Nero 8 - The Ultimate solution for Data, Video, Photo, Audio and BackUp! The redesign of the user interface improves the usability and makes Nero Burning ROM 8 the fastest to use ever. The access from Nero Burning ROM to the Nero Home database guarantees easy access to media files including advanced search options with Nero Scout. Nero 8 enables you to experience your digital media in completely new and innovative ways. With the addition of a Nero Home – media manager, you can now have the complete PC and TV experience. Nero 8 supports Blu-ray technology and gives you the ability to burn your data to BD-RE and BD-R (Blu-ray) media, which enables you to store enormous amounts of data (25-50 GB) onto a single disc.

Content of Nero 8 Download Package :

• Nero Mobile
• Nero Home
• Nero Scout
• Nero StartSmart
• Nero Burning ROM
• Nero Express
• Nero WaveEditor
• Nero SoundTrax
• Nero Vision
• Nero Recode
• Nero ShowTime
• Nero MediaHome
• Nero PhotoSnap
• Nero CoverDesigner
• Nero Toolkit
• Nero BackItUp
• InCD
• Nero SoundBox
• Nero ImageDrive

Updates included:

• Upload videos to Youtube, MySpace, and My Nero with one click
• Nero RescueAgent lets you restore deleted files and recover data from damaged discs.
• Run Nero DiscCopy gadget from the Windows Vista sidebar to copy discs with one click

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Kaspersky Internet Security is an internet security suite developed by Kaspersky Lab. It is designed for computers running Microsoft Windows. Kaspersky Internet Security supports the detection and removal of most forms of malware, as well as protection against spam, hackers, phishing attacks and data leaks.

Features

• protection, detection and removal of viruses, trojans, worms, spyware, adware and keyloggers
• detection and removal of rootkits
• protection from viruses when using ICQ and other IM clients
• real-time scanning of e-mail, internet traffic and files
• personal firewall with an IDS / ISP system
• protection from leaks of confidential data
• parental control
• protection of spam and phishing
• automatic database updates
• self-defense of the program to prevent it from being stopped or disabled
• tools for creating a rescue disk
• free technical support

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PowerDVD (from CyberLink) is a commercial video player and music player for Microsoft Windows and recently Turbolinux. It enables the viewing of DVD-Video movies on the user's PC. DVD-Video backups stored on hard disk (created using software such as DVD Decrypter) can also be played. The player can also be used with to play videos and audio/music files in other formats encoded with different codecs, for instance DivX, XviD, Windows Media Video video and MP3 and AAC audio. Newer versions also support full Blu-Ray and HD DVD playback with menus, with CPRM DRM support.

Supported video formats/codecs: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-2 HD (high-definition MPEG-2), DVD-Video, Mini-DVD, MPEG-4 ASP (like XviD and DivX, including DivX Pro), MPEG-4 AVC (H.264), WMV-HD, DVD-VR, DVD+VR

Supported audio formats/codecs: WAV, MP3, MP2, AAC, DVD-Audio, LPCM, MLP Lossless, Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby Digital EX, DTS 5.1, DTS Neo:6, DTS 96/24, DTS-ES Discrete

Video Playback

• InterActual Player Support
• Software Video Deinterlacing - ensures a smoother and clearer video image on progressive displays
• Dynamic Range Compression and SRS - offers modes suited to Quiet, Noisy and Normal listening environments
• A-B Repeat loops a scene set by users
• 9X Digital Zoom
• Closed captioning support provides closed captioning for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Dual Captions/Subtitles Display - supports the viewing of two subtitle languages at the same time
• Video Bookmarks enable quick access to a user's favorite movie scenes
• Resume playback - allows users to play a DVD from the last scene prior to stopping
• Screen snapshots can be captured with a user-defined aspect ratio
• External subtitle support allows playback via AVI, DivX and WMV files
  • (supports SRT, SUB, SSA, ASS, PSB, and SMI extensions)
• On-screen display (OSD) lets users define where video information is located
• Changeable skins let users change the look of their control panel
• Low Frequency Effects (LFE) mixes the LFE channel (bass) with front speaker channels
• Dolby Pro Logic IIx - 2.0 - 5.1 => 7.1 audio-channels expansion technology (upsample anything from 2.0 to 7.1 surround sound)
• "CyberLink Headphone" - Virtual surround sound on 2-channel (stereo) headphones
• "CyberLink Virtual Speaker" Virtual surround sound on 2-channel (stereo) speakers

