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Sunday, July 21, 2013
Five powerful free apps to play DVDs on Windows 8
If you get a new Windows 8 computer, you might be surprised to find out that it won't play your DVDs as Microsoft, in its infinite wisdom, omitted this feature in the new version of the OS. Although optical media is going the way of the VHS tape, there's a lot of content out there that's not available for streaming or in compatible video formats. Hare are five free apps to get around the lack of native Windows DVD playback and let you enjoy your DVD collection.
VLC Media Player
Arguably the most popular free and open source utility for playing a plethora of video and music file formats on Windows and Mac (including DVDs of course) is VLC. After installing this free program, it will be added to the context menu in Windows 8, so you can right click any music or video file to play it. Or you can set up AutoPlay to launch your DVD in VLC when you insert the disc. VLC offers plenty of playback options for the basic user, advanced features for the power user who wants to stream the DVD over a home network, and more.
VLC for Mac, Windows and Linux
GOM Media Player
Another popular free desktop program that will play DVDs on Windows 8, and virtually every media file that VLC can, is GOM Player. It works similarly to other media players, and some would argue it provides a more crisp picture when viewing DVDs. It too has an insane amount of features available to tweak so you can get the perfect playback experience. It also has an official remote control app for iOS and Android devices.
GOM isn't open source and I'd be remiss if I didn't bring up that during the install it tries to install bundled crapware. Usually it's either AVG or Ask toolbar. Just uncheck the option when installing as Windows 8 already has built-in antivirus protection via Windows Defender, and you definitely don't need a worthless toolbar like Ask.com cluttering up your browsers.
GOM Player for Windows
KMPlayer
Like VLC, KMPlayer is a versatile open source multimedia application for playing DVDs on Windows 8. And like both VLC and GOM, it contains its own internal codecs and is able to play virtually any media file you throw at it. It's fast, and doesn't take up a lot of computer resources. It was recently purchased by Pandora and has new features to organize video, music, cover art, and an upcoming app store.
KMPlayer
XBMC Media Center
If you're looking for a complete media center program, check out XBMC. It's free and open source and has a stack community of developers behind it. The latest version plays DVDs right out of the box from the main menu. Then you have plenty of options and settings for optimizing quality playback of DVDs.
XBMC is gaining a lot of popularity as it provides several ways to enjoy your local digital media collection, stream online video and music, and it's compatible on many platforms including Windows, iPad, Android, OS X, Raspberry Pi, the Ouya game console and several others.
XBMC Media Center
Daum PotPlayer
Daum PotPlayer is currently in beta and it feels a lot like KMPlayer, which is no big surprise considering it's from the same developer. As with the others in this list, it supports DVD playback as well as a large number of file video and audio file formats. It also supports Blu-ray playback, so if you're looking for a free program for Blu-ray, PotPlayer is a good choice.
Daum PotPlayer
Summing up
All five of these programs are fairly similar, and work great for playing DVDs on Windows 8. However, the main thing you need to look out for on a few of them is the extra bundled software they try to throw in. So definitely make sure you're paying attention during the installation process. If you like to customize your Windows experience, you should know that all of these players can be skinned with different custom themes.
One program I didn't mention here is Windows 8 Media Player. It's no longer included in Windows 8, and it isn't free anymore either. It was free for a short time when the new OS was initially released for US$39.99. But now it's an extra add-on which will only work on Windows 8 Pro and will cost you $9.99. The company is definitely phasing out Media Player and pushing its new Xbox video and music services. Because of this, the aforementioned alternatives end up being great free replacements.
Also, if your computer came with a bunch of extra bloatware from the manufacturer, chances are it has DVD playback software which you can always use. But if you're an experienced user, I recommend one or all of these five options because they have a lot more power user options packed into them.
