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iphone drummer! We are really close to iBand

February 29th, 2008

Remember the cool iAno iPhone piano and the cool guitar app, now how about Drums. Kick ass dev MooTheCow has created this homebrew drum machine application called “Drummer” that runs on your iPhone or iPod Touch.

iphone drummer! We are really close to iBand

Drummer can play up to 15 unique audio samples (one on each finger touch pad), with the multitouch advatage nearly 5 pads can be pressed at once. It even lets you play your Mp3s in the background. The drummer comes preloaded with Rock, Dance, Jazz 1 and 2, and Electro tunes, which can be easily expanded with user uploading there own files.

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How to get Vista Breadcrumbs for Windows XP

February 29th, 2008

After Windows Vista came out, lot of programmers tried to port the visual styles to Windows XP and many have succeeded it that. One special add-in is the Vista-style breadcrumbs for Windows XP. Especially handy for those who wanna get some Vista looks without switching over to Windows Vista for the time being.

QT Address Bar is simple application, just unzip it to a location of your choice and then double click on the QTAddressBar.exe file.

How to get Vista Breadcrumbs for Windows XP

Select the Install option, and then click the Next button to register the component with Windows.

How to get Vista Breadcrumbs for Windows XP

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How to Add Google Sites to an Existing Google Apps Account

February 29th, 2008

Recently Google launched the new Google Sites wiki that lets you create and edit websites without learning HTML.

If you are a Google Apps admin, you can easily integrate the new Google Sites wiki service to your account. Just take a look at the steps below and you’ll be good to go building sites.

Google Sites add to google apps

1. Open your Google Apps Dashboard and click the “Add More Services” link.

https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/<yourdomain.com>/SelectServices

2. Now you’ll see a button to integrate Google Sites with your Google Apps account. If it is unavailable, use the following link:

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62-in-1 USB Internal Multi Card Reader

February 28th, 2008

Recently I found out an internal card reader 7-in-1 with Floppy drive. But this 62-in-1 USB Internal Multi Card Reader breaks any record for a card reader. The reader auto-detects just almost any type of memory card that you could think off.

62 in 1 USB Internal Multi Card Reader

Features:

  • Support USB 2.0 up to 480Mbps
  • SD 2.0(SDHC), CF 4.0, MMC 4.2, xD 1.21, direct access, no adapter required
  • 62 in 1 Card Reader
  • Auto detect card memory
  • Standard 3.5 inch design fit in all PC case
  • Provide 1 x USB 2.0 port

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Microsoft WorldWide Telescope in Hubble @ your Desktop

February 28th, 2008

How about Hubble Telescope at the convince of your laptop. Microsoft recently unveiled the fully operational Microsoft WorldWide Telescope, they demonstrated there long-awaited software to an audience at the exclusive Technology Entertainment and Design conference in Monterey, California, that started Wednesday.

Microsoft WorldWide Telescope in Hubble @ your Desktop

WorldWide Telescope is quite similar to the sky feature in Google Earth but much more expansive, is a virtual map of space that features tens of millions of digital images from sources like the Hubble telescope and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The video shows how you could pan and zoom across the night sky, Mars, Saturn and the galaxies looks really cool.

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Top 10 Tab Extensions for improved productivity for Firefox

February 26th, 2008

Tab browsing for Firefox is almost perfect for most average to intermediate users. But for a geek everything has to be picture perfect. Here are few Tab extensions that extracts more out of the already lean and mean Firefox browser.

Top 10 Tab Extensions for improved productivity for Firefox

Tab Mix Plus
Tab Mix is probably the most used tab extension. Most of the cool features came with Firefox 2. It includes such features as duplicating tabs, controlling tab focus, tab clicking options, undo closed tabs and windows, plus much more. Also the session manager gives it total control over crashes.

Fancy Numbered Tabs

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Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive $50 at Best Buy

February 25th, 2008

Blu-ray vs HD-DVD war is finally over and the aftermath kicks most HD-DVD alliances to dust, that includes Microsoft. Sure, the format is dead but Microsoft fanboys still have the Xbox 360 and the $50 price for the drive is well worth just for the Universal Media remote that comes with it, also the DVD upscaling feature is worth the 50 odd bucks.

Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive $50 at Best Buy

The problem is, will you invest on something that won’t be supported in future. Maybe the previously owned HD-DVD’s titles might give you the necessary itch. Stocks until they last,Just click the via link to land straight to the purchase page, its $49.99 plus $4.99 estimated shipping, if don’t want to spend the extra 5bucks, pick it up in your local store.

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