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Fiio E5 Headphone Amplifier

At first glance, people might mistake the Fiio E5 for some sort of cheap iPod Shuffle clone. Upon closer inspection, however, they will realize that this is not even a digital audio player, but in reality is a clip-on headphone amplifier that functions as a volume booster for your favorite portable media player. It comes [...]


Google Adds Themes To Gmail

For some time Firefox extensions have allowed users to redesign GMail but now Google has released some official themes that allow you to jazz up the interface. There are 30-odd themes available that can be access through Settings.
At the moment, the themes are being rolled out so you may not be able to see the [...]


20+ Firefox Plugins to Enhance Your YouTube Experience

There is no arguing that YouTube is the most popular video sharing site out there, but that isn’t to say that there aren’t things about it that annoy users.  With that said, there are a wide array of plugins for Firefox to make the YouTube user experience that much better.  Here are over 20 that [...]


Roofus Helps You Shovel Snow

Having kids is a good thing - once they’re old enough, you can always boss them around the house with this thing called ‘chores’, and shoveling snow from the driveway is one of those tasks involved. The Roofus concept could be a replacement for kids with heavy bones though, as it is able to collect [...]


Why Developers Are Switching To Macs

Programmers are finding themselves increasingly drawn to the Mac as a development platform, in large part due to Apple’s decision to move to Intel chips and to embrace virtualization of other OSes, which has turned Mac OS X into a flexible tool for development, InfoWorld reports. The explosion of interest in smartphone development is helping [...]


Top 10 Ways to Speed Up Your Web Browsing

Even in a world where high-speed internet is just a tall house blend away, anyone can get stuck with a slow or uncertain connection at home, in the office, or at the worst possible time while traveling. There are, however, measures anyone can take to ensure they’re getting the most information and functionality they can [...]


BoinxTV 1.0 - Live-production software for video podcasters.

BoinxTV is the pioneering live-production software for video podcasters that turns any recent Mac into a TV studio ‘for the rest of us’.
Record high quality video podcasts, sports events, concerts, interviews, sermons, lectures, seminars and more using just your Mac and up to three cameras. With its innovative user interface, BoinxTV makes it easy to [...]


Max out Apple TV’s potential with Boxee

Nice Boxee write up at Gizmodo, how-to max out Apple TV’s potential with Boxee…
This is a guide that, if followed, will unchain your Apple TV from its cruel iTunes tether, turning it into the useful living room conduit of music, video and web-based content it should have been all along via the media center software [...]