Wallpaper your iPhone

Backgrounds for your iPhone

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InterfaceLift brings you new photos to choose from everyday. Comment on them, use them. Add a little splash to your iPhone.

                

$250 Off iPhone! While supplies last.

Refurbished iPhone 8GB

Multi-touch display with full QWERTY soft keyboard
Safari web browser
Email access
Built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Holds up to 2,000 songs
Up to 8 hours of talk time and 250 hours of standby time
2.0 megapixel camera
4.8 ounces
4.5 x 2.4 x 0.46 inches
Apple earphones with built-in microphone
USB 2.0 cable

Was $599 Now $349


This is a great deal for anyone that was thinking that the iphone was too expensive and wanted to pick one up at a cheaper price.

                

Tip Calculator - Let your iPhone or iPod Touch help you

Tip Calculator
URL: Tip Calc
So you've just had the meal of your life and the service was the best you've ever had. Pull out your iPhone and point your browser to the tip calculator.

This little application takes the guessing game out of what you should leave. Remember... Tipping is only exceptable if the service was on par. Sub par service doesn't deserve your hard earned money.

                

Aimersoft - Blackberry Converter

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Do you have a Blackberry Curve 8310 or 8320, a Pearl 8110 or a seriess 8800 0r 8700?

Do you want to convert Avi, DVD or any other video types to use on your crackberry!

Aimersoft has an easy to use - one click converter that extremley easy to use for anybody new to video file conversion. It takes guessing out of what the best settings for video conversion are for the blackberry.
The blackberry units play a variety of files, but with the space limitations, being the size of the SDMicro card that is added to the unit. You'll be wanting to make sure that your conversions of your file is sized as small as possible. 2GB doesn't go very far when you also want to store pictures and mp3 files.

Some of our other recommended Blackberry Converter applications.
Movavi - How to convert video for Blackberry

                

How's your memory! Simon says DITTO.

Have some fun today!

Uncovered Pick of the Week

Ditto!

Remember Simon from the 80's, Simon says!
This fun little game can kill some time.. do you have the memory for it!
Just point your iPhone or iPod touch safari browser to the URL.

Url: http://www.gyrocade.com/ditto/

                

Gen X+Y=Z... What's a CD? - iTunes catching Walmart

Most of the kids these days don't even remember the Sony Walkman Sport, when the waterproof cassette player and its yellow sports headphones was the cool thing to own. Most of them don't know what is was like to carry around a portable CD player and endure it skipping over and over as you walked. Now it seems that most of them don't know that music comes on CD's and that you can buy it from a music store. Well, that last statement isn't completely true, it seems that Walmart still leads at the #1 spot for music sales, and right behind them is iTunes.

Eventually as MP3, WMV and MPA playing devices invade the home and the Wifi networks communicate with more and more entertainment equipment, CD's will go the way of the Cassette and the DoDo Birds before them. iTunes and other online music retailers will pass Walmart in music sales. The future is so digital it’s scary.

                

New Cyberlink Coupons 10%-20% off

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Cyberlink creates award winning DVD Copy and editing software. Create Blueray and DVD Movies and more!

                

2GB iPod Shuffle now shipping

[News Release, Feb 26 2008] Apple today began shipping the new 2GB iPod shuffle. Available in five colors — silver, blue, green, purple, and (PRODUCT) RED special edition — for just $69, the newest model of iPod shuffle holds up to 500 songs.
It's not a bad deal, the 1GB sells for $49 US, that's only $20 more, for the additional 1GB of storage space.. that's an extra 250 song storage for your 20 dollars.

                

Macbook Updates - Same look, just faster!

Apple Releases new Macbooks!

Apple today introduced new models of the MacBook and MacBook Pro. MacBook Pro models feature the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors (running at up to 2.6GHz with 6MB of shared L2 cache), larger hard drives (up to 300GB), and 2GB of memory standard in most models. They also include the latest NVIDIA graphics processors — with up to 512MB of video memory — and an innovative Multi-Touch trackpad, first introduced in MacBook Air. The three new models of the MacBook feature faster processors and hard drives: sleek white 2.1 GHz and 2.4 GHz models with 120GB or 160GB 5400 rpm hard drives and a stunning black 2.4 GHz model with a massive 250GB 5400 rpm hard drive. The 2.4 GHz MacBook ships with 2GB of memory standard, expandable up to 4GB across the line. Available immediately, the new MacBook and MacBook Pro models start at just $1,099 and $1,999, respectively
All three models have that old form factor, no new lines or curves, same old look. The backlit LED is a bonus, but a new look would of been interesting. Everyone can stop guessing what the new codes on the BESTBUY inventory mean. We now know!

                

Who's that artist.. Let your iPhone tell you!

This is one of the coolest iPhone hacks i've come across and I really can't wait for the iPhone SDK to release.. Might be this Tuesday.. Maybe not.. anyways! Have you been sitting in the car and wondered what that song was that's on the radio. Well this hack is very BETA and it has a couple of bugs, but it still works a good portion of the time.

Find out more about iListen, or Listen! Click here, it samples what's playing on the radio through the iPhone mic and attempts to figure out what the song and artist is. Tre Cool!

                

PDA Mobile Computing! Need another use for your phone!

Now works on your iPhone and Mac!

Remote access your PC/Mac from anywhere! Forget about your memory stick and loading files up to a storage internet system, or keeping a FTP server going so you can transfer documents and pictures around.

