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Different Keyboards on Asus Eee PCs

Having considered buying an Asus Eee PC I must admit that I never thought that the models could have more differences than just the color. I would have never assumed that the […]

Microsoft Touchwall

I really like to watch presentations and demonstrations about technology, especially on the TED website but also on other websites. I recently stumbled upon a presentation for Microsoft's Touchwall, an inexpensive rear-projection […]

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Get new and upcoming releases of your favorite bands

Soundamus (via Feed my App) is a web service that is using Last.fm userdata to generate an RSS feed of upcoming and new releases of artists that you listen to. All that's […]

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Create executable media files

Want to send a video to your friend that you found on Youtube only to find out that Youtube is blocked at his school or workplace or that the video is not […]

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Domain Finder

Domain Finder is not your usual domain search engine that performs a search on the word that you type in by appending different domain extensions to it. It is also not one […]

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Timetube displays a Youtube video timeline

Timetube is a Youtube mashup that creates a timeline of Youtube videos related to a keyword that the user is searching for. The time period can be altered from 1 day to […]

EA backpedals on new Securom Protection

Just a day ago we have reported that Electronic Arts had plans to publish some of their upcoming PC blockbuster titles with a new Securom copy protection, that would validate the game […]

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Windows EeePC 900 cheaper than Linux model

Update: Bruno Miguel pointed out that the official Asus website for Australia lists different information. Both Windows and Linux EeePC 900 will have the same 20 Gigabyte storage capacity. The Windows model […]

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Learn to be a master filmmaker with Wikiversity

Today was the first day, after using Wikipedia for ages I actually took the time to look at what the front page has to offer. I found separate part of Wikipedia named […]

EA to use newest Securom in upcoming games

How would you feel about a game that needs an active Internet connection to verify the serial number ? How about a game that would have to do that every ten days […]

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Remove Nero Scout from Windows Explorer

I finally updated my old Nero 7 to the latest Nero version and tried to get rid of as many unnecessary Nero applications as possible during installation. To be honest, I only […]

Vreel Stage6 Clone further delayed

Vreel, which was shortly named Divxit, is a Stage6 clone that appeared back in April. The frontpage did not reveal a lot of information at first which changed after the name change. […]

Testing a newly build PC

Testing a newly build or purchased computer is essential for two reasons. The first is to make sure that the hardware does not get damaged.The main problem of most modern PCs is […]

Which Audio Player are You Using?

You can’t ignore the fact that at some point of time, you’ll listen to music on your computer. Whether it’s a CD, mp3, Internet radio or even to an annoying Flash ad […]

Building a PC from Scratch

The computer parts for my new PC arrived two days ago and I would like to share with you how I build my new PC. This article covers the hardware part of […]

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SSMunch Audio Search Engine

SSMunch is a new fast mp3 search engine that searches various sources on the Internet and provides an interface that makes it possible to listen or download the music that was found […]

Blu-Ray hardware sales figures drop in 2008

The format war between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray is finally over and one would have thought that this would have a positive effect on Blu-Ray sales especially from the customer group that decided […]

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Typeracer

No more games I said. And still, this one is just to good to pass on. I already wrote about it on my new games blog Take9 but since it's relatively new […]

I'm on a shopping spree

I did make two large purchases in the last two days. I finally ordered my new computer yesterday, or better the parts for the new computer, and cannot wait to build it […]

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Adobe Air Mooflair Video Application

I was rather skeptical of Adobe Air when it was first announced thinking of just another desktop application that no one would ever need or want. Surprisingly though this is changing quite […]

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Record and Save more than 350 Internet Radio Stations

Recording Internet Radio is not a new invention, several programs offer this ability for years. I'm thinking of Streamripper, Screamer Radio or XMPlay which all have functionalities to record music from Internet […]

Stage6 Clone Divxit becomes Vreel

After the publicity that the launch of Stage6 clone Divxit caused it was clear that the new company would sooner or later run into troubles with the Divx company. Not so much […]

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Monitor CPU Core Temperatures

I can't really say how many apps and tools for Windows provide you with the functionality to display the temperature of your cpu, graphics card or hard drives. I have been using […]

Stage 6 Clone announced

Stage 6 was a highly successful video portal created and maintained by the creators of the DIVX codec to showcase among other things the power and quality of the DIVX codec. This […]

Microsoft shows us another reason why DRM is evil

Users who made purchases in online stores that use DRM to "protect" the files from being copied and shared are slowly beginning to reap what they sowed. I never bought music or […]

Building a PC April Progress

This is the final month of my Building a PC series that details the components that I will purchase for my new computer. To be able to compare components and prices I […]

Self-Destructing DVDs ?

Would you pay money for a DVD that would be readable for a period of 48 hours after taking it out of its vacuum-sealed packaging ? Sounds a lot like video rentals […]

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Make Your Own Movie Trailers

I got a call from a friend sometime back, frantically asking me if I knew anyone who could create a movie trailer for her. It was part of an assignment that was […]

Alexa changes their rankings

I usually start my day by opening Thunderbird to check my emails and my website to check the comments that are awaiting moderation. I have installed some rank checkers in the Firefox […]

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Grooveshark Lite Listen to Music Online

Grooveshark Lite is a online service created by Grooveshark that offers a music search engine with the ability to playback the music found directly in the browser. The interface is based on […]

Is faster RAM really worth the extra cash ?

When you build computers and purchase the peripherals by yourself you have to make several decisions. Will it be an Intel or AMD cpu for example, which hard drive will you choose […]

True Make Money Online Websites

Making money online, that's everyones dream I guess. Working from home, letting the websites collect the money for you and all you need to do at the end of the month is […]

Silencing your hard drives

I just read an article over at Lifehacker that was called Silence Your Hard Drive with Elastic Suspenders and I thought I weigh in my 2 cents on the topic because I […]

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Toe Tag just another MP3 Tagger ?

I do not use a software to tag my mp3 files regularly. I'm not that of a music buff who needs his files tagged properly all the time. One reason could be […]

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Adobe Media Player

My first though was "Oh no, not another media player". Adobe Media Player is based on the Adobe Air plattform which has to be installed before the media player can be installed.Think […]

Create Animated Gifs from Movie Clips

Animated gif files are a great way to get your profile pic or avatar to really stand out from the rest of the crowd. I’ve seen software that will make gifs for […]

PC Building Advice

You know, I have no troubles of linking to your websites or articles if they are great and make up for a good story. Beecher send in a link to one of […]

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Using Streamripper to save Internet Radio tracks

Streamripper was released in a new version today and I would like to use the opportunity to explain how you can save Internet Radio tracks using Streamripper. You actually do not need […]

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Domain Suggestion Tool

I would like to write a short review about a cool domain suggestion tool that I discovered lately. Bust a Name is not your usual domain search engine, it is highly flexible […]

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Harmony uses iTunes to play music without iTunes

I don't know a lot of users who use the iTunes software by Apple to play music. Some use it to manage their music, subscribe to podcasts, transfer songs to their devices, […]