“California-based ION has created what it is claiming is the industry’s first USB turntable, allowing you to convert your old vinyl collection directly to CD or MP3 with the included recording software. No special drivers are required either, which is always helpful. […]
It’s compatible with any software that supports USB audio input sound cards. Other features include an adjustable pitch belt drive turntable, USB cable, cartridge with stylus and 45 adapter”
Tag: news
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Ion USB Turntable
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Amazon rents access to a copy of the Web
“Amazon is selling access to its 5 billion document, 100-terabyte web-index. The index is complied by Alexa, an Amazon division that also powers the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. Amazon is renting access to the whole, raw database, so that you can build your own search tools and data-mining projects with it.”
Cool! This might have some pretty interesting consequences.
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Cannon Fodder mobiilimuotoon
“Alkujaan Amigalla nähty iki-ihana Cannon Fodder on käännetty nyt myös matkapuhelimille. […] Retroilijoilta saattaa päästä ilon kyynel, sillä Cannon Fodderin grafiikat ja äänet on lainattu suoraan 16-bittisestä Amiga-versiosta. […] Toimiakseen Cannon Fodderin mobiiliversio tarvitsee uuden sukupolven Symbian-puhelimen, joita kauppaa muun muassa kotimainen Nokia.”
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"Viestintävirasto linjasi VoIP-palveluja"
“Viestintäviraston linjauksen mukaan Internetin puhelinpalvelut Skype Out ja Skype In ovat luonteeltaan puhelinverkossa tarjottavia viestintäpalveluja, joihin sovelletaan Suomen viestintämarkkinalainsäädäntöä. Niiltä osin palvelujen on oltava Suomen lakien mukaisia. Sen sijaan Skype-käyttäjien väliset puhelut mahdollistavaan Skype-ohjelmaan tai loppuasiakkaalle tarjottavaan Skype Out -palveluun ei sovelleta Suomen lakeja.”
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Firefox 1.5 buffer overflow
“Basically firefox logs all kinda of URL data in it’s history.dat file, this little script will set a really large topic and Firefox will then save that topic into it’s history.dat.. The next time that firefox is opened, it will instantly crash due to a buffer overflow — this will happen everytime until you manually delete the history.dat file — which most users won’t figure out.
this proof of concept will only prevent someone from reopening their browser after being exploited. DoS if you will. however, code execution is possible with some modifcations.”
packet storm via Juha
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Gadget turns all your video into iPod/PSP/phone/laptop video
“Neuros have shipped an amazing-sounding device that takes the video you’ve already paid for — DVDs, TV shows, and so on — and repackages it to play on your PSP, laptop, phone or any other device that can handle MPEG4 video and Memory Sticks or Compact Flash. It’s small enough to use as a portable VCR, slipping it into your pocket and taking it on holiday or to meetings.”
Boing Boing
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Kaksi kolmesta 15-24-vuotiaasta käyttää pikaviestintä
“Taloustutkimuksen selvityksen mukaan […] Messengeriä, Meeboa tai muuta vastaavaa ohjelmaa käyttää jo kaksi kolmesta 15 – 24-vuotiaasta, kun vuosi sitten käyttäjiä oli noin kolmannes.”
Entäpä ne alle 15-vuotiaat? Kokemukseni mukaan ne luuhaavat “Mesessä” vähintään yhtä paljon, jos eivät enemmänkin kuin yli 14-vuotiaat.
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Firefox 1.5 released
Here’s what’s new in Firefox 1.5:
- Automated update to streamline product upgrades. Notification of an update is more prominent, and updates to Firefox may now be half a megabyte or smaller. Updating extensions has also improved.
- Faster browser navigation with improvements to back and forward button performance.
- Drag and drop reordering for browser tabs.
- Improvements to popup blocking.
- Clear Private Data feature provides an easy way to quickly remove personal data through a menu item or keyboard shortcut.
- Answers.com is added to the search engine list.
- Improvements to product usability including descriptive error pages, redesigned options menu, RSS discovery, and “Safe Mode” experience.
- Better accessibility including support for DHTML accessibility and assistive technologies such as the Window-Eyes 5.5 beta screen reader for Microsoft Windows. Screen readers read aloud all available information in applications and documents or show the information on a Braille display, enabling blind and visually impaired users to use equivalent software functionality as their sighted peers.
- Report a broken Web site wizard to report Web sites that are not working in Firefox.
- Better support for Mac OS X (10.2 and greater) including profile migration from Safari and Mac Internet Explorer.
- New support for Web Standards including SVG, CSS 2 and CSS 3, and JavaScript 1.6.
- Many security enhancements.
The last extension still not compatible with it is SwitchProxy.
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300GB disc set to challenge DVD
“A computer disc about the size of a DVD that can hold 60 times more data will go on sale in 2006, according to its American developer InPhase Technologies […]. The discs, holding 300GB each, use so-called Tapestry holographic memory technology to store data by interference of light. They are also able to read and write data at 10 times the speed of a normal DVD.”
Looks like maybe I can skip Blu-Ray and HD-DVD altogether. I even have yet to burn a dual layer DVD!
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Jane Siberry opens best artist's digital music store EVAR
“Canadian chanteuse Jane Siberry has created an online music store that’s a model of how artists can capitalize on the goodwill of their fans to line their pocketbooks and disseminate their music. Her store sells non-DRMed MP3s and encourages fans to spread the word.”
Boing Boing
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