
CES 2008 Utilities
By Terry Currier
ArcSoft www.arcsoft.com
BD Magic is an optional Blu-ray player feature that
adds both a network content delivery channel and a
powerful on-screen personal media library. Featured
players receive updated Blu-ray trailers, Blu-ray
sample scenes, and exclusive high-denition content
direct to the Blu-ray player. Works with both Blu-ray
discs and consumers’ existing DVD and CD libraries.
It accesses a Gracenote™-powered database of 50,000
DVDs and 3.6 million CDs worldwide to make
recommendations and promote new related content.
ArcSoft® TotalMedia Extreme includes:
ArcSoft TotalMediaTM Theatre: For playing •
back all movie disc formats, including: BD-
Live, BD Bonus View, BD-ROM, BD-AV,
AVCHD, HD DVD, DVD-Video, VCD, and
serving as a universal video/audio player. This
program is also available as a stand-alone
option.
ArcSoft TotalMedia™ Studio for creating your •
own high denition movie discs including
support for AVCHD camcorders.
ArcSoft TotalMedia™ VR for creating, •
archiving, and editing personal video content
or recorded TV shows in high denition VR
format.
ArcSoft TotalMedia™ AVCHD for importing, •
editing and exporting video content from an
AVCHD camcorder supporting optical discs,
ash memory and hard disk drives.
ArcSoft TotalMedia™ DVD-VR that allows •
your disc to contain playlists and chapters in
DVD-VR format.
ArcSoft TotalMedia™ Backup for backing up •
multimedia and all data les.
ArcSoft TotalMedia™ Record, data mastering •
for burning multimedia or data les.
ArcSoft Utilities for creating a disc image •
and saving as a single le for future backup;
burning a disc image to a disc; erasing a
rewritable disc; and using as a Guide to
analyze your system for compatibility with
Blu-ray or HD DVD.
ArcSoft Print Creations™ Applications Suite:
This print-project software provides users with
professionally-designed templates for creating
greeting cards, calendars, etc. by adding their photos
and text. Projects can be printed at home or online, or
shared electronically.
ArcSoft PhotoStudio Darkroom: This application
focuses on non-destructive image processing for RAW,
JPEG and TIFF image les. It offers professionals and
hobbyists a complete set of enhancement tools and
export options inside a thoughtfully-designed user
interface.
Centurion Technologies www.smart-restart.com
Smart Restart provides security for a computer by
blocking all access to a computer’s
critical system les while at
the same time permitting full
functionality of the user’s personal
prole. When protection is enabled,
all changes made to the system’s
hard drive conguration are wiped
clean by simply restarting the
computer. After installing in onto the computer if you
have a virus or malware activating the program and
restarting the computer puts it back to the time when it
was installed. Cost is $40.
CMS Products www.cmsproducts.com
BounceBack Professional Version 8.0 was announced.
Several new features have enhanced
the program:
Up to 15 times faster •
backups than previous
versions
Multi-destination backup-•
-users can target backup
data to up to three separate
storage locations
Support for a complete backup including the •
operating system and applications
Creation of a completely bootable backup •
drive for bare metal restore
Backups can be executed on a continuous •
(CDP) or scheduled basis
Bright, easy-to-use graphical interface based •
on “What, Where, How and When” backups
are to run
Support for Microsoft Vista, XP and 2000 •
(including 64-bit)
BounceBack Professional software allows two ways
to restore a hard drive “crash.” Following a hard
drive failure, users may choose to simply replace the
computer’s failed drive with the backup hard drive, or
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