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-According the Monkey Bite's reader who sent this to me, I am "the last person on the internet" to hear about [Copyscape][1].

Fair enough. 

Back when I [wrote about Reputation Defender][2] a bunch of comment came in suggesting that Reputation Defender should expand their services to track stolen blog content. The problem for many blog owners is that spam blogs (splogs) often scrape out content and then include it on their own sites.

Most of the time splogs aren't claiming credit for what you write, but they are taking your content and making money off it via advertising and that amounts to copyright infringement in many cases.

Copyscape lets you track these people down using their search engine. The premium version of the site allows for automated tracking at the rate of $0.05 per search and allows you to track your responses.

But Copyscape doesn't provide any way of actually dealing with people stealing your work, which is what people wanted Reputation Defender or someone else to offer.

But until such a service arises, you can at least use Copyscape to keep tabs on who's ripping off your content.

[1]: http://copyscape.com "Copyscape"
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/need_someone_to.html "Monkey Bites on Reputation Defender"
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-DIY design enthusiast's unite, you now have your own social network for sharing design tips, trick and projects -- [Curbly.com][1].

Curbly offers the familiar features of social networking sites, a blog, profile page, photos etc. Curbly also offers what it calls "clippings," for grabbing photos around the web. Just put the Curbly bookmarklet in your toolbar and next time you see a photo you'd like to save, click the bookmark and you're away. 

the clippings feature works quite well too, I click a page rather than a photo and Curbly pulled out all the photos on the page and asked which one I wanted.

But the focus of the site is sharing design tips and home-decor projects with other users. if anyone has seen the DIY Photo Wall project that I've come across on several sites lately, well, that [comes from a Curbly user][2].

I discovered everything from bathroom remodeling tips to how to [make window blinds out of punch cards][3].

If you're looking to spruce up your home or just want a new DIY project for the weekend, Curbly is a good place to start.

[1]: http://www.curbly.com/ "Curbly.com"
[2]: http://www.curbly.com/alttext/posts/74-Easy-Photo-Wall-on-a-Shoe-s-string-s-wire-Budget "Easy Photo Wall Project"
[3]: http://www.curbly.com/benmoore/posts/84-DIY-Computer-Punchcard-Window-Blinds "Curbly project: window blinds out of computer punch cards"
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-<p><a href="http://liberatedfilms.com/" title="LiberatedFilms">LiberatedFilms, a new film and video publishing site</a>, launched earlier today. LiberatedFilms focuses on creating exposure for independent film makers beyond the usual film circuits and traditional publicity venues.</p>

<p>At the same time it&#8217;s a nice way for film fans to find new work without having to wade through the overwhelming amount of video available on more traditional video sharing sites like YouTube. LiberatedFilms is not for posting videos of your cat chasing string, it&#8217;s a bit more highbrow than that.</p>

<p>To keep the quality of the site high, all uploaded films are screened and reviewed by a panel of filmmakers before they are made public. Of course this means there are less films posted everyday, but it also means you don&#8217;t have to wade through the massive amount of not-so-great content found on more public sites.</p>

<p>At the moment there are only 41 films and 62 members, but keep in mind when we say just launched we mean just launched as in hours ago.</p>

<p>Casual browsers can watch films in low-fi broadcast similar in quality to the best of what you see on YouTube, but LiberatedFilms also offers a hi-res alternative (for some films). Unfortunately but you&#8217;ll have to pay to access the hi-res versions; a one month membership is $4.99, but buying long subscriptions drop the rates somewhat. Of course keep in mind that not all films are available in the higher resolution format.</p>

<p>The remainder of LiberatedFilms functions like a typical social site, you can sign up for an account, reviews and rate films, leave comments for other members and more. There is also nice tagging support and browsing by genre.</p>

<p>As for the films, I only had time to watch two and while neither of them were exactly what I would call groundbreaking, they were light years better than the average YouTube upload. If you&#8217;re a film nut, keep an eye on this one it could prove interesting.</p>
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-*	Microsoft claims [Linux infringes on MS intellectual property][1]. CEO Steve Ballmer said "every Linux customer basically has an undisclosed balance-sheet liability." Ballmer had gave no specifics, nor have any lawsuits been filed.

*	[According to ITWire][2], German security company, SecurStar, claims that "Simply by sending an invisible and unnoticeable SMS message to a particular cellphone, spying on cell phone users has become child's play." The technique uses a SMS delivered trojan horse to make every call from the victimized phone a 3-way call. 

*	The EFF reports that [movie studios are suing to stop the loading of DVDs onto iPods][3]. The suit targets Load N' Go Video, a DVD to iPod transfer service.

