Free Worldwide Phone Call using Yahoo Messenger, 100% working, Tested by me
Posted on: November 29, 2009Hello guys here is the cool and useful trick to call anywhere in the world using Yahoo Messenger, its tested by me and working 100%
I know you would definitely wants to make calls,
These calls cant be traced, so you can do something naughty, but never misuse the trick.
The Trick Is-------------->
1. You should having latest Yahoo Messenger installed on your computer.
If you dont have Download the latest Yahoo Messenger from HERE
2. Sign in to Yahoo Messenger as usually do
3. You can see a box on the top of Yahoo Messenger containing some texts, just like the below image(marked in red circle).
4. Enter the number given below in that box
+18003733411
5. When you will call this number an operator will reply and say "main menu" and then you have to reply from your mic "free call"
6. Then the operator will reply something(advertisement) and after sometime you can hear a beep tone and dial pad will come up(use keyboard if the dial pad does'nt come), where you will have to enter the destination number including the country code and your call will be connected.
7. Your call will be disconnected automatically after 5 minutes,But again starting over from the above steps you can call again and again with free of cost to any Phone or Mobile Phone around the world
Enjoy!
Office 2010 Beta Now Available For Download
Posted on: November 29, 2009Looking forward to Microsoft’s next major update for Office suite, Office 2010? Now you can preview the software way before its launch; an official public beta has now been made available. Just like all Microsoft software usually do before release, multiple builds of Office 2010 too were leaked online. A technical preview build as well as pre release build 4536 was made available to the public by an independent scene group (iND) and then by group WinBeta. Anyways you will no longer have to rely...
PTN Invite Applications Open For Two More Days, 2X Upload Enabled
Posted on: November 27, 2009After being closed for a while, PTN has re-opened their external invite applications to the public. This should be good news for folks who were looking forward to get in since PTN invites are not that common and on most BitTorrent forums it’s a non-movement tracker (you can’t request/giveaway invites). External applications are one of the safest ways to get invited as the invites come directly from trackers staff - there will be no risk of your inviter being a scammer, trader or a cheater. As...
Protect your files with password easily! Free softwares
Posted on: November 26, 2009
One of the simplest software to use is the Hide Folders. It’s not rocket science really. The application is easy to use and involves nothing more than selecting folders you want hidden and that’s that. A password system allows you to make sure that no one can access the software itself to un-hide the folders you’ve selected. Each time you try to access the software, which could even be a shortcut on the desktop for the world to see, you’ll need to enter the password.
Download: Hide Folders
It’s just another simple protections system for the paranoid or the secretive. It’s a lightweight program that is simple and easy to set up and use. It starts off with you of course having to assign a password for the software. This ensures that you and only you have access to the system. Once in you can simply select folders from your computers directory and hide them. Again it’s a simple trick. The folders may show up when you Hide and Unhide folders and files from the Windows settings but they won’t be accessible to anyone without going through the software via the password.Download: Folder Protector
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Can’t Login to IPTorrents? Here’s Why
Posted on: November 25, 2009If you are a member of the popular private BitTorrent tracker IPTorrents (IPT) you may have come across some strange errors yesterday and today. As we were informed by several of our readers, almost everyone seemed to get the following message when trying to log into IPT: “Username or password incorrect.”. First of all don’t panic – you haven’t been banned form the tracker (unless you did something stupid such as cheating). Second of all it’s not a fault at your end. What happened was that...
Yahoo Messenger 10 Final Standalone Offline Installer - Direct Download
Posted on: November 24, 2009As you may know we’ve been offering direct download links to standalone/offline installers for various pieces of software for quite some time. Now here’s great news for users of Yahoo! Messenger. After being in beta for couple of months, Yahoo! has released the first final build of Yahoo! Messenger 10 (build 10.0.0.1102) to the masses. New version comes with support for high quality video calls, new languages, new ways to arrange your contacts and a new ‘updates’ tab. To put it short if...
Free Rapid Downloader 0.83 helps you to download from file-sharing services,Download Now
Posted on: November 23, 2009
Free Rapid Downloader is a simple Java downloader that supports downloading from Rapidshare and other file-sharing services. Simply copy and paste your links from a browser to this application. FreeRapid Downloader will handle the rest itself. No more clicking or uncomfortable waiting.Main Features
* support for concurrent downloading from multiple services
* downloading using proxy list
* download history
* smart clipboard monitoring
* automatic checking for file's existence on server
* auto shutdown options
* automatic plugins updates
* simple CAPTCHA recognition
* works on MS Windows, Linux and MacOS
* easy to use
* multilanguage interface - Czech, Brazilian portuguese, Danish, English, French, German, Hungarian, Chinese, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian
* looks amazingly
* simply works!
