Monthly Archive for August, 2005

Synthesizer pioneer Moog dies

CNN is reporting that Synthesizer pioneer and all around vanguard of electronic music, Bob Moog, has passed away at age 71. Dr Moog built his first electronic instrument – a theremin – aged 14 and made the MiniMoog, “the first compact, easy-to-use synthesizer”, in 1964. He was the first to bring the electronic synthesizer within reach of most musicians, and his early work, the “Minimoog” is still highly praised, and often emulated, to this day.

>> Read the article @ CNN.com
>> www.moogmusic.com

Google Desktop 2.0 … Google IM soon?

From NY Times: “Google executives say they plan to unveil on Wednesday a “communications tool” that is potentially a clear step beyond the company’s search-related business focus. While executives would not disclose what the new software tool might be, Google has long been expected to introduce an instant messaging service to compete with services offered by America Online, Yahoo and MSN from Microsoft.”

Today, Google launched v2.0 of Google Desktop. Many new features are introduced including improved Outlook filtering, Gmail indexing, and the feature which is most likely to cause the largest stir: a new Sidebar which displays RSS feeds, a Gmail inbox, news, scratch pad and more. Plug-ins for the new Sidebar are also available including a to-do list, clock, and more.

>> Read the article @ NY Times
>> Google Desktop

FileZilla 2.2.15

FileZilla is a fast and reliable FTP client and server with lots of useful features and an intuitive interface. And best of all: it’s free!

New in 2.2.15:

* Fixed crash on directory refresh while editing filename
* Some users didn’t see file icons in the remote filelist

>> Download FileZilla 2.2.15

MSN Messenger 7.5.0244 Dutch

The third beta for Msn Messenger 7.5 is now also available in Dutch! Grab it while it’s hot!

>> Download Msn Messenger 7.5.0244 Dutch
>> Download Mess.be patch for 7.5.0244

RIP Grimpie

Grimpie and ZappaGrimpie, one of the two cats of Danny and Véronique, passed away yesterday. She went peacefully in her sleep. We’ll never forget her, and hope she’s in cat heaven now. Bye bye Grimpie …

>> Click here for full-size picture

Ogg Vorbis reaches 12.3% of P2P traffic

According to CacheLogic survey, 61.44% of the peer-to-peer traffic nowadays is video, with audio taking distant second place, representing 11.34% of global traffic. Moreover, 12.3% of all the music files traded on P2P networks are in Ogg format. Almost all of the OGG files are traded via BitTorrent protocol with most of the growth coming from Asia, CacheLogic says.

>> Read the article @ ZDNet
>> A more detailed article @ Slyck.com

Why Google uses Linux

A common reason why more governments and enterprises around the world are moving to open source software is unhappiness, it was revealed during a panel discussion at the LinuxWorld Conference in San Francisco yesterday. Google Inc open source programs manager Chris DiBona said the search giant has stuck with Linux throughout the company’s life, in part, because it was unhappy with the terms of another software company. Which borgware company is he referring to?

>> Read the article @ CBR Online

Nero Burning ROM 6.6.0.16

Changelog:

- Adapted UDF Multisession Support for DVD-R DL Layer Jump Recording Mode
- Added several advisory messages
- Added a new help file for LightScribe
- The used UDF version for UDF compilations is now shown in the log
- Other Changes/Bugfixes
- It was not possible to print a LightScribe label with an external LightScribe drive
- Copying open VR discs was not working
- Implemented a warning message in case a DVD-R9 DL is copied to a DVD+R9 DL and – The layer break of the source does not match the destination disc
- The calculated disc space for DVD-RAM media was wrong
- Aborting a LightScribe print process could cause the application to hang

>> Download Nero Burning ROM 6.6.0.16
>> http://www.nero.com

K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 1.35

Changes from 1.34:

- Updated ffdshow to build 2005-08-03
- Added On2 VP7 [version 7.0.8.0]
- Updated RealMedia components to version 6.0.12.1235
- Added AC3filter 1.01aRC5 (in addition to the already included 0.70b)
- Updated Vorbis DirectShow decoder (CoreVorbis) to version 1.1
- Updated MP4 DirectShow splitter (made by Haali) to build 2005-08-02
- Updated Matroska DirectShow splitter (made by Haali) to build 2005-08-02
- Updated Ogg Vorbis DLLs to version 1.1.1
- Added VSFilter 2.36 (in addition to the already included 2.33)
- Updated GraphEdit to build 041201
- Tweaked various default settings
- Is now able to detect and uninstall even more codec packs
- Minor changes

>> Download K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 1.35
>> www.codecguide.com

WinRAR 3.50

After a ton of beta releases, the compression tool WinRAR finally got the “final” stamp, and is now at 3.50! WinRAR can work with rar, zip, cab, arj, lzh, tar, gz, ace, uue, bz2, jar, iso, 7z en z. New in 3.50 is a skinnable interface, Zip64 support, and multi-volume CAB support. WinRAR, unlike it’s name, exists for various operating systems.

>> Download WinRAR 3.50 for Windows (English)
>> Download WinRAR 3.50 for Windows (Dutch)
>> Download other WinRAR versions