Software Industry Announcements and News


Take Control of your Audio/Video with 1AVCenter!

[ Comments Off ] Posted on 07.15.09 under ASP Member Companies, Audio & Multimedia

PCWinSoft Systems Ltd has released 1AVCenter, a powerful Windows application that does the work of an entire library of audio and video applications. Unlike other solutions that require separate programs to capture, record, broadcast, monitor, and share your audio and video files, 1AVCenter saves time and reduces stress by providing all of these functions in one easy-to-use application.

1AVCenter is an all-in-one multimedia center that gives you the power to capture and record high quality video and CD-quality audio from any available source. You can save your files directly into JPG, AVI, WMV, WAV, MP3, or WMA formats. While some programs limit your options, 1AVCenter lets you work with broadcast streams, Internet media files, TV tuners, webcams, VCRs, microphones, CDs, line-in and aux input, YouTube videos, Windows Media Player, external audio and video devices, and any music or movie that appears in a browser window.
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New Tools for Creating and Processing PDF Documents

[ Comments Off ] Posted on 07.13.09 under Desktop Publishing

Two Pilots is pleased to announce the release of several new products for creating and processing PDF documents.

Our new freeware, open-source product, PDF2Text Pilot, has been added to the Converter line. Use PDF2Text Pilot to convert PDF documents to text files.
PDF2Text Pilot home page: http://www.colorpilot.com/extract-pdf-text.html

PDF Presentation Pilot is freeware as well. This tool is designed for creating presentations. PDF Presentation Pilot has fewer features than PowerPoint and PDFLaTex, but you can create PDF presentations without any special skills. PDF Presentation Pilot home page: http://www.colorpilot.com/presentation.html

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Recover Outlook Express Emails from Damaged Mail Folders

[ Comments Off ] Posted on 07.12.09 under ASP Member Companies, Security & Privacy

Advanced Outlook Express Repair 2.1: Easily Recover Outlook Express Emails from Damaged Mail Folders

Hong Kong: DataNumen Inc., the leading provider of data recovery technologies, has released Advanced Outlook Express Repair 2.1, a Windows utility that makes it easy to recover corrupt or damaged Outlook Express files. The program works with both Outlook Express 4.0′s .mbx files and Outlook Express 5.x and 6.0′s .dbx files to maximize the recovery of emails in your mail folders.

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FTC Settles with Two Defendants in Bogus Computer Scan Case

[ Comments Off ] Posted on 07.11.09 under Government News

Two defendants in a case involving a massive “scareware” scheme will settle Federal Trade Commission charges of deceptive advertising and forfeit more than $100,000 in assets that were frozen last year at the Commission’s request.

The two settling defendants were part of a massive deceptive advertising scheme that tricked more than a million consumers into buying “rogue” computer security products, including WinFixer, WinAntivirus, DriveCleaner, ErrorSafe, and XP Antivirus, according to the FTC’s complaint. The scheme allegedly relied on deceptive advertisements featuring bogus computer “scans” that falsely claimed to detect viruses, spyware, and illegal pornography on consumers’ computers.
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Court Orders Spammers to Give Up $3.7 Million

[ Comments Off ] Posted on 07.10.09 under Government News

Case Against International Spam Operation is First Using US SAFE WEB Act

A U.S. district court has ordered key players in an international spam ring to give up $3.7 million that they made by sending out illegal e-mail messages pitching bogus hoodia weight-loss products and a “human growth hormone” pill they claimed reversed the aging process.

In a Federal Trade Commission law enforcement action, the court found that the five defendants, located in Canada and St. Kitts, violated the FTC Act and the CAN-SPAM Act by participating in the spam operation. The court order bars the defendants from violating the CAN-SPAM Act and from making false or unsubstantiated claims about the health benefits of any food, drug, or dietary supplement.
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Create Stylish Frames, Cards and Collages with Photo Art Studio!

[ Comments Off ] Posted on 07.09.09 under Desktop Publishing

AMS Software announces the release of Photo Art Studio 2.21, a new version of the popular photo enhancing program. Photo Art Studio is a great tool for creating impressive collages, lovely greeting cards or personalized wallpapers. With the help of the program you can perform automatic photo enhancement and editing, apply special effects, frames, add clipart and captions. About three hundreds of decoration options are available in the distribution kit, and even more in the full version.

The interface is easy-to-use and fully customizable, so that you can enjoy the features of Photo Art Studio without any difficulties. In case of problems, you can always consult the built-in help system and the online tutorial. If you do not have much time for editing, you can simply employ one of the five available automatic algorithms of photo enhancement.
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