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- Media support in Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn
- Media support in Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty FawnInstall Mplayer or VLC instead ...It has built in codec support for Quicktime 7 files. There is also a graphical front end that's included. Mplayer will also allow you to capture network streams and do conversion with mencoder, but it's on the command line...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Consumer electronics, Windows Media, Apple QuickTime, Ubuntu, VLC Player, mplayer, Automatix, Mplayer, DVD
- Discussion threads 2007-06-20
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- News to know: Layoffs at AT&T, Adobe, Real; AMD warns; $99 iPhone
- Larry Dignan: AT&T cuts 12,000 jobs, will cut capital spending Jason D. O'Grady: Adobe lays off 600; skips Macworld Expo Sam Diaz: Next up for layoffs: Real Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: AMD warns of 25% drop in Q4 sales Larry Dignan: AMD:...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Layoff, Larry Dignan, AT&T Corp., Health Care, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-05
- Coming on Patch Tuesday: 8 bulletins, 6 critical
- The final Microsoft Patch Tuesday for 2008 will be a big one: 8 bulletins covering serious code execution flaws in a wide range of ubiquitous software. According to the company's advance notice mechanism, six of the eight bulletins will be rated "critical," Microsoft's highest severity rating. The...
- Tags: Flaw, Microsoft Corp., Bulletin, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-12-05
- Harden Facebook? Sure, but where to start?
- * Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Paul F. Roberts You may have heard the news that everybody's favorite social network, Facebook, won a big legal settlement on Monday against spammers who were using the 100 million strong network to distribute what the...
- Tags: Facebook, Application, Network, Attack, Social Networking, Networking, Security, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-12-05
- Market player machinations may warp, but not 'kill', SOA
- Dave Linthicum recently offered a somewhat dour assessment of the SOA market, determining that there at least five things killing SOA as we know it these days: Venture capitalists by micromanaging SOA vendors; Sarbanes-Oxley by scaring away SOA vendors; Big consulting firms (by mismanaging SOA...
- Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: High-end home theater setups
- Economy be damned, you want to upgrade your home theater—and do it right—for the holidays (and/or in anticipation of the Super Bowl). If you have the means to spend more than two grand on a set and the hundreds and hundreds more to round out your setup with primo components,...
- Tags: Plasma, Home Theater, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Review: New REDFLY C8N Smartphone Terminal serves as a media player too
- Review: New REDFLY C8N Smartphone Terminal serves as a media player tooRedfly speedHi, I am a user of Redfly Celio and i have a question. I was wondering what is more important on a windows mobile device that pair up with a Redfly unit. I tried asking Celio but they...
- Tags: Media players, DOES IT, media player, REDFLY C8N Smartphone Terminal
- Discussion threads 2008-12-03
- Slicing up Sun
- Being employed by a large technology company and being a freelance technology writer has its pitfalls -- one of which is from a disclosure perspective, I'm not allowed to talk about strategy and forward-looking statements regarding the company I work for. The risk...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Storage, Open Source, Processors, Servers, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Craving for that next cell phone hit
- Zack Whittaker has taken a few days off to "get his head together", and scheduled this post to be released in his absence. I'd like to tell you about a conversation I had with my friend recently; this was seconds after she had lost her purse...
- Tags: Phone, Cell Phone, Zack Whittaker, Telecom & Utilities
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Richard Solo 1200 - Backup Battery with Flashlight
- If you own an Apple iPhone 3G and use it relentlessly throughout the day, you've probably noticed its battery life often does not last as long as you would like. This is acceptable with something like a music player, but for a cell phone, it's a little more important for...
- Tags: Engineering, backup, battery, Apple iPhone, Richard
- Product reviews 2008-12-02
- 2008 Lexus RX 400h
- Photo gallery:2008 Lexus RX 400hAlthough the Toyota Prius popularized hybrids, the Lexus RX 400h was the first luxury hybrid on the market. Packaged as an SUV, it brings qualities you wouldn't expect from this type of car, such as good mileage, a finely appointed cabin, and a comfortable ride. It...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Lexus RX, Lexus
- Product reviews 2008-12-02
- Acoustic Research HDP100 HDMI Powerlink System
- If you've paid to have your HDTV installed in any kind of permanent way, you know that the cost of installation can often overtake the cost of the television itself. Part of that installation cost involves wiring: running cables from your gear up to the TV, generally through walls. In...