Currently supported services are:
* Rapidshare.com (+ premium account)
* MegaUpload.com
* Megarotic.com and Sexuploader.com
* NetLoad.in
* MediaFire.com
* FileFactory.com
* Filebase.to
* Uploaded.to
* DepositFiles.com
* Share-online.biz
* Egoshare.com
* Easy-share.com
* Letibit.net
* XtraUpload.de
* Shareator.com
* Kewlshare.com
* SaveFile.com
* Ziddu.com
* 4shared.com
* Load.to
* UploadBox.com new
* FileSend.net new
* 2Shared.com new
* Uploading.com new
* Yourfiles.biz new
and many more...
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Docspedia E-Book & Documentary Torrent Tracker – Docs.Torrents.Ro Returns!
Posted on: November 22, 2009Great news for lovers of E-Learning & infotainment content. As we previously revealed via Twitter, Docs.Torrents.Ro has returned. Docs.Torrents.Ro was once a hugely popular private torrent tracker for E-learning content. To the disappointment of many of its users, Docs shut down back in last April leaving many stranded in the seas of BitTorrent. Now here is the good news – after almost 7 months of downtime, the site has returned in grand style. It now sports a brand new look, an overhauled...
Manage All Your Social Networks From One Place
Posted on: November 21, 2009
If you’ve lot of favourite social networking accounts and you want to access them easily from one place, I would suggest you to give Kazle a try! It works like TweetDeck, an Adobe AIR desktop application that allows users to send and receive tweets to Twitter and status updates to Facebook. But what makes Kazle stands out is that it supports a wide variety of popular social networking websites such as Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Plurk, Last.FM, Bebo, Brightkite, and Tumbler.
With this lightweight social multi-tasking tool, you’re able to update, view, edit and aggregate all your social networks, blogs and gaming platforms into one place. For example, if you would like to publish an update on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and Plurk simultaneously and then also view Feeds from these networks, Kazle is very useful for you.
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Recover deleted files easily on Win Data Recovery software
Posted on: November 20, 2009
We have already come over few data recovery software earlier to recover the lost data which or important, that might be deleted unknowingly or loss due to hard drive crash, formatted or damaged hard drive, virus infection and some other reasons. Win Data Recovery Software is free comprehensive data recovery software to recover data on major windows operating system, recovers data that emptied from the recycle bin or the above mentioned means.
The recovery process is quick and it recovers almost all major file formats text, exl, pdf, bmp, exe, html, jpg, avi, mp3, etc.., You are let optional either with recover deleted files or all files from hard disk, you can get back the deleted and formatted files back easily and qickly.
Key features:
1 Recovery data from formatted, repartitioned, deleted or corrupted Windows partitions
2 Recovers deleted files, even after emptying the Recycle Bin.
3 Disk data recovery from crash hard drive.
4 Preview files before data recovery
5 Save Scan. Automatically save the scan result.
6 Read only. It recover data without rewriting to the drive. All operations are safe to the hard drive.
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Opera Mobile 10 beta For Nokia Phones, Download Now
Posted on: November 19, 2009
Opera is no doubt one of the most sophisticated web-browsers for mobiles and smartphones, and it just got a whole lot better for Nokia phones.
The new Opera 10 Mobile beta for Nokia and symbian smartphones brings a whole new generation of mobile browsing to life, all with some new features and a totally new interface.
The crisp, new look introduces the Speed Dial, tabbed browsing and the always convenient password manager to Opera Mobile. Opera Mobile 10 beta is optimized for both touchscreen and keypad-style navigation. Here is what the new Opera 10 Mobile beta looks on the Nokia N97.
The major focus was put on performance and that's what makes this release twice as faster than its predecessor. Opera Turbo is also integrated, saving end users both time and money with its server-side compression technology.
For those not having a smartphone, they can still download Opera Mini 5 beta to play around with almost the same features.
