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Archive for June 28th, 2007

MPAA’s New Target: Peekvid and YouTVPC

June 28th, 2007
6 Comments Written by Ashley

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The MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) is having a field-day with this one! They’re after Peekvid and YouTVPC, looking to shut down both sites for streaming copyrighted material for free.  Both sites have become pretty popular recently (53,000 unique visitors per day for Peekvid), which helps to explain why the MPAA is going after them.

Several bloggers have pointed out that the MPAA may also decide to go after those who

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Mozilla has finally done it! The one feature that I wanted the most in Thunderbird 2 has finally made its way into the nightly builds of Thunderbird 3: Tabs! It was a sad realization when I knew there was no chance of tabs making it into Thunderbird 2, and I almost thought that they scrapped the idea all together.

So what are they like? Thunderbird 3 is

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MySpaceTV Blatantly Copies YouTube

June 28th, 2007
3 Comments Written by Ashley

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MySpace TV has launched. Go take a look for yourself and the first thing you’ll probably notice is that it has a very familiar resemblance of YouTube. Yep, MySpaceTV blatantly copied YouTube in more ways than one. While it makes sense for MySpace to take a video-sharing route, they could’ve at least put some effort into making the site their own.

Download Squad puts it best when they say, “If you can’t

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Pre-Launch Day iPhone News Round-Up

June 28th, 2007
1 Comment Written by Ashley

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It’s one day before the launch of the iPhone and more details are emerging from Apple, and news around the Web continues to be abundant. There’s lots to cover today, so we’ll just sum it up.

Pre-approved credit check a good idea:

First, The Boy Genius Report has an “exclusively obtained leaked document” filled with all kinds of details about what the scene will look like at the store when you go to purchase a phone.

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Google Maps Gets Drag & Drop Routes

June 28th, 2007
10 Comments Written by Ryan

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I just went over to the Google Maps page and noticed a new feature that said "Drag the blue line to change your route." Curiosity got the best of me so I decided to try it out to see what it did, and after creating a route I noticed that I can make Google Maps go the way I want it to when giving directions. Check it out in this very quick

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Two big calendar releases within 24-hours...first Sunbird/Lightning and now this! Calgoo is out of the testing stages and has moved on to their first major version, and unexpectedly turned to paid software ($25 per year). The newest version sports a variety of changes ranging from a refreshing new look to performance enhancements. Here’s a more detailed list

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Google Now Does Linux Desktop Search

June 28th, 2007
4 Comments Written by Ryan

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Google has now branched their Desktop Search application across all of the major operating systems: Windows, Mac, and Linux. The new Beta for Linux just hit the Web today and runs on KDE or GNOME under Debian 4.0, Fedora Core 6, Ubuntu 6.10, SUSE 10.1, or Red Flag 5. I’m sure those are just the minimum requirements and that

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