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  • A brief history of the White House on social media

    Posted April 29, 2013 - 11:48 am

    By joining Tumblr, the Obama White House is continuing its own tradition of participating in social media networks

  • Aereo ruling could impact Pandora

    Posted April 23, 2013 - 11:50 am

    If the courts keep ruling that Aereo doesn’t violate copyright laws, it could affect other services that stream content, and might prompt Congress to step in

  • Marissa Mayer takes Yahoo back to the... past

    Posted February 26, 2013 - 1:02 pm

    The Yahoo CEO’s (hypothetical) internal memo, responding to the “no telecommuting” announcement

  • Review

    Mac Gems: Fission 2 is a powerful but easy-to-use audio editor

    Posted September 22, 2012 - 7:10 am

    For years, Rogue Amoeba’s Fission has been my go-to tool for manipulating audio files. Whenever I need to trim songs, splice tracks, edit voice recordings, fade tracks in or out, or create ringtones, Fission has been simple and efficient—once you’ve mastered the basics, you can do any of these tasks and more.

  • The week in iOS accessories: big fan, big fan

    Posted July 14, 2012 - 7:15 am

    Just when we think we’ve seen everything, there comes a iOS accessory that helps us keep our cool. Read on for that and the rest of the new accessories that caught our eye this week.

  • What should I look for when buying a home theater sound system

    Posted June 23, 2012 - 7:11 am

    Pilege21 asked the HDTV & Home Theater for advice on buying a surround sound system.

  • Cool summer gadget guide

    Posted June 22, 2012 - 8:00 am

    Here are some suggestions for some great summer gadgets for work, travel, outdoors and exercise that will get you more enjoyment out of the summer season.

  • This robotic guitar can replace three guitarists

    Posted May 26, 2012 - 7:50 am

    We already know that musically inclined robots will take up the Beatles mantle in the future, and that they are skilled reproduce the classic James Bond theme. But just to further show how obsolete human musicians are, Vladimir Demin (MrDeminva on YouTube) built a robotic guitar that can replace a group of guitarists.

  • Video

    The dial-up modem sound, 700% slower

    Posted June 29, 2011 - 4:46 pm

    Too creepy, or viral hit?

  • Breaking Open the Video Frontier, Despite MPEG-LA

    Posted July 23, 2010 - 10:46 am

    With nearly every piece of video hardware outputting MPEG-formatted video, you might think MPEG-LA has a lock on the video market. Not so, says Ogg creator Chris Montgomery. And he's building an army of new video experts to begin to improve video for all.

  • Review

    Review: Audio Dedupe Cleans up Your Music Collection

    Posted March 1, 2010 - 3:37 pm

    Keeping an ear tuned to a fat collection of music files and an eye on your PC's ever-diminishing hard drive space? Then give Audio Dedupe ($30, feature-limited free demo) a try. It uses a sophisticated set of tools to find duplicate music files, even if they're in different file formats.

  • Embedding audio narration in PowerPoint presentations

    Posted September 23, 2009 - 9:15 am

    By far the easiest and most elegant way to share PowerPoint presentations online is to create a presentation with embedded narration in PowerPoint, and upload it to authorSTREAM.com. Here's how.

  • Thomson pumps up volume with tools for MP3HD lossless codec

    Posted March 19, 2009 - 3:19 pm

    Thomson has released software for the creation and playback of a new type of lossless audio files, MP3HD, that it says are compatible with existing MP3 players.

  • Better music, from your PC, for free

    Posted August 13, 2008 - 2:03 pm

    High-quality PC audio is important to me, as I spend a lot of time listening to music on my desktop. In previous columns I've discussed the aural advantages of lossless audio codecs (like FLAC), discrete sound cards, and specialty music player software. Alas, even with all of those tools installed and properly configured, it is possible to suffer less-than-optimal sound on a Windows XP-based PC, as the operating system has a tendency to muck with music without your consent. Happily, a free, easy-to-use program, called ASIO4ALL, addresses this annoying Windows habit.

  • Outside noise impacts sound at home theater system

    Posted July 12, 2008 - 11:01 am

    Noise can be described as unwanted sounds. Someone who is exposed to noise for a long time may have serious illness on hearing sense. Noise effects our life quality, obstructs our fast reaction capabilities and our concentration. Noise may cause sleeplessness and stress.

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