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VLC Updates to 0.9.2 with New Interface and Features [Featured Download] (57)
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The popular open-source VLC media player has released a significant update with an interface refresh for Windows, Linux, and Unix, improved playlist and media library tools, and a whole lot more. The release, codenamed Grishenko, also adds support for more input and codec types, which means that the media player that you can always count on to play back any file you throw at it has gotten even better. VLC 0.9.2 displays album art, includes ...Shared by adam (32) Adam (19) Adnan (19) andrea (14) Art (25) Arvin (28) C.K. (100) capt bro (5) Christian Santos (91) Dan (5) derekrogerson (16) Dicky S (12) Eric (53) EricTheDJ (18) ewbrown (15) fox (18) Futt (17) G. (49) Galez (10) Glenn Batuyong (42) Henry Webb (0) iuri (10) Jeton (26) Joe T (15) Jordan (0) Jorge Herrero (9) Josh (14) Keenan (0) Kwasi (19) lalalila (17) Lee G. (9) lerxst_x (5) lucky13cxc (0) Marcel (15) Matt (22) mech (27) Michael (20) Nathan (3) Neko (23) Niklas (12) Peli (9) Robert (53) Ryan S (39) Scott Reston (21) Scott Rollins (23) Sean (23) Sebastian (25) SFSlim (27) tapir (24) Theotrek (19) THT (7) tormodh (18) Ulises (21) Wayne (30) Wayne (0) WindPower (59) Yerameyahu (66)- ewbrown said: VLC is the best media player ever. There, I said it.
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Customize Windows' Start Menu Folders [VB Scripts] (9)
onWindows only: By default Windows includes your "My Pictures" and "My Music" folders in the Start Menu's right column, but you can change those defaults to folders you use more often using two handy VB scripts. The replace My Pictures VB script and the replace My Music VB script each do just that. Right-click each link to save those files to your PC, then double-click to run them. Enter the new path you want to ...Shared by capt bro (5) Christian Santos (91) jasontromm (39) lucky13cxc (0) Marc (1) mike (20) NanoTech (1) RickMiraldo (5) Wayne (30)Contribute comment
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iPhone FW 2.1 Rules (3)
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When 2.0.2 came out, I wrote a nice post about how iPhone firmware 2.0.2 sucks. Now 2.1 is out and let me tell you, it is fantastic. Let’s get started. 1) 3g reception is so much better. The new baseband, v2. 11.07 comes with 2.1. The baseband is so much better. For the first time ever I can actually get 3g in my house! 2.0 came with 1.45.01 which was ok. 2.0.1 came with 1.48.02 ...Contribute comment -
Meatless Dishes that Satisfy Meaty Eaters [Food] (33)
onIf you're a veteran vegetarian, or just live with one, you've probably got a cache of great, hearty, no-meat-required dishes at hand. If you're a meat eater hosting vegetarians, however, you might be a little hard up for entrees. The Wise Bread blog has a helping of eight dish ideas that are hearty and tasty to keep bookmarked for a rainy, meatless day. Some won't make the cut for vegan, but a few, including spaghetti ...Shared by Aaron R (118) AaronTN (26) Adam Selwood (3) ahumblejedi (33) Alex (95) amanda (22) ArpitNext (0) benh (15) Chadwick (5) Dee (21) Dominik Lukeš (4) Elia (0) Erik (46) Henry Webb (0) Ian (5) jasontromm (39) Jassim (2) jGrrl (0) Jon (2) Kwasi (19) Laci (2) lucky13cxc (0) Michael (26) Nuno Carvalho (0) Pit (12) rowlikeagirl (13) Saket (27) Sam (26) StarkENT (5) Stephen (13) StevieB (37) TJ (8) tomwsmf (26)Contribute comment
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2.1 2g and 3g Jailbreak (2)
onThis is not the easiest guide, but it is for expert users and early adopters that have a 3g and Windows. The guide is courtesy of Geeb. This guide is for contract carrier subscribers only. If you are unlocking your 2g, wait for another method. Update: I wrote a quick app and added it to Cydia to solve the icons not showing up after Cydia issue. Update 2: Cydia is fixed. If you installed CacheDel, ...Shared by Andrew Trinh (34) lucky13cxc (0)Contribute comment
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iPhoneModem - Extremely Easy 3G Tethering in OS X (6)
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Addition released their application iPhoneModem Saturday through the MMi Cydia source. They describe it as "an application for the iPhone that aims at making it really easy to use the iPhone's internet connection on your computer," and they deliver. A while back, we posted a how to on tethering the iPhone using NateTrue's method - which required some command line knowledge and a few network tweaks on your OS X box. Until now, this was ...Contribute comment -