PCnow allows you to gain access to your home computer remotely. Transfering files to your iPhone when your away from home is now possible, you can keep all that extra content on your home system and grab it anytime you want. Think about it.. you keep your video library at home, and get it anywhere, anytime you want something new on your phone, and you don't use up your phones memory.

Forgot a document at home.. no problem just grab it and print to a remote printer, and make that meeting! Have a home security system on a home pc, access that machine and securely monitor your system. Try it FREE!

                

Don't pay full price for the XBOX HDDVD addon

UPDATE: Correction. XBOX HD-DVD will be dumped from the Microsoft product line. Expect to see these with "must go" price tags. In dumpsters, marked as "right-offs" very soon.


Rumor: Microsoft to lower price on HD DVD add on. The rumor mills are flying about what Microsoft will do with it's HD DVD support. Price to hit under $50 in near future for the HD DVD addon drive. Yes the HD DVD content library won't be added to, the same as the BlueRay format anymore, you still might want to pick up one of these to play all the old discount HD DVD content. We say.. forget it! it's still a waste of $50.

                

I hear them! But the mouth is out of sync – AVI Conversion

This has to be the most annoying and frustrating part about converting video. It’s due to a few reasons and some can be corrected and some can’t. Video converting golden rule 1. The conversion is as only as good as its source. rule 2. Some codecs just should never be used.. not naming names.. but some are so LAME.

Going from “AVI to MP4” or “AVI to DVD”, you need to do a couple of checks if you run into a file that has audio problems.

1. Take a look at the video information for the avi file you are having issues.

FPS can be a major reason why you run into audio out-of-sync. During conversion there is a frame rate drop and in re-turn the video is off sync.

· Go to the file in explorer and right click it and choose properties.
· Go to the summary tab… and you might need to click advanced.

What you should see is the frame rate settings. Use that in your conversion program as the FPS (Frames per second).

2. If FPS isn’t the issue and the file plays correctly with your video player than you’ll need to a virtualdub program that re-records it with a constant frame rate and also records the audio again with a different audio codec. Virtual dubbers actually record the file as it’s playing, not digitally. This could fix the issue as well, allowing you to then digitally convert it to DVD or MP4.

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Product (RED) , not just iPods!

Product (RED) Is not just Apple iPods, even though a percentage of each red product at Apple is donated towards the fight on AIDS in Africa. It's about Artist and Musicians coming together, to help. The (RED) site has more information on events, products by other companies and artists.
Apple Product (RED) : include - Shuffles, Nano and a product (RED) iTunes gift card. Over $50 million dollars has been raised in Global Funds so far and you can help too.

                

Apple reduces 1GB iPod to $49

Big news for something so small!
Apple has reduced it's pricing on the 1GB and also the 2GB models.
1GB Shuffle is now $49.00 and the the 2GB Shuffle is $69.00
The iPod shuffle is one smallest portable music players on the market, and it's great for working out at the gym. Jogging or cycling! It's a great arm band companion.
More info at Apple Store

                

Will it be a PS3 Blueray or a XBOX HDDVD

Just Commentary: Will BlueRay support be added to the Xbox.
The obvious answer is YES. The when is still up for grabs? Since we now know that HDDVD will be leaving the market "EXIT STORE LEFT". Blueray DVD is now the defacto standard. Microsoft will probably hold out, but eventually they will move to Blueray to support the next generation movie releases.

Maybe SONY won't license the Blueray technology to Microsoft.
Maybe Microsoft will try to extend the HD DVD with promotions of past titles. If you own an xbox then you could always stream Blueray Discs from your computer to the xbox.

Right now like everyone, there are more questions than answers. The only answer I have, is buy a gaming system to play games that you are interested in. If you like Microsoft titles than buy an XBox. If you want a PS3 with Blueray... buy it because you love the PlayStation games.

                

Pass the scotties or puffs! Toshiba holds wake!

Press Release: http://www.tacp.toshiba.com/news/newsarticle.asp?newsid=198

Taps has been heard resonating out of the Toshiba headquarters. The war on which player will reign is over. All hail SONY!!! Blue-ray. HD-DVD will go the way of Beta and Laserdisc. The HD-DVD player might of been the better next-generation video player, but with-out media it was starved into an early grave... RIP HD-DVD 2006-2008.

Question is! Will Toshiba ever make a BlueRay player. That is after Sony has released the rights! Toshiba statement to continue making DVD players is limiting, and I'm sure that as market shift occurs from DVD to Blueray, deals will be struck and players will show up!

                

Changing AVI files to DVD

Making a DVD From a AVI file.

If your AVI file is not DRM protected than all you need to do is convert it to DVD format (VOB) and select the VideoTS folder in your burning software.

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Burning an AVI file to play in your DVD player is fairly simple. You just need the right program.
Now making a copy of any files downloaded from a P2P network is prohibited by law in some countries.

Steps to turn a AVI file - Lets say from GRABOID or any P2P network.
1. Run the AVI Conversion from AVI to DVD
2. This Creates a VideoTS folder. Burn it to DVD +- R

** Note.. that you must burn a DVD Disc as DVD Video. If you are using Nero, Sonic, RecordNow Etc, DO NOT Burn files as data as the DVD will not play on a normal DVD player. You must choose the DVD Video option so that the disc is written as a DVD video disc.

