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2011-05-03T15:28:00.000-07:00

Osama bin Laden's death helps clear the way for a political settlement in Afghanistan by making it easier for the Taliban to sever ties with al Qaeda.

But many other obstacles remain in reaching a negotiated end to the Afghan war, including regional rivalry and competing demands of different groups inside Afghanistan.

"Things are falling into their correct place," said one Pakistani official, who declined to be named. "Osama bin Laden's killing may lead us toward an end-game."

"I do think that this opens the door to push for a political settlement; that depends, however, on President (Barack) Obama choosing to take the opportunity," said Joshua Foust at the American Security Project in Washington.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in February that Washington wanted "to move this conflict toward a political outcome that shatters the alliance between the Taliban and al Qaeda, ends the insurgency," and stabilizes Afghanistan.

The U.S. wants the Taliban to break with al Qaeda, as well as renouncing violence and respecting the Afghan constitution.

"These are not pre-conditions, these are end-conditions," said a western official. "We are getting out the message. We can't do this too often. Come in and talk."

Official sources have said Washington has already begun talks with the Taliban, an effort which is matched, some Afghan analysts say, by a willingness on the part of the Islamist movement to break ties with al Qaeda.

But it has been unclear how the Taliban would be expected to make this break -- a public renunciation would be one thing; actively turning over former allies to the United States would be much harder.

Bin Laden's death may have helped resolve that problem.

"...it will be easier for the Taliban to distance itself from al Qaeda after bin Laden's death," Gilles Dorronsoro wrote in a post at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

In a report which has acquired new relevance after bin Laden's death, international experts at The Century Foundation said in March one way to make the break would be for the Taliban to declare an end to the more than 30 years of jihad in Afghanistan which began with the Soviet invasion in 1979.

In a post on The Century Foundation website, foreign policy specialist Jeffrey Laurenti said the death of bin Laden, with whom Mullah Omar had shared personal ties, made that easier.

"The Taliban inner circle has long debated the wisdom of the movement's alignment with al Qaeda, but the high esteem in which the Taliban 'commander of the faithful', Mullah Mohammed Omar, was said to hold bin Laden as a pious Muslim warrior has long been decisive in squelching any talk of a divorce," he said.

"We cannot know if Mullah Omar's determination not to betray bin Laden will prove as fierce for any successor."

U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman, speaking after a meeting in Islamabad with officials from both countries, also stressed the need to follow up Clinton's call in February for a political settlement.

"Today, our discussion focused on how we can make Afghan reconciliation successful," he said.

REGIONAL RIVALRY

However, while the United States launched its military campaign in 2001 to hunt down al Qaeda, it is far from clear that the decapitation of the Islamist group and its likely subsequent disarray is enough now to stabilize Afghanistan.

There is as yet no evidence the Taliban could act as counter-party to a settlement which allowed for power-sharing between insurgents and those now in power in Afghanistan.

Western officials say they do not enjoy enough broad support in Afghanistan to be treated as the kind of representative nationalist insurgency with whom a deal could be struck.

And so far, there are no signs the Taliban would be ready to strike a deal which gave them less than their demands for a withdrawal of foreign troops and imposition of sharia law.

"There are lots of feelers out there, but none of them have yet developed into anything authoritative," said one western official, speaking before the news of bin Laden's death.

The insurgency itself is fragmented, both within the original Taliban movement and between them and other groups like fighters led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and the Haqqani network.

So far, the Americans are talking only to representatives of the original Taliban movement, and based on what little has been said about these talks, substantive progress remains elusive.

Western officials and many analysts also say Afghanistan, with a weak central government and big problems of governance, cannot be stabilized easily, even if a political settlement were to be reached. And that leaves it exposed to competing regional powers -- including Pakistan and India.

Islamabad insists it is not aiming to install a Taliban government in Kabul, seeking instead an end to the instability which has spilled over into Pakistan itself.

Pakistani sources have said repeatedly over the past year that it wants a stable Afghanistan -- neither one hostile to its interests, nor a client state run by the Taliban and Pakistan-friendly Pashtuns.

After so many bombings, Pakistan has had what one western official described as an "epiphany" in its attitude to Islamist militants.

But Pakistan has yet to convince many in India.

India has renewed peace talks with Pakistan broken off after the 2008 attack on Mumbai by Pakistan-based militants.

Bin Laden's death, however, raised worries that it would allow the United States to make a quick exit from Afghanistan.

"Washington will seek plausible reassurances that after it leaves, Afghanistan will not play host to terrorists targeting the United States," said Nitin Pai, founder of Takshashila Institution, an Indian thinktank.

"It might retain some troops and drones in Afghanistan just in case it needs to use a stick. That apart, it will accede to Pakistani demands that Kabul be made over to a pro-Pakistani regime."

Sony admits to second data loss

2011-05-03T15:21:00.000-07:00

EMBATTLED GAMING OUTFIT Sony has confessed that personal details belonging to nearly 25m of its online entertainment users might have been stolen by hackers.
Last week the firm reported that the number of affected online gaming users could have been as high as 77m, but according to Sony a third more could be involved.
A further 12,000 individuals might also have had their data compromised in the hack attack, as the company said that an 'outdated' database had also been penetrated. Sony added that the attack most likely happened on April 16 or 17, which was almost two weeks ago.
"This information, which was discovered by engineers and security consultants reviewing SOE systems, showed that personal information from approximately 24.6 million, SOE (Sony Online Entertainment) accounts may have been stolen, as well as certain information from an outdated database from 2007," it said.
"The information from the outdated database that may have been stolen includes approximately 12,700 non-U.S. credit or debit card numbers and expiration dates (but not credit card security codes), and about 10,700 direct debit records of certain customers in Austria, Germany, Netherlands and Spain."
The majority of information should be safe, Sony said that while they were not encrypted they were 'hashed', but the 10,700 old users may have had their bank account details, including personal data, stolen. All users are advised to change their personal log-in information, the firm added.
Sony has suspended all SOE services for now.
Maybe our internet is not SAFE as our thinking abount.

Latest hack apology from Sony

2011-05-03T15:14:00.000-07:00

Below is the full text of Sony's statement regarding the security breach on the Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) system.

Dear Valued Sony Online Entertainment Customer,
Our ongoing investigation of illegal intrusions into Sony Online Entertainment systems has discovered that hackers may have obtained personal customer information from SOE systems. We are today advising you that the personal information you provided us in connection with your SOE account may have been stolen in a cyber-attack. Stolen information includes, to the extent you provided it to us, the following: name, address (city, state, zip, country), email address, gender, birthdate, phone number, login name and hashed password.
Customers outside the United States should be advised that we further discovered evidence that information from an outdated database from 2007 containing approximately 12,700 non-US customer credit or debit card numbers and expiration dates (but not credit card security codes) and about 10,700 direct debit records listing bank account numbers of certain customers in Germany, Austria, Netherlands and Spain may have also been obtained. We will be notifying each of those customers promptly.
There is no evidence that our main credit card database was compromised. It is in a completely separate and secured environment.
We had previously believed that SOE customer data had not been obtained in the cyber-attacks on the company, but on May 1st we concluded that SOE account information may have been stolen and we are notifying you as soon as possible.
We apologize for the inconvenience caused by the attack and as a result, we have:
1) Temporarily turned off all SOE game services;
2) Engaged an outside, recognized security firm to conduct a full and complete investigation into what happened; and
3) Quickly taken steps to enhance security and strengthen our network infrastructure to provide you with greater protection of your personal information.
We greatly appreciate your patience, understanding and goodwill as we do whatever it takes to resolve these issues as quickly and efficiently as practicable.
For your security, we encourage you to be especially aware of email, telephone, and postal mail scams that ask for personal or sensitive information. Sony will not contact you in any way, including by email, asking for your credit card number, social security number or other personally identifiable information. If you are asked for this information, you can be confident Sony is not the entity asking. When SOE's services are fully restored, we strongly recommend that you log on and change your password. Additionally, if you use your Station or SOE game account name or password for other unrelated services or accounts, we strongly recommend that you change them, as well.
To protect against possible identity theft or other financial loss, we encourage you to remain vigilant, to review your account statements and to monitor your credit reports. We are providing the following information for those who wish to consider it:
U.S. residents are entitled under U.S. law to one free credit report annually from each of the three major credit bureaus. To order your free credit report, visit www.annualcreditreport.com or call toll-free (877) 322-8228.
We have also provided names and contact information for the three major U.S. credit bureaus below. At no charge, U.S. residents can have these credit bureaus place a "fraud alert" on your file that alerts creditors to take additional steps to verify your identity prior to granting credit in your name. This service can make it more difficult for someone to get credit in your name. Note, however, that because it tells creditors to follow certain procedures to protect you, it also may delay your ability to obtain credit while the agency verifies your identity. As soon as one credit bureau confirms your fraud alert, the others are notified to place fraud alerts on your file. Should you wish to place a fraud alert, or should you have any questions regarding your credit report, please contact any one of the agencies listed below.
Experian: 888-397-3742; www.experian.com; P.O. Box 9532, Allen, TX 75013
Equifax: 800-525-6285; www.equifax.com; P.O. Box 740241, Atlanta, GA 30374-0241
TransUnion: 800-680-7289; www.transunion.com; Fraud Victim Assistance Division, P.O. Box 6790, Fullerton, CA 92834-6790
You may wish to visit the web site of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission at www.consumer.gov/idtheft or reach the FTC at 1-877-382-4357 or 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20580 for further information about how to protect yourself from identity theft. Your state Attorney General may also have advice on preventing identity theft, and you should report instances of known or suspected identity theft to law enforcement, your State Attorney General, and the FTC. For North Carolina residents, the Attorney General can be contacted at 9001 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-9001; telephone (877) 566-7226; or www.ncdoj.gov. For Maryland residents, the Attorney General can be contacted at 200 St. Paul Place, 16th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202; telephone: (888) 743-0023; or www.oag.state.md.us.
We are committed to helping our customers protect their personal data and we will provide a complimentary offering to assist users in enrolling in identity theft protection services and/or similar programs. The implementation will be at a local level and further details will be made available shortly in regions in which such programs are commonly utilized.
We thank you for your patience as we complete our investigation of this incident, and we regret any inconvenience. Our teams are working around the clock on this, and services will be restored as soon as possible. Sony takes information protection very seriously and will continue to work to ensure that additional measures are taken to protect personally identifiable information. Providing quality and secure entertainment services to our customers is our utmost priority. Please contact us at 1 (866) 436-6698 should you have any additional questions.
Sincerely,
Sony Online Entertainment LLC

How the iPhone 3GS Makes AT&T Look Better Than It Should!

2011-04-20T15:00:00.000-07:00

This morning AT&T revealed its first-quarter earnings, and things certainly smell like they're coming up roses for the carrier. That's probably expected considering it's destined to soon become the nation's largest wireless provider thanks to its recent move to acquire T-Mobile. But there was one part of the company's results that was a bit surprising: the debut of the Verizon iPhone appeared to have little effect on AT&T's iPhone subscriber base. Were there really that few people switching when AT&T finally lost its exclusive grip on the device?

AT&T said it activated 3.6 million iPhones last quarter, the first quarter the Verizon iPhone was available. It also said iPhone subscriber "churn," or the number of iPhone owners ditching AT&T for another carrier, was unchanged from the same period last year. During a call this morning, company executives said the impact was, "significantly less than many in the financial community and the media expected and, frankly, they were less than we expected."

After a close look at the numbers, an X factor becomes apparent: the iPhone 3GS. In January, AT&T reduced the price of the 8GB iPhone 3GS from $99 to $49, and it's been pushing the discounted phone hard. The 3GS is a very capable smartphone (disclosure: I'm an iPhone 3GS user and AT&T subscriber) and looks extremely cheap next to the iPhone 4, which starts at about $200 on both Verizon and AT&T. Of course, Verizon doesn't offer the iPhone 3GS, so any iPhone cravers not willing to pony up a couple of C notes will be going to the AT&T store.

Tellingly, the numbers AT&T provided don't break down how many of those iPhone activations were iPhone 4s or iPhone 3GSes. Even if iPhone subscribers—both new and existing—are flocking to Verizon, the losses to AT&T's overall iPhone subscriber base would be mitigated by thrify customers snapping up the now ultra-cheap iPhone 3GS.

None of this is to suggest that AT&T is being deceptive here. In fact, the company should be congratulated on employing an effective tactic to keep iPhone subscriber numbers healthy in the wake of losing exclusivity on the device to a strong competitor. After all, a customer is a customer, and a two-year contract is a two-year contract, regardless of which iPhone they're using.

But price-slashing the previous model won't be an effective long-term strategy. When the iPhone 5 debuts (whenever that happens), both carriers will have warehouses full of iPhone 4s ripe for a discount. Add to that the iPhone owners who are simply holding out for the next model before they switch, and I suspect that in a couple of quarters, AT&T's iPhone churn numbers will start to see an uptick (more disclosure: one of them will probably be me).

The first clue will come tomorrow morning, when Verizon releases its first-quarter earnings. If the company's iPhone sales numbers truly are its "best in history"—and if many of those customers are new subscribers—it's probably an indicator that the impact of the Verizon iPhone was more than AT&T would like to believe. Then, with a little luck, AT&T might realize it actually has to come up with something better than a price cut to compete effectively for iPhone customers' hearts and minds. How about fewer dropped calls, for starters?

Report - Total shipments of new Apple TV top 2 million sold last quarter.

2011-04-19T14:24:00.000-07:00

Shipments of the second-generation Apple TV continue to be strong, reaching more than 2 million estimated units since the device launched late last year, according to a new report.

Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of Concord Securities revealed the results of his survey of Apple suppliers on Tuesday. The numbers show that sales of the Apple TV have held relatively steady since the device first went on sale last October.

Sales of the streaming-centric iOS-powered Apple TV topped 1 million just before Christmas of last year, and within three months of its launch. That pace showed strong sales had continued after a breakout start of 250,000 units in its first six weeks.

Apple has famously referred to its set top box product as a "hobby," but with AirPlay instant wireless streaming of audio and video from iOS devices now available for third-party applications, the Apple TV could become a more integral part of the Apple ecosystem. And while the Apple TV remains a "hobby," steady shipments of the $99 device have bolstered its status.

Kuo estimates that Apple sold 820,000 units of the Apple TV in its second quarter of fiscal 2011, which ran from January through March. Apple will announce its quarterly earnings after the market closes on Wednesday, though the company frequently does not mention the Apple TV, focusing instead on more popular products like the iPhone and iPad.

As the new second-generation Apple TV gains a foothold in the market, Apple is rumored to be exploring other options to bring AirPlay to the masses. In March, Bloomberg reported that Apple is considering a plan to license AirPlay to third-party HDTV makers, allowing users to stream video directly from an iPhone or iPad to their TV set without the need for an Apple TV set top box.

There are also persistent rumors that Apple is developing its own full-fledged television set. One analyst said earlier this month that there are signs that Apple could release an Internet-connected television by the end of this year.

It is said by Analysts that China will be the largest PC market exceeing the United States within two years.

2011-04-19T08:11:00.000-07:00

Some analysts predict that China will soon surpass the U.S. PC shipments, the specific time will be this year or next year. This will once again demonstrate the power of China's 1.3 billion population purchasing power.

The rapid growth of China's PC market will also have an impact on U.S. companies, especially Microsoft. Microsoft technical officials responsible for public affairs, Stuart McKee (Stuart McKee) on Monday in the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing said that at present 95% of China's PC market running Windows, and more than 80% of companies PC installed with Microsoft Office software.

Mackey pointed out that China will soon become the world's largest PC market, but the Chinese market, business software piracy rate of 80% to Microsoft's software piracy rate in terms of higher. He calls upon the Commission to develop strategies to address the piracy problem.

IDC and Gartner are predicting that China will in the near future in PC shipments over the United States. Gartner's data show that in 2010, the United States in the global PC market share of 20.4%, PC shipments of 71.7 million units. China's market share of 19.3%, PC shipments of 67.8 million units. Gartner believes that if the Chinese market grew by 12%, then China's PC shipments will surpass the U.S. this year.

IDC believes that China's PC shipments in 2012 surpassed the United States. IDC expects China's PC shipments this year, an increase of 10.8%, 4.7% higher than the United States. The company estimates that the United States and China last year, PC shipments were 7,500 million and 63.8 million units.

