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VLC is one of the most well-known media players out there, and it's been almost 4 years since they've released a major new version. VLC 0.9.0 is on the horizon, and it packs in 2 years of

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Win; Mac; Linux
VLC is one of the most well-known media players out there, and it's been almost 4 years since they've released a major new version. VLC 0.9.0 is on the horizon, and it packs in 2 years of
Over the weekend, Ryan found himself re-organizing our photos so that we could make the most out of using iPhoto. Some of you will remember our article comparing iPhoto with Windows Photo Gallery and how we still prefer Windows Photo Gallery to iPhoto. We mentioned that our complaints were likely because we are used to the ways of Windows, but that in general, we like control over how things are organized and iPhoto somewhat
"How many songs are in your music collection?" is the question we're wondering this week. With digital downloads easily accessible and rather affordable these days, some people have music collections with thousands upon thousands of songs. For us, our collection ranges between 1,000 and 2,000 songs and it's a collection we've been building for about 9 years. We normally like to listen to the online radio stations because of the variety of music they offer

We know many of you appreciate online music services, so we wanted to point out Jogli. It's a fairly new music search engine. They scan the internet to find music and music video clips, and then because they're a search engine, they index it all so that when people do a search, the music they are looking for is easy to find. Jogli says that their index includes of a half billion songs and

I swear that Napster is as close as it gets to a cat with 9-lives. In 1999 it started off as a file sharing service that exploded with popularity. People could share and download songs freely, but the service was doomed to failure since it used central servers to connect one user to another. That made it easy for the RIAA to shut it down,

Microsoft/Mac Monday
Today we're taking a look at Apple's Front Row vs. Windows Media Center. We're not really sure if Front Row can be compared to Media Center because right now, they serve different purposes. Front Row is more of an interface for controlling the media already on your computer while Media Center will do that in addition to recording television shows. They're both media hubs though, so we thought

AccuTunes calls themselves "The easiest-to-use Internet Radio Station" and we have to agree that it is pretty easy to use. Not only is it easy to use, but they've got quite the selection of music as well. They must be doing something right because they were a recent winner of the 2008 Webby Awards.
The process of listening to music you'll enjoy is very simple and they divide it into numbered steps: