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Intel Touches on Mobility, Notebook Security at IDF
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:20:06 -0400
While most of the 2008 Intel Developer Forum focused on Intel processors that will use the upcoming Nehalem microarchitecture, part of the forum also looked ahead to what Intel would offer for both laptops and notebook security. Intel also introduced its first quad-core processors for laptops called the Core 2 Extreme QX9300 and the Core 2 Quad Q9100. Intel is also expected to offer an anti-theft device for notebooks. - SAN FRANCISCO While the majority of the 2008 Intel Developer Forum here has focused on Intels Nehalem microarchitecture, the chip makers top executives also took time to emphasize Intels focus on consumer and business notebooks. During his keynote address Aug. 19, Dadi Perlmutter, an Intel executi...
Intel Shines Spotlight on Upcoming Nehalem Processors
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:51:50 -0400
At the Intel Developer Forum, Intel's top executives focused on an upcoming series of Intel processors built on the new Nehalem microarchitecture, which will scale up from two to eight processing cores. These new Intel processors, which will eventually find their way into servers, notebooks and desktops, add new power management and virtualization capabilities. The Intel processors will also offer an integrated memory controller, which will rival what AMD has offered with its Opteron processors. - SAN FRANCISCO Intel lifted the curtain a little more on its upcoming lineup of processors based on the quot;Nehalem quot; microarchitecture, which will include new power management features and enhanced capabilities for virtualization. While the chip maker held back some critical information on...
Intel Unveils Its First Solid-State SATA Storage Drives
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:31:22 -0400
Intel has been putting a great deal of R D into developing flash memory SSDs that will withstand the rigors of 24/7 data center server usage, heavy-duty client/server desktop and laptop use, and embedded applications. Intel is convinced that it has added enough storage capacity up to 160GB on these SSDs to more than handle enterprise duty. - SAN FRANCISCO Intel has been developing solid-state flash memory processors for as long as flash has been around (20 years). But only on Aug. 19 at the Intel Developer Forum here did the world's largest chip maker announce its first-ever flash-based SATA drives for data storage. Intel's High...
Judge Backs Hackers in Boston Subway Dispute
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:47:18 -0400
Three students from MIT who found a way to hack into Boston's transit system to get free rides can talk publicly about the security flaw, a judge rules Aug. 19. The MIT students raised the ire of the MBTA with a paper demonstrating how someone could work around flaws in Boston's Charlie Card automated fare system. The MIT students had planned to present the paper, which showed how anyone could take thousands of free rides on subways and buses, at the Defcon hackers conference in Las Vegas earlier in August. - BOSTON (Reuters) Three students from the elite Massachusetts Institute of Technology who found a way to hack into Boston's transit system to get free rides can talk publicly about the security flaw, a court ruled on Tuesday in a decision hailed as a victory for academic freedom. The students fr...
SEC Drops EDGAR for IDEA Database
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:42:43 -0400
EDGAR, the computer database for filing documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, is giving way to a new system that aims to let investors more easily analyze corporate reports and other financial information. SEC Chairman Christopher Cox unveiled IDEA, short for Interactive Data Electronic Applications, saying it would give investors faster, more accurate and more useful information about public companies and mutual funds. - WASHINGTON (Reuters) EDGAR, the computer database for filing documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, is giving way to a new system that aims to let investors more easily analyze corporate reports and other financial information. SEC Chairman Christopher Cox unveiled IDEA, sho...
HP Profit Rises on Overseas Sales of Desktop and Laptop Computer and Printers
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:35:59 -0400
Hewlett-Packard, the world's biggest desktop and laptop computer maker, reports higher quarterly profit Aug. 19 on solid international sales in its desktop and laptop computer and printer businesses, which overcame pockets of weak technology spending. HP's revenue from outside the United States counted for 68 percent of the total. HP and other desktop and laptop PC makers, such as Dell, Lenovo and Acer, have been depending on strong overseas growth as U.S. performance has lagged because of wider economic troubles. - SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 19 (Reuters) Hewlett-Packard Co results beat Wall Street targets, overcoming fears that slowing global economies and a stronger dollar would substantially weaken the world's biggest computer and printer maker. Shares rose 3.2 percent in after-hours trading on Tuesday afte...