However, the United States Pace University School of Computer Science and Information Systems Expert Jonathan Hill pointed out that analysts and tech enthusiasts pay more attention to mobile devices, including tablet PCs and smart mobile phones, rather than the traditional notebook and desktop computers. Therefore, China's PC shipments will surpass the United States does not cause too much of American psychology.

Hill also believes that China is still not an operating system to replace Microsoft Windows, this may be because Chinese companies pay more attention to mobile devices. He pointed out that Baidu is currently developing a mobile operating system may be out of this consideration.

Currently, the U.S. PC makers have put most of China PC manufacturing activities. Therefore, U.S. companies in the industry on the development of hardware and software is still in the leading question.

Pace University Marketing and International Business Professor Robert G. Vambery said the next 10 to 20 years, China will lead in terms of hardware and software development. He said: "In the U.S. universities and R&D center, China's engineers and scientists have been and continue to receive the best training."

Enderle Group analyst Rob Enderle said that China's growth in PC shipments was huge, and This is one of several trends that China is replacing the U.S. as the world's most with the strength of the country.

The Taboo About Programmers' salary.

2011-04-19T07:40:00.000-07:00

Salary is an interesting topic. Each person has their own idea of this topic. It is also at work among people with a unique taboo. Although the completion of university studies, into the working environment of the programmer is only a month or so, I could not help my classmates start asking about their access to first job in the starting salary is how much. I first discovered it is not natural for everyone to face this issue, many companies have evaded the issue. Such as Microsoft, very clear requirements recruits must maintain confidentiality of their salary jobs.

From a company like Microsoft to consider the position, they practice this kind of thing is entirely understandable. They want all the information confidential as possible. If they offer you the treatment you well, and you told your friend, your friend is likely to produce an unreasonable expectation. If they give you a bad treatment, and you told your friend, then you discover that the treatment is very low, you will therefore unhappy. So, to keep the staff it is clear that taboos related to each company's best interests. However, despite this, for you, does not mean you need to comply with this taboo.

From a personal point of view, open your salary information is a good idea. Sharing salary information with colleagues that you can know how the company is an excellent way to repay. And eventually it will become your future bargaining with the company in salary effective tool. Of course, the treatment is difficult to make accurate comparisons good or bad, because different regions have different standards, but the direction, after all, is a start!

To make my proposal more valuable these proposals, the following is my collected four technology companies in the unofficial starting salary for new employees situation. If I play the drums, while his public salary information is not shared by the available information would make it very hypocritical! In each of the following companies, I refer to at least three in the company of people working full-time information, so the data close to the actual situation (especially for those who have not graduated from college students.)

Google: The Mountain View office and other large-scale office in the United States, the annual salary is about thousands of dollars, but where they will live in accordance with a number of indicators of confidentiality increase or decrease this figure. They also provide the equivalent of 40,005 to 70,001 thousands of dollars thousands of dollars (more recent than the latter) the retention period of 4 years the stock value of Google's other benefits about 40,005 thousands of US dollars per year, or even more.
Amazon: about $80,007 annual salary of thousands of dollars, they will not be known in the bargain with you on a starting salary. They usually will provide a roughly from 40,000 to 50,000 U.S. dollars the value of the different 4-year retention period of the stock (you will be the longer in the company, get more.)
Microsoft: average about $90,000 per year, but I heard only 8 million. Usually add about 5 million worth of four-year stock.
Facebook: each year $80,005 to $90,000 U.S. dollars between. Their stock structure is complex, but I guess the value is usually $1000 to $10,000 U.S. dollars 8 four-year retention period for the stock, if you believe the secondary market prices, these stocks already more than 20 million U.S. dollars in value, equivalent to each Shares 28 dollars.

Apple Moves to Dismiss FairPlay Antitrust Lawsuit!

2011-04-19T07:35:00.000-07:00

Apple has asked a Federal Court judge to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit that claims the company manipulated the FairPlay copy protection in iTunes Store music to intentionally block RealNetworks from loading music onto iPods. The lawsuit was filed in 2005, and just last month Apple CEO Steve Jobs was ordered to provide a deposition in the case.

The consumer-initiated lawsuit followed a change in Apple’s software that came only days after RealNetworks introduced its Harmony application that could load music that was purchased from its own service onto an iPod, bypassing the iTunes Store. At the time, music purchased from Apple included FairPlay digital rights management copy protection that was supported only by the iPod.

When Apple updated its FairPlay DRM, Harmony couldn’t load music onto iPods.

Now that Mr. Jobs’s deposition is complete, Apple’s legal team is asking the court to dismiss the case, according to Bloomberg. The company claims it made the change to its software to ensure that customers received the best possible user experience.

“Apple’s view is that iPods work better when consumers use the iTunes jukebox rather than third party software that can cause corruption or other problems,” Apple attorney Robert Mittelstaedt told the court.

The decision to change the software followed 58 complaints Apple received from customers having issues downloading music from other services.

U.S. District Court Judge James Ware, who is hearing the case, said he will issue a ruling on Apples motion to dismiss in May. Apple hasn’t commented on the lawsuit.

Apple Sues Samsung for 'Copying' iPhone, iPad Design!

2011-04-18T15:45:00.000-07:00

Apple has filed suit against Samsung for copying the design of its iPad and iPhone with its smartphones and tablets.

In a suit filed April 15, Apple said "Rather than innovate and develop its own technology and a unique Samsung style for its smart phone products and computer tablets, Samsung chose to copy Apple's technology, user interface and innovative style in these infringing products," according to the Wall Street Journal.

The suit covers Samsung's Galaxy S phones and tablets, the Epic 4G, and the Nexus S.

Apple said Samsung imitated the look and feel of its products with everything from apps to packaging. "This kind of blatant copying is wrong," an Apple spokeswoman told the Journal.

"Samsung's development of core technologies and strengthening our intellectual property portfolio are keys to our continued success," Samsung said in a statement. "Samsung will respond actively to this legal action taken against us through appropriate legal measures to protect our intellectual property."

Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Samsung is just the latest phone maker to feel Apple's wrath. In March 2010, Apple sued HTC for 20 instances of patent infringement, all dealing with various elements of the iPhone.

"We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it," Steve Jobs, Apple's chief executive, said at the time. "We've decided to do something about it. We think competition is healthy, but competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours."

HTC later said that it disagreed with Apple and intends to "fully defend itself."

In October, Apple also filed suit against Motorola, saying that its multi-touch smartphones use Apple-owned intellectual property.

Apple is also battling Amazon and Microsoft over the use of "app store."

Xbox 360 still the No. 1 console in the U.S.

2011-04-18T15:21:00.000-07:00

Xbox 360 was the highest-selling video game console in March, according to NPD Group, an independent market research firm. Xbox 360 has been the number one selling console in the United States for nine out of the last 10 months.

Xbox 360’s success last month and over the last several months was driven by strong console and software sales, as well as ongoing consumer demand for Kinect, the fastest selling consumer electronics device, according to Guinness World Records.

March highlights from NPD Group include:

• Xbox 360 sold 430,000 units in March, maintaining the number one console spot for the third month in a row.

• Xbox 360 console sales were up 28 percent year over year, the largest growth of any current generation console on the market.

• Total retail spend on Xbox 360 platform (hardware, software and accessories) reached $457 million, still the highest among current generation consoles.

• During the month of March, four of the top ten console game titles were for Xbox 360 including: “Homefront,” “Dragon Age II,” “Crysis 2,”and “Call of Duty: Black Ops.”

Microsoft expects this momentum to continue throughout 2011. In the coming months, Xbox 360 owners can look forward to the arrival of Kinect-enabled Netflix and Hulu Plus as well as a diverse catalog of new games.

Apple Incorporated!

2011-04-18T15:14:00.000-07:00

Apple, the oracular Silicon Valley company that became an icon of personal computing, has risen to its greatest heights in the years since Steven P. Jobs returned to its helm and opened horizons beyond the desktop.

With its coveted gadgets, Apple has cast something of a spell on both consumers and investors. The iPod and the iPhone have been major forces in the music and smartphone industries, respectively.

As measured by the value of its stock, Apple shot past Microsoft, the computer software giant, in May 2010 to become the world's most valuable technology company. The changing of the guard caps one of the most stunning turnarounds in business history for Apple, which had been given up for dead only a decade earlier, and Mr. Jobs. The rapidly rising value attached to Apple by investors also heralded an important cultural shift: consumer tastes have overtaken the needs of business as the leading force shaping technology.

But even as the company began 2011 with strong sales across its product lines, a significant question was raised by Mr. Jobs's announcement in January that he was taking a medical leave of absence — his third — a year and a half after his return from a liver transplant.

Mr. Jobs, who recovered from pancreatic cancer after surgery in 2004, had looked increasingly frail in the weeks before the announcement. He also took a leave of several months in 2009, when he left Timothy D. Cook, the chief operating officer, in charge. Mr. Cook is widely believed to be the most likely candidate to permanently replace Mr. Jobs.

In March 2011, Mr. Jobs made a surprise public appearance to introduce the iPad 2, which he described as a faster, lighter version that would sell for the same price as the original.

Mr. Cook, who took over day-to-day operations, joined Apple nearly 13 years ago and is otherwise responsible for the company’s worldwide sales and operations. He kept the development of products like the iPhone 4 and the iPad on track, increased Macintosh computer sales and improved Apple’s financial performance during an economic downturn. A day after the announcement of Mr. Jobs’ medical leave, Apple reported record sales and profits for the last three months of 2010 that far exceeded analysts’ bullish forecasts.

The 2010 holidays were really good to Apple. Consumers around the world snapped up iPhones and iPads at a dizzying rate and also bought millions of laptops, especially the new ultralight MacBook Air.

Apple said its net income in the last three months of 2010 rose 78 percent from a year earlier to a record $6 billion, or $6.43 a share, from $3.4 billion, or $3.67 a share. Revenue soared more than 70 percent to $26.74 billion, from $ 15.68 billion in 2009.

iTunes Update Addresses iPad, iPhone Sync Issues.

2011-04-18T15:07:00.000-07:00

Apple released iTunes 10.2.2 on Monday with fixes for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad syncing issues. iTunes is Apple’s music, video and iOS app management application for Mac OS X and Windows.

The 10.2.2 update addressed an issue where iTunes could become unresponsive when syncing an iPad, and fixed a problem where photo syncing could take far longer than it should. It also fixed an issue that could cause video previews to skip when viewed in the iTunes application, and fixed other stability and performance issues.

Along with the syncing and performance issue fixes, the update also patched a security flaw for Windows users where a man-in-the-middle attack when browsing the iTunes Store could lead to application crashes and unauthorized code execution.

The iTunes 10.2.2 update is free and available via Apple’s Software Update application, or as a downloadable installer at the Apple Web site.

Is iPhone Murdering Point-and-Shoots? Not Really!!

2011-04-18T14:59:00.000-07:00

Here’s a clue how popular smartphones have become as cameras: Apple’s iPhone 4 is quickly approaching the No. 1 spot to become the most-used camera on Flickr.

Nikon’s D90 DSLR camera is still Flickr king, but the iPhone isn’t far behind. The chart below (which includes only the cameras with the biggest shares) suggests the iPhone should surpass the D90 pretty soon. TechCrunch’s MG Siegler was first to make this observation.

That’s not to say general-purpose devices are killing the camera market. Worldwide still-camera sales increased 10 percent to 141 million units last year, according to research from IDC. Canon remains the world’s largest camera maker, and Sony is in a close second.

One thing contributing to the growth of handheld cameras is the advent of mirror-less cameras with bigger sensors and better, sometimes interchangeable, lenses — aka EVIL cameras. These cameras are still a relatively small part of the camera market, though.

The explanation is probably even simpler: Most dedicated cameras still have quality superior to most smartphone cameras, and people want their photos to look good. Plus, these cameras have things that a smartphone doesn’t, like a zoom lens and more-complex controls to change the appearance of photos.

The Flickr data more directly suggests that people aren’t carrying around cameras as much as they do their iPhones — which shouldn’t be a surprise, because which device would you rather keep in your pocket everywhere you go?

The smartphone’s impact on the video world is a bit more interesting. The iPhone has driven massive growth in mobile uploads on YouTube. When the iPhone 3GS released in 2009, YouTube saw mobile uploads jump exponentially each day.

Incidentally, Cisco just killed the Flip camcorder division last week. A few argue that Cisco made this decision solely because it no longer wanted to focus on consumer products. However, that’s a bit difficult to believe when you consider that smartphones shoot video that’s just as good, if not better, than a Flip. Plus, they have an internet connection to send videos straight to the web.

In the case of the Flip, Cisco didn’t adapt to the changing, increasingly interconnected world where people want to share videos and photos as fast as they create them. That left an opening that smartphone vendors are happy to fill.

However, camera vendors are making the right moves by focusing on quality images and a wider range of features to keep still cameras alive and well.

White iPhone 4 Release April 26: Hope iPhone 5 Isn’t Delayed This Long!
White iPhone 4 may be released by end of April

How To Boost Employee Motivation With Better Leadership?

2011-04-17T15:26:00.000-07:00

It is an astonishing fact - repeatedly shown in numerous surveys - that two-thirds of the workforce are not engaged in their work. Imagine the magnitude of lost productivity and innovation this represents! It also lies at the heart of much workplace strife and it denies workers any chance of true satisfaction from their working life. It begs the question - what causes this lack of employee motivation?

No doubt the responsibility is shared - the workers may have limited vision and aspiration. They also inherit decades of conditioning which implies that work is something that has to be endured and that effort should be limited to the minimum. It's no accident that there are many more negative terms for work than positive ones.

But a good deal of the shared responsibility lies with those in authority. Much of what passes as leadership is ego-driven and rooted in self-interest. Much is small-minded, lukewarm or insipid.

When individuals are made leaders simply by position and title, they inherit authority rather than earn it. Often they are driven to protect their own position and spend more effort in preserving the status quo than in making genuine moves to advance the fortunes of the organization or the people working in it.

Meanwhile natural leaders of the future stay in the shadows. They either hold themselves back feeling they can't compete with the cultural bias or they are kept in the margins by the established power base.

The result is a shortage of true leaders - the leadership vacuum. The clear conclusion is that to win greater engagement and to transform levels of employee motivation, we need a leap in the standards of leadership.

This is where you could make a real difference. It means stepping forward, prepared to be visible. This takes courage and persistence. But most of all it takes the willingness to break with conformity. If you remain entirely within convention then the results you get will simply perpetuate all the faults and the lost engagement that are already familiar.

You have a rebellious side - if you don't believe me cast your mind back to your teenage years. It's likely that this was really active then - the part that does not want to conform; the idealist that refuses to compromise. Back then holding a principle was more important than expediency, and being sensible was akin to surrender.

Your rebel side is still alive now - it might just need awakening. Speaker and author David Whyte argues strongly for the outlaw - like a sort of Robin Hood - that lies within each of us:

"To preserve a sense of freedom even in the midst of rules and regulations is to preserve a part of our identities …to live happily within outer laws, we must have a part that goes its own way, that is blessedly outlaw no matter what the outward conditions"

It is from your outlaw that the passion can come to break with conformity enough to be a genuine leader and take your people with you.

I need thinking. this is a real trouble for me too, how to improve it? what is the effective way?

White iPhone 4 Release April 26: Hope iPhone 5 Isn’t Delayed This Long!

2011-04-17T15:16:00.000-07:00

Good news come one by one, this is a excited day.

There’s been rumblings for months and months now that Apple is finally ready to release the sought after White iPhone 4. We once thought it was dead up until some news popped up that it will release last week of April. Apple finally confirmed the report:

“The new version will be available from AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless by the end of April, said one of the people, who asked not to be identified because the plans aren’t public. The release was stalled as Apple resolved manufacturing challenges, including paint that peeled under heat, one person said.”

Macrumors via iPhoneItalia is reporting that the magic date is April 26 citing multiple resources. The White iPhone 4 was first announced last year at WWDC supposedly to release with the black version.

Apple had problems with getting the right “paint” and thus the multiple delays. On April 26, the wait is finally over. With the iPhone 5 also “delayed”, let’s sure hope it doesn’t take this freaking long. Will you buy a White iPhone 4 knowing iPhone 5 isn’t coming anytime soon?

