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Search and Record Internet Radio

November 20th, 2008 · No Comments

MP3videoraptor lets you search and record music and video across the internet legally. There is a demo of the software that you can download, but I’ve got a clutch of FREE license keys to give away, courtesy of the publisher. They’re…

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SQT: Megabytes and Megabits

September 20th, 2008 · Comments Off

Saturday Quick Tip logoThere’s a big difference between megabits and megabytes and again between those and megabps, so watch out when you’re buying memory, storage or bandwidth.

From first principles, a bit, is a binary digit, a single 1 or a 0 in binary…

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Music Piracy All at Sea

February 20th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Music piracyIn 1999, a nineteen-year old student decided he wanted a fast and efficient way to share his favorite songs with his friends. But, he didn’t just want to make them compilations tapes on cassette. He wanted to do the sharing…

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Have the Audacity to Save Internet Radio as Mp3 Files

September 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment

BBC Radio

How do you grab an audio stream from the BBC (or other site) and save it as an mp3 file for offline listening on your computer or iPod for free? The open source program Audacity is the answer, first download…

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Make the Most of Your USB Thumb Drive

May 2nd, 2007 · 1 Comment

Got a USB key? Already added your favorites file? A few photos? Your passwords list? Wondering what else to do with it besides adding the U3 version of Firefox and Thunderbird?

Lifehacker as a great list of the top ten tricks for…

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