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Christmas Giveaway

Jaypee — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:05:22 +0000

Last time I held a contest here on JaypeeOnline, I gave away 2,000 Entrecard credits. I know some of you remember that contest because you joined it. This time it won’t be Entrecard credits but a whole lot of BETTER stuff! I’m giving away ~~$900~~ $1,000+ worth of prizes.

I decided to come up with this contest as a way of thanking my readers. Think of it as my Christmas gift to you guys for all your support. I don’t wanna keep you waiting, here’s how you can join.

CONTEST MECHANICS:
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First, you’ll need to write about the contest and then specify which of the prizes you would want to win and why? Be creative. Don’t forget to include a link/trackback to this contest, prizes at stake and the list of sponsors. If you want, you can use the Christmas Giveaway graphic in your blog post. No hotlinking please, instead save the image and upload it to your own web server.

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After you have subscribed to the RSS feed via email and posted the blog entry about this contest, leave a comment on this post using the same email address you used to subscribe and include the URL to your blog post. In case you decide to avail of bonus points, make sure you also include the username/email address you used for those sites.

Total of 10 points

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Total of 10 points

CONTEST RULES:
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2. No multiple entries. 1 person = 1 entry (1 person can get as much as 20 points)
3. You can win only once. In case your name/email address gets picked twice, you’ll get the higher valued prize.

PRIZES AT STAKE:
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*1 winner per prize (license/membership)

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Contest starts as soon as this post is published and ends on December 30, 2008. All entries should be in by midnight (US Pacific Time). Each point is equivalent to one entry that will be put into the list of entries (more points, more entries). Winners will be chosen using Random.org’s List Randomizer and will be announced the following day, December 31st.

What are you waiting for? Join now! You can be the winner of one of these cool prizes. Remember, the more points you have, the more your chances of winning! If you have any questions regarding the contest, feel free to contact me.

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Weekend Roundup #26

Jaypee — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:00:24 +0000

How are you guys doing? Did you do any shopping during Black Friday? I’ve had a great weekend so far and it’s not even over yet. Hope you guys had a great weekend too. Thanksgiving was great as I spent a lot of time with family and friends plus lots of good food.

Anyways, I know some of you have been waiting for this part. Here’s this weeks roundup of links about blogging, technology and gadgets from all over the web including some news from the Pinoy blogosphere.

Blogging

Are you familiar with sitemaps and the Google Webmaster Tools? If not, then you should read Blogsessive’s detailed post on how to build a xml sitemap and incorporate it with Google’s WebMaster Tools.
Are you addicted with blog stats? Dr Nicole of Kitchen Table Medicine shares 10 tips for stat addicts to help you kick the habit and make better use of your time. via Problogger.
Weekend is almost over and still no word about the release of WordPress 2.7. Anyways, that shouldn’t stop you from getting ready for it, right? Here’s a list of 10 WordPress plugins that will help you test drive the new features the upcoming version on your blog.
WPZoom has compiled a list of WordPress Rockstars, people who have contributed a lot to the WordPress community. Great list!

Gadgets

Good news for Nokia fans here in the US. The Nokia N85 will start shipping this coming week and will cost you around $556.
Unwired reports that Motorola will be cancelling the RAZR/Ruby line of phones. Reports also say that they’ll be ditching the Symbian UIQ for the Android. So I guess it’s both good news and bad news, right?
Trying to catch up with Asus, MSI recently released the MSI Wind Box. This tiny black computer attaches to a VESA-mountable monitor and converts it into a all-in-one computer.
Looking for a nice Christmas gift for your kid? Check out this Wall-E laptop designed for kids. I believe this would also be a nice collector’s item.

Technology

The guys of Dev Team have successfully ported Linux to the iPod Touch and the iPhone. Future plans include porting Google Android. via Engadget.
Michael Arrington of TechCrunch talks about the 3 reasons why netbooks aren’t good enough.
Here in the US, people change their computers every 3 years on average. With all the thousands of computers being disposed do you ever wonder where do all those used computers go?
Black Friday Tragedy: Wal-Mart employee dies from stampede - A Long Island Wal-Mart employee died when people came rushing in for Black Friday sale.

