Archive for: February 5, 2008

 It looks like Apple fans will have new MacBook Pros coming their way, and that still unconfirmed report is somewhat backed up by a couple of stock screenshots by Best Buy’s tracking system (shown above). The images do not reveal sufficient data about how these new MacBook Pros will turn out, h…

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Yeah, it’s no Spice Weasel, but we’re pretty certain that product concept would feel right at domestic in an episode of Futurama. That’s right kids, it’s the spice gun — a handy device which would allow you to gun down your food in cold-blooded flavor. To use that killer, you…

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Right before we closed the nominations for last year’s Webware 100 awards, I wrote a post about there being too many social networks in the running. Apparently, all you genius Web 2.0 entrepreneurs skipped school that day, considering for the 2008 Webware 100, we have, again, way too many soc…

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No, it’s not that 700MHz spectrum, but the $2.5 billion sale of the airwaves to AT&T from private firm Aloha Partners could have implications as large as Auction 73’s massive, open-access Block C itself. Given that Aloha’s Hiwire trials for DVB-H-based mobile TV have been playing in the 700M…

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Sick of installing bookmarklets or browser plug-ins to save and share hyperlinks with other humans? Or do you simply want to keep a record of all the text, hyperlinks, or pictures you’ve copied to your computer’s clipboard? Check out ControlC, a new service that’s halfway within a social bookmarkin…

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In move to curtail retaliation by vengeful sellers in its feedback system, eBay plans to prohibit sellers from posting negative feedback about their customers.

Beginning in May, sellers will not be able to leave negative or even neutral comments about their customers, only positive feedback, said …

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Apple gadget enthusiasts rejoice - the maker of all things digitally elegant has just busted out the announcement that it’s going to invent new models of both the iPhone and the iPod touch, with different memory capacities to accommodate pretty much everyone. From the casual media viewer to the …

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Jerry Yang has already gotten calls from Steve Ballmer and Eric Schmidt, but he’s having trouble filling up the rest of his five faves.

Try as Yahoo might, apparently no one wants to tender against Microsoft’s bulging bank history.

The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday night that no serious bi…

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We want to believe, we really do, but these failed attempts and poorly-lit basement videos aren’t precisely confidence inducing. Nevertheless, Thane Heins’ Perepiteia generator has reportedly made its way down to a number of universities and labs across America, and while some onlookers have wen…

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The PC Magazine Software team has rounded up the best (and worst) of the apps dedicated to finding and killing spyware—and to keeping it from getting on your machine in the first place. As with all software, not all antispyware apps are created equal. Find out which ones to buy and which ones to avoid in this security roundup.

Attention voters: whether you’re casting your poll for a special someone on that Super Duper Tuesday, you might want to build out what the folks by at Common Cause have to say. The nonpartisan, nonprofit voting machine watchdog wants you to know that six out of the 24 states involved in the pres…

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I read an editorial recently suggesting that we lousy kids feel that free money is our birthright. Despite the sarcastic ripostes such a statement brings to the surface, it's really tough to argue against. I, for one, went to school at the height of the Napster craze. T3 connections and P2P services make for a nasty combo--not that I or my friends took part in any such thing. I just, you know, heard some stories.

Since those glory days of free-for-all music piracy, a lot of folks have abandoned P2P services, for fear that the RIAA and assorted members of Metallica might come to their houses and shoot their dogs.

There are, however, alternatives. The following solutions are in something of a legal gray area, which is to say that they pull their content from both legal and illegal sites--so use them with caution.

Search engines such as Google, Yahoo!, and MSN can be the ultimate music-finding tool. There are certain strings that you can plug into them to search for particular file formats: i.e., MP3s, OGGs, or WAVs. Typing the following string into Google will scour the engine's results for music files: "parent directory" mp3 OR wma OR ogg OR wav [artist or song name] -html -htm -download -links

For the same results using Yahoo! or MSN, check out the codes over at Blog Anything.

Some sites perform similar searches using different algorithms than the aforementioned search engines. My personal favorite at present is Skreemr. It offers some of the strongest search results and some of the best tools, including instant playback, audio and song rating, and music cross-referencing from sites such ...