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General Software Discussion / Re: Fastest Audio Converter

« Last post by Curt on December 04, 2010, 03:27 PM »

CUDA hast nothing to do with hand-held devices. It's a a parallel computing architecture developed by NVIDIA that let programs (developed with a special api) use the graphics processing units (GPUs) to work faster.

-MrZebulon (December 04, 2010, 01:46 PM)

thanks for correcting me    How will it respond if the pc doesn't have nVidia Cuda?

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: 5 A'shampoos: $20

« Last post by Curt on December 04, 2010, 04:34 AM »

yeah, the title probably should spell "up to ...". In my opinion, Burning Studio and UnInstaller will make a really fine deal, all the others are of less / little interest.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Nextfeeds :: Great deal for information overload

« Last post by Curt on December 03, 2010, 08:49 AM »

I have taken the same point of view as brotherS

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Found Deals and Discounts / 5 A'shampoos: $20

« Last post by Curt on December 03, 2010, 08:40 AM »

http://www.ashampoo.com/en/usd/bsc/1879



Chose between Burning Studio 10 ($50), CoreTuner ($20), HDD Control 2 ($25), Internet Accelerator 3 ($20), Magical Defrag 3 ($15), PhotoCommander 8 ($50), Photo Optimizer 3 ($15), Snap 4 ($20), UnInstaller 4 ($50), WinOptimizer 7 ($50) only.

Not to be over-interpreted:

http://www.ashampoo.com/en/usd/bsc/1879

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General Software Discussion / Re: Fastest Audio Converter

« Last post by Curt on December 02, 2010, 07:10 PM »

sorry, I didn' imagine such scenario in advance. Use either Audio or Full Edition only. CUDA is for hand-held devices.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Fastest Audio Converter

« Last post by Curt on December 02, 2010, 05:51 PM »

The fastest converter is not a converter but a transcoder ;-)

The people behind the free MediaCoder should be whipped for adding nagging features to their program... remember to scroll down their homepage and click "do not open this next time" etcetera!! , but the transcoding is very fast and of high quality.

http://www.mediacode...hq.com/editions.html

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General Software Discussion / Re: Fastest Audio Converter

« Last post by Curt on December 02, 2010, 05:25 PM »

I use a converter that will convert 10-12 files at the same time, at 1:1 speed.
That makes it 12 files a' 5 minutes, converted in 5 minutes and some.

Edited:
I can click "fast", and it will convert 16-18 files in 3 minutes (double speed).

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General Software Discussion / Re: Fastest Audio Converter

« Last post by Curt on December 02, 2010, 05:01 PM »

Thanks for telling, Hank. However, it is not for me. The faster the conversion, the poorer the quality. Period! If the audio track is 5 minutes, the conversion should take 5 minutes and some. It is easy (for me) to hear the difference if I convert on double speed; the curtain in front of the sound gets even thicker, the bass even more muddy.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Bolide CoolUtils Frigate... ehhh?

« Last post by Curt on December 02, 2010, 08:03 AM »

We have been thinking a lot about the best Christmas present for Audio Compare users blah blah blah. Total Audio Converter is very affordable but we go further and offer you 55% discount (final price is less than $9). The offer is valid till January, 10.

http://www.coolutils...om/Christmas2010.php



Best regards,
 Max Smirnoff
 CEO at Bolide Software

-Bolide

---------------------------------------------------
But at the CoolUtils site they also have a great number of bundled offers.
The full list of products in the $99 CoolUtils Pro Suite:

Frigate3 (file manager with built-in file viewers (DBF, RTF, HTML, DOC, Excel), utilities (TreeNotes, StartUp Manager, Calculator, SmartPad, and Directory Size Manager)), and Total Converters: Audio + Image + Movie + HTML + PDF + PDF OCR + Outlook + Outlook Express + Thunderbird + iPod +++ , oh, I give up!! I have merely mentioned but a fraction of the apps included in this bundle, there are many many more! Read about it at http://www.coolutils.com/BundlePro.php , scroll down to "Alternatively, get Total Audio Converter for $2.67 within our CoolUtils Pro bundle!" 99 : 2.67 = 37

The reason I mention this everyday offer is because of Frigate3 which otherwise isn't named at their site. Some 2½ years ago our Darwin said that Frigate3.35 Pro was working well, but that was on XP or Vista. I didn't know it ever was updated, but the offered version is now called 3.36, so at some point in time  it clearly was. However, they don't say if Frigate3 is working with Win 7, one can only assume / hope / test.