Music Playback

• Karaoke mode - dampens music tracks to allow users to sing along with their Karaoke discs
• Audio pitch scaling - feature letting users adjust the pitch of video or audio files for fun, or adopt the tune to their voice for Karaoke discs.
• Audio equalizer presets add atmospheric effects with presets like techno, blues
• Audio visualizations - provides onscreen image effects while playing music

General Features

• UPnP Control Point (UPnP-client) - Play videos from any UPnP AV MediaServer device in your home network

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We've recently been posting a lot of games and some may wonder if FILEnetworks is becoming a pure game review site. It's not so; PC has been lacking good games for a while and now there is a whole bunch of them all coming out at once. This is another such release; of course the latest NFS title will be played by almost everyone even if you hate racing games. RELOADED royally pwned the SecuROM 7 copy protection and released the game exactly on its street date. That's pure pwnage.

Need for Speed ProStreet boasts impeccable precision and impressively detailed photo-realistic graphics, effectively transporting you to the center of the action. It pushes the “Autosculpt™” technology to a new level, allowing you to directly impact your car’s performance for the first time as well as personalize its appearance. Need for Speed ProStreet is a true taste of raw adrenaline and racing with consequences. Every dent, every scratch and every crumpled body panel is a battle scar, proof of your commitment and competitive mettle. With an aggressive and skilled AI system, you become immersed in an unmatched believable race experience. Add in a revolutionary online mode that will redefine the meaning of competitive social play, and Need for Speed ProStreet is the ultimate formula for an emotionally charged street racing showdown.

 

Features:

• From the Show to the Go - At the forefront of the shift in car culture to performance racing.
• Real Street Racing Locations - 7 licensed tracks, 5 real world inspired street racing locations, 90+ track variations in total.
• Performance Customisation - Visual customisation affects performance. Includes unique cross platform online offering.
• Realistic Racing - Damage with consequences, believable physics and smoke.

System Requirments:

• OS - Windows XP/Vista
• Processor - 2.8GHz or faster (Windows Vista requires 3.0 GHz)
• Memory - 512 MB RAM (Windows Vista requires 1 GB RAM)
• Hard Drive - 8.1 GB (16 GB required for Digital Delivery)
• DVD Drive - 8 SPEED (not required for Digital Delivery)
• Video Card - 128 MB with Pixel Shader 2.0 (AGP and PCIe only)
• Sound Card - DirectX 9.0c compatible
• DirectX - Version 9.0c or higher
• Multiplayer- 512 Kbps or faster; 2-8 Players
• Input - Keyboard, Mouse
• Optional - USB Steering Wheel / Dual Analogue Gamepad

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Earth, 2019: A colossal asteroid crashes down to Earth. The North Korean Government quickly seals off the island chain, claiming the mysteries of the asteroid for themselves. The United States responds by dispatching an elite team of Delta Force Operators to recon the situation and report back to the Pentagon. Amid rising tensions between the US and North Koreans, the asteroid suddenly bursts open, revealing a massive, 2km high alien ship. The ship generates an immense force sphere, freezing a vast portion of the island and drastically altering the global weather system. The invasion of Earth has begun. The two rival nations unite to stop the aliens and save mankind. The newly formed alliance fights epic battles against the marauding Aliens. With hope rapidly fading, the player must lead a crack squad through lush tropical jungle, harsh frozen landscapes, and finally into the heart of the alien ship itself for the ultimate Zero G encounter with the aliens. Crysis offers players a highly immersive FPS experience in which they will have to adapt their tactics, weaponry, armour and gameplay style to survive and defeat the alien invasion.

Game features:

