News - 2004 Archive
DownloadStudio Receives Another Great Review
30 November 2004. PC Magazine reviewed DownloadStudio 2.0 as part of its
"Streaming-Audio Capture Tools" Shootout and awarded DownloadStudio 4 stars out of 5.
PC Magazine reviewed the 6 leading software tools that can download or capture streaming audio from
web sites. All aspects of downloading and capturing audio were considered.
The full review can be seen at the
PC Magazine web site.
DownloadStudio runs on Windows XP, Windows 2000,
Windows Me and Windows 98SE.
DownloadStudio is $39.95 and can be purchased from
the Conceiva web site (http://www.conceiva.com).
A fully functional, free 15 day trial version is also
available from the Conceiva web site.
Contact Paul Schumann at paul.schumann@conceiva.com
for further information.
DownloadStudio 2.0 Ships With Over 100 New
Features And Improvements
10 September 2004. Conceiva (http://www.conceiva.com),
a leading developer of software and services for creative
professionals, has released DownloadStudio 2.0. DownloadStudio
is an award-winning internet download manager and
download accelerator that assists users accelerate
downloading files from the internet by up to 500%.
“We have added over 100 new features and improvements
to DownloadStudio 2.0 to make it the easiest-to-use
and most comprehensive download manager available
today,” stated Paul Schumann, CEO of Conceiva.
“User feedback over the past 6 months has helped
us make DownloadStudio significantly better in all
aspects.”
Among DownloadStudio's new features are:
- Easy-to-use Download Wizard guides you through
all the steps to download files from the internet
- Expert mode lets you create download jobs with
one-click.
- Web site downloading is now up to 30% faster.
- New-look user interface with clearer and easier-to-understand
menus, toolbars and views. Navigation within DownloadStudio
has also been improved
- Improved streaming audio and video downloading
from Windows Media Servers, including file splitting
technology and meta file parsing (WVX, ASX, WAX)
- New synchronized downloading lets you download
just the changes that appear on a web site or FTP
site
- Download files from Flash-based web sites. Extract
links from Flash content (SWF)
- Download topics and threads from Yahoo Groups
and web sites containing MiniBBS forums
- Print all the images that you have downloaded
with the easy-to-use Print Wizard. Print high quality
single image prints or contact sheets
- Extensive improvements to audio and video recording
allow you to record audio or video from any source
- Improved integration into Internet Explorer with
more power and flexibility for downloading
DownloadStudio runs on Windows XP, Windows 2000,
Windows Me and Windows 98SE.
DownloadStudio is $39.95 and can be purchased from
the Conceiva web site (http://www.conceiva.com).
A fully functional, free 15 day trial version is also
available from the Conceiva web site.
Contact Paul Schumann at paul.schumann@conceiva.com
for further information.
DownloadStudio 1.0 Wins PC Magazine
Editors' Choice In Internet Download Manager
Shootout
26 May 2004. In its 12th Annual
Utility Guide, PC Magazine tested and reviewed
161 products in 21 categories, and awarded DownloadStudio
1.0 its Editors' Choice for best Internet Download
Manager.
The full review can be seen at the PC Magazine web site.
DownloadStudio is $39.95 and can be purchased from
the Conceiva web site (http://www.conceiva.com).
A fully functional, free 15 day trial version is also
available from the Conceiva web site.
Contact Paul Schumann at paul.schumann@conceiva.com
for further information.
Conceiva Releases DownloadStudio 1.0
27 February 2004. Conceiva (http://www.conceiva.com),
a leading developer of software and services for creative
professionals, has released DownloadStudio 1.0. DownloadStudio
is an internet download manager that has the most
comprehensive feature set of any download manager
on the market today.
“DownloadStudio sets a new benchmark for internet
download managers,” stated Paul Schumann, CEO
of Conceiva. “It has more features than any
other internet download manager on the market today,
and provides significant benefits for users that regularly
download files, web sites, FTP sites, audio and video
from the internet.”
DownloadStudio key features include:
- Download any file from web sites or FTP sites,
including images, programs, audio, video, HTML files
and more.
- Download complete web sites or FTP sites for offline
browsing. Or, download just the parts of web sites
that you need.
- Download ranges of files using numeric or alphabetic
sequences
- Download or capture streaming audio and video
from the internet. Direct support for Windows Streaming
Media Servers (WMV, WMA, WAX, WVX, ASX). Capture
streaming media as AVI, WMV, WAV or WMA files using
DownloadStudio Audio and Video Capture.
- Multi-connection, multi-threaded technologies
let you download many files from the internet at
one time.
- File splitting technology lets you download faster
(up to 500% depending on your internet connection
and files being downloaded).
- Get 'under-the-hood' of web sites and FTP sites
using DownloadStudio's visual site explorer.
- Integrates into Microsoft Internet Explorer with
a special purpose toolbar, context menu, and click
monitoring.
- High performance database lets you organize your
files into a full hierarchical category tree. Search
for files using file attributes.
- A built-in visual file viewer displays thumbnails
of all your files on your computer. View full-sized
images of your files with the Instant Viewer. Get
detailed properties about each file.
