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WD, Sonos spruik Spotify support

Vendors have jumped on yesterday's launch of Spotify music streaming service in Australia to highlight their Spotify-friendly devices.

By TechWorld staff | 23 May, 2012 15:17

Tags: Spotify, music

Spotify music streaming hits Australian shores

Spotify today launched in Australia, with its base level offering delivering unlimited free music streaming for free. The internet-based service has struck deals with Warner Music Australia, EMI Music Australasia, Universal Music and Sony Music Entertainment to offer tracks from their catalogue of songs.

By Rohan Pearce | 22 May, 2012 10:35

Tags: Spotify, music

ACM user conference seeks the magic in user interfaces

Echoing the words of science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, former YouTube user experience director Margaret Gould Stewart advised an audience of design researchers to think about creating magical experiences for their users.

By Nick Barber and Joab Jackson | 08 May, 2012 03:33

Tags: youtube, popular science, Instagram

Open Source Spotlight: iSpy Connect

It's hard to imagine that a Texas police agency, Chinese airport security and thousands of small business owners share much in common. But they do share at least one thing: An interest in iSpy Connect, a free, feature-rich open source video surveillance application that's compatible with standard consumer webcams and IP cameras.

By Rohan Pearce | 04 May, 2012 11:29

Tags: video software, open source, multimedia software, multimedia

Mozart on the mousepad

If you like the idea of going to an orchestra concert but hate the thought of having to watch flesh-and-blood musicians perform (two words: spit valve), an event called SLEO may have you covered.

By Jon Gold | 05 April, 2012 01:39

Tags: Carnegie Mellon University, hardware systems, laptops, software, Symposium on Laptop Ensembles and Orchestras, youtube

Open source developer Q&A: Rockbox's Björn Stenberg

Techworld Australia recently caught up with Björn Stenberg of Rockbox to discuss the open source project, which is designed to replace the firmware shipped on MP3 players and portable media players.

By Rohan Pearce | 30 January, 2012 10:30

Tags: mp3 players, music, open source, operating system, operating systems

Open source Q&A: The developers of Rockbox, open source firmware for MP3 players

Rockbox is an open source project replacement for the firmware shipped on MP3 players and portable media players.

By Rohan Pearce | 30 January, 2012 10:23

Tags: mp3 players, music, open source, operating system, operating systems

Rockbox developer interview: Open source firmware for MP3 players

Techworld Australia recently caught up with some of the developers of Rockbox to discuss the open source project, which is designed to replace the firmware shipped on MP3 players and portable media players.

By Rohan Pearce | 30 January, 2012 10:33

Tags: mp3 players, music, open source, operating system, operating systems

Rara.com music streaming comes to Australia

Music streaming service rara.com today launched in Australia, as well as Canada and Singapore. The service, which offers unlimited streaming for a monthly fee, launched in other markets including the US and UK late last year.

By TechWorld staff | 20 January, 2012 15:16

Tags: Google Android, music, music streaming

Mobile video might make carriers, providers clash

As mobile video finally starts to take off, making money from it remains a challenge, and content providers and carriers may clash over economics before they find a way to share the costs and benefits.

By Stephen Lawson | 15 November, 2011 12:59

Tags: 3g, 4g, abc, Akamai Technologies, Carriers, entertainment, Ericsson, mobile, Telecommunication, youtube

How to get free iTunes music

I get it: You want some free tunes, but you don't want to be sued by the RIAA or by copyright trolls. Fair enough. Unfortunately, totally free music is rare these days - er, totally free and legal music, that is. But you can find some free music, and you can grab it straight from the music player you're probably already using: iTunes.

By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal | 13 September, 2011 11:48

Tags: iTunes, music

Google may soon launch Apple iTunes rival

Reports are swirling around the Internet that Google is in the advanced stages of testing a music service that could one day rival Apple iTunes.

By Sharon Gaudin | 30 March, 2011 07:19

Tags: Apple, Facebook, Google, internet, Internet Search, search engines, Web 2.0 and Web Apps

AMD's APU loves Linux, but Android? Maybe

At the Sydney launch of its new Fusion APU processor technology, AMD committed to supporting Linux on its hardware, but shied away from any announcement of Android-based devices just yet.

By Rodney Gedda | 02 February, 2011 09:07

Tags: amd, AMD APU, AMD Fusion, Android, Linux, processors

Amazon goes Hollywood with new online movie studio

Amazon.com is getting into the movie business by opening Amazon Studios, with the goal of using the Internet to put fresh movies on the big screen.

By Dan Nystedt | 18 November, 2010 04:26

Tags: amazon.com, Amazon Web Services, internet

3D movie streaming receives a boost with new standard

Movies in 3D could soon stream to PCs and TV sets with the development of a new video file compression standard by researchers in Germany.

By Agam Shah | 30 August, 2010 03:44

Tags: 3d, entertainment, Fraunhofer Institute, Heinrich-Hertz-Institute, media streaming, multimedia, Multiview Video Coding (MVC)

Adobe fixes 20 vulnerabilities in Shockwave Player

Adobe Systems patched 20 security vulnerabilities in its Shockwave Player on Tuesday. Most of the flaws could allow an attacker to run their own code on an affected computer.

By Jeremy Kirk | 26 August, 2010 03:55

Tags: Adobe Systems, applications, exploits and vulnerabilities, patches, security, Shockwave Player, software

Apple can't stop ongoing iTunes charge scam

Users of Apple's iTunes services should keep a close eye on PayPal and credit card statements for fraudulent iTunes charges.

By Robert McMillan | 24 August, 2010 05:06

Tags: Apple, consumer electronics, cybercrime, internet, iTunes, legal, scams, security

Apple pulls Grooveshark music streaming app from iTunes

Apple has pulled Grooveshark's music streaming application from its store due to a complaint from a major entertainment company just days after the application launched.

By Jeremy Kirk | 19 August, 2010 04:10

Tags: Apple, Escape Media Group, Grooveshark, internet, iTunes, mobile, Music and audio, music streaming, Phone applications, Phones

Google buys ITA for $700M

Google has reached an agreement to buy ITA Software, a maker of air travel flight-information software whose customers include major airlines and online travel agencies.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 02 July, 2010 06:44

Tags: business issues, Google, mergers & acquisitions

This Week In GeekTech: Chips, Flash and HTML 5

It's time for your weekly slice of geek. This week the team has news on what chips have been revealed at the recent Computex expo in Taiwan, how Apple is showing off the capabilities of Web technology HTML5, and details on how Flash is becoming a reality on the iPhone.

By Chris Brandrick | 06 June, 2010 21:44

Tags: Flash, html 5, Smokescreen

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