Pinoy Blogs

Arpee Lazaro talks about his recent “experience” during a product launch and how he was “treated” by one of the event organizers. PR agencies in the Philippines should learn from this experience. Hopefully this doesn’t happen again. via TechAtHand
Marhgil Macuha shares his review of the Nokia N78. Haven’t seen this in person but it sure looks like a pretty nice phone to me.
Jehzeel Laurente explains the meaning of the word “nyok”, which is gaining popularity in Plurk and the Pinoy Blogosphere. Nyok!
Wii rip-off? CD-R King, a popular media store in the Philippines has released a game console called the TV Sports Game. via Atma Xplorer

JaypeeOnline Weekly Recap

50 Best Inventions of 2008 - Time Magazine’s list of the best inventions of the year.
WordPress 2.6.5 - Latest WordPress release that fixes a XSS expoit and three other bugs.
HowTo: Recover Windows Vista Drive Icons - A step-by-step guide on how to recover the Windows Vista drive icons
ASUS Eee All-in-One Touchscreen PC - Asus latest product. A smaller and cheaper alternative to the Apple iMac and HP Touchsmart PCs.
Are You Ready For WordPress 2.7? - Read this post to find out if you and your blog are ready for the upcoming version of WordPress.

If you have any questions, comments, suggestions or want your article to be featured in the next Weekend Roundup, feel free to leave a comment or send me a message via the contact page.

Thanks for your time and hope you guys have a great weekend!

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Are You Ready For WordPress 2.7?

Jaypee — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:51:27 +0000

According to the WordPress Codex, WordPress 2.7 wil be released sometime in November and since its already near the end of the month, the release of WordPress 2.7 aka Crazy Horse is just around the corner. Based on the fact that Matt Mullenweg likes to make big announcements during WordPress events, some are speculating that WordPress 2.7 will be released this weekend during WordCamp Australia.

I know some of you already have had a first hand experience with WordPress 2.7 and installed the beta versions, but for those of you who haven’t tried or seen it, here are a few screenshots of the upcoming version.

Screenshots:

Now that you’ve seen how the upcoming version of WordPress looks like, the question is: Are you ready for WordPress 2.7? I asked you guys a similar question early this year prior to the release of WordPress 2.5. Crazy Horse will not only have new icons and new user interface design, but will also come with a new set of features like keyboard shortcuts, threaded comments, one-click plugin installs and the core update feature (option of downloading, installing, and upgrading to the latest WordPress version from WP Dashboard). Since this version involves a lot changes, you’ll have to make sure that you know everything about it and be ready for the upgrade.

Below is a list of resources that you might wanna check out and read to get yourself ready for WordPress 2.7.

WordPress Codex - WordPress 2.7 Feature List
Jacob Santos - 10 WordPress Features You’ll Never Care About
Technosailor - 10 Things You Need to Know About WordPress 2.7
Taragana - 16 Must-Know Features in WordPress 2.7
OP111 - Ten New Features in WordPress 2.7
Ottodestruct - WordPress 2.7 Comments Enhancements

The Core Update Feature is not compatible or doesn’t work with all web hosting services so you might wanna check if your current web host supports this feature. Core Update Host Compatibility List. Aside from that, you would also probably like to check if your current plugins and themes are compatible with WordPress 2.7, so check out the Plugin Compatibility and Theme Compatibility lists.

I know that upgrading to the latest version of WordPress is strongly advised, however in this case you might want to make sure that your web host, themes and plugins are all compatible before you upgrade your WordPress installation. This will not only save you time but also save you any problems and headaches.

Based on the new features and compatibility issues, are you ready for WordPress 2.7?

