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Avid Studio: Thumbs Up on Interface, Sideways on Features, Down on Sound Effects

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Back when Apple promised editing features built into the iPhone 3GS (the first iPhone to have a video camera), I wondered how a video-editing program could possibly fit into a phone. It wasn’t just a question of available processing power, though that was part of it. It was also a question of screen size. Video editing needs a lot of space. If you’re going to be throwing around a few dozen clips and managing multiple tracks for sound, you’re going to need some elbow room.

Setting Up a Virtual Phone System With a Little Help From Some Friends

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Twilio’s cloud-based communications platform allows anyone with rudimentary Web-development knowledge to build a voice and SMS text application. An API, client, and various XML and other helper code is available that lets you build in PHP, C# and more. The basic concept behind all Twilio cloud telephony applications is that a user calls or texts a Twilio-provided number; Twilio then sends a request based on that call to your developed application; your application receives the request and sends XML to Twilio; Twilio then runs the instructions and interfaces with the caller.

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Slinging

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Slingbox lets you watch your television remotely. The Slingbox hardware device captures the source image and audio at your home and squirts it into the Internet. Proprietary software is used to replicate a television-like experience on laptops or other devices like smartphones. Hardware-based infrared transmitters create remote control commands and viewing can take place within the home’s network, or globally across the Internet, including mobile data networks.

Music Management Takes Flight With Songbird

admin — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Asking a seasoned Linux user what music player you should use is akin to bringing up questions about religion or politics with your drinking buddies. A much safer strategy is, don’t ask and don’t tell. But if you insist, let me throw a suggestion into the fray. Uncage Songbird. You might be pleasantly surprised at the melodious results. I’m not saying that Songbird is a near-perfect song collection organizer and player. It has a lot to offer, though. Songbird is unlike so many other music players on the various Linux desktop environments.

Easy Streaming From Smartphone to Home Stereo

admin — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:00:00 +0000

The convenience of using your smartphone to store, stream and curate your music collection — or simply stream music from online, personalized radio stations like Pandora — doesn’t mean you need to sacrifice your home stereo system for the dubious quality earbuds that came with the phone. The investment you’ve made in the stereo gear is as valid as is it was when you bought it. Just because you’ve retired the original media that you were using with the stereo doesn’t mean a phone, with its solid state music player, can’t slide into the mix to provide quality audio.

CarTunes Helps You Master the Art of No-Look iPhone Music Control

admin — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:00:00 +0000

I’ve never particularly cared for the iPhone’s built-in iPod app. It’s great at playing music, sorting it, letting you make on-the-fly playlists and doing that cool Cover Flow thing. It’s a whole lot more interesting to look at than the iPod I had in 2005, that’s for sure. But the one thing that hangs me up about the iPhone’s music player is its control layout. It has small touchscreen buttons, and the volume control is the only thing that gives you any kind of tactile feedback. It’s the only control you can feel out with your fingertips and use without having to look at the screen.

IBM to Build Super-Storage Phenom

admin — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 08:00:00 +0000

IBM is working on a 120-petabyte storage array that will consist of 200,000 disk drives, according to the MIT Technology Review. The array is expected to store about 1 trillion files. It’s being developed for a client that needs a new supercomputer for detailed simulations of real-world phenomena. Storing the metadata about the information in the array — the names, types and other attributes of the files in the system — will require about 2 PB. The largest arrays available today are reported to be about 15 PB.

Something Shiny Might Be Hiding Behind Apple’s iCloud

admin — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 07:00:00 +0000

What company can create an awesome tablet, wickedly thin notebooks, a HDTV set-top box, a leading smartphone, a music-movie-game-email-social-everything device, and deliver the operating systems to run them … and move acres of dirt around to build a massive data center that might have the capability to deliver a leap forward in cloud computing that ties all of these things together? The answer is Apple, of course. Google and even Amazon, for example, already have massive data centers, as well as a variety of products.

