The News Review:
- Mac trojan horse discovered in pirated Photoshop
- DivX 7: H.264 w00tage and Blu-ray p0wnage
- Read all ‘DivX 3.11′ posts in Crave
- Sony improves PlayStation 3 media capabilities gets DivX 3.11
- Blue Pony Digital announces DashPacks digital signage content packages
- Pirate-sharing films throttle Hollywood
Mac trojan horse discovered in pirated Photoshop
Macworld CA
It affects some copies of Adobe Photoshop that are being distributed through pirate software sites. According to Intego ?The actual Photoshop installer is clean but the Trojan horse is found in a crack application that serializes the program. DivX according to Intego. It then listens on a random TCP port and attemps to make repeated connections to two IP addresses. Intego concludes that the creator of the malware intends to be alerted through this method and may have the ability to connect to affected Macs and perform various actions remotely. ?The Trojan horse may also download additional components to an infected Mac? reads Intego?s security alert.
DivX 7: H.264 w00tage and Blu-ray p0wnage
CNET News CA
The much-used video codec started as a hack of Microsoft’s proprietary MPEG-4 codec and was born out of frustration with Microsoft’s video-playback lameness. DivX quickly became an important ingredient of Internet video but in an HD era something with a little more power is needed.
Read all ‘DivX 3.11′ posts in Crave
CNET News CA
Also included in the release is guest access to the PlayStation store for non-PlayStation Network members. With this access they’ll be able to check out demos video and so on. Sony will also be adding DivX 3. 11 support to the system. I guess in a few more releases we’ll be seeing an update that reads our minds fulfills our deepest desires and then when it’s gained our trust completely drops the other shoe takes over the world and we’re done. Until that inevitable day we might as well enjoy what we have now. Check out the video for a walkthrough of the new features.
Sony improves PlayStation 3 media capabilities gets DivX 3.11
TG Daily
The software also lets users create slideshows and set them to music and to also build their own personal photo playlists. With the new update users will be able to explore the PlayStation Store without becoming PlayStation Network members. Users will also be provided with DivX 3. 11 support thus allowing the player to display more video formats than in the past.
Blue Pony Digital announces DashPacks digital signage content packages
Digital Signage Today
Available DashPacks are the Holiday Edition and Celebrity Birthdays for January and February. These stock animations can be used to greet viewers throughout the year. The clips are formatted specifically for digital signage networks in MPEG4 DivX and Quicktime files. DashPacks will be on display at.
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Pirate-sharing films throttle Hollywood
Times nline UK
The more people sharing a file the faster each will complete theirdownload. BitTorrent programs such as Vuze and µTorrent are easy to use —and free — as is Transmission for Mac owners. The most popular file formatfor video downloads is DivX which works in Windows Media Player andQuickTime. There is also a free DivX Player available at www. com whichalso burns discs and most recent DVD players will play DivX files fromdiscs. Storage spaceExternal hard drives are plummeting in price.