Is a DIVX Player! The way to go.
I find that a DIVx DVD player (Can be picked up for $50-$60), Just look for the DivX symbol on the DVD Player. Is the way to go! You can fit 5-6 full length movies in avi format on a disc. The disc is created as a DATA disc in the burning software.

Divx players play almost every AVI, MPEG type files. Must also support the xVid codec.

                

VERIFACE! Do you really need your face scanned.

The Lenovo Ideapad has some great little features for the home office/ home entertainment laptop models. Voted Best of CES 2008 (IdeaPad U110) CNET,Jan 08.

· VeriFace facial recognition security
· Dolby home Theater sound
· Multimedia Control Center with touch-sensitive buttons
· GameZone keys with secondary display

But why! Why do I need a security software that's going to scan my face for recognition. It's tre cool, but isn't necessity the mother of invention. I don't really need this, and not on a home/home office line of machines.

Great Option! I really liked that the model 710, actually had an optional 2nd hard drive. It's one thing that laptop owners never really get to take advantage of. Having a second hard drive is great for mirroring personal information for data protection loss. The chance of you losing both drives at the same time is slim! Unless someone steals the laptop of course!

Get More Info on IdeaPad and Veriface security software - Lenovo.com - ideapad

                

When hanging out! Ends up being hanging in! PalTalk

Hang out/in! Meet new people a video online community.
Free Trial of Paltalk Scene

Paltalk is taking video confrencing technology to the mainstream. Meet up with you're friends, meet new people. This is Super Chat! It's bringing all the chat programs together finally letting you video chat with all your friends on Yahoo, AOL and ICQ! Plus, join chat rooms with up to 5,000 people – also with live video and voice!

I know you think, I have msn, I have Yahoo, I have ICQ. Paltalk Scene is not just a chat application, It's a screening room to check out new video and trailers. It's a broadcasting application. It's a meeting place with chat rooms. It's worth a look.

                

Is Apple dropping the Gamer Ball?

Is not releasing an SDK smart?
At least to a core set of developers. Lets face it, if you own a iPhone or and iPod Touch you are pretty much rail roaded into using iTunes for good or bad. Now wouldn't an actual games section in the iTunes store (iGames) be something that the iPhone and iPod Touch owners just eat up. Actual games not developed to run in Safari? I'm sure Apple could work with some of the major game studios to develop some amazing game downloads. Every one would be running out to buy a game controller and maybe even myvu glasses to enhance the game display.

I'm not saying that developing games in Safari HTML (development center) is horrible. Just limiting! One big issue an SDK release from Apple could cause, a DIVx video player might get developed. I'm sure that iTunes managers cringe at the idea that a player that could play something other than MP4(AAC) files might cut into iTunes sales. I think that if someone wants DIVX on the iphone, it's becuase they don't want to convert the file they got from some other place. They most likely only use iTunes to sync the files anyways.

                

Iphone - iGirl or iWash i'm feeling dirty!

http://www.clubwesttv.com/ - iWash

FREE -iGirl DOWNLOAD HERE

to Download the file..just right click above link and Save link as.

1) Synchronizing iVirtuaGirl

Right click on the link above, choose "Save As" and download the video.Double-click on it. iTunes will open and play it.Put your iPhone in the cradle until above sync window shows up.Go to the video tab. Check the box that says iVirtuaGirl_VickyS . Sync your iPhone.

2) Performing iVirtuaGirl

Click the home button on your iPhone. Click the iPod button (bottom right). Hit “videos”. Select iVirtuaGirl_VickyS. You’ll be playing a video.You’ll see a fake home screen (all part of the video) for 5 seconds. Now is a good time to show the screen and tell someone that this thing is voice activated by saying “Stripper”. Once your victim yells “Stripper” the show starts.

Even better yet!! Get VirtualGirl for you're desktop and they dance all day!! Get more Girls and iGirls now! Always updated, Always more girls

From Uncovered search results, I've notice a lot of people trying to find iGirl or iWash. Both of these two movie clips are funny little . Play on your iPhone as movies. These are not screen savers, and you probably won't see them as such, until iPhone SDK is release. Still really funny!

It does bring up the interesting point, what will they think of next. Is the iPhone going to be littered with porn clips? With the SDK upcoming release, will the iPhone and iPod Touch become the next portable gaming platform.

The iPhone has just claimed "Most used" platform for mobile web searches, and that says that the public views this device as portable media access device over just a plain old cell phone.

So why doesn't someone develope an iPet, so I have something else to look after!

                

Giving your computer multiple personalities!

Giving you options
Virtual Environments are a testers best friend.
The biggest issues with testing a new environment is when things go wrong. It's better to lose a virtual environment, which can be backedup and used over and over. Than your main operating system.

Use Windows, need a Windows Server and want to play with Linux. You can have it on a single PC.
Parallels Workstation 2.2 is avaiable as a 15 Day Trial.

So give it a try. You'll see that at any skill level you can get you're system up and running.
I've been using virtual environments for QA testing, Windows Server testing, to test Java code in Apache on Linux. VM makes life so much easier.

Website:http://www.parallels.com/

                

Apple adds MyVu to Apple Store

Early this week, I was checking out the apple store, looking to see if they sold Microphone headsets from the iPod Touch, which i never found.. for the post on Skype you iTouch. As I was looking I did a double take and noticed that the MyVu Personal media viewing glasses are being sold in the Apple Store.

