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BitTorrent inks licensing deal with studios: BitTorrent inks licensing deal with studiosIndie Productions take advantage of these toolsIndie productions have a different model... get exposure and then use that exposure to drive other platforms. In otherwords, start with bittorent and move to other areas, such as "Cactuses" @ www.cactusesmovie.com , or other on-line methods and...; Tags: Consumer electronics, strategy, DVD, Indie Productions, piracy, reasonable price, BitTorrent, licensing deal; Discussion threads 2006-07-10

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CrazyContrast (zip): Crazy Contrast is another crazy prank program from MAXIMA Productions. It will change your monitor contrast level every 1 second, so your monitor will be flashy. Great program to prank your friends. To stop the prank: move your mouse to the left-corner of the screen until a window appears. This...; Tags: Program, Monitor, MAXIMA Productions, Monitors & Displays, Mice, Hardware, Components, Peripherals; Software downloads 2008-08-28
Tranquility (exe): Out of the box, Tranquility comes with over 70 pre-made audio Environments for you to listen to and start editing. Tranquility allows you to create your own Environment, with pictures assigned to sounds. Family albums take on a new experience, experience some wonderful attempts at bring the great outdoors indoors...; Tags: Environment, Suntelia, Tranquility; Software downloads 2008-08-28
iRecordMax Sound Recorder (exe): All-in-one solution for all your audio needs. iRecordMax Sound Recorder - Digital perfection for all recordings with the most-sold music-restoration software in the world. iRecordMax is your universal recorder for any medium; transfer your favorite records, tapes, and all other audio media quickly and in perfect quality. One click, and...; Tags: Audio, Recorder, iRecordMax Software; Software downloads 2008-08-25
Talking Firefox security with Mozilla's Window Snyder: LAS VEGAS -- Mozilla security chief Window Snyder wants to open-source much more than the Firefox browser. During a sit-down chat at the Black Hat security conference here, Snyder announced plans to launch three new initiatives around threat modeling, training and vulnerability metrics that push the envelope...; Tags: mozilla firefox, window, training, web browser, mozilla corp., window snyder, web browsers, security, internet, ryan naraine; Blog posts 2008-08-06

Poll: How would you rebrand Live Search?: Poll: How would you rebrand Live Search?Poll: How would you rebrand Live Search?I wouldn't. Microsoft Live Search is now synonymous with web searching. Live Search has always provided relevant results that you can't find from its competitors. It's the default setting on all my browsers both at...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Branding, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Live Search; Discussion threads 2008-08-01
EZ Wedding Productions (exe): EZ Wedding Productions allows the end user to quickly create itemized contract proposals for their clients with professional appearance. Document can be formatted to resemble other in house letterheads including logo and font. Features include spellcheck, automatic completion of words and phrases, automatic inputting of price, automatic calculation of in-line...; Tags: Wade Instruments, EZ Wedding Productions, Sales Strategy, Taxes, Free Trade, Sales Force Management, Sales, Financial Planning, Finance; Software downloads 2008-07-28
Can Mozilla's security metrics project end the patch-counting nonsense?: In partnership with indie security consultant Rich Mogull left Mozilla has launched a valuable Security Metrics Project that could help to -- we can only hope -- put an end to the silly notion that patch-counting helps to determine a product's security posture. The idea is...; Tags: Mozilla Corp., Rich Mogull, Security, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-03
A boon to the Webtop: Adobe makes indexing Flash in search easier: A boon to the Webtop: Adobe makes indexing Flash in search easierWow!This is a really big deal for Flash developers. We've been waiting a long time for this. No more alternate content solutions and having SEO dweebs trying scab your clients over this issue.Now, all we need is Flash on...; Tags: SEARCH, WebTop, Adobe Systems Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-07-01
Samsung SP-A800B: Samsung's flagship one-chip DLP-based home theater projector, the SP-A800B, takes accuracy of signal reproduction to a new level. My previous reference projector, the Samsung SP-H710AE, was designed by Joe Kane, and that well-known video guru and author of Digital Video Essentials also designed the SP-A800B. While the 710E is spectacularly...; Tags: Projectors, Home entertainment, TV & Home Theater, picture menu, Movie mode, Samsung SP-A800B, projector, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.; Product reviews 2008-06-10
