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Astro Music (zip)

Astro Music is a musical entertainment program, which creates interesting animated graphic patterns on the screen, in complete synchrony with computer-generated MIDI music. The user can select from 10 graphic schemes, including Galactic satellites, Einstein waves, Trigonometric trajectories, exploding suns and more. All of these effects can be overlaid on...

Tags: Music, Astro Music

Software downloads 2008-01-17

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Apple Confuses Speech with a DMCA Violation

Apple recently sent a "cease and desist" email to bluwiki demanding the removal of postings by users who are trying to figure out how to write software that can sync media to the latest versions of the iPhone and iPod touch. According to the EFF: Apple doesn't...

Tags: Apple iPod, DMCA, Apple Inc., Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Nokia's N97: Is this your future netbook?

Nokia on Tuesday rolled out its N97, a high-end smartphone with a 3.5 inch touch display, QWERTY keyboard and social location software to allow people to use Facebook, MySpace and other sites on the go. As I play with--and ponder--the netbook I have and all the tradeoffs...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Smart Phone, Nokia N97, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Notebooks, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Joost arrives for iPhone

Back in April 2007 when I first wrote about Joost it was an invitation-only video streaming service from the wunderkind responsible for Skype and Kazaa. Back then it required you to download a proprietary client, then in October 2008 it morphed into a Web-based service. In its...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Joost, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Digital Video, Marketing, Internet, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux (part 2)?

At well over 300 talkbacks and counting, plenty of folks took my challenge (and my reader's challenge) to sort out just what it would take to switch from Windows to desktop Linux. Obviously, there was plenty of the standard Windows vs. Linux bickering, but there were also a lot...

Tags: Desktop, Americans With Disabilities Act, Desktop Linux, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Remote Access, Software, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Waking up, calming down

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Tags: Car, Window, Sensor, Ed Gottsman

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Portable digital video players

A couple days ago I posted my Holiday Guide for MP3/audio players and a couple of commenters asked where ARCHOS and Cowon were on the list. I tried to stay focused on audio focused devices in that guide, although many digital media players today can play both audio and video....

Tags: Hard Drive, Device, Archos, Digital Video, Video, ARCHOS 7, ARCHOS 605, COWON A3, Corporate Communications, Digital Media, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-11-29

What might end Apple's open source pass

What surprises me is the silence of the music industry. If this breaks that silence, then we will have a turning point. My guess is they no longer love their Cupertino overlords. Time to show it. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: DMCA, Apple Inc., Digital Media, Open Source, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-11-28

If networking can be hip and cool, then so can storage

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Blog posts 2008-11-26

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Best Apple iPhone, iPod touch apps

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Tags: Apple iPhone, Database, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Apple iPod Touch, Apple iTunes, US$5, BeatMaker iPhone, Intua, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-26

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Tags: Nokia Corp., Nokia viNe, Corporate Communications, 3G, Marketing, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-11-26

US music sales to reach $9.2 bln by 2013

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Tags: Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, AM

Blog posts 2008-11-25

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Tags: Mobile, Video, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, NB

Blog posts 2008-11-25

No Beatles iPod for Christmas

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Tags: EMI Group Plc., Apple Inc., Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-25

Cloud definitions and economics

Like Phil Wainewright, I attended the excellent CloudCamp in London several weeks back. Unlike Phil, I walked away with more questions than answers but with my enterprisey antenna on high alert. Two things struck me. Rhys Jones of Royal Bank of Scotland's assertion that while cloud computing...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., PeopleSoft Inc., James, Cloud Computing, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-11-25

What people use their mobile data connections for

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Tags: Mobile, SMS, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Advertising & Promotion, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Marketing, Networking, NB

Blog posts 2008-11-24

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Mid-range Apples that won't break the bank

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Blog posts 2008-11-24

Web 2.0 security? What a mash

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Tags: Google Inc., Web, Facebook, Codec, YouTube Inc., Video, Web 2.0, Corporate Communications, Channel Management, Security, Internet, Marketing, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-11-24

Hands-on with the Zune Pass subscription music service

This week, Microsoft announced a major change to its all-you-can-eat music download service. The new Zune Pass costs $14.95 a month and gives subscribers the right to download anything in the Zune marketplace. In addition, the monthly fee includes 10 song credits, which can be used for DRM-free MP3. Here's...

Tags: Microsoft Zune, Digital Music, Personal Technology, zune, mp3, drm, Ed Bott

Image galleries 2008-11-24

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Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Zune, RIM BlackBerry, Nokia Reliability Labs, E-mail, Home Entertainment, Handhelds, Open Source, Online Communications, Personal Technology, Hardware

Blog posts 2008-11-24