SongBird : no more itunes + limewire …
Like iTunes, Songbird has a mini-player which unlike iTunes, mini-player, looks great. Songbird has a lot going for it, but they still need to incorporate some key features that this preview leaves out. Things like an equalizer are absent in this preview. Once sufficient devices support, including iPod support, makes it into Songbird, Apple may need to watch their back - everyone loves the little open source app that makes it big, *cough* Firefox. Songbird may very well be THE music player/manager for all Linux users, beating out Amarok and RhthymBox. The preview released today is a “proof-of-concept” distribution, so it was only available for Windows. There is, however, a strong possibility of Songbird being released on Linux and Mac in the near future. I hope to hear more about Songbird in the future. Download the preview (from yousendit because Songbird’s server is down) and let me know what you think.
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Free iPhone ringtones with iTunes 8.0
In this Insider Secrets video, CNET Editor Brian Tong gives you the lowdown on producing ringtones for your Apple phone using nothing but Apple’s own free music library and player.
Here’s a thought: instead of wading through dozens of ringtone-making apps to find one suited to your iPhone, why not try–what else?–iTunes for Windows and Mac?
TeamViewer 3 - The one-stop solution for remote access
There are times when you and your friend are chatting with each other and your friend is facing some problem, but unable to explain it to you. In these times, Team Viewer comes to play. With this only 1MB very handy software, you can control everything of your partner’s computer from opening an application to editing php code in dreamweaver except shut-down.
Teamviewer sure is fun but it has tons of uses in professional field. Like it has presentation mode which shows your desktop to your partner. You can present your presentations, demos within seconds live from your screen.
You can easily transfer files between local and remote computer. You can chat with each other. These are few promising features of TeamViewer. Read on ……….
YouTube error - we’re sorry, this video is no longer available
YouTube Video Error
“we’re sorry, this video is no longer available”
Sick of pulling your hair out over this error? OK folks the fix is easy and the short answer is, this is a standards compliance and implementation issue. The fast fix is, use Flock. Flock is a new version of the FireFox/Netscape web browser and it’s designed for use with Web 2.0.
Problem solved! Who does YouTube think they are anyway Microsoft?
If you are ademant about not using a really great new web browser then you could try to download the latest version of Flash and rebooting your network router etc. too, that might help. Also make sure that none of your systems are spamming your network by running a free online virus scan from places like pandasoftware.com.
Break Google Logo On the Search Results Page
Brain Brown from SEOmoz.org have discovered a cool hack. With this you can literlly break Google Logo, like shown in the above picture.
To make it work this on your machines, search anything on Google and add “&num=100&start=990” at the end of Google URL without qoutes.
Enjoy breaking Google Logo
Source: Digital Inspiration
Create Separate User Profiles in Google Chrome
The Digital Inspiration blog points out that new-browser-on-the-block Google Chrome shares one thing with Firefox 3 not mentioned in many press reports—a history-aware address bar, or “Awesome Bar,” that can create some red-faced moments on a shared computer. If more than one person on your system is switching to Chrome, and you don’t feel like staying in Incognito Mode all the time, creating a new profile in Chrome requires manually creating a folder in Chrome’s application data folder, but that’s all there is to it. Vista and XP users, hit the link below for help finding your Chrome profiles folder, and then creating a custom shortcut to launch your own Chrome without leaving tracks behind on others.
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Back to School Gadgets for Students…
Summer has gone fast hasn’t it? Hard to believe that many of you will be heading back to school sometime in the next few weeks. That means it’s time to get on a schedule and prepare yourself for another semester of boring lectures, homework and tests. Sure, there is a lot of fun to be had—but the party is going to come to a screeching halt when you get out there into the real world. That’s why you have to apply yourself now so you can get a good job when all is said and done. Either that, or you have to learn how to cut corners more effectively. Since this is the Thank Giz It’s Friday roundup, we are going with the latter.
More Gadgets after the break… Read More …
HACKED! - Maker-made USB cable storage now a product!
Say hi to the USB cable flash drive — As seen at MAKE and now it’s a real product, excellent work Windell and Lenore - this is a great hacky "make" project that’s now for sale!
HACKED. Holy crap—somebody just went and TORE MY FREAKING USB CABLE IN HALF while it was still attached to my laptop! No — wait — sorry. That’s just my USB flash drive. My bad. Nevermind. Mammoth 2-gig capacity. Peggable blistercard packaging. Design: Windell Oskay