I also realized that you can't beat the closeout price of the 5th Genteration compatible glasses and the clearout the stock sale at Myvu.com to get ready for the release of Crystal 701 models

Link: Apple Store Myvu

                

I can't believe i just deleted that file!

File Recovery by PCTOOLS
We have all done it! We hit the delete button and the file is too big for the recycle bin and it's instantly erased! Well it's still there, it's just not showing in the FAT(File allocation table) NTFS (NT File System). It can be recovered!

File Recover is a safe, affordable and easy-to-use file and data recovery solution, designed to recover and restore deleted files from hard drives, floppy drives and other types of fixed media.

File Recover allows you to recover critically important documents, or other files, which have been lost by accidental deletion. These files may be lost by emptying the Recycle Bin, or using other deletion actions that bypass the Recycle Bin altogether. Such actions include Windows Shift-Delete, command line deletion, deleting excessively large files or using applications that delete files without the Recycle Bin.

When a file is deleted from the Recycle Bin, or if the recycle bin is bypassed altogether, the file can no longer be recovered by the Windows Operating system. The content of the file still remains on the drive, relatively intact, until the section of the drive it occupies is overwritten by another file.

File Recover identifies the contents of such lost files on the hard drive and allows you to recover them. If a file has been partially overwritten, File Recover attempts to reconstruct as much of the file as possible with the remaining contents. This allows you to salvage at least part, if not all, of that recovered file to continue using it as required.

Don't just accept the data loss, documents can be re-written, but your personal movie files, or you pictures can't be replaced. Getting a utility that not only provides peace of mind, but is a great addition to anyones PC toolkit is what you need!

Website: www.pctools.com

                

Roxio Launches New Applications for Video, Music and On-the-Go Enthusiasts

Santa Clara, California A (February 13, 2008) — Roxio®, a division of Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC), the leader in digital media software, today launched three new applications that enable consumers to make the most of their digital libraries.

• MyDVD® 10 Premier
• Easy DVD Copy® 4
• RecordNow™ Music Lab 10 Premier easily turn photos, videos and music into impressive digital media creations that can be shared on CD, DVD or enjoyed on a variety of portable devices.

MyDVD 10 is a comprehensive video editing and DVD creation suite for the growing number of consumers who want to edit home movies and create slideshows and video compilations to view on widescreen TVs or to share online.

To satisfy consumers who wish to enjoy their favorite personal media content and entertainment on the road, Roxio is also releasing Easy DVD Copy 4, the ultimate DVD copy and video conversion application. Designed for the music enthusiast, RecordNow Music Lab 10 makes collecting,! organizing and creating perfect playlists quick and easy.

All three applications are Vista certified. MyDVD 10 Premier and RecordNow Music Lab 10 Premier are available now at www.roxio.com for $69.99 and $49.99 respectively.

Easy DVD Copy 4 Premier will be available later this month for $49.99. "Continual innovation in digital media and mobile devices enables consumers to experience music, video and photos in new and exciting ways," said Mark Ely, executive vice president of strategy, Sonic Solutions. "With the proliferation of digital content comes the growing need for consumers to enhance, preserve, and share their lives with family and friends.

Roxio's new applications expand the scope of digital enjoyment by providing media enthusiasts with all the tools users of any experience level need to easily create, manage, and enjoy photos, music, and videos whenever and wherever they want."

Roxio MyDVD 10 Premier is a feature-rich product that makes it easy for consumers to quickly turn photos and home movies into polished video or professional-quality DVD productions. Beyond the unrivaled editing flexibility offered in the 32-track timeline, batch video segment removal, timeline markers and automatic tools for correcting color and removing background noise, users can now easily add the perfect sound track with SmartSound®. SmartSound provides a variety of built-in sound tracks to suit any mood.

Users simply select the music they like and it is automatically adjusted to fit the length of their production. The new Picture-in-Picture feature enables real-time video overlays creating extraordinary effects often seen on TV. Roxio MyDVD 10 also includes a range of features to help users optimize their mobile enjoyment of personal digital media content.

For example, Mobile Phone Doctor quickly and easily corrects problems common to photos taken with cell phone cameras, while Mobile PhotoFit resizes digital photos for the smaller mobile device displays. In addition, the Media Manager enables users to synchronize media between the desktop and their portable devices such as iPods, BlackBerrys, and PSPs. Roxio Easy DVD Copy 4 Premier is the ultimate DVD copy and video conversion application.

With Easy DVD Copy 4 consumers can easily make high-quality copies of non-encrypted DVDs, automatically shrink dual-layer DVDs to fit on single-layer discs and exclude unwanted content to minimize compression and optimize video quality.

For on-the-go enjoyment, the latest edition of Easy DVD Copy quickly and easily converts the most popular audio and video formats for playback on a wide variety of portable devices including the iPhone®, iPod®, PSP™, mobile phones, and devices that support DivX®, Windows Media or MPEG playback.

Easy DVD Copy 4 offers many unique options such as the ability to copy unprotected videos from the iPod to hard disk, support for TiVo shows, and the Audio/Video Converter Vista sidebar gadget for easily converting video and audio files to portable devices via drag and drop. Designed to enable consumers to make the most of their digital audio collections, the new RecordNow Music Lab 10 Premier combines a variety of unique features allowing users to collect music from a wide range of sources including CD, DVD, LP, tape, the Internet, or the iPod®.

