Leadership change at Ashampoo from January 1st, 2012: Sebastian Schwarz and Jens Klibingat are the new management duo at Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG
On January 1st, 2012, Sebastian Schwarz (37), currently head of product management, and Jens Klibingat (41), currently managing partner in a big tax consulting firm in North-West Germany, will take over the leading positions at Ashampoo, a globally active software manufacturer based in Oldenburg. They succeed Rolf Hilchner (55) and Heinz-Wilhelm Bogena (49) who retire from the day-to-day business, but remain in the company as supervisory board and sole shareholders. more Back to top

The office rival – an all-rounder at an extremely attractive price: Word processing, spreadsheet and presentations with Ashampoo® Office 2012
The brand-new Ashampoo® Office 2012, which is offered by the Oldenburg-based software manufacturer Ashampoo, is a comprehensive and favorably priced suite for professional word processing, spreadsheet and creation of presentations. Whether it is used in the office or at home – the new office suite from Ashampoo meets all requirements. And best of all: Ashampoo Office 2012 is completely compatible with Microsoft Office.

Facts at a glance:
- NEW: Ashampoo Office 2012
- Office suite for word processing, spreadsheet and presentations
- Compatible with Microsoft Office 2010, 2007, 2003 and more
- Introductory price: 39,99 Euro (instead of 59,99 Euro)
- For users of the previous version: 29,99 Euro
- Link: http://www.ashampoo.de/produkte/0538 more Back to top

Faster, simpler, more compact: Ashampoo® Burning Studio 11 is our most complete burning program ever!
The Ashampoo burning program has a ten year history of success. The latest version to hit the market, Ashampoo Burning Studio 11, offers a range of new features that make burning even faster, simpler and more compact than ever before. As always, our programmers have taken special care to meet the ever changing needs of users and have taken the growing interest in social networks, cloud and online services into account. This sophisticated software includes modules optimized for working with social networks, cloud services, smartphones and modern multi-core processors in addition to the popular authoring tools that our users are already familiar with.

In a nutshell:
- NEW: Ashampoo Burning Studio 11 (burning software for Windows®)
- NEW: Vastly increased conversion speed (video encoding)
- NEW: Compact Mode for faster, easier burning
- NEW: Access to content on social networks (Facebook, Flickr, Picasa, Dropbox)
- NEW: Burn files directly from your smartphone or digital camera
- Price: USD 49.99 (upgrade price for owners of a previous version: USD 19.99)
- Link: www.burningstudio.com more Back to top

Ashampoo Snap 5: Posting screenshots and videos on Facebook and YouTube!
In its fifth version, Ashampoo Snap gets close with social networks. With this multimedia software, users can make screenshots or desktop videos, and then edit and share them with friends or relatives. This version offers new editing tools, also captures a webcam and uploads photos or videos to Facebook and YouTube directly.

Facts and features at a glance:
- Ashampoo Snap 5 is released
- Multimedia software for Windows
- Makes screenshots and desktop videos
- Extensive editing of pictures
- NEW: Webcam capture
- NEW: Upload to Facebook and YouTube
- NEW: New tools in the edit mode
- NEW: Several new capture functions
- Link: http://www.ashampoo.com more Back to top

Ashampoo® MouseTracer – Keeping track of your mouse
How fast is your computer mouse? The answer to this and other questions is provided by the Ashampoo MouseTracer. The software offers interesting and sometimes startling insight into the activity of one’s own mouse. On the desktop the user learns for example about the distance covered that day as well as the current mouse speed. The speedometer within the user interface brings even more fun and encourages users to set new speed records. The integrated statistics reveal even more facts such as the highest speed or the longest distance covered. The Ashampoo MouseTracer is freeware and can be downloaded for free.