Decrypt and Remove Commercials from TiVo Recordings in One Step [TiVo] (30)
onYou've recorded an entire season of Weeds on your TiVo DVR, and now you want to archive it on a hard drive somewhere commercial-free—and the free Perl program KMTTG can do all that in one step. While TiVo Desktop can transfer TiVo recordings to your computer or iPod, KMTTG downloads your TiVo's recordings, decrypts .TIVO files to a less proprietary file format like .AVI, and can detect and remove commercials to reduce the file size ...Shared by AdamB (2) Alan Cheslow (49) Andrew (2) Anthony (4) Art (25) BigPru (12) Del (8) Greg (19) HokieGeek (31) Howie (17) J. Phil (46) james (2) Jamin (54) Jen (1) Joe (12) Joe (57) Joe Haynes (38) joel (20) Laura Smith (1) Leon (17) Lindsay (18) lucky13cxc (0) nilegomez (2) nparker13 (137) Ritu (525) Robert (12) Roger (24) Scott Rollins (23) Tom Davies (35) Zaki (45)
- AdamB said: for the TIVO viewers and owners out there... pretty cool
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Wired: 'iPhone takes screenshots of everything you do' (22)
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Filed under: iPod Family, Security, iPhoneOn your iPhone or your iPod touch, when you press the Home button, there's a nice little animation that takes you back to the home screen. To create that animation, your iPhone takes a screenshot of whatever it is you're doing, and uses it for the transition. Sounds innocent, right? Not so much, says data forensics expert Jonathan Zdziarski (thank you, clipboard). The screenshot is presumably erased from the iPhone ...Shared by Art (25) cvander (2) Dave (6) Eric (10) Gordon (7) Jake (20) Jamin (54) jeremy (5) Jim (1) Jon (4) Jrod (41) Lloyd Doppler (20) lucky13cxc (0) Martin Gordon (24) Nate (11) Nick (36) Phil (1) SFSlim (27) spdd (1) Trevor (19) twotwo (17) Walter H. (14)Contribute comment -
Monitor Your Monthly Bandwidth with Your Router [Bandwidth] (33)
onIn the face of internet service providers like Comcast instituting bandwidth-capping, the Simple Help weblog details how to use a router running the open-source DD-WRT firmware to monitor your bandwidth. It's actually very simple to do, requiring no work on your part aside from installing DD-WRT on your router. DD-WRT automatically tracks bandwidth, so from there it's a matter of knowing where to look. If you're running the user-friendly Tomato firmware (we also showed you ...Shared by Amir (18) Art (25) Brandon J. Mendelson (116) brokekid (167) Bruce (20) Casey (20) cesaracardoso (46) Christian Santos (91) cpqdon (14) David (1) Del (8) Derek Gottlieb (3) emaynard (1) Geoff (19) George (8) Glen Horton (2) jasontromm (39) Jens Christian Freund (9) Justin (0) Kelly (5) lucky13cxc (0) Mike F (425) nparker13 (137) rzklkng (113) Selwin (30) Shelly (10) shivanand (3) Srinvard (17) StevieB (37) stormin (0) Tim (40) Timothy (0) web (2)
- Srinvard said: maybe worth implementing?
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Yahoo OneConnect Brings Free SMS to Your iPhone [Featured IPhone Download] (36)
oniPhone/iPod touch only: Yahoo OneConnect is a free application that brings a handful of communication and social networking tools to your iPhone or iPod touch. Off the bat, the most notable thing about OneConnect is that it supports sending SMS messages to contacts in your Yahoo Address Book (provided you have a phone number in their contact card). That means you can text all day long from your iPhone (or iPod touch, if you have ...Shared by Adam (18) AdamB (2) ahumblejedi (33) ArpitNext (0) Art (25) Brian Junyor (14) btvillarin (25) Cade (6) calderas (0) Christopher (0) daisylinbluez (4) Darren (3) David (9) Glenn Batuyong (42) Greg (19) Henya (1) infomaniac (2) James (9) jamesvandyke (4) Krystal (17) Kwasi (19) lucky13cxc (0) Matt (17) Michael (12) Mikey (47) morgan180 (27) nilegomez (2) Rex (87) Rob (20) Robert (4) Role (10) shawnmor (13) sirmikester (26) Steve Sill (7) vevck (16) Vincenzo (42)Explore read five notes
- Matt said: I don't have an iPhone but thought people who do would find this interesting
- Steve Sill said: To get it for the iPhone you currently have to get it by first visiting the OneConnect site. Did so with my iPhone and when I pressed the Get OneConnect button it took me to the app store where I could down load it.
