An Australian judge today ordered significant changes in the Kazaa network, ruling that its operators, Sharman Networks, authorized the widespread violation of copyrights. While the ruling did not entirely shut down Kazaa, its result did leave room for such action if drastic changes are not made in the near future. Sharman Networks stated that it… Continue reading Judge orders change in Kazaa service
Month: September 2005
Foobar 2000 0.9 beta 8
Foobar, the no-nonsense audio player for Windows got a new beta version. It supports Ogg Vorbis, mp3, mpc and aac. With plugins you can use more audio formats. * Improved playlist management: all playlists are editable without being active, multiple playlists with the same name, Autoplaylists * Field remappings in titleformat scripts: see Titleformat Introduction… Continue reading Foobar 2000 0.9 beta 8
Exact Audio Copy 0.95 beta 3
” Here comes the new EAC 0.95b3. There are several issues fixed, e.g. some CUE sheets could not been written to CD-R using CDRDAO and now it is possible to wait for external compressors to finish the job before powering down the computer. For some users with high ping times (like satellite internet users) there… Continue reading Exact Audio Copy 0.95 beta 3
Winamp 5.1
The well-known media player Winamp got a new update! * New: CodingTechnologies AACPlus encoder! * New: SHOUTcast Wire – A Media RSS Browser and Subscription Service * New: Predixis Smart Playlist Generator * New: AOL Radio featuring (((XM))) Free Sampler! * New: CD Ripping now available at 8x in free version! * New: Microsoft WMA… Continue reading Winamp 5.1
Directnic.com and hurricane Katrina
Directnic.com is one of the most popular domain name registrars. I’ve been using their services for a couple of years now for the six .com addresses I own and or / admin for friends, so I can really recommend them. Thursday night, one hour ago, I got a text message on my mobile phone from… Continue reading Directnic.com and hurricane Katrina