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Retailers' profit reports reflect stress on consumers
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700
From affluent shoppers at Saks to bargain-hunters at Target, from Home Depot to office supplier Staples, consumers are pulling back and...
Wholesale prices rising at fastest pace since 1981
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700
Wholesale inflation surged in July, leaving prices for the past year rising at the fastest pace in 27 years, according to government data...
CellCyte stops paying its remaining employees
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:04:06 -0700
CellCyte Genetics has fired some employees and stopped paying salaries to those who remain, the Bothell-based stem cell research company said Tuesday.

NYT > Technology

Overseas Sales Help Hewlett-Packard
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:01:19 -0000
The world’s biggest computer maker reported a higher quarterly profit on strong international sales in its notebook computer and printer businesses.
Bits: Four Reasons Our Printers Are Getting Dusty
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:13:10 -0000
Consumer printer sales are flat. Are home printers just not as necessary any more?
Verizon’s FiOS: A Smart Bet or a Big Mistake?
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:53:01 -0000
As Verizon begins to roll out FiOS in its hometown, New York, the company argues that the service is proving to be more successful than it promised when it started the project.

CNN.com - Technology

Coming soon: 'wallet phones' from Japan
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:43:23 -0400
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Experts: video games can help kids learn
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:42:50 -0400
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U.S. at risk of cyberattacks, experts say
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:47:55 -0400
The next military or terrorist attack on the United States may be carried out in cyberspace by shadowy hackers half a world a way. Experts say last week's computer attacks on the former Soviet republic of Georgia signal a new kind of cyberwar for which the U.S. is not fully prepared.

NPR Topics: Technology

'Marketplace' Report: Fun Gadgets In Rough Times
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:00:00 -0400
Rather than going out in the evenings, Americans appear to be spending time and money on new gadgets. The U.S. government says consumer electronic sales were up 4.8 percent in July.
Clockwatcher Explains Phelps' Win
Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:00:00 -0400
Michael Phelps won his record-tying seventh gold medal by a fraction of a fingernail, just 0.01 second. Even when you study the photos and the video, it's tough to tell who came in first. Christophe Berthaud, the director of Olympic timekeeping for Omega, the official timekeeper at the games, explains the system used to time swimmers.
Guerrilla Ad Campaign Pushes Boundaries
Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:25:00 -0400
Troy Hitch talks about You Suck at Photoshop, a hit series of Web videos created to explore viral marketing concepts. Hitch is the creative director for the agency Big Fat Brain.

BBC News | Technology | UK Edition

Game sharers face legal crackdown
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:05:19 -0000
Thousands of video game pirates could face legal action after a developer wins damages from a file-sharer.
Call to tackle UK business waste
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:00:00 -0000
The government should do more to curb waste using tax as an incentive, a House of Lords committee has said.
Intel cites US education 'crisis'
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:09:35 -0000
Intel's chairman tells developers a better education system is vital to the economic well-being and future of the US.

Reuters Video: Technology

A fix for iPhone?
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:50:25 -0400
Aug 19 - Apple releases a software update for its new IPhone 3G
Alternatives to Google
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:49:06 -0400
Aug 15 - New search engines try to provide better answers to online queries by using humans or different technology to vet information.
Reuters Technology Week
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:55:30 -0400
Aug. 15 - Le disposable cell phone, the Sphinx's facelift, and Sesame Street.org goes live action.

AP Top Technology News At 11:40 p.m. EDT

Hewlett-Packard 3Q profit jumps 14 pct
By JORDAN ROBERTSON Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:50:04 -0000
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co.'s fiscal third-quarter profit jumped 14 percent, beating Wall Street's expectations, as strong laptop sales and a robust international presence lifted the technology bellwether....
Intel unveils new chip design to challenge AMD
By JORDAN ROBERTSON Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:33:48 -0000
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Intel Corp. cracked the lid Tuesday on a new chip design that is at once a big challenge to smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and an admission that AMD nailed a key design feature before it slipped into a severe financial slump....
Apple releases fix for iPhone 3G connectivity woes
By JESSICA MINTZ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:37:17 -0000
SEATTLE (AP) -- Apple Inc. has released an iPhone software update it says improves communication between the smart phone and wireless networks....

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Salesforce broadens platform with call center buy
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:01:00 -0700
The company acquires InStranet, a call center software provider, and plans a new offering for its software-as-a-service platform.
Intel plans to deliver Atom processor next month
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:15:00 -0700
Chipmaker reveals during the Intel Developer Forum that it is set to deliver the new power-efficient mobile processor next month.
Google outpaces search market growth
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:02:00 -0700
In July, U.S. searches rose 3 percent to 8 billion over the last year, according to Nielsen. But Google's searches in the U.S. increased faster at 16 percent.

