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BlockBuster, the home video retail giant, is considering a set-top box that would allow direct streaming of films to TV sets from the internet. This service is believed to use video-on-demand technology from MovieLink service, which was previously bought by Blockbuster.
Users would be able to download movies from Universal Studios, Paramount, Sony Pictures, […]

Adobe System has announced that its Adobe Flash Player 9 Update 3 software that was previously codenamed “Moviestar” is now immediately available. The latest version offers several new features and enhancements as well.
Adobe Flash Player 9 software now includes H.264 standard video support, the same standard that is used in Blu-ray and […]

As previously reported, all Gears of War downloadable content would first cost users to download it, after which Epic would make it available afor free. In June this year, Epic had released a whole bunch of downloadable content for the popular 360 game. Now this very content will be available free of cost to all.
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Today, Adobe announced the release of its much-anticipated Adobe Digital Editions 1.0 software for acquiring, managing and reading digital publications such as eBooks and digital newspapers.
This software application has been built from scratch and what’s more, it’s available as a free download for Windows as well as Mac systems.
According to Adobe, leading publishers, online retailers […]

NetXposure, a leading provider of Digital Asset Management (DAM) solutions has announced the immediate availability of a plug-in that automatically updates existing NetXposure DAM solutions to be fully compatible with Adobe Creative Suite applications.
NetXposure’s latest plug-in for Adobe Creative Suite 3 users is called the Creative Suite 3 Connector and is absolutely free of […]

Tiscali has launched a movie download service called ‘Movies Now’. Tiscali has launched ‘Movies Now’ together with Arts Alliance Media, a digital film distributor.
The newly launched ‘Movies Now’ service offers users over 500 films and specialist entertainment programmes via the Tiscali portal.
A great feature of this new service is that it is not […]

AOL users will no be able to see the locations of friends and contacts on their AIM Buddy List, for AOL has announced the availability of a next-gen location-based plugin for its AIM users, which is available as a free download. The AIM Location plugin is powered by Skyhook Wireless and allows desktop AIM […]

Today, Solidcore Systems, a leading provider of change control software for critical systems, released a free downloadable software tool for tracking and analyzing changes occurring on Microsoft Windows desktops and laptops. This free software tool is called S3 Change Explorer, and has been designed to help information technology (IT) administrators quickly and easily troubleshoot […]

Helios Software, a leading developer of cross-platform networking, PDF and image server solutions, has announced that it has released a Mac Intel compatible version of its backup tool Helios Xtar. What is more, this is available as a free download for all.
Helios Software being a leading developer is thus able to ensure reliable transfers […]

Search engine giant, Google is now warning that the rise of Internet video is causing a sort of a traffic jam on the web, and is threatening to put a significant dampener on global network speeds. In fact, with the growing popularity of services like YouTube, BitTortrent and Joost, the sheer volume of video data […]