MacHeist I, held in December of 2006, was epic. I remember signing up and getting the e-mail with instructions on my first heist. I only had a vague idea of what the prizes were (something about candy, a hooker, or free software), but I was excited none the less. I had been […]

VideoLan’s main project, VLC media player, received a long-awaited update yesterday, taking a leap from version 0.8.6c to 0.8.6d.
The VideoLan project publishes its content under the GNU license, keeping VLC and all its other products free and open source.
With cross-platform compatibility between Windows, OS X, and Linux operating systems and the ability to play nearly […]

The free media player for the Mac, Miro, has just gone version 1.0, just after publicly announcing its self-proclaimed superiority to its competitor, Joost.
Miro, whose player is based on the open-source VideoLan project, not only plays nearly every video format (and like VLC, without having to install any codecs), but allows you to download and […]