 

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MacMusic - Resources, searchable links, downloads, updates, classified ads, mailing-list, and articles about making music with your Macintosh.
Meta Description: [ All about music software and hardware to make audio or MIDI on macintosh. Daily news, forums, big links directory, downloads, reviews, tips, resources, classifieds... ]

3ivx.com - A natural video compression system that is compliant with MPEG-4v3.
Meta Description: [ 3ivx is an MPEG-4 toolkit that supports MPEG-4 Video, MPEG-4 Audio and the MP4 File Format. The 3ivx Filter Suite is a package of filters for Windows. For Mac OS there is a QuickTime Component that supports MPEG-4 Advanced Simple Profile video. For Embedded Devices, the 3ivx D4 4.5 Video Decoder ... ]

Apple - GarageBand - Perform, record and create music from virtual instruments and pre-recorded loops.
Meta Description: [ The best way to record music on a Mac is now the best way to record podcasts. GarageBand 3 puts you in the control room of your own full-featured radio station. And new iWeb integration gets your voice on the Internet in minutes. ]

Apple - iTunes - Audio player with multiple playlist functions, native burn support, visual effects, and file conversion.
Meta Description: [ Learn about iPod, Apple TV, and accessories. Download iTunes software free and purchase iTunes Gift Cards. Check out the most popular TV shows, movies, and music. ]

Apple - Soundtrack Pro - Audio sequencer designed for video, DVD, and web projects. Includes instrument loops and sound effects.
Meta Description: [ Soundtrack Pro 2, Apple's revolutionary audio editing and sound design application, lets you express your sonic vision quickly and economically. ]

Apple Quicktime - Apple's free media player supporting innumerable audio and video formats. The pro version includes an abundance of media authoring capabilities.

Ask the DJ - MP3 player and DJ/mix engine with beats analysis.
Meta Description: [ Ask the DJ is a revolutionary mp3/AAC mix engine for Mac OS X ]

Audiocorder - VOX program audio recorder. Can set volume sound must reach to begin recording and volume at which it should stop.
Meta Description: [ Audiocorder is the sophisticated VOX and scheduled audio recording program for your Macintosh ]

Audiomac - Reviews of hard disk recording and digital audio post-production software.

Audion - Audio player for MP3 files, CDs, and streaming audio from the Internet. Skins/faces available.
Meta Description: [ The coolest and most innovative audio / MP3 player on any platform. ]

Autoscore - Audio-to-MIDI music program that allows you to compose by simply singing or playing an instrument.
Meta Description: [ Wildcat Canyon Software is the creator of the revolutionary Audio-to-MIDI music software program, Autoscore. You simply sing or play an instrument and Autoscore writes down the music as you perform. ]

Barbabatch - Institutes a Quicktime 4.0 codec that converts MP3 files. Demo download available.

BIAS Inc. - Peak Studio for editing, processing, and mastering. Deck, a DAW. Vbox for multi-effects. Freq, a 4-Band EQ.

Bitcartel Software - Developers of iRecordMusic and RadioLover, utilities to record audio streams to AAC and MP3.

Cacophony - Digital audio editor for OS X. Supports many different file formats and multi-track editing.
Meta Description: [ Cacophony is a powerful yet easy-to-use audio editing application available exclusively for the Mac OS X platform. ]

CellSynth - Synthesizer, MP3 and AIFF sample player, DSP processor, and sequencer, which outputs stereo CD quality audio.
Meta Description: [ CellSynth is a CD quality synthesiser, MP3 and AIFF sample player, DSP processor + sequencer all in one production tool which outputs stereo CD quality audio to your Mac - best of all it is shareware! ]

CMN Common Music Notation - Free western music notation package written in Common Lisp.

Cosmetic - Rhythm sequencer, sampler, synthesizer.

Demystifying the iTunes EQ - Article giving advice about using the EQ setting in iTunes to its full potential.

Digidesign - Creators of industry standard audio/MIDI sequencers Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools LE, as well as numerous RTAS plug-ins for the applications.