Consumers can expand their music libraries with tools like Easy Audio Capture which allows them to capture any audio playing on a computer, such as Internet radio programs or streaming music, the new Multi-CD Ripper that quickly transfers tracks from multiple drives concurrently and LP &Tape Assistant, designed for hassle-free capture and clean-up of analog tracks. Captured music can then be organized using the Audio Tag Editor re-designed to streamline tagging audio tracks with artist or title information.

The Media Manager allows consumers to easily organize, preview, rate, and search for desired songs. To save time, RecordNow includes a new Audio Converter for easy batch conversion of music files to! preferred digital formats as well as an enhanced AutoMix utility which automatically creates playlists based on one or more preferred songs. Roxio RecordNow Music Lab 10 Premier, Easy DVD Copy 4 Premier and MyDVD 10 Premier are all part of the Roxio Easy Media Creator® 10 family of products.

Roxio's complete digital media suite is available in retail stores worldwide and direct from Roxio for $99.99.About Roxio Roxio, Sonic's Consumer Products Group, develops a range of award-winning digital media creation, management, preservation, sharing, and enjoyment applications for home and business users under the Roxio brand.

Roxio products offer the perfect blend of ease and power, enabling consumers to achieve professional results from their photo, video, and music projects with minimal effort. Roxio's flagship applications, Easy Media Creator for the PC and Toast for the Apple Macintosh, are the best-selling products in their respective categories in North American retail.

Roxio's parent company, Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC; http://www.sonic.com/) enables the creation, management, and enjoyment of digital media content through its Hollywood to Home™ products, services and technologies. Sonic's products range from the advanced authoring systems used to produce Hollywood DVD, HD DVD, and Blu-ray Disc film releases to the award-winning Roxio®-branded photo, video, music, and digital-media management applications.

Sonic's patented technologies and AuthorScript® media engine are relied upon by leading technology firms to define rich media experiences on a wide array of consumer electronics, mobile devices, set-top players, retail kiosks, and PCs. Sonic Solutions is headquartered in Marin County, California.Forward Looking Statements

This press release may contain forward-looking statements that are based upon current expectations, including the launch, distribution, and market acceptance of Roxio Easy Media Creator 10, RecordNow 10 Music Lab, MyDVD 10 and Easy DVD Copy 4. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward looking statements as a result of various risks and uncertainties, including those discussed in the Company's annual and quarterly reports on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release should be read in conjunction with the Company's most recent annual report on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and other reports on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which contain a more detailed discussion of the Company's business including risks and uncertainties that may affect future results. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements. Sonic, the Sonic logo, Sonic Solutions, Roxio, Roxio Easy Media Creator, Roxio MyMoments, Roxio RecordNow, Roxio MyDVD, Roxio Easy DVD Copy, Hollywood to Home, and AuthorScript are trademarks or registered trademarks owned by Sonic Solutions in the United States and/or other countries. All other company or product names are trademarks of their respective owners and, in some cases, are used by Sonic Solutions under license. Specifications, pricing and delivery schedules are subject to change without notice.

                

Android OS phones by Ericsson - look like Blackberry

Android! The new mobile operating system developed by google and shown off at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, well looks more like a Google Blackberry (RIM) than the Ericsson prototype it is.
The open source operating system, with browser capabilities, maps, email etc.. well is google. Gmail, Google maps.. and of course the homepage on the browser is google.

The Android operating system is hoped to help further the development of phone applications through it's open source concept. Can wait to see what web 2.0 mashup people come up with to use on the android phones... maybe it will clean my house and cook me dinner.. it is an android right? Ok seriously - Check out prototypes here

                

Apple Releases Aperture 2 – enhancing its image processing!

[Feb 12,2008] (AAPL) Apple releases the next major release of its photo editing and management software. With new features improving the interface, speeding up the browsing and enhancing the image processing. Price point for Aperture 2 has been set at $199 with a $100 savings for Aperture 1 upgrade to Aperture 2.

• Manage your photo shoots with ease, with 100+ new features being added.
• Accelerate performance at every step in the workflow
• Enhanced image processin
• Seamless integration with other Mac software, Mac Web Gallery, iPhoto, iLife
  

Read more @ Macworld

                

Microsoft to go Hostile? Depends on Yahoo's board.

This weekend shook out, with the Yahoo board of directors giving the 43 Billon dollar deal a thumbs down today, why!

They say Yahoo is worth more. As we have seen. It wouldn't matter how much money Microsoft threw at Yahoo, it's never going to be enough. Competitors never get along, and if they accepted the offer, it would be like sleeping with your enemy.

So what might happen? Microsoft can look at moving towards a "Hostile" take-over and let the courts decide, or get enough Microsoft friendly members on the Yahoo board and sweeten the deal.

Overall, this whole thing is stupid and it's basically a waste of time and energy. Most people search and advertise with Google and most of the other stuff Microsoft already owns, who are they kidding.. a Microsoft Yahoo Search is still going to be second best.. I guess they just want to move up in the rankings! I like both Yahoo and Microsoft for different reasons.... just not as one.

                

Giving your iPod Touch voice on skype!

Lately a lot of questions and talk have been around the iPod Touch and it's wifi capabilities and the ability to turn it into a VoIP phone.

The biggest set back people faced making calls on IP using the iPod Touch was the microphone missing from the unit.

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/12/touch-4-voip-mi.html is a home made solution and even more mass market solutions are showing up http://www.blueye.co.uk/ which can be purchase at gear4store.com. Find a deal on a iTouch Mic on eBay now.

