One of ten copies of BluBox V4 to be won

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Congratuations to the ten winners:
Claire Kelly
Emily Hutchinson
Hassni Malik
James Gibson
Alison Clews
Gaynor Johnson
Way Howard
Ronald Clarke
Catherine Dingwall
Christine McPhee

During March you have the chance to win one of ten copies of BluBox V4, which the manufacturer claims is the world’s most advanced software compression application for digital images available today.

Press release: Blubox Software Limited announces ‘Blubox V4’

To be in with a chance of winning, all you need to do is follow the instructions at the bottom of this page.

I hear you say – well, I have a ZIP utility to do that. But the fact is that ZIP is primarily designed to compress data with many repeated patterns that can be efficiently tokenised for compression. Photographic image detail is practically random data that is very inefficiently compressed by ZIP routines. You may get 10% compression if you are lucky.

BluBox V4 can*:

Compress photos by up to 95% without sacrificing picture quality
Encrypt and protect pictures using 256-bit AES encryption technology
Dramatically reduce the time taken to send photos by email and FTP. Send a whole album in the time it usually takes to email a couple of photos!
Unlike other compression products, Blubox lets you view pictures while they are still compressed and encrypted
Print directly from within the Blubox program or extract and then print
Organise and store photos inside Blubox archives saving disk space and protecting private information from intruders

Extract images back to their original file format for use in other programs

Each copy of BluBox V4 is worth £19.99. We will be review in the software shortly.

Note:
* Manufacturer’s claims

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