• Adapt to Survive – An epic story thrusts players into an ever-changing environment, forcing them to adapt their tactics and approach to conquer battlefields ranging from newly frozen jungle to zero-gravity alien environments.
• Suit up! – A high-tech Nanosuit allows gamers to augment their abilities in real time on the battlefield. Players can choose to enhance their speed, strength, armor and cloaking abilities to approach situations in creative tactical ways
• Customizable Weaponry – A huge arsenal of modular weaponry gives gamers unprecedented control over their play style. Blow the opposition away with experimental weapons, discover alien technology and utilize custom ammunition from incendiary-tipped rounds to tactical munitions that can silently put foes to sleep.
• Veni Vidi Vici – Lifelike enemy AI challenges players to assess a situation and approach it strategically. It isn’t about having the fastest trigger finger – players are challenged to be proactive in the fight, not reactive.
• Zero-G Gameplay – Battle a horrifying alien species in a true Zero-gravity environment, where physics change everything as players must adapt to moving in Zero-G and contending with the recoil from their weapons and more.
• Next-Generation Graphics – Built from the ground up using Crytek’s proprietary CryENGINE 2™, Crysis’ visuals define “state of the art,” with full DX10 support and scalable options to deliver solid performance on older machines.
• Open, Physicalized World – Choose your own path through the open world of Crysis, destroying obstacles, driving vehicles from VTOL’s to boats and using the environment itself against your enemies.
• Bring it Online – Full-featured multiplayer for up to 32 players with real-time armor and weapons customization. For a pure adrenaline fix hit the Instant Action button, or prepare yourself for the all-new multiplayer PowerStruggle mode that combines economy and vehicle warfare, alien technology and ranking, all wrapped in a strategic objective-based experience.

Minimum system requirements:

• OS – Windows XP or Windows Vista
• Processor – 2.8 GHz or faster (XP) or 3.2 GHz or faster* (Vista)
• Memory – 1.0 GB RAM (XP) or 1.5 GB RAM (Vista)
• Video Card –256 MB**
• Hard Drive – 12GB
• Sound Card – DirectX 9.0c compatible

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Once again, we bring you news of another much anticipated PC game release just hours after scene group RELOADED whacked its copy protection.

Gears of War blends tactical action with survival horror and thrusts gamers into a deep and harrowing story of humankind's epic battle for survival against the Locust Horde, a nightmarish race of creatures that surface from the bowels of the planet. Lead war hero Marcus Fenix and his fire team as they face the onslaught of merciless warrior fiends. A revolutionary tactical combat system and breathtaking, high-definition visuals from the Unreal Engine 3 immerse you in a horrifying story of war and survival. A.I. teammates are indiscernable from human players. Voice recognition and real-time lip synching heighten the experience. The battlefield is a lethal place. To survive, suppress your enemy with blindfire, take cover in interactive environments, or use weapons and teammates to outwit your foes.

Image: DVD cover of Gears of War for the XBO360 console. Version featured in this post is for the PC.

Features

• Engaging and disturbing cinematic story. Movie-like cut scenes, cinematic camera moves and in-game storytelling bring the brutal, emotionally charged narrative to life. Gamers control Marcus Fenix and his fire team as they pit advanced technology against the overwhelming and horrific Locust Horde.
• Unmatched online gaming. Gears of War will tap into the power of Games for Windows - LIVE to deliver online matchmaking for its Gold account members. The service will enable gamers around the world to connect via their PCs, allowing players to experience individualized matchmaking, view player statistics, earn player Achievements, customize games and create personalized profiles.
• New Game Editor. The game will also feature the all-new Game Editor, guaranteeing new user-generated content in the future. The Gears of War community will be able to tap its endless creative potential to develop an unlimited number of user-created levels through complete access to the Unreal Editor. Using the new engine, players can now import custom artwork into the engine, create particle systems, scripted encounters, cinematics and more.
• Astounding visuals in next-generation gaming. Gears of War ushers in the next generation with incredible visuals, pushing DirectX 10 visual designs and bringing out the smallest details in the largest battle. Gamers experience a rich, dynamic world with a supreme level of detail. Characters come to life with unbelievable model quality and a physics-integrated animation system that has them truly reacting intelligently to events unfolding around them.
• Hyper-realistic and intense combat. In Gears of War the battlefield is a lethal place - to foolishly stand out in the open is to invite an untimely demise. To survive, gamers must employ strategy, take cover using the interactive and dynamic environments, and suppress the enemy with blind fire, using their weapons and teammates to outwit and outfight their terrifying enemies.

