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VibeStudio Designer (exe)

VibeStudio is a professional spatial audio design suite comprised of three applications: Config, Profiler, and VibeStation. All three applications rest on top of an advanced 3D audio modeling and rendering engine called SoundScape3D. Together these applications create a one of a kind spatial audio package that provides the ability to...

Tags: Audio, VRSonic, VibeStudio, Audio Scene

Software downloads 2008-05-07

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Hi Def Voice: Cool Sounding, But Do You Care?

Who doesn't hate a bad phone connection, but just how bad does a connection have to be before you're willing to pay for a really good one? That's the question telephony vendors are wondering, as they deliver hi-def...

Tags: Phone, Voice, Codec, Voice Channel, Telecom & Utilities, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Netgear readying Digital Entertainer Elite EVA9000 media-streaming device

One of Netgear's new products that it may announce at CES in January has leaked online, and it adds another networked media-streaming device to an already crowded field. The Digital Entertainer Elite EVA9000 has already reached the FCC for testing and approval, which Engadget was able to sniff...

Tags: Hard Drive, NetGear, Digital Entertainer Elite EVA9000, Home Networking, Ethernet, Networking, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-11-30

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

Rating Samsung's first notebooks for the U.S.

If your holiday list includes a laptop, there's a new choice from an well-known name: Samsung. In October, Samsung announced that it was entering the U.S. market with six new notebooks, as well as a netbook. The timing wasn't great. After several quarters of double-digit growth, the PC market cooled...

Tags: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Laptop Computer, Laptop Magazine, PC Magazine, Notebooks, Modems, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-11-26

Blockbuster joins movie-streaming race with 2Wire MediaPoint digital media player

With Netflix pushing hard into the living room with the Netflix Player by Roku, Vudu offering an improved device (the BX100) with HD streaming, and, of course, Apple TV still hanging around, Blockbuster was bound to want to join the streaming movie club, even if the...

Tags: 2Wire, Digital Media, Movie, Blockbuster Inc., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-11-25

Twitter & Facebook: If not now, maybe later? [Video]

In this video, Sumi Das and I talk about the broken down talks between Facebook and Twitter and where a relationship between the two might be in the future. Both need to develop solid revenue models as they grow, which means this round may have simply been a victim of...

Tags: Facebook, Video, Twitter, Corporate Communications, Internet, Networking, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-25

The uncertainties of social media for traditional brands

Guest post: Drew Bartkiewicz is a vice president of Technology and New Media Markets for The Hartford, and author of the upcoming book, Unseen Liability. In today's 24/7 business world, companies and their customers are consuming, sharing and storing data at an unprecedented rate. This data has...

Tags: Web, Brand, Network, Social Media, Tiffany, Web 2.0, Intellectual Property, Internet, Research & Development, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-25

2008 Holiday Buying Guide: Midrange home theater setups

Last week, I gave some recommendations for budget home theater setups. This time, I'm looking at home theater products for a slightly larger budget: TVs that cost between $1,000 and $2,000, plus slightly more expensive components. Even with the additional outlay, it doesn't add up to...

Tags: Sony Corp., Home Theater, Video, 1080p, Blu-ray, PN50A550, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Tv & Home Theater, Corporate Communications, DVD, Personal Technology, Marketing, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-11-23

Apple's ad spend almost a half-billion dollars

There's no doubt that Apple has become one of the most popular brands around the globe - iPod, iMac, iPhone, iTunes. I'm sure you've heard of them. Likewise, you probably know about Apple's "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" TV commercials and can spot an iPod billboard on a moving...

Tags: Advertisement, Apple Inc., Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Verizon snoops peek at Obama's cell phone records

Nosy Verizon employees improperly accessed and peeked at Barack Obama's personal cell phone records, the company said in a statement acknowledging the privacy breach. In the statement, Verizon Wireless chief executive Lowell McAdam apologized to the President-elect and vowed that the errant employees will be disciplined.  The...

Tags: Employee, Phone, Verizon Communications Inc., Cell Phone, E-mail, Cellular Phones, Security, Online Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Vizio unveils $1,999.99 55-inch 120Hz LCD HDTV for January release

Vizio decided to jump the gun on CES and announce some new home theater products today, including a 55-inch 120Hz 1080p LCD for just $1,999.99, another aggressive pricing decision that will once again drag the prices and profits down for the Samsungs and Sonys of the...

Tags: Home Theater, LCD, 1080p, Vizio, VF550XVT1A, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-11-20

Amazon CTO: Cloud infrastructure keeps companies focused on innovation

On the night of the historic U.S. presidential election, news outlets across the country streamed live video of the news coverage on their Web sites. Obviously, the Web traffic that night, compared to others, was exponentially greater. But it's not as if news organizations went out and spent boatloads of...

Tags: Innovation, Amazon.com Inc., Infrastructure, Cloud Computing, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-20

Hands On: The BlackBerry Storm

First off, a warning: Be very skeptical of any review you read in the next 24 to 48 hours that proclaims to be the definitive word on the Blackberry Storm. While clearly I have my own early impressions, the Storm is so different than any other smartphone...

Tags: Touch Screen, Apple iPhone, Phone, Screen, Network, Verizon Communications Inc., Customer, Video, RIM BlackBerry, Plan, Blackberry Storm, E-mail, Handhelds, Keyboards, Online Communications, Hardware, Peripherals, Josh Taylor

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Budget home theater setups

This is the first of a series of buying guides for those looking forward to this holiday season as a time to assemble a home theater system. First up: budget setups. Whether you need to create a home theater...

Tags: Panasonic, Plasma, DVD Player, Home Theater, LCD, 1080p, Prestigo SRU8010, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Tv & Home Theater, DVD, Media Players, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Top 10 camcorders

This year's hottest product category is arguably digital video, and there are a ton of options available on the market. So which camcorder should you choose? To aid you in your search for the best gadget for your visual adventures, here's my list...

Tags: Camcorder, Video, Canon Inc., Canon HG10, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Streaming Media Policy

Several independent surveys confirm worldwide streaming media use has grown significantly. While there are many legitimate business applications for streamed audio and video files, much streaming media content is strictly entertainment-based and serves no enterprise value. This policy applies to all employees, contractors, consultants, temporaries,...

Tags: Streaming Media, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Digital Media, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Download resources 2008-11-19

iPhone vs. Android development: Day 2

Welcome to day 2 of a 5-day course on iPhone programming presented by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. During the course I'll be blogging about the differences between Android and iPhone development. [Read: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5] ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, User Interface, Localizable.strings, Android Eclipse Plug-in, UINavigationController, UITabBarController, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Lessons from Twitterank launch

The Twitterank experience this week is a sobering example of how equilibrium around an online application can quickly change. Twitter is a powerful tool used by a huge number of people worldwide (Japan enjoys the greatest usage and the most sophisticated usage model - only...

Tags: Twitter, Ryo, Productivity, Security, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-11-14

Help Steve Jobs (Or GM) Design The iCar

The discussion of whether Steve Jobs could revitalize the auto industry by working with GM on an iCar (Steve Jobs For President. Of GM?) has been lively. But the bottom line question remains: What should that iCar be? Let's leave aside what the...

Tags: Steve Jobs, General Motors Corp., iCar, RSS, Digital Music, Digital Media, Internet, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-11-13