Nero has focused the Nero 8 Ultra Edition digital media suite on"easy-to-use features for the creation, management, and protection ofmultimedia projects." Nero has reworked the interface for consumer ease of use, and focused on"extending content beyond the PC" -- to create and edit, convert andshare, rip and burn, and backup and protect digital media.
The roots of the Nero suite are in the deep Nero Burning ROMapplication for CD and DVD burning, plus a variety of helpful tools for drivetesting and information. But Nero also has bulked up its suite of media editingand disk backup applications. And it has continued to emphasize media managementand sharing across a home network.
The suite has core tools for media editing -- Nero WaveEditor, NeroPhotoSnap, Nero Vision -- plus separate tools for related tasks, suchas Nero SoundTrax for audio mixing and Nero Recode for videoconversions. The result is a broad suite with deep features and options,particularly for disc burning, but sometimes confusing inconsistencies in howyou deal with similar operations on different media types -- viewing, editing,converting, and sharing.
The suite also specifically encourages the use of Nero's flavors of MPEG-4audio and video, called Nero Digital (www.nero.com/enu/technologies-nerodigital.html).These are versions of the MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 video and MPEG-4/AAC audio standards,branded and licensed to enhance media compatibility, and scaling from desktopsto set-tops to small portable devices to high-def.
The Nero suite has two main applications for viewing and sharing media clips:the Nero Showtime player to view photos, audio, video, and DVDs, and the NeroHome full-screen interface for accessing your media -- and Internet radioand TV. The Nero 8 suite adds TV viewing and recording though an adapter card.
Nero MediaHome shares your media content with devices on your homenetwork using UPnP technology. The Nero suite also installs the Nero Scout toolthat runs in the background to index media files and Internet sources to beshared.
Nero suite includes disc tools for analyzing and optimizing hard disk drivesand optical discs. Nero 8 also adds Nero RescueAgent to recover data and restore deletedfiles from damaged CDs and DVDs.
Got the non-ultra version free with a DVD drive I purchased on newegg. It was pretty good. They took out some of the problems from 7 and dropped the ram/cpu usage a bit too. Overall I was pretty satisfied but 6 is still my favorite.
Due to the development of digital technology, DVD format is widely used all over the world today. We are attracted by more and more DVD movies which have high quality and wonderful scenario. Are you interested in a DVD but it is not yours Have you ever borrowed some DVDs from your friends but have not enough time to enjoy them; however you must return on time Do you want to save a copy of a valuable DVD in case they are destroyed or damaged accidentally I have large numbers of DVDs and some of them are very valuable for me. Sometimes my friends or colleagues take a few DVD of mine away, but they are not returned any longer. This makes me very angry and perplexed. What should I do Fortunately, I take notice of a CD and DVD recording program on Internet when I am surfing on-line. It is Nero Ultra Edition which is designed by Ahead Software AG, do you know that It gives me great help indeed. Now I introduce you the great tool and I can make sure that you will love it soon.
Nero Ultra Edition includes more than 20 multimedia application for all our digital media tasks, ranging from CD/DVD burning to audio editing, creating of photo shows and much more. In addition to the traditional Nero Burning ROM, the bundle includes these additional products: Nero Mobile, Nero Sipps, Nero Home, Nero Scout, Nero StartSmart 3, Nero Express 7, Nero Wave Editor 3, Nero SoundTrax 2, Nero SoundBox, Nero Vision 4, Nero Recode 2, Nero ShowTime 3, Nero MediaHome, Nero PhotoSnap, Nero PhotoShow Express, Nero Cover Designer 2, Nero ToolKit, Nero BackItUp 2, InCD 5, and Nero ImageDrive. Nero Ultra Edition has get value and includes a HUGE collection of media applications. A blemish in an otherwise perfect thing of this program is that there is not individual install/uninstall, we have to install the entire bundle. The ENHANCED version now includes exciting new features to access your media files throughout our connected digital home, share files with family and friends, or take them with us on the go. New Highlights in the ENHANCED edition include: Author and Playback AVCHD and Blu-ray (BD-AV); Compatible with SecurDisc technology for ultimate data protection; Nero MediaHome now with enhanced Xbox 360 streaming capabilities; Capture, edit and watch HD Video; Designed for Windows Vista - enjoy Nero's software applications with improved graphics and the streamlined features made possible with the Microsoft Vista operating system; Copy to disk with just one click using the new Nero DiscCopy Gadget; Watch and record live TV and so on.