- Robert said: oh hell yeah....
- sirmikester said: I wonder how they are getting away with providing free SMS functionality in an Apple store app, also it must cost them something to send each message...
- AdamB said: this almost makes me want an iphone... who am i kidding- i'll probably have an iphone by the end of the month
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Automated News Crawling Evaporates $1.14B (36)
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cmd writes "The Wall Street Journal reports that Google News crawled an obscure reprint of an article from 2002 when United Airlines was on the brink of bankruptcy. United Airlines has since recovered but due to a missing dateline, Google News ran the story as today's news. The story was then picked up by other news aggregators and eventually headlined as a news flash on Bloomberg. This triggered automated trading programs to dump UAL, cratering ...Shared by AbhijitSavarkar (18) Ahmed (30) Al. (2) Alex (95) André (6) AnilG (1) ansel1 (0) badpazzword (0) bam (13) Beglen (19) boozedog (5) Carl (0) Crossbar (6) DC (1) Dustin Hillard (14) easyon (13) Fabrice (1) flipp (4) Graham (3) Herschell / Special*Dark (19) J. James B (14) Jay Liew (45) Ken Sykora (21) lucky13cxc (0) Major Tal (0) Marcio (0) Massimo (0) Mycroft (15) OhCaptain (18) Paul (0) Prateep (4) Rangaraj (13) salade (14) Shelton (8) Terrence (18) Vitor Pellegrino (20)Explore read seven notes- Ken Sykora said: Moral of the story - bugs cost money?
- Vitor Pellegrino said: caramba! Realmente, o google vai dominar o mundo mesmo
- Herschell / Special*Dark said: When did Google News drop their beta status? I thought there was a legal issue stopping them from going "live."
- Shelton said: Along with reporting Jobs's death, that's a second mistake for Bloomberg!
- J. James B said: Sounds like this: http://thedaemon.com/
- Al. said: Una verguenza, impresentable
- Major Tal said: This is why extracting the date correctly is important...
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Tasks in the cloud: VITO Technology's Task2Gather (3)
onFiled under: SoftwareAnother big PDA developer has made the jump to iPhone, with longtime Windows Mobile developer VITO Technology announcing their first product for the Apple platform -- Task2Gather.It's a task manager with a difference. Task2Gather stores all of your tasks "in the cloud", where they're not only accessible from your iPhone, but also from any web browser. The VITO Technology folks describe this functionality by saying that your wife can update your shopping list ...Contribute comment
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Free: Lifehacker Readers' Free Replacements for Paid Tools (105)
onWe highlighted a few of our favorite free replacements for paid tools about two weeks ago, and boy, did you respond. From Adobe replacments to Windows utilities, niche graphics apps to virtualization, our readers had a wealth of no-cost alternatives to recommend. We listened and compiled, so check out some of your fellow readers' best suggestions for extending your computer without expending a single penny. Photo by AGoK. Orb instead of Slingbox ($130) This one ...Shared by Adam (18) AdamB (2) Alan Kelon Oliveira de Moraes (5) Alone On A Friday (0) Anders (17) Andy (19) AndyG1128 (9) BrendoMan (258) Brett (1) Brian Junyor (14) Brooks (14) Bruce So (0) Caleb (6) Chris (1) Chris (20) Christian Santos (91) Christopher (0) Christopher Gizzi (21) cloneofsnake (3) Compuwizard123 (27) D4rKr0W (13) darkeye11547 (167) dave (13) Dejim (17) Derick Valadao (36) Donato (4) Doug Stewart (43) ductapeguy (4) Ed Kopp (14) Eduardo (10) ellie (20) Emmanuel Guerrero (0) engtech (0) Eric (24) Eric (16) Fuad (16) Gabe (21) Gabriel (21) Gene (0) Gregor (8) Haggis (1) HokieGeek (31) Humberto Gonzalez (27) Jacintoxico (0) Jacob (9) James (1) Jeff Poetker (3) Jeffrey (42) Jim Ogle (1) Joe Haynes (38) JohnC (15) Justin Ribeiro (3) jvoorhees (12) K-IntheHouse (30) Kathy Brewis (138) keith (45) krynsky (21) kskobac (22) Library (0) Liz (9) lucky13cxc (0) ManiacD (28) Manuel (19) Marcel (12) monotropos (4) Monsur (2) Nicholas (24) Nicholas Schiller (20) nikhil (0) nilegomez (2) Pat (18) Phil (16) philoscribe (0) Punksolid (53) rawwell (93) richard mckay (2) Robert (53) Roberto Medri (12) Rocco (26) Romey (34) Scott (0) Scott (6) Selwin (30) Shad (9) shawnmor (13) Shinn Photography (5) shrutes (19) SilverStag (22) Sonja (3) Sparky (0) theycallmetish (1) Tony (21) Travis Jon Allison (20) Travis Roy (20) tybeck (24) Victor M.J. (3) Wayne (30) Will (25) WindPower (59) wwdj (26) yasha.sozo (30) Yinka (20) yyq123 (13) Zach (55) zemlanin (41)Explore read five notes
- Anders said: Vi betalar inte! (här heller)
- Roberto Medri said: ecco un programma di materizzazione per queta nikki
- Sonja said: Hmm, I may have to see if I can get Orb to work.
