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Archive for September, 2006
Winamp 5.3 Released
Sep 28th
Nullsoft Winamp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity music player for Windows. Winamp supports MP3, CD, Audiosoft, Audio Explosion, MOD, WAV and other audio formats, custom appearances called skins, plus audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins.
What’s new in Winamp 5.3
* New! Winamp Dashboard beta
* New! Winamp Remote beta
* New! Unicode filename and title support
* Enhanced sync capabilities for your portable
* Tons of other player improvements!
* New: Unicode filename and title support
* New: M3U8 (Unicode) playlist support
* New: optional 24bit playback for many codecs (turn it on in Preferences->Playback)
* New: Replaygain support for MP3, AAC, Vorbis, M4A and WMA
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Study: DSL Continues to Outpace Cable
Sep 20th
An Article worth reading if you turned to DSL just like me thanks to the pathetic condition of the cable internet service provided in india, seriously hats off to MTNL and BSNL for saving our lives from that torture called cable internet.
Study: DSL Continues to Outpace Cable
By Ed Oswald, BetaNews
September 19, 2006, 4:40 PMDSL penetration continues to increase and close to half of all broadband users use the technology in the United States, the DSL Forum said Tuesday. From June 2005 to June 2006, 46 million new DSL subscribers were added worldwide, and in eight countries 25 percent or more of the landlines were used to deliver high-speed Internet.
The technology continues to be extremely popular in Europe, where cable television is less prevalent, with 56 million subscribers or over one third of the global total. The region added 18 million subscribers in the 12 months ending June 2006, the study said.
China led all other countries with 33 million subscribers, followed by the United States’ 23 million. In all, 16 countries now have two million or more DSL subscribers, with Australia, Turkey and Mexico joining those countries during the past year…….
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Source:Betanews.com
Microsoft Reveals Zune
Sep 16th
Microsoft on Thursday finally revealed its iPod killer named ZUNE .
From the photos displayed on microsofts website the zune quite looks stunning in my opinion quite a smart design.
The display is given more importance rather the buttons which although aren’t done bad either ,the photos reveal a stunning high resolution display for the Zune.
The Zune slated to be released around christmas would be a 30gb device with features like wireless technology, a built-in FM tuner and a 3-inch screen, Zune would be available in 3 colors black,brown and white.
The Zune’s wireless feature is really interesting ,according to Microsoft this wireless feature will let users share full length or sample tracks of select songs even homemade recordings, playlists or pictures with friends having Zune devices, although these songs can be used only thrice after which you either have to buy that song or delete the song (it just wont play after 3 plays). Read the rest of this entry »
Opera for Windows 9.02 Build 8573
Sep 9th
Opera lets you surf the Internet in a safer, faster, and easier way. One of the most full-featured Internet power tools on the market, it includes pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, integrated searches, and advanced functions like Opera’s groundbreaking E-mail program, RSS Newsfeeds and IRC chat. You can customize the look and content of your browser with a few clicks of the mouse.
Latest Changes:
*Lots of stability fixes
*Support for the Windows XP Media Center Edition remote control
*Several fixes to saving of images
*HTML editing in Wordpress and TinyMCE makes content no longer disappear
*Page title is now shown (again) under name column in History
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