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AutoGK Rips DVDs to DivX and Xvid Formats [Dvd Ripping]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on April 29, 2008
Windows only: Freeware application AutoGK rips DVDs to hard drive-friendly DivX and Xvid formats for quick, easy, and high-quality backups. It does so by acting as an automating front-end to several other free ripping and encoding tools, which it automatically installs on your system. We've never featured AutoGK, but a lot of readers swear by it. If you happen to be one of them, let's...
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Found Footage: Thinkpad MacBook Air parody
via The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) by Scott McNulty on April 29, 2008
Filed under: Odds and ends, MacBook Air There are two hot ultraportable computers on the scene now-a-days: the MacBook Air and the ThinkPad X300. Some clever Lenovo lover created this MacBook Air ad parody which points out the key differences between the Air and the X300: number of ports and an internal DVD drive (only available on some models).Judging by pure aesthetics alone the Air wins, but...
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Google Maps Driving Directions Add Street View Option
via Mashable! by Paul Glazowski on April 29, 2008
In the last year, some users of the Google Maps utility have been treated to numerous upgrades, including prediction-based traffic overlays and the Street View component. Google has now expanded the power of the software package to incorporate the Street View system into its long-standing engine for organizing driving directions.No longer will the blue line be the only way to navigate the streets...
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Ease the Transition to Ubuntu with a Cheat Sheet [Linux]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on April 23, 2008
The open-source-friendly folks at the FOSSwire blog have posted a PDF "Ubuntu Cheat Sheet," covering the basic terminal commands one might have to use and, just as importantly, naming important programs and packages so you don't end up deleting or messing with something that'll cause headaches down the line. WIth the release of Hardy Heron one day away, adventurous newcomers might want to...
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Facebook Chat finally live to all users
via Webware.com by Caroline McCarthy on April 23, 2008
... computers.The social network then rolled out Facebook Chat incrementally, with different "networks" on the site--geographic regions, colleges, companies--gaining access to it before others so that the new feature could stay under control. Some had the feature as early as April 6; a number of large networks couldn't access it until very recently.Facebook now has nearly 70 million users.
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The Music Tax: Details Of The Plan They Don’t Want You To Know
via TechCrunch by Michael Arrington on March 28, 2008
We learned yesterday that Warner Music, the third largest music label, is gunning for a $5/month music tax on U.S. residents.Some of the details were in the article: they’ve hired industry veteran Jim Griffin to create a new entity around the project, presumably to get other labels involved. Griffin threw out the idea of a $5/month tax (which would be added to people’s ISP bill), generating...
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Adobe Photoshop Express - Good, But Not Perfect
via Mashable! by Stan Schroeder on March 27, 2008
I’ve tried out nearly all online photo editors, and although some were good, I wasn’t perfectly satisfied with any of them. Adobe’s online, lightweight version of Photoshop, dubbed Adobe Photoshop Express, unfortunately falls under the same category, although it’s one of the sleekest such applications out there. First thing you need to know about it is that it’s not Photoshop. It’s...
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Adobe’s Online Presence Growing
via The Buzzword Blog by Tad on March 28, 2008
There was considerable buzz about Adobe’s online efforts today. First, the launch of Photoshop Express was announced, and picked up by many bloggers and analysts.Reviews were quite positive, and with good reason. The functionality is excellent - like Buzzword, Photoshop Express makes common tasks easy, usable and is very responsive. And also like Buzzword, this is an elegant Rich Internet...
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It’s Time For a “Menaissance”
via The Art of Manliness by Brett & Kate McKay on March 28, 2008
Men are no longer needed. For the past 40 years, the role of men in Western society has diminished immensely. Before men were seen as providers and protectors. It seems the only thing men are good for is providing sperm for species propagation. But even that’s been taken away from them. Knowing their irrelevancy, many men are reporting feeling lost, depressed, and undervalued.Solve one...
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Zoho adds strong Invoice app to growing business suite
via Webware.com by Rafe Needleman on March 28, 2008
Zoho is preparing to announce the public release of Zoho Invoice, yet another Web-based app in the company's growing suite of paid business-focused services. Lately we covered Zoho People, a robust app for managing HR tasks.Zoho Invoice is a clean, straightforward, and flexible invoicing service. I gave it a quick spin and was creating estimates and invoices within minutes after entering in...
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