- Pat said: need to check out driveimagexml
- Scott said: What does it say that I use all of these with the exception of the photoshop replacements? (I am not no artist type)
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dTunes - like iTunes, but free! (1)
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dTunes, a new app by Richard Shearman, lets you grab all the free music you'd like, downloaded straight to your iPhone using some magic to combine SeeQPod's streaming .mp3 service and Jonathan Misurda's useful Safari Download Plugin. Download dTunes (available via Cydia now on the MMi repo), and once installed, tap the magnifying glass or the Search Seeqpod button. dTunes will bring up a window with Seeqpod in it - simply search for the music ...Shared by lucky13cxc (0)Contribute comment -
Automation: Top 10 Home Automation Projects (117)
onYou've got a computer that backs up vital documents, launches applications at the tap of a key, and effortlessly pulls down the information you need from the web—and yet you spend precious weekend time doing menial tasks like watering the lawn and getting rice ready for dinner. You can apply the same geeky spirit to your home as you do your computer desktop, and we've got a host of projects that take a short time ...Shared by AaronTN (26) Adam (20) Alex (95) Alex (21) Andy Kaplan-Myrth (30) Anthony DelleCave (0) Ben (0) benh (15) Brandon (3) Brian (9) Brian (11) Brian Junyor (14) Bryan (19) Cai Chen (2) CannonGod (155) capt bro (5) Casey Petersen (1) Chabarred (32) Charles (20) chip (3) Chris (17) Christian Santos (91) Christopher (21) Christopher Gizzi (21) Clay (21) codefin (10) Compuwizard123 (27) Creeva (43) currios (0) D (2) Dan MacTough (2) David (9) David Bradley (37) elsterama (31) Emmett (23) Eric (17) Erik J. Heels (33) Eyebee (25) farzad (22) Felipe (20) Francisco Solis (1) Fred Schechter (33) Frederic (0) Grandje5ter (25) harrison3001 (23) Hasan (1) Humberto Gonzalez (27) jawabiscuit (4) JeDa (0) Jeff (21) Jeff (5) Jeffrey (2) Jenna Wortham (30) Joe (57) Joe Haynes (38) John (31) jon bradford (2) Jon Lorenzini (1) Jonnie (0) Josh (23) Joshua (1) JustonWestern (16) jwmosley (4) keith (45) Krystal (17) Kyle (7) Leena (702) Leo (24) Levanah (2) Library (0) Lucas (21) Luciano Passuello (32) lucky13cxc (0) Luckystrik3 (14) Marc Beharry (14) Michael (84) Mick (27) Miggity (20) Mike (0) Mike F (425) Mookyjooky (20) Nanok (6) ndench (20) Nick (7) Nickname unavailable (0) Nigel (2) nparker13 (137) Ozgur Alaz, Marketallica (38) paco_reyes (0) Pat (18) Paul Traina (14) Phil (16) proyecto (1) rajan (2) rene (0) Robert Scoble (46) Rui Moio (35) Ryan (16) rzklkng (113) Sam (26) Sam Jones (1) Seth G (19) SilverStag (22) Stacy (39) Stacy Jai (0) Steven R (14) Sumesh (61) taylor (132) Thomas Reimer S (1) Tim (16) Tim Bertram (2) timmins (15) Tony (21) Travis Roy (20) Wes (16) Zenith (20) Zeus (23)Explore read five notes
- Clay said: I always resisted checking out Life Hacker since it was a part of the Nick Denton empire, but I've been reading it non-stop since I finally read it.
- Joe Haynes said: Sweet. I've been looking for a page of automated household tasks like this.
- David Bradley said: Lazy geeks
- Casey Petersen said: This is going on my home project list!