*	The BBC has announced it will be [paying citizen reporters][5] for their cellphone and camera footage. Now you too can discover just how little journalists actually make. [via [Micro Persuasion][4]]

[1]: http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;839593139;fp;16;fpid;1 "Computer World on MS's Linux claims"
[2]: http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/7216/127/ "ITWire on cellphone attack"
[3]: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005010.php "EFF on Studio's lawsuit"
[4]: http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/11/bbc_to_pay_citi.html "Micro Persuasion on BBC"
[5]: http://www.editorsweblog.org/news/2006/11/bbc_will_pay_for_citizen_journalism.php
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-Wesabe is new community niche site designed to help you take control of your personal finances. We've been [watching Wesabe develop][1] for a while, but now that it's live and kickin' I decided to dive in and give it a try.

Wesabe is a community site that lets users share their finance tips, suggestions and more in hopes that the advice will help you make better financial decisions and take control of your personal spending.

I should note upfront that I don't have a lot of experience with personal finance management, I haven't even seen my checkbook in two years, let alone balanced it. My finances are pretty simplistic, I round up whatever is under the couch cushions and deposit it once a week into a checking account. I tried using Quicken a few years ago, but found it tedious and in the end it didn't tell me anything I didn't already know -- I'm broke.

So let's just say I was prepared for Wesabe to bore me out of my skull and not much more. But as it turns out, I'm a huge fan of Wesabe.

Once you create an account Wesabe will let you upload your financial data using a desktop program which you can download (Mac &amp; Windows) or you can manually export data from your bank or credit card accounts and upload it using Wesabe's web form.

I hesitated a bit about uploading my data, this is after all some pretty sensitive stuff, but after digging around a bit on site and reading some reviews I decided that Wesabe was probably just as secure as my bank website. For those that have similar concerns I recommend reading [Wesabe's security and privacy page][2]. Also bear in ming that Wesabe doesn't store you bank login information on their servers.

Imagine Quicken in a web interface with the tagging powers of Flickr and you'll pretty much have Wesabe pegged. Once I uploaded my bank data I used the Wesabe interface to add tags to all my expenditures.

Wesabe's tag system is incredibly smart, for instance I generally always fill up my tank at the Shell station near my house so I tagged one of those entries as "gasoline" and Wesabe added that tag to all the other entries with the same title. what's more, every time I upload a new statement Wesabe will automatically add that tag to the new entries.

One the right hand side of your account page there's a list of your tags and clicking a tag will take you to a page showing how much you spent on those items. As with any tagging-based site you can be a detailed and/or general as you want with your tags.

In addition to the organizational tools and account tracking Wesabe collects user submitted tips and displays relevant bits of advise based on how your tags overlap with other user's tags. Tips range from enlightening to obvious (hasn't everyone's mother been telling them not to grocery shop when you're hungry since you first moved out of the house?). If you have a tip to share you can add it to the site, or comment on existing tips with add insight or further suggestions.

Wesabe's third main feature is creating personal goals. You can choose from existing goals that other users have posted (such as saving up for new computer, paying off credit cards etc) or create your own. Like everything else goals are tied in with tips via tags, but you can also leave comments for the community.

There's a whole lot more to the site that I don't have time to go into, but I should note if you're not comfortable uploading your financial data you can still use Wesabe, you just won't have the personalized access.

My favorite part of Wesabe: at the bottom of every Wesabe page there's a "I'm Freaking Out" link that leads away from all things finance related and gives you a Flickr slideshow of kittens. 



[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/09/wesabe_promises.html "Monkey Bites on Wesabe"
[2]: https://www.wesabe.com/page/security "Wesabe"
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-[Blogmailr][1], a new service from [Telligent][2] that allows you to post to your blog via email, launched last week. I've been playing with Blogmailr for a few days now and I have to say I'm impressed. If all goes well I'll be posting this using Blogmailr.

Blogmailr takes advantage of the Metablog API and uses it's own e-mail parsing tools to pull out your post, images, and tags and then posts that info to your blog via the Metablog API.

to get it working you sign up for an account, tell Blogmailr your blog address and login information and you're done. Blogmailr then generates an email address something@blogmailr.com. Just add that address to your address book with the handy vcard Blogmailr generates and you're ready to go.

Write your blog post however you normally do and instead of logging into your admin section, you just email it to your Blogmailr.com address.

Blogmailr supports most major blogging platforms. If yours isn't on the list there's a very good chance it doesn't support the Metablog API, which means there isn't a whole lot Blogmailr can do about it.

The range of support varies somewhat by blogging service, most allow file uploading via email attachments and tags give in the form <code>[tags: tagname1, tagname2]</code>

The usefulness of Blogmailr will depend somewhat on your work habits. Many people live in their email program and it's always open which makes Blogmailr an attractive way to post without having to open a new browser window. But the big appeal here seems to be posting from mobile devices. I haven't used it myself, but there's already a lot of buzz around the web attesting to how easy Blogmailr makes mobile posting.