Overall, this is a very nice, easy to use and full-functions utility. The developer of this software wanted to ensure ease of use for the average home user with its simple, clean, great looking interface, but included features for even the most demanding, experienced users. It is the fast, affordable way to create high-quality data DVDs and CDs.
In addition, Nero Ultra Edition provides a free trial for us but only can be free used 30 days and some functions of it are disabled. It is standalone software and does not need any extra software and hardware requirement. Nero Ultra Edition does not contain any adware or spyware and we can use it safely and undisturbed. It works with most recent variants of Windows and its current version is 7.5.90. The price of the registration version is only $79.99 and we can get update and upgrade free. What are you waiting for Download the free trial now and experience what powerful and effective it is at once! If you feel it is very helpful indeed, well then introduce it to your friends just like me please!
Nero Ultra Edition is a software solution that brings the digital world to your PC with features that make it fun and easy to create multimedia projects with high-quality, professional results. Create MP3 mixes and edit vacation videos in high-definition format. Share content around the world with simple Internet upload functions.
Burn a disc with just one click, and then enjoy it in any room in your house with versatile streaming features. Rest easy knowing your data is safe in the event of a system crash or a damaged disc. Nero 8 Ultra Edition lets you live the digital life with cutting-edge technology and world-class features.
Nero Ultra Edition is the Ultimate solution for Data, Video, Photo, Audio and BackUp! The redesign of the user interface improves the usability and makes Nero Burning ROM 8 the fastest to use ever. The access from Nero Burning ROM to the Nero Home database guarantees easy access to media files including advanced search options with Nero Scout.
Nero Ultra Edition enables you to experience your digital media in completely new and innovative ways. With the addition of a Nero Home media manager, you can now have the complete PC and TV experience. Whether you want to access your media files from the comfort of your living room, or complete digital media projects on your PC, Nero 8 is all you need.
Now, with more features than ever before, this powerful software can transform your digital photos into professional animated slideshows, backup all of your valuable data, manage or search your media files, edit video or photos, create DVDs (including menus), and stream your files over a media server, and compress files to take on the go.
Nero supports Blu-ray technology and gives you the ability to burn your data to BD-RE and BD-R (Blu-ray) media, which enables you to store enormous amounts of data (25-50 GB) onto a single disc.
Nero is the next generation of the world's most trusted integrated digital media and home entertainment software suite. It features new cutting-edge functionality that makes enjoying digital media content simple.
Using Nero you can now easily burn, rip and edit, convert and share, backup and protect your digital media. Whatever you want music, video, photo, and data enjoy and share with family and friends anytime, anywhere.
Space-based imagery now provides the GIS professional with the ability to monitor isolated regions and minority groups at risk of environmental exploitation and human rights abuse. Increased economic globalization and climate change pressure will likely increase the frequency and intensity of regional ethnic and resource motivated conflict. Although the use of high resolution satellite imagery for monitoring human rights abuse was proposed even before the conflict in the former Yugoslavian state of Bosnia, only in the last decade has satellite imagery of sufficiently high resolution become available for mainstream human rights applications. Operators such as GeoEye have provided metric earth observation and analysis with satellites such as IKONOS 2, which travels in a roughly 423km altitude polar orbit around the earth.
I was invited by Survival International, a human rights organization focused primarily on indigenous groups around the globe, to look closely at the Grasberg mine complex in Irian Jaya (West Papua). This request followed previous studies I had been involved with in southern Sudan and Zimbabwe (1-2). We applied to the GeoEye Foundation for satellite imagery data covering this region.