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Nokia 5230 Coming With Large Touch Screen
Posted on: November 18, 2009Nokia 5800 XpressMusic seems to have it all - large 3.2" touchscreen display, 3G and Wi-Fi support and even a GPS receiver aboard. The cute Nokia 5530 XpressMusic kept only the Wi-Fi, its display shrank to 2.9 inches and the battery capacity was decreased to 1000 mAh but the device costs considerably less than its smarter bro. Then the 5230 was introduced. And now we've got some live shots of it.
Nokia 5230 official photos
When it comes to the recently announced Nokia 5230, the situation with the specs is only a tad different. It shares the same design and touchscreen with the 5800 XpressMusic and just like it comes with a built-in GPS receiver, 3G capabilities and a promising 1320 mAh Li-Ion battery. There is no support for Wi-Fi, though, and instead of the 3.15 autofocus snapper of 5800 XpressMusic you'll get a 2-megapixel fixed focus one. Well, at least it can take VGA videos at 30 fps.
And here are the live images of Nokia 5230 we told you about just a second ago. Some of the color versions are missing but the red and the blue ones are here, posing just for us. Take a peep.
Live shots of Nokia 5230
Even if our source predicts that the Nokia 5230 will hit the market some time in January 2010, we believe that the actual launch will take part sooner than expected - Nokia promised that the device will become available during the last quarter of this year. By the way, Nokia 5230 showed up on the Italian operator TIM online shop page several days ago and the price they set is 189 euro. Not bad, huh?
Nokia N97 Software Update 2.0 Released, Download Now
Posted on: November 17, 2009
Nokia N97 lovers can have a new released N97 software update 2.0 that brings a new user experience elements and functionalities to the device. It is available immediately from PC on the Nokia Software Update site. Meanwhile, the Nokia N97 mini is making its debut in stores with stainless steel case. It is designed for stylish experience and to those who are active with social networks just like us. With this device you can have, a tilting 3.2” touch display, QWERTY keyboard and fully customizable homescreen.
Features Of New Software:
• In the entire user interface, a flip scrolling has been added to scroll in all views smooth and soft.
• You can have shortcuts to personalized homescreen.
• Ovi Maps 3.1 with 3-D maps.
• Nokia messaging.
• Ovi Contacts.
• Ovi store.
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60 Minutes Report On Movie Piracy – An Interesting Video
Posted on: November 16, 200960 Minutes, the American investigative television newsmagazine, recently did a report on movie piracy. Specialists on Intellectual Property and movie industry big shots were interviewed and the documentary highlights how much of a threat BitTorrent and online downloading has become today. It also mentions how piracy is linked to drug dealing, child pron and all other bad things in the world. Personally, I found the video to be quite humorous as it was completely biased and full of bullcr@p. It...
Call Pc to Mobile or Landline Free with EVAPHONE
Posted on: November 15, 2009
I just stumbled on a site that is able to make free calls from PC to phone. Perhaps there are other better site or method to make calls from PC to phone, but this is something I just happen to know when checking out some forums and thought of sharing it with all of you.
To be able to call from PC to phone, they’d have to use VoIP service. Voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) is a protocol optimized for the transmission of voice through the Internet or other packet-switched networks. VoIP is often used abstractly to refer to the actual transmission of voice (rather than the protocol implementing it). VoIP allows users to use regular telephone networks anywhere through any internet service provider, and avoids issues on long distance charges that are normally subject to callers. This latter concept is also referred to as IP telephony, Internet telephony, voice over broadband, broadband telephony, and broadband phone.
I’ve tested calling my land line and even my cellphone, both rang!
When you want to call a number from your PC, you need to watch a short advertisement first before it’ll connect you through. I believe that’s how they are able to provide free calls from PC to phone. However, after calling a few times for free, you’ll get the message “Your free call limit is exceeded for today. Would you like to register?” and “Call limit is exceeded for your IP”.
There’s a saying that goes “there is no free lunch in this world” and that is quite true. You can use EVAPHONE to call land line or cellphone for free but with time and call limit. Calling some countries can only last a few seconds but for calling United States can go up to 6 minutes! You can refer to this list on the free call duration. The free call is not really for chatting because of the call limitation but would be useful if you’re lazy to text using SMS and want to let your friend or family know about something immediately. It could also fun to prank your friends phone number if you have dynamic IP address.