DSP-Quattro - Professional sound editor.
Meta Description: [ DSP-Quattro is a powerful sound editor for Mac OS backed by D-SoundPRO ten-year long experience in the digital audio editor field, it turns your computer into a professional audio workstation for music production. ]

Emagic - Featuring the Logic series, several virtual instruments and hardware accessories. Products description, support area, company information and news.
Meta Description: [ Email and Telephone Support for Emagic branded products is no longer available. If you own any Emagic branded hardware devices, support will continue to be provided according to your original warranty. ]

Felt Tip's Sound Studio - Shareware digital audio editing and recording application.

FingaMIDI - Replacement open-source driver that allows a PowerBook or iBook trackpad to be used as a 3-axis MIDI control surface.

fLOW Ambient Sound - Generates a changing soundscape in realtime suggestive of timbres of water, fire, earth, and air. Freeware for Mac G3.
Meta Description: [ Ambient soundscape generator running on Apple Macintosh computers. ]

FXpansion - Creators of BFD drum library module, DR-008 drum sampler, as well as VST to RTAS, VST to Rewire, and VST to AU plug-in adaptors.

Girl Audio Loop Mixing Software - MIDI-enabled audio loop mixing instrument.
Meta Description: [ Girl loop mixing software ]

Granted Software - Developers of the AudioUnit host Rax, AudioUnit Manager, and ReVision, a tool to sunchsonize audio from Propellerhead Software's Reason or Ableton's Live with QuickTime movies. All are exclusively Mac OS X applications.
Meta Description: [ Granted Software. Quality shareware and freeware exclusively for Mac OS X. ]

How Much Does iTunes Like My Five-Star Songs? - Article explores the algorithm iTunes uses to pick what comes next in a Party Shuffle playlist.

iDrum - Drum machine for OS X, running as both a standalone application and as plug-in. Overview, screenshots, features, downloadable demo and purchasing information.

Intuem - MIDI music authoring solution for OS X with Aqua interface, music notation, intended mostly for musical amateurs.

iPod Free File Sync - Utility for Mac OS 9 which allows synchronization of music from different iPods or any other source to computer.
Meta Description: [ iPod Free File Sync synchronizes and transfers music from the iPod to your Mac. ]

iStream - MP3 Streaming Server for the Macintosh from Arctic Software.

Jasmine Audio - Stereo multi-track audio editor and converter supporting AAC/MP4, AVI, System 7, AIFF, WAV, Quicktime, and other formats.

Lexikon Sonate - Generates piano music in realtime, can also be used as a meta-instrument for improvising complex piano music.
Meta Description: [ Interactive realtime composition running as software on Apple Macintosh computers. ]

Lime - Music Notation software for Macintosh. Also available for Win32. (CERL Sound Group)

500 Macintosh Music Programs - Briefly annotated link compilation.

Macintosh Music Software Site - Many freeware and shareware applications available for download.
Meta Description: [ The biggest Macintosh Music Software collection and related links on the web today. Download hundreds of Free and Shareware programs, read reviews, post your own comments ]

MacWaveMaker Users Group - MacWaveMaker is a nubus card midi synthesizer for Macintosh. Claims every MacWaveMaker thing may be found here.

Make A TestTone - Free Macintosh test tone Generator

Max Magic Microtuner - Microtonal scale editor.
Meta Description: [ 16tone: Max Magic Microtuner ]

MetroGnome - Freeware metronome for OS X. Customizable settings.
Meta Description: [ MetroGnome is a metronome for Mac OS X. It is VERY customizable, with settings such as subdivisions, time signatures, accents and mutes, translucent window flashing, silence, and a choice between fast and slow 8 subdivisions of tempos in /8 ]

Microsoft Media Player 7 - Support among others Microsoft MPEG-4 (version 2.0 and 3.0)and the ISO MPEG-4 video (version 1.0) video codecs.

MRAC Publishing - Symbolic Composer - Programming language/expert system for MIDI music composition, including the VLISP Lisp Visualization System.
Meta Description: [ Janusz Podrazik, composer. ]

Music Ace - Two education programs covering music concepts.
Meta Description: [ Harmonic Vision is the developer and publisher of music education software, including award-winning Music Ace software series for beginning music students. ]

MusicCatalog - Organize your music collection. Track, sort, use artwork and sound, enter lyrics, publish on the Web.
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OSS 3D for iTunes - Adds bass frequencies, spatialization, 3D surround sound and other real-time enhancements to iTunes.

