Category: Software

August 14, 2007

Rollover Beethoven 2.0: the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic to Rock Second Life

Filed under: Software - 14 Aug 2007

liverpoolphil.jpgTalk about your skewed demographics–while its largest competitor, There.com, busies itself lining up appearances by The Beastie Boys, MIMS, Lilly Allen, …

Netflix Apple, Firefox, Living Room Compatibility Delayed

Filed under: Software, web_video, apple, browsers - 14 Aug 2007

Bummer news for Netflix fans with non-Intel Apple machines at home. Looks like we’re going to be waiting until 2008 before we’re afforded the opportunity to try out the …

August 13, 2007

Happy Left-Handers Day!

Filed under: Software - 13 Aug 2007

left%20hand.JPGBecause of a systemic campaign of de-emphasisby the Man (who is right-handed, of course) today, August 13, Left-Handers’ Day, has only a few hours left …

Google Pack Adds Free Full-Feature Office Suite

Filed under: Software, business_software - 13 Aug 2007

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Google just added StarOffice, a free full-feature Office Suite, to its Google Pack collection of applications. Sun developed StarOffice from the same …

PC Magazine’s Top 100 Classic Web Sites

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It took a ton of work, but the first part of our annual top Web sites roundup is finally here. This week, we look at …

Universal Tracks Not Quite DRM-Free

Filed under: Software, music - 13 Aug 2007

Remember that announcement regarding Universal’s decision to release DRM-free tracks via Rhapsody? Another major label taking the plunge into the next logical step of the music …

Thai Students Win Imagine Cup 2007

Filed under: Software - 13 Aug 2007

Congratulations to Prachaya Phaisanwiphatpong, Vasan Chienmaneetaweesin, Jatupon Sukkasem, and Pathompol Saeng-Uraiporn from Thailand’s Team 3KC Returns/Project LiveBook! , who celebrated their first-place finish in the worldwide Software Design Invitational, sponsored …

August 12, 2007

Explore New Music with TuneGlue

Filed under: Software, cool_web_sites, search, music - 12 Aug 2007

TuneGlue EBTG The Web offers many music-discovery engines, along with a lot of services that promise to help you find artists similar to the …

August 11, 2007

Sumatra PDF Viewer: Fast and Simple PDF Reading

Filed under: Software, free_downloads, utilities - 11 Aug 2007

SumatraPDF LogoAdobe Acrobat Reader is still the king of PDF viewers, but that might only be by market share, the same way Internet Explorer …

August 10, 2007

Google Video Revokes DRM: Purchased Videos are Gone

Filed under: Software, web_video - 10 Aug 2007

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I got the strangest e-mail from Google Video just now. Seems they’re doing away with their download-to-own/download-to-rent programs, so everything I’ve purchased will …

Flickr Improves Web Photo Uploader

Filed under: Software, photo_imaging - 10 Aug 2007

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Photoholics take notice: If you haven’t downloaded and installed the Uploadr desktop software to facilitate getting pictures into the number-one photo sharing site–or don’t want to–…

iPhotoMeasure: Ditch the Tape Measure, Grab a Digicam

Filed under: Software, photo_imaging - 10 Aug 2007

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When the team here at PC Magazine first got wind of iPhotoMeasure, software that promises to let you take accurate measurements of …