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ASUS Eee All-in-One Touchscreen PC

Jaypee — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:39:33 +0000

Asus recently unveiled the Asus Eee All-in-One Touchscreen PC in Taiwan. The 15.6 inch “nettop” computer runs on Windows XP and powered by Intel’s 1.6GHz Atom processor, 1GB of RAM and 160GB 5,400rpm hard-drive. The Asus Eee All-in-One Touchscreen PC also known as the Eee Monitor and Eee Top will be available in two versions, the ET1602 and the ET1603

Specifications*:

LCD: 15.6″ 16:9 Wide Panel
OS: Genuine Windows® XP Home
Touch Screen: Single touch
CPU + Chipset: Intel Atom N270 + 945 GSE
Memory: DDRII 1GB
HDD: 160G SATAII 5400rpm
Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon HD3450 Discrete Display Card
Build-in Camera: 1.3M pixel Web camera
Mic: Array Mic
LAN: 10/100/1000 Mbps
Wireless: 802.11 n
Audio: 4W Hifi speaker x 2 + SRS Premium Sound System
Side IO port: USB 2.0 x 2, card reader (SD/MMC/Memory Stick)
IO port: 3 audio ports for 5.1channel : a. Microphone port in ß> Center/Bass, b. Line in ß> Sur R/L, c. Line out ß> Front - Gigabit LAN x 1, - USB 2.0 x 4
Power Supply: 19Vdc, 3.42A, 65W power adaptor
Battery: Embedded Battery
Net Weight: 4.4KG

*Specifications for the ET1602 model.

Setting up the Asus Eee Top is easy as ABC. All you need to do is take out of the box and plug it in. One of the cool features of this computer is the Easy Mode which provides easy access to commonly-used programs and applications. The Asus Eee Top’s computing power may not be enough for graphic artists, video editors and gamers but its the perfect system for beginners. If you’re looking for a smaller and cheaper alternative to the Apple iMac or HP Touchsmart PCs, then the Asus Eee Top is the one for you.

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The Asus Eee Top is currently available for retail only in Taiwan and sells for about $565. For those of you in the US, you’ll be happy to know that it would available here for only $450. Do you like the Asus Eee Top, but the screen size is too small for you? Just wait for a few more months because Asus will add larger screen versions (20 and 22 inch) by mid next year.

What do you think of the Asus Eee All-in-One Touchscreen PC? You think it would be popular like the Eee PC or not? For those of you who are shopping for a new computer, would consider buying the Asus Eee Top PC? Or would you settle for a laptop or a cheaper netbook? Please share your thoughts. Thanks for your time and have a great weekend!

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HowTo: Recover Windows Vista Drive Icons

Jaypee — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:45:15 +0000

I got the idea to create this tutorial when my cousin asked me to help him restore the drive icons on his laptop. He explained to me that he recently installed a tweaking program that changed the default driver icons and after uninstalling the program, the default drive icons went missing and he couldn’t restore it. Below is a screenshot that he sent me.

As you can see from the screenshot above, the default icons for Drive C and D are both missing.

This issue usually happens when you install a third-party tweaking program to change the original drive icons or this could also be caused by a virus or other forms of malware. For the regular user, this could be a daunting task but don’t worry because this tutorial will show you how to restore the default drive icons in a few short steps.

DISCLAIMER:
This process involves editing the system registry, so make sure you read and follow instructions. Editing and deleting the wrong registry key could mess up your computer. Proceed at your own risk.

Open regedit (click on Windows logo and type “regedit” on the Search bar and hit ENTER)

Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer

(Click on the small arrow on the left side to expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and scroll down to SOFTWARE and click on the small arrow to expand it. Repeat same procedure until you get to explorer)

In explorer, look for a key named “DriveIcons“, right click on it and click on Delete. (my screenshot doesn’t have that key because my default icons are not missing)
Log off or restart your computer.

That should do it! If you followed instructions correctly, the default drive icons should be restored after you log back to your computer.

Anyone else experience this problem on your Windows Vista-powered computer? What did you do to fix it? In case you know of a different way of solving this issue, please share it with us.

If you found this tutorial useful and would like to share it with others, please don’t forget to bookmark it. Thank you!

