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Casio Exilim EX Z50 Review

Earlier this year, Casio introduced the 4-megapixel Exilim Zoom EX-Z40, a thin-bodied digital camera with a large 2-inch TFT LCD screen. This successful model has now been followed up by the 5-megapixel Casio EX Z50 and Z55 models. Both of these cameras represent all the good qualities from the previous model, such as improved battery […]

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How Do 3 Million Independent Artists Reach 80 Million Music Lovers? Through Their Fans.

MusicDish Network artist Yohany uses P2P Street Team file
sharing software to capture free publicity and CD sales.
DALLAS AND NEW YORK, USA, November 29, 2004 -
RazorPop launched its P2P (Peer to Peer) Street Team program
today with Musicdish Network artist Yohany. The program
features customizable TrustyFiles file sharing software that
makes it easy for artists to promote and […]

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Worth a Look (and a Listen): The Science of Music

Being the geek I am, I fell in love with Exploratorium’s Science of Music. Visit the site and you’ll never again look at music in quite the same way.
For example, have you ever heard The Star Spangled Banner played in a Middle Eastern scale? Believe it or not, it is still recognizable. Did you […]

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Canon G6 Review

As we have come to expect from most major manufacturers, the introduction of new features in the digital camera market necessitates an update of previous models. The same is true for Canon’s latest model in the G-series. After four very successful models - there never was a G4 - it is now time for the […]

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Wanted: muvee Product Evangelist

Do you love making muvees? You could be a muvee star! We’re looking for someone very special to join our team, so if you know someone who fits the bill, please help by forwarding this to them…
muvee Technologies, the pioneer and leader in Instant Personal Video, is looking for a resourceful and fun (flamboyant, […]

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Sony DSC-P150 Review

So here we have it then, the first truly compact 7-megapixel digital still camera. With its own in-house developed 1/1.8 CCD, Sony has built on the success of the 5MP P100 to produce a basically similar camera with a higher resolution and a completely new CCD. We were very satisfied with the quality of the […]

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Is This The End For VHS?

According to BBC News, the death knell of the video cassette
recorder has been sounded after one of the UK’s largest electrical
chains said it will stop selling them. Will this trend follow in the US, as well?
From BBC News:
Dixons will phase out VCRs due to the boom in DVD players, sales of which
have grown seven-fold in […]

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P2P Without Spyware?

Dowload Kazaa and you risk being hit with tons of spyware and adware. Tech support professionals even have a tool called KazaaBegone created by Merijn. But what if you don’t want to give up your file sharing/downloading capability? Try this one:
www.trustyfiles.com:
Imagine a rich universe of music, movies, games, and software. Hot mp3 tunes, killer […]

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Taking a Gigapixel Picture

Some researchers in the Netherlands created the largest digital panoramic
photo in the world. Could there be a new trend in making one’s own gigapixel photo?
The finished image is 2.5 billion pixels in size - making it about 500
times the resolution of images produced by good consumer digital cameras.
The huge image of Delft was created by […]

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Why the CD Changer Will Soon Die

I remember when having a 12-disc or even a 10-disc CD changer was like
the ultimate in music selection for your wheels. I
mean, we were talking hours of music that would only have to be swapped out
maybe once a week! Dude, forget the radio, I was set!
Well that was like, so "The Wedding Singer," […]

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New TunesTracker.com Service Keeps Music Fans Up-to-date

Legal music download services have changed the way music lovers find
and buy music. TunesTracker.com makes the most popular online music
service, Apple’s iTunes Music Store, even better by keeping music fans
up-to-date about their favorite artists. The service is free.
After registering with TunesTracker, users can enter the
names of up to 50 of their favorite music groups. […]

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Broadway: The American Musical Site Launched by WNET/PBS

Thirteen/WNET New York announced the launch this week of Broadway: The
American Musical. The site is the companion to
the upcoming six-part series premiering October 19, 20, and 21st. on
PBS.
The site offers a wealth of resources on the Broadway musical and its
history. Components include an interactive trivia game, informational
essays written by series co-writer Laurence Maslon, synopses […]

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Worth a Look: Tracks Magazine Focuses on “Music for Grown-ups”

While shopping with my wife at our local grocery store last week, I glimpsed the cover of Tracks magazine. I didn’t have time to browse through the mag, so I made a note to check it out later on the web. After surfing their concise, well-designed site at www.tracksmusic.com, I immediately subscribed. Here’s why…[click here […]

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Secret Formulas for Great Home Studio Recordings

The trouble with owning recording equipment is that you have to know how to record things to get the best possible sound; my biggest problem has always been figuring out how to do this. My second biggest problem has always been remembering how I did it.
Studio Buddy™ to the rescue!
I found Studio Buddy™, “The […]

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An Open Letter to the Zap2it Labs Community

We at Tribune Media Services and Zap2it.com have been privileged to offer a
TV listings service to the Open Source and freeware communities so that the
many innovations in electronic program guides, digital video recorders, and
recommendation engines could continue to flourish. This free-of-charge
service is at risk, however, due to the actions of several businesses
seeking to exploit our […]