Audacity, the free open-source audio editor, has released a new update – 1.3.4 beta – with lots of new features. It’s used by many people and has many passionate followers.
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Audacity: New Version Released To Beta
Imeem Social Network Sign Universal Music Deal
Media-focused social network, imeem, has just signed a deal with Universal Music Group, enabling their 19 million users to attach music and videos to their profiles, helping them “express themselves.”
(more…)Firefox Claim 125 Million Users
Open-source Web browser, Firefox, has over 125 million users according to John Lilly, claims Mozilla’s Chief Operating Officer on his personal blog.How do they come to this figure, beyond guessing? As part of its daily routine, Firefox checks back with the ‘Mother’ servers to ask if there’s been an update. It’s by counting these pings that they derive the numbers.
Firefox has gradually built up a following, in a world dominated by Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. Last time we covered it, in March this year, the research indicated that Firefox had around a 14% share. Lilly’s posting leads to the actual Firefox figure being more like 10.5%, based on their estimate of 1.2 billion Internet users worldwide.
EC Mobile Carbon Footprint App Launches
It’s a good thing that we’re all becoming aware of the impact of our actions on the world as a whole. One of the problems is being able to know what the impact different types of actions make.To that end, the European Commission (EC) has launched an application, mobGAS, that you run on your mobile phone to help you monitor your daily activities, and enable you to understand the impact of greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide generated.
(more…)Activision Blizzard: Vivendi Games And Activision To Merge
Big moves in the video game industry arose yesterday, as media giant Vivendi announced plans to take a controlling stake in Activision. They plan to call it Activision Blizzard.The real strength to Vivendi’s hand is having Blizzard Entertainment in their small portfolio of game companies.
(more…)Vista Is Rubbish! (Comic Video)
Yes, we got hold of Vista as soon as it came out, and yes we removed it just as quickly as we installed it because it was RUBBISH.Given this, you can imagine that given this horrible experience – not unique to us – we find anything funny that take the mickey out of Microsoft and Vista.
When we had a link to a video passed to us by Digital-Lifestyles pal, Tony Greenberg, we just had to share it with you all.
(more…)Software Filters Out ‘Stupid’ Web Postings
In an attempt to remove copious amounts of dumbness off web forums, a new open source application is being developed to detect and filter out “rampant stupidity in written English.”
(more…)SplashUp: ‘Mini Photoshop’ Free Online Image Editor
Sporting an interface that could at best be described as a ‘loving tribute’ to the legendary – and vastly expensive – image manipulation program Photoshop, Splashup is a cunningly clever web-based editing tool and photo manager.
(more…)MySpace Adopts OpenSocial: Google Happy
Google is to collaborate with MySpace on OpenSocial, an Open Platform for Social Application Development.Consisting of a set of common APIs that can be used for building Web-based social applications. The hope is that they will simplify the process of developing social applications.
(more…)Skype/Logitech HQ Video Service London Launch (Video)
In the velvety red surroundings of what felt a bit like an underground porn cinema, an invisible DJ was pumping out a selection of ultra-bland house music as the large screen displayed nonsense quotes from Lewis Carrol’s, ‘The Mad Gardener’.Kah! Those Kerrr-azy Skype folks!
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Media-focused social network, imeem, has just signed a deal with Universal Music Group, enabling their 19 million users to attach music and videos to their profiles, helping them “express themselves.”
Open-source Web browser, Firefox, has over 125 million users according to John Lilly, claims Mozilla’s Chief Operating Officer on his personal blog.
It’s a good thing that we’re all becoming aware of the impact of our actions on the world as a whole. One of the problems is being able to know what the impact different types of actions make.
Big moves in the video game industry arose yesterday, as media giant Vivendi announced plans to take a controlling stake in Activision. They plan to call it Activision Blizzard.
Yes, we got hold of Vista as soon as it came out, and yes we removed it just as quickly as we installed it because it was RUBBISH.
In an attempt to remove copious amounts of dumbness off web forums, a new open source application is being developed to detect and filter out “rampant stupidity in written English.”
Sporting an interface that could at best be described as a ‘loving tribute’ to the legendary – and vastly expensive – image manipulation program Photoshop, Splashup is a cunningly clever web-based editing tool and photo manager.
Google is to collaborate with MySpace on OpenSocial, an Open Platform for Social Application Development.
In the velvety red surroundings of what felt a bit like an underground porn cinema, an invisible DJ was pumping out a selection of ultra-bland house music as the large screen displayed nonsense quotes from Lewis Carrol’s, ‘The Mad Gardener’.