Find and immediately download videos from YouTube, VideU, and MyVideo at the click of a mouse. After the picture and music files, now its time for the videos. Online portals like YouTube.com, MyVideo.de, and VideU.de have long since become cult, they collect many funny and creative short videos. In the office and of course also in your everyday life in the meantime it is considered to be chic to call up the video portals for a short break and to start a couple of films to relax or for your own enjoyment. The problem is that the offer of available videos has exploded so much in the past months that it is hardly possible to directly find the best contributions on an interesting topic. People who are in to the funny Star Wars parodies, the best animal films or quite seriously intended company presentations definitely need help with their orientation.

Ashampoo Core Tuner 1.02

Almost all modern computers have at least two processors, which are generally referred to as “cores”. Some even have four.
Unfortunately, Windows often doesn’t manage your multiple cores very well, so you’re not actually getting the full multi-processor power you paid for.

Ashampoo Core Tuner enables you to use the full power of all your cores. For instant results you just need to select Auto-Optimize to optimize all the programs you are running or Boost to give more power to a single program.

You can also fine-tune individual processes, display a live view of the current workloads of all your processor cores and enhance the overall performance of your system with additional tools.

Instant one-click results:

You don’t have to have a computer science degree to get all the benefits of Core Tuner. The program manages your processor cores for you to make full use of their power.

- One-click Auto-Optimize intelligently assigns the load of all the programs you’re currently running to make best use of all your processor cores.
- One-click Boost does the same for individual programs. Just select the program from the list and click Boost to give it more processor power.
- Live View shows you how all your processor cores are working in real time.

Fine-tuning for users who want more:

If you want to really max out your machine’s performance you can manually fine-tune the core workload settings for every program you use.

You can set the “priority” in five levels to adjust the amount of processor power each program gets. You can also specify how many processor cores each program gets to use.
This can deliver particularly good results with modern graphics and video editing programs and other applications that make full use of multiple processors.

Every time you change a program’s settings a “profile” containing your changes is saved automatically and can be reused whenever you want.
You can quickly return to your original settings or reload the profile to activate the saved settings in a single operation.

You can also kill (terminate) programs that are stuck and processes that you suspect of malicious behavior.

Additional performance-enhancing tools:

Ashampoo Core Tuner comes with two very useful additional tools that further enhance the power of your computer:

- Services Manager lists the background programs (“services”) that Windows starts automatically even though most users don’t need them.
It explains what they are and enables you to turn them off. In addition to making more processor power and memory available this can also improve security, because some of these automatic services are actually security and privacy hazards.
- StartUp Manager lists all the programs and utilities that are started automatically every time you run Windows and lets you disable them if you don’t need them.
Many applications automatically install such auto-start programs without asking or telling you and they then just run in the background all the time, wasting processor power and memory.
This can also be used to identify malicious programs, which often also install themselves to start automatically.

Ashampoo Firewall Pro v1.14

Ashampoo FireWall PRO is like a trusty watchdog standing guard at the entrance to your property. It is always alert and checks everything going in and out of your computer, keeping out unwanted intruders and preventing unauthorized access to the Internet from your computer. And despite its impressive power it is so simple to use – in Easy Mode you just click and go for full protection.

Additional features in Ashampoo FireWall PRO
All the following functions and features are only available in the Pro version of Ashampoo FireWall.
:: Compact, efficient and easy to use
Just like the free version, Ashampoo FireWall PRO is a very small program that goes easy on your system resources. Despite its impressive power, it uses so little memory and processor time that you’ll never notice it’s there. The Configuration Assistant guides you through every step of the simple setup process. And if you’re a novice Easy Mode makes using it a breeze – just click and go for full protection. More experienced users can switch to Expert Mode to get full control over the program’s many powerful features.
:: Six additional tools
In addition to solid firewall protection, Ashampoo FireWall PRO comes with six additional tools that can significantly increase your security and make your online life easier.