- Tags: TVs, Network technology, TV & Home Theater, Acoustic Research HDP100, HDMI, HDMI-cable, cable, transmitter, back-panel
- Product reviews 2008-12-02
- CIOs vote on Vista for '09
- CIOs vote on Vista for '09But what about...But what about the main loser OSes? You know, the ones that have only a tiny fraction of Vista's marketshare, even though they have been on the market longer?http://marketshare.hitslink.com/os-market-share.aspx?qprid=9&qptimeframe=M&qpsp=108&qpnp=11&qpdt=1&qpct=2So, to extrapolate based on marketshare, the response would then go something like:OSX (being...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, OSX, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-12-02
- Apple Confuses Speech with a DMCA Violation
- Apple Confuses Speech with a DMCA ViolationApple is much more evil than MS...they've just been so much less successful that no one has noticed just how evil Apple is. People are beginning to notice. :)RE: Apple Confuses Speech with a DMCA ViolationI used to use Anapod Explorer for my old...
- Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Computers Today, Apple Inc., Apple Confuses Speech, DMCA Violation, DMCA
- Discussion threads 2008-12-02
- Nokia updates Nokia Maps and Nokia Messaging clients and services
- Nokia updates Nokia Maps and Nokia Messaging clients and servicesN97 Videos and specshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CpesK7lmMgNokia N97 Data SheetPlanned Market Introduction•1st half 2009Category•ExploreInternet•Easy and fast connections to internet services •Easy text input with QWERTY keyboard and touch screen•3.5 inch sliding tilt display •Live personalized home screen with widgets•Up-to-date information via RSS feed•Fully compatible...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Digital media, Cellular phones, Digital video, GPS, Nokia Corp., video
- Discussion threads 2008-12-02
- 2009 Infiniti FX50S
- Photo gallery: 2009 Infiniti FX50SWhether the Infiniti FX's bulbous curves can be considered beautiful is debatable, but one thing we know for certain is that--in FX50S trim--it certainly is imposing. With muscular front fenders, a large dark chrome grill, and a pair of the most aggressive headlights we've ever...
- Tags: AVM, Infiniti FX50S, camera
- Product reviews 2008-12-01
- Apple hits Psystar with DMCA charges
- Apple hits Psystar with DMCA chargesCan't wait for the iApologistto show up, talking out of the other side of their mouths about how the DMCA is evil except when Apple uses it.Should match their views on patents....But... but... but... Apple doesn't use a TPM DRM chip!!!All the Apple zealots told...
- Tags: Digital media, Apple EULA, intel, Apple Inc., DMCA, Psystar, DMCA charge
- Discussion threads 2008-12-01
- Griffin Simplifi
- The Griffin Simplifi ($79) is a USB-connected dock for Apple's iPod and iPhone that offers an integrated Flash memory card reader. To be clear, the Griffin Simplifi doesn't let you import or export files directly between Flash cards and your iPod, it simply consolidates a USB card-reader and iPod dock...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Memory, Flash memory, Griffin Simplifi, Griffin, Apple iPod
- Product reviews 2008-12-01
- Google outlines plan for extensions in Chrome
- Google outlines plan for extensions in ChromeYou are on target, GarettI would enjoy using Chrome if it were not for the features it lacks:☻ It lacks common user controls☻ It lacks needed functionalities (like ad-blocking, JavaScript controls, cross-site scripting controls, etc.)☻ It lacks Bookmark management ([i]including[/i] Sort features)☻ It lacks...
- Tags: Web browsers, Chrome, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-12-01
- Palm: On track to become a historical footnote
- Remember when Palm - maker of the Pilot and Tungsten PDAs and later the Treo smartphone - was the dominant player in the handheld device business? Today, it's a completely different landscape. Apple's iPhone has recently dominated the smartphone space. RIM is making a big push with the launch of...
- Tags: Palm Inc., Smart Phone, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
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