Archive for March 11th, 2008
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CrunchDeals: Virgin America offering discounted fares, againPosted by: admin in Tech And LifeGo on. Give it a try. You have until March 14. Virgin America ShareThis
Go on. Give it a try. You have until March 14.
[iCopy via iPhone Atlas via Wired]
Searchme is a new search engine with an obvious inspiration for its unique UI—Apple’s Cover Flow. But that doesn’t mean that Searchme is any less intriguing. Previewing webpages visually and filtering categories dynamically, we don’t see the service usurping Google any time soon, but you might want to try out their private beta all the same. For a walk-through, hit this video complete with one of the worst voice-overs we’ve heard in our lives—and we did a short stint in local cable production. [searchme via techcrunch] If the Beatles were to show up on iTunes any time soon, it’d be news to Sony/ATV Music Publishing — the Sony + Michael Jackson joint venture that owns the publishing rights to most of the songs. A current report on the UK’s Telegraph claimed that “the White Album and Help will be available on […]
If the Beatles were to show up on iTunes any time soon, it’d be news to Sony/ATV Music Publishing — the Sony + Michael Jackson joint venture that owns the publishing rights to most of the songs. A recent report on the UK’s Telegraph claimed that “the White Album and Help will be available on the popular iTunes website and are expected to top the download charts for several months on release.” To that, Sony/ATV Music Publishing responded with something along the lines of, “the kid is not my son,”
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Ubisoft’s DS Pedometer, Get Fit With Your Gaming System [Pedometer]Posted by: admin in General Tech News
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iPhone 2.0 Firmware Update to Include Search Feature? [IPhone]Posted by: admin in General Tech News
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Microsoft Research’s MySong Makes Musical Accompaniment For Your Singing [Posted by: admin in General Tech News
Before MySong from Microsoft Research, people without musical talent had to resort to consuming music and not bothering the rest of us with their amateur stylings. No longer. All you have to be able to do is sing a short tune (provided you can sing somewhat on key) and this MySong software will dynamically generate a piano accompaniment just for you.
As you can see in the video, it actually sounds pretty good, and you can adjust the sliders to make the piano part happier, sadder, jazzier, or not quite so jazzy. The bad news is that this is just a Microsoft Research project, not an actual package you can purchase. Maybe in a few years? [IStartedSomething via Geekologie via Dvice]
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SXSW 2008: My job as a cyber security expert panelist. Yes, I was a panelist.Posted by: admin in Tech And LifeHey, gang. Did you know that I’m also an expert in cyber security? There was a panel here at SXSW called Cyber Safety in the Interactive Age. Someone from Symantec was supposed to be on the panel but couldn’t make it because of a plane delay. Through some weird six degrees of separation thing, I […]
Hey, gang. Did you know that I’m also an expert in cyber security? There was a panel here at SXSW called Cyber Safety in the Interactive Age. Someone from Symantec was supposed to be on the panel but couldn’t make it because of a plane delay. Through some weird six degrees of separation thing, I was invited to take the Symantec rep’s place. I’ve a general understanding of World wide web security and the like (primarily because I still read 2600 and listen to its radio show) so I think I held my own. I filled the role of young, crazy guy who reads his dorm’s AIM conversations and doesn’t trust the government to solve Internet security problems. My voice is, I don’t know, dying, so it was a little tough to actually speak. Apparently the whole hour-long panel’s audio will be uploaded to SXSW’s Wes site, so I’ll be sure to link to it when it hits. I’m also appearing on local TV later today discussing e-mail and phishing and how people can avoid the related problems. So it was a busy day. Too bad my voice is broken. Cyber Safety in the Interactive Age [SXSW] |
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Everyone wants it, but for some strange reason we’ve been denied copy and paste functionality on the iPhone. With a new bookmarklet called iCopy, we have the ability to finally copy text and URLs that can be plugged back into Safari or an email later on. To get this miraculous technological development, simply visit the iCopy site and follow the instructions. It isn’t a perfect solution by any means (all of the text you paste is sent across the internet), but it should tide you over until someone at Apple decides to make an official solution. Videos of iCopy in action are available after the break. 
Some sharp-eyed folks over at blargKaboom analyzed last week’s 