That's a dream for me to have a iPhone, maybe this winter I will save enough money to buy it.
I will pay attention to Apple this year continue.

White iPhone 4 may be released by end of April

2011-04-17T15:12:00.000-07:00

(CNN) - Bloomberg BusinessWeek has reported that a white iPhone 4 is expected to be released by the end of April.

Rumors of such a release have been swirling for some time.

Bloomberg said it got its information from three sources with "knowledge of the plans."

The industry insiders told Bloomberg that the phone will be available to customers of both AT&T and Verizon.

The black iPhone 4 was released in June. Apple has blamed production problems for the delayed release of a white version.

Apple is a greate company.

‘Singing Woman’ by Ada Jack Carver

2011-04-16T16:37:00.000-07:00

Our story today is called "Singing Woman." It was written by Ada Jack Carver. She won an O. Henry Award for the story.

"Singing Woman" is about an old professional mourner in the southern state of Louisiana. She lives on Isle Brevelle, a community of French-speaking people of mixed race. They are part black, part white. Now, here is Mary Tillotson with the story.

MARY TILLOTSON: Little by little, Isle Brevelle was changing and the old ways were disappearing. People did not even die as they used to in any beds with time to receive the sacrament and be pardoned for their sins. They died just anywhere, everywhere killed by trains or the growing number of automobiles that raced by on the big new roads.

No wondered the buryings were often poor, hurried affairs without even a singing woman. Henriette and her close friend, fat old Josephine Remon, were the only singing women left on Isle Brevelle.

There was a time when a singing woman was as necessary as a priest. No one who amounted to anything would be buried without a professional mourner.

Nowadays, people seemed to have lost the fear, the dignity of death. They did not care how they died or were born. They just came into and went out of the world, any old way.

All this troubled Henriette. She sat in her corner and mumbled and grumbled to God about it -- "Look liking ain't nothing right, not what it used to be."

It had been nearly ten years no since Henriette had wailed for a funeral. Her friend Josephine had had the last one. That was six years ago, when Madame Rivet died. That made ninety-eight for Josephine and ninety-nine for herself. She was one funeral ahead of her friend.

How proud Henriette was of her record! She, Henriette, had sung for more buryings than any singing woman in the parish. Of course, Old Josephine was a mighty close second.

Henriette kept a record of her own and Josephine's funerals, in a little black book locked up in a safe place. On one page was here own name, Henriette, and underneath it ninety-nine crosses in neat little rows of five. On the opposite page was Josephine's name, and beneath it ninety-eight crosses, in neat little rows of five. Well, they had served death long and loyally, she and Josephine.

There was a time when, as a special treat, Henriette would take out her funeral book and name the crosses: "This one was Marie Lombard, and this one Celeste, her daughter. Here was Henri, who died the time the cholera came, in eighteen-sixty.

Sometimes, Henriette wondered sadly if she would ever wail again. There was on Isle Brevelle only one person left who, if he died, would want a wailing woman. This was Toni Philbert, the only soul on Isle Brevelle older than Henriette.

Toni and Henriette and Josephine had been young folks together. Now it became a sort of game between the two women – who would get Toni when he died.

"If I get Toni," Henriette would say, "me, I'll have two more crosses than you. I'll have a hundred." And Josephine, sitting fat in her chair, would laugh – "mais non, and if I get him," we'll be even, Etta, my friend."

Toni himself, an old, old man was pleased with the fuss they made over him. Sometimes he would joke with them when he met them at church. "Well, well, old ‘uns. I'm here yet. Ha! Ha! I'll outlive both you girls. Just wait – me, I show you!"

Sometimes when the weather was fine, and the sun not too hot or too bright, old Henriette would take her stick and hobble down to Josephine's house to talk of old times.

What grand living and dying there used to be, back in steamboat days! It was like remembering a wedding festival or a Mardi Gras to look back to the yellow-fever scare of eighteen-ninety. A funeral every day, and sometimes two. She and Josephine had had their hands full...Shucks! The land was too healthy now, what with draining the swamps and such. The people were getting too uppity, outwitting death like that. Good thing after all that the automobiles bumped some of them off, else they would never quit the earth.

Sometimes, Henriette and Josephine would make wild little jokes, slapping at the flies with their untiring fans. "I seen Toni Last week, at the church. He's looking weak. Mai non!" And both would laugh. "He ain't here too long."

But old Toni, who for almost twenty years has had one foot in the grave, looked like he meant to hang on to the earth forever and ever, amen. He has always been like that, a lover of life and living. Heylaw! What a lad old Toni used to be...What a way with the girls!

It was on a terribly hot August day that Toni Philbert had a stroke. Henriette's grandson came in and told her about it. Henriette was excited. So Toni was sick, very low! She gulped down some coffee and got her stick and was off to Josephine's house. She was so heavy with news she could hardly breathe. Ah, well, poor old Toni was dying! Which one would he want to sing for him, herself or old Josephine?

A week went by, and another, and it began to look as if old Toni did not mean to die after all. It was just like Toni to keep death waiting, to play with death like that.

Every night Henriette got out her funeral book. Ninety-nine crosses for herself. A record any singing woman might be proud of! If only she could get one more, to complete her final five! If only she could get Toni. How she would crow over Josephine then..."Me, I got one hundred crosses. One hundred funerals I've sung for."

Then, one night in late September, Toni died and his son came to ask Henriette to the funeral. "Papa, he told us to get you. The funeral is tomorrow at ten."

In the morning, when Henriette awakened, she found that something terrible had happened to her voice. It was gone. She could not speak...too much excitement, and she let herself get wet outside. Her grandchildren put warm things on her throat and gave her a rum toddy. But it did no good. Her throat hurt when she opened her mouth. She sounded like a frog. She had to stay in bed.

In the evening the family returned from the burying. But they said nothing about the funeral and how nice Josephine had sung and carried on.

When Henriette thought no one was looking, she took out her funeral book from under her pillow and made a crossmark under Josephine's name. Now they were even! Each had ninety-nine crosses. Her old hands shook and one tear rolled out of one eye.

The next day, when Henriette awoke, she heard much excitement around the house. She sat up against her pillow. Her grandchildren crowed around her bed and told her that Josephine had gotten sick in the night and passed away early this morning.

"How do you feel, Granny?" Is your throat all right? Josephine asked for you in the night, to come and sing for her funeral...Well, le bon Dieu loves you."

All day, the children made preparations to take Henriette to Josephine's funeral. They said, "You stay in bed and rest, Mammy, so your voice will be good tomorrow."

The next morning they came in to help her. When she was dressed and ready to go, they brought her the funeral book. "Now, Mammy, look! Mark it down – one hundred funerals. You have sung for more buryings than anyone in the parish."

But Henriette brushed them away. "Don't interfere," she cackled. "You wait till I come home from Josephine's burial."

She was unsteady on her feet as they started out. She was so little, so little and thin. In the mourning veil she looked like a little black bride. She hobbled painfully, slowly along the road. There was not much strength left in her. A loneliness passed over her...a loneliness and heartache..."Josie," she called... "Josie...I'm coming."

She reached the turn of the road where the willows grew and had to stop. She could go no further. She became dizzy...weaker...sick with fear. She turned her face toward Josephine's house and whispered – "Josie."

Everything around her seemed less clear...a darkness took hold of her – "Josie...Josie...I believe, my friend that...after all...you and me will quit even."

(MUSIC)

SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: You have heard the story called, "Singing Woman." I was written by Ada Jack Carver. It was edited and adapted for Special English by Harold Berman. Your narrator was Mary Tillotson. Listen again next week at the same time for another Special English program of AMERICAN STORIES. This is Shirley Griffith.

Apple Employees Make 'It Gets Better' Video

2011-04-16T16:34:00.000-07:00

Apple has joined the "It Gets Better" campaign with a video that features words of encouragement from its gay, lesbian, and transgendered employees.

"To finally be open and honest with who I am and what I want out of life. To my surprise, it was probably one of the best things that I had ever done," one man says.

"You feel every sense of freedom and every sense of 'this is what life is all about,'" says another.

The "It Gets Better Campaign" got started last year after college student Tyler Clementi jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge after his roommate used a Webcam to broadcast Clementi's sexual encounter with another man. Unfortunately, Clementi was just one of several teens who took their own lives recently after being bullied for their sexual orientation.

In the wake of these deaths, "Savage Love" columnist Dan Savage started the "It Gets Better Project," a YouTube video archive of testimonials from celebrities, politicians, and everyday people telling their own stories or offering to support those who are suffering. Savage won a $500 award from the Sidney Hillman Foundation for his efforts, which he donated to the Trevor Project, which has also supported the "It Gets Better" project on its Web site.

"The bullies seem like the powerful people, but the secret of the real world is they're at the peak of their power at 15 and 16, and there will come a time when the bullies are not successful and the people they bullied are, and you just have to out-survive them," another Apple employee said in the video.

"And sometimes I still shake my head, think I'm dreaming, because it got so much better than I ever thought it would be possible," said another.

"There's no way anyone can really, really explain it to you until you really feel it, but if you're not around, you won't," a woman concludes.

Apple is not the only tech company to join the effort. Google, which is also a corporate sponsor of the Trevor Project, along with AT&T, Levi Strauss & Co., and Wells Fargo, released a similar video of its employees in October. President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have also made videos.

Apple Faces Lawsuit Over App Purchases, 'Child Exploitation'

2011-04-16T16:30:00.000-07:00

A lawsuit filed against Apple alleges that the company does not do enough to prevent unauthorized purchases of applications by children and claims such lack of action makes for "unlawful exploitation" of children.

The lead plaintiff in the class action lawsuit is Garen Meguerian of Phoenixville, Penn., who says application purchasing policies not only exploit children, but parents' wallets, allowing the company to rake in millions of dollars in extra gains.

Megurian claims the current policy allows children to makes purchases on their parents' accounts without permission. Now he's suing Apple for a number of things, including unjust enrichment and breach of contract.

This isn't the first time someone has raised an eyebrow about Apple's purchasing policy. Congress began pressuring the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the policy last year after a story was released about an 8-year-old girl who purchased $1,400 in applications.

FBI shuts down Internet poker sites

2011-04-16T01:48:00.000-07:00

Reporting from New York and Los Angeles—

A thriving online poker industry catering to Americans but operating from abroad to evade U.S. gambling laws could be wiped out by criminal charges against top executives in the business.

Eleven people, including the founders of the three largest poker sites open to U.S. players, were charged by a federal grand jury with bank fraud, money laundering and violating gambling laws. The government also is seeking to recover $3 billion from the companies.

The FBI had shut down two of the sites, Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars, by Friday evening and were working to do the same with the third, Absolute Poker. Online visitors were greeted with a message saying, "This domain name has been seized by the F.B.I. pursuant to an Arrest Warrant," and an enumeration of federal anti-gambling statutes and penalties.

An estimated 8 million to 10 million Americans play poker online for money; thousands of them earn their living on the sites, according to a players advocacy group.

Congress tried to shut down the industry by enacting an anti-gambling law in 2006, but most sites found ways to work around the vaguely worded measure. Since then other members of Congress have proposed bills to legalize Internet gambling, but they have failed to reach a floor of either chamber.

In the community of players, news of the indictments unsealed Friday in federal court in Manhattan landed like a bombshell.

"Everyone's in panic," said David Tuthill, a 22-year-old in Las Vegas who makes his living playing online and in casinos. "Everyone sort of knew in the back of their minds that a day like this was possible — and maybe even inevitable — but it's really just shocking now that it's here."

Two of the 11 defendants were arrested Friday morning in Utah and Nevada. Federal agents were said to be working with Interpol to capture defendants located overseas.

None of the companies responded to requests for comment.

Prosecutors alleged that after the 2006 law was passed the sites disguised deposits from their customers by describing them as payments to fictional online merchants.

After banks started to crack down on this practice, some of the companies turned to other institutions, including small, struggling American banks, to process payments, the indictment says.

"These defendants concocted an elaborate criminal fraud scheme, alternately tricking some U.S. banks and effectively bribing others to assure the continued flow of billions in illegal gambling profits," Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan, said in a statement.

The 2006 law did not directly outlaw online poker sites, but instead barred businesses from taking payments for "unlawful" online gambling, leaving the definition of what is unlawful to others.

After the law was passed, the largest site used by American players, PartyPoker.com, shut down its U.S. operations. But other companies thought they would be able to navigate the law by arguing, among other things, that poker is a game of skill and consequently could not be categorized as gambling.

There also was a widespread belief that by moving operations outside the United States, they would escape the eye of American authorities.

Full Tilt Poker, which was founded in Los Angeles, moved to Ireland after the law was passed.

"They thought — and for five years they were right — that no one would go to the trouble of going overseas to try to bring them back to this country," said Chuck Humphrey, a Colorado lawyer specializing in online gambling.

PokerStars, the largest of the three companies, is located in Britain's Isle of Man. Humphrey, who has done legal work for PokerStars, estimated that the company makes $500 million a year from its American customers. Absolute Poker, the smallest of the three, is based in Costa Rica.

In March, Wynn Resorts and Caesars Entertainment made moves into the online poker space, with Wynn pairing up with PokerStars to back federal legislation to regulate and tax online gambling. Last month, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Rep. John Campbell (R-Irvine) introduced a new attempt at federal regulation of online gaming.

A number of states also have taken up the issue and last year a ban on Internet poker in the state of Washington was upheld by courts.

I. Nelson Rose, a Whittier Law School professor and expert in gambling law, said states have been struggling to reconcile the legal gambling that is available at casinos in many states with the illegality of gambling online.

"Gambling has become a part of everyday life," Rose said. "Nearly every state has commercial gambling, most have casinos and nearly all have lotteries. But the laws are trailing behind."

Anthony Cabot, a Las Vegas lawyer who works with online gambling sites, said that the companies are likely to aggressively fight the charges on many of the same grounds that they have been fighting in state courts.

"This is the opening shot — but I think they without exception have their legal arguments in hand," Cabot said. "This is really just an opportunity to finally vet the question as to whether their operations have been compliant."

For the millions of poker players, the most immediate concern has been what will happen with all the millions of dollars they have in their online accounts — and the time they spent playing online.

"Now, I'll be playing more darts, I guess," said Scott Harker, 43, a technical writer in Ohio who has been playing since the late 1990s.

"It's really sad to see it go," he said. "But I think it'll come back eventually."

Apple releases IOS 4.3.2 to fix Comodo SSL breach

2011-04-15T04:26:00.000-07:00

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Apple has released IOS 4.3.2 for the Iphone 3GS, Iphone 4, Ipads and third and fourth generation Ipod Touch devices.

Apple made a number of fixes with IOS 4.3.2 including fixing blank or frozen Facetime calls and international 3G connections on the Ipad, but most of the update addresses security issues. Top of Apple's list was to issue a fix that mitigates the Comodo SSL vulnerability that occurred last month.

One of Comodo's affiliate registration authorities was compromised, resulting in the fraudulent issuance of SSL certificates. Apple's IOS 4.3.2 blacklists those certificates that were fraudently issued. A similar security update for Mac OS X users was also released by Apple at the same time.

Apple issued two updates to Webkit, the rendering engine behind its Safari web browser, to stop hackers from running code if the user visits a maliciously crafted website. A similar security hole has been patched in the libxslt library and an update to Quicklook will protect against dodgy Microsoft Office files that might try to use the software to execute code without the user's knowledge.

At this point Apple has yet to release IOS 4.3.2 for its CDMA Iphone 4, but it will be surprising if Apple waits too long to issue some sort of update to at least blacklist dodgy Comodo SSL certificates.

Although the list of features and fixes might sound a tad sparse, Apple's IOS 4.3.2 weighs in at 666MB, so the devil must be in the details.

Apple poaches Microsoft cloud computing guru

2011-04-15T04:24:00.000-07:00

Macworld UK - Apple is planning to expand its data center infrastructure and has poached a leading Microsoft executive to help it achieve this aim, according to reports.

According to the Data Center Knowledge website, Kevin Timmons - previously Microsoft's general manager of Datacenter Services - will take up a leadership position at Apple in the coming weeks.

Microsoft has confirmed Timmons' departure from the company, saying he "has decided to pursue other career opportunities and is no longer working at Microsoft".