That being said, I guess everyone will be skype'ing the iPod Touch for a Wifi Hotspot enable phone, sooner than later. Seeing how Apple TV and the Iphone have been skype'd

                

Iphone oh! Iphone be my Andriod!

So the iPhone may need to hurry up on its SDK release. Google has just shown off Google Andriod Open Source. It’s promising to provide an open SDK for phone software development. This is exactly what iPhone developers have been chomping at the bit for over a year.

When the development community enquired and pleaded, Apple (AAPL) responded with Safari based development, screams of this isn’t good enough have been heard and it looks like we are getting closer to an actual SDK.
Now with development already started in the Android camp with phones coming, maybe in Q3/Q4 2008. What killer application will they have! Will the iPhone developers be ready in time, seeing they haven’t got their hands on the SDK?

Looks like a price drop is coming to sell more iPhones soon too! The more people on board isn’t it suppose to be easier to sink the ship!

                

Quickly add bling! to your pictures.

Bling you Photos.

Maybe your working on publishing images on eBay, get you're photo's noticed! Maybe you are scrapbooking and want to bling out your pics for you're memory book. Maybe you want to jazz up your profile pic on one of your social networking websites.

If you've tried to use another program with the magic wand and the tolerance levels, then you know what a pain this is to do. This program from start to finish allowed me to bling the photo below in about a minute. It's so easy to do. The best part is, after you load the photo you click in the background portion of the screen and it masks it out for you and you just need to keep clicking the portions you want to remove, Then you place a background in. Then play with enhancements and you are done!

Bling It! by Vertus is a fantastic little program which allows you to splash those pictures with in minutes and it's so easy to use.

Before Bling.














After Bling.

"Great tool for scrapbooking, making memory photo books, updating profile pictures, creating sales photos for Ebay, Kijji, or craigslist! I've even seen Yahoo widgets that have used it!"

If you want to push you're product sales, Bling it! will get the items noticed!










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• When you load the picture, Bling it! finds the images edges, you just click out the portions you don't want..
• Add in the background.
• It even has presets for image sizes for: Ebay,Amazon,Ubid,CQout,eBid,Online Auction,Tazbar,Half.com and ePier, making it easy to size the image quickly and correctly.
• Add a drop shadow or shadow
• Sharpen or Highlight or Blur
• Add your Logo
• And save!

It's that simple!

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Roxio - Mac users really do CRUNCH video!

Mac users now have a great software program to process video files for their external media devices. Roxio's Crunch!

One of the biggest pluses of Crunch is that it allows batch file processing combined with amazing processing times.

Sync to iTunes is a snap!

Video types

• Convert DV, AVI, MOV, MPEG-4, MPEG-2, DivX, DVD-Video, Video_TS folders (DVD), and more

• Automatically add converted video to your iTunes library for easy syncing with your Apple TVTM, iPod®, or iPhoneTM


• Powerful award-winning video conversion technology from the makers of Toast®.
  
  Roxio Crunch™ is the essential video converter for your Apple TVTM, iPod®, and iPhoneTM. Take your video in to the living room or the palm of your hands fast and simple. Roxio Crunch is a one-stop shop for all of your video conversion needs. Batch export will make your life even simpler: converted video will be automatically added to iTunes for syncing. Don’t just convert it, Crunch it!

Roxio Crunch™ is the essential video converter for your Apple TVTM, iPod®, and iPhoneTM

Roxio, the makers of Toast have now made an essential converter for the Mac(Apple) users, adding this to you're toolkit, gives you easy presets to create files for your Apple TV,iPod adn iPhone devices.

                

Why should I buy a refurbished iPod

Should I.. Why would I

You are asking you’re self why should I buy a used iPod. Isn’t that the other name for refurbished? Why is the refurbished price so high? It’s used! A refurbished iPod isn’t fully used. It’s actually mostly new and the reason why the refurbished iPod is the price it is. Yes you save money picking one up this way.

Interesting!

Did you know that to fix a broken (SAD) iPod, the case is actually broken to remove it and a brand new one needs to be used.
Did you know that the biggest failure point on the iPod and any rechargeable device it the battery, which is replaced on refurbished models to ensure that the life of unit isn’t compromised.
Refurbished iPod Hard Drives or the devices memory is generally replace with new or fully tested and reloaded firmware.

And each refurbished iPod is shipped with brand new headset, to comply with health regulations.

Refurbished 4GB and 8GB iPod nano with video - starting at $129. Plus free shipping.


So really! You are buying an almost new refurbished iPod, that comes with a warranty and you save a few dollars in the process.

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Kaspersky - A better Virus and Internet Security Company

Overall, There are only really a handful of Virus and Internet Security companies that mean anything to the general public. The rest pretty much just suck money out of our pockets, while we think and expect that we are being protected.

The one thing that Kaspersky does that actually makes me think that they actually care about us the consumer, is provide a FREE online scan, which doesn't install anything but a activex control. What I mean, is you're not downloading the entire product and installing it.

Another plus! They allow a fully functional 30 day free trial that cleans and protects you, while you decide if this is the software for you.

                

What does Microsoft really want with Yahoo!

Why Does Microsoft want Yahoo!

It's a valid question? Maybe the only thing they want from Yahoo! Is the advertising software? Maybe to integrate the yahoo search algorithms.

