Let the Epic ‘Skillz’ Battles Begin! In case you’re wondering what I’m going on about, JamLegend is the result of a passionate night between FooBrew and Guitar Hero. Imagine GuitarHero, except online and using a keyboard. That’s what JamLegend is. I’ve been having quite a ball trying to Jam to the various songs. The way JamLegend works is simple. You pick a song, you select your difficulty and decide if you want a rock show-down against another player, the computer or if you want to just rock all by yourself and then off you go. You have an on-screen numbered…

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I’m back… again… with the top 7 stories of the day, according to ME! Right! This time I’ve got some serious stuff for you guys to feast on. 1 – ONE! Weaponizing Web 2.0 – The Washington Post – I thought this was quite an interesting article. Imagine your browser turning against you, all your personal information being used by someone else without your knowledge! I’m sure we’ve all had this nightmare before, but if what this article says is true, I think we’d better be really careful. This is a real life version of one of those scary movies…

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While ABBYY may seem like a spelling mistake it actually is the name of a software solutions company that makes the one of the best OCR software in the world. For those who don’t know OCR stands for Optical Character Recognition which simply is a technology that goes through scanned documents and/or digital photos of text and number and then converts that un-editable data into editable text that can be saved in various formats. By converting your documents into editable text you increase your ability to search for important documents (eg. agreement, thesis, legal documents and reports etc) and you…

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No Top-7 stories of the day from me today. Mostly because there’s a 100 different articles talking about how and why AT&T had blocked 4Chan for a bit and how 4Chan plans to get back at them, because this is definitely the most world defining news of the day. So have you recently decided that you wanted to get yourself a new gaming console or wanted to upgrade an existing console and are wondering what to buy? Well, we’re here to help you! (Not really..) Just the other day I was sitting down and thinking to myself, “it’s about time…

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Ashampoo Music Studio 2009 claims to be an All-in-one digital music creation and management software – and they aren’t kidding! The software allows you to rip you tracks from audio CD’s into a format of your choice (WMA, MP3 etc) it allows you to burn files onto CD/DVD/Blu-Ray, you can organize and modify files (ie automatic renaming and moving of files as well as converting editing and normalizing files). The option to Record audio via mic/ line in etc, the ability to find & repair damaged audio files and to top it off the option to print and design Covers,…

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According to Me. So I’m back just a day later with 7 more stories for you to check out. Of course, their importance depends a lot on how aligned your priorities are with mine, however even if you’re from a different planet it’s fun to ‘throw caution to the wind’ sometimes.. 1 – ONE! The iPhone’s Latest Hit App : Sex Offender Locator – TechCrunch -  I think this is hilarious. Now every iPhone user knows if you hang Pedo-bear posters in your room. Don’t think this app has much use outside of the US, but I’m sure it’s a…

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Stuff we’d like to throw into the black-hole, Microsoft’s new retail store, how to hack the iPhone (well, not really…), it’s all in here!

When making a computer based tutorial/presentation you’re required to get specialized software that will capture both your voice and your movements onscreen. Some of these software cost hundreds of dollars are bulky to install and are espcially confusing to setup.  For example when choosing which video and audio format to use to save your actions in. ScreenJelly enters the fray to not only provide the service of `screencasts’ in an easy manner for both the creator of the screencast and the user but they’re doing it using only your web browser and its for free. You just need to allow…

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Something I had been anticipating for such a long time. Finally someone figured it out! In the past I’ve always resorted to using specialised audio players, specialised playlists and complex web server systems in order to stream my songs online so that I can hear my tunes no matter where I am – even if I’m around the world. However the smart people at PulpTunes have figured out how to broadcast your actual iTunes list over the internet, without any of the hassle. Whats so cool is that installing and setting up the software wont take more than a minute…

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Loopslab is the name for the technology that powers web based audio synchronizing and editing applications. In short its a web based mixing studio. Designed in flash the app basically places the power of being a DJ and even a full fledged musician in the hands of the average web user. It uses a very simple and intuitive interface where you can use the premade musical sample/loops and place them on a time line to make you very own special mix of sorts. If you’re slightly more adventurous , you have the option to record some sounds of your own,…

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