http://www.allmp3software.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:23:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [via Digg] I desperately hope this becomes a series. Comedy troupe The Vacationeers has a new video parodying Google Maps and its Street View feature. Shortly after the introduction of Street View, privacy concerns were raised by several groups regarding the amount of zooming and the capturing of license plate numbers, ... http://www.allmp3software.com/?p=435 Read Jason's post (Credit: ZDNet) It's a grand idea, but it's hard to see Microsoft or Yahoo or the combined companies pulling it off in the near term. All the mobile device companies are learning from the iPhone, and will eventually come up with similar functionality. But duplicating the fit and ... http://www.allmp3software.com/?p=433 A typical 1GB movie can be converted--or transcoded--in less time with the help of the SpursEngine processor: what might ordinarily take an hour can be done in as little as ten minutes, the company said in a statement. This is a feature that Nvidia is also promoting aggressively on its ... http://www.allmp3software.com/?p=431 (Credit: CNET Networks) Nikon has released a firmware update to its D40 6MP DSLR. The firmware update, v1.11, is a minor update that corrects an issue where shooting times were not always accurately recorded within the image data for images captured in bursts of continuous shooting. We generally recommend installing the latest ... http://www.allmp3software.com/?p=429 Then Dolan reported on the not particularly scandalous list--no Debbie Does Dallas to be found--in an article in the Washington, D.C.-area City Paper. An analog-age privacy debate ensued, and the VPPA was passed in 1988. Facebook is not included in the lawsuit. A Blockbuster representative told MediaPost that adequate privacy protections are ... http://www.allmp3software.com/?p=427 That's where most people are in the technology adoption curve. They're not "Twittering." They're simply trying to figure out how to sell their goods on eBay. Helping them take the next step beyond this...? That's technology's big opportunity. We spend way too much time inside our small Silicon Valley worlds. It ... http://www.allmp3software.com/?p=425 Steve Ballmer: It ain't over 'til it's over? Not so fast. But according to an institutional investor advisory services source, Icahn would still likely stand a better chance just running a partial slate of dissident directors for minority representation on the board--even if Microsoft makes a public statement of a sweetened offer ... http://www.allmp3software.com/?p=423 The lineup of applications on Google for Nonprofits This is by no means Google's first effort to reach out to nonprofits. Last year, for example, Google launched an outreach program to help nonprofits take advantage of Google Earth. And Google runs a nonprofit of its own: the high-profile Google.org, which has ... http://www.allmp3software.com/?p=421 If you're really well known... no one will think the "fake" Metallica is the real thing. If you're just starting though? BANG! Gone. Over time, I suspect we'll see established vendors creep closer to open source as a way to stave off competition. Microsoft and Oracle have already done this, to ... http://www.allmp3software.com/?p=419 Late last year, Google introduced a copyright identification system called Video ID, which tracks unauthorized videos. It enables a copyright owner to either block the clip, leave it up, or enable YouTube to sell ads against the material. (Credit: YouTube) "The second (big media companies) say yes to profiting from those ... http://www.allmp3software.com/?p=417