Facts and features at a glance:
- Ashampoo MouseTracer has been released
- Displays current speed and covered distance in real-time
- Speedometer
- Extensive statistics
- Different units of measurement
- 13 skins
- Cleary structured and user-friendly handling
- Free download on www.mousetracer.com more Back to top

Ashampoo Core Tuner 2 – Optimal use of computing power
As soon as several processes are executed on a computer simultaneously, it is important that the processor power is distributed efficiently, in order to ensure a smooth workflow. Ashampoo Core Tuner 2 steps up for this. With the program it is possible to manage the latest generation of 8 core processors, in order to use the available computing power in the best possible way. Furthermore, Ashampoo Core Tuner 2 hardly uses up any resources itself thanks to driver technology.

Facts and features at a glance:
- Single license price: USD 19.99 / EUR 19.99 / GBP 12.99 / AUD 19.99 / CAD 19.99 / RMB 99.95 / CHF 24.99 / BRL 9.99
- Optimal use and management of up to 8 core processors
- Automatic and manual assignment of cores and priorities
- Rule management with well-structured administration of all settings
- Profile management for the creation of own profiles
- Predefined basic profiles for the individual adjustment or easy use
- Optimized start of applications through focused assignment of computing power
- Management of autostart entries and services including ratings platform
- New intuitive user interface more Back to top

Ashampoo® WinOptimizer 9 – Survey examines user wishes
Ashampoo WinOptimizer is one of the most popular programs from the widely varied product portfolio by Ashampoo. The Ashampoo developer team is already working hard on its latest version, which will be released in spring 2012. more Back to top

Ashampoo® GetBack Photo saves your photos…no matter from which storage device
Photos are full of memories and often have a priceless, sentimental value. Especially then it is painful, when one realizes that the digital photos of the own wedding, pictures of the children’s births or of the last holiday are gone and that there is no backup. With Ashampoo GetBack Photo the loss of digital photos doesn’t have to be permanent. The program enables the quick recovery of photos from different storage devices in just a few steps.

Facts and features at a glance:
- Ashampoo® GetBack Photo is released
- Single license price: USD 19.99 / EUR 19.99 / GBP 12.99 / AUD 19.99 / CAD 19.99 / RMB 99.95 / CHF 24.99 / BRL 9.99
- Recovery of deleted or damaged image files
- Scan of all storage devices in the system
- Photos might even be found, after the storage device was formatted
- Metadata is also recovered, e.g. EXIF and IPTC
- Support of all common file formats, e.g. JPG, PNG, BMP, GIF, RAW
- Photos are also found in file formats such as PDF and Word documents
- Display of recoverable photos as thumbnails more Back to top

Ashampoo® Video Styler: The WOW effect for videos
With the Ashampoo® Video Styler videos become unforgettable memories in an instant. In this powerful and user-oriented software there are several filters and functions available. Finally, videos can be exported into different formats, for example for Facebook or MyVideo as well as uploaded to YouTube directly out of program, in order to share it with friends worldwide.

Facts and features at a glance:
- Ashampoo® Video Styler is released
- Single license price: USD 14.99 / EUR 14.99 / AUD 14.99 / CAD 14.99/ CHF 18.99
- Easy handling (“one click”)
- Adjustment of brightness, contrast etc.
- Adding background music and effects
- Simultaneous encoding of several videos
- Upload of videos to YouTube
- Creation of videos in the Facebook or MyVideo format
- Touch screen support more Back to top

Ashampoo® ClipFinder HD FREE – the free clip browser
With the Ashampoo ClipFinder HD FREE, the 15 biggest video portals can be searched simultaneously. The highlights of Ashampoo ClipFinder HD FREE include a feature with which the soundtrack of a video can be extracted and saved as an MP3 file.
From now on the Ashampoo ClipFinder HD FREE is available as classic freeware. For the permanent use of the program an e-mail registration is no longer necessary.