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How To Self-Publish A Bestseller: Publishing 3.0
Every entrepreneur should self-publish a book,?because self-publishing is the new business card. If you want to stand out in a world of content, you need to underline your expertise. Publishing a book is not just putting your thoughts on a blog post. It's an event. It shows your best curated thoughts and it shows customers, clients, investors, friends and lovers what the most important things on your mind are right now.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/19a8_62fTE4/
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Saturday, July 20, 2013
Apps of the week: Breach and Clear, IFTTT, Xscope and more!
Another weekend is upon us, and that means once again it is time for the iMore team to share some of their favorite apps. We've got a broad spread this week, with a couple of useful Mac apps alongside a couple of iOS games and a couple of productivity tools. Let's take a look.
Breach & Clear - Joseph Keller
In Breach & Clear, you choose and direct a four-man team of soldiers, completing a series of tactical missions in locations across the globe. The levels see your team breaching various buildings, moving room to room to clear out enemies. Each mission takes place in several phases where you select the next position each of your soldiers will take. Positioning is key in Breach & Clear, as rushing through the planning of each phase could leave one or more of your soldiers vulnerable to enemy fire.
The game also features a robust customization system. Customize the role each of your squad members takes, like Medic, Breacher, Fire Team Leader, or Direct Action. Each role comes with specific abilities, such as sprinting or laying down suppressing fire. Spend the in-game money you earn from each mission on modifications for your weapon, everything from sights, grips, and suppressors, anything that could give your soldiers the edge over the enemy. Breach & Clear is 50% off to celebrate its launch, so if you're interested, grab it at $1.99 now.
- $1.99 - Download Now
Simpsons: Tapped Out - Ally Kazmucha
As much as I hate apps that try and nickel and dime you to death, I can't seem to stop playing Simpsons: Tapped Out. I recently spent some time letting users in on some tips, tricks, and cheats and it got me back in to actually playing it again.
The premise is simple. Homer blew up Springfield and you've got to help him and Lisa rebuild it. From picking up trash to building houses and running stores, you'll have to collect donuts and cash in order to earn items.
Donuts are rare and can be expensive in real money so you'll either have to be super patient or willing to pony up some cash. Unless you're a jailbreaker and happen to stumble across the unlimited donuts cheat. But we don't talk about that here?
- Free - Download Now
IFTTT - Peter Cohen
IFTTT is an enormously useful Web site that lets its users craft "Recipes" to trigger actions, in the form of a basic structure: If [This] Then [That] (hence the service's name). Now it's available as an iOS app, and it's even more useful, because it taps into content that the Web site can't touch, like your contact database, photos and reminders. IFTTT will keep an eye on a variety of Web-based services and will help you get the most out of them. You can create Recipes for all sorts of things - automatically saving iOS photos to your Dropbox, for example, or adding your Foursquare checkin history to your Google Calendar, so you can look later at where you've been. In this case, I've created a Recipe that tells IFTTT to post to my App Dot Net account whenever my Instagram stream gets updated with a new photo.
IFTTT has limitations, of course. A lot of depends on what each service allows third-party apps to do, or whether they have an API that a tool like IFTTT can access to begin with. And there certainly may be limits to the amount of exposure you want to give an app/service like IFTTT to, because it's expecting pretty liberal access to your various accounts to get things done. It's easy to get frustrated - especially with the need to log in to each individual service to authenticate IFTTT to work. But once you're up and running and have a sense of what you can do, IFTTT can be a real time saver, especially if you want to put a lot out on social media but don't necessarily want to spend a lot of time doing it. IFTTT's developers have promised that new functionality is in the works.
- Free -Download now
Xscope - Rene Ritchie
Xscope, a Mac app by the Iconfactory, is a great tool for any design, professional and enthusiast alike. He does a lot of amazing things which likely appeal to people far more sophisticated than I, but it also does some simple things I use all the time. For example, there's a tool that just measures how long and high areas are in pixels. Before Xscope, I'd use the OS X screenshot tool for that, and then have to delete the screenshot. With Xscope, I just turn it on, measure, and turn it off.
