Aug
11
2006

How to create a Podcast using Smartphone

Ingredients:

a smartphone with email and Web access

  a free account on Audlink.com

a blog that supports enclosure tags and RSS feeds 
Optional:  Blogging software for your smartphone, like mo:blog

Getting Started: Create an Audlink Account
The very first thing you need to do is set up a free account on the website Audlink.com.
Audlink is a tool that [...]

Aug
10
2006

Sightspeed vs Skype IMs: Free VoIP Video Calling

Text messaging, instant messaging, and VoIP are all pretty hot ways to communicate these days. So a few weeks back, Technopedia’s editor, Abhinav, asked me to review the Gaim and Trillian IM (Instant Messaging) clients. Both are pretty cool, are skinnable, and support a number of other clients including MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk, [...]

Aug
10
2006

Tip #30: Creating 3GP Video for Mobile Phones with Free Tools

Today’s tip is on creating high quality 3GP files for playback on newer mobile phones… Using free tools compiled for Windows, we will convert DVDs or existing AVI files using two-pass encoding for optimum results…The free tools we’ll be using to convert the video will be mencoder and mplayer from the MPlayer project, FAAC, as [...]

Aug
10
2006

Tip #34: Creating DVDs with Free Tools in Windows XP

Today’s tip is on creating DVDs from AVI files, WMV files, and other video file types… The quality of the DVD produced will depend on the source input file, but with a high quality source file the results should meet or exceed those of many point-and-click DVD solutions…
The tools we’ll need to produce this DVD [...]

Aug
10
2006

Google Vs YouTube

The number of video-sharing sites has shot through the roof
recently, as dozens of companies try to become the Flickr
of the online video world.  To this end, many video services have
started offering new features like editing and remixability in an attempt to
snatch a piece of the ever-expanding online video pie.  But for the
average user–who just wants [...]

Aug
6
2006

REAPER: Freeware Audio Recorder Editor

Recently, I stumbled upon a link to an audio recording/editing application called REAPER. There was very little information available, except that REAPER is freeware and a young, but active project. Most of us are probably familiar with Audacity, the open source pro audio tool. I’m often asked for tips on podcasting and for folks on [...]

Aug
6
2006

Adventures in Linux: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

Preface: Getting into Linux is easier than you might think. You can even try Linux with zero obligation (money or hard drive space). Check out these options:

Download Ubuntu Desktop and Burn ISO to CD ? Use Live CD to boot Ubuntu without installing to your hard drive.

Order a FREE Ubuntu CD ? Seriously. Even the [...]


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