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Psytel AAC
Guide aac psytel – RareWares Knowledge Base. An alternative to the for free Nero AAC encoder. Not clear if it actually does HE AAC (e.g., High Efficiency) or only LC AAC (Low Complexity). I need HE AAC to slam it onto my phone. Turns out that Psytel was acquired by Nero, so all work stopped…
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7 Zip
7-Zip. Most of the file decompressors I know require you to pay. 7 Zip is the only freeware that knows .RAR and other strange formats.
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Latest on Audio Encoding
Just an update since folks ask me about this all the time. How does Rich Tong actually maintain his library. Well, this is kind of a complex topic and it seems to change every year. So, here is the latest guide: # “Half.com”:http://half.com. I normally actually buy CDs. That sounds strange, but it is because…
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Latest data on mobile
!{float: left; margin-right: 10px;}http://www.phonecontent.com/bm/moxiepix/a547.jpg!:http://www.phonecontent.com/bm/news/samsung/547.shtml “Phonecontent.com”:http://phonecontent.com. A cool site for the latest on the phone business. Interest phone news: * “Motorola goes high-end”:http://www.phonecontent.com/bm/news/motorola/576.shtml. They are launching a $900 (!!!) phone called the Razr that must be amazing given the price point. * “Camera phones to ship 205M in 2005”:http://www.phonecontent.com/bm/news/gnews/575.shtml. Wow these are now the standard phones.…
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Website Decoder Ring
Folks have been asking us about all the weblogs we have running around. Here’s a decoder ring of all the geeks around here: “Geekfishing”:http://Geekfishing.net. Our blog for all the folks at “Ignition”:http://ignitionpartners.com. Maintained by “Rich Tong”:https://richtong.net. The chief geek maintainer of sites. Here are the folks on our Telecom team: * “Adrian Smith”:http://smithstuff.net. My colleague…
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Perfect Gadgets
I never thought I’d say it, but perfection is getting pretty close. I got a whole slew of gadgets over the last week even as I suffered though a week in NYC. I’ve never had such a list of highly recommended products before. This is for “Jeff Merriman-Cohen”:http://www.merrimancapital.com/ and “Jon”:http://ignitionpartners.com/about/jon_a.asp who asked mre for the…
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Connie helps cure cervical cancer
Connie’s group is finding that there is a vaccine that can help prevent Cervical Cancer. They found a protein that assembles itself into viral-like particles that targets the virus that causes the cancer. Technology News: Health : Good Results on Cervical Cancer Vaccine. A good technical explanation. “MSNBC has Connie on TV”:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6463252/. Its a nice…
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Learning Chinese
A funny category, but it is incredibly hard to find PCsoftware to learn Chinese. Here are some links: * Speaking Chinese – Download Speaking Chinese from Education category. This is a $35 shareware package. * “Chinese Software Superstore”:http://chinesesoftware.com. Well it certainly has the right URL.
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Seattle Busview
Busview Project Overview. An amazing application, it takes the real time location information from Seattle Buses, you can launch this Java application and actually see where the buses are and pick them up. Another example of how key technologies like location and then wireless are going to make everything easier. Also another hint how companies…
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Scott English asks…
Hearst Corporate Site. Had a great meeting with Scott English who I got ot meet at “Alan Patricof’s”:http://apax.com Digital Media conference. We talked quite a bit about the future of audio and video. Some interesting sites to look at are: * “Azureus”:http://azureus.com. An incredibly geeky but powerful client for Bit Torrent. * “ISOHunt”:http://isohunt.com. IMHO, the…