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Alien Theme For Vista and XP, Working 100%
Posted on: November 14, 2009
It can change the look of your PC completly.There are 5 Themes in it
Download for Vista
Download for XP
TopBytes Signups Open – Scene 0Day Tracker
Posted on: November 13, 2009Here’s a tracker that we have never discussed about before. TopBytes is a scene General/0Day private tracker with movies, music, games, TV shows and more. TopBytes has been online for some time and now they’re a pretty well known tracker amongst torrenters. That being said, TB has gone through some pretty tough times. There were several SceneNotices pre’d against them by the scene and if memory serves correct, they got hacked too. Apart from that TobBytes is a decent general tracker with a...
Torrentleech
Posted on: November 11, 2009This has prob been asked before but I did do a search and it never came up, WTF is wrong with torrentleech? I cant get to the site for a few days now. Any info would be great :)
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DocsBits – A New E-Learning Torrent Tracker
Posted on: November 11, 2009E-Learing torrent trackers have always had high demand in the BitTorrent community. There are so few of them and it’s usually not easy to get into the ones that are around. But here is the good news – DocsBits is a brand new E-Learning torrent tracker. The site is only a few days old and so far it looks very promising. Even though we called it an ‘E-learning’ tracker, DocsBits does not seem to be limiting itself to educational torrents. In addition to educational content the site seems to index...
4 Sites to Download and Watch Asian Movies Free (Torrents + Streaming)
Posted on: November 11, 2009If you look in any of the major general BitTorrent trackers, chances are that you won’t find a lot of Asian movies indexed. However, there are quite a few torrent trackers and online video streaming sites that *specialize* in such content. Between these sites you’ll pretty much find almost all popular Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Hong Kong, Korean, Malaysian, Indonesian, Vietnamese and other movies from the the Asian region. This post summarizes information about 4 such sites. 3 of them are...
DarkSide Release Group – What Is It?
Posted on: November 11, 2009The word ‘DarkSide’ can be quite confusing when it comes to BitTorrent. That’s because it has many meanings. DarkSide was the name of a well hidden but widely sought after Hungarian private torrent tracker (now defunct). It is also the name of an online forum (DarkSide_RG) that’s home to many well known P2P encoders and rippers. Today’s post is about the latter. DarkSide_RG is a private community and a torrent forum for movies, TV show, audio files, games and more. It is the birthplace and home...
RIAA Anti-Piracy Partner Clueless About BitTorrent
Posted on: November 11, 2009 |
After the long partnership between the RIAA and MediaSentry to catch digital pirates ended, the RIAA turned to the Danish DtecNet. DtecNet has been quite busy spreading false information, making false claims and drawing up false conclusions. |
JDownloader limit speed?
Posted on: November 08, 2009Is there an addon for this?
I don;t really want to download/install Net Limiter atm.
So any tips, alternatives?
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I don;t really want to download/install Net Limiter atm.
So any tips, alternatives?
BitMeTV Warns Against Ratio Cheating and Account Theft
Posted on: November 08, 2009You can do a lot of bad and stupid things on a private torrent tracker but ratio cheating is one of the worst offences you can ever commit. On most private trackers, cheating will earn you a lifetime ban. Apart from banning individuals, trackers tend to ban entire countries if they find a lot of cheaters signing up for a specific country. Users of Romania could soon face another country ban from none other than BitMeTV, considered by many as the king of TV torrent trackers. In a mass PM sent to...
looking for a thorough NZB search engine
Posted on: November 08, 2009hi team , im looking for a NZB search engine i am currently using NGIndex and think i can find more with another search engine.
Im currently looking for XBOX360 NZB's
any info helps
s8n
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Im currently looking for XBOX360 NZB's
any info helps
s8n
Need help from Bithq admin
Posted on: November 08, 2009Does any one know how to contact a Bithq admin person? I am locked out of the site and the reset function does not work. Any help would be appreciated.
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Clocker...
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I am a techno-pimp
Posted on: November 05, 2009I just bought a bluetooth speaker with a built-in FM transmitter. Now, I can take mobile phone calls in my car and hear the other person through my car speakers. But more importantly, I can stream LIVE internet radio through my car speakers from my mobile phone. And there's NOT A SINGLE WIRE to get in the way! WhooHaaa!!! (GI Joe-style - see below)
Don't tell nobody you heard this from me...
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How depressing
Posted on: November 05, 2009From time to time I like to read the website of a regional Belgian newspaper, just to keep up to date with what's happening back home.
I have read the first 3 articles so far and they are absolutely horrific.