Microsoft did not specifically mention what these "career opportunities" entailed. But Dave Ohara, who has worked in data centers at Apple and Microsoft, stated that Timmons was going to move to Microsoft.

However, Ohara said that Timmons was not going to replace the late Oliver Sanche, who was Apple's top data center executive but died suddenly last year.

Though it is unclear what position Timmons will take at Apple if the reports are correct, speculation about Apple's cloud computing plans is already in full swing. Last week Macworld reported that Apple had bought up 12 petabytes of storage from Isilon Systems.

According to an insider at Isilon, Apple plans to use this storage space to manage the video downloads of its iTunes customers. This is not the first time that Apple's ambitions to move into the video-streaming space have been rumoured - last month a Morgan Stanley analyst claimed that the company was working on a Smart TV prototype.

Data Center Knowledge also points out that Apple is planning to build more data centers in Europe and the U.S. Timmons has experience building data centers in Chicago and Dublin for Microsoft, reportedly delivering the projects on time and on budget.

Lebanon - Tripoli - Golden

2011-04-14T15:16:00.000-07:00

This is a old gold street having thousand years of history, do not look casually hung windows, that are all genuine hard currency - gold, you walk into a store, the clerk will give you a small tray which like a domestic bakery, and then you have to do is take down your favorite ornaments on his tray, over the last election, said the pay is the weight on the electronic, haha, Chinese seems to be calculated on the g In my view that the Arab women with a black veil that buy up only by the number of pounds to calculate it!

Official Biography of Steve Jobs to Be Available in 2012

2011-04-14T01:40:00.000-07:00

Soon we will be able to know more about the biography of Steve Jobs. It turned out that his official biography will be published in early 2012.

The book has the title of iSteve: The Book of Jobs. It is written by Walter Isaacson, who is known to be famous biographer as well as the managing editor of Times and former CEO of CNN. Although we do not know much about the book’s contents, Isaacson managed to get access to the family of Steve Jobs, Apple as well as Steve Jobs, himself. The book will be published as well as distributed by Simon & Schuster.

It will be the fourth biography of Isaacson, which follows Einstein: His Life and Universe, Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, as well as A Biography.

No doubts it will be a landmark books about the greatest innovators of the world. Like with Benjamin Franklin as well as Einstein, Walter Isaacson is revealing a story about revolutionary genius.

Steve Jobs is very secretive especially when it comes to his personal life. But still some of the details about his past were disclosed in unauthorized biographies, like The Second Coming of Steve Jobs as well as iCon: Steve Jobs. But both failed to paint a complete picture. It is hoped that we will be able to get concrete answers to questions that remained unresolved about the life of Steve Jobs. Moreover, it is hoped that we will get even new insights into how the Apple’s CEO runs such a valuable technology company.

How to Pan-Roast Garlic

2011-04-13T15:42:00.000-07:00

Pan-roasting garlic can be accomplished using crushed garlic or garlic cloves, depending on your taste preference and how quickly you want the garlic to cook. Crushed garlic can take about 20 minutes to roast on a stove top, while garlic cloves will cook in about five; however, the cloves will also be boiled and softened before going into the pan. While the crushed garlic recipe can be used as a base for a dressing, the clove recipe can be served alongside main dishes and as a spread.

Instructions

10 garlic cloves or 4 whole garlic bulbs
Garlic press
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon salt

Pan-Roasted Crushed Garlic

Peel and crush 10 garlic cloves using a garlic press. Remove any stray bits of skin and manually chop any large clumps of garlic.
Put the crushed garlic into a small skillet. Add 1/2 cup of extra virgin olive oil, stirring to make sure the ingredients are well mixed.
Cook the mixture over low heat for about 20 minutes. Keep close watch over the garlic and stir frequently, as cooking times vary. The garlic is caramelized when it is browned and soft.

Remove the garlic cloves from the 4 garlic bulbs. Do not peel. Place in a large saucepan with 6 cups of water.
Place the saucepan on a burner set to high heat. Bring the water to boiling. Reduce the heat to low and cover the saucepan. Simmer until the garlic cloves are tender, approximately 15 minutes.
Drain the water from the saucepan. Rinse the garlic with cold water and drain again.
Peel the garlic cloves. Combine them with the vegetable oil, sugar and salt in a large skillet over medium high heat until glazed and golden brown, about five minutes.

Kai-fu Lee: The most worried about the phenomenon of misleading the 80 students after the start-Star

2010-10-21T21:31:00.001-07:00

"I am most worried about is the 'entrepreneurial stars' experience will mislead many students, so they should not go onto the road." In the "Kai-Fu student network" was renamed "I'm learning network" of the ceremony, the site founder, Google global vice president Kai-fu Lee says. Day, Kai-fu Lee and Xiao-Ping Xu, dean of the new Eastern culture exchange with students from 80 after the start of star's views.

Kai-fu Lee said that after he contacted the 80 stars are divided into two kinds of business. The first one has a clear goal to do something meaningful. They were very involved, love their team and work, they value the opportunities, and so on do not finish college, and in the long run, these people have room to grow.

Another entrepreneur to Kai-fu Lee is worried: they seem to just start to sell, market, make a fortune. They quite conceited and arrogant. Kai-fu Lee believes that such a mind can not become future leaders.

He said that the United States, there are many entrepreneurs who, after 80, this is not a phenomenon unique to China, the opportunities the Internet. But he reminded the students that everyone is different capabilities, entrepreneurial drive and business opportunities are not the same, not everyone will succeed as long as the effort, not blindly worship of successful entrepreneurs.

Beijing supplies a junior college to the two successful people to ask questions, and students are engaged in their "rising stars in business alliance", college students how to help the community, how to get their attention and investment projects.

Xu Xiaoping took the microphone and asked: "Did you company? Ran Industry Bureau, the Inland Revenue Department? Do you work in the shop played it?"

In the get several "no" answers, Xu Xiaoping said: "I did not criticize you engage in union before they graduate, this is a common problem students." Xu Xiaoping proposal to abolish the name, students engage in a study group Students venture interest groups; to find a real person to talk over business; or find a really successful doing business students, the first simulation, and then practice.

"Young people should go forward, always." Appears in Xu Xiaoping, a whole, this country's development is good. However, from the practical needs of business, not personal desire expansion needs, should depend on, undaunted by repeated setbacks.

"In fact, college graduates or backward a few poorly and corporate learning." Kai-fu Lee said on the presence of students, even if you desire more urgent business, or to calm down, please come take a look at business plan experts, do not let the young heart got ourselves into desperation.

Financing of 1.045 billion U.S. dollars into the giant U.S. IPO's largest private enterprises in

2010-10-20T19:43:00.001-07:00

November 1 morning news, the giant network today to issue price of 15.5 U.S. dollars, issued 6739 million American depository receipts, IPO financing volume reached 1.045 billion U.S. dollars, the company's total market capitalization of 4.2 billion U.S. dollars, becoming the largest in the United States, China issued private enterprises.

It is understood that the network has successfully completed a giant road show. International's largest institutional investors active subscription, Subscription far beyond the issue size, pricing higher than prospectus disclosure of 14 dollars per share, price ceiling.

It is responsible for underwriting the giant network of Merrill Lynch and UBS responsible person, a giant international network of investors a high degree of identity, particularly its strong R & D capabilities and the most extensive sales network of keen interest.

Prospectus shows that in January 2007 to June, total revenue of the giant network of 687 million yuan, net profit of 512 million yuan over the same period. Online game giant's flagship product, "journey" in the second quarter, while the maximum number of 107 million people online, the average number of 51 million people online. Are similar products in the first.

Another Giant theme of modern warfare online game "giant" has entered the closed beta, is expected to be listed in the fourth quarter. The purchase of complete intellectual property rights, "King of Kings 3" is expected to be available in 2008. Industry analysts believe that networking giant is currently operating a "journey", "journey time Edition" for similar products online first, strong profitability, coupled to look forward to the "giant" and "King of Kings 3", the future growth potential.

MAC-based access control list Xiangjie

2010-10-11T01:15:00.001-07:00

Creating Named MAC Extended ACLs

Step 1 configure terminal to enter global configuration mode

Step 2 mac access-list extended name Define an extended MAC access list using a name.

Step 3

(Deny | permit)

(Any | host source MACaddress | source MAC address mask)

(Any | host destination MAC address | destination MAC address mask) [type mask | lsap lsap mask | aarp | amber | dec-spanning | decnet-iv | diagnostic | dsm | etype-6000 | etype-8042 | lat | lavc-sca | mop-console | mop-dump | msdos | mumps | netbios | vines-echo | vines-ip | xns-idp | 0-65535]

[Cos cos]

Step 4 end Return to privileged EXEC mode.

Step 5 show access-lists [number | name] Show the access list configuration.

Step 6 copy running-config startup-config (Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.

This example shows how to create and display an access list named mac1, denying only EtherType

DECnet Phase IV traffic, but permitting all other types of traffic.

Switch (config) # mac access-list extended mac1

Switch (config-ext-macl) # deny any any decnet-iv

Switch (config-ext-macl) # permit any any

Switch (config-ext-macl) # end

Switch # show access-lists

Extended MAC access list mac1

10 deny any any decnet-iv

20 permit any any

Whirlpool eventually favored by the United States and Thailand was designated as the optimum board b

2010-09-25T02:14:00.001-07:00

Whirlpool to finally having a good harvest increase several times, the United States and Thailand removed the board last Friday, said Ripplewood's previous recommendation, the Whirlpool bid as the optimum bid.

To last Wednesday, Whirlpool has bid three times to reach 21 dollars per share to acquire the stock by half cash half way. In contrast, Ripplewood bid 14 dollars per share, it becomes relatively shabby. The Whirlpool with Mattel and Ripplewood's breakup fee 40 million U.S. dollars have been ready. Industry analyst firm Morgan Keegan analyst Laura Qian Pan (LauraChampine) said: "Whirlpool's offer is enough to win the United States and Thailand, a week, Whirlpool and Maytag will officially hand, Ripplewood will be out."

This year in May, the United States and Thailand's Board of Directors has recommended that shareholders accept the Ripplewood offer, and decided on August 19 at the company headquarters in Newton, Iowa, on whether to accept Ripplewood's offer to vote.

MacTel impact WinTel

2010-09-16T21:52:00.001-07:00

MacTel = Mac + Intel, is impacting the well-known WinTel.

Old Bill introduced Windows 3.0 in 1990, the moment, WinTel experiencing pain after 5 years was finally stable. After 20 years in the years, there has been no real threat to the strength of its foundation.

January 10, Jobs announced the Mac World last two marked "Intel Core Duo", a Mac running Mac OS machine. This is the first time in history, some manufacturers have adopted Intel processors and not dare to launch Windows-running PC. Such a cool thing, except no one dared to Jobs.

MacTel WinTel What will the impact?

The fact that playback
Week, the world body to get a test prototype, the evaluation has published their own report and comments.

According to Macworld test, iMac Core Duo comprehensive than iMac G5, running iMove rate of 1.84 times for the iMac G5, close to Steve Jobs claimed: "speed up the past two times." Nikkei BP testers wrote: "start very fast. From the power to burst open," Qiang "was about 5 seconds, then after about 20 seconds to display the progress bar. And then, instantly showing the desktop," "HD smooth playback of video was amazing. "

In order to run in the iMac Core Duo iMac G5 version of the application code execution, Apple supplied Rosetta emulator. According to Macworld test, iTunes iMac G5 speed under 66%, Photoshop is 55%. Jobs said this at the press conference, general users to use enough.

Nikkei BP reporters, iMac Core Duo does not have Intel Inside, Centrino Duo and Intel ViiV standards such as the identity. Box bears a completely Apple-style "Intel Core Duo" logo. "Apple design" is impressively printed on the iMac Core Duo.

iMac Core Duo announcement after the heated discussion in the industry to run Windows in its possibilities. Many tests show that the iMac Core Duo can not run Windows XP. Technical experts, iMac Core Duo for UEFI (United Extensible Firmware Interface, Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) block the operating system other than Mac OS. Experts point out that as long as the change UEFI firmware, you can run other operating systems.

Macnn reported: "Microsoft said it is working with Apple co-operation, will Virtual PC to Intel Mac platform." Microsoft Virtual PC is a virtual environment based on Intel processors, can run multiple operating systems on it, Intel pledged to support processor-level virtual technology. The Apple director, said this: "We did not take any action to prevent or encourage this." One thing is clear, iMac Core Duo has the potential to run multiple operating systems.

Finally, the computer lab experts evaluating the world, Intel Mac machine's price and the same configuration of PC and laptop machines rather, not expensive. According to research firm iSupply analysis of 1,299 U.S. dollars iMac Core Duo manufacturing cost 898 U.S. dollars.

Three shocks
iMac Core Duo has been placed in front of the user, who can only face all the WinTel, fight.

Wintel's vulgar temperament and different, MacTel is a high-level artistic temperament and style of products. Throughout the industry, manufacturers rely on third-manufacturing companies rely on second-rate technology, first-class manufacturers rely on Art. MacTel appearance, open the PC and notebook artistic era. In the art of the times, why should the user choose vulgar? WinTel we all will make the individual a bit technical, who art?

MacTel has the potential to run multiple operating systems. If that day comes, only the function of running Mac Mac OS, Windows and Linux, and three OS on top of rich applications. Wintel PC can run most Windows and Linux. Stronger than the 32-bit 64-bit, 2GHz stronger than 1GHz. Decimal better than large numbers, women and children to know the IT Law. Once the user understand MacTel are three kinds of OS, WinTel only two words how do?

From the cost analysis shows, MacTel considerable room for price cuts, have more room to deal with price wars. Jobs in particular, taught to play low-cost iPod games. Even the price war is immune dominant, WinTel how to do?

Although the Mac, only 4% market share, if three to five years as the iPod, like Rounds, Old Devil A point would not be surprised.

Dreamweaver MX 2004 from scratch

2010-08-04T01:14:00.001-07:00

After the first few parts of the operation, our website has been illustrated, with considerable effect, but it is not enough for the website, many pages to the site to become an organic whole, each page must be passed over Links ways, and this can allow the viewer to jump between different pages.

links to pictures and text

Established for some text or image link is very convenient, as long as the need to use the mouse to select the picture or text into a link, and then in the Properties panel of the "Link" input box need to jump the target page address, or press the input box next to the folder icon to select the file jump. In addition, Dreamweaver MX 2004 also provides a window through the site to quickly link to documents.

First step is to run "Site 鈫?Manage Sites" command, and from the pop-up menu, select a good site has been created, a time to see pop up in the right side of the site management window.

The second step in the editor select text or pictures, direct dragging properties panel "Link" input box next to the circular target icon, then an arrow will appear when the arrow points to the site manager in a single file , a box appears around the file.

Visual C# 2005 Quick Start of the while statement

2010-07-26T20:05:00.000-07:00

Use while statements can be true in a Boolean expression is subject to repeat the run a statement.
while statement syntax is as follows:
while (booleanExpression)

statement

First, the Boolean expression will be evaluated, if it is true, on the run statement, then the Boolean expression is evaluated again. If the expression is still true, to run the statement again, and again the expression is evaluated. This process will continue repeatedly until the boolean expression evaluates to false; time, while statement will exit, and from the first statement after the while continue. while statement syntax with if statements have many similarities (in fact, in addition to the two different keywords, the syntax is exactly the same):

expression must be a Boolean expression.

Boolean expression must be placed within parentheses.

If the first value, the Boolean expression is false, statement is not run.

If you want to in a while under the control of the implementation of two or more statements, you must use braces to group into a block statement.

The following while statement is written to the console the value 0 to 9:

int i = 0;
while (i != 10)
(
Console.WriteLine (i);
i++;
)

All the while statement should be terminated at some point. Novice common mistake is to forget to add a special statement, it would eventually result in a Boolean expression evaluates to false and terminate the cycle. In the example, i++; on this situation.

Note that while loop variable i controls the final number of cycles. This is a very popular representation, has the effect of the variable is sometimes called the sentinel variable (Sentinel variable).

In the following exercise, preparing to write a while loop, it is time to read from a source file line content, and write each line of a text box.

use the while statement

1. WhileStatement open Visual Studio 2005 project, which is located in My Documents folder under the Microsoft PressVisual CSharp Step by StepChapter 5WhileStatement subfolders.