Ashampoo Internet Accelerator v2.10

A slow Internet connection costs time and gets on your nerves. For this reason, taking the time to optimise the settings is almost considered a must particularly since an optimisation in terms of speed doesn’t come with any additional cost, neither for a hardware extension nor for the software, as the Ashampoo Internet Accelerator can be used completely free of charge. The program allows a fully automatic setting of the most important parameters. To achieve this, communicating the method used for internet access to the Ashampoo Internet Accelerator on the part of the user is sufficient: analogue modem, ISDN, DSL via LAN cable or cable modem, DSL via wireless LAN, and other LAN connections (no DSL). This system means that the program gets the very last drop of performance out of the internet connection. When using a modem and an ISDL connection, the improvements in performance are particularly noticeable a reason for celebration

Ashampoo Magical Defrag 2.34

When did you last defragment your hard disk? Nearly everyone knows it’s necessary but hardly anyone does it regularly.

In the course of time Windows takes longer and longer to find data on your hard disk. This happens because files get split up into more and more fragments stored in different places all over the disk. Finding and reading these fragments takes much longer than accessing a file that is all stored in the same place.

Users of Ashampoo Magical Defrag don’t need to worry about this problem, because the program keeps their hard disks defragmented for them. In fact, they hardly even notice it’s there. The principle is ‘Install & Forget’. Ashampoo Magical Defrag runs in the background as a service, defragmenting when necessary to keep the hard disk tidy. The great thing about this is that the program manages it without ’stealing’ any processor power from the user. Ashampoo Magical Defrag only activates when enough unused resources are available and stops immediately whenever the user does anything that requires more computer capacity for example when a program is started or used. The program achieves this by monitoring all the relevant parameters, including processor load and hard disk access.

Users with the necessary rights and permissions can also monitor and control the program via a local network.

Ashampoo Magical Security 2 v2.02

Ashampoo Magical Security 2 encodes files with sensitive contents so that instead of text and numbers they simply contain an incomprehensible mix of
letters. The algorithm is so strong that it isn`t possible for anyone to crack the code in a justifiable time period. With Ashampoo Magical Security 2, converting an encoded file back to its readable format naturally poses no problems.

Ashampoo Magical Security 2 integrates fully into the File Manager, which means it can be activated using the Explorer. Lone files or several files can be gathered in the program window, where they can be encoded and then saved on the hard disk or burned onto a CD or DVD. Once saved onto disk, the encoded files are safe and can be optimally transported. It is also possible to store the files in a self-extracting EXE archive which can then be
forwarded to friends or
work colleagues. The recipients simply have to activate the files. After entering the correct password, the archives then extract and decode themselves automatically.

Ashampoo Magical Security 2 is also able to delete files to ensure their complete, non-residue removal from the hard disk – as what’s the use of the
most sophisticated encoding system if, by using the appropriate program, the
deleted originals can simply be recovered?

Ashampoo Magic Security will make it very easy the burning of your encrypted data to a CD/DVD.

Here are some key features of “Ashampoo Magic Security”:

· Decoding and encoding of selected files with only one click of the mouse
· Complete deletion of files
· Seamless integration in the Windows Explorer
· The use of the latest encoding technologies
· Burning onto CD and DVD
· Encoding and burning in only a single step
· Encoding and Email dispatch in only a single step
· Encoding files to EXE archives and burning them directly onto CD or DVD
· Encoding of files to self extracting archives for Email dispatch
· Integrated file manager for comfortable work within the application
· Compression of the encoded files

Ashampoo Movie Shrink & Burn 3.03

Ashampoo Movie Shrink & Burn 3 resizes and converts your digital movies and video clips to other formats quickly and with very high quality. It can also burn your videos to DVDs* Blu-Ray discs and video CDs that are compatible with the player in your living room. You just select the target device type (DVD Player* Computer* PDA* Internet) and then choose the format you want to use and the maximum file size. Ashampoo Movie Shrink & Burn 3 takes care of everything else for you.

You can convert clips and movies to share them with your friends* to play them on mobile devices and for uploading to YouTube and other video sites. You can also convert non copy-protected DVD videos to other more compact formats and burn your converted videos to DVDs* video CDs and Blu-ray discs.