Microsoft puts more muscle behind Windows and Web search: Microsoft puts more muscle behind Windows and Web searchwhen it will be available on Windows Update?when it will be available on Windows Update?Win Update: Microsoft saysFrom a company spokeswoman:"We don't have a specific date yet, but Microsoft is planning to make it available on Windows Update as an optional download...; Tags: Operating systems, Web, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Windows, Internet search; Discussion threads 2008-06-05
Audio Odyssey Director (exe): Audio Odyssey is a new digital music distribution and aggregation service, giving unsigned artists and independent labels the power to submit new music to iTunes & multiple digital music stores. To help unsigned artist and indie labels get there music on the iTunes Music store. We have developed an Upload...; Tags: Apple iTunes, Director, Music, Audio Odyssey, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics; Software downloads 2008-06-05
Alternative MP3 Songs (gadget): Introducing the Amazon Alternative MP3 Song Gadget. The MP3 Song gadget lets you play music samples in the American Alternative, British Alternative, Compilations, Goth, Industrial, Hardcore, Punk, Indie, Live Recordings, NewWave, and Post-Punk from Amazons DRM-free catalog of over 5 Million songs. All songs are compatible with iTunes and Windows...; Tags: Song, Amazon.com Inc., MP3, Sidebar Gadgets, Digital Music, Digital Media, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Microsoft Windows, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Security, Operating Systems, Software; Software downloads 2008-05-27
More hints that a 3G iPhone is imminent: Most people seem pretty convinced that the 3G iPhone will be released next month. The going theory is that Jobs will announce the beast at his keynote address at WWDC in San Francisco on 09 June 2008 and that it will be shipping in quantity some time around the end...; Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Apple iPhone, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Good Microsoft, Bad Microsoft: Good Microsoft, Bad MicrosoftMS is Straddling The FenceMS appears to be straddling the fence in the area of DRM. It appears the company doesn't want to tick off big content owners, so it does what big content tells it to do. So when big content says MS should screw over...; Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, digital-rights management, Microsoft Corp., Good Microsoft, Bad Microsoft; Discussion threads 2008-04-23
It ain't easy being indie: Are indie game developers the next rock stars? They certainly think so. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi catches up with Kyle Gabler, a developer who may have just hit the jackpot with a Nintendo WiiWare contract. But the path to get there wasn't always easy.; Tags: News, kara tsuboi, tower of goo, kyle gabler, shalin shodhan, experimental gameplay project, etc, carnegie mellon, pittsburgh, gamer; Videos 2008-04-16
Welcome WiiWare: CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi brings you the latest Nintendo Wii news and throws in some yoga and ski moves from a recent media party in San Francisco. Expect to see new WiiWare titles from indie game developers in the Wii Shop; slick third-party games from Lucas Arts and Electronic Arts;...; Tags: News, nintendo, wii, major league eating, tower of goo, wii fit, mario cart, wiiware, kara tsuboi; Videos 2008-04-15
Hooray! Blu-ray BD+ hacked!: The good folks at SlySoft announced last week that they'd broken the BD+ copy protection scheme: With today's release of version 6.4.0.0 of AnyDVD HD it is now also possible to make backup security copies of Blu-ray discs protected with BD+. Cool....; Tags: Hollywood, Blu-ray, Copy Protection, SlySoft, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2008-03-23
trakAxMobile (msi): Create a video mash-up for an audience of millions or a photo slideshow to share with friends. On your Phone. On the go. trakAxMobile enables you to create and edit video and music mixes quickly and easily on your mobile device. These mixes can be combined with slideshows, text, and...; Tags: Multimedia, Video, Photograph, HighAndes, trakAxMobile, Corporate Communications, Marketing; Software downloads 2008-03-19
News to know: EclipseCon; Tired browser wars; Apple; P4P; R.I.P. Russell Shaw: Notable headlines: Rest in peace Russell Shaw. Techmeme Ed Burnette: EclipseCon 2008: Fake Steve Jobs, Microsoft, E4, and more Jason O'Grady: Getting tired of the browser-go-round David Morgenstern: Fun facts about Mac OS X Leopard's icons Jason Perlow:...; Tags: EclipseCon, Yahoo! Inc., P2P, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Peer To Peer (P2P), Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-17