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Archive for December, 2009

Rank your favorite songs with Rank’em

December 31st, 2009
In beta-testing now, Rank'em lets you vote on favorite songs by your favorite artists, then shows aggregate ratings.

Originally posted at Digital Noise: Music and Tech

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WordPress 2.9.1 Release Candidate 1

December 29th, 2009

Thanks to everyone who tested 2.9.1 Beta 1.  We’re following that up with Release Candidate 1.  RC1 contains a few more fixes, bringing the number of fixed tickets up to 23.  If you are already running Beta 1, visit Tools->Upgrade in your blog’s admin to get RC1.  You can also  download the RC1 package and install manually.  If all goes well, 2.9.1 will be here soon.

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Muziic Web app offers Vevo without ads

December 29th, 2009
The online version of the YouTube-based music service includes content from Vevo without pre-roll advertisements, as well as a crossfader. And there's more to come.

Originally posted at Digital Noise: Music and Tech

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Google plans January 5 Android press event

December 29th, 2009
Next week's event could finally clear up questions over Google's Android strategy, with expectations that it will use the occasion to launch the Nexus One phone.

Originally posted at Relevant Results

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Report: T-Mobile ready for Google phone launch

December 29th, 2009
T-Mobile is telling employees to prepare for the launch of a Google Android phone in early January that will be sold directly by Google, a report says.

Originally posted at Relevant Results

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Quark Promote lets novices make promo materials

December 28th, 2009
The new, easily approachable tools allow non-designers to create their own promotional materials.

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Consumer groups urge block of Google-AdMob deal

December 28th, 2009
Google's proposed acquisition of mobile ad network AdMob would make it too easy to bring the Web giant's dominant search ad business to the mobile world, according to two consumer groups.

Originally posted at Relevant Results

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Chinese author plans lawsuit over Google Books

December 28th, 2009
Google scanned a book of a prominent Chinese author into the Google Books library without explicit permission, according to a report, and will face a lawsuit in China.

Originally posted at Relevant Results

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Mozilla pushes back Firefox 3.6, 4.0 deadlines

December 28th, 2009
The newest version of the open-source browser won't arrive this year, and a major update might not arrive until 2011. But there are plenty of features coming.

Originally posted at Deep Tech

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The 10 best new Firefox add-ons of 2009

December 26th, 2009
2009 felt like a rebuilding year for Firefox add-ons, with two new frameworks created to help guide the future of extensions. But that doesn't mean there weren't any cool debuts. Check out list of the best new add-ons from the past 12 months.

Originally posted at The Download Blog

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