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Music studios: Love Amazon, hate Apple

Music studios: Love Amazon, hate AppleThe game has only startedThere is a myth of iTunes/iPod locking you into a DRM nightmare.But for your info, you can "un-DRM" all the music you get from the iTunes store: just burn them on a CD. Similarly, iTunes/iPod can accept all your music from...

Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Digital rights management (DRM), game, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Music Studio, DRM-Free Music, digital-rights management, Amazon.com Inc., music

Discussion threads 2007-12-28

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Consumers score a partial win against Walmart

Walmart has done a 180 on its earlier decision to pull the plug on its DRM servers (thereby locking customers' music collection to whatever PC it happened to be on at the time) and decided to keep the DRM servers running - for now. Important Information About Your Digital Music Purchases ...

Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Digital-rights Management, Server, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-10-10

AudioProc (exe)

AudioProc is a high-quality, linear-phase multiband audio dynamics processor for Winamp, utilizing 10-band compression/expansion/limiting technology that emulates expensive professional broadcast hardware. Intended to achieve a competitive 'on the air' sound signature resembling that of modern audio broadcast processors used by major market FM radio stations, AudioProc will normalize the volume...

Tags: Clay Hellman, AudioProc, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2008-10-09

Rich people can hang $4,000 IntelliTunes digital jukebox on their walls

This one may be just for the Lehman Brothers and AIG execs of the world, because I'm not sure anyone else can afford Game Cabinets' new $3,995 Intellitunes digital jukebox in this economy. What do you get for all that money? The wall-mountable unit sports two separate...

Tags: Jukebox, Wall, Intellitunes, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-10-08

Have we all become a bunch of anxious, depressed, sleep-deprived irritable stress-heads?

Let's face it, the last month or so has been a challenge for just about anyone's tolerance of stress and has made even the most "stable" of us question our own emotional and mental health. But I've discovered that IT workers in particular, or anyone who...

Tags: Sleep, Job, Beverage, Health Care, Computer, Recruitment & Selection, Benefits, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Food & Beverage, Productivity, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Manufacturing, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-10-08

YouTube teams with iTunes, Amazon to offer e-commerce feature

It's Business 101: Don't wait for your customers to come to you. Go to the places where they are. That's why you've seen the launches of music streaming services within MySpace and Google's AdSense program extended into Web-based video games. Now, YouTube has partnered with Amazon and...

Tags: Team, YouTube Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Video, Apple iTunes, E-business, Corporate Communications, Web Technology, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-08

AdSense for Games: Could RIAs be next?

AdSense for Games: Could RIAs be next?Where do they cook up these numbers?25% of internet users play games. Okay, does that mean they play the little cutesy web games, or the massive online games like WoW, or multiplayer PC games, or any kind of game at all? Does it count...

Tags: Games, game, Google AdSense, rich Internet application

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

Apple dominates the teen vote, but...

Teenagers just love their Apple gear as the iPhone and iPod widen their lead among this fickle set. According to a Piper Jaffray report Apple is dominating teenagers' buying patterns. The high level details of a survey of 769 teens: 22...

Tags: Teen, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Digital Music, Digital Media, 401(k), Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Human Resources, Benefits, Retirement Plans, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-08

Air Hockey 3D (zip)

Air Hockey 3D is a fast-paced and easy-to-learn air hockey simulation intended for kids ages 8 and up. Controlled by the mouse, keyboard, or a joystick, this arcade-style game includes lots of options, including music, difficulty, a customizable in-game commentator, and more. Stunning full-3D graphics simply add icing to this...

Tags: Cubex Digital Entertainment, Games, Keyboards, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2008-10-08

ClickeX (zip)

ClickeX! is a simple yet challenging arcade game reminiscent of whack-a-mole. Intended for younger players, this fast-paced click-em-up uses bright colors and bright, playful music. Although simple in appearance, ClickeX! is packed with features, including difficulty levels, a simple CD player, sound options, and more. This version is the first...

