter for your iPod.
Xilisoft AVI MPEG Converter v3.1.10.0926b
Xilisoft AVI MPEG Converter is able to convert avi to mpeg1,mpeg2,mpeg4 and mpeg1,mpeg2 to avi.
Absolute Video Converter v2.7.4
Absolute Video Converter is a video converting software, that can batch convert several different video files.
DVD Flick v1.1.0 RC 2
DVD Flick is a simple but at the same time powerful DVD Authoring tool.
UltraISO v8.5.1.1860
Easy-to-use utility to create, edit and convert CD and DVD image files
The FilmMachine v1.5
The FilmMachine is a easy to use all-in-one AVI to DVD/(S)VCD conversion utility.
x264 full rev. 573
x264 is a free library for encoding H.264/AVC video streams.
HC v0.18
HC is a simple to use MPEG2 video encoder and is meant for creating MPEG2 video streams with a strong focus on DVD-compliancy.
BitTorrent v4.24.0
BitTorrent client is an application used for downloading torrents -- specific files or directories shared by Internet users.
x264 full rev. 575
x264 is a free library for encoding H.264/AVC video streams.
Jfuse v3.03
Merges and splits MPEG, AVI, and MP3 file types
The FilmMachine v1.5.2
The FilmMachine is a easy to use all-in-one AVI to DVD/(S)VCD conversion utility.
BitTorrent v4.22.4
BitTorrent client is an application used for downloading torrents -- specific files or directories shared by Internet users.
Microsoft sets price for Zune
[28 September 2006 | 3 comments] Microsoft Corp. on Thursday revealed that its upcoming Zune digital music player will retail at the same price as Apple's market-dominating iPod; even though its need to compete with the iPod pricewise may see the world's largest software maker lose money this holiday season. "We.. Registered users: Log in User: Pass:
DGMPGDec v1.4.8
DGMPGDec is an MPEG2 Decoder and Frame Server, based on DVD2AVI and MPEG2Dec.
LimeWire Counter Sues RIAA
LimeWire has filed a counter claim today in response to a lawsuit brought against it by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) last month. The RIAA sued LimeWire for not complying with a cease and desist notification sent in September 2005.. [29 September 2006 | 1 comment]
Microsoft sues FairUse4WM
[27 September 2006] One of our diligent readers (xhardc0re) stumbled across a nice update to the FairUse4WM software reported a bit over a month ago. The software was released to the internet community to combat the DRM encryption put on digital media by Microsoft Corporation. In recent news,.. Registered users: Log in User: Pass:
Apple threatens over use of 'Pod'
Apple Computer Inc. has sent cease and desist letters to a number of firms it believes to be using the word "pod" unfairly. The iPod maker has ordered them to stop using "pod" and "podcast" in the names of their services and products because it leads.. [28 September 2006]
DVD2One v2.0.6
Impressive little tool that shrinks all your DVD-9 movies into a single DVD-R (or DVD-RW/DVD+R/DVD+RW) with an amazing speed. Extremely simple to use.
TMPGEnc XPress v4.2.3.193 Beta
TMPGEnc XPress is a completely redesigned version of the famous TMPGEnc MPEG encoder
x264 full rev. 568
x264 is a free library for encoding H.264/AVC video streams.
x264 full rev. 569
x264 is a free library for encoding H.264/AVC video streams.
GX::Transcoder v3.0.29.3319 Beta
The GX::Transcoder is a flexible audio converter software, which is able to convert in a batch mode between a lot of audio formats.
Winamp Lite v5.3
Nullsoft Winamp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows.
Dr. DivX v2.0.1 Beta 1
Dr. DivX is officially the unofficial DivX encoding tool to create DivX media files for playback on DivX hardware and software players.
PSP Movie Creator v2.0 Build 4
PSP Movie Creator helps you to convert DVD movies and various video formats to Sony PSP directly.