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WordPress 2.6.5

Jaypee — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:43:27 +0000

WordPress just released version 2.6.5 a few hours ago to fix one security problem and three bugs. It is recommended that everyone upgrade to this release.

Here’s a little bit of information regarding the security issue and the three bugs that version 2.6.5 fixes:

The security issue is an XSS exploit discovered by Jeremias Reith that fortunately only affects IP-based virtual servers running on Apache 2.x…

2.6.5 contains three other small fixes in addition to the XSS fix. The first prevents accidentally saving post meta information to a revision. The second prevents XML-RPC from fetching incorrect post types. The third adds some user ID sanitization during bulk delete requests.

Btw, if you’ve noticed the WordPress development team skipped from 2.6.3 to 2.6.5. That is not an error and is done purposely to avoid confusion with the fake 2.6.4 version that the fake WordPress site tried to distribute early this month.

If you’re not interested in doing a full upgrade but still make your WordPress installation secure, all you need to do is download version 2.6.5, copy wp-includes/feed.php and wp-includes/version.php and upload (overwrite existing files) them to your wp-includes folder.

I’ve already upgraded mine and I advise that you do the same thing. It only takes a few minutes to do plus you’ll have peace of mind that your WordPress blog is more secure. Make sure you only download from the real WordPress site. Better safe than sorry!

Download WordPress 2.6.5

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50 Best Inventions of 2008

Jaypee — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:45:50 +0000

From the simple devices and contraptions of the early years to the mind-boggling technology and gadgets of today, all of these have become a part of man’s history and have all made an impact in our lives.

Inventions according to Wikipedia are:

..the discovery or creation of a new configuration, composition of matter, device, or process. Some inventions are based on pre-existing models or ideas. Other inventions are radical breakthroughs which may extend the boundaries of human knowledge or experience.

Every year, Time Magazine gathers inventions and innovations all over the world and compiles it into a list of the best 50 inventions. Below is a video preview of the best inventions for this year.

Here’s the complete list of the 50 Best Inventions of 2008 in descending order.

50. A Camera For the Blind
49. Sound-Enhanced Food
48. The Time Eater Clock
47. Google’s Floating Data Center
46. Aptera Electric Car
45. The Short Refinance
44. Sunscreen for Plants
43. High-Tech Running Shoes
42. Disemvoweling
41. The Peraves MonoTracer
40. The Seven New Deadly Sins
39. Enhanced Fingerprints
38. The Baseball Instant Replay
37. Smog-Eating Cement
36. The New Ping-Pong Serve
35. Airborne Wind Power
34. Made-in-Transit Packaging
33. Biomechanical Energy Harvester
32. Facebook for Spies
31. Einstein’s Fridge
30. The Internet Of Things
29. The 46th Mersenne Prime
28. The Invisibility Cloak
27. Bubble Photography
26. The Speedo LZR Racer
25. Thin-Film Solar Panels
24. Bionic Contacts
23. The Branded Candidate
22. The Shadowless Skyscraper
21. The Synthetic Organism
20. The Everything Game
19. Montreal’s Public Bike System
18. The New Mars Rover
17. The Mobile, Dexterous, Social Robot
16. The Dynamic Tower
15. The Direct-to-Web Supervillain Musical
14. The Bionic Hand
13. The Memristor
12. Housing Funds
11. Green Crude
10. The World’s Fastest Computer
9. The Orbital Internet
8. Bullets That Shoot Bullets
7. The Chevy Volt
6. The Global Seed Vault
5. The Large Hadron Collider
4. Hulu.com
3. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
2. The Tesla Roadster

And finally, the number one invention of 2008:

1. The Retail DNA Test

My top 3 or favorite inventions would have to be the Tesla Roadster, the Bionic Hand and the Invisibility Cloak. If you were to choose from this list, which one would be your most favorite invention?

To read the complete story, check out Time Magazine’s 50 Best Inventions of 2008. This article contains photos and short descriptions of each invention.

*inventions in the photo are the retail DNA test, world’s fastest computer, hulu.com, tesla roadster and the speedo lzr racer.

