Archive for: June 29, 2008

June 29, 2008

Share big songs with tiny urls using TinySong

Filed under: Review - 29 Jun 2008

If you’re a frequent Webware reader you might remember Grooveshark, and Grooveshark Lite–two different but equally awesome music sharing and listening tools. From those same folks comes TinySong, a bit of a play on large link sharing services like TinyURL. However, instead of sharing Web sites with…

GLaDOS GPS voice pack just wants to help you find your way. To the morgue.

Filed under: Review - 29 Jun 2008

Filed under: Gaming, GPSAn enterprising nerd by the name of Ryan VanMiddlesworth is clearly a bigger Portal fan than you, since he’s cobbled together a GLaDOS-simulating voice pack for Garmin Nüvis. Just don’t try to prevent “GLaGPS” from constantly trying to divert you to cake-related points o…

MPAA helps land criminal conviction in P2P piracy case

Filed under: Review - 29 Jun 2008

The Motion Picture organization of America has helped convict an administrator for EliteTorrents.org, a peer-to-peer site, of felony copyright infringement and conspiracy, the U.S. Justice agency announced Friday.

Daniel Dove, 26, of Clintwood, …

Criminal conviction in P2P piracy case

Filed under: Review - 29 Jun 2008

The Motion Picture organization of America has helped convict an administrator for EliteTorrents.org, a peer-to-peer site, of felony copyright infringement and conspiracy, the U.S. Justice department announced Friday.

Daniel Dove, 26 of Clintwoo…

Opera 9.51 Build 10080 RC2

The most full featured Internet power tool on the market Opera includes pop up blocking tabbed browsing integrated searches and advanced functions like Opera 39 s groundbreaking E mail program RSS Newsfeeds and IRC chat And because we know that our users have different needs you can customize the look and content of your Opera browser with a few clicks of the mouse nbsp

SpyBot - Search & Destroy 1.6 RC1

SpyBot Search and Destroy searches your hard drive for so called spy or adbots that is little modules that are responsible for the ads many programs display Many of these modules also transmit information including your surfing behavior on the Internet If it finds such modules it can remove them In most cases the host still runs fine after removing the spyware adware

Another feature is the removal of usage tracks which makes it more complicated for unknown spybots to transmit useful data The list of last visited websites opened files started programs cookies all that and more can be cleaned Supported are the three major browsers Internet Explorer Netscape Communicator and Opera

Qualcomm vs. Intel: You decide

Filed under: Review - 29 Jun 2008

Qualcomm has Snapdragon. Intel has Atom and Moorestown. Which of these chips is (will be) a more viable, compelling chip for the fit-in-your-pocket device and ultralight computer market? I’ll let the reader decide.

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon is a highl…

Local public school students get assigned Zunes

Filed under: Review - 29 Jun 2008

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable VideoThe latest edu-gimmick to hit small-town America: Liberty, Missouri’s handing out a hundred and change media players — Zunes, to be specific — to local high school and middle school students for listening to lesson-supporting podcasts in the hopes of savi…

MetroPCS MetroFlash welcomes Verizon, Sprint customers — and their devices

Filed under: Review - 29 Jun 2008

MetroPCS may not have the largest wireless footprint in the States, but they did take a jab at the larger two CDMA carriers by announcing their intention to take on any Verizon and Sprint customers ready to jump ship — as well as any “compatible” devices they may want to bring along with them. …

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Google taps ‘Family Guy’ guy for Web series

Filed under: Review - 29 Jun 2008

Web search giant Google has enlisted Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane to create an original lively series that it will distribute on the Web via its AdSense advertising system, according to a report in the New York Times .

Seth MacFarlane is crea…

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith gets unboxed, rag-covered mic stand not found

Filed under: Review - 29 Jun 2008

Well, what do you know? That Guitar Hero axe that was spotted a few months back on How I Met Your Mother was actually a sneak peek of the six string that comes bundled with the new Activision title. The unwavering rockers by at FW Labs were able to secure a copy of the game in Chile before most …

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Sony Vaio FW and SR series show up on Circuit City

Filed under: Review - 29 Jun 2008

We’d already heard the Vaio FW and SR series were due in short order, but they’ve since apparently shown up on Circuit City’s site. The pages are down now, but the shots of the 16-inch FW (which looks pretty reminiscent of the old school Vaio Z-series) and 13.3-inch SR are still habitable, indic…

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