No PS3 price cut for US
[26 September 2006] The earlier reported price cut for PS3 in Japan has been bashed down by CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) Kaz Hirai. Quoting GameSpot "There are no plans right now to adjust the pricing for the US market," said Hirai. Registered users: Log in User: Pass:
Did Wal-Mart threaten Hollywood over Apple?
[25 September 2006 | 10 comments]
Pricing for PS3 games announced
Japanese site Impress Watch has reported that PlayStation 3 games will cost up to £52 ($100), gathering information from "multiple information sources." Most of the upcoming PS3 games will drop in the £39-52 ($75-100) range while even the most popular.. [26 September 2006 | 1 comment]
Audiotools v6.31
Audiotools is a direct-to-disk recording tool with the facility to automatically split a recording into tracks.
DVDREasy v0.8.1 Beta (Update)
This is an update release for DVDREasy v0.7.2
Arial Sound Recorder v1.3.9
Arial Sound Recorder is a is a sound record software that can record any signal played through your sound card into Mp3 WMA or WAV files.
One million Wii units at launch in North America
[25 September 2006] According to Ron Bertram, vice president and general manager of Nintendo Canada, there will be 1 million Wii consoles available at its November 19 launch date, compared to 400,000 Sony Playstation 3 consoles. Registered users: Log in User: Pass:
DivX share price rises 17% after IPO
Last Friday, DivX, Inc. finally got listed on NASDAQ technology market, marking the first significant digital multimedia IPO in ages. [25 September 2006]
ImTOO iPod Movie Converter v3.1.9.0918b
ImTOO iPod Movie Converter is a video and movie converter for your iPod.
French DRM activists turn themselves in to police
In response to the the newly adopted, very controversial DADVSI French law, three French DRM activists have turned themselves in to Police for breaking the law. The DADVSI law has made it illegal to bypass copy protection mechanisms, to help another.. [25 September 2006]
x264 full rev. 567
x264 is a free library for encoding H.264/AVC video streams.
Absolute Video Converter v2.72
Absolute Video Converter is a video converting software, that can batch convert several different video files.
DVD-lab PRO v2.15 (Update)
DVD-lab PRO is designed to be flexible and easy, yet powerful and feature packed DVD authoring tool.
ffmpegX 0.0.9x
ffmpegX is a MacOSX graphic user interface designed to easily operate more than 20 Unix open-source processing tools for video and audio encoding.
Dogs assist MPAA in war on movie piracy
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has found a new weapon in its battle against widespread movie piracy - a pair of DVD-sniffing Labrador Retrievers. [22 September 2006]
CopyToDVD v4.0.0.38
CopyToDVD is a new way to manage your files to DVD, integrated to shell and desktop CopyToCD is either simple to use, but also powerfull thanks to his advanced control panel.
VSO ConvertXtoDVD v2.1.1.151
Easy-to-use tool that allows converting any video file format (DivX, AVI, WMV, ..) to a DVD-compliant video.
avidemux v2.3.0 Preview 1
Avidemux is a free open-source program designed for multi-purpose video editing and processing.
Microsoft determined to crack Japanese market
[23 September 2006] Despite the fact that gamers in Japan have yet to take to its Xbox 360 console, Microsoft remains focused on breaking into the Japanese market - the second largest gaming market in the world behind North America. Registered users: Log in User: Pass:
VSO ConvertXtoDVD v2.1.1
Easy-to-use tool that allows converting any video file format (DivX, AVI, WMV, ..) to a DVD-compliant video.
AmigaAMP v2.17
One of the best MP3 players for Amiga.
PS3 price drops to $410
[22 September 2006 | 6 comments] Sony has announced that it will lower the price of PlayStation 3 to diminish the price gap between PS3 and Xbox 360. The price cut is aimed for the basic version of the console with 20GB hard drive. Sony Computer Entertainment President Ken Kutaragi said at the Tokyo Game.. Registered users: Log in User: Pass:
Movie DVD Maker v1.6.6
Movie DVD Maker is a high speed and easy-to-use video DVD/VCD/SVCD maker.