Ashampoo Music Studio 3.41

The complete digital music solution: Rip, edit, convert, record, repair and burn!
Do you like music? Do you use a computer? Then you need Ashampoo Music Studio 3. This program always been a favorite of digital music fans and the latest version now includes everything you need to create, edit and manage your digital music collection. And using it is nearly as simple as operating a CD player.

Ashampoo Music Studio 3 at a glance:

* Rip CDs: You can rip (copy) tracks from audio CDs directly to the format of your choice (WMA, MP3, Ogg, FLAC and WAV).
* Import CD data: Automatically import album, title and track details for your audio CDs from an online database.
* Playlists: Import external playlists in M3U, PLS, ASX, P4U and WPL formats.
* Burn: Burn your playlists to regular audio CDs or Data CDs, DVDs or Blu-ray discs containing digital audio tracks in single or mixed formats.
* Edit: Edit your audio tracks. Change the title, artist etc. Convert your tracks to other formats. Cut, mix and modify your tracks. Fade in, fade out, mix, crossfade, change volume, insert silence etc. Normalize volume levels.
* Record: Record directly from all your sound card inputs (microphone, line in etc.) and store the tracks directly as WMA, MP3, Ogg, FLAC or WAV files.
* Repair: Find, move and repair damaged digital audio files.

What’s new and cool:

* Multi-format CD ripping: You can now rip tracks directly from audio CDs to WMA, MP3, Ogg, FLAC or WAV files. The files are stored directly while you are ripping, no conversion needed.
* Audio recording: Record directly from any audio source (microphone, aux, line in etc.) to WMA, MP3, Ogg, FLAC or WAV files. Here too, the files are stored directly as you record. You can also record from multiple sources at the same time using the Windows mixer.
* File organization: You can now rename multiple audio files using patterns like %artist% – %title%. You can also use the feature to move files to specified folders. These features are great for organizing your music collection.
* Audio file editing: Extensive new audio editing features. You can convert audio tracks to different formats and quality settings. You can cut, mix and modify your tracks as you like. You can normalize the volume of your tracks to a standard level. You can add effects like fade in and fade out. You can mix tracks and add crossfades. You can change the volume. You can insert silence or replace sound with silence. You can insert split markers to cut long audio files into manageable pieces.
* CD, DVD and Blu-ray burning: The program’s burning features have been further improved. In addition to burning audio and MP3 CDs you can now burn DVDs and Blu-ray discs with audio files. Here too, you can use all the formats supported by the program (WMA, MP3, Ogg, FLAC, and WAV) and you can also burn mixed-format CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs.
* Extended playlist import support: You can now also import playlists from WinAmp M3U, PLS, ASX, P4U and WPL formats.
* Improved damaged file repair features: The program can find, repair and move damaged audio files in all the following formats: MP3, Ogg, FLAC, WAV.

Ashampoo Photo Commander 7.10

View, manage, organize and edit your digital media in one intuitive and powerful program.
Ashampoo Photo Commander 7 is an all-in-one application for organizing, editing, sharing and presenting photo collections with additional audio and video playing and management capabilities.

All the photo editing tools you need are included. Enhance your images with the one-click optimizer. Remove the red-eye effect, adjust colors, contrast, hue and many other parameters, resize, crop, rotate, add a wide range of special effects. After editing you can then use the integrated creativity tools to turn your photos into slide shows with music, web albums, photo collages, calendars and more.

New features:
• 3D hardware acceleration for a big speed boost
• Much faster and more flexible media database
• Virtual albums (Favorites) for better organization
• Stitch images to create panoramas
• Quick slide shows with cool “Ken Burns” effect
• New digital camera and scanner importer
• New advanced media search features
• Find duplicate images with different names
• Print multiple photos on a single page