Ubisoft Attacks Music Gaming With a Real Ax

admin — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:53:20 +0000

The October release of Electronic Arts’ “Rock Band 3″ turned a lot of heads with its so-called Pro guitar controller that looks and feels more like a real guitar than any previous title in the series. But now another publisher, Ubisoft, is taking things a step further, having just revealed an upcoming game called “Rocksmith” that will actually let players plug in a real guitar to play along. The game will come with a special USB cable that connects to the quarter-inch jack slot found in any electric guitar. Other than that, few of the game’s details have been disclosed, but that hasn’t prevented speculation from flowing freely.

Song Sift Solves a Problem for Picky Podsters

admin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:00:00 +0000

It’s been about a decade since the first practical MP3 players started popping up, and 10 years is plenty of time to collect a positively bloated library of digital music. Perhaps you got in at the ground floor with Napster in ’99 and loaded up on free tunes before the music industry decided to do something about it. Maybe you remain a proud pirate, Bay or no Bay. Or perhaps one lonely weekend in 2006 you went to a quiet, dark place and set about ripping every single CD, cassette, record album and 8-track tape you’ve ever owned.

4Media iPod to PC Transfer 2.1.21.0120

admin — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:18:43 +0000

4Media iPod to PC Transfer is excellent iPhone/iPod to PC transfer and management software. It can transfer music, videos, photos, podcast, and TV shows on your iPod/iPhone to PC and add them to your local iTunes library. This iPod transfer tool also transfers music and video files formatted as AAC, MP3, MP4, MOV, WAV from PC to iPod/iPhone and allows you to create, rename and delete playlists. With it, you can manage photos with ease, and use iPhone like a portable hard disk.

Key Features: Transfer iPod/iPhone music, video and photo to your PC at high speed; Add and Transfer music or movies on your iPod/iPhone to iTunes library; Feature friendly interface and easy-to-handle process; Allow you to create, rename and delete a playlist on iPod/iPhone; Support drag-and-drop; Support all types of iPod.

Version 2.1.21.0120 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.

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Mamba Music Organizer 0.4

admin — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:40:10 +0000

Mamba 0.4 finds your missing album information and artwork for your music collection. Mamba now works directly through iTunes offering faster loading times, much better stability, and compatibility with all kinds of music. Mamba allows you to find problem areas in your library and manually correct your music, or you can let Mamba do all the work. New in 0.4 is the option to approve any changes Auto Mamba makes before it changes your music. Mamba is the premier solution for cleaning up and beatifying your personal music collection, all in one click.

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YamiPod 1.8

admin — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:22:15 +0000

YamiPod is a freeware application to manage your Apple iPod for Windows and Mac OS X.

stand alone program, no installation required
iPod is automatically recognized
mp3 and AAC files can be copied to/from iPod
read/write access to mp3 id3 and AAC infos
playlist support (On-The-Go included)
playlists import (PLS,M3U)
full unicode support
auto-download new versions
advanced song import/export settings
2 restore features

built in music player
iPod informations
2 search features
remove duplicated tracks
find lost music files
easy ratings edit
PC to iPod synchronization
create and edit note
automatically update song playcounts
News RSS and podcasts to iPod upload
translated in 15 languages

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TuneUp Companion 1.1.2

admin — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:04:33 +0000

TuneUp is your Music Collection’s new best friend. It plugs right into iTunes to automatically clean your incorrectly labeled music. It finds your missing album cover art, it lets you know when your favorite bands are performing in concert, and provides you with the best music content on the Web. Do you have a lot of songs named things like: Track 07, Unknown Artist, The Beetles, LeD_zePPeliN, Notorious B.I.G. vs. BIG vs. Biggie Smalls? Not anymore. Super easy to use.

Version 1.1.2 features more accurate cleaning and more progress information when cleaning.

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MusicSafe iPod Transfer 2.1.3

admin — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:03:07 +0000

With MusicSafe, your music is safe from PC crashes and lost or broken iPods. Easily transfer your digital media between your iPod and PC. With MusicSafe on your Windows PC, you can backup your entire iPod, multiple iPods, a single song, a favorite playlist, your top five albums or specific artists. Its your music, and you should be able to enjoy and protect it.

Version 2.1.3 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.

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