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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.

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.

MAME: Arcade games are back on stage

MAME is a Project more than 10 years old, aimed at making Arcade games playable on the computer. The basics of the project are quite simple: an application is required, so that Arcade games’ ROMs are understood by the computer. This way, games can be played and controlled from the computer with the highest fidelity and with the same speed. ROM by ROM, MAME community of developers has launched more than 6,000 Arcade games for computers.

In order to enjoy Arcade games on the computer, installation of an emulator, apart from the specific ROM for each game, is required. Once the ROM found (available on the internet), integrating the game is as easy as saving the ROM in MAME’s folder. Level and other settings can be configured by pressing the TAB key.
The overall result is amazing, and many resources, such as tricks and interfaces, are available on the internet.

To download this emulator, go to: Mame at Goofull.

CloneDVD: Managing video files has never been that easy

There are so many handheld multimedia players, that it is somehow difficult to have DVD movies in the appropriate format for the MP4 player, the iPod, the iPhone, or any other device. Thanks to its user-friendly interface and great usability, Clone DVD Mobile runs all the conversion process, without requiring any knowledge about codecs, formats, pixels or compression rates. Simply select the original file and the receiving device (from a complete preloaded list). Then, follow the instructions on every screen. Easier is not possible.

The application also allows viewing the original video file. This way, it is possible to monitor the conversion process.

See more about CloneDVD Mobile.