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VLC 1.0 Goldeneye Released

Written on July 08, 2009 by Chris Ryan and 2 people have commented

VLC media player, an open-source application from the VideoLAN project, finally reached version 1.0 today. The software had its original start back in 1996 as a school project from engineering students at the Ecole Centrale Paris (though it wasn’t released as an open source project until 2001).
Through many point releases before today, VLC has continued [...]

First Look: Songbird Finally Gives iTunes Some Competition

Written on November 07, 2008 by Bob Rudis and 37 people have commented

Many have oft-complained about Microsoft’s hold on users with its monopoly on installed system components such as Internet Explorer and Microsoft Media Player. Even though the OS X counterparts to those programs are engineered better, the truth is that Apple really does engage in the same practices Microsoft does and it is only their small [...]