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Weekend Roundup #25

Jaypee — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:00:41 +0000

UPDATE: Thanks to Aja for pointing out that this should be roundup #25. I didn’t see that I already published #24 because I filed it in the wrong category.

Yes folks, the Weekend Roundup is back! It’s been eight months since I last published the last roundup. I never intended to stop this weekly feature but the busy schedule, problems with my old laptop and a little bit of laziness on my part kept me from posting another Weekend Roundup. Well, I’m trying to revive it again and hopefully I can continue this every week. I’d also like to know from you, my regular readers whether I should continue this weekly feature or not.

Without further ado, here’s this week’s roundup of news and interesting stuff from around the web and blogosphere.

Blogging

What’s wrong with blog flipping? Rocky of TheWeblogZone, talks about the latest trend in the blogosphere called blog flipping.
Speckyboy has painstakingly collected over a 100 links of WordPress video tutorials. These videos range from basic to advanced tutorials, like how to install WordPress, upgrading WordPress or how to create a WordPress widget or plugin.
Having a hard time choosing a blogging niche? Mike Smith shares his list of 50 Passion filled blog niches YOU should be dominating.
Here’s an interesting post by Nathan Rice on Daily Blog Tips. It talks about the difference between Twitter followers versus RSS subscribers.

Technology

The first ever in-flight WiFi service to be offered by Virgin America will be opened for beta testing on Monday, Nov 24th. It’s scheduled for commercial release this coming December 1st.
GotGame released Rogue the first game integrated web browser. Now you can surf and browse the web while playing your favorite games. via TechCrunch
Future of photography? Japanese designer Mac Funamizu’s hands-on photography concept lets you take pictures just by holding up your hands, forming two L shapes (compose shot) and winking your left eye to take the shot. Isn’t that cool?
Sad but true. Teen broadcasts suicide live on Justin.tv while viewers watched and encouraged him.

Gadgets

Engadget has a hands-on review of the recently released and highly anticipated BlackBerry phone, the BlackBerry Storm.
Can your cellphone do this? Motorola RAZR takes bullet and saves a man’s life.
Gizmodo has a quick review on the latest Sony Viao LV All-In-One PC. Looks pretty to me.
T3 reports about two open source gaming consoles that might come out early next year.

Pinoy Blogs

Google and HTC’s first Android-powered phone, the G1 was recently launched in the Philippines. If you’re in the Philippines and interested to get one, you might wanna read the in-depth, hands-on review of the G1 Google Android phone by Abe Olandres.
Wanna have a chance to win an HP 2133 Mini Notebook with Smart Bro? My friend Jhay has the details.
In case you haven’t heard, Gmail just recently launched Themes. You can find it under Settings. So what’s your favorite theme?
Jayvee Fernandez shares an weather animation easter egg found in the HTC Touch HD.
For bloggers who are not familiar with HTML and CSS and only use WYSIWYG editors, learning about basic html codes could help you a lot with blogging.

JaypeeOnline Weekly Recap

WP Theme Review: Blak Magik - The latest commissioned free WordPress theme from Smash Magazine.
Fresh New Theme for JaypeeOnline - As you can see, JaypeeOnline is sporting a brand new look. What do you think about it?
Free CD/DVD Burning Software for Windows - List of free optical disc authoring software or more commonly known as cd/dvd burning software. These programs are free to download and are made for computers running Windows.
Nokia N96 Bruce Lee Edition - The only thing that’s tougher than Chuck Norris.

Btw, I’ve decided to add a little something by creating a custom image/banner for Weekend Roundup. Hope you guys like it. If you have any questions, comments, suggestions or want your article to be featured in the next Weekend Roundup, feel free to leave a comment or send me a message via the contact page.

Thanks for your time and hope you guys have a great weekend!

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Nokia N96 Bruce Lee Edition

Jaypee — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:35:51 +0000

Bruce Lee and martial arts fanatics all over the world drooled (including myself) when Nokia recently released the Nokia N96 Bruce Lee Edition in Hong Kong.