System requirements:

• OS: Windows Vista or Windows XP
• Processor 2.4+ GHz Intel; 2.0+ Ghz AMD
• RAM 1 GB
• Hard Drive 12 GB free hard drive space
• Video Card NVIDIA GeForce 6600+, ATI X700+

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War rages on in the fourth edition of Activisions acclaimed war
game. For the first time in the series, Call of Duty moves away
from WWII to the modern battlefield. Armed with an arsenal of
advanced and powerful modern day firepower, players are
transported to treacherous hotspots around the globe to take
on a rogue enemy group threatening the world. As both a U.S
Marine and British S.A.S. soldier fighting through an unfolding
story full of twists and turns, players use sophisticated
technology, superior firepower and coordinated land and air
strikes on a battlefield where speed, accuracy and communication
are essential to victory. The epic title also delivers an added
depth of multiplayer action providing online fans an all-new
community of persistence, addictive and customizable gameplay.

Features:

• D-Day on the Modern Battlefield: Watch as your armada of helicopters charges over the rooftops of a bombed-out urban hell, while ground fire and RPGs streak past the open door of your helicopter. Fast-rope down to the streets through a cyclone of choking sand and dust with your Marine platoon and engage the enemy in unrelenting battle.
• High Speed Tactics: Experience intense close-quarters urban combat in the way that only Call of Duty can deliver. Supported by you well-trained squad, rappel down the walls of enemy strongholds, blast out the locks with your shotgun, and then clear the rooms using tear gas grenades, flashbangs, and silenced MP-5 submachine guns.
• Cutting Edge Modern Arsenal: With the help of actual Marines and SAS operatives, all the weapons in Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare have been painstakingly researched and replicated in game, bringing to life the ultimate war experience.
• Global War: Take the fight to the enemy in an epic war across the Middle East, board and storm ships in the North Atlantic, engage in heavy urban combat through the streets of Eastern Europe, and assault terrorist cells in London.
• Next-Generation Multiplayer: Physically alter the environment to your strategic advantage. Open up new flanking routes by blowing through walls and doors. Knock down bridges, close off roads, and blast buildings into rubble. Move furniture and vehicles to block doors and seal up windows with chicken wire to repel enemy grenades.

 

System Requirements:

• OS: XP or Vista
• Processor: 2.6ghz Pentium IV or equivalent (3.2ghz recommended for Vista)
• RAM: 1024mb (1536mb recommended for Vista)
• Video Card: DirectX 9-compliant Shader 3.0 card with 128 MB of DDR Video Memory (256 MB recommended) AGP 8x or PCI-Express x16
• Sound Card: 16-bit DirectX 9-compliant sound card
• DirectX9 for XP and 10 for Vista, 8 gigs HD space + 600mb for swap file.

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Warning: The product featured in this post is an Alpha release. This means that it is still in an early testing phase. Although we found the aopp to work, you may or may not encounter bugs while using it. Use at your own risk.

Kapersky^® Internet Security 8.0 provides you with the same proven anti-virus protection as Kaspersky Anti-Virus together with additional features including Parental Control, a personal firewall, an anti-spam filter, Privacy Control and more.

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mIRC is a full featured Internet Relay Chat client for Windows that can be used to communicate, share, play or work with others on IRC networks around the world, either in multi-user group conferences or in one-to-one private discussions.

It has a clean, practical interface that is highly configurable and supports features such as buddy lists, file transfers, multi-server connections, SSL encryption, proxy support, UTF-8 display, customizable sounds, spoken messages, tray notifications, message logging, and more.

mIRC also has a powerful scripting language that can be used both to automate mIRC and to create applications that perform a wide range of functions from network communications to playing games.

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EarthView is a dynamic desktop wallpaper and screen saver, which displays beautiful views of the earth with daylight and night shadows. It produces colorful, high quality, high resolution images for every screen resolution - even beyond 1600×1200! The program supports map and globe views, urban areas, city lights, atmospheric effects, clouds, local time display and much more. EarthView supports different maps that show our planet earth in different ways, like photographic or artistic. Many options allow total customization of all view parameters. EarthView has won many awards for its absolutely breathtaking images.

EarthView supports four different beautiful maps of the earth, starting at 10 km resolution, which means that at 100% zoom level, 1 pixel on your screen equals 10 kilometers on earth. If you purchase the full version, you’ll get the possibility to download even more detailed versions of some maps, which have higher resolution. This means, they have much more detail, so you can zoom in even further!

Features:

• High detail view of the earth
• Day and night view
• Atmospheric effects
• Urban areas and city lights
• Clouds (internet download possible)
• Map and globe projection
• Several beautiful maps to choose from
• Location and local time of more than 3000 cities worldwide
• Wallpaper and screen saver support
• Multiple monitor support
• Many options for full customization

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