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Google Reader Shared- AMC’s Best Picture Showcase February 16, 20092008 was the rare year in which I missed every Oscar Best Picture nominee. Pretty depressing for a (former?) film buff. Fortunately, AMC’s hooked me up with a ticket to their all-day Best Picture Showcase being held Saturday (2/21). I may have neglected to mention to their rep that I’d planned to attend anyhow - $30 for five quality flicks (and unlimited pop […]Dave Zatz
- Score Half-Price Meals Courtesy of Your Local TV Station [Deals] January 10, 2009In the strange-but-true category of thriftiness: it's quite possible your local TV station is sitting on a pile of restaurant gift-certificates that could be yours for a steal You can buy heavily discounted restaurant gift-certificates from your local TV station to restaurants in your area.. Cheap meals courtesy of Channel 5 News? What? Paul Michael fro […]Jason Fitzpatrick
- Are My Sites Up? Tracks Multiple Web Sites' Availability [Troubleshooting] January 11, 2009Are My Sites Up? is a web-based application for tracking the up time of web sites and sending notifications when they are down. If you need to know immediately if a site is down completely or just unavailable to you, a service like Down For Everyone Or Just Me? is a great tool. If you'd like to monitor a site more consistently and get notifications when […]Jason Fitzpatrick
- Skype Lite Puts VoIP Calls on Android Phones [Android] January 8, 2009Skype Lite, a pared-down version of the popular, cheap VoIP calling software, is expected to be made available on Android-powered phones today (i.e. the T-Mobile G1). Skype Lite has been available in beta form for select LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, and Ericsson phones for a while now, letting users trade instant messages and place calls over cellular netwo […]Kevin Purdy
- Downloadr Backs Up Your Flickr Pics [Windows Featured Download] January 7, 2009Windows only: Downloadr is a small application that allows you to completely back up the photos from your Flickr account. You can grab everything in one bulk swoop or use a series of filters to drill down to just the photos you want to grab. It automatically grabs the highest quality image and preserves the EXIF and IPTC data. In addition to searching grabbi […]Jason Fitzpatrick
- Ubuntu Server Available Through Amazon EC2 December 16, 2008Canonical's Rick Clark has announced today that the server build of Ubuntu is now available through Amazon's EC2 cloud computing service. Canonical has optimized a build of the Ubuntu Server edition for the EC2 environment and it's currently in a open beta program...(author unknown)
- HD Video Playback With A $20 CPU & $30 GPU On Linux December 11, 2008A month ago NVIDIA had introduced the Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix (VDPAU) that brought PureVideo-like features to Linux. Our initial benchmarks of this video decoding API within NVIDIA's binary driver were quite favorable as it was able to dramatically cut down on the CPU usage when playing H.264 video files. To see how well NVIDIA's […](author unknown)
- NVIDIA 180.11 Linux Driver Released December 2, 2008Back on November 14, NVIDIA had unveiled their 180.06 Linux driver as a major update that brought forth VDPAU, an advanced video acceleration API, and a horde of other features. Four days after that, NVIDIA then pushed out the 180.08 Linux driver that delivered OpenGL 3.0 support...(author unknown)
- YouTube Now in Widescreen November 25, 2008YouTube has updated their standard web player from the 4:3 aspect ratio to a widescreen format. (All 4:3 videos display vertical black bars on the sides.) YouTube moving this direction is notable since it is the best known and most popular of the online video sites. And along with YouTube’s move towards full-length films (so far, just from MGM), this will al […]Brent Evans
- Handbrake Media Converter Gets Major Update November 26, 2008Handbrake, my favorite media converter, has just been updated. Version 0.9.3 includes some significant improvements and features that make this a must-download, free application - for Windows, OS X, and Linux. Handbrake 0.9.3 changes include: Convert from all video types (not just DVDs) Improved video quality - uses latest H.264 encoding library improvements […]Brent Evans
- AMC’s Best Picture Showcase February 16, 2009
