In a recent press release they have announced development on new 3D Blu-ray playback software for the consumer which seems to indicate there is life in the old dog yet.

Key personnel losses that seemed to take forever to be handled . . . → Read More: Corel 3D Blu-ray Playback Software]]> Given the turmoil occurring behind the scenes at Corel over the past year or so it would be easy to think that at the end of the day what we are really watching is Corel’s slow demise.

In a recent press release they have announced development on new 3D Blu-ray playback software for the consumer which seems to indicate there is life in the old dog yet.

Key personnel losses that seemed to take forever to be handled set the scene late last year and into this year. That was more recently followed by  buyout rumors. That culminated in the Board recommending the existing shareholders relinquish their holdings to a VC company that already had a 67% stake in the company and plans to take it off the market and totally back into private ownership.

There has been no obvious discussion as to what the plan is after the company goes private although I would have speculated that the two obvious routes would have been to either break the software assets up and flog the lot or, take the company into a room full of mirrors, have it take a good look at itself and emerge renewed, refreshed, reorganized and ultimately… re-floated!

Given that the VC company in question made a pretty good offer on a company that was limping heavily I kind of guessed it would be the second scenario of restructuring the company for a fresh attack on its markets.

This latest press release listed below strongly indicates that yes, there are signs of life at Corel and they are most definitely looking to the future and future products with their latest R & D product.

Obviously the press release contains the usual rah, rah, gushing language PR people seem so fond of (does anyone REALLY talk like that?) but the fact that Corel seem to be already well down the path of development on 3D Blu-ray playback technology for the consumer bodes well for the future of the company.

Corel Corporation – Corel Reveals 3D Software for the PC with New WinDVD(R) Prototype

Ok that’s about as good as it gets for me as far as my ninja online sales techniques go so here’s the deal.

All high pressure sales copy aside, I just received an email from the folks at Cyberlink and they are running some discounts for Labor Day or the end of summer or for whatever reason… most likely it’s to stimulate sales. So the real sales copy should be:

. . . → Read More: Cyberlink Discounts for Summer or something…]]> Hey! Buy some (cheaper) video editing and video playback stuff… from umm… Cyberlink!

Ok that’s about as good as it gets for me as far as my ninja online sales techniques go so here’s the deal.

All high pressure sales copy aside, I just received an email from the folks at Cyberlink and they are running some discounts for Labor Day or the end of summer or for whatever reason… most likely it’s to stimulate sales. So the real sales copy should be:

Cyberlink Announces Great Deals on their Software to Sell More of Their Stuff.

You see? That’s just not going to work! Anyway the deals are listed below. So go crazy and buy their stuff! It’s really… ummm… good.

PowerDirector 8, Get MediaShow Espresso FREE.

PowerDirector’s latest version is my top choice for video editing software at the moment.


YouCam 3

Great little video program for capturing, editing and distributing webcam videos.


Power2Go 6 DVD/Blu-ray Burning Software.

A good no-nonsense and no-bloatware program for fast acurate disc burning.


Power DVD 9 Ultra at 10% off.

One of the best disc playback software programs around.