- Works with all internet connections (ADSL, cable,
ISDN, dial-up modem, microwave, etc.), firewalls,
and proxy servers.
- Supports standards such as HTTP, FTP, proxy servers,
username and password server authentication and
more.
- Contains no ad-ware or spy-ware.
DownloadStudio runs on Windows XP, Windows 2000,
Windows Me or Windows 98SE.
DownloadStudio is $39.95 and can be purchased from
the Conceiva web site (http://www.conceiva.com).
A fully functional, free 15 day trial version is also
available from the Conceiva web site.
Contact Paul Schumann at paul.schumann@conceiva.com
for further information.
Conceiva Releases SurfStream 1.0
27 February 2004. Conceiva (http://www.conceiva.com),
a leading developer of software and services for creative
professionals, has released SurfStream 1.0.
SurfStream contains a comprehensive collection of
tools that can significantly boost a user's experience
when using the internet.
“SurfStream's collection of features is compelling
for regular users of the internet,” stated Paul
Schumann, CEO of Conceiva. “Whether its getting
a boost from SurfStream's personal proxy server or
killing annoying banner ads and popup windows on web
sites or organizing their collection of favorites,
I am sure that SurfStream will make their internet
experience so much more enjoyable.”
SurfStream's key features include:
- Fully featured proxy server that can significantly
boost web browser performance.
- Banner ad blocking to remove annoying banner ads
on web sites.
- Popup window blocking to remove annoying popup
windows that appear when viewing web sites.
- Automatic tune-up of a computer's TCP/IP and DNS
settings to optimize the connection speed when connecting
to the internet.
- Built-in internet connection speed checker that
tests upload and download speed of the internet
connection and compares it to popular connection
types.
- Internet Explorer favorites organizer that notifies
when favorites links to web sites are broken or
have been updated.
- Synchronize computer's clock with internet time
servers.
- Works with all internet connections (ADSL, cable,
ISDN, dial-up modem, microwave, etc.), firewalls,
and proxy servers.
- Contains no spy-ware or ad-ware.
SurfStream runs on Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows
Me or Windows 98SE.
SurfStream is $29.95 and can be purchased from the
Conceiva web site (http://www.conceiva.com).
A fully functional, free 15 day trial version is also
available from the Conceiva web site.
Contact Paul Schumann at paul.schumann@conceiva.com
for further information.
Conceiva Releases NetRanger 3.1
27 February 2004. Conceiva (http://www.conceiva.com),
a leading developer of software and services for creative
professionals, has released NetRanger 3.1.
NetRanger is an advanced network and internet analysis
software tool that contains must-have internet utility
functions such as ping, trace route, whois, finger,
host scan, network analysis, POP mail check and more.
With more than 10 utilities included in an integrated
application interface, NetRanger is a particularly
suited to system administrators, web administrators
and network administrators.
“NetRanger is a must-have tool for all system
administrators and web administrators,” stated
Paul Schumann, CEO of Conceiva. “It combines
all the necessary tools into one easy-to-use Windows
interface. NetRanger is a great productivity and analysis
tool for internet users.”
NetRanger's key features include:
- Ping to test for a valid internet connection or
to test the speed of an internet connection.
- Trace Route to determine the route taken to get
from a computer to a nominated host.
- Host Lookup to determine the host name or IP address
of a computer.
- Time Synchronization to adjust a computer's time
using an internet time server.
- Whois to determine important information such
as owners and technical contacts behind hosts and
IP addresses.
- Finger hosts to determine information about login
accounts.
- Quote of the Day to view quotes form quote servers.
- Host Scanner to scan ports or ping a series of
hosts or IP addresses.
- Network Information to view key information about
a computer including network connections, devices
and statistics.
- MailKit to check email from many POP mail accounts.
- QuickDial to manage dialup modem accounts.
- Works with all internet connections (ADSL, cable,
ISDN, dial-up modem, microwave, etc.), firewalls,
and proxy servers.
NetRanger runs on Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows
NT4 (SP6), Windows Me or Windows 98SE.
NetRanger is $29.95 and can be purchased from the
Conceiva web site (http://www.conceiva.com).
A fully functional, free 15 day trial version is also
available from the Conceiva web site.
Contact Paul Schumann at paul.schumann@conceiva.com
for further information.
Conceiva Completes New Internet
Toolbox Product For Japanese Software Market
30 January 2004. Conceiva (http://www.conceiva.com),
a leading developer of software and services for creative
professionals, has completed development of InternetSpider,
an innovative new internet suite of tools, to be sold
in the Japanese retail software market by one of Japan's
leading software publishers, Jungle K. K.
Working closely in conjunction with its Japanese
partner, IXLA Japan (http://www.ixla.co.jp),
Conceiva developed the product for Japanese internet
users. Features include a personal proxy server, favorites
organizer, internet speed checker, tune up optimizer,
internet time synchronizer, and a banner ad and popup
window killer.
“This product represents a great mix of features
that internet users need today,” stated Paul
Schumann, CEO of Conceiva. “Jungle will again
lead the market with this innovative new product.”
Contact Paul Schumann at paul.schumann@conceiva.com
for further information.
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