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Songbird 0.1 Proof-of-Concept

In my previous post about Songbird Mp3 Player, I said that it would be released within a week. But I guess, the guys over at Pioneers of the Inevitable LLC wanted to make sure that Songbird was fully functional before it was released.

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Windows Live Messenger

Earlier this week I received an invite for Windows Live Messenger Beta, which I requested from Kristin. Thanks Kristin! I’ve started using it and I think it’s cool and a bit better than Yahoo Messenger.

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Biggest PC Myths

Here are some of the biggest pc myths that most people believe to be true. These myths, we usually hear them from family and friends, from co-workers and sometimes even from people who we consider to be very literate when it comes to technology and computers. For me, there are a couple of myths that I thought was true before reading this article.

by Greg Keizer

Magnets zap your data.
For venerable floppies, this statement holds true. We …

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2005 Foot-in-Mouth Awards

by Evan Hansen

Tech execs say the darndest things. And so do shuffling presidents, and disgraced scientists, and Wikipedia fakers. It’s time to relive 2005’s biggest spoken gaffes.

“Screw the nano.”
– Motorola CEO Ed Zander

Cell-phone makers hoping to break into the music business got little traction in 2005 in the face of Apple Computer’s iPod dynasty. The shortcoming was made all the more glaring for Motorola, when its Rokr iTunes phone debuted alongside Apple’s newest entry, the …

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Songbird Mp3 Player

Songbird Mp3 Player will be released within this week. It is an open-source media player project that involves people who worked with Winamp 5 and Y! Music Engine. Songbird is Firefox based and is designed to be a complete desktop media player or what you call a “jukebox”. The version that will be released is not a Beta version as what some people believe, rather it would be a version 0.1. …

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What is Humanity’s worst Invention?

This is the question for this year’s Ecologist Annual Essay Competition in association with the Coady International Institute. The winning essay wins a £2,500 check and would be published in the Ecologist magazine.

Essay criteria: all essays must be typewritten, responses must be in English, up to 2.000 words. Entries will be judged on originality, critical thinking, clarity and the ability to spark debate.

Deadline for entries: 15 March 2006

Please submit entries to: essay2006@theecologist

Rules of entry: …

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