Tags: Player, Cubex Digital Entertainment, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-10-08

Photo Art Studio (zip)

Photo Art Studio is a brand-new application for decorating photos and applying effects. Within literally a couple of seconds, you will be able to build up a stylish frame, create a postcard or a collage. The program includes a handful of functions necessary for processing digital photographs: automatic enhancement and...

Tags: Photograph, AMS Software, Photo Art Studio

Software downloads 2008-10-08

Forget the damn netbooks. Can “Windowsâ€� replace Windows?

Forget the damn netbooks. Can “Windowsâ€� replace Windows?It's not about Windowsbut It's about pirated Windows. In my country, you will rarely see a person who willing to buy a genuine copy of Windowseven the rich people except it's coming with the PC they buy. So, if they couldn't afford a...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2008-10-07

Forget the damn Linux netbooks. Can Windows replace Windows?

My esteemed ZDNet colleague Ed Bott, God bless him, wrote a very insightful piece in which he discusses Taiwanese PC mainboard and component manufacturer  MSI's challenges of selling Linux-based versions of their netbook, the Wind U90. Apparently, according to MSI, Linux-based versions of their netbook are...

Tags: MSI, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Zune 3.0

Photo gallery:Zune 3.0 softwareIn order for Microsoft's Zune MP3 player to compete against Apple's iPod, Microsoft not only had to create a great MP3 player; it also had to create a solid software client to compete against iTunes. In doing so,it's created an attractive, full-featured digital-media jukebox that some users...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Media players, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Zune

Product reviews 2008-10-07

Samsung Sway SCH-U650 (Verizon Wireless)

It's clear that Samsung loves two things: slim slider phones and midrange camera phones with a flip design. Indeed, we've seen a deluge of such models over the last few years, with the latest in the slider camp being the Samsung SCH-U650 for Verizon Wireless. Also called the Sway, (why,...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Verizon Wireless, keypad button, display, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung Sway, phone

Product reviews 2008-10-07

Atrivo/Intercage's disconnection briefly disrupts spam levels

After years of operation, California based ISP Atrivo/Intercage, a well known Russian Business Network darling, faced the music and was disconnected from the Internet by its upstream provider at the end of September. What happened according to MessageLabs's latest intelligence report, was a brief decline of spam due to the...

Tags: Internet Service Provider, Atrivo/Intercage, Intercage, Atrivo, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Cyberthreats, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-10-07

The HP-MySpace deal: Who needs this most? Not MySpace users.

HP and MySpace are partnering to "unlock the content of MySpace" by giving users the tools to print their pictures. You know, like to a printer. Hopefully, wink wink an HP printer. On the surface, this sounds like a good plan. There are billions of images that...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Photograph, Image, MySpace, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-07

How a Mac Mini can beat a quad-core Vista behemoth (or how Apple can't write good software for Windows)

How a Mac Mini can beat a quad-core Vista behemoth (or how Apple can't write good software for Windows)Adrian - why would Apple write good Windows software?Apple has historically had an edge with video editing / graphical design applications. Now, since they've moved to an Intel platform, any hardware advantages...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital music, Desktops, Digital media, Operating systems, software, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, Vista behemoth, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple QuickTime, quad-core

Discussion threads 2008-10-07

Windows Vista Woes or helping my Grandson with homework

Considering my background, it's not at all hard to understand how I've become the tech support helpdesk for family, friends and the neighborhood as a whole. I've done my best to accept my lot in life with grace and courage. This time, my Grandson, Steven, was trying to complete a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft PowerPoint, Laptop Computer, Steven, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Microsoft Office, Software, Office Suites, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-10-07

GMail Desktop Studio (exe)

GMail Desktop Studio brings all the features of GMail to your desktop. With a system tray notification system, a built in browser, and the ability to handle mailto links: GMail Desktop keeps your GMail accounts within a mouse click. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Desktop, Google Gmail, BlueCrestStudios, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet

Software downloads 2008-10-07