As you can see from the photo above, the special limited edition handset features Bruce Lee’s face and signature on the back case. The limited edition set contains rare photos of the martial arts legend slash actor, other accessories like a set of miniature nunchucks and of course, the Bruce Lee doll shown in the first photo. If you ask me, the best part about the Nokia N96 Bruce Lee Edition is the included Bruce Lee doll. I’d love to get myself one of those! When I first saw it, I was like OMG OMG OMG…Hehe.

Below are a couple of promotional videos made especially for the Nokia N96 Bruce Lee Edition:

Apparently, Bruce Lee doesn’t only have skills in martial arts but also in pingpong. I’d love to see him play against Forrest Gump or those guys from the Matrix Style Pingpong video.

You can purchase the Nokia N96 Bruce Lee Edition from Nokia China’s website and will cost you about $1,200+. Btw, you’ll have to know to Chinese to be able to do your purchase since the website is in Chinese. It would be a good idea for Nokia to make this special edition phone a global release and not only exclusive in Hong Kong.

If you have time you might also wanna visit the Nokia N96 Bruce Lee Edition Official Website. It’s a flash-based site and takes quite a while to load even with a fast Internet connection.

What do you think of the Nokia N96 Bruce Lee Edition? If you can afford it, would you buy one? You think Nokia should also release a Chuck Norris Edition here in the US?

[ via UnwiredView ]

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Free CD/DVD Burning Software for Windows

Jaypee — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:32:27 +0000

Here’s a list of free optical disc authoring software or more commonly known as cd/dvd burning software. These programs are free to download and are made for computers running Windows.

Active@ ISO Burner
Active@ ISO Burner is a freeware application that will allow you to burn an ISO image file to CD-R, DVD-R, DVD+R, CD-RW, DVD-RW, DL DVD+RW, HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc.
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Active@ Data CD/DVD Burner
Active@ Data CD/DVD Burner is software used to burn files and folders onto CD-R, DVD-R, DVD+R, CD-RW, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc. Automation and Unicode (non-English names) are fully supported.
Homepage

AmoK CD/DVD Burning
AmoK CD/DVD Burning is for all those people who think burning programs such as Nero or WinOnCD are too overloaded with functionality that no one needs. AmoK CD/DVD Burning does not have a media center, wave editor, cover designer and cannot create videos. AmoK CD/DVD Burning burns CDs and DVDs and offers all options you need – nor more and not less.
Homepage

AmoK DVD Shrinker
AmoK DVD Shrinker shrinks DVDs up to one fifth of the original size without any noticeable quality reduction. Due to the smaller file size the copy can be burned on a “normal” 2.5 or 4.7 DVD-R. The DVD’s menus, subtitles, audio tracks etc all stay preserved. Though, if you want only the original film can be be copied/ripped.
Homepage

Ashampoo Burning Studio Free
Ashampoo Burning Studio is an optical disc authoring program for Microsoft Windows, developed by Ashampoo. It is one of the most used alternatives to Nero Burning ROM on Windows, but still not as popular as the latter. Its main advantages are that it is simple, lightweight, and very easy to use. However, that is also one of its weaknesses: it does not contain many extras that power-users might find useful. Ashampoo Burning Studio is capable of creating compilations of CDs, Optical Disc Images, DVDs and Blu-Ray Discs. It also allows the creation of DVD movies from video files.
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Burn4Free
Burn4Free CD and DVD is a burning solution that’s compatible with more than 3,000 DVD and CD burners. Burn data and audio from different file types (WAV, WMA, MP3, OGG, FLAC, WavPack, and CDA). Burn and save ISO files, open and save your project to disk, verify content, print compilations, copy DVDs, and import your audio compilation from M3U and ASX playlists. The drives supported include dual-layer DVD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, and DVD-RAM (SCSI, IDE, EIDE, and USB 1.0 and 2.0).
Homepage