Facts and features at a glance:
- Ashampoo ClipFinder HD FREE is released
- Now as classic freeware
- Search in up to 15 video portals simultaneously
- Extraction of video soundtracks as MP3 file more Back to top

Ashampoo® gives away 5 full versions
Again, the software manufacturer Ashampoo gives away 5 full versions: The gift package contains the security program Ashampoo Anti-Malware (180 days of signature updates included), the multimedia applications Ashampoo Slideshow Studio Elements and Ashampoo My Autoplay Menu as well as the system software Ashampoo HDD Control and Ashampoo Internet Accelerator 3. The gift package is worth EUR 104.95.

To download the full versions on the website www.ashampoo.com/gift
entitles the following coupon code: ASH-222PR.

By clicking on the button “Get downloads now“ access can be gained to 5 full versions that can all be used without restrictions and absolutely free of charge. more Back to top

Ashampoo® Gadge It: A desktop can be this functional
With Ashampoo Gadge It, individual desktop applications (gadgets) and browser menus can be created without any programming skills and even for Windows® XP. If desired, these gadgets are directly available after starting the computer. This way, daily work with the PC becomes quicker and more comfortable.

Facts and features at a glance:
- Ashampoo® Gadge It is released
- Single license price: USD 14.99 / EUR 14.99 / GBP 9.99 / AUD 14.99 / CAD 14.99 / RMB 74.95 / CHF 18.99 / BRL 7.49
- Own gadgets without programming skills
- Gadgets for Windows® XP
- www.ashampoo.com more Back to top

Ashampoo® Photo Optimizer 4: Rejuvenation and optimization for digital photos
The Ashampoo Photo Optimizer 4 is the perfect tool for the optimization and editing of digital photos – uncomplicated, comfortable and even for inexperienced users simple and easy to use. With just one mouse click faded and low-contrast digital pictures can be whipped into shape without being introduced to the secrets of photo editing.

Facts and features at a glance:
- Ashampoo® Optimizer 4 is released
- Single license price: USD 14.99 / EUR 14.99 / AUD 14.99 / CAD 14.99 / CHF 18.99.
- NEW: Split screen for a before and after comparison
- NEW: Several effects (Median, Outline, Age image, Sharpen etc.)
- NEW: Export options (Facebook, Picasa)
- NEW: Watermarks
- NEW: Touch screen support more Back to top

Ashampoo® WinOptimizer 8 whips Windows® systems into shape
The new version 8 of the tuning suite Ashampoo WinOptimizer is now available. The software bundles modules for the optimization, adjustment and maintenance of Windows systems in one interface and leaves nothing to be desired.
Extensive innovations and improvements as well as 13 years of experience in the area of system tuning flowed into the new version. This ensures a comprehensive performance optimization of computers that run Windows® XP, Windows Vista® or Windows® 7. more Back to top

Ashampoo® Photo Commander 9: Efficient management meets creativity
The new Ashampoo Photo Commander 9 is the complete photo suite for all requirements for the management, optimization, editing and presentation of multimedia files.
In addition to that, Ashampoo Photo Commander 9 provides a lot of tools with which users can give free rein to their creativity when editing digital photos.

Ashampoo Photo Commander 9 runs on Windows® XP, Windows Vista® and Windows® 7 and a single license costs USD 49.99 / EUR 49.99 / GBP 34.99 / AUD 49.99 / CAD 64.99 / RMB 249.95 / CHF 64.99 / BRL 24.99. more Back to top

Ashampoo® 3D CAD Professional 3: Freedom of planning any building project
Ashampoo 3D CAD Professional 3 enables professional CAD planning of building and furnishing projects. From loft conversion via interior furnishing through to the planning of a complex of buildings this software provides all necessary highly-professional functions.

Ashampoo 3D CAD Professional 3 runs on Windows® XP, Windows Vista® and Windows® 7, and a single license costs USD 299.99 / EUR 299.99 / GBP 199.99 / AUD 494.99 / CAD 389.99 / RMB 1499.95. more Back to top