The first one if about a Moroccon girl who died from 3rd degree burns because her parents had her exorcised. They thought she was possessed because she was a lesbian
The second one is about a guy in the Netherlands who has started a 'paedo party'. He openly admits in an interview that he had sucked off and touched young boys. He reckons we should lift the taboo on paedophelia because kids are able to indicate themselves whether they are ready for sex or not.
The third one tells about the very sexual explicit child porn images they have found in the house of a lawyer. The guy was stabbed by his own son a few months ago because the son had been sexually abused for years. The worst thing is that this lawyer represented the parents of 2 girls who died after being abducted and abused (maybe some of you remember the Dutroux case from about 15 years ago).
What the hell is wrong with people????
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I have read the first 3 articles so far and they are absolutely horrific.
The first one if about a Moroccon girl who died from 3rd degree burns because her parents had her exorcised. They thought she was possessed because she was a lesbian
The second one is about a guy in the Netherlands who has started a 'paedo party'. He openly admits in an interview that he had sucked off and touched young boys. He reckons we should lift the taboo on paedophelia because kids are able to indicate themselves whether they are ready for sex or not.
The third one tells about the very sexual explicit child porn images they have found in the house of a lawyer. The guy was stabbed by his own son a few months ago because the son had been sexually abused for years. The worst thing is that this lawyer represented the parents of 2 girls who died after being abducted and abused (maybe some of you remember the Dutroux case from about 15 years ago).
What the hell is wrong with people????
Husband banned from store because.......
Posted on: November 05, 2009After he retired, his wife insisted that he accompany her on her trips to
Store. Unfortunately, like most men, he found shopping boring and preferred
to get in and get out. Equally unfortunate, his wife is like most women - she loves to browse.
Yesterday his dear wife received the following letter from our local Store.
Dear Mrs. Rethelford
Over the past six months, your husband has caused quite a commotion in our
store.. We cannot tolerate this behavior and have been forced to ban both of
you from the store. Our complaints against your husband, Mr. Rethelford, are
listed below and are documented by our video surveillance cameras.
1. June 15: Took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in other people's
carts when they weren't looking.
2. July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute
intervals.
3. July 7: He made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the
women's restroom.
4. July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official voice,'Code
3 in Housewares. Get on it right away'. This caused the employee to leave
her
assigned station and receive a reprimand from her Supervisor that in turn
resulted with a union grievance, causing management to lose time and costing
the company money.
5. August 4: Went to the Service Desk and tried to put a bag of M&Ms on
layaway.
6. August 14: Moved a 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area.
7. August 15: Set up a tent in the camping department and told the children
shoppers he would invite them in if they would bring pillows and blankets
from
the bedding department to which twenty children obliged.
8. August 23: When a clerk asked if they could help him he began crying and
screamed, 'Why can't you people just leave me alone?' EMTs were called.
9. September 4: Looked right into the security camera and used it as a
mirror while he picked his nose.
10. September 10: While handling guns in the hunting department, he asked
the clerk where the antidepressants were.
11. October 3: Darted around the store suspiciously while loudly humming the
'Mission Impossible' theme.
12. October 6: In the auto department, he practiced his 'Madonna look' by
using different sizes of funnels.
13. October 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed
through,yelled 'PICK ME! PICK ME!'
14. October 21: When an announcement came over the loud speaker, he assumed
a fetal position and screamed 'OH NO! IT'S THOSE VOICES AGAIN!'
And last, but not least:
15. October 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited awhile, and
then yelled very loudly, 'Hey! There's no toilet paper in here.' One of the
clerks passed out.
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Store. Unfortunately, like most men, he found shopping boring and preferred
to get in and get out. Equally unfortunate, his wife is like most women - she loves to browse.
Yesterday his dear wife received the following letter from our local Store.
Dear Mrs. Rethelford
Over the past six months, your husband has caused quite a commotion in our
store.. We cannot tolerate this behavior and have been forced to ban both of
you from the store. Our complaints against your husband, Mr. Rethelford, are
listed below and are documented by our video surveillance cameras.
1. June 15: Took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in other people's
carts when they weren't looking.
2. July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute
intervals.
3. July 7: He made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the
women's restroom.
4. July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official voice,'Code
3 in Housewares. Get on it right away'. This caused the employee to leave
her
assigned station and receive a reprimand from her Supervisor that in turn
resulted with a union grievance, causing management to lose time and costing
the company money.
5. August 4: Went to the Service Desk and tried to put a bag of M&Ms on
layaway.
