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Subtitle Hacking Can Take Over Your PC
Ever feel like you might be losing something in translation? Well, this catchphrase has taken on a much sinister tone as a hacking tool has been discovered that would allow someone to take control of your PC, simply because you decided to turn the subtitles on. How does this subtitle…
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Create A Media Center Solution – Thecus N4810
Introduction Long gone are the times where your NAS only served the single purpose of holding all your files in a centralized location. Today’s NAS are equipped with powerful processors that can do so much more than serve you your files and thanks to their built-in iGPU they are even…
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UWP VLC Private Beta Released – Supports Xbox and HoloLens
VideoLAN has released a new private beta of its versatile media player VLC for Universal Windows Platform (UWP), which introduces support for Xbox One, HoloLens, and Windows 10 Mobile, in addition to the usual Windows PC support. The news was revealed by Thomas Nigro, Microsoft’s Regional Director and Developer of…
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The World’s Most Popular Media Player Turns 15
VLC, the world’s most popular (and lauded) media player, is now fifteen years old, its creator VideoLAN has announced. While the genesis of VLC predates its Birthday of 1st February, 2001 – the software began life as Network 2000 five years previously – the date marks the point at which…
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Windows 10 DVD Player now Available for a Mere $14.99/£11.59
Microsoft decided to ship Windows 10 without an integrated DVD playback application. Why? Perhaps this was to avoid anti-competition regulations and make sure the operating system doesn’t discriminate against third-party alternatives. Whatever the reasoning, Microsoft’s bizarre pricing is astonishing and quite hard to believe. One could argue the pricing comes…
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VLC Developer: Sourceforge Has Been Pushing “Crapware” Since 2012
Fans of software repository Sourceforge were aghast to discover that the site was hijacking orphaned pages and turning legitimate software into Trojans by bundling them with malware, the biggest profile of which were GIMP and Nmap. But now a member of the development team responsible for popular media player VLC…
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VLC to Get Chromecast Support
It seems VLC, the acclaimed open-source portable media player, is getting Chromecast support. VideoLAN, VLCs creator, recently posted a changelog for their media platform to GitHub, with “Chromecast output module” listed as one of the entries. If that entry means what it appears to mean, VLC will soon be able…
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Stable Android VLC Player Launched on Google Play
VLC, the popular open-source media player and streaming media server from VideoLAN, has been in beta for Android for over four years, but now a stable version (v1.0.1) has been made available on Google Play. The beta version still exists for VideoLAN to test new features. According to the Google…
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Windows 8.1 Battery Life Benchmark
When it comes to mobility and Windows 8.1, it’s all about the battery life. Nobody would want to see their laptops or tablets shut down in the middle of a movie or while browsing the internet for an important information. The guys at Anandtech performed some tests on a Sony…
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