Ovolab - Develops applications for Mac OS X, particularly software that converts MP3 songs to AAC format. Includes support and downloads.

500 PlayerPRO - Tracker, composer, and player, all in one.
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PlayerPROLounge - Unofficial web site for the PlayerPRO tracker.

QDesign - Audio compression solutions for digital music, new media, and Internet streaming.
Meta Description: [ QDesign is the leading provider of advanced digital audio compression technologies including QDX, MP3, MP2 and the QDesign Music Codec (for Apple QuickTime) ]

Red Barn Goat Farm - Li'l Miss' Scale Oven (LMSO), an ethnic and microtonal scale editor/synth retuner. Also DSP holophonics plug-ins.
Meta Description: [ nonoctave.com - software for tuning your musical instruments to ethnic, historical, experimental and otherworldly scales. ]

RhapsOGL visual effects - RhapsOGLApp X visual effects generator for MacOSX - This is a visual plug-in for SoundJam MP and MACAST

Rocket Science - Bundle of real-time plugins for Mark of the Unicorn's Digital Performer and Audio Desk.

Roxio's Jam Software - Sound editing software for Macintosh allowing users to easily create 100% Red Book compliant audio CDs.
Meta Description: [ Roxio Toast 7 Titanium is the best way to save, share and enjoy a lifetime of digital music, movies and photos on CD and DVD. Do it all with the fastest and most reliable burning software for the Mac OS - Toast. ]

Sagan Technology Metro - Sequencer with MIDI, audio, and video functionalities. Includes support for CoreAudio, CoreMIDI, Audio Units, Music Devices, Music Effects, VST, and Premiere.
Meta Description: [ Home of Sagan Technology and Metro 6, award winning Audio Video MIDI sequencer for Macintosh Computers. ]

SimpleChord - Handy reference to chords for musicians. For Mac OS X.

SoundHack - Shareware sound processing program does various conversions including sample rate, changes file headers, plays headerless files.

Soundminer - Audio file management system for Digital Audio workstation networks having a Mac attached.

500 Spectacular - Spectral composition environment.

Spectrasonics Virtual Instruments - Creators of Atmosphere, Stylus, and Trilogy virtual instruments/plug-ins, each with vast core libraries.
Meta Description: [ Spectrasonics critically acclaimed, professional sample libraries are widely considered the best in the business. This site brings you up to date information on all of our latest activities, extensive product information, demos, creative tips, and more! ]

Syd - Software Synthesizer - A software synthesizer for Mac and Windows. Similar to CSound in capabilities, but easier to use.
Meta Description: [ A powerful music synthesis program by Jim Bumgardner ]

Talking Panda - iLingo - Language translator for iPod.

The GarageDoor - Tips and suggestions for Apple's GarageBand. Covers live and MIDI recordings, effects, mixing, mastering and links to free loops.
Meta Description: [ The GarageDoor is a large Tips & Tricks site for users of Apple's GarageBand. ]

thOnk_0+2 - Freeware application uses Granular Synthesis to produce very diverse sounds based on a user provided sound file.

TrackPak - Apple Loops for GarageBand and Logic - Apple Loops and full audio tracks from famous hits in classic rock, RB, hip hop and modern rock, with fully mixed GarageBand projects.
Meta Description: [ Hal Leonard presents TrackPak: four releases for Apple's GarageBand, each with loops, full tracks, and mixed arrangements for 12 classic songs in Classic Rock, Hip Hop, Modern Rock, and R&B. ]

TunesTracker - Search the iTunes Music Store daily for your favorite artists and send you an e-mail when there are new songs by those artists.
Meta Description: [ TunesTracker searches the iTunes Music Store daily for new songs by your favorite artists, then alerts you via e-mail. ]

U and I Software - Developers of MetaSynth, a composition and sound design program using a strictly visual interface, with customizable tunings and image synthesis.
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USB-Audio.com - USB Audio software for Macintosh.
Meta Description: [ ASIO drivers (Windows and Mac) and hardware for digital audio via USB1.1 and USB2.0. Get the latency of your external soundcard down! ]

Virtual Composer - Shareware multiple track graphical sequencer, allowing files to be exported in AIFF, abc, or MIDI formats.

XO Play iPod Text Adventures - Choose your own adventure style games for the apple iPod.

YamIpod - Yet Another iPod Manager - Freeware application enabling adding and deleting music from the device. Includes software news, development information, and downloads.