6. August 14: Moved a 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area.
7. August 15: Set up a tent in the camping department and told the children
shoppers he would invite them in if they would bring pillows and blankets
from
the bedding department to which twenty children obliged.
8. August 23: When a clerk asked if they could help him he began crying and
screamed, 'Why can't you people just leave me alone?' EMTs were called.
9. September 4: Looked right into the security camera and used it as a
mirror while he picked his nose.
10. September 10: While handling guns in the hunting department, he asked
the clerk where the antidepressants were.
11. October 3: Darted around the store suspiciously while loudly humming the
'Mission Impossible' theme.
12. October 6: In the auto department, he practiced his 'Madonna look' by
using different sizes of funnels.
13. October 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed
through,yelled 'PICK ME! PICK ME!'
14. October 21: When an announcement came over the loud speaker, he assumed
a fetal position and screamed 'OH NO! IT'S THOSE VOICES AGAIN!'
And last, but not least:
15. October 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited awhile, and
then yelled very loudly, 'Hey! There's no toilet paper in here.' One of the
clerks passed out.
ISP Threatens Legal Action Against UK Over Anti-Piracy Plans
Posted on: November 05, 2009 |
According to Business Secretary, Peter Mandelson, a proportionate response to illegal file sharing in the UK is to disconnect the entire household from the internet. UK's second largest ISP, TalkTalk, opposes the plans and might go to court over it. |
And you don't stop!
Posted on: November 05, 2009So, I went back and forth on this latest entry for my Urban Thought Collective blog, Check The Tech-Nique. First I was going to review some netbooks (Asus EeePC, Acer One, HP Mini-1000, etc). But a few days later, fresh from setting up my Home Theater PC, I was all set to talk about Boxee and the new online TV options that are cropping up (Hulu, et al). And in the end, my focus for the next few entries *will* be online media, but I have decided to start with music rather than TV or movies. My reasons are primarily selfish. :-) I tend to blog about the tech issues that are having the most impact on my life at the time. And right now, I am spending four days a week driving and living out of hotels. With so much windshield and hotel downtime, my music has gone from an important part of my life, to CRITICAL to my sanity. So, today, I am going to talk about the online music options that are available, some of the differences between them, and which ones are the best of breed regardless of your particular tastes.
DISCLAIMERS:
- I am a die-hard, unapologetic underground hip-hop fan.
- I have not listened to the AM/FM radio in five years.
- I don't buy CD's, only MP3's
- I don't own, nor will I *ever* own, an iPod. I *do* own an MP3 player.
- I listen to more sheer hours of music per day than any other person I know
- I LOVE music. Passionately.
Index Sites
- Shoutcast - This is the granddaddy of all internet radio. Started by AOL almost 10 years ago, Shoutcast is the one-stop-shop for most net music surfers. It's easy to navigate, generates reliable results, and your music is only a click away.
- 000Audio - A relative newcomer to the scene, but they've got a lot of stations hooked up. The stations are all medium sound-quality, though. As opposed to Shoutcast which lists a range of sound-quality from CD down to AM radio.
- Live365 - Another oldie from the 90's. They use an ad/subscription-based model. You can pay to listen to music ad-free, but if you don't, you end up subjected to the same Trojan condom commercial every 20 minutes. Seriously guys, at least rotate commercials. I understand that your sponsors are limited, but maybe record a *few* different ads instead of that same one with the pig squealing about the condoms (yes, it's true). I still give Live365 an honorable mention because one of their stations includes the most awesome beatbasement, one of the few quality underground stations out there.
- 1Club.FM - Another newcomer. They've got a bazillion stations listed, and they are free, but you do need to signup for their newsletter.
- Smoothbeats - There can only be one. This is, in my humble opinion, the absolute best underground hip-hop station on the internet. I've been listening for six years and counting. They broadcast in CD-quality 24/7 for free with zero ads (unless you include a few station sweepers an hour). They even do some live DJ shows. PLEASE listen to them.
- Beatbasement - Even broadcasting in AM radio quality, I will STILL listen to them. Hell, I used to listen to 1580 KDAY when I was a kid, and I didn't even know the difference!
- Club 977 - The 80's - I include this only for my wife who is a die-hard 80's rock fan. If you need a fix of Phil Collins or Robert Palmer, this is your station.
- Rhapsody - Yes, I know they are a commercial company. But their service is actually really cool. For a $15/month subscription, you can stream any song in their library ON-DEMAND! And they have a HUGE library.
