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Submission + - Nightingale Media Player 1.11 Released for Linux, Mac, Windows (getnightingale.com)

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ilikenwf

on Tuesday March 06, 2012 @12:06PM

ilikenwf writes: "Nightingale is a fork of the Mozilla-based Songbird media player. You may recall the preview release of the Nightingale Media Player back in December. Since then, the project has become version concurrent with Songbird's code, fixed many bugs, and added Macintosh support. This new version is marked with speed and efficiency improvements, and has the newly added features of play queueing, automatic update support, and a refreshed look. The project is still seeking users and fans, as well as people willing to contribute code, bug reports, and documentation. Nightingale's cross platform nature and it's consistency between these platforms makes it an attractive choice for users desiring consistency and familiarity in their media player between all members of the desktop OS trifecta."

Submission + - Nightingale Media Player Preview Released (getnightingale.com)

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ilikenwf

on Thursday December 15, 2011 @04:35PM

ilikenwf writes: "You may or may not remember the Mozilla-based Songbird media player, which dropped official Linux support in April, 2010. Since then, the Nightingale community fork has waxed and waned in terms of membership and progress, but thanks to having a completely new dev team has today produced a preview build based on Songbird 1.8.1. The team promises a release of a Songbird trunk based build later this year, with fixes and an upgrade to Gecko 6. Plans to support Linux, Windows, and Mac are in the works, with the preview builds being available only for Linux and Windows at the moment. Aside from trying to pull in refugees from the Songbird community, Nightingale wants more developers to aid in fixing dropped and broken features from Songbird — and to add new ones."

Submission + - School Sued for Spying on Students with Laptop Cam (businessinsider.com)

Submitted by ilikenwf on Thursday February 18, 2010 @10:14PM

ilikenwf writes: A student and his family have sued his highschool after he was repremanded for “improper behavior in his home,” using a photo taken from the camera as evidence. Surprisingly, this didn't happen in a more police state nation like England or Austrailia — nay, it happened in Philadelphia, PA. While this may appear to be a cut and dry 1st Amendment (and possible pedophilia) violation, the school is actually backing the actions of the principal.

Submission + - PSPP: An Open Source Clone of the SPSS Statistics (mattparnell.com)

Submitted by ilikenwf on Wednesday September 16, 2009 @01:51AM

ilikenwf writes: SPSS is an extremely expensive piece of software. After showing it to a professor and proving that it does all of the necessary statistical functions, I have been able to convince my school to use at least one piece of opensource software over a closed source version that they are currently paying thousands of dollars for. PSPP is fully functional and a GNU project, and I for one am satisfied. It does all of the functions I need to get through my assignments. A demo video is included.

Submission + - Oppose Mandaded Policeware (petitiononline.com)

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ilikenwf

on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @09:36PM

ilikenwf writes: "We, the undersigned, are American citizens strongly opposed to the proposed "Security Systems Standards and Certification Act" (SSSCA), which would force all new consumer electronics devices and personal computers to have government-mandated "policeware" built-in.

This proposed policeware would restrict what we can and cannot do with our own personal computers in our own homes and businesses. Any person who disables this policeware would be subject to five years in federal prison and a $500,000 fine."

Submission + - Blackhat SEO: Exploiting Dumb Masses for Profit (mattparnell.com) 1

Submitted by ilikenwf on Thursday October 30, 2008 @09:48PM

ilikenwf writes: This article was recently published in 2600 and describes the methods required to setup a little empire of websites designed specifically to make money off of stupid internet users who are generally considered "n00bs." Many resources and plugins discussed in this article could be adapted for use in a more white or greyhat way, should you choose to do so.

ilikenwf

on Thursday August 16, 2007 @03:52AM

ilikenwf writes: "Like any geek, I am not one to judge a piece of software until it lands on my desk and I have a chance to play with it. Windows Vista was no exception, and since it came pre-loaded on my new laptop, I couldn't say no to what I would call a "test drive." Let me say now that I have already crashed!"

Submission + - New and Exciting Firefox Extensions (mattparnell.com)

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ilikenwf

on Tuesday August 14, 2007 @12:59AM

ilikenwf writes: "These extensions enhance and make efficient a chaotic internet. Besides that, they help you have a consistent browser setup from one machine to another, across all operating systems. These extensions include FEBE — the Firefox Environment Backup Extension, which will back up EVERYTHING, including your extensions and settings on a regular schedule, and Foxmarks, which syncs, combines, and backs up your bookmarks from whatever Firefox you are running, and allows you to thus have everything you need, no matter what machine or OS you are using."

Submission + - Megavideo - New Contendter for YouTube (megavideo.com)

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ilikenwf

on Tuesday August 07, 2007 @01:51PM

ilikenwf writes: "Megavideo, by the same people who are behind Megaupload, is an alternative to YouTube that blatantly says it "Beats YouTube." There are lots of features that are very appealing, including the ability to make money and earn premium points through your videos. Besides that, the service will import all of your YouTube videos to make the changeover super easy! See the 10 Reasons page for more information. I know I am going to make the switch."

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