Nero, creators of liquid media technology, today introduces Nero Music2Go software, customized for the Nintendo DSi system. The new offering allows users to extend the features of their portable game system to rip and transfer music files from the desktop to Nintendo DSi. Nero Music2Go is the second iteration of the recently announced Nero MobileSync platform, a universal, hardware-agnostic toolkit of fully customizable PC applications for mobile handset, Netbook, gaming console and Ultra-Mobile PC manufacturers.
Nero Music2Go is a dedicated PC companion software for Nintendo DSi, providing simple conversion of music from CDs or from files stored on the PC to AAC (Advanced Audio Coding file format) and transferring it to the Nintendo DSi system - all through an easy and intuitive user interface. In addition, music playback on the PC and accessing detailed song, artist, and album information (powered by Gracenote®) completes the offering.
“Users of the Nintendo DSi portable game system can now take advantage of an easy gateway to their favorite music via the PC. Our collaboration with Nintendo underscores the Nero commitment to enjoyment of digital content regardless of device,” said Udo Eberlein, CEO, Nero AG. “Nero Music2Go was built on the Nero MobileSync platform, offering portable device manufacturers a customizable white label platform for device-to-PC connectivity and content management. The ability to enjoy your content anytime, anywhere is an important part of the future of digital content distribution.”
CyberLink Corp., an innovative solutions provider for the connected media lifestyle, today launched CyberLink Media Suite 8, an all-in-one software suite for enjoying photos, videos, music and movies, and burning data on the PC.
In this latest version, CyberLink has rebranded its all-in-one software package from DVD Suite to Media Suite. "Media Suite 8 focuses on a broad range of media," said Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink. "The latest version contains 39 tasks for consumers to capture, organize, create, burn, and share their digital media. Media Suite 8 brings the best applications in one suite to turn the PC into a central hub for experiencing the ultimate digital lifestyle."
By building on the powerful media creativity and disc burning features of the previous version, Media Suite 8 expands options for organizing photos, editing audio and converting videos for mobile devices. A refreshed interface ensures that features are even friendlier to access, with 39 tasks listed for creating, playing, organizing and sharing multimedia content via the PC, as well as burning data.
SENSIO Technologies Inc., the inventor of the SENSIO® 3D technology, and CyberLink signed a letter of intent to integrate SENSIO's software solution, the S3D software decoder, into Cyberlink's PowerDVD videoplayer. PowerDVD is the leading DVD, Blu-ray Disc and AVCHD movie player software application, chosen by top-brand PCs and optical disc drives purchased by consumers and businesses around the world. The all new SENSIO and CyberLink solution will enable consumers to view movies on their computer in 3D and will be on demonstration as early as January at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, at the SENSIO stand (S20931).
"We are delighted to work with SENSIO to deliver the next generation of home entertainment on CyberLink's industry leading video playback application, PowerDVD," said Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink. "By leveraging SENSIO's advance 3D technologies within PowerDVD we are able to enhance the movie watching experience and offer consumers another dimension for enjoying DVDs and Blu-ray movies."
"SENSIO is a company of firsts - it was the first to do live 3D broadcasts, to present a Full 3D HD solution and to have its format standardized. We are very pleased to cooperate with CyberLink, the PC digital multimedia development leader. This agreement is another step that confirms our momentum in the consumer electronics market and that moves us closer to our objective of becoming the de facto standard for PC platforms, playstations and 3D televisions," explains Nicholas Routhier, SENSIO's President and Chief Executive Officer.
Cryptzone is today announcing the availability of the "Kill Pill" functionality for its USB encryption solution, Secured eUSB. "Kill Pill" makes it possible for a user or administrator to, at any time through the Internet, lock/wipe the contents on a lost or stolen USB flash drive wherever it is in the world.
Protecting USB flash drives have become a high priority in many companies. With the new version of Secured eUSB, we can offer a new level of security which meets the current requirements for existing and upcoming information security laws in Europe, the United States as well as throughout the world.
Besides the "Kill Pill" feature, Secured eUSB contains a long list of new functionality and improvements in order to meet the growing demand for high security for businesses today. Among the new features are "Synchronized Login" to Microsoft Active Directory® and DCR - Data Content Reporting. Each USB flash drive has built-in intelligence to report in real-time,when the flash drive was created, what files are on the flash drive, where did the files come from (path and computer), what was done with the files and most importantly, what user accessed the drive and what did he/she do with the files. Additionally, the reports include an asset inventory listing of Active Directory® members that indicates exactly the number of USB flash drives owned, brand/model of the drive, when it was created and much more.