Don't tell nobody you heard this from me...
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Music similar to Carmina Burana ?
Posted on: November 02, 2009does any one know a music track similar to Carmina Burana ?
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Pandora's basement
Posted on: November 02, 2009As many of you know, I am a big fan of last.fm. My fascination with the site began a couple of years ago. During my quest for new and interesting music, I stumbled upon last.fm. It billed itself as a music recommendation service, so I decided to give it a listen for a while. I was not initially impressed. It played some random but bearable music based on an artist I suggested (Prince, I think), but then quickly lapsed into heavy metal and then country, after which I promptly turned it off. Days later, I read that there were two ways for the audio scrobbler that powers last.fm to recommend music that I would like. Either I could listen to it's recommendations based on an artist, giving each song I heard a thumbs up or down, or I could let the scrobbler "listen" to my music collection. Basically, if I wanted to speed things up, I needed to play *my* music in my audio player of choice, along with a plugin that would feed that information to last.fm. After last.fm had collected enough data, it could play some stuff I would like. So, figuring that I would be a smart-ass, I decided to point my audio player at my ENTIRE music collection located on my home server, consisting of several *thousand* songs. I hit play, and went to work for 10 hours. And I continued to let it play after I went to bed that night. The next morning, I shut everything down and fired up last.fm. Suddenly, my formerly empty homepage was populated with all of the artists and titles from my basement collection. But I was still skeptical about the scrobbler's recommendation abilities. Until I launched the last.fm player. What I heard over the next few hours fundamentally changed my entire musical perspective and listening experience. No, I'm not kidding. I was re-introduced to the thriving world of underground hip-hop.
Until then, I thought underground had died with Jurassic 5 back in 1999. As a disciple of the underground scene during my teenage years in South L.A. at places like The Good Life, I had mourned the loss of good rap music.
Check this snippet of my buddy Ava's documentary of The Good Life
But I was wrong. Underground was alive and kicking! Many would say it was THRIVING! Internet radio had helped to breath new life into it's fan base! No longer did I have to be subjected to repetitive "ridin' dirty" lyrics and mumbling, droning hooks. Now I got to listen to Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Aesop Rock, Murs, Atmosphere, Cannibal Ox, El P, Slow Suicide Stimulus, MF Doom, Smash Bros., and host of others. And then a really weird thing happened. I started BUYING music again. LEGALLY! From Amazon and Emusic. Musically speaking, I was fat and happy. That is, until a few months ago.
Over the summer, I began to notice some changes at last.fm. As a paying subscriber, I was able to create playlists out of my favorite tracks. It was an awesome feature when I wanted to hear a good mix of high quality tracks. At some point, this feature was crippled. Suddenly about half of my 150 song playlist was reduced to 30-second previews. And the last.fm radio seemed to be getting seriously repetitive, playing the same tracks from the same albums. User chatter on their forums seemed to point to some licensing agreements that had fallen through. But what really pisses me off is the fact that the powers-that-be at last.fm, to this day, haven't said a WORD to their PAYING users about what the hell is going on! Seriously, if I'm going to give you any of my hard-earned dollar, you can at least tell me that my listening experience is about to change. In the end, after two years, I have decided to let my membership with last.fm lapse. And I am giving the competition a little spin.
Pandora, for the uninitiated, is visually much simpler than last.fm. But that same spartan layout concerned me. Since there was no scrobbler to listen to my music library, I wondered how it would figure out my tastes. So, I went to pandora.com and here's what happened:
Hmmm, that guy could be a little less excited. Trust me, it's awesome. You're greeted by the site asking you for an artist you like. That's when the magic starts. Even obscure artists seem to have had their music broken down and defined for Pandora's recommendation engine. It literally knows what basic ELEMENTS define each artist, and matches those elements to other artists. It was so accurate that I listened my first night for HOURS! I am in music-love all over again! Pandora's my new home for underground beats. Give it a spin, and let me know what you think. Did I make a hasty decision with last.fm, or are you a Pandora groupie?
Don't tell nobody you heard this from me...
http://um-reloaded.blogspot.com/2008/11/pandoras-basement.html
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Hey, I Know We're Thieves, Like...
Posted on: November 02, 2009And this is our den.
But, still.
A much nicer alternative to iTunes. Nicer interface, faster, and the ability to stream or dl.
http://www.lala.com/#home
Yes, I know...but, steal.
