Be Safe Use soft3ch: September 2008

Nero 9 : Simply Create, Rip, Burn, Copy, Share, Back Up, Play, and Enjoy

Nero 9 is the next generation of the world’s most trusted integrated digital media and home entertainment software suite. It features new cutting-edge functionality that makes enjoying digital media content simple.

This easy-to-use yet powerful multimedia suite, gives you the freedom to create, rip, copy, burn, edit, share, and upload online. Whatever you want – music, video, photo, and data – enjoy and share with family and friends anytime, anywhere.

With easy-to-use Nero StartSmart command center, your digital life has never been more flexible, feasible, and fun.

Nero 9 Highlights:

Fast and easy rip, burn, Autobackup, and copy functions
Backup files to CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray Discs*
Create professional-looking DVD movies with integrated 3D menus
Copy, burn, share, upload, and create music mixes like a DJ
Convert music, photos, and DVDs to play on your iPod® and other mobile devices
Quick photo and video upload to My Nero, YouTube™, and MySpace
Watch, record, pause, and customize your live TV experience
Play AVCHD and other HD formats

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Sony Ericsson launches PlayNow™ plus - unlimited music download service

24 September 2008 PlayNow™ plus to launch with Telenor in Sweden in fourth quarter this year

Lund, Sweden—September 24th 2008—Sony Ericsson today announced the launch of PlayNow™ plus, which will offer users the ultimate mobile music experience with the freedom to discover, download, play and recommend unlimited amounts of music wherever they are and whenever they like, directly over the mobile data network.

PlayNow™ plus is due to set a new standard for the unlimited music experience on a mobile with unrivalled download speeds, high-quality audio and access to the largest music catalogue of any unlimited download service. Sony Ericsson’s PlayNow™ plus music service guarantees ‘all-you-can-eat’ unlimited access to millions of music tracks.

PlayNow™ plus is very easy to use, with millions of songs available on your PC or phone at the click of a button. No need for cables, PlayNow™ plus offers simplicity and a great out of box experience with 1000 of the best selling songs already in the phone. learn more...

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Microsoft Environment : How Green is Your PC

Product Overview

Verdiem’s Edison is a free energy-monitoring application for eco-conscious consumers. You can use it to more actively control your PC’s energy consumption — and subsequently your household’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

Feature Summary

Made for Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista PC users, Verdiem’s Edison enhances the operating systems’ existing power settings with increased overall energy savings and provides a consumer-friendly user interface that makes it easy to set up and manage. Endorsed by Microsoft and Climate Savers, Verdiem’s Edison enables consumers to measure, monitor, and manage their PC energy efficiency in an effort to reduce carbon emissions.

Features include:

Scheduling. Identify work and non-work schedules to optimize power schemes based on when your PC is in use or on standby.
Settings. Choose from among several options for power savings and settings.
Estimated Savings Reports. Find information that shows how PC power settings correlate to money, kWh and CO2 savings.
Intuitive User Interface. Drag easy-to-use sliding bars to choose settings and instantly see the power and monetary savings. Clearly marked tabs make the interface easy to navigate.

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Samsung announces second Armani phone called M75500 Night Effect

The M75500 is a candy bar from the stables of Sammy and Armani. This Night Effect beauty features a 2.2-inch AMOLED display screen, 3.2 megapixel camera, 120 MB internal memory, microSD card slot and supports HSDPA/GSM network. Last year Sammy partnered with Giorgio Armani but this year the glam has shifted to Emporio. The phone will be available in November this year in Europe. Although the pricing is not out you can expect to see it in the vicinity of 300 Euros or $437.

Microsoft Photosynth : View your photo in 3D space

Imagine being able to share the places and things you love using the cinematic quality of a movie, the control of a video game, and the mind-blowing detail of the real world. With nothing more than a bunch of photos, Photosynth creates an amazing new experience.

Photosynth is really two remarkable technical achievements in one product: a viewer for downloading and navigating these complex visual spaces and a "synther" for creating them in the first place. Together they make something that seems impossible quite possible: reconstructing the 3D world for sets of flat photographs. Learn more...

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AMD Infuses Corporate Brand with the Power of "Fusion"

Global “The Future is Fusion” corporate brand campaign focuses on AMD’s unique ability to ignite next-generation solutions through innovation leadership, customer collaboration and industry impact. Consumers, especially PC gaming fans, can see and experience the power of Fusion on their PC desktop via the AMD Fusion for Gaming utility beta, a freely available software download that allows gamers to experience greater performance on AMD-based PCs with a simple click of a button. Learn More...

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