2. Select "Debug" | "to start (not debugging)."

Visual Studio 2005 to build and run the Windows application. Application itself is a simple text file viewer that allows you to select a file to display its contents.

3. Click the "Open File" (Open File) button.

Then there are "Open" dialog box

4. Switch to the My Documents folder under the Microsoft PressVisual CSharp Step by Step Chapter 5WhileStatementWhileStatement subfolders.

5. Select the Form1.cs file, and then click "Open."

Form1.cs file name will be displayed in small text box, but the contents of the file does not display in the large text box. This is because we have not achieved the appropriate code to read the contents of the source file and display those in the large text box contents. The following steps will add this feature.

6. Close the form, return to Visual Studio 2005.

7. In the "Code and Text Editor" window displays the file Form1.cs code, find openFileDialog_FileOk method.

Users in the "Open" dialog box, select a file, and click "Open" button, call the method. Method is currently the subject:
string fullPathname = openFileDialog.FileName;

FileInfo src = new FileInfo (fullPathname);
filename.Text = src.Name;

/ Bin / boot / dev / etc / home / lib / lost + found / media / misc / mnt / net / opt / proc / root / sbin / selinux / srv / sys / tmp / u01 / usr / var / vmware add while loop here backup / bin / conf / data / log / maint / svn / tmp /

The first statement declares a string variable, named fullPathname, and it is initialized to openFileDialog object FileName property. The statement fullPathname initialized to "Open" dialog box, select the source file's full name (including path).

Note openFileDialog object is from the "toolbox" of selected components of an instance of the OpenFileDialog. This component provides the methods used, you can display to the user a standard Windows "Open" dialog box, allowing users to choose a file, and get selected file name and path.

Procurement into the decision-making problems faced in China

2010-07-12T19:46:00.000-07:00

Purchasing management may be the most did not fully leverage the commercial area, but it from executives to the position of decision-making the transition will go through a long process of natural fission.

Procurement into the decision-making problems faced in China

Wen / Liu Richard

Procurement management in the financial, strategic and operational aspects of a key role to play, yes company's short-and long-term performance of the main driving force, procurement management may be China's most fully leverage Wei Ling Yu role of the business.

In the area of finance, procurement and supply management can be a company to maximize the performance of the most effective way. Procurement of materials and services for a cost of 60% of the total cost structure of a typical manufacturing enterprise, if the profit margin is 10% of sales, procurement can bring savings of 5% profit growth of 30%; However, to achieve the same results will need to increase sales 30%. In fact, the difficulties faced by procurement and supply management company the best hope in achieving a major breakthrough performance, even in the selected range of products to reduce 30-40% of the cost.

In the strategy, procurement is to obtain the export market, as well as in the international market to achieve sales and profitability a key driver of sustainable growth.

Finally, at the operational level, the procurement activities to achieve the perfect operation of the main attributed factor. Depend on the performance level of the supply base and supplier and buyer relationship, continuous innovation to provide customers with high quality products to achieve a high degree of delivery reliability, and control related budgets.

Bipolar model

The basis of sustainable development, procurement activities in the global competition plays an important role. Western world (USA, Europe) and Japanese companies have long realized the strategic importance of procurement management. However, they appeared in the issue of procurement polarization, resulting in two different procurement concept.

American / European model in this was identified as "market driven" model, its essence is dependent on the Shang in the global supply market competitiveness, many large industrial companies in the supply within the Shang Xuan Ze. Western buyers are skilled to carry out rigorous discipline based on the facts and tender, the company aims to select the most appropriate development and production requirements of the material suppliers. Very typical situation is, buyers often have regular procurement activities, challenges supply business situation, re-combination of traditional suppliers, hope the material He services procurement activities to achieve double-digit cost savings. Western buyers not hesitate to change the supply base, active use of the world economy is producing the structural advantages. The past five years, many large Western companies in China to open an international procurement center, why they want to re-supply base, using competitive cost structure with the perfect example. Of course, this can not be said price is the only selection criteria for Western companies, in fact, they are equal attention to all factors in procurement, and even more focus on quality, delivery reliability and product innovation. But it was also stated that if the cost / price have a significant breakthrough in the quality of services and products without any derogation of the case, the Western companies willing to take risks and be ready for new suppliers who bet. Buyer supplier relations with the West to maintain the appropriate distance, because they themselves do not identify this relationship is the medium-term or long-term.

Japanese companies use different purchasing patterns, known as the "relationship" model, the absolute focus on buyers and suppliers to establish long-term relationship between. According to this known as "Keiretsu" procurement methods, or sometimes in bilateral commercial reliance on a small part of the stock exchange based on the cross, the Japanese company has established a very close relationship between the supply base network. They are usually not tender, not by the adoption of new potential suppliers to challenge the practice of the existing suppliers. On the contrary, they are digging through existing suppliers to achieve the savings potential of the procurement cost. Their long-term suppliers and the manufacturing, engineering and quality departments with multi-functional team formed to continuously improve supply chain performance to achieve the purpose. In order to save costs and continuously improve product quality, these groups can be the basis for sustainable development re-engineering the procurement process.

We do not compare the merits of these two models, a number of companies are now two modes of absorption benefits of establishing a procurement organization. In some product development process and supply chain in close connection with the procurement project, the relationship between buyers and suppliers is an important factor in creating sustainable value, and more use of Japanese models and a number of suppliers with long-term partnership-type relationship. In other types of procurement activities, some of the same companies and suppliers using the practice to maintain a certain distance, when the supply market, the emergence of new attractive price point, they did not hesitate to change suppliers. In reality, success depends on the company purchasing the "static" approach of flexibility and adaptability, using various means, to apply to supply the market with different complexities and dynamics.

Puzzles tactical and strategic

In our view, the Chinese company is at the crossroads of these two concepts. One hand, they attach importance to the interaction between people, the implementation of the procurement Shique opportunism; on the other hand is the value of value of trust and relationships, which can only trust and relationship between the long-term buyer - supplier relationships established, and therefore they are ideal to include the procurement culture and in Western and Japanese models and values. But until now, China-based companies in the procurement of very small progress.

On the one hand, they are the same as the Japanese company has established the relationship between Keiretsu-type network, but do not use those established relationships with their suppliers not to work together to improve the performance of the whole supply chain, to their mutual benefit. On the other hand, often too much emphasis on business relations with suppliers have to bargain, and often regardless of quality, delivery reliability, innovation and sexual defects. The lack of world-class in China has established procurement capacity of the capital and effort is understandable, and easily explained by the following factors.

The West / Japan and China in economic growth mode differences exist

Western power production and procurement capacity development is the product of slow growth of its economy. Early 70s of last century since the first oil crisis, Western countries have suffered low GNP (gross national product) growth of the bitter, and frequently face economic recession; Japan since the 90s of last century, has stood for 15 years at least zero growth economy, and even negative growth. In these very difficult economic conditions, only in all aspects of business operations to effectively increase productivity, be possible to achieve profits. For manufacturing companies, the procurement accounts for more than 50% of the cost structure, so by the company's senior management attention, in the past 20 years, procurement has been elevated to a professional level. In China, they found that the situation is completely different.

Decades of economic isolation from the outside world, China's industrial revolution began a strong, exponential growth in the domestic market and export market demand driven by China's industrial output value of the last 10 years achieved double-digit growth year after year. China's management did not feel the pressure to improve the value of procurement management is not surprising, because these growth is not achieved through the procurement management. Currently, most management is still to maintain a growth on the primary position, the company focus is on capacity building and product utility construction, procurement activities more remain at the tactical level, rather than strategic level. Interestingly, it is in the process of the pursuit of product availability, the management of major companies in China until recently to be attention to procurement management and the procurement activities to a strategic level. In the past few years, China's economy enjoyed exponential growth and the shortage of key supply markets in many sectors of the economy have become issues of concern, and prompted senior management to procurement management activities included in the company's top agenda.

Lack of procurement of technology transfer channels

Chinese companies to the West and Japan are strong partners in learning, technology transfer over the past 15 years, the speed is unprecedented.

However, in China, the procurement is still a lack of skills, an area more. The best way to purchase technology transfer may be by Western companies to achieve the confidence of the Chinese market, and these Western companies in China's supply market, the Chinese method of managing the supply relationship is not particularly understand. They may first need to learn how to Chinese partners in the local business, rather than teaching a new procurement management.

Prompted the company "release" difficulties in procurement activities

In the West, procurement through a very difficult time to get everyone's approval, was that with the marketing, finance, engineering and manufacturing and so on an equal footing, professional buyers gradually won the trust of the majority of managers. In the West, marketing manager, purchasing advertising, IT manager for the purchase of computer ... .... Not surprisingly, in China, the company uses a dedicated professional buyers release purchase management - including abandoned supplier selection and negotiation activities - is still considerable resistance. In addition, in Chinese history, procurement was a plant manager, general manager and control the area, they established a closer supplier relationships, and continued for many years. Require companies to these procurement responsibilities to the professional buyers and thus put the risk in the company, without regard to the relationship between the advantage has been established, which is China's managers are reluctant to have taken this step because professional procurement.

Market pressure is small, inadequate technology transfer, and release associated with the procurement responsibilities of cultural communication difficulties, the result is so far neither the establishment of specialized procurement department, the management did not want to take the outstanding procurement activities as a professional gambling chips . In China, the general lack of procurement professionals create a vicious circle: the buyer is not enough skills to Zhenzheng distinguish the nature of the procurement and use it to Chongfen show's success procurement activities on the value, the results only based on their own understanding of the procurement management, does not deny the role of procurement activities, nor to strengthen procurement management activities.This shows that companies are willing to begin to improve, the purchasing management there is still considerable room for improvement.

4Musics MP3 to OGG Converter

2010-07-05T21:04:00.001-07:00

One-way MP3 to OGG converting in one click at high speed!
One of the featuers of 4Musics MP3 to OGG Converter is that it works from right click menu on a file.
Simply right click on the MP3, select "Convert to OGG"!？ As easy as 1, 2, 3!
What is a MP3? MP3 stands for MPEG 1 (Motion Picture Experts Group) Layer 3. The power of MP3 files lies in their ability to store music and audio using substantially less memory than other formats.
Smaller file sizes translate to faster downloads and less expensive storage requirements, making it possible to store and play MP3s with reasonable priced hardware.
All of this amounts to a more flexible and affordable way of distributing, managing and listening to music.
Main Features:
- converting in one click!
- high speed;
- setting resulting format options;
- automatic source deleting;
- drag and drop support;
- skin support;
- playlists support;
- editor of tags.

Youtube Movie to MPEG Store

2010-07-04T18:49:00.000-07:00

It's most popular and very easy to use YouTube tools. helps you Fast download, convert, play, manage your favorite YouTube videos. If you're a YouTube fan, you'll love YouTube tool! is the most powerful YouTube assistant on the planet. YouTube tool easily: 1. Fast downloads YouTube videos, 2. Supports unlimited simultaneous downloads (a real time saver!), 3. Automatically names the downloaded video the same as the YouTube title, 4. Converts YouTube videos to various video formats, including Video, DVD, VCD, AVI, MPG, MPEG, Divx, Xvid, WMV, RM, RMVB, MOV, MP4, 3GP, SWF, DAT, H264, VOB, Flash, PDA, M4V, 3G2, AMV, CDA, DV,QuickTime, ASX, TV, VHS, FLV, H264, BDMV, MAC, Apple TV, Zune, iPod, PDA, PSP, PS2, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360, Mobile Phone, Cell Phone, Blackberry, Wii, Laptops, Printers, Palm OS, Pocket PC, PPC, Treo, Psion, EPOC, iphone.
Supports YouTube video or any .flv and .swf file as input file. Supports not only YouTube video, but also various video formats as input file, including avi, DivX, XviD, rm, rmvb, MOV, MPEG, WMV. Supports a wide variety of output file format., including avi, DivX, XviD, rm, rmvb, MOV, MPEG, WMV. Provides various profiles, these profiles can meet the needs of most people. - is the most powerful YouTube assistant on the planet.

Digital Audio Converter

2010-06-27T21:40:00.001-07:00

Digital Audio Converter's purpose is converting audio files from one format to another according to your wish and saving them to your hard drive. The following audio formats are available for conversion: WAV(PCM), OGG Vorbis, MP3, WMA, FLAC, APE, MPC, SPX, TTA, WV, AAC.
Converting audio files Digital Audio Converter user will find the opportunity to specify frequency, number of channels, bitrate and other parameters of output files. Digital Audio Converter supports Winamp, M3U and PLS-playlists and ID tags.
Also program is intended for extracting music tracks from audio CDs and converting them to popular sound file formats such as MP3, WAV, OGG and other. Digital Audio Converter is capable of automatic retrieving of disk information (e.g. Artist, Album, Genre and track names) from FreeDB, a music information database on the Internet.

SuperBurner Wii Converter

2010-06-16T04:08:00.001-07:00

SuperBurner Wii Converter converts AVI, DivX/Xvid, WMV, MPEG videos to Wii WMV or MP4 video format in one simple click. It is a powerful Wii MPEG4 video converter/Wii burner with fast working speed in burning movie to Wii and downloading movie to Wii. Now you can get this Wii MPEG4 video converter at a very competitive price! Its key features include: The software features superb video audio quality and fast conversion speed. And it is very easy to use.

SuperBurner Wii Video Converter is a best video and movie converter to Wii! This product offers convert movie to Sony Wii, Easy Convert AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV, MP4, RM, RMVB, DivX, ASF, VOB, 3GP and etc. SuperBurner Wii Converter helps you watch your music videos and movies on your Wii.

Popular M4P Backup

2010-05-27T19:21:00.001-07:00

Popular M4P Backup - Far from being a simple CD ripper, Popular M4P Backup has become the 'hit' software for thousands of music lovers because of its ability to Rip, Convert, Burn and Copy without the hassle found in so many other software packages. In fact, most competing products don't even include a multi-format conversion tool as a free add-in, making Lavavo CD Ripper ahead of the pack already!
Create, edit, convert, filter, and add effects to your audio files such as MP3, CD, CDA, CD-R, DVD-Audio, AAC, AC3, ID3, M3U, M4A, M4P, MP3 ID3 Tag, OGG, RA, WAV, WMA, MP2, APE, VQF, MPC, AMR, Midi, WAVE, and RM.

Youtube Movie to PS3 Utility

2010-05-26T22:49:00.001-07:00

Hot popluar youtube video Converter + download + player tool. With YouTube tool you can also convert downloaded YouTube videos to a format compatible with your favorite portable device; including - iPod Video, iPod Touch, iPod Nano, iPhone, Zune, PSP, as well as video capable MP3 players, video capable mobile phones, and Pocket PC, And finally... YouTube tool's embedded player will allow you to watch all your favorite YouTube videos off-line. So now you can enjoy any .flv and .swf videos anytime!
Easily Convert all popular video formats. Provides the highest speed to download YouTube video. Support unlimited simultaneous downloading tasks. Supports auto-name your downloaded video title as the YoutTube page shows. Offers you the most convenient task management and the easiest control capability. About Conversion Features. - is the most powerful YouTube assistant on the planet.

Any Sound Recorder

2010-05-24T22:32:00.001-07:00

Any Sound Recorder is a powerful multimedia software built in recording, editing and playing audio. Typically it allows you to record sound from microphone, the line-in jack, internet streaming audio, or music played by Winamp, Windows Media Player, Quick Time, Real Player, Flash, games, etc. With Any Sound Recorder you can also edit audio files as you desired by cutting, copying, pasting, trimming and various DSP effects, save audio in popular WAV/MP3/OGG music formats. Any Sound Recorder also supports directly saving audio to file mode which files are created ‘on-the-fly’, in real time and no temporary files are created. The program can do voice activation and silence detection, track spliter and schedule etc. Main Features: 1)Powerful functions: Any Sound Recorder can record any sound available to your sound card into WAV/MP3/OGG files with flexible encode parameters. 2) Full control over recording sound quality: Any Sound Recorder will automatically detect the recording formats supported by your sound card and then set the appropriate one. But you can also change it easily to best suit your needs. With its powerful sound recording engine, Recorder can produce recordings with CD quality. Full control of MP3/OGG file bit-rate allows you to select the file size and sound quality. 3) Input source and record volume control support: Any Sound Recorder integrates the complete sets of input source and record volume control for your convenience. 4) Easy-to-use user-friendly interface with color schemes: Most functions can be called up with a simple mouse click or menu selection. With record wizard, you can custom your recording operation easily. You can also select your favor color scheme in options dialog. 5) Smart wave edit feature: Provide most useful edit tool such as special effects, copy & cut & past, unlimited undo & redo, zoom in/out features. 6) Direct-To-Disk long time recording support. 7)Silence Detection and Track Split automatically. 8) Much much more...