I do both, obviously.
Buy bye.
-doobs
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But, still.
A much nicer alternative to iTunes. Nicer interface, faster, and the ability to stream or dl.
http://www.lala.com/#home
Yes, I know...but, steal.
I do both, obviously.
Buy bye.
-doobs
Should I bother installing Windows 7 on this hardware?
Posted on: November 02, 2009Hello everyone...should I bother installing Windows 7 on this computer?
Athlon 64 X2 2.2 ghz dual core
1 gb PC3200 ram
Radeon x1300 series 256 mb graphics card
I could upgrade the ram to 3gb, would it be worth it then?
Thanks.
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Athlon 64 X2 2.2 ghz dual core
1 gb PC3200 ram
Radeon x1300 series 256 mb graphics card
I could upgrade the ram to 3gb, would it be worth it then?
Thanks.
Asian Game trackers
Posted on: November 02, 2009Any1 knw of any Asian region games trackers?(NTSC-J) ...
Need to get some Wii and xbox games ..
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Need to get some Wii and xbox games ..
Sony CEO Pleads Poverty But The Movie Industry is Loaded
Posted on: November 01, 2009 |
The CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, Michael Lynton, says no good has ever come from the internet. To back this claim he mentions the "devastating" leak of the sequel Wolverine (which actually surpassed both its prequels at the box office). |
Why can't Apple share the toys with ALL the kids?
Posted on: November 01, 2009Apple doesn't like to share.
From the article:
"The latest iTunes update, version 8.2.1, may offer up a few bug fixes, but its real purpose is to prevent the Palm Pre from syncing with iTunes. The move isn't a surprise. Last month, Apple warned that future versions of iTunes probably wouldn't support syncing with non-Apple media players."
Not supporting is one thing, but updating your software to BREAK that functionality is plain-old mean-spirited. But there are some workarounds. Again, from the article:
"So what's a Palm Pre user to do? The easiest option is to avoid upgrading to iTunes version 8.2.1, since the sync feature should still work with older versions of iTunes.
Another option is to trying a third-party app like Salling Media Sync, a utility that synchronizes iTunes playlists, music, and podcasts with your mobile device, and it's free for basic use."
Don't tell nobody you heard this from me...
http://um-reloaded.blogspot.com/2009/07/why-cant-apple-share-toys-with-all-kids.html
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Please?
Posted on: November 01, 2009I'm sure this should be posted elsewhere but I couldn't find it and i can't PM anyone...My apologies.
I used to hunt traders at this forum but it was only secondary to why I was here or enjoyed the board. Obviously, notes on my account will show that I was reported and basically have disabled privs. I am sorry!
I had this done probably 6+ months ago and I am hoping at this time we might hit the forgive button (but not forget) and let me have my privs back. I have moved on a couple occasions and therefore changed IPs but I have never created any dupe accounts or tried to circumvent the system. I deserved whatever punishment you handed me...
I will not try to capture anyones IP here ever again.
Please consider my request...
bum
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I used to hunt traders at this forum but it was only secondary to why I was here or enjoyed the board. Obviously, notes on my account will show that I was reported and basically have disabled privs. I am sorry!
I had this done probably 6+ months ago and I am hoping at this time we might hit the forgive button (but not forget) and let me have my privs back. I have moved on a couple occasions and therefore changed IPs but I have never created any dupe accounts or tried to circumvent the system. I deserved whatever punishment you handed me...
I will not try to capture anyones IP here ever again.
Please consider my request...
bum
ps3 internet usage
Posted on: November 01, 2009anyone know how much a ps3 would use while playing a game online seems like my monthly usage is dissapearing fast while my son keeps dissapearing into his room with my modem
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Wymyns leg things
Posted on: November 01, 2009All the wymyn around here have started wearing these grey, leg things. They are overly tight and leave nowt to the imagination.
I first noticed when a girl I know was standing by the door of my room with her back to me. I looked up, and I could actually see what looked like the wrinkles around her arsehole.
Loads of wymyn seem to be wearing them. I find it horrible. Why do people follow fashion. Is it because they are simple or retarded.
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I first noticed when a girl I know was standing by the door of my room with her back to me. I looked up, and I could actually see what looked like the wrinkles around her arsehole.
Loads of wymyn seem to be wearing them. I find it horrible. Why do people follow fashion. Is it because they are simple or retarded.
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