It also includes mirror, so you can check designs on iOS devices, the aforementioned dimensions and rulers, screen overlays for testing designs with iOS interface elements, a big old magnifying loupe, alignment guides, marker boxes, and crosshairs.
It's a serious tool, for getting serious work done. I keep it running almost all the time. And it's just been updated to version 3.6.1., so if you're testing OS X Mavericks you'll be happy about that.
- $29.99 - Download now
Fluid App - Chris Parsons
There is a ton of great apps out there they are web based or otherwise known as 'web apps'. For some folks, web apps are fine but for me I don't always like to have to turn to my browser to use something. It's weird, I know. But I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels that way so I bring to you, Fluid App. It's basically an app that can take any web site URL and turn it into an app of its own, right down to including an icon in your applications folder. Run Fluid App, enter the URL and decide where to place it. It's that easy. The app is available for free or as an paid app with a few unlocked features but i've found the free version works just fine. It is however, not available in the app store, it's a direct download from the developer site which you'll find below.
- Free - Download Now
Instashare - Richard Devine
AirDrop for Mac is great, and AirDrop for iOS 7 looks like it could be great too, but the two don't appear lined up to work together as things stand. That's a shame, but there's a great third-party client on the market that will already replicate much of the AirDrop functionality. It's called Instashare, and is available on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and versions for Windows and Android are also in the works.
It also works pretty much the same as AirDrop, with a simple drag and drop mechanism. You need to be within the Instashare app for it to work, but with the Mac client installed sending things between the two is simple. It works both ways too, is free to download (though for a small in-app purchase you can go ad-free) and I'm now so happy firing photos from my iPhone to my Mac with a couple of taps.
- Free - Download Now for iOS
- Free - Download Now for Mac
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Nebraska Football: Bo Pelini's 5 Biggest Cornhusker Losses
It was a sight Nebraska fans never thought they would see again. During Bill Callahan?s tenure, Texas Tech shocked Nebraska by notching 70 points against the Blackshirts in 2004. And in 2007, Kansas hung 76 points on the Blackshirts, driving the final nail into the coffin of Callahan?s tenure in Lincoln.
In came?defensive mastermind.?Bo Pelini.?He shepherded Nebraska into a B1G title game in NU?s second conference season and appeared to get a fortunate draw. Nebraska faced Wisconsin, a 7-5 team that finished third in the Leaders Division (behind ineligible Ohio State and Penn State) and a team that Nebraska had already beaten earlier in the season.
Nebraska fans, then, had every reason to think that the conference title drought might finally come to an end. At the very least, they had every reason to think the game should be competitive with Nebraska having a chance to win at the end.
What they got, instead, was an evisceration. Wisconsin moved the ball and scored at will against a hapless Nebraska defense. The Badgers rushed for 539 yards and averaged a staggering 10.8 yards per carry against the Blackshirts.
If Nebraska fans were certain of anything, it was that the dark days of Callahan and defensive coordinator Kevin Cosgrove were over and that they would never have to endure humiliations like Texas Tech and Kansas again. Wisconsin demonstrated that, even in year five of Pelini?s tenure, Nebraska was still quite vulnerable to ugly and embarrassing losses.
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Badgers football: Appleton native Chris Gill takes 'crazy path' to Madison
Having grown up in Appleton as a huge fan of the University of Wisconsin football team, Chris Gill is keenly aware of the story behind Mark Tauscher?s senior year with the Badgers.
In fact, Tauscher is a family friend of Gill and his four older brothers.
Tauscher was set to transfer to Youngstown State in Ohio for his final year of eligibility, wanting to become a teacher.
Jim Hueber, who was the UW offensive line coach at the time, didn?t even know Tauscher had a year of eligibility remaining before running into him at the Kentucky Derby and convincing him to finish his career with the Badgers.