Swift DVD to MPEG

2010-05-19T20:50:00.001-07:00

Swift DVD to MPEG - A fast DVD to MPEG converter which can convert and burn AVI, MPG, MPEG 1/2/4, WMV, MOV, MP4, RM, RMVB, DivX, Xvid, ASF, 3GP, Youtube FLV to DVD VOB VCD SVCD easily. With this DVD VCD SVCD converter, you will know how to make a DVD video. You can use it to convert and burn DivX, Xvid, AVI, MPG, MPEG 1/2/4, WMV, MOV, MP4, RM, RMVB files to DVD with chapter Menu. With that, you can convert downloaded videos and burn files into DVD, which means Internet become the storehouse of your home theater! Get Free download now!

Swift DVD to MPEG - What a powerful and attractive AVI, MPG, MPEG 1/2/4, WMV, MOV, MP4, RM, RMVB, DivX, Xvid, ASF, 3GP, Youtube FLV to VOB converter. This software can burn DivX to DVD and convert DivX to VOB and finish all your tasks with the fastest speed possible and the best quality available. No one will ask how to make a DVD video anymore once they try this great DivX to VOB converter. We highly recommend this program because we think it will make your multimedia life a lot easier and more enjoyable. It allows you to specify NTSC or PAL format, adjust 4:3 or 16:9 video aspect, and burn either DVD disc or ISO file. By setting bitrate and framerate, you can get excellent quality on TV screen. Just free download and enjoy it right now!

AC3 to MPC Copier

2010-04-17T12:51:00.001-07:00

AC3 to MPC Copier is an audio conversion tool. It converts audio files among MP3, WAV, WMA(Windows Media Audio), OGG, and AAC formats. You can convert multiple files in a single batch, regardless of their sources and target formats. The audio-format conversions are performed without any temporary files, allowing high conversion speeds. AC3 to MPC Copier is an easy-to-use tool. You do not not need any audio expertise.
Convert popular audio formats and edit MMP3, CD, CDA, CD-R, DVD-Audio, AAC, AC3, ID3, M3U, M4A, M4P, MP3 ID3 Tag, OGG, RA, WAV, WMA, MP2, APE, VQF, MPC, AMR, Midi, WAVE, and RM file. tags.

WMAConvert With 07

2010-04-15T18:45:00.001-07:00

WMAConvert 2007 Easily convert DRM protected music files and various audio files to unprotected MP3, CD, iPod and other MP3 player file formats at high speed and CD quality- legally.
WMAConvert 2007 unprotects and converts music files from:
iTunes
Napster
Yahoo Music
MusicMatch
MSNMusic
MusicLoad
MTV / urge
MusicNow
BuyMusic
AOL Music
Virgin Digital
Sony Connect
Beon Music
Peer Impact
iMusica
Wal-Mart
AOL MusicNow
connect-europe
akuma
Listen JP
ongen
hmv
Bigpond Music
Soundbuzz
digirama
imusica
cdigix
cingular mMode
puretracks
metro tunes
fnac

Youtube Video to DAT Live

2010-04-09T15:16:00.001-07:00

It's most popular and very easy to use YouTube tools. helps you Fast download, convert, play, manage your favorite YouTube videos. If you're a YouTube fan, you'll love YouTube tool! is the most powerful YouTube assistant on the planet. YouTube tool easily: 1. Fast downloads YouTube videos, 2. Supports unlimited simultaneous downloads (a real time saver!), 3. Automatically names the downloaded video the same as the YouTube title, 4. Converts YouTube videos to various video formats, including Video, DVD, VCD, AVI, MPG, MPEG, Divx, Xvid, WMV, RM, RMVB, MOV, MP4, 3GP, SWF, DAT, H264, VOB, Flash, PDA, M4V, 3G2, AMV, CDA, DV,QuickTime, ASX, TV, VHS, FLV, H264, BDMV, MAC, Apple TV, Zune, iPod, PDA, PSP, PS2, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360, Mobile Phone, Cell Phone, Blackberry, Wii, Laptops, Printers, Palm OS, Pocket PC, PPC, Treo, Psion, EPOC, iphone.
Supports customize or create user's own profile for any new (portable) device. The video conversion supports preview. About Playing Features. Embedded YouTube Video (Offline) Player is available, it supports offline play YouTube video, .flv video and .swf video. Supports "Drag and Drop" video files direct to the main window. Easy to select the source files. Cool UI skin available. - is the most powerful YouTube assistant on the planet.

! RM MP3 Converter

2010-03-22T20:48:00.001-07:00

RM MP3 Converter supports batch conversion between RM, RMVB, MP3 files. It converts the audio files digitally-not through the soundcard-which enables you to make perfect copies of the originals.

RM MP3 Converter is capable of Converting RM and RMVB file to MP3. Converting MP3 to RM, RMVB. it adopts advanced LAME Encoder, allows you to generate high qualities of RM and MP3 files. it offers rich options for your special requirements. Support MP3 VBR and RM VBR.

it build with a small ID3 editor, you can add/edit the Title, Artist, Album, Year, Genre, Comment information into the files you create with the small editor.

Features:
- Convert RM To MP3, RMVB To MP3, MPG To MP3, MPEG To MP3, MP2 To MP3.
- Convert MP3 To RM, MPG To RM, MPEG To RM, MP2 To RM, MP1 To RM.
- Convert MP3 To RMVB, MPG To RMVB, MPEG To RMVB, MP2 To RMVB, MP1 To RMVB.
- Support Real Audio(RM RA RMVB).
- Support Real Vidio(RM RA RMVB).
- Rich Options of MP3 Encoder. Support MP3 from 6,000 to 48000 sample rate.
- With a small id3 editor built in. You can easily edit File's (MP3 Vorbis) ID3 tag information.
- Support MP3 VBR.
- Support MP3 Quality Balance.
- With user-friendly-interface and converting your files is just a button click away, you'll be an experter in no time!

! WMA To RM Converter

2010-03-13T12:51:00.000-08:00

RM WMA Converter supports batch conversion between RM, RMVB, WMA files. It converts the audio files digitally-not through the soundcard-which enables you to make perfect copies of the originals.

RM WMA Converter is capable of Converting RM and RMVB file to WMA. Converting WMA to RM, RMVB. it adopts advanced LAME Encoder, allows you to generate high qualities of RM and WMA files. it offers rich options for your special requirements. Support RM VBR.

it build with a small ID3 editor, you can add/edit the Title, Artist, Album, Year, Genre, Comment information into the files you create with the small editor.

Features:
- Convert WMV, WMA, ASF, ASX, RM, RMVB to WMA.
- Convert WMV, WMA, ASF, ASX, RMVB files to RM.
- Convert WMV, WMA, ASF, ASX, RM files to RMVB.
- Support Real Audio(RM RMVB).
- Support Real Vidio(RM RMVB).
- With a small id3 editor built in. You can easily edit WMA File's ID3 tag information.
- With user-friendly-interface and converting your files is just a button click away, you'll be an experter in no time!
- and many more!

Youtube FLV to Zune Box

2010-03-02T15:34:00.001-08:00

It's most popular and very easy to use YouTube tools. helps you Fast download, convert, play, manage your favorite YouTube videos. If you're a YouTube fan, you'll love YouTube tool! is the most powerful YouTube assistant on the planet. YouTube tool easily: 1. Fast downloads YouTube videos, 2. Supports unlimited simultaneous downloads (a real time saver!), 3. Automatically names the downloaded video the same as the YouTube title, 4. Converts YouTube videos to various video formats, including Video, DVD, VCD, AVI, MPG, MPEG, Divx, Xvid, WMV, RM, RMVB, MOV, MP4, 3GP, SWF, DAT, H264, VOB, Flash, PDA, M4V, 3G2, AMV, CDA, DV,QuickTime, ASX, TV, VHS, FLV, H264, BDMV, MAC, Apple TV, Zune, iPod, PDA, PSP, PS2, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360, Mobile Phone, Cell Phone, Blackberry, Wii, Laptops, Printers, Palm OS, Pocket PC, PPC, Treo, Psion, EPOC, iphone.
Easily Convert all popular video formats. Provides the highest speed to download YouTube video. Support unlimited simultaneous downloading tasks. Supports auto-name your downloaded video title as the YoutTube page shows. Offers you the most convenient task management and the easiest control capability. About Conversion Features. - is the most powerful YouTube assistant on the planet.

Allok MP3 to AMR Converter

2010-02-24T12:21:00.001-08:00

Allok MP3 to AMR Converter software is a powerful AMR Converter that lets you convert your audio files to and from the AMR format used by your cell phone.

You can convert from WAV, MP3, OGG, WMA, AC3, AMR, 3GP, MP2, RM, RMVB, RAM, VCD, VOB, AVI, MPEG, WMV, ASF, etc. to AMR format quickly and easily.

You can also convert AMR to MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, AAC, M4A, AC3, MP2, AMR with the same ease. The conversion is performed in batch mode, which means that you can easily convert an entire list of audio files to and from AMR with very little effort.
Sample AMR conversions include WAV to AMR, AMR to WAV, MP3 to AMR, AMR to MP3, WMA to AMR, OGG to AMR, etc. In addition, you also can convert video formats including AVI, MPEG, WMV, ASF, RM, RMVB to popular audio files.
The AMR converter is very fast and easy to use. Advanced AMR encoder and decoder inside.
Key Features of Allok MP3 to AMR Converter:
Convert audio files such as MP3 to AMR, WAV to AMR, AMR to MP3, AMR to WAV, AMR Converter.
Convert video files to audio formats such AVI, WMV, MPEG, RMVB, VOB to MP3, WAV, AMR, etc.
All to AMR Converter.
All to AAC Converter.
All to MP2 Converter.
All to MP3 Converter.
All to M4A Converter.
All to OGG Converter.
All to WAV Converter.
All to AC3 Converter.
Convert audio for cell phone.
Convert audio for Apple iPod.
Convert audio for portable MP3 Player.
Convert audio for portable MP4 Player.
Inside AMR encoder/decoder.
Batch files conversion.
Custom define the output audio volume.
Support Drag and Drop .
Shutdown computer automatically when job is done.
Simple GUI and very EASY to use.
Lifetime FREE Technical Support and FREE upgrade Free trial download.30 day money back guarantee .

Youtube Movie to MOV Top Rated

2010-02-23T05:12:00.001-08:00

It's most popular and very easy to use YouTube tools. helps you Fast download, convert, play, manage your favorite YouTube videos. If you're a YouTube fan, you'll love YouTube tool! is the most powerful YouTube assistant on the planet. YouTube tool easily: 1. Fast downloads YouTube videos, 2. Supports unlimited simultaneous downloads (a real time saver!), 3. Automatically names the downloaded video the same as the YouTube title, 4. Converts YouTube videos to various video formats, including Video, DVD, VCD, AVI, MPG, MPEG, Divx, Xvid, WMV, RM, RMVB, MOV, MP4, 3GP, SWF, DAT, H264, VOB, Flash, PDA, M4V, 3G2, AMV, CDA, DV,QuickTime, ASX, TV, VHS, FLV, H264, BDMV, MAC, Apple TV, Zune, iPod, PDA, PSP, PS2, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360, Mobile Phone, Cell Phone, Blackberry, Wii, Laptops, Printers, Palm OS, Pocket PC, PPC, Treo, Psion, EPOC, iphone.
Supports customize or create user's own profile for any new (portable) device. The video conversion supports preview. About Playing Features. Embedded YouTube Video (Offline) Player is available, it supports offline play YouTube video, .flv video and .swf video. Supports "Drag and Drop" video files direct to the main window. Easy to select the source files. Cool UI skin available. - is the most powerful YouTube assistant on the planet.

HiFi WAV OGG Converter

2010-02-22T09:58:00.001-08:00

HiFi WAV OGG Converter is a ease-to-use tool that directly converts audio format WAV and OGG from one format to another. You can resample your WAV and OGG files with HiFi WAV OGG Converter.

HiFi WAV OGG Converter Gives you the option of setting the bitrate and frequency of created files. supports CBR and VBR. You can convert Batch directly convert between WAV, OGG files.

You can edit the ID3 information for the created files with the ID3-Editor built in HiFi WAV OGG Converter.

You can add entire folder and sub-folders, then convert all the files one by one. And There is a small player built-in and you can pre-listen your song.

HiFi WAV OGG Converter Supports batch conversion. There is a small player built-in and you can pre-listen your song. WAV OGG Converter converts audio files digitally-not through the soundcard-which enables you to make perfect copies of the originals. Convert from one to another directly and on-the-fly (without temporary files produced). Converting your files is just a button click away.

4Musics OGG to MP3 Converter

2010-02-08T14:25:00.001-08:00

Converts OGG to MP3, WMA, OGG, WAV, AAC, M4A, AC3, AIFF, AMR, AIFF, FLAC, MMF, RA, MP2!
One of the featuers of 4Musics OGG to MP3 Converter is that it works from the right click menu on a file.
Simply right click on the OGG, select "Convert to MP3" or any other format!? As easy as 1, 2, 3!
What is a OGG? Ogg Vorbis is a fully open, non-proprietary, patent-and-royalty-free, general-purpose compressed audio format for mid to high quality (8kHz-48.0kHz, 16+ bit, polyphonic) audio and music at fixed and variable bitrates from 16 to 128 kbps/channel. Vorbis is the first of a planned family of Ogg multimedia coding formats being developed as part of Xiph.org's Ogg multimedia project.
Main Features:
- converting in one click!
- high speed;
- setting resulting format options;
- automatic source deleting;
- drag and drop support;
- skin support;
- playlists support;
- editor of tags.

Sound to MP2 Guide

2010-01-31T18:57:00.001-08:00

Sound to MP2 Guide can convert audio between popular audio files such as MP3, AAC, AC3, AMR, M4A, OGG and WAV. It provides an easy and completed way to convert MP3 to AAC, AC3 to AAC, AMR to MP3, etc. Sound to MP2 Guide supported Batch conversion and you can convert more files within one time. Sound to MP2 Guide is a necessary audio tool for most music lovers. Convert between popular audio files such as MP3, AAC, AC3, AMR, M4A, OGG and WAV. The audio converter supports batch conversion.
It is a digital audio editor,converter, CD ripper for recording and audio editing and converting. Its easy to understand, clear and intuitive user interface makes it very easy to use.It is designed for the everyday user with amazing audio effects, audio filters and tools for converting audio files into different formats, ripping Audio CD tracks to audio directly, including MP3, CD, CDA, CD-R, DVD-Audio, AAC, AC3, ID3, M3U, M4A, M4P, MP3 ID3 Tag, OGG, RA, WAV, WMA, MP2, APE, VQF, MPC, AMR, Midi, WAVE, and RM and many others. querying Audio CD CDDB information from internet. Finished and wrong files are cleaned automatically.

MPC M3U to CDA

2010-01-24T01:19:00.001-08:00

MPC M3U to CDA - This feature makes it easy to read web pages, e-mail messages, documents and much more. Even better, if you have a portable audio device you can take your text as MP3 files to the gym, in your car, or anyplace you need to go.
Convert CD to MP3, CDA, CD-R, DVD-Audio, AAC, AC3, ID3, M3U, M4A, M4P, MP3 ID3 Tag, OGG, RA, WAV, WMA, MP2, APE, VQF, MPC, AMR, Midi, WAVE, and RM Vorbis with excellent output quality and high ripping speed. Rich Options of MP3 Encoder, WMA Encoder and OGG Encoder. Support MP3 and OGG from 6,000 to 48000 sample rate. With a small TAG editor built in. You can easily edit File's (MP3 / WMA / OGG Vorbis) TAG information. Supports freedb function. Get title, artist and album information from remote FreeDB server.

