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Ever thought of your computer as a global TV?

Having a quick glance at applications such as Net TV and Radio Player is enough to realize that internet is currently the strongest alternative to traditional television: thousands of TV channels and radio broadcasts, from all over the world, on one unique screen. Apart from the network, user experience depends on a broadcast’s quality, improving on a daily basis.

The application itself is extremely simple; it shows two main tabs, Channels and Player. The former focuses on channels management, the latter is based on Windows Media Player. Although features seem to be poor, a simple right-click, and many options for customization and statistics pop up right on the screen. The application includes a Bookmarks manager.

As an interesting feature, it is worth mentioning that channels are broadcasted in the original language, would it be Japanese, Chinese or any other. Indeed, the perfect tool for practicing and improving foreign languages.

To download this software, go to: Net TV.

Drivers under control. Magic?

Driver Magician is the perfect tool for managing all the drivers of the computer. It detects what drivers are included in the operating system, and which ones are added. Then, it can do a backup of all the drivers. This way, even if the computer has to be reformatted, drivers can be reinstalled with only one click. Drivers can be packed in one .exe file, which is extremely useful if we do not have access to Driver Magician after a complete reformatting.

Driver Magician offers detailed information on version, developer, date, as well as on files and libraries associated to the driver. It is then also a very useful information tool. Additionally, it can be used as a backup and restoration tool for Bookmarks, My Documents and the Desktop.

Finally and for advanced users, Driver Magician is able to detect unknown devices. Using its algorithm, it can recover the information stored in the device itself, searching for other references than the ones offered by the operating system.

This amazing tool is available in: Driver Magician.

Star Defender 4 1.17: Life is a game

We agree: computers are powerful working tools. But they are also playing machines. From the times of Solitaire and Arcade games, computers cannot be understood without the games. Star Defender is one of those classic Arcade games, in which skills are far more important than complex action strategies. But graphics and operating system integration are definitely up to date. As an example, it is no longer necessary to play on full screen mode.

The game itself is simple. The goal is to eliminate all the aliens appearing on the screen. The more we get into the mission, the higher the difficulty, with new weapons and additional emotion.

Start playing in: StartDefender.

Cinema 4D: 3D design made easy

Cinema 4D is the fastest and easiest way for entering into this fancy thing called 3D. With versions for Windows and Mac, it features everything a 3D modeling software can ask for: tools for geometry creation and composition, animation, lights, cameras, advanced tools for materials, and many others. Additionally, it is compatible with almost every 3D format, used in applications such as 3D Studio. Its engine is prepared for multi-core chipsets. This way, rendering tasks and animation of complex objects are dramatically accelerated.

Samples of previously created models are included, so that it is not necessary to start from rough. Anyway, controlling Cinema 4D does not take long.

A real treasure, available in: Cinema 4d.

Emote Maker: Create your own emoticons

Many of the millions of users of Messenger want other emoticons than the ones included in the application itself. Emote Maker is not aimed at sophisticated designs, but creating customized emoticons – animated or with text – is really easy with this software. Once created, the emoticon can be saved as a BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG or GIF file, so that it is compatible with Messenger or other Instant Messaging software.

There are more advanced applications for designing your own emoticons, but none of them is as intuitive and easy to use as Emote Maker. It even features a random mode for creating emoticons from preset preferences.

Emote Maker - Goofull.