From the monthly archives:

September 2006

Perian, Bringing VLC-Like Compatiblity to QuickTime

September 30, 2006 · 10 comments

Perian is a project that allows your QuickTime (Mac only) player to play just about every video format, with the exception of Windows Media. Simply drag the Perian component to your QuickTime library directory and enjoy such benefits as DivX, 3ivX and XviD video compatibility. Before Perian came along, you would have to individually install each of these plugins.

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OS X 10.4.8 Update Released

September 29, 2006 · 6 comments

Apple released 10.4.8 to everyone via Software Update tonight. The update comes in at 211MB (for the Intel version) and is fairly comprehensive with details listed on Apple Docs. Interesting updates include resolving “performance issues that could occur when connecting to a Comcast network” and “improved reliability of iTunes syncing with certain iPod models”.

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Google Updates Reader, Makes It Usable

September 29, 2006 · 8 comments

Google has just updated their web-based RSS aggregator, Reader, and guess what.. it’s actually usable. I really could not stand the first version Google Reader, which was launched almost 1 year ago. The recent update brings the user interface design up to par with Gmail’s offerings. [click to continue…]

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.mobi – The Next Frontier, err, TLD

September 28, 2006 · 9 comments

As of September 26th, 2006, the general public can have a go at purchasing the newest Top-Level Domain, .mobi. As the name implies, .mobi is restricted for sites that adhere to mobile-compatibility style guidelines. So what’s all the fuss about .mobi? Well for me at least, I find it to be an opportunity to buy out a bunch of popular domains first. I just purchased the [click to continue…]

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Messenger 6.0 for Mac Released

September 27, 2006 · 11 comments

Microsoft released Messenger 6.0 for Mac today. The most notable improvement has been the move to a Universal Binary with the ability to chat with Yahoo! messenger accounts and display your current playing track in iTunes trailing close behind.

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Yahoo! Expands, Buys Jumpcut

September 27, 2006

Congrats to everyone at Yahoo! for the successful acquisition of Jumpcut. Jumpcut is a a social media service.. in a sense. It is similar to Motionbox which I briefly looked at, but allows users to upload not only videos but music and pictures as well. After you’ve uploaded some media you can “remix” and [...]

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Another Firefox Post – RC1 is Out

September 26, 2006

Release Candidate 1, not to be mistaken with last week’s post about the RC for RC1, for Firefox 2.0 will be available here by 3PM Pacific time today. Mozilla states that this release candidate is very close to what a final product would look and perform like.

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Facebook Now Open to Anyone

September 26, 2006

Facebook opened the flood gates this morning, allowing anyone to sign up for an account. Previously, Facebook was restricted to college students with a .edu email address, then it was opened up for a few corporations as well as high school students. Now anyone can join Facebook and enter a geographical network.

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Click-worthy Links for the Day

September 25, 2006

The new iMacs have a Broadcom 802.11n network adapter that, while hidden in OS X, is visible in Vista. The speculation is that Apple’s upcoming iTV set top box will make use of 802.11n and at that time Apple will release a software or firmware update enabling OS X to use the adapter.

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Comcast Let Me Down

September 24, 2006

It rained a little bit in Atlanta this evening and our cable connection, provided by Comcast, has been down for the last 6 hours. When I called 5 hours ago, they said it would be up in 3-4 hours. I just called again

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It’s Confirmed, Amazon Unbox Disappoints

September 24, 2006

Earlier in the month, I mentioned how Amazon had released their movie downloading service called Unbox. Just from reading about it, I had thought the restrictions far outweighed the little advantages with overly large downloads that take hours, a sketchy piece of software that’s required to play each video,

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9rules Round 5 Coming Soon

September 23, 2006

I probably should have mentioned this earlier, but better late than never. The 9rules content network of which PaulStamatiou.com is a member will be having its 5th submission round on October 25th. That gives you hopefuls some time to perfect your design and write some killer entries.

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The Inquirer Looks at the Corsair Readout Flash Drive

September 21, 2006

The Inquirer got their hands on the latest flash drive offering from Corsair, the Readout. Simply put, the Readout is a 1GB USB stick with a screen, informing you of space remaining as well as number of megabytes left on the drive. Although it does look rather ugly. When is Apple going to make USB [...]

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How To: Make a Firefox Search Plugin for a WP Site

September 20, 2006

After 9rules released their comprehensive new search feature on Monday, allowing users to search member content and receive results from Flickr, YouTube and Technorati, it was only a matter of time before someone created a Firefox search plugin. This got me thinking that it would be pretty cool if PaulStamatiou.com readers could have that same [...]

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RC1 for Firefox 2.0 Release Candidate 1 Hits the Tubes

September 20, 2006

Mozilla has been coding away to hit their scheduled Firefox 2.0 launch date sometime in the near future (November?). As such, you can now get your hands on the first release candidate for Firefox 2.0 RC 1: Mac, Linux, Windows. The new version sports a slightly tweaked theme from the last beta.

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