Software Industry Announcements and News
The Mysterious World of Hashes
[ No Comments ] Posted on 06.16.08 under Security & Privacy
When auditing passwords, we often encounter the need for decoding passwords to hashes of different types: MD5, MySQL, SHA-1, and others. How can we most quickly recover the sought password from a hash (even if it’s a hard one, which can’t be recovered by the exhaustive search with tools like “super@dmin”)? How can we recover the password for a hash of a unique type, which isn’t supported by any known software? These questions are now answered by PasswordsPro.
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ASSISTANTS FOR YOUR FAVORITE PHOTO EDITOR
[ No Comments ] Posted on 06.15.08 under Graphic Apps
Two Pilots has released new versions of Pilot-software for digital photo
correction: Beauty Pilot, MakeUp Pilot, Pet Eye Pilot, Retouch Pilot, and Wire Pilot. Each of them is a Windows application that can be installed as a plug-in in a user’s favourite photo editor like Photoshop and as a standalone program as well.
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Expand Dynamic Range and Get Rid of the Noise
[ No Comments ] Posted on 06.14.08 under Graphic Apps
Dynamic range expansion by blending several images taken at different exposures is well known, adopted by photographers and implemented in a number of software tools. However, while the exposure blending works well for creating HDR images, further tone mapping often produces the images with a lot of noise, especially in dark areas of the scene. The amplification of underexposed pixels fills the shadow areas with noise, which lead to the loss of details and textures.
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POWERPOINT GOES TO FLASH WITH EASE
[ No Comments ] Posted on 06.13.08 under Business
iSpring Solutions announces the release of version 3.2 of iSpring Free, a no-cost solution for converting PowerPoint presentations into Flash. A few clicks get the job done. The tool makes high quality conversions and helps to publish converted files on the Web right away. Read the rest of this entry…
SYNCHROMAGIC SIMPLIFIES SYNCHRONIZATION
[ No Comments ] Posted on 06.12.08 under System Utilities
GeloSoft today announces the availability of Synchromagic 5.0, the new version of the software tool for synchronizing files and folders, either one-way or bidirectionally. Files and folders can be synchronized from one computer to another, or from one to many. Unlike other products, Synchromagic synchronizes in real time, supports SFTP, FTPS protocols and integrates with Windows Task Manager.
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New Versions of Free Video Software from DVDVideoSoft
[ No Comments ] Posted on 06.11.08 under Audio & Multimedia
DVDVideoSoft, an independent software vendor, announces the bulk update of its free video editing software. This site also provides a free video converter and multimedia software guides and tutorials. Unlike software and shareware catalogs collecting third-party products, DVDVideoSoft carefully designs, develops and releases all free software titles under its own name and makes them available to computer users without any hidden fees, subscriptions or registrations. The new versions features the batch mode, more supported input and output formats, 9 new optimized presets for Apple players: iPod, iPhone and iTouch and numerous interface and internal engine improvements.
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