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack v1.59
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack is a free software bundle which contains everything you need to be able to playback the most popular audio and video formats(DivX, XviD, AC3, WMV, WMA, MP3, MPEG2).
No Blu-ray, HD DVD combo from LG
[20 September 2006] Earlier this year, Korean electronics company LG indicated that it was considering creating a player that could house the ability to play both Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD movies, but that now does not appear likely - at least not for the time being. Registered users: Log in User: Pass:
Submagic v0.61
Submagic is an application to convert, edit sync, create movie subtitles.
µTorrent v1.6.1 Beta Build 481
µTorrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows.
Sony Ericsson joins digital music market
Cellphone manufacturer Sony Ericsson on Tuesday became the latest in a long line of companies to enter the digital music download market by announcing its new offering, M-BUZZ. The main goal of the new service is to promote fresh and up-and-coming artists... [19 September 2006]
Warner makes HD Hybrid disc a possibility?
According to patent discovered by New Scientist, Warner has been brainstorming on the possibility of a hybrid disc that could store HDHD DVD and Blu-Ray data on one side and DVD data on the other (possibly also CD data). The only hybrid discs that have.. [19 September 2006]
BitTorrent v4.22.0
BitTorrent client is an application used for downloading torrents -- specific files or directories shared by Internet users.
GX::Transcoder v3.0.29.3315 Beta
The GX::Transcoder is a flexible audio converter software, which is able to convert in a batch mode between a lot of audio formats.
MediaCoder v0.5.1 pre8
MediaCoder is an audio/video batch transcoder, putting together lots of excellent audio/video codecs & tools from the open source community into an all-in-one solution.
Yahoo! tests DRM-free album download
[19 September 2006] Yahoo! Music users will be able to download Jesse McCartney's new album "Right Where You Want Me," album in either MP3 or WMA format for $9.99 without any copy protection - a first for a mainstream pop album. Registered users: Log in User: Pass:
Buena Vista announce first Blu-Ray specs
[17 September 2006 | 8 comments] Buena Vista Home Entertainment has finally released the full specs for its first wave of Blu-Ray titles, just days before the movies are due to hit stores. Registered users: Log in User: Pass:
GX::Transcoder v3.0.28.3308 RC2a
The GX::Transcoder is a flexible audio converter software, which is able to convert in a batch mode between a lot of audio formats.
ApexDC++ v0.2.2
ApexDC++ is a Direct Connect based file-sharing client based on StrongDC++ and free from malware.
µTorrent v1.6.1 Build 475
µTorrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows.
Warner and YouTube to strike licensing agreement
[18 September 2006 | 2 comments] Video sharing site YouTube is today expected to announce an agreement with Warner Music Group Corp. which will put thousands of Warner music videos on the site and permit user created videos to legally feature music that Warner owns. Registered users: Log in User: Pass:
eMule v0.47c Build 2
eMule is a very good open-source P2P tool that uses the same protocol as eDonkey2000.
PgcEdit for Linux v7.4
PgcEdit is a DVD IFO editor designed to allow the modification of the navigation commands and parameters of an already authored DVD structure.
iPod users avoiding iTunes Store
In spite of the fact that the Apple's iTunes Store dominates the market for legally downloaded music, only a fraction of iPod owners actually use the store for their audio needs, according to Jupiter Research. [17 September 2006]
VSO PhotoDVD v2.3.0c
VSO PhotoDVD is probably one of the easiest program to create an animated slideshow of your digital pictures to watch them on a regular home DVD player.
RIAA / MPAA bust major U.S. piracy gang
With the assistance of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) alongside the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), Police in the U.S. seized around 40,000 bootlegged discs plus scores of CD and DVD burners on Thursday, in what has.. [15 September 2006]
Wal-Mart eyeing digital movie downloads
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., which currently accounts for about 40% of all DVD sales in the United States, is preparing to expand into the online movie downloads category, according to CNNMoney.com. [15 September 2006]