CyberLink Corp., innovative solutions provider for the connected media lifestyle, today announced that Hitachi-LG Data Storage Inc., (HLDS) will bundle CyberLink DVD Suite with its latest DVD burners.
CyberLink DVD Suite integrates powerful yet easy-to-use applications for working with all types of media content. Consumers can maximize their multimedia experience from movie playback, disc burning, enhancing video and photos, and fun web cam effects with leading applications like PowerDVD, Power2Go, PowerProducer, and YouCam. With one intuitive interface, users can easily access to each of the applications in this all-in-one burning and creativity suite.
With a focus on developing digital media software applications, CyberLink has the most complete line of multimedia software solutions. The product portolio is headed up with CyberLink’s flagship DVD playback software, PowerDVD and a full line of media creation software that is highly acknowledged by the media. CyberLink partners with top brands in the PC industry including HP, Dell, ACER, and ASUS to provide cutting-edge multimedia solutions to add value to their hardware.
VSO Software announces the release its video converter and burning software, ConvertXtoDVD 4. With this much awaited new version, go a step further to convert and burn your internet and camcorder videos to DVD with outstanding image quality!
“To build this Version 4, we simply asked our customers: “Do you want better quality or faster conversion?” The majority favoured the quality, so we listened to our customer’s advice.” says Fabrice Meuwissen, business manager at VSO software.
To achieve the best quality possible, a new feature has been added: the 2 pass encoding. This method includes the latest technology and is particularly efficient with large files that need to be compressed to fit on the DVD. New resizing filters developed in house by VSO have also been implemented to give the choice of the best upscaling/downscaling method depending on the video, once again in favour of quality.
However, conversion speed has not been forgotten, with the new Multicore support.
Nero, creators of liquid media technology, announced today that Nero 9 Lite, a free entry point to the Nero 9 “Reloaded” suite, offering disc copying and data disc burning functionality, is now available to consumers as a download from www.nero.com. This easy-to-use product offers the Nero StartSmart command center application providing simplified disc copying and data disc burning functionality for CDs and DVDs along with Windows 7 compatibility. Customers have the opportunity to experience two of the features integrated into the full Nero 9 Reloaded suite, the company’s flagship integrated digital media and home entertainment software solution.
“Disc copying and data disc burning complements the digital lifestyles of PC users everywhere.” said Kris Barton, EVP, Global Products, Nero AG. “By offering these widely requested features as a free download, we’re filling a gap in the functionality of the new Windows® 7 operating system and opening the Nero product family up to computer users around the world.”
Roxio, a division of Sonic Solutions, today announced the availability of over 30 applications for Windows 7 users and PC OEMs who wish to complement and expand the digital media functionality of Windows 7. The Roxio applications for Windows 7 include Creator® 2010, Roxio's flagship digital media suite, CinePlayer® BD for high-definition entertainment playback, the CinemaNow service for on-demand movie access, PhotoShow® Touch, for creating and sharing slideshows using simple finger gestures to directly manipulate objects on screen, and others.
Roxio's latest applications extend the Windows 7 experience with many additional features for digital media-savvy users who capture and enjoy photos, videos, and premium content. A few examples:
CyberLink Corp., innovative solutions provider for the connected media lifestyle today released CyberLink TrueTheater Enhancer that improves the playback quality of videos on YouTube™, including “High Quality” and “HD” online video content. Based on the same advanced TrueTheater Technology that is featured in CyberLink’s leading DVD player software, PowerDVD, TrueTheater Enhancer ensures YouTube™ videos can now be played at full-screen size better than ever.
YouTube™ provides a hugely popular platform for watching user-generated and professionally produced video content, however, the quality of video clips varies. CyberLink TrueTheater Enhancer dramatically improves video quality, overcoming common video quality issues that occur when video content is streamed over the web.
Roxio®, a division of Sonic Solutions®, today released Roxio Popcorn® 4, a Mac software application that allows consumers to quickly and easily transfer personal video entertainment from capture devices and DVDs for enjoyment on next-generation consumer electronic devices including game consoles, set-top boxes, and mobile devices.
With the new Popcorn 4 you can import and convert personal video entertainment from virtually anywhere. The application adds to its extensive format compatibility with support for AVCHD and AVCHD-Lite (high-definition camcorder files), as well as the popular Web-based Flash format. Enhanced video preparation tools make it easy to extract favorite video segments or an audio track from a DVD-Video or high-definition file. For lightning-fast file conversion, Popcorn leverages Turbo.264 HD hardware accelerator, and makes the process more convenient by adding the ability to schedule long conversion projects for when your system is idle. The application even allows you to preview how a converted file will look on your favorite device without having to perform a full file conversion.