If you look at what Microsoft does better than Yahoo, and again the other way. What does this leave?

Maybe it's to dismantle portions of yahoo that Microsoft just doesn't want out there or to transform Yahoo Shopping into a Microsoft shop of the world.

Yahoo widgets would probably stay around, seeing how the user base is Windows XP and Mac users.

Maybe they want the Domain Hosting to up-sell MySpace users with thier own domain names!

Could it be that Yahoo chat is cutting into MSN Messenger… don't think so...

Overall - What do they want! They want what makes money! It's the Yahoo Search Solutions and advertising pieces that Microsoft hasn't figured out how to do very well. What they do know how to do is integrate products into their own software. This is really about Microsoft wanting to take on Google for market share.

Only time will tell. But Google is certainly going to make this as hard as possible for Microsoft to do.

Maybe someone at Microsoft is looking for a date in the Yahoo Personals!

                

Converting Video to play on Mobile Devices

MOVAVI MP4 Video Suite

Coverting Video

This converter works amazing for MP4 conversion for the ipod , Zune ,PSP , BlackBerry and iPhone, All you need to do is select the correct preset settings.

When selecting the Video for conversion, the MOVAVI suite accepts. AVI,MPEG,MPEG-2,3GP,WMV,M4V,MP4,ASF,MOV,QT

So if you are trying to convert UNBOX,GRABOID,iTune or DVD files to Mp4 files for your mobile device this is one of the best converters on the market.

Easy to Follow Steps

• Add a video for conversion.

• Click the settings link in the Output Format.
• Select the correct Preset (Mpeg-4 Format -Blackberry, H.264,iPod,iPhone,PSP,Apple TV and ZUNE)
• Unselect the "Video Same as Input"
• Video Res should be 320x240 - change Resize Quality to Normal.

• Start Conversion

Loading to your Device

Each device has a different way to load to the device. Most non-Apple device allow you to copy through the file explorer to the drive letter that was found when you connected the device to your computer.

To load to an Apple device, you will need to import it into itunes, and then re-sync your device.

                

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Remember, Graboid is no longer a free service, after your trial you'll need to subscribe to a plan for as low as $4.99 a month. You not only get access to HD content, you'll also get faster downloading speeds.

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PCNow - Mac Friendly from Webex

The new PCNow enables access to any computer from a remote PC, Mac, or mobile phone, such as the iPhone.
Get the 30 Day FREE Trial Now and Check out these new features:

Connect PCs and Macs seamlessly

Users can connect to any PC or Mac from a remote PC, Mac, or mobile phone. You can also invite a guest to view or control their desktop for anytime collaboration or troubleshooting;

• View a webcam remotely;
• Even support clients, coworkers, friends, and family by sharing files, presentations, and training sessions over the web.

You will discover true PC-Mac connectivity—including the iPhone.
You can use Keynote® and iPhoto® from your PC or Outlook™ and Access™ from a Mac.
It’s seamless, secure cross-platform compatibility, on-demand.

Screen sharing and remote support

PCNow enables a guest to view a screen remotely for anytime collaboration, support, or training. Even pass control of a computer for troubleshooting and technical help.

Remote Webcam

Viewing a webcam remotely to keep an eye on kids, pets, and property while away is now possible.

Remote files

With PCNow, skipping the trip to the office today is possible. The desktop short-cut connects to an office computer in seconds, and allow remote printing, too.

                

Ipod Touch - Get's a lot more room!

It's the size the inital one should of been shipped out as!

The best thing about the Touch is watching movies on it's bigger widscreen display.. The only thing is.. movies eat up disk space!

The iPod touch just doubled in size..! You can now get a 32GB model. This is the best thing to happen, other than a 64GB model. The touch now becomes more attractive as a portable computing solution.

The biggest complaints about the Ipod Touch was that it lacked in drive space, this made almost every CONS list about it.

With the application software package upgrade and a increased HD capacity, it looks like the Touch should regain some sales momentum.

Apple also announced that the iPhone now get's a 16GB drive model as well.

                

She Loves Me Not! She Loves me NANO!

Be My Valentine! Ok so Apple is pushing the PINK NANO! Now you might think that is another mass market holiday promotional gimmick. Let’s stop for a moment and actually think about this idea. I’m thinking that it’s really not a bad idea at all.

I go out and drop $70-$100 on two dozen roses and $40 on a decent box of chocolates. Talk about getting caught up in a marketing holiday! My wife doesn’t even feel I put enough time in thinking about the gift and I’ve dropped up to $140 dollars.

So the Pink Nano might be that one thing she wouldn’t expect! I could pre-load our Wedding Song, or that song that was playing when we first met! MUSH.

Then I could get Apple to engrave, “The Love of my Life, The song in my heart!” on the back.

This could be the one Valentines day she thinks to herself… Maybe he actually thought ahead, was thinking of me before the drive home from work, when he stopped at the Quicky Mart to get me a gift and a tacky card.

The new iPod nano. Now with video. From $149. Free shipping.

                

Does one really need to Skype your Apple TV

If you really think that the device that is suppose to be your entertainment center and give you access to movie and tv downloads, as well as stream from your media center doesn't do enough. Then you might want to check out the Skype Apple TV plugin.

With the Plugin you'll be able to make VoIP calls through a USB headset, or send text messages with a USB Keyboard.

Now this is rumoured to no longer work after the up coming Take 2 update, which should be release by the end of next week if not sooner.