The intention of this particular human rights study was to monitor mining corporation activities in these poorly documented regions. Very few maps and data are available for these areas due to their inherent inaccessibility. It should be noted that severe passive opposition (such as placarded marches, public awareness, use of national and international media, etc.) and active opposition (including deliberately damaging equipment, damaging fuel lines, etc.) near the Grasberg mine has resulted in concerted media interest world-wide. Access to this region is significantly restricted. The recent deaths of two U.S. journalists and the West Papuan leader, Kelly Kwalik, close to the mine in late December 2009 only served to heighten existing tensions in the Irian Jaya region. Kwalik had advocated passive resistance to the occupation of tribal homelands by Indonesian military forces.
A key challenge for confirming human rights abuse allegations is a rapid response to the claims and reports, which often lack precise locations on the ground. Effective and timely response by the international media and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is hindered by not knowing the size of affected areas, or distribution of numbers of people affected. Furthermore, there is often unwillingness by the local governments to permit access to foreign press members who might verify poor living conditions or provide humanitarian relief to potential "enemies of the state." These fears create a xenophobic response to outside influences. This is evidenced by the rapid response of the international community in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis in 2008, which was sadly short-circuited to a great extent by the reticence of the Burmese authorities to receive aid.
There has been considerable concern about the indigenous Amungme and Komoro tribes, with the expansive growth in the Grasberg mine. This mine is operated by Rio Tinto (a U.S. registered company) as a 40% joint venture partnership with Freeport McMoran Copper and Gold (FCX) run in partnership with the Indonesian Government. PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) is a subsidiary of the U.S. company, Freeport McMoran Copper and Gold Inc. Freeport McMoran Copper and Gold Inc. is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and PTFI is listed on the Jakarta Stock Exchange. This mine is the largest gold mine in the world and the third largest copper mine - a significant factor in the Indonesian economic sector.
A relatively recent (2006) and comprehensive report (3) by WAHLI - the Indonesian Forum for Environment, the environmental watchdog of Indonesia - stated significant concerns over Rio Tinto's continued failure to address human rights and workers' rights, as well as shortcomings in environmental protection. The report listed the following: legal breaches, copper wastage and pollution, engineering inadequacies, vegetation smothering, tailings toxicity, estuary habitat destruction, contamination of estuary food chain and ecological disruption.
WALHI's recommendations were very forthright. It recommended that the government immediately enforce national environmental law by halting Freeport-Rio Tinto operations until breaches were remedied, undertake its own thorough and regular sampling, re-examine tax and royalty arrangements, and establish an independent panel to define various issues including processing and waste management. Local communities protesting against environmental and cultural damage by the mine's expansion and operations have been subject to a range of measures including harassment, torture and even murder. It is on such grounds that the Norwegian Pension Fund finally disinvested from Rio Tinto in 2008. For the Amungme and Komoro tribes, the reduction of the once magnificent Mt. Grasberg, one of the largest peaks of the Sudirman range of West Papua, to an intensely excavated plateau has been quite devastating. Tribes were forcefully relocated, leaving thousands of indigenous people removed from their traditional farming and food gathering territories. Moving Amungme to the more tropical lowlands brought people without natural malarial immunity into contact with malaria carrying mosquitoes, which has led to an increase in mortality rates.
The vast Grasberg copper and gold mine (figure 1), at over 2.6M hectares, was first prospected thoroughly by Dutch geologists in the 1930s. It comprises several delicate ecosystems - alpine meadow, wetland and mangrove forest - which make this environmental site world-renowned for its range and diversity of flora and fauna. The mine is seen at the left with glaciers at the right. The accelerated rate of mine and infrastructure development and consequential environmental destruction are set against a backdrop of rising tension. The strong indigenous desire for West Papuan independence, which began during the Indonesian occupation in the1960s, places Grasberg's Freeport mine as a strong contender for the worst case of environmental and human rights abuse of any mining project currently underway in the world.