Microsoft DirectX is a group of technologies designed to make Windows-based computers an ideal platform for running and displaying applications rich in multimedia elements such as full-color graphics, video, 3D animation, and rich audio. DirectX includes security and performance updates, along with many new features across all technologies, which can be accessed by applications using the DirectX APIs. The latest version of the Microsoft Windows Gaming API delivers Microsoft's powerful new High-Level Shader Language (HLSL) and features its most-advanced suite of design tools...

      An application that can split/join files, calculate their checksum and compare them HJSplit is developed to help you split files of any type and size. It can split and join files larger than 10 Gb. It can also be used to compare files and as a checksum calculator. HJSplit can also assist you in creating backups of very large (multi-gigabyte) files. Just split a 10 Gb file into smaller 640 Mb parts, and burn them to CD's using standard CD-writing software. Restoring these files can be done using HJSplit as well, using the 'join'...

  Schedule, resume and accelerate downloads by up to 5 times with this very good accelerator   Internet Download Manager (IDM) is a tool to increase download speeds by up to 500 percent, resume and schedule downloads. Comprehensive error recovery and resume capability will restart broken or interrupted downloads due to lost connections, network problems, computer shutdowns, or unexpected power outages. Simple graphic user interface makes IDM user friendly and easy to use. Internet Download Manager has a smart download logic accelerator that features intelligent dynamic...

  Simplifies downloading files from One-Click-Hosters not only for users with a premium account but also for users who don't pay   JDownloader offers downloading in multiple paralell streams, captcha recognition, automatical file extraction and much more. Of course, JDownloader is absolutely free of charge. Additionally, many “link encryption” sites are supported - so you just paste the “encrypted” links and JD does the rest. JDownloader can import CCF, RSDF and the new DLC files. With JDownloader your downloads will be completed much faster! Here are some key features of...

  WinRAR is a powerful archive manager (Win32, Linux, Mac). RAR files can usually compress content by 8 percent to 15 percent more than ZIP files can. WinRAR is a powerful compression tool with many integrated additional functions to help you organize your compressed archives. It can backup  your data and reduce size of email attachments, decompress RAR, ZIP and other files downloaded from Internet and create new archives in RAR and ZIP file format. WinRAR puts you ahead of the crowd when it comes to compression. By consistency creating smaller archives, WinRAR is often...