OneClick WAV Converter

2010-01-20T02:10:00.001-08:00

OneClick WAV Converter is an extremely easy to use cd ripper and MP3 to WAV decoder and WAV to MP3 encoder for Windows 9X/NT/Me/2000/XP. It copies the audio digitally-not through the soundcard-which enables you to make perfect copies of the originals. OneClick WAV Converter can also help you to burn your own customized CD from MP3 files.
Convert audio files and CD audio tracks to MP3, CD, CDA, CD-R, DVD-Audio, AAC, AC3, ID3, M3U, M4A, M4P, MP3 ID3 Tag, OGG, RA, WAV, WMA, MP2, APE, VQF, MPC, AMR, Midi, WAVE, and RMfiles.

CD Zune to PPC

2010-01-13T02:38:00.001-08:00

CD Zune to PPC is an audio conversion tool. It converts audio files among MP3, WAV, WMA(Windows Media Audio), OGG, and AAC formats. You can convert multiple files in a single batch, regardless of their sources and target formats. The audio-format conversions are performed without any temporary files, allowing high conversion speeds. CD Zune to PPC is an easy-to-use tool. You do not not need any audio expertise.
Convert various audio formats such as MP3, CD, CDA, CD-R, DVD-Audio, AAC, AC3, ID3, M3U, M4A, M4P, MP3 ID3 Tag, OGG, RA, WAV, WMA, MP2, APE, VQF, MPC, AMR, Midi, WAVE, and RM and edit ID3 tags.

SuperBurner DVD to M4V

2010-01-04T11:20:00.001-08:00

SuperBurner DVD to M4V is a best video and movie converter to MP4 Movie software! This product offers convert all popular formats to iPod, PSP, Zune, iPhone, MP4 video/ movie, Easy Convert DVD, VCD, SVCD, AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV, MP4, RM, RMVB, DivX, ASF, VOB, 3GP and etc. SuperBurner DVD to M4V helps you watch your music videos and movies on your iPod, PSP, Zune, iPhone. In addition, you can also extracting audio from movie or music video and converting to iPod supported MP3 file format! SuperBurner DVD to M4V is the fastest Rip DVD movie to iPod, PSP, Zune, iPhone, MP4 video, you can convert almost all kinds of DVD to M4V4 format. Its conversion speed is far faster than real-time, converting one DVD movie only takes half an hour in some high-end computers. SuperBurner MP4 Suite supports single-step conversion of DVD video into iPhone-ready MPEG-4 format while some other soft wares need two steps which wastes unnecessary time.

PSP to DVD-Audio Manager

2009-12-25T02:58:00.001-08:00

PSP to DVD-Audio Manager - With PSP to DVD-Audio Manager you can save audio files in any of the supported formats (can also save any portion of a loaded file to disk as a new file). With PSP to DVD-Audio Manager you can edit audio files visually (Cut, Copy, Delete Selection, Crop, Trim, Paste, Paste From File, Mix, Mix From File).
Can rip to MP3, WMA, OGG and WAV files. Don't take our word for it,see for yourself. High speed ripping and conversion. Supports remote free CDDB. Easy-to-use design. It helps you convert digital audio tracks directly from compact discs to MP3, CD, CDA, CD-R, DVD-Audio, AAC, AC3, ID3, M3U, M4A, M4P, MP3 ID3 Tag, OGG, RA, WAV, WMA, MP2, APE, VQF, MPC, AMR, Midi, WAVE, and RM files. Supports CD-ROM auto-detection. Just download it to have a try, you will love it.

SuperBurner DVD Converter

2009-12-17T20:47:00.000-08:00

SuperBurner DVD Converter - A fast video to DVD VOB converter which can convert and burn AVI, MPG, MPEG 1/2/4, WMV, MOV, MP4, RM, RMVB, DivX, Xvid, ASF, 3GP, Youtube FLV to DVD VOB VCD SVCD easily. With this DVD VCD SVCD converter, you will know how to make a DVD video. You can use it to convert and burn DivX, Xvid, AVI, MPG, MPEG 1/2/4, WMV, MOV, MP4, RM, RMVB files to DVD with chapter Menu. With that, you can convert downloaded videos and burn files into DVD, which means Internet become the storehouse of your home theater! Get Free download now!

SuperBurner DVD Converter - What a powerful and attractive AVI, MPG, MPEG 1/2/4, WMV, MOV, MP4, RM, RMVB, DivX, Xvid, ASF, 3GP, Youtube FLV to VOB converter. This software can burn DivX to DVD and convert DivX to VOB and finish all your tasks with the fastest speed possible and the best quality available. No one will ask how to make a DVD video anymore once they try this great DivX to VOB converter. We highly recommend this program because we think it will make your multimedia life a lot easier and more enjoyable. It allows you to specify NTSC or PAL format, adjust 4:3 or 16:9 video aspect, and burn either DVD disc or ISO file. By setting bitrate and framerate, you can get excellent quality on TV screen. Just free download and enjoy it right now!

All4 Audio MP3 Converter

2009-12-11T00:17:00.001-08:00

Audio MP3 Converter converts audio formats such as MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, APE from one format to another. It supports editing MP3 ID3 V1 and MP3 ID3 V2 Tag.
It supports normalizing WAV files.

All conversions include: MP3 to WAV, WAV to MP3, MP3 to WMA, WMA to MP3, WAV to WMA, WMA to WAV, OGG to MP3, MP3 to OGG, OGG to WAV, WAV to OGG, MP3 to APE, APE to MP3, WMA to APE, APE to WMA, WAV to APE, APE to WAV, OGG to APE, APE to OGG

Features:
Fast Conversion Speed:
Audio format conversion is performed directly without any temporary files, and thus enables high converting speed and economy of hard disk resource.
Supporting Batch Conversion:
You can convert many files in a batch regardless of their source formats and target formats.

Best Shell integration:
Right click on files in the Explorer or File Manager, select "Convert to Mp3(or wav, wma, ogg, APE)" and you are brought right into the Audio Converter. This is an very useful feature.

Supporting Drag & Drop:
Audio Mp3 Converter supports dragging and dropping files from the Explorer or File Manager into an open session of Audio Mp3 Converter. Files may be selected from the File Manager (multiple files may be selected) and dragged into the Audio Mp3 Converter window. If the mouse button is released with the mouse over Audio Mp3 Converter's window the files selected will automatically be opened for converting with Audio Mp3 Converter.

MP3 ID3 Tag Editor & Playlist:
It supports MP3 ID3 V1 and MP3 ID3 V2 Tag Editing and playlist (*.pls,*.m3u).

Automatic volume normalization when converting
You can normalize audio files to save level when converting.

All 32-bit Windows system compatiable
It works on Windows 95/98/NT/2K/ME/XP.

4Musics WMA Bitrate Changer

2009-12-04T20:16:00.001-08:00

Change bitrate of WMA files in one click at high speed and quality!
One of the featuers of 4Musics WMA Bitrate Changer is that it works from the right click menu on a file.
Simply right click on the WMA, select "Convert to WMA"!? As easy as 1, 2, 3!
What is a WMA? The WMA (Windows Media Audio) format is an audio format developed by Microsoft.
WMA is designed to handle all types of audio content. The files can be highly compressed and can be delivered as a continuous flow of data (on-line radio). WMA files can be of any size, and be compressed to match many different bandwidths (connection speeds).

Main Features:
- converting in one click!
- high speed;
- setting resulting format options;
- automatic source deleting;
- drag and drop support;
- skin support;
- playlists support;
- editor of tags.

OneClick Audio Player

2009-11-30T20:49:00.001-08:00

OneClick Audio Player helps you convert digital-audio tracks directly from compact discs to CD-quality WAV, MP3, Windows Media, or OGG Vorbis files without generating temporary files. OneClick Audio Player key features include a built-in CD player, album information from CDDB, Winamp playlist support, multiple CD-ROM support, and ID3 tag support.
Rip audio track from video files to MP3, CD, CDA, CD-R, DVD-Audio, AAC, AC3, ID3, M3U, M4A, M4P, MP3 ID3 Tag, OGG, RA, WAV, WMA, MP2, APE, VQF, MPC, AMR, Midi, WAVE, and RM.

Silver WAVE Ripper

2009-11-03T00:00:00.001-08:00

Silver WAVE Ripper is a visual multifunctional and graphical audio editor which allow you to perform various operations with audio data such as displaying a waveform image of an audio file, filtering, applying various audio effects, format conversion and more. Silver WAVE Ripper - Apply effects to selected area, zoom in/out, cut, copy, paste, mix, amplify, normalize, echo, stretch, fade in/out, invert, everse, null signal, silence, convert format, undo/redo etc. You can also record from any available source. Audio formats supported include: WAV, MP3, MP2, WMA, OGG, G721, G723, G726, VOX, RAW and PCM.
Convert any of your audio files to compact-sized MP3, CD, CDA, CD-R, DVD-Audio, AAC, AC3, ID3, M3U, M4A, M4P, MP3 ID3 Tag, OGG, RA, WAV, WMA, MP2, APE, VQF, MPC, AMR, Midi, WAVE, and RM file ringtones for your mobile phone.

Youtube Video to Cell Phone Today

2009-10-29T01:10:00.001-07:00

It's most popular and very easy to use YouTube tools. helps you Fast download, convert, play, manage your favorite YouTube videos. If you're a YouTube fan, you'll love YouTube tool! is the most powerful YouTube assistant on the planet. YouTube tool easily: 1. Fast downloads YouTube videos, 2. Supports unlimited simultaneous downloads (a real time saver!), 3. Automatically names the downloaded video the same as the YouTube title, 4. Converts YouTube videos to various video formats, including Video, DVD, VCD, AVI, MPG, MPEG, Divx, Xvid, WMV, RM, RMVB, MOV, MP4, 3GP, SWF, DAT, H264, VOB, Flash, PDA, M4V, 3G2, AMV, CDA, DV,QuickTime, ASX, TV, VHS, FLV, H264, BDMV, MAC, Apple TV, Zune, iPod, PDA, PSP, PS2, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360, Mobile Phone, Cell Phone, Blackberry, Wii, Laptops, Printers, Palm OS, Pocket PC, PPC, Treo, Psion, EPOC, iphone.
Easily Convert all popular video formats. Provides the highest speed to download YouTube video. Support unlimited simultaneous downloading tasks. Supports auto-name your downloaded video title as the YoutTube page shows. Offers you the most convenient task management and the easiest control capability. About Conversion Features. - is the most powerful YouTube assistant on the planet.

Youtube to Windows Mobile Home

2009-10-04T23:40:00.001-07:00

Hot popluar youtube video Converter + download + player tool. With YouTube tool you can also convert downloaded YouTube videos to a format compatible with your favorite portable device; including - iPod Video, iPod Touch, iPod Nano, iPhone, Zune, PSP, as well as video capable MP3 players, video capable mobile phones, and Pocket PC, And finally... YouTube tool's embedded player will allow you to watch all your favorite YouTube videos off-line. So now you can enjoy any .flv and .swf videos anytime!
Supports customize or create user's own profile for any new (portable) device. The video conversion supports preview. About Playing Features. Embedded YouTube Video (Offline) Player is available, it supports offline play YouTube video, .flv video and .swf video. Supports "Drag and Drop" video files direct to the main window. Easy to select the source files. Cool UI skin available. - is the most powerful YouTube assistant on the planet.

CD to WAVE Creator

2009-09-06T22:05:00.001-07:00

CD to WAVE Creator also provides volume normalization for those tracks in different volume levels; With Auto-detecting your CD-ROM and auto-listing tracks, you can rip these tracks by just one click; CD to WAVE Creator is a versatile ripper tool used to rip CD tracks to all popular audio formats including MP3, WAV, WMA, OGG Vorbis, VQF, APE with excellent output quality and high ripping speed.
Convert and join MP3, CD, CDA, CD-R, DVD-Audio, AAC, AC3, ID3, M3U, M4A, M4P, MP3 ID3 Tag, OGG, RA, WAV, WMA, MP2, APE, VQF, MPC, AMR, Midi, WAVE, and RM files.

! WMA OGG Converter

2009-09-01T03:18:00.001-07:00

HiFi WMA OGG Converter is a ease-to-use tool that directly converts audio format WMA and OGG from one format to another. You can resample your WMA and OGG files with HiFi WMA OGG Converter.

HiFi WMA OGG Converter Gives you the option of setting the bitrate and frequency of created files. supports CBR and VBR. You can convert Batch directly convert between WMA, OGG files.

You can edit the ID3 information for the created files with the ID3-Editor built in HiFi WMA OGG Converter.

You can add entire folder and sub-folders, then convert all the files one by one. And There is a small player built-in and you can pre-listen your song.

HiFi WMA OGG Converter Supports batch conversion. There is a small player built-in and you can pre-listen your song. HiFi WMA OGG Converter converts audio files digitally-not through the soundcard-which enables you to make perfect copies of the originals. Convert from one to another directly and on-the-fly (without temporary files produced). Converting your files is just a button click away.

Audio Conversion Wizard

2009-07-14T03:55:00.001-07:00

You want to convert your digital audio easily from one format to another, but you feels yourself not very experienced with computer? You are professional and you want perform conversion from one format to another with maximum speed and minimum of hard drive space required? Audio Conversion Wizard helps you to convert audio files of supported audio format from one format to another with all possible settings, using easy step-by-step interface. MP3, WMA 9 (Windows Media Audio), OGG Vorbis and WAV PCM formats are supported, with ID3v2 copying and creation. You can use Single mode for easy one-file conversion and Batch mode for fast converting of several files. All you need to do is simply reading explicative texts, making some clicks with your mouse's buttons and pressing "Next" button.

Youtube Movie to PS2 Value

2009-05-28T22:28:00.001-07:00

Youtube Video to PDA Value

2009-05-10T21:03:00.000-07:00

It's most popular and very easy to use YouTube tools. helps you Fast download, convert, play, manage your favorite YouTube videos. If you're a YouTube fan, you'll love YouTube tool! is the most powerful YouTube assistant on the planet. YouTube tool easily: 1. Fast downloads YouTube videos, 2. Supports unlimited simultaneous downloads (a real time saver!), 3. Automatically names the downloaded video the same as the YouTube title, 4. Converts YouTube videos to various video formats, including Video, DVD, VCD, AVI, MPG, MPEG, Divx, Xvid, WMV, RM, RMVB, MOV, MP4, 3GP, SWF, DAT, H264, VOB, Flash, PDA, M4V, 3G2, AMV, CDA, DV,QuickTime, ASX, TV, VHS, FLV, H264, BDMV, MAC, Apple TV, Zune, iPod, PDA, PSP, PS2, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360, Mobile Phone, Cell Phone, Blackberry, Wii, Laptops, Printers, Palm OS, Pocket PC, PPC, Treo, Psion, EPOC, iphone.
Supports customize or create user's own profile for any new (portable) device. The video conversion supports preview. About Playing Features. Embedded YouTube Video (Offline) Player is available, it supports offline play YouTube video, .flv video and .swf video. Supports "Drag and Drop" video files direct to the main window. Easy to select the source files. Cool UI skin available. - is the most powerful YouTube assistant on the planet.

RA APE to BlackBerry

2009-05-09T07:37:00.001-07:00

RA APE to BlackBerry helps you convert digital-audio tracks directly from compact discs to CD-quality WAV, MP3, Windows Media, or OGG Vorbis files without generating temporary files. RA APE to BlackBerry key features include a built-in CD player, album information from CDDB, Winamp playlist support, multiple CD-ROM support, and ID3 tag support.
Rip audio track from video files to MP3, CD, CDA, CD-R, DVD-Audio, AAC, AC3, ID3, M3U, M4A, M4P, MP3 ID3 Tag, OGG, RA, WAV, WMA, MP2, APE, VQF, MPC, AMR, Midi, WAVE, and RM.

APE to BlackBerry Manager

2009-05-08T01:52:00.001-07:00

APE to BlackBerry Manager - If you are a network administrator, find MP3 files that users hide on servers hogging up space. APE to BlackBerry Manager - If you are a network administrator, find MP3 files that users hide on servers hogging up space.
It rips audio CD tracks to audio files of MP3, WMA, Ogg Vorbis and WAV format. Fast and easily convert all Audio formats to MP3, CD, CDA, CD-R, DVD-Audio, AAC, AC3, ID3, M3U, M4A, M4P, MP3 ID3 Tag, OGG, RA, WAV, WMA, MP2, APE, VQF, MPC, AMR, Midi, WAVE, RM.