What’s new in version 7:
• 3D hardware acceleration. The program now automatically uses the 3D processor in your computer’s video card to achieve a performance boost. If you have a 3D video card this significantly speeds up photo viewing and transition effects for smoother resizing and zooming, with additional smoothing for less “jaggy” images at high magnifications.
• New, more efficient media database. The new automatic database that manages your media files is now both faster and more efficient, automatically updating when you you’re your media files. This means you can move files around without losing their tags (star ratings) and other data. The new database also makes scanning EXIF photo tags and MP3 audio tags much faster.
• Drag & Drop virtual albums. The new Drag & Drop virtual albums (Favorites) organize your media files in folders without actually moving them – the same files can be included in multiple folders without creating multiple copies of the files. You can manipulate the files in virtual albums just like any other group of files: Add tags and star ratings, perform batch cut and crop operations, create slide shows and web albums and so on.
• Create panorama images. This is a feature that many users have asked for. In version 7 you now have a tool for stitching together multiple photos to create a single large panorama image.
• Slide shows with “Ken Burns” effect. The new quick slide show features the popular “Ken Burns” effect that zooms and pans on each image while it is being displayed. Just select the photos you want to include and press Ctrl+Shift to start.
• Digital camera and scanner importer. The new digital camera and scanner importer makes it quick and easy to import images directly from your digital camera or image scanner.
• Improved Callout tool. A number of user suggestions have been implemented to improve the performance of the Callout (text bubble) tool, which now also includes the functions of the previous callout tool from Photo Commander 5.
• Media browser enhancements. The media browser comes with many improvements, including advanced search by text, file type, file rating and age with a cut-off date. You can now also change the date and time of multiple files in batch mode and browse images without leaving Quick Fix mode – this makes it easier to apply quick fixes to multiple images. You can resize the thumbnail preview images in the media browser on the fly with a slider control.
• Find duplicate images with different names. A powerful new function for finding duplicates will also find duplicate images with different names and images that are similar but not identical. You can enter the level of similarity in percent.

Ashampoo Photo Optimizer 3

All the photo editing you really need. Instantly.
Many people buy big expensive camcorders but still shoot all their videos with their phone or point-and-shoot camera.

Photo editing software is similar – you may have a powerful graphics editor but most of the time you’ll find yourself using just a couple of functions. Ashampoo Photo Optimizer enables you to touch up your digital photos fast. Everything is so simple you never need to read a manual – after you point and shoot just click and go. Ashampoo Photo Optimizer doesn’t try to replace major graphics programs. It just gives you everything you need when you want results fast.

Instant Optimize function
You’ll love this if you’ve ever struggled with all the complicated settings in a graphics editor. Just select a photo and click Optimize. Suddenly a dull photo starts to shine. There’s nothing to configure, you really just select and click. The results look attractive and natural, not artificially boosted. You can also optimize all your photos with a single click, it’s just as easy as a single photo.

Red eye correction
Correcting the dreaded red eye effect in flash photos is just as easy: Just roughly select the part of the photo containing the red eyes and click, Photo Optimizer does all the rest. You don’t have to make a precise selection, the red area is found and corrected automatically. Here too, the result looks attractively natural and you get it instantly, without having to spend hours studying a manual.

Rotate, brightness, contrast and effects
[urlClick once to rotate photos that are on their sides. Adjust brightness and contrast with simple sliders. Convert your photos to graphic black-and-white or sepia or invert the colors, all with a single click. Instant preview, instant results – and just click on Undo if you change your mind.

Automatic backup – undo your changes at any time
You never need to worry about “damaging” your photos by editing them because you can always return to the original version. Ashampoo Photo Optimizer automatically makes backups of the original versions of your photos in a database. To restore the original just select the photo and click on Undo – even days or weeks later. In the new version you can also choose where you want to store the undo database.

Image viewer, Windows Explorer integration
Ashampoo Photo Optimizer also doubles as a fast image viewer with a full Explorer-style directory view showing all the drives and folders on your computer for quick access. This works for digital cameras too, allowing you to view the images in your camera when it’s connected to your computer. In Windows Explorer you can right-click on any photo file to load it into Photo Optimizer for instant editing.