Demo Video available at Brandon-Holland.com

                

Kaspersky Anti Virus & Internet Security.

Kaspersky Labs software is all the talk in a lot of places these days. The software is creating a buzz for all the right reasons. From removing Trojans or safe guarding PC's from hackers. The Virus and Anti Spyware program is doing what Norton and Network Associates haven't. "Getting it right".

I guess what I've wanted is a Internet Security application and a Virus application that doesn't hog my PCs processing power and slow my computer down to a turtles pace, but still provide the best protection possible.

Kaspersky provides you with a fully functional 30 day trail, discounts on multi packs to protect multiple machines at home or in the office.

30 day trial is the full product, not just a one time scan, so you can protect your system from all types of malware or crimeware including viruses, spam, Trojans, worms, spyware, phishing and hacker attacks.

Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0 Today, threats to PCs are appearing in ever-greater numbers and diversity. Cyber criminals on the Internet are well organized and tend to target PCs with combined threats. A standalone antivirus solution is no longer enough to fully protect your PC. Kaspersky® Internet Security 7.0 is a fully integrated solution that protects your computer from all of the most common Internet threats, including viruses, hacker attacks, adware, spam and spyware.

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0 Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0 combines reactive antivirus detection with the latest proactive technologies to provide your computer with solid and dependable protection against malicious programs. Beginners in particular will be pleasantly surprised to find a product that is simple to install and set up, while more advanced users will find a highly adaptable product that can be easily tailored to suit their individual requirements.

Kaspersky Open Space Security 6.0 Kaspersky Work Space Security provides centralized protection for workstations both on the corporate network and those used remotely from all types of contemporary Internet threats, including viruses, spyware, hacker attacks and spam. Exercising full control over incoming and outgoing data (including email, web traffic and network interactions) on the PC, Kaspersky Work Space Security ensures full security for users, whether they are working on the office network or traveling on business.

                

DVD Converters List - CUCUSOFT

The Cucusoft DVD to iPhone Converter is the easiest to use DVD to iPhone converter software available. It can convert almost any type of DVD to play on Microsoft iPhone Video player. It’s a powerful DVD to iPhone converter with very fast conversion speed. The output also supports full screen viewing. You can enjoy your favorite DVD’s on your iPhone as a portable DVD Player. Now you can get this DVD to iPhone Converter at a very competitive price! Get Trial

The Cucusoft DVD to iPod Converter is the easiest to use DVD to iPod converter software available. It can convert almost any type of DVD to play on Apple iPod Video player. It’s a powerful DVD to iPod converter with very fast conversion speed. The output also supports full screen viewing. You can enjoy your favorite DVD’s on your iPod as a portable DVD Player. Now you can get this DVD to iPod Converter at a very competitive price! Get Trial

Cucusoft Ultimate DVD Converter converts DVD's to play on almost any portable device including iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP, video capable MP3 players, video capable mobile phones, Pocket P.C., and so on. Meanwhile, it can also support output almost any audio/video format including Video format(H264, MP4, WMV, AVI, MOV, RM, 3GP, flv, SWF, mpeg-1, mpeg-2, VideoCD, SuperVideoCD, DVD, etc) and Audio format(AC3, AAC, MP2, MP3, MP4, RA, WMA, etc.). With this all-in-one DVD Converter, you can make any your own video from your DVDs. Get Trial

                

80 and want an iPod - It won't kill you.

Maybe it will if you're listening to it and fall over and hit the ground, and can't find you're emergency call button! "I've fallen and can't get up".. Or maybe you're jogging listening to you're iPod. At 80 .. that might kill you..

Ok seriously... "[ Washington Reuters News Service, 1 February 2008 ] - Portable media players such as iPods are unlikely to interfere with heart pacemakers, a US Food and Drug Administration researcher reported yesterday.

FDA researcher Howard Bassen and colleagues set up a complex experiment using a saline-filled bag to simulate the human body and a coil sensor designed to pick up electromagnetic emissions.
They measured the magnetic fields produced by four different iPod models: a fourth-generation iPod and an iPod with video, and an iPod nano and an iPod shuffle. They also measured the voltages delivered to the inside of the pacemaker by the magnetic fields from the iPods.

All their measurements indicated the iPods could not affect cardiac pacemakers, they reported in the journal BioMedical Engineering OnLine." Read more @ Itweb.

So maybe if you have you're iPod, iPhone turned on, hooked into your technology package upgrade in your new commuter car. You'd better make sure that you don't get near a coffee shop with a wifi hotspot.. you might not be safe. I know that they need to test this stuff, but it's still a little silly that somebody probably has a law suit against Apple, claiming that there iPod gave them a heart attack.

                

Microsoft to buy Yahoo!

If the billion dollar offer goes through and Microsoft owns Yahoo, what does will it mean?


Microsoft will finally enter the search engine market as a player. As much as they have tried, MSN Search hasn't taken off as Microsoft had hoped. When they purchase Yahoo, they take over and integrate Yahoo Search as well as Yahoo Overture and probably trash the rest, convert yahoo mail to MSN Live.

Letter from Microsoft to Yahoo Board

I'm a fan of Yahoo and Microsoft as seperate companies, I really hope the Board doesn't believe they need Microsoft and it's offer to make a profit, and generate growth. If this went through I don't seen any gains for Yahoo, only for Microsoft.

I see this as a WIN - LOSE...