Tauscher became the starting right tackle during the 1999 Rose Bowl season before going on to a successful NFL career as a starter with the Green Bay Packers.
Now, along comes Gill, who spent the past four seasons at Mississippi, including a redshirt year in 2009, prior to graduating.
After a casual conversation between one of Gill?s brothers and a member of the UW athletic communication department, Gill has transferred to UW, where he will be a walk-on center and eligible to play his final year in 2013.
He was accepted into a masters program for Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis on Tuesday and joined his new teammates for summer workouts on Thursday.
?It?s been kind of a crazy path to get here, but I?m so thankful I?ve got this opportunity,? Gill said ?Friday.
The 23-year-old Gill, 6-foot-4, 295 pounds, appeared in two games at Ole Miss, both coming last season. ?
The Badgers have an alarming lack of depth on the offensive line and Gill is capable of playing center, guard or tackle. He will start out at center behind redshirt freshman Dan Voltz, the projected starter.
?Wherever they need me, I?m more than happy to play,? Gill said.
Nobody is expecting Gill to become another Tauscher, but the stories have much in common.
?(Tauscher) is an unbelievable guy and an unbelievable player,? Gill said. ?I would never want to parallel myself to someone of his caliber. I really do hope the season is a lot of fun and I?m sure we?ll do great as a team.?
Gill?s path to UW started with a conversation between Ben, an older brother, and Patrick Herb, the main media contact for UW men?s basketball. Herb grew up in Appleton and was a roommate in college with Ben.
Chris planned to go to law school in Florida?.
?I was already enrolled and about to go, but I?ve been missing football a whole lot,? Chris said.
Greg Sr. and Cathie Gill have five boys ? and the first four all earned varsity letters at UW.
In order from the oldest: Greg Jr. was an All-American decathlete; Patrick was a linebacker who played for Barry Alvarez and earned a letter during the 1998 Rose Bowl season; Ben was All-Big Ten honorable mention in the decathlon; and Barry was a middle distance runner who earned All-Big Ten honorable mention as part of a relay.
Chris desperately wanted to play for the Badgers, but was undersized at 240 pounds after graduating from Appleton Xavier and didn?t get an offer.
?It was a little disappointing,? Chris said. ?I would have loved to play for the home state, it?s always been a dream.?
Among his offers were Colorado State, as well as the Naval and Air Force academies, but he elected to go to Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Va., for three months to increase his exposure.
The Southeastern Conference recruits that school heavily and Chris signed with Ole Miss, where his dad went to law school.
?He really liked playing for Houston Nutt,? Greg Sr. said. ?We?ve got nothing but great things to say about him.?
Chris played under offensive line coach Mike Markuson for three seasons. Markuson was hired as UW?s offensive line coach last season but fired after the second game. Two torn meniscus cartilage injuries stalled Chris? development early in his career, though he was healthy last season.
Nutt was fired after the 2011 season and replaced by Hugh Freeze, who decided to go with younger players on the line. If that had not happened, Chris probably would have played his final year at Ole Miss, his dad said.
Herb contacted UW cornerbacks coach Ben Strickland, who recruits in the state, after the conversation with Ben. Given UW?s need at the position, it seemed like a perfect marriage between Chris and the Badgers.
?I told him, ?You can go to law school any time you want, you can?t (play football) again,? ? Greg Sr. said. ?They?re glad to have an experienced, mature young man. Chris is a great student. Houston Nutt kind of summed it up when he said he was the most coachable kid he ever had. I think (UW coaches) are looking for some maturity, dependability, someone who?s not going to get rattled.?
?Nobody knows if this story will end as well as Tauscher?s did, but given the Gill family?s ties to UW, it?s already a good tale. The entire family is already making plans to attend as many games as possible.
?It?s a lot less expensive to drive to Madison to have beers and brats than fly to Oxford (Miss.) and get a condo for the week and drink wine and (eat) cheese,? Greg Sr. said.
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