Features at a glance

* Instant Optimize function makes dull photos shine
* Optimize all your photos with a single click
* Select and click red eye removal
* One-click image rotation
* Convert to black-and-white, sepia and inverted
* Easy brightness and contrast sliders
* Automatic backup: all edits reversible at any time
* Explorer view doubles as a quick image viewer
* Start with right-click from Windows Explorer

Ashampoo PowerUP 3.21

PowerUp 3 makes life simpler for Windows 2000, XP, and Vista users with a a single control center for all your Windows settings, explaining everything in simple language. It adds more protection against incorrect settings, more control, more configuration options and makes the whole process super easy. And it comes with a beautiful new graphical design for Windows Vista! PowerUp 3 comes with a package of professionally tuned profiles for a variety of purposes. Just select the profile and PowerUp automatically configures your entire system in seconds for office work, games, video, and photo editing or just maximum all-round performance.

Ashampoo UnInstaller Platinum v2.90

Uninstall programs right and stop Windows® slowdown!

The longer you use Windows® the slower it gets. Your hardware isn’t getting slower – it’s Windows® that’s getting clogged up. One of the main reasons for this is garbage left over by programs that don’t get removed properly. Lazy programmers think that what you don’t see doesn’t hurt you and so they only include the main program components in the Uninstall entry in the Windows® Control Panel. The rest isn’t visible but it’s still there, adding more and more unnecessary ballast to your Windows® setup with every program you “remove”.

Many programs leave hundreds of Registry entries, files and even drivers and Windows® services in place after they have been “uninstalled”!
Experienced users have always known the answer to this problem: Ashampoo UnInstaller. It monitors and records program installations and allows you to remove them completely, so that no trace is left. And it comes with a suite of additional tools that help to fight other causes of Windows® slowdown.

Ashampoo UnInstaller Platinum 2 is the best UnInstaller ever
The Ashampoo UnInstaller series has always been the best and simplest way to keep your computer free of old program garbage. Now it’s better than ever, with a whole range of powerful new functions, a slick new user interface and context-sensitive help that gives you the answers you need fast.

Easy Mode for quick results, Expert Mode for the pros
Like its predecessors, Ashampoo UnInstaller Platinum 2 can switch between Easy Mode and Expert mode. Easy Mode allows you to monitor installations and remove programs with a few simple clicks. Expert Mode provides powerful additional functions for experienced users.

Ashampoo WinOptimizer 6.10

Microsoft Windows may have got more advanced but the need for effective maintenance is greater than ever. If you don’t houseclean your computer system regularly the digital garbage that collects over time makes it slower and can even cause inexplicable errors – usually when you need them least.

With the reliability of 11 years of experience, Ashampoo WinOptimizer 6 makes Windows maintenance fast and easy – and it works for Windows XP just as well as it does for Vista. The One-click Optimizer does what it says and you can even schedule it to run automatically so that you don’t need to think about it at all. It keeps your Windows computer running as fast and smoothly as on the first day you bought it.

In addition to efficient Windows maintenance you also get a whole suite of powerful, easy-to-use tools that enable you to configure and tune your Windows computer so that it works exactly the way you want it to.

The WinOptimizer Toolbox:
• AntiSpy Module – New!
• Context Menu Manager – New!
• Hard Disk Defragmenter – New Version!
• One-Click Optimizer – Improved
• Drive Cleaner – Improved
• Registry Optimizer – Improved
• Internet Cleaner – Improved
• Windows Tweaking Tools – Improved
• System Benchmark – Improved
• StartUp – Tuner
• Process Manager
• File Undeleter
• File Wiper
• File Splitter & Joiner
• Real- time Backup
• DiskSpace Explorer and System Information
• File Encrypter & Decrypter
• Vista Sidebar Gadget
• Visual Styler
• Icon Saver

New Features in Version 6:
Defrag 3 Disk Defragmenter and Service As you use your hard disk the information on it becomes “fragmented”, making your computer slower. The brand-new Defrag 3 disk defragmenter does the best job ever of defragmenting your hard disks and it comes with a new background service that automatically keeps your hard drives defragmented whenever your computer is idle. The advanced new Boot Time Defragmentation makes Windows start faster. You can run Defrag 3 manually or schedule it to run at regular times or intervals. The continuous background service with a new predictive defragmentation algorithm actually prevents fragmentation before it can happen. It automatically cuts in and defragments your hard disk when your computer is idle, never interfering with your work or other programs. The result is hard disks that are always “freshly defragmented”.