Frigate3 Pro is $40. Frigate3 Standard is $25, but being included in the bundle it is now very cheap: $2.67!
http://www.frigate3.com/features.php

I didn't know Bolide had anything to do with CoolUtils, and maybe they don't, apart from the initial offer? Also, I didn't know CoolUtils had anything to do with Frigate3, and maybe they don't, apart from the bundled offer? But CoolUtils / Softplicity seems to have an almost endless list of low priced programs available, mostly converters. They even have a bunch of free online converters.

http://www.coolutils.com/

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Process Lasso Pro at GAOTD (May 21, 2010)

« Last post by Curt on December 02, 2010, 05:14 AM »

One more small but fine feature, in Start menu: restore tray icon 

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General Software Discussion / Re: winamp 5.5 is fantastic (I thought I'd never say that)

« Last post by Curt on December 01, 2010, 10:24 AM »

I got tired with Winamp growing fat and saying AOL all over the place, and removed my PRO version.
Revo counted the left-behinds: 1.783 registry entries and 22 files / folders !!!  


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edited: Winamp was just updated: Winamp 5 Full 5.6.0 Build 3081 Final: http://majorgeeks.co...mp_5_Full_d2490.html Yes, it took 3 years to get from 5.5 to 5.6

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Living Room / Re: Cute jokes' thread

« Last post by Curt on November 30, 2010, 10:17 AM »

Calvin & Hobbes was my favorite. Too bad the author stopped. It really was the best comic I've ever read.

-Renegade (November 26, 2010, 09:44 AM)

Calvin & Hobbes is still my favourite. Put a gun to my head and I just might be able to pick a single all time favourite strip:

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Living Room / Re: Cute jokes' thread

« Last post by Curt on November 30, 2010, 05:48 AM »

Jesus' brother Bob

Edited:
An hour later and I am still laughing  :-)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Outpost Security Suite Free

« Last post by Curt on November 30, 2010, 05:05 AM »

I also use OSS Pro, (I am really glad I got their deal 2 years ago - lifetime updates for 3 computers ),

-4wd (November 29, 2010, 11:23 PM)

I have a key for Online Armor ++ (Antivirus and Firewall), but the license is now about to expire. The Renewal Price for one year, 1 PC, is $45.- , which is making me even more happy ("really glad") with my lifetime license for Agnitum OSS Pro :-)

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Lightcraft Aurora - intuitive image editor; free- today only! (no longer active)

« Last post by Curt on November 30, 2010, 04:43 AM »

Edit#2:
Aurora cannot read 4 jpg pictures that my approx 40 other viewers or editors can read (yes, it took almost an hour to test this!). This is not good, this is bad!  

-Curt (November 29, 2010, 04:53 PM)

-this was with 30 photos from a small folder, yesterday. Today I navigated Aurora to my system default Picture's folder with 5.850 pictures. There were hundreds of pictures that Aurora couldn't read!

Do not purchase a key for this program!! edited: unless you only will name your files with standard Latin characters. Mystery solved: Aurora does not accept any unusual characters at all.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Lightcraft Aurora - intuitive image editor; free- today only! (no longer active)

« Last post by Curt on November 29, 2010, 04:53 PM »

-sorry about the useless discount code.  (see next post)

Aurora has quickly become a love & hate item in my head. Some of the edit features are really good (Color Strength and Relight are even excellent!), but the program demands to be recognized as a server, because the company has an agreement with Amazon (backup $5 per month for 20GB). Adobe Air is installed without further notice. The worst part is, if you click *save*, the original picture is overwritten at once. No save as... option! Edited: Sorry; I didn't realize at first that the new file has a little "_au" at the end of the file name.

