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After much searching, this is a plugin that works with MSN Messenger or Windows Live Messenger, but also works with the latest version of Foobar2000 (v1.1 at the time of writing)! None of the other plugins I tested would work because they were out of date.
Enjoy! Let me know it works for you!
http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Foobar2000:Components_0.9/WLM_Notifier_%28foo_wlm%29
Tags: app, audio, internet, ipod, media, Music, windows, windows media player
My Daily Tech RECOMMENDED APPLICATIONS!
If you are looking to convert an AVCHD movie to another format so that you can use it in your project, then you should definitely check out a piece of software called TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress.
It accepts AVCHD and just about any video format as an input, so that you can convert it to the most popular video formats. Unfortunately it doesn’t support AVCHD as an output.
There ARE free ways of doing this too, I should mention that a free program called Avidemux that can do this too, so if you are technically inclined (Avidemux is harder to use) you may want to go that way instead of spending money on TMPGEnc (but of course TMPGEnc supports more formats etc).
Also, if you are looking for video editing software that is simple and support AVCHD input and output, check out Sony Vegas 9.0. It is excellent and it supports many plugins and addons that make it really expandable. It also has an amazing feature that makes recompression not necessary on certain AVCHD files (ones that you don’t edit), and that really speeds up the time that it takes to render videos.
OK, in my last jailbreak article I taught you how to use redsn0w to jailbreak your iPod Touch or iPhone.
In this article I will be showing you a whole new way to jailbreak your iDevice… OK here are some things you need to do:
and your ready to jailbreak.
EASY AS PIE!
Hello. Today mydailytech.com is bringing you a review of the new app – Action Potato by Sunflat Studios.
This app is very addictive and has very simple controls. You simply tap it to make the pan jump up and catch the potato to earn points. It’s it’s very repetitive, but like Sunflat Studio’s best game – Papi jump, it is repetitive but amazing at the same time.
This game can really grow on you – if you’re like me, you may want to add this app to your dock, it really is a keeper!
If you’d like some extra levels for your Cube Runner iPod Touch game that we recently reviewed you’ve come to the right place!
It’s as simple as going to add new level pack. and typing in one of the URLs found at the bottom of this post.
I am not 100% sure these are working, so if they don’t, blame the forum I got them from – but please leave a comment letting us know whether they did or didn’t work for you! These were tested to work on cube runner one and not two, and it is the first version of cube runner, so it may be outdated.
cr2://cuberun.org/$$$$.txt
cr2://cuberun.org/.nNoobEatern.txt
cr2://cuberun.org/0000nightmare.txt
cr2://cuberun.org/00camylles00canal00.txt
Tags: app, apple, bonus, cube runner, ipod, itouch, level, media, mp3, Touch
The Mover Open app allows you to have a virtual table, that you can slide notes, business cards or pictures over. Just by flicking it toward the other device.
It’s not quite as simple as the Bump app where you hold your iPhone in your hand and bump fists with someone else, and your contact information is swapped. But it works better when you don’t have 3G or a wi-fi network.
Mover open allow you to pass files or text between each other on both wi-fi or Bluetooth. Making it useable almost anywhere. I give it a solid 7.5 out of ten, a great app to have but not something you will most likely use every day.
It will likely come in handy just when you’d think you wouldn’t need it! That’s how life is.
http://modmyi.com/cydia/package.php?id=10939
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Browser Number 1: Netscape.
This browser was the first one I ever used. It was developed in 1994, and was for a time, the most popular browser in the world. It’s market share has steadily fallen since 2000, when it started becoming way too big to be any use to anyone, and was later taken over by AOL. Since then, it has died and disappeared at the age of version 9.
My personal experience with this browser was telling of the terrible effect of Netscape on popular internet, because of its lacking of support for any website, that was in any way complicated or advanced, requiring any effort from the webmaster. Thus, the dot-com bubble burst of the early 2000s was caused by it.
