Wednesday, May 05, 2010

WolframTones Generates Unique MIDI Ringtones for Your Cellphone [Ringtones]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5530727/wolframtones-generates-unique-midi-ringtones-for-your-cellphone

WolframTones Generates Unique MIDI Ringtones for Your CellphoneIf your phone's ringtones just aren't doing it for you anymore, or if everyone at work is sick of that one MP3 snippet, WolframTones can generate original, 8-bit-sounding ringtones based on genres you select and send them to your phone.

WolframTones works by defining a set of loose criteria for each musical genre (such as classical, dance, jazz, and hip hop), and then generating a random MIDI tune every time you hit that genre's button. It works remarkably well—the tones are not a jumbled mess, they actually contain a melody and tend to (mostly) fit the genre you selected. Plus, each time you click it, you'll get something new, and probably never get the same one twice.

There are some more advanced features, like showing variations of your currently generated tone, as well as even changing the instruments on each track within the tone. You can also change the musical scale, tempo, and duration. It's pretty cool if you're sick of your ringtone, or your phone only supports MIDI. And, of course, it's all free—though standard messaging rates will apply when you send a tone to your phone.

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Free Audio Editor Strips Audio from YouTube and Video Files [Updates]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5530755/free-audio-editor-strips-audio-from-youtube-and-video-files

Free Audio Editor Strips Audio from YouTube and Video FilesWindows: An update to Free Audio Editor doesn't change its simple mission, but the newest version is chock full of extra-helpful features. The application downloads YouTube videos, and then strips audio from those FLVs and other video files.

By entering a URL, you can strip audio from YouTube videos online. It downloads the YouTube video in FLV, then strips the audio from the FLV file. Free Audio Encoder will also strip audio from normal videos, such as those in AVI format.

Free Audio Editor Strips Audio from YouTube and Video Files

We've covered Free Audio Editor before, and discovered the program was powerful and intuitive with its streamlined interface. The newest version remains a good pick for getting basic audio work done, and still offers rich features such as CD ripping/burning, text-to-speech conversion, and audio editing. While open-source audio editing programAudacity is in the same league, Free Audio Editor's updates give it a different use case for those grabbing what they can from the web.

Free Audio Editor is freeware for Windows only. A Deluxe version goes for $29.99 and unlocks a few obscured features, but the basic version will get you very far.

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Intel's Atom Z6 Moorestown Chips Will Run Android and MeeGo [Processors]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5531356/intels-atom-z6-moorestown-chips-will-run-android-and-meego

Intel's Atom Z6 Moorestown Chips Will Run Android and MeeGoIntel's new Z6XX chips under the Moorestown banner will be used in devices running Android or MeeGo, Intel and Nokia's new OS that's sprung from Moblin and Maemo's loins.

Other OSes will likely be seen sporting Z6XX chips, but for now Intel's only talking about the two more recent platforms. We can expect to see it in phones, clocking up more than 1.5GHz, thrusting its sword into the throat of the mighty Snapdragon, and when used in tablets or netbooks it could go as far as 1.9GHz.

Battery life, well. 5 hours so far for web browsing, though standby time is said to be 10 days. In a briefing with Intel, TechRadar saw three-way video conferencing and the ability to play Quake 3 and 1080p video decoding demo-ed on an Aava Mobile device. [TechRadar]

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Confirmed: BlackBerry two-way sync for Gmail is now live

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/confirmed-blackberry-two-way-sync-for-gmail-is-now-live/

We've just heard from the boys and girls at RIM that the company did, in fact, deploy the long-awaited two-way Gmail synchronization capability to North American BIS users this week. What does that mean, exactly? Well, it means that if you've got a BlackBerry on any North American carrier that isn't going through BES, Gmail should behave more like it should -- deleted items will disappear from your phone, emails read elsewhere will show up as read on the device, and you'll have access to all of your sent items. Oh, and you can create and delete labels from the comfort of your QWERTY thumb board, too, which is a sweet deal. Sure, the feature might be literally years late as far as we're concerned -- but hey, better late than never.

Confirmed: BlackBerry two-way sync for Gmail is now live originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 May 2010 15:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Adobe shows off prototype Android tablet running Air and Flash 'flawlessly' (video)

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/adobe-shows-off-prototype-android-tablet-running-air-and-flash/

Well, here's something of a surprise. In addition to demonstrating Flash running on phones like the Nexus One and Palm Pre at the now-happening Web 2.0 Expo, Adobe also has a prototype Android tablet of some sort on hand that, according to Zedomax, runs Flash and Air apps "flawlessly." Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be any details at all on the tablet itself, and judging from the looks of things, it is a prototype in the truest sense of the word (check out the other shot after the break). It does seem to deliver the goods when it comes to Air and Flash, however, with it able to run Wired's Air-based magazine app and play YouTube videos without so much as a hiccup, although we'd definitely like to see it in a few more taxing situations. See for yourself in a pair of all too brief videos after the break.

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Adobe shows off prototype Android tablet running Air and Flash 'flawlessly' (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 May 2010 20:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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