Software : Download of the Day: File Viewer Lite

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Download of the Day: File Viewer Lite Posted: Searching out a different program to view the plethora of different file types that is growing by the year is a thankless task. Help is at hand thanks to File Viewer Lite, which blasts that out of the water by allowing you to view over 120 file types under one roof. Why you need it Set out with an incredibly easy interface, File Viewer Lite lets you view over 120 files types completely free of charge. It goes beyond the mere viewing of files by letting you edit documents as if you were using an old school version of Microsoft Word, and you can play media files like you're inside any popular media player. Opening a file is as simple as selecting the file then opening it as you would in any other program, and there's no need to change any other settings to get it on the screen. Document viewing and editing is straightforward with an interface that's similar to the old versions of Microsoft Word. It will leave you wondering why you just forked out for that copy of Office 365. File Viewer Lite makes similarly light work of any images that are loaded by laying on a handful of editing features – including brightness, contrast, colours, sharpness, red-eye reduction, conversion to greyscale, shadows, resizing and rotation of the image in question. Media marvel Media files are easily manipulated by File Viewer Lite with a range of the most popular audio and video formats supported by the program. It doesn't end there as File Viewer Lite also supports a number of lesser known formats and configuration files that can often be tricky to open. Every file has its own dedicated information bar at its side to inform the user on all the finer details. Should a file not open, this bar displays additional details about the file to help the user. Advanced users will also be happy to see the presence of two additional views that show the files in raw text and hexadecimal views that let you edit the raw text of each file. File Viewer Lite is one of those tools that, once it's arrived on your PC, becomes even more indispensable as time goes on. Key features Works on: Windows 7 and 8.1 Price: Free or Plus+ version for $29.95 (around £20, or AU$39.40) Solve your file woes: With support for over 120 different file types you'll never be trawling the internet to open files every again. Images, videos, and music supported: There are built-in music and video players that support a huge range of file types and mean there's no reason to leave the program.

Updated: Xbox Music is now your virtual jukebox for songs in OneDrive Posted: Update 18 March: It took a while, but Microsoft has finally launched OneDrive and Xbox Music integration. Song files uploaded to OneDrive's music folder will now be accessible for free from Xbox Music on Windows 8.1, Windows Phone 8.1, Xbox 360 and Xbox One, the company announced in an Xbox Music blog post. You can also play your songs online from music.xbox.com, and although an Xbox Music subscription isn't required, having one does get you an extra 100GB of OneDrive storage as of now. Happy listening! Update: We weren't expecting much by way of Microsoft comment, and we weren't wrong: "We're always working to improve and enhance Xbox Music through new features and services, but have nothing to announce at this time," a spokesperson told TechRadar. The mystery remains. Original article below... Microsoft may be working on a new feature that would combine aspects of OneDrive and Xbox Music to create a cloud-based music storage and streaming service. Files that refer to a "OneDrive Music folder" were found in OneDrive source code by Chinese website LiveSino. The feature would let users upload song files to OneDrive and then stream them to play on various devices with Xbox Music. Users could upload songs to the OneDrive Music folder through the web or the OneDrive app, then stream them to any device with an Xbox Music app, according to the uncovered files. Deal with the devil The Xbox Music/OneDrive Music folder would allow users to stream songs through Xbox Music that might not normally be offered on the service. Amazon and Google have offered similar services for a few years, but it's no secret that Microsoft is playing catch-up in the music streaming game. Microsoft was said to be adding a similar music matching feature back in December through a partnership with Sony, but it would be no surprise if it turns out Microsoft is developing the feature independently using OneDrive. With the similar nature of these reports, though, things are getting a little muddled. We've asked Microsoft to help clarify, and we'll update this article if we hear back. Battle of the streamers: it's Xbox Music vs Spotify

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