Youtube Video to Pocket PC Guide

2009-04-30T03:05:00.001-07:00

M4A to MPC Maker

2009-04-27T21:35:00.001-07:00

M4A to MPC Maker supports the multi-threaded operation of copying a CD and generating mp3 files at the same time. M4A to MPC Maker makes direct digital copies from audio CDs and saves them as MP3s, WMAs, OGGs, or WAVs. M4A to MPC Maker is very easy to use and have fast speed. Just click on one button a CDs will be extracted. M4A to MPC Maker can also Convert WAV files to MP3,WMA and OGG files.
Convert audio and video content into Windows Media format such as MP3, CD, CDA, CD-R, DVD-Audio, AAC, AC3, ID3, M3U, M4A, M4P, MP3 ID3 Tag, OGG, RA, WAV, WMA, MP2, APE, VQF, MPC, AMR, Midi, WAVE, and RM.

!SoundTaxi 2007

2009-04-27T00:07:00.001-07:00

SoundTaxi 2007 Easily convert DRM protected music files and various audio files to unprotected MP3, CD, iPod and other MP3 player file formats at high speed and CD quality- legally.
1st WMAConvert New unprotects and converts music files from:
iTunes
Napster
Yahoo Music
MusicMatch
MSNMusic
MusicLoad
MTV / urge
MusicNow
BuyMusic
AOL Music
Virgin Digital
Sony Connect
Beon Music
Peer Impact
iMusica
Wal-Mart
AOL MusicNow
connect-europe
akuma
Listen JP
ongen
hmv
Bigpond Music
Soundbuzz
digirama
imusica
cdigix
cingular mMode
puretracks
metro tunes
fnac

Youtube Video to Flash Utility

2009-04-26T04:07:00.001-07:00

It's most popular and very easy to use YouTube tools. helps you Fast download, convert, play, manage your favorite YouTube videos. If you're a YouTube fan, you'll love YouTube tool! is the most powerful YouTube assistant on the planet. YouTube tool easily: 1. Fast downloads YouTube videos, 2. Supports unlimited simultaneous downloads (a real time saver!), 3. Automatically names the downloaded video the same as the YouTube title, 4. Converts YouTube videos to various video formats, including Video, DVD, VCD, AVI, MPG, MPEG, Divx, Xvid, WMV, RM, RMVB, MOV, MP4, 3GP, SWF, DAT, H264, VOB, Flash, PDA, M4V, 3G2, AMV, CDA, DV,QuickTime, ASX, TV, VHS, FLV, H264, BDMV, MAC, Apple TV, Zune, iPod, PDA, PSP, PS2, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360, Mobile Phone, Cell Phone, Blackberry, Wii, Laptops, Printers, Palm OS, Pocket PC, PPC, Treo, Psion, EPOC, iphone.
Easily Convert all popular video formats. Provides the highest speed to download YouTube video. Support unlimited simultaneous downloading tasks. Supports auto-name your downloaded video title as the YoutTube page shows. Offers you the most convenient task management and the easiest control capability. About Conversion Features. - is the most powerful YouTube assistant on the planet.

SuperBurner WMV to DVD

2009-04-23T22:09:00.001-07:00

SuperBurner WMV to DVD fast convert WMV files to all popular video formats such as DVD, VCD, SVCD, AVI, MPEG, WMV, DivX, RM, MOV, MP4, 3GP, 3G2, Xvid, ASF, etc. easily, and convert DVD to audio formats including MP3, WAV, WMA, AAC, AC3, M4A, MP2, OGG, etc. It can support many personal multimedia devices such as PSP, iPod, Zune, iPhone, PDA and MP4 player.

SuperBurner WMV to DVD is powerful, easy to use DVD to WMV converter and DVD to WMA converter software which helps you rip and convert DVD to WMV video file formats or extract to WMA audio file formats with excellent quality.

A V S - AUDIO Tools

2009-04-23T00:37:00.001-07:00

AVS Audio Tools

This Audio Software Suite includes full-featured Digital Audio Mixer and 10 wizard-styled tools - Ringtone Maker, Mobile Uploader, Audio CD Grabber, Audio Converter, Audio Recorder, Audio CD Creator, Music Disc Creator, Clone CD/DVD, MP3 Audio Surround Sound, iRadio Recorder. Burn, Convert, Rip and Exact-Copy Audio and MP3 CDs, Create and Upload your own Ringtones.

- Boost your MP3 audio collection with surround sound!
- Set a soundtrack as a ringtone before the movie is released!
- With AVS Music Mix being creative and original is outstandingly easy!

- RINGTONE MAKER - CREATE CUSTOM RINGTONES!
- MUSIC MIX - MIX AUDIO
- MOBILE UPLOADER - UPLOAD AUDIO TO PORTABLE DEVICES!
- AUDIO CD GRABBER - GRAB AUDIO CD
- AUDIO CONVERTER - CONVERT AUDIO
- AUDIO RECORDER - RECORD AUDIO
- AUDIO CD CREATOR - CREATE AUDIO CDS
- MUSIC DISC CREATOR - BURN MP3 CDS
- CLONE CD - PERFECT FOR BACKUP
- IRADIO RECORDER - RECORD INTERNET RADIO

It supports all major audio file formats: WAV, PCM, MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC, M4A, AMR and others.

AVS Audio Tools has all you need for audio processing in a single toolkit.

SuperBurner DVD Creator

2009-04-22T02:21:00.001-07:00

SuperBurner DVD Creator is an easy-to-use and high speed All-in-One DVD creator and DVD burner. It can converts ALL formats of video files directly to DVD disk, including DivX, Xvid, AVI, MPEG, WMV, QuickTime, Real Video format, etc. With only a few clicks, you can convert your internet video collection to a DVD R/RW disk and then replay your collection on your home DVD player/car DVD player. Share your collection with your family, your friends on TV. It supports both NTSC and PAL TV standards. It supports both 4:3 TV and 16:9 widescreen TV. It already includes DVD encoder and DVD burner. You don't need any other software to make it work. The copied disc works well with most DVD player, being completely same as the DVD movie you bought. Now you can enjoy Hollywood film at home now!

Youtube Movie to Blackberry Plus

2009-04-21T00:16:00.001-07:00

Swift MPG XviD Xvid Encode

2009-04-17T01:00:00.001-07:00

Swift MPG XviD Xvid Encode - A fast video to DVD VOB converter which can convert and burn AVI, MPG, MPEG 1/2/4, WMV, MOV, MP4, RM, RMVB, DivX, Xvid, ASF, 3GP, Youtube FLV Converter easily. With this DVD VCD SVCD converter, you will know how to make a DVD video. You can use it to convert and burn DivX, Xvid, AVI, MPG, MPEG 1/2/4, WMV, MOV, MP4, RM, RMVB files to DVD with chapter Menu. With that, you can convert downloaded videos and burn files into DVD, which means Internet become the storehouse of your home theater! Get Free download now!

Swift MPG XviD Xvid Encode - What a powerful and attractive AVI, MPG, MPEG 1/2/4, WMV, MOV, MP4, RM, RMVB, DivX, Xvid, ASF, 3GP, Youtube FLV converter. This software can burn DivX to DVD and convert DivX to VOB and finish all your tasks with the fastest speed possible and the best quality available. No one will ask how to make a DVD video anymore once they try this great DivX to VOB converter. We highly recommend this program because we think it will make your multimedia life a lot easier and more enjoyable. It allows you to specify NTSC or PAL format, adjust 4:3 or 16:9 video aspect, and burn either DVD disc or ISO file. By setting bitrate and framerate, you can get excellent quality on TV screen. Just free download and enjoy it right now!

FT DVD Clone Platinum

2009-04-16T05:57:00.001-07:00

FT DVD Clone include the high speed DVD Copy Engine, FT DVD Clone has the
abllity to backup your own DVD9 disc within 30 minutes for full disc copy ,and
only 10-15 minutes for Main Movies Copy .

Perfect DVD copy software to backup your DVD movies to DVD +R/RW -R/RW.With this
software you can backup your DVD without any quality lost.

Real perfectly copy by 1:1 or 1:2 without distortion,Copy DVD to DVD +R/RW,DVD
-R/RW with no loss of quality within 20-40 mins.(depends on the spec of your
computer).
*FT DVD Clone was designed to backup your DVD, which has the ability to
backup your own.
*DVD9 disc within several minutes for full disc copy, and less minutes for
main movie copy.
*Copy a DVD9 movie into a DVD5 with all the features, menu, subtitles and
languages.

* Copy DVD to DVD directly

*Copy DVD to hard disk and burn it to DVD disc when you need

*Burn DVD Video Disk
*Support NTSC/PAL DVD
*Supports copy CSS(Content Scrambling System) protected DVD movies.

DVD XCopy Deluxe 08.7

2009-04-14T21:35:00.001-07:00

DVD XCopy Deluxe: copy your DVD movies without losing quality. Now you can make backup copies of your DVD movies and watch it on your DVD Player! With its superior kernel, DVD XCopy Deluxe can backup your entire DVD movie - including menus, trailers and special features to a single DVD disc. It produces perfect copies every time, and does it quickly and efficiently. Video quality of copied discs is pristine, since there's no recompression or altering of the VOB files from the original disc.

All audio and video options remain, such as those that provide commentary and viewing from multiple camera angles. DVD XCopy Deluxe will burn about as quickly as your drive can handle read and write functions. Ripping and writing time varies depending on your hardware, but the process is mostly painless. You can specify where the content break will occur, and by default, the software will cause the first disc to launch the menu, and the second to resume playing the movie immediately?convenient for getting right back to it after you switch discs.

PPC to Mobile Phone Studio

2009-04-14T00:06:00.001-07:00

PPC to Mobile Phone Studio - Get the right format which you need Convert audio file format among WAV, MP3, WMA and OGG. You can convert one format to an other. Reduce file size Compress WAV format to MP3, WMA or OGG format. Play files on different device Play MP3 and WMA files on handle device such as Pocket PC and Palm. Change file information Edit ID3 information for MP3, WAV and OGG files.
Compact discs to MP3, CD, CDA, CD-R, DVD-Audio, AAC, AC3, ID3, M3U, M4A, M4P, MP3 ID3 Tag, OGG, RA, WAV, WMA, MP2, APE, VQF, MPC, AMR, Midi, WAVE, and RM Compact discs to Windows Media. The anticrackle feature helps you avoid creating MP3s with crackles on some computers.

Youtube Video to VCD Utility

2009-04-13T02:01:00.001-07:00

! MP3 Audio Converter

2009-04-12T18:43:00.001-07:00

MP3 Audio Batch Converter is a ease-to-use tool that directly converts audio format MP3, WAV, WMA, OGG, VOX from one format to another and supports Normalizing. without no temp file included. You can resample your MP3, WAV, WMA, OGG and VOX files with MP3 Audio Batch Converter.

MP3 Audio Batch Conver gives you the option of setting the bitrate and frequency of created files, supports CBR and VBR. It digitally converts the audio files - not through the soundcard - which enables you to make perfect copies of the originals.

Supports batch conversion. Click the mouse and forget about it, MP3 Audio Batch Conver will finish the conversion automatically. There is a audio player built in MP3 Audio Batch Conver. You can edit ID3 information with the ID3-Editor built in.

Looking for a tool to do conversion between MP3, WMA, WAV and OGG? Try it. You won't be disappointed by MP3 Audio Batch Conver! MP3 Audio Batch Conver has user-friendly-interface and converting your files is just a button click away. You'll be an expert in no time!

PowerFish DVD Editor

2009-04-10T19:16:00.001-07:00

PowerFish DVD Editor is a powerful and easy-to-use DVD tool, which provides advanced storyboard and timeline editing. Hundreds of effects, including video and text overlay, and chromakey effect, lots of filters and transitions will allow you to create impressive videos, slide-shows and more. Make your home video and save it in format that you need. For your additional convenience we redesigned burning manager in the following way: now DVD, VCD/SVCD and MPEG4 formats are separated from each other to avoid confusion when selecting an appropriate format. Now you can select, adjust or just learn the aspect ratio of your video. The new version provides you with more flexibilty in controlling your video processing. Choose 16:9 (widescreen format) or 4:3 (fullscreen format) aspect ratio according to your liking.An included full-featured Audio Editor, will let you to alter, trim and mix audio tracks for your video project. Moreover you can select and edit necessary audio tracks in AVI and DVD files. Friendly and understandable interface allows you to perform all the operations quick and easily. AVS Video Editor presents a perfect combination of attractive price and high-quality performance.

WAV WAVE to Audio

2009-04-07T02:52:00.001-07:00

WAV WAVE to Audio - Don't take our word for it,see for yourself. The program works on all Windows systems. WAV WAVE to Audio is one of the quickest and easiest to use tools of its kind. The program extracts audio CD tracks to audio formats MP3, WAV, and OGG in seconds. PRO version comes with a number of useful tools: CD player, WAV converter and MP3 converter.
Convert MP3, CD, CDA, CD-R, DVD-Audio, AAC, AC3, ID3, M3U, M4A, M4P, MP3 ID3 Tag, OGG, RA, WAV, WMA, MP2, APE, VQF, MPC, AMR, Midi, WAVE, and RM files.

Youtube Movie to VHS Utility

2009-04-06T01:22:00.001-07:00

It's most popular and very easy to use YouTube tools. helps you Fast download, convert, play, manage your favorite YouTube videos. If you're a YouTube fan, you'll love YouTube tool! is the most powerful YouTube assistant on the planet. YouTube tool easily: 1. Fast downloads YouTube videos, 2. Supports unlimited simultaneous downloads (a real time saver!), 3. Automatically names the downloaded video the same as the YouTube title, 4. Converts YouTube videos to various video formats, including Video, DVD, VCD, AVI, MPG, MPEG, Divx, Xvid, WMV, RM, RMVB, MOV, MP4, 3GP, SWF, DAT, H264, VOB, Flash, PDA, M4V, 3G2, AMV, CDA, DV,QuickTime, ASX, TV, VHS, FLV, H264, BDMV, MAC, Apple TV, Zune, iPod, PDA, PSP, PS2, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360, Mobile Phone, Cell Phone, Blackberry, Wii, Laptops, Printers, Palm OS, Pocket PC, PPC, Treo, Psion, EPOC, iphone.
Easily Convert all popular video formats. Provides the highest speed to download YouTube video. Support unlimited simultaneous downloading tasks. Supports auto-name your downloaded video title as the YoutTube page shows. Offers you the most convenient task management and the easiest control capability. About Conversion Features. - is the most powerful YouTube assistant on the planet.

Youtube Movie Download + Player Now

2009-04-04T21:07:00.000-07:00

Hot popluar youtube video Converter + download + player tool. With YouTube tool you can also convert downloaded YouTube videos to a format compatible with your favorite portable device; including - iPod Video, iPod Touch, iPod Nano, iPhone, Zune, PSP, as well as video capable MP3 players, video capable mobile phones, and Pocket PC, And finally... YouTube tool's embedded player will allow you to watch all your favorite YouTube videos off-line. So now you can enjoy any .flv and .swf videos anytime!
Supports customize or create user's own profile for any new (portable) device. The video conversion supports preview. About Playing Features. Embedded YouTube Video (Offline) Player is available, it supports offline play YouTube video, .flv video and .swf video. Supports "Drag and Drop" video files direct to the main window. Easy to select the source files. Cool UI skin available. - is the most powerful YouTube assistant on the planet.

WAV AC3 Gold

2009-04-04T01:33:00.001-07:00

WAV AC3 Gold - Get the right format which you need Convert audio file format among WAV, MP3, WMA and OGG. You can convert one format to an other. Reduce file size Compress WAV format to MP3, WMA or OGG format. Play files on different device Play MP3 and WMA files on handle device such as Pocket PC and Palm. Change file information Edit ID3 information for MP3, WAV and OGG files.
Compact discs to MP3, CD, CDA, CD-R, DVD-Audio, AAC, AC3, ID3, M3U, M4A, M4P, MP3 ID3 Tag, OGG, RA, WAV, WMA, MP2, APE, VQF, MPC, AMR, Midi, WAVE, and RM Compact discs to Windows Media. The anticrackle feature helps you avoid creating MP3s with crackles on some computers.