http://www.techbeta.org Tech News Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:14:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en KMPlayer is a versatile media player which can cover various types of container format such as VCD, DVD, AVI, MKV, Ogg Theora, OGM, 3GP, MPEG-1/2/4, WMV, RealMedia, and QuickTime among others. It handles a wide range of subtitles and allows you to capture audio, video, and screenshots in many ways. The ... http://www.techbeta.org/audiomediavideo/kmplayer-2931284-beta/ Notepad++ Portable is the handy Notepad++ text editor packaged as a portable app so you can do your development on the go. It has all the same great features of Notepad++ including support for multiple languages and an extensive plugin system, but there's nothing to install. Download: Notepad++ Portable 5.0.3 http://www.techbeta.org/portable-apps/notepad-portable-412/ MediaCoder is a free universal audio/video batch transcoder, putting together lots of excellent audio/video codecs and tools from the open source community into an all-in-one solution, capable of transcoding among different audio/video formats with many extra features. Typical applications: - Improving compression / reducing file size - Converting from lossless/high-bitrate audio to low-bitrate ... http://www.techbeta.org/audiomediavideo/mediacoder-0603735/ The NoScript Firefox extension provides extra protection for Firefox, Flock, Seamonkey and others mozilla-based browsers: this free, open source add-on allows JavaScript and Java execution only for trusted domains of your choice (e.g. your home-banking web site). NoScript's unique whitelist based pre-emptive script blocking approach prevents exploitation of security vulnerabilities ... http://www.techbeta.org/firefox/noscript-1148070523/ Only a month ago Apple released the iPhone 3G, but analysts are already expecting another big announcement from the company next month. Gene Munster, an analyst with Piper Jaffray, expects Apple to announce redesigns of its iPod line this fall, just as it has for the past three years, as ... http://www.techbeta.org/news/apple-rumor-rama-new-macbook-ipods-on-tap/ GigaTribe (also known as TribalWeb) is software that allows you to exchange files with your friends on a private network. - You create your private network by inviting your friends.- No one can join your network unless invited.- You can dismiss or ban your guests at any time.- Your guests can't ... http://www.techbeta.org/p2p/gigatribe-235/ Maxthon Internet Browser software (Formerly MyIE2), is a powerful tabbed browser with a highly customizable interface. It is based on the Internet Explorer browser engine which means that what works in the IE browser will work the same in Maxthon tabbed browser but with many additional efficient features including: - Tabbed ... http://www.techbeta.org/browsers/maxthon-160-build-30/ K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools. Codec is short for Compressor-Decompressor. Codecs are needed for encoding and decoding (playing) audio and video. The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files. With the K-Lite Codec Pack you should ... http://www.techbeta.org/audiomediavideo/k-lite-mega-codec-pack-210/ Shockwave Player is the web standard for powerful multimedia playback. The Shockwave Player allows you to view interactive web content like games, business presentations, entertainment, and advertisements from your web browser. Over 480 million Web users have installed Adobe Shockwave Player. These people now have access to some of the best ... http://www.techbeta.org/webinternet/shockwave-player-1020022/ Simple Static IP is a free program to help users set their IP address to static with just a few clicks. At times there may be a reason you need to have your IP address set to static. A static IP is an IP address that never changes. By default peoples ... http://www.techbeta.org/webinternet/simple-static-ip-100/