Features: 6/10
Speed: 4/10
Market: 0.36%
Current Version: 9
Most Notable: No download manager, password manager, form filler, or most of the features we have come to rely on
Final: 5/10
After, that terrible experience, I decided to switch to the next browser, we did not use it for a long time.
Browser Number 2: Internet Explorer 5.
This browser was released in 1998, as a definite step-up from Netscape. The 1999 review in PC World noted, “Credit the never-ending game of browser one-upsmanship that Netscape and Microsoft play. The new IE 5 trumps Netscape Communicator with smarter searching and accelerated browsing. Overall, it was much better and gained over 80% in its prime-days. It was succeeded by IE6, only 2 years later.
Features: 7/10
Speed: 5/10
Market:80% (0.03%)
Most Notable: Speedier, faster and better than Netscape
Browser Number 3: Internet Explorer 6.
This browser was the peak of Microsoft’s domination of the internet, with a staggering 97% share. However, for all of its popularity, quite frankly, it was terrible. This version of Internet Explorer is widely derided for its security issues and lack of support for modern web standards, making frequent appearances in “worst tech products of all time” lists, with some publications labeling it as the “least secure software on the planet. The reason behind this rather odd order of business, was the auto-inclusion of this browser into software packages, that some homeowners did not take the time or effort to switch to a different one. However, I did switch and did not come back to the Internet Explorer family for 7 years, since 2001.
Features: 7/10 (No significant improvement over IE5, didn’t even bother changing the icon much)
Speed: 5/10
Market: 97% (20%)
Most Notable: Slight changes from IE5. It was a market-staller, and caused Microsoft’s demise as the sole force in this market.
Browser Number 4: Mozilla Firefox
This next browser, was considered to be the new revolution, when it first appeared. However, if you take a closer look, it was almost an update to the Netscape generation. True, it was revamped, updated and cleaned up, but the basic truth remains. It’s initial release was in 2004. The first version was buggy and glitch but it worked better than IE6 because it did not have the security holes, and had an edge in speed.
Features: 8/10
Speed: 7/10
Market: (0.14%)
Current Version: 3.6
Most Notable: A new contender to Microsoft’s huge empire.
Browser Number 5: Opera
I switched to Opera, after I discovered its benefits over Mozilla Firefox, and the truth behind Mozilla. It was first introduced in 1996, and I jumped onto the bandwagon at version 8. It unfortunately does not have the huge implementation of the previous browsers, although it far outdoes the bunch of them.
It outdoes them in both speed, relative size and most importantly features.
It features Speed Dial, which is a unique feature of Opera, that shows you your favorite websites, complete with live previews. The tab bar, which was unceremoniously copied by Mozilla, is better than any other with options, such as previews, and drop-downs. Overall, it is the most highly customizable and controllable than any other browser. It also now features the Opera Turbo, that significantly increases speed on slow networks, and Opera Unite, which with large implementation could be very interesting. It is possible to control nearly every aspect of the browser using only the keyboard. It is the only major browser to include support for spatial navigation. Opera also includes support for mouse gestures.
Page zooming allows text, images and other content such as Adobe Flash Player, Java platform and Scalable Vector Graphics to be increased or decreased in size (20% to 1,000%) to help those with impaired vision. The user may also specify the fonts and colors for web pages, and even override the page’s CSS styling as well. This can be useful for making sites appear in high contrast or in more readable fonts.
Voice control, co-developed with IBM, allows control of the browser without the use of a keyboard or mouse. It can also read aloud pages and marked text.
Opera was one of the first browsers to support Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), now a major building block of web design.
Overall, if it was highly implemented, it would show a huge leap forward in webbrowsing and might trigger Web 3.0.
Features: 9.5/10
Speed: 9/10
Market: 2.38%
Current Version: 10
Most Notable: Most advanced browser, I ever encountered.
However, even after finding the jewel that is Opera, I did not stop exploring browsers. I found Google Chrome, which I did not find to be impressive, and pointed me back to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer series, which by now got to Internet Explorer 8.
