I know the small picture doesn't do much justice to the awesome new looking packaging, but just click on it for a larger picture. Anyway, what can I say about the new packaging other than it looks Vista-like and is a huge improvement over the old ones. Hope Vista turns out as good on the inside as the outside.
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Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Monday, October 30, 2006
Well, well ,well, what do we have here? Nothing much really, just a crack or shall we say a very useful addon for the latest 0.64a MusicForMasses application. Like the previous FMod hack, it provides you with a plain old un-DRMed Mp3. However, it is currently unstable and converts only one song at a time. In Weird Al's words, "What a bummer!". No worries, the author is working on that right now. In the meantime, if you really need those Mp3s, grab the alpha version of the addon for 0.64 alpha (pun intended!) MusicForMasses.
Disclaimer: I'm not responsible for anything that happens to you or anything related to you (no matter how insignificant) in the process of using this addon. This post is meant to increase the general awareness about the ease in circumventing DRM. Educational purposes only!
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Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Have you ever searched online for that elusive video clip but was distracted by all those other search results? Well, I have and was really pissed at that time. So I wanted something to easily filter out or include only certain sites into my search. At that time, there was no custom Google search engine so tough luck for me.
Recently Google launched its custom search engine where anyone could personalise the results of their own search engine and thus That tk Video Search was born. It searches only specific video sites such as video.google.com, youtube.com, break.com, www.ifilm.com and media.putfile.com. Currently there are nearly 50 (47) sites listed, but I'm sure there're more sites around.
This is where you can help make That tk Video Search a better search by volunteering to contribute to That Video Search. Simply goto That tk Video Search and click on "Volunteer to contribute to this search engine". You may need to sign up or sign in with Google first.
Update: Here is a shorter link - That Video Search
Update2: I've added more sites (70+ now) and it has been renamed to tk Video Search and you can bookmark it for easy access.
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Friday, October 20, 2006
AllofMp3 has just launched music for masses, a free download extension of their music catalog. All you need to do is register for free, select the tracks you want, download them and you can start listening to them. The only downsides to this are that you can't share the music files, an internet connection is required to listen to the music and only their music player can be used for listening. All of which can be countered with one development - software that can convert the music to other unrestricted formats, which will probably happen some time soon.
In the meantime, I think this is a great way to preview albums in relatively high quality (128 kbps) at home. Sometimes 30 second previews just aren't enough to judge the entire song. I definitely know of songs that I grew to like after listening to them fully.
This is something that record labels should have released a long time ago. In fact, they could release an improved system where users could share music and playlists that they like. The music files would still be locked to each user, but they could share playlists with other users. These playlists could then be played directly in the music player without accessing the music store. This creates an easy way for users to share their music, unlike in the current system. Of course, this is unlikely to happen any time soon.
Have fun listening to free music!
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Wednesday, September 20, 2006
GreenBorder is a piece of software that virtualizes your browser only, as far as I can tell. Its sole purpose is just to keep your browser and system separated. Other than the fact that there are other software that do this and more, it also claims to stop malware and other nasty stuff.
I'm not sure how that works, but I think using a free solution might not be a bad idea. Altiris, Virtual PC and VMware come to mind. They could probably keep most virii at bay while costing nothing to download. GreenBorder is $29.95 annually. Which one would you choose?
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