A lot of friends I know sing along their MP3s. Too bad, for most of them, they don’t know most of the lyrics. Hahaha. But if you want to practice your karaoke skills just from Winamp or Windows Media Player, you might want to check this plug-in out - Lyrics Plug-in.
It installs real as [...]

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Yeah, I’m a bit late posting this one but an update nonetheless. Apple’s released version 7.1.1 of iTunes. Yet Apple still aims to resolve the following issues:

Ejecting an iPod from Windows Explorer or the Windows notification area (system tray) using the “Safely Remove Hardware” feature may corrupt your iPod. To always safely eject [...]

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Almost a month after Apple flagged a warning to its iTunes users not to upgrade to Vista due to a fatal flaw that may lead to a busted iPod, and still no word about the fix.
Though Apple already downplayed the news, the possible flaw of corrupting one’s iPod upon removal from a Vista PC [...]

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Here’s some DIY for some old school electronic music. Back in the day, loops were made by tape loops (like this one featured here), delay effects or by sampling. Here’s how to make a tape loop:

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Here’s a continuation of my series of articles on second-hand guitar buying. These points out the nitty-gritty details on the guitar that you should check out when you finally get to in person.

Scratches, dings, cracks and rust - Paint scratches and dings are common. Wood cracks and rust are no-nos.

The neck - You’d want [...]

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Here’s a news clip from Top Tech News:
BBC Director General Mark Thompson said that YouTube was “a key gateway through which to engage new audiences in the U.K. and abroad.” YouTube attracts an estimated 70 million users each month. One new channel, “BBC Worldwide,” will show clips from hit BBC programs including motor show [...]

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MP3 players really are handy only none of these miniaturized audio rigs have a compartment for the headphones. And they can sure get tangled or coiled up I had a friend who wrecked his iPod just because he was trying to uncoil. Sadly for him, his iPod slipped and fell to the floor with [...]

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Project Gutenberg has helped a great many of us obtain open domain texts. Practically free books online (some priced at $20 in print, take five books and that’s a good hundred bucks). But reading plain text can be really a bore.
Here’s yet another good freeware that lets you read those plain text e-books book [...]

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Here’s the iPhone teaser commercial that came out during the Oscars.

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I’m not really a sound engineering but I like audio. I did a few mixes myself and done some voice acting. I still play the guitar when I can. And if there’s one thing that I’ve learned from all of that, talent is one thing, but equipment counts. I’ve done some personal recordings using [...]

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With the roll out of the high definition video players, it’s the time for buyers to choose on which format to bank on much like choosing between Beta and VHS back in the day.
If price will be the factor, it seems like HD-DVD will get an advantage as Blu-ray players still cost so much. [...]

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Mack pointed this out as a better suggestion over Gspot in finding out what codec a media file uses. MediaInfo an open source utility that has a lot more than what GSpot has to offer.
Yup, I agree, this kicks GSpots to the curb! Thanks, Mack! This is why I love Web 2.0.
You can find [...]

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For all of you audio and video freaks out there, here’s another great tool for you. Sometimes it’s a pain to determine what codec a media file uses. Last time, I wrote about being able to playback any video type with a collection of codecs.
Knowing what codec the file uses is important especially if [...]

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Here’s another great tip for Mac users. It’s called you control: tunes. Best for control freaks out there.
Here are the key features according to the site:

* View the rating of the currently playing song in the menu bar.
* Change the rating of the currently playing song [...]

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No political correctness with this one. Everyone’s a crack head and you got to protect yourself!

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