Browser Number 6: Internet Explorer 8
This browser was definitely a step forward for Microsoft, scoring a record 20/100, which is only beaten by 32/100 by the as yet unreleased IE9. Internet Explorer 8, finally managed good tab-browsing, introduced web slices, and various other features that made this browser workable, and in my eyes, surpassed Firefox. It holds 22 percent of Microsoft’s 60 as opposed to Firefox’s 24 (total).
Features: 8/10
Speed: 7/10
Market: 22%
Most Notable: A lot better than any other of Microsoft’s browser innovations, but still not up to the standards that Opera, and other browsers meet. It will likely never catch up, seeing as Opera 10.5 will increase its speed 10fold.
Browser Number 7: Safari
This browser was introduced in 2007. It has tabbed management, and cool features such as a Top Sites, and a history in the way of iTunes. It is good-looking like any good Apple product, and is more stylish than practical.
Features: 8/10
Speed: 8/10
Market: 5%
Current Version: 4
Most Notable: The Cover Flow history. Very impressed.
Browser Number 8: Songbird
Although, it lacks a large marketshare, it could be pushed forward in the future, by the leverage of its current company holder, Mozilla Firefox, Pioneers of the Inevitable aka POTI Inc.. However, this has failed to happen with Mozilla, and with Camino.
It is as if, it is the perfect merger between iTunes, Firefox, and it appears to have done what Winamp failed to do. Interestingly enough, after I wrote the previous line, I discovered that it is in fact, the same team.
Could become very interesting in the future.
Features: 6/10
Speed: 6/10
Market: 0%
Current Version: 1
That was my experience in web-browsing. For the record, my currently installed are:
Thank you for reading.
Tags: app, firefox, internet, media, netscape, network, review, website, wi-fi
Apple, to great fanfare, unveiled its long-awaited “netbook/tablet/iphone” in January. The iPad looks simply like a big iPod touch, and even has that little home button at the bottom!
Being what, in reality, is simply just an iPod Touch with a processor that’s more powerful and a bigger screen – I don’t think its worth buying.
Validating the point that the iPad is really just an iPod Touch that isn’t portable and is overpriced, it runs primitive iPod Touch apps! Now, some may say that this is a great idea, since people can run their iPod apps that they really like which don’t yet have iPad counterparts – but, I believe that if it can run iPod apps, that proves that it uses the same primitive Operating System that the iPod uses, with a few tweaks.
Also, the iPad doesn’t even have multi-tasking capability! Although, with its ‘powerful’ processor you’d think it would – but it doesn’t. Hopefully Apple will fix this in the long run with some sort of silly paid-for software upgrade.
I think that the iPad is a dud – and that Apple will greatly regret not thinking this out more!
Tags: app, apple, ipad, iphone, ipod, laptop, mac, netbook, slate, tablet
Cube runner is a very good game that has tons of downloadable levels, and simple controls. The aim is to fly your ship across a terrain littered with Cubes. Use the built-in accelerometer to fly across the terrain by tilting your iPhone left and right. The game plays in Landscape mode. To beat the game, you must avoid the block-like land mines. You have no health bar, so if you get hit, you need to restart.
This game is highly addictive, and whenever I scroll through my apps and see it, I always play it. I highly reccomend this app, and since it’s free GO DOWNLOAD IT.
Also for those of you wondering, yes, it is just like the online flash version of the game but it is much better and the multitude of levels adds to the fun.
Rollercoaster rush is truly one of the greater games for the iTouch. It has several levels to keep you busy, and many achievements that you can obtain through the game-play. It also has two versions: a themed christmas version, and a regular version.
The controls vary but are always simple. You either tap or tilt the iPod in the direction you want to go. Although the graphics are somewhat cartoony, they do the job quite well and add appeal to the game. This game is great for all ages and runs smoothly during gameplay, except it crashed once during the 3 hour period I tested it for.
The game takes about an hour to beat, and a ton of time to unlock all the acievments for. This is a great game, and I recommend it for anybody who likes a bit of a challenge, and who also has an iPod touch. It’s free! How can you go wrong?
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