Burnatonce
Burnatonce can master data and audio discs, read/write image files, and copy on-the-fly. It’s drag-and-drop interface has multi-language support and is fully compatible with XP themes. Multisession and bootable disc mastering is supported as well as long filename support using Joliet, Long Joliet, and Rockridge. Extra long filename support is provided with the ISO9660:1999 and UDF filesystems. Audio discs can be compiled from WAV, MP3, MP2, OGG, and FLAC files as standard while support for other audio formats can be added optionally. CD-Text can be written from the built-in editor, imported from freedb, read from media tags, or extracted from filenames. Pauses between tracks can also be set as silence, pregap, or postgap of varying lengths.
Homepage

BurnAware Free
BurnAware Free is a free CD, DVD, Blu-ray Disc burning software. It is ideal for users with basic disc burning needs as backup, creating data, audio, MP3 music, DVD-Video discs and burning disc images. Free, easy to set up, it enables you to save your files to disc quickly and provides clean, flexible interface to help you complete your burning tasks much faster.
Homepage

CDBurnerXP
CDBurnerXP is a free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. It also includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well as a multilanguage interface. Everyone, even companies, can use it for free. It does not include adware or similar malicious components.
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Deepburner Free
DeepBurner is a CD/DVD authoring program made by Astonsoft which supports CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW and DVD-RAM. Additionally it can create and burn ISO images. It is available in a free or pro version - the pro version includes features to burn specific types of discs, such as DVD movies, photo albums, as well as backup and disc duplication utilities. The free version is also available as a portable version which runs off a USB flash drive.
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DVD Decrypter
DVD Decrypter is a software application that can create backup disc images of the DVD-Video structure of DVDs. It can be used to image any DVD, but controversially it is especially useful for decrypting copy-protected movies. The program can also burn images to disc. CSS decrypting software (such as DVD Decrypter, DVDSmith, AnyDVD, Smartripper, and DVD Shrink) allows a region-specific DVD to be copied as an all-region DVD. It also removes Macrovision, Content Scrambling System (CSS), region codes, and user operation prohibition.
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DVD Shrink
DVD Shrink is a freeware program for Microsoft Windows that facilitates backing up DVD movies. As commercially-released video DVDs are typically dual layer (8.5 GB), one of DVD Shrink’s functions is to re-encode the movie in lesser quality and/or discard extra content such as foreign-language soundtracks so as to fit on a single layer (4.7 GB) DVD.
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Express Burn
Express Burn is a free CD burning program that lets you create and record audio and data CDs on Windows or Mac. It lets you record data or audio discs quickly and easily by dragging the files you want onto the icon and clicking Burn CD. The software then does the rest, including converting the files if required. Express Burn is also the fastest CD/DVD writing program in the world using proprietary optimizing systems.
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FinalBurner Free
FinalBurner is a freeware alternative to expensive CD and DVD burners. This 4-Mb application enables you to create data, audio, DVD disks and burn them onto any type of media, such as CD R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD DL. You can also create an ISO image of a disk. FinalBurner combines all the elements of a professional CD recorder, delivered with a convenient user interface that pleases the eye.Final Burner is designed without any extraneous features. It restricts the complex process of CD recording to a few mouse clicks, which is ideal for typical users.
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ImgBurn
ImgBurn is a freeware program that allows the recording of many types of CD/DVD images to recordable media (.cue files are supported as of version 2.4.0.0)[1]. Starting with version 2.0.0.0, ImgBurn can also burn files and data directly to CD/DVD. It supports padding DVD-Video files so the layer break occurs on a proper cell boundary (where possible).
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InfraRecorder
InfraRecorder is a graphical CD and DVD writing program for Microsoft Windows. First started by Christian Kindahl in the Google Summer of Code 2006, InfraRecorder uses the cdrtools software library to perform the actual burning. Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, InfraRecorder is free software. Cnet rated InfraRecorder the best free alternative to commercial DVD burning software.
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ISO Recorder
ISO Recorder is a tool (power toy) for Windows XP, 2003 and now Windows Vista, that allows (depending on the Windows version) to burn CD and DVD images (DVD support is only available on Windows Vista), copy disks, make images of the existing data CDs and DVDs and create ISO images from a content of a disk folder.
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