MAGIX and Paragon Win Software of the Year!

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Deutsche Telekom’s software download portal, has announced the winners of its inaugural UK awards - “Software of the Year 2010”. Nearly 30,000 UK software fans voted online for their favourite PC software and mobile apps during October and November 2010.

Both Magix and Paragon won in their respective categories:

Category: Audio

2nd Place - Magix Audio Cleaning Lab deluxe

3rd Place - Magix Music Maker

Category: System

1st - Paragon Partition Manager Professional

Category: Video

1st Magix Movie Edit Pro

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NEW MAGIX Music Maker 17 Making Music is as Easy as Listening to it!

MAGIX Music Maker offers an easy start and the option to dive deeper into the world of music production.

UK, November 9^th 2010, MAGIX AG, One of the leading international providers of software, online services, and digital content, has announced the release of Music Maker 17.

MAGIX Music Maker 17 offers the simplest start into the world of making music and lets you dive deeper into the music production process if desired. With Music Maker 17, anyone can produce their own songs in impressive quality with no previous knowledge of music required.

The improved program interface and integrated MIDI editor makes it even easier to compose your own song. The YouTube templates included mean that you can create impressive presentations of your songs, whilst the SoundCloud upload function enables you to share your own songs via Facebook®, MySpace™, Twitter and more.

Features:

·        NEW MAGIX Vita Solo instruments: New expressive instruments

·        NEW design: An improved program interface for an even better overview

·        NEW SoundCloud upload: Upload and share your own songs via social networking sites such as Facebook® and MySpace™

·        NEW YouTube® templates: Create impressive presentations of your own songs

·        NEW Integrated MIDI editor: Makes composing even easier!

·        NEW Mouse gestures: Support of mouse gestures for an improved workflow

·        Improved FX rack: Optimized effects view

Price & Availability:

MAGIX Music Maker 17 is available now for SRP £49.99 inc VAT from Amazon and PC World.

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Paragon Software Solves the Common Technological Problem of Windows XP Users by Adding Full Support of ALL TYPES of 3TB+ Drives in Windows XP Systems

Windows XP – currently utilized on 51% of computers worldwide -- leaves 3TB+ disk space inaccessible. With Paragon GPT Loader you can utilize the ENTIRE hard drive!

London UK, November 4th, 2010 – Paragon Software Group (PSG), the technology leader in innovative data security and data management solutions, today announced the release of a new migration technology – Paragon GPT Loader for Windows XP. The new technology helps Windows XP users gain full access to all 3TB+ modern hard disk drives as secondary drives in the system and, consequently, increases PC hard disk drive capacity.

Hardware manufacturers are producing disk drives with geometric increases in disk capacity compared to a few years ago, broadening their appeal and functionality for a wide spectrum of end users. The new 3TB and larger drives – ideal for storing sizeable files such as HD-video, archived images and music in lossless compression format – can be used as external storage devices alongside desktops and laptops, or inserted inside workstations and home computers. As opposed to modern Vista and Windows 7, older Windows XP (currently utilized on 51% of computers worldwide), do not support hard disk drives larger than 2TB, recognizing only 2^32 sectors of the disk, or 2TB (2048GB) of data.

Previously, Windows users who wanted a new 3TB+ drive had two options: The first, simply plugging the drive into the computer and using the 3TB+ drive as a 2TB drive, meant paying for storage that could not be utilized. The second, upgrading a well-tuned and familiar OS to Windows 7 in order to make GPT partitions on the new 3TB+ drive, meant risking a hardware upgrade, if the computer did not have the performance level for the new OS. Paragon Software Group, however, has developed a cost- and resource-effective third option: the use of a specially designed driver, Paragon GPT Loader, which adds the functionality to support the GPT partitioning scheme to grant full, native access to large hard disk drives under Windows XP. For more information about the product, please visit: http://www.paragon-software.com/technologies/components/gpt-loader/index.html

Availability & System Requirements:

Paragon GPT Loader supports Windows XP computers and is available for immediate download, free of charge: http://www.paragon-software.com/technologies/components/gpt-loader/index.html. As part of the Early Adopter Program, interested parties are invited to run pre-production software to help validate features of the new technology.

White paper: http://www.paragon-software.com/docs/GPT_Loader_Article.pdf

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Auslogics Software Partners with AVG Technologies

Sydney, Australia –November 2nd– Auslogics Software and AVG Technologies have partnered for AVG to release a computer speed-up and tune-up solution. AVG applied powerful Auslogics’ technology to expand their product range and provide the best system tune-up and cleanup software to their customers. Now all the benefits of award-winning computer optimization will be available to AVG users.