Edit#2:
Aurora cannot read 4 jpg pictures that my approx 40 other viewers or editors can read (yes, it took almost an hour to test this!). This is not good, this is bad!  

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Lightcraft Aurora - intuitive image editor; free- today only! (no longer active)

« Last post by Curt on November 29, 2010, 08:11 AM »

Lightcrafts' $50 Aurora can partly be called a simple version of the $200 $100 LightZone. As such, it is really good at this new time limited discount price: $25. However, I don't know if the rebate code somehow is connected to me ("Exclusive offer for PostworkShop customers") or if it is usable for you as well: (CPN5366133890)

I have to admit that I don't trust Aurora or LightZone to ever be updated, but of course I don't *know*.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Outpost Security Suite Free

« Last post by Curt on November 29, 2010, 07:49 AM »

I already have the PRO suite, so I have no intention of trying the free version.

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General Software Discussion / Outpost Security Suite Free

« Last post by Curt on November 28, 2010, 06:21 PM »

Agnitum’s new Outpost Security Suite Free combines anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-spam, and firewall components into one sweet, free package

-Ashraf from dottech

click to enlarge:

Many people were extremely disappointed when Agnitum stopped supporting Outpost Firewall Free, especially considering Outpost firewall is dotTech recommended. Well, friends, worry no longer. Last week Agnitum released Outpost Security Suite Free, the freeware version of Outpost Security Suite Pro.

Previously Outpost Firewall Free provided users with top-notch firewall services. Outpost Security Suite Free takes those top-notch firewall services and combines them with anti-virus, anti-spyware, and anti-spam features into one program.

-Ashraf from dottech

http://dottech.org/f...eeware-reviews/18593

Outpost Security Suite Free homepage  

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Process Lasso Pro at GAOTD (May 21, 2010)

« Last post by Curt on November 28, 2010, 12:04 PM »

Process Lasso is an icon when it comes to updating the installed file. All you need to do, after unpacking the two new files, is to db-click the QuickUpgrade.exe. End of story!!
 

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General Software Discussion / Re: 27 Good Reasons to Love Linux

« Last post by Curt on November 28, 2010, 07:58 AM »

28 Linux Tutorials

http://www.linuxcomp..._in_ubuntu_1010.html

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Word Processor Roundup / Re: SoftMaker Office 2008 for Linux now in public beta

« Last post by Curt on November 28, 2010, 07:54 AM »

Sneak a peek: A first look at SoftMaker Office for Android
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SoftMaker is currently developing a version of SoftMaker Office for Android phones and tablet computers. There is no release date yet, but you can take a sneak peek here:

http://softmaker.com/english/blog/?p=147

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General Software Discussion / Re: Copernic Desktop Pro on special

« Last post by Curt on November 27, 2010, 11:10 AM »

People still on XP should consider SearchGT. It was never upgraded for Vista/7, but is surprisingly cheap. I loved it.

screenshots: Search GT - fast file search add-on for Windows

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General Software Discussion / Re: Copernic Desktop Pro on special

« Last post by Curt on November 27, 2010, 04:42 AM »

http://www.copernic....ore/buy-cds-pro.html

Only $24.95 US
regular $49.95 US
Select language:
   Windows 7/Vista/XP
(32-bit Only)

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Process Lasso Pro at GAOTD (May 21, 2010)

« Last post by Curt on November 27, 2010, 02:39 AM »

-for lifetime license owners. http://www.bitsum.co...so_home_purchase.php

Every person who purchases any lifetime license type gets to give one single PC license FREE to the person of their choice. You can even give the license to yourself! Limit one free license per order. Orders of an Entire Home bundle only includes a single PC give-away license, not 5. All give-away licenses comes with one year of free updates (they aren't lifetime).

Process Lasso Pro
LIFETIME free updates
Only $32.95 per computer!

Process Lasso Pro
Entire Home Bundle
LIFETIME free updates
Install up to 5 computers
Only $48.95 per home!