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The hunt for true “Earth-like” planets is heated, with many participants eagerly searching, hoping to be the first to find one. We are not there yet, but getting very close.

At the American Astronomical Society (AAS) researcher David Bennett announced the finding of an extrasolar planet called MOA-2007-BLG-192Lb. It’s located 3,000 light-years away from Earth and has three times the mass of our planet. The lightest extrasolar planet discovered weighed in at... - [Read more]

Today we released IsoBuster 2.4. This version features FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32 support. FAT is used on random writable media with internal defect management, such as DVD-RAM and BD-RE. But IsoBuster now also opens disk image files from other media such as hard drives, usb drives, memory sticks, floppies, etc. as long as they contain a FAT file-system. - [Read more]

Twenty years from now the United States may be getting 20 percent of its electricity from wind power.

A report released from industry experts and Energy Department Labs stated we can achieve this within the next two decades. Currently 20 percent of the electricity in the United States is generated through nuclear reactors. Combined this would greatly reduce our reliance on fossil fuels.

Wind energy also currently accounts for only 1 percent of the USA’s electricity but... - [Read more]

Artificial food coloring ingredients (food dye) contain plenty of chemicals. Many are derived from highly toxic sources and can cause many different diseases, disorders, and mutations in humans. Although it seems unlikely that a trivial amount of food coloring in a piece of a candy you eat (like liquorice) would have any harmful effect on you, you would be wrong, because it does.

Artificial colors look great. They make food look vibrant and appealing. The majority of food colors... - [Read more]

This article shows in a video clip how to build a Windows XP installation DVD that includes Service Pack 2. In other words: Slipstream XP SP2. - [Read more]

This article shows how to extract Video MPEG from a Video CD disc located inside an image file. For instance an ISO or BIN image file. The article is based on video clips found on the Internet. - [Read more]

Today we released IsoBuster 2.3 after a short beta run. This version further improves on finding Video on various DVD formats (DVD-VR, DVD+VR, DVD-VFR), so that you can extract the different recordings. Forensics investigators will also appreciate the ability to see when the different recording were made. - [Read more]

IsoBuster has been nominated for the Epsilon award. The Epsilon award is presented during the ESWC, the European ShareWare Conference, this year held in Cologne, Germany. Help us win the award by casting a vote. - [Read more]

IsoBuster 2.2 was officially released today. Several new features and improvements were added. Command line parameter support and specialised tools for Business license (Professional) users, such as viewing extents, customizable file-system data etc. - [Read more]

IsoBuster 2.2 beta was officially released today. This new version implements a few interesting features, such as command line parameters, dmg spanning and special tools for investigators and engineers (in the business type version). Read this article to see what changed. - [Read more]

IsoBuster 2.1 was officially released today. This new version implements a few workarounds and improvements that we didnt want to keep from you. No big changes and yet, they may be just what you needed. Read this article to see what changed. - [Read more]

This article explains one of the uses of the "Sector View" feature in IsoBuster. By putting on your "engineering hat" theres lots you can do with IsoBuster. Even for the technically challenged, but willing to learn, this feature could become very handy overtime to hunt down missing files. - [Read more]

During a "Scan for missing files and folders", IsoBuster is able to recognize a great deal of files based on their signature. These files are then listed under the "Files found via their signature" file-system icon. It is possible to change these files, sizes, properties etc. Check out the power of IsoBuster under the hood and make changes to what was found, and increase your chances for success. - [Read more]

We released version 2.0 today. This version includes BD (Blu Ray) and HD DVD support. Because its Christmas and its time to be jolly, were offering a few spectacular saving opportunities. Just buy/upgrade IsoBuster and youll receive by mail coupons with 33% savings on several high value third party software packages - [Read more]

If a virus attaches itself to IsoBuster on your system, because your system got infected somehow, then IsoBuster will close automatically the moment that you try to run it. - [Read more]

IsoBuster version 1.9 can create so called "managed image files", with extensions *.ibp and *.ibq. This article is written mainly to help those that have moved around these image files, from one to another PC, and noticed that IsoBuster saw no content anymore. E.g. like blank media. - [Read more]

This article tries to explain what quick erase software, in combination with the hardware, really does on the disc and what the consequences are afterwards. Is a quick erased DVD+RW or DVD-RW still recoverable or not ... ? - [Read more]

This article is based on user input, and might contain the golden tip for you if you have recovered MPG / VOB / VRO data from a Video DVD. If your mpg player or video mastering software wont accept the recovered data, or at least not properly, then mangling the file through the VideoReDo Quick Stream Fix feature might be just what you need. - [Read more]

You have an older XP installation CD and you would like to integrate Service Pack 2 with that ... You would also like to add your latest and greatest hardware drivers on the disc if possible ... And you would like all that to be present on a bootable CD, for when disaster strikes. Well, then following information is very valuable. - [Read more]

This article links to three third party articles written by Dennis Faas and published in his newsletter: infopackets.com. If you wonder how to remove scratches and what can be done about it then the three articles are well worth reading. - [Read more]