It has long been recognized that Windows performance decreases with use and computers become slow and unstable over time. There is a number of factors that contribute to computer slow-downs. Junk files and bloated software take up valuable disk space, disk fragmentation reduces file access speed, registry errors and poorly configured Windows settings waste system resources and affect system stability. In addition to that, easily recoverable files and history can compromise users’ privacy and result in identity theft. These problems can be eliminated with the help of comprehensive PC tune-up and privacy protection software that will clean up, defragment, and optimize Windows-based computers.

Auslogics is a well-known and trusted expert in computer cleanup, tune-up, maintenance, and privacy protection. Unlike some of the competitors, Auslogics focuses on genuine and safe optimization and maintenance techniques that yield unmatched results. Moreover, Auslogics’ wiping and shredding algorithms provide military-level security for home users.

The effectiveness of advanced features developed by Auslogics, including disk cleanup, hard drive optimization, free space consolidation and system files smart placement, has been proven by tests:

In addition to the tests, Auslogics’ software has been reviewed by reputable computer experts and received top rating:        

Recognizing the customers’ need for effective, yet easy to use tune-up software, AVG leveraged innovative Auslogics’ technologies to provide the users with the best PC cleanup, optimization and privacy protection solution.

About Auslogics:

Started in 2008, Auslogics Software Pty Ltd has one single mission - to improve the speed and stability of Microsoft Windows on personal computers, lengthen their lifetime, and eliminate the need for constant hardware upgrades. The company’s flagship product, Auslogics BoostSpeed, has gained a steady market share by combining numerous system optimization, maintenance, cleanup and repair tools with an intuitive easy to use interface.

Auslogics is a well recognized and respected brand, with its products used by over 5,000,000 people worldwide.

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Laplink® Releases PC to Mac™ Transfer and Synchronization Tool. New Switch & Sync™

London, November 1st, 2010, Laplink Software, Inc., the leader in PC migration software, today announced the release of Switch & Sync, the easiest way to move from a PC to a Mac™.

Switch & Sync makes moving to a Mac or synchronizing folders between a PC and a Mac simple. It quickly and easily copies all selected files and folders from a PC to a Mac, even automatically converting email, contacts and calendars from their PC format for use on a Mac with programs such as Apple Mail and Entourage.

The Outlook conversion feature (compatible with Outlook 2000 or later, Windows Mail and Outlook Express 6 or later) is unique to Switch & Sync, saving users a significant amount of time and hassle. 

“Customers have been asking us for a PCmover-type solution for Macs,” said Laplink Software CEO Thomas Koll. “Laplink made PC to PC migration fast and easy and now we’ve done the same thing for PC to Mac migration.”

  PCmover is the #1 best-selling migration solution in the world and is the only software that moves programs, files and settings from an old PC to a new one. Laplink has also been recognized for many years as an expert in file transfer and synchronization technology.

Switch & Sync builds on this reputation by automatically copying all of the files and folders the user selects - including documents, music and pictures - from a PC to a Mac. It can then be used to keep all of the files and folders up-to-date between the PC and Mac with automated synchronization and Laplink’s patented SpeedSync® technology. This allows users to enjoy the benefits of each machine and use them in tandem, while SpeedSync helps them work quickly without missing a beat.

SpeedSync® is patented Laplink technology that dramatically reduces the transfer times of modified data. It accomplishes this by only syncing the portions of files that have been changed. This allows for the fastest possible synchronizations, which keeps users from having to wait long periods of time for files to transfer between two computers. Switch & Sync also uses SmartXChange®, which is designed to recognize when files have been deleted, renamed or replaced; streamlining the entire process.

“Moving from a PC to a Mac has not been a simple process – until now,” continued Koll. “Laplink Switch & Sync offers the fastest file transfer and synchronization possible, which is why it is the ideal solution for both switching from a PC to a Mac as well as keeping PCs and Macs in sync .”

Other Switch & Sync features include:

• A user-friendly interface for copying and moving data quickly and easily.
• Automated file synchronization allowing users to automatically sync files and folders daily, weekly or monthly between PCs and Macs.
• Laplink’s classic dual-pane window, which allows users to drag and drop files between the two computers.

Price & Availability:

Laplink Switch & Sync™ is available now at SRP £29.99 inc from amazon.co.uk.  

About Laplink Software Inc.

For nearly 30 years, Laplink has been the leader in providing software used for PC migration, remote access, file transfer, and synchronization. The privately-held company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. www.laplink.com