Tag: RECORD

As Spotify -- the popular online music service -- nears profitability in Europe, the situation isn't quite as rosy across the pond. With Spotify's hopes of a 2010 U.S. launch officially dashed, the company is still facing an uphill climb in the States. The sticking point, according to sources cited by The Telegraph, may be financial demands from the U.S. record labels. Concerned that users will ...

Email can feel very impersonal at times. I don't mean just business-related email. In fact, when I want to write a personal message to a friend, business-related email (and spam) becomes part of the problem. The friend I'm writing to has read so many email messages, what could possibly make my current message special? Sure, I can add a cute picture or something tacky like that. But, ... come on, ...

They may have had their pants sued off, but that's not stopping the half-naked crew at Limewire from making yet another foray into the digital music business. Yes, like a slobbering brain-hungry zombie that just won't die, Limewire is back from the dead and bent on taking over the world. Well, the world of cloud-powered digital music, anyway. According to a report from Digital Music News, the ...

CaptureFOX is a pretty sweet Windows-only screen recorder add-on for Firefox. It's not perfect; the biggest drawback, in my mind at least, is that you can record video in up to 5fps. I usually use Camtasia, which is pretty nice but also very expensive (in the hundreds of dollars). This free solution doesn't have all of Camtasia's bells and whistles (well, it doesn't have any of them, to be ...

ImgBurn is an excellent, free application for all kinds of burning tasks. Its developer Lightning UK has built a number of improvements into recent versions -- making an already good program even better. Version 2.5.1 is now available for download and the changelog is a typically lengthy one. Two key alterations are worth noting. First, ImgBurn's disc layout editor view now includes an ...

If you're old enough to remember taping songs from the radio, you'll immediately recognize how cool Snowtape is. It's an OS X app that lets you easily find, listen to and record from online radio stations. It's like the combination radio/tape deck of the future! If you were fortunate enough to come of age in the age of the mp3, then just think of Snowtape as the awesome "record" button that ...

In 1975 Bill Gates, Paul Allen and a certain unnamed, cloven-hoofed, hot-under-the-collar associate made a pact: to rule the world! It seems, 35 years, billions of dollars and dozens of lawsuits later that they've made it. For the quarter ending December 2009, Microsoft saw a net, record-breaking profit of 6.66 billion dollars on revenue of 19 billion dollars -- in just three months! Driven by ...

I don't like reporting news without exact numbers, especially when making claims like this, but the Director of Marketing at Microsoft is fairly confident about this one: "Windows 7 is by far the fastest selling Operating System in history." digg_url = 'http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2010/01/07/windows-7-the-fastest-selling-operating-system-in-history/'; He doesn't give the exact number ...

Recordr is an extremely easy way to make audio and video recordings of yourself online. It only takes one click to record from the Recordr website or by using a bookmarklet. It's extremely lightweight, with no registration or download required. In fact, Recordr doesn't even require a webcam - you can make audio posts without one Recordr is even more bare-bones than YouTube. It's got no editing or ...

Screenjelly is a quick and easy screencasting tool that works totally in the browser. It records what's on your screen, plus the audio from your computer mic so you can explain what you're doing as you do it. Recordings are limited to 3 minutes, and the service lets you share your recordings via Twitter. It's a lot like Twitpic or Yfrog, but for screencasts instead of photos. Screenjelly fills the ...

KissTunes is an online service that makes it easy to play and record music using your computer's keyboard. It offers three different instruments, and all the home row keys (and a few from the row above) represent notes. You can save your song, along with any comments from friends, as a .kiss file that will open from the KissTunes on any computer. The "kiss" in KissTunes probably refers to a ...

Ahoy, mateys! Gather 'round the poopdeck for an important message from yer captains. Today, in honor of Talk Like a Pirate Day, we be givin' away a full license for CallBurner, a call recorder for Skype that we think is better than a chest full of pirate booty. To enter, all you landlubbers have to do is leave us a note in t' comment section. T' contest ends at 11:59 ET on September 21 (which ...

mySay lets friends stay in touch with friends by recording voice updates and dispatching them to friends. The update service works by dialing up a special mySay phone number and saying what you're up to, dropping your latest news, making a statement, or whatever you like. Don't want to use your own voice? Upload an mp3 or have the mySay robots say it for you. Friends can then call in to check ...

GBPVR is a free PC PVR software package including media-center-like functionality, free for download. Unfortunately, it didn't support the PVR card I have in my PC, so I couldn't tell you how well it works. The interface looks nice, and it seems that the setup isn't too hard, so you'll have to let me know what you think of it if you install it on one of the supported cards listed. The currently ...

Good day Linux fans! As of yesterday, the new version (0.20) of MythTV is ready for your downloading and PVR pleasure. This release is new, (obviously) and features some new stuff: better DVD playback, DVB radio channel support, mouse support, and MythArchive (a new plug-in), which allows your recordings to be burned to DVD. For a while now MythTV has been a great and cheap way to get yourself a ...