Which means I could probably post to Monkey Bites from, say, Tahiti, just as easily as this apartment. Hmm.

Blogmailr is free, but will leave a "posted with blogmailr" badge at the bottom of your post. There is also a commercial version available. The Single-User commercial account is $2.99/mo per-user. Blogmailr asks that if you make more than $300/mo from your blog that you use the commercial license.



[1]: https://www.blogmailr.com/	
[2]: http://telligent.com/
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-A few weeks ago Google quietly released [Google Earth Release 4 Beta][3]. I downloaded the new version and have been playing with it for a couple weeks. This morning I realized I had overlooked what's now my favorite feature -- historical maps. I first noticed that Google Earth has added historical maps when I [saw a blog post about it on ZDNet][4] this morning. 

But first a bit about Google Earth beta 4. Speed. Oh the speed. GE beta 4 sees much improved performance, particularly if you have a lot of overlays activated. Beta 4 is much faster at rendering, zooming and coming into focus. 

GE Version 4 features a new icon set for markers and various overlays. There are also numerous improvements and new features like  altitude for overlays. If you use [the popular Global Cloud Layer][2], you can now zoom through the cloud layer and pan back toward the sky and you'll see clouds instead of the generic blue. You can also set the clouds to cast shadows on the surface if you like. The altitude settings can apply to any overlay you want to add.

GE always was and continues to be a RAM hog, but that's somewhat expected given what it's capabilities. With about five overlays activated asking GE to zoom into Manhattan gobbled up almost 400 MB of RAM. As with the previous releases, the more RAM you have the better performance you'll see.

My favorite part of GE beta 4 is definitely the historical maps feature which allows you to overlay Rumsey Historical maps. Regular features like the state and national border overlay will still outline the current layouts so you can see how things have changed over the centuries. At the moment there are about twenty maps available, including the world globe of 1790, London in 1843, New York in 1836, the Lewis and Clarke expedition of 1814 and more. Below is a screenshot of New York in 1836 and one of the present day Manhattan.

Google Earth remains a one of kind program and beta 4 sees some great new features and a welcome speed boost. If your computer is up for it, I highly recommend downloading Google Earth beta 4.

[2]: http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2006/09/global_clouds_w.html "Google Earth Global Could Overlay"
[1]: http://earth.google.com/ "Google Earth"
[3]: http://earth.google.com/earth4.html "Google Earth Beta 4"
[4]: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/?p=387 "ZDNet blog on Historical Maps"
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-[Jamglue is new remixing website][1] with some social networking features thrown in for good measure. The folks behind Jamglue were kind enough to give me a beta invite over the weekend.

There are a couple of other sites out there offering similar services, but none of the ones I've tried have anywhere near the simple, streamlined and easy to use interface that Jamglue offers.

Jamglue is bit like a simplified version of Apple's garageband, living in the confines of your browser. After you set up your account, just upload any audio clips you'd like to play with. During the upload process you have the option to attach a creative commons license to your work, which is a nice touch. Alternately you can make use of clips that other users have uploaded. 

The next step is to create a mix, give it a title, brief description, set the tempo and pick a license. You will then be take into Jamglue's Flash-based mixing app. For the most part everything is pretty intuitive and much of the interface is accomplished via very nice drag-and-drop features.

Once you're happy with your mix you can save it, share it with the Jamglue community or use some YouTube-style cut-and-paste code to embed it in any page you like.

Jamglue is a private beta at the moment so you'll have to sign up and wait for a while. Most people seem to have gotten an invite sent within a few days at the most.

The only real side to Jamglue was how quickly it revealed that I have no talent for remix tracks. But that's no fault of Jamglue.

[1]: http://www.jamglue.com/ "Jamglue.com"
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-Next up in our series on ways to get songs off your iPod is Podworks, another Mac-only program, Podworks (I'll be focusing on Windows and Linux options later in the week). Podworks is a PowerPC app, which means it will be running under Rosetta on Intel Macs.

Podworks has a number of ways to recover your music from an iPod, the easiest of which is to simply click "Copy All," which copies everything on your iPod to whatever location you select. Alternately you can select a range of songs and only copy those songs. 

Podworks can also send the songs straight into iTunes by using the "Send All to iTunes" or "Send Selected to iTunes" options. 

Podworks lacks the drag and drop features of Senuti, but makes up for it by being smarter about duplicate songs. Podworks still doesn't warn or ask about duplicates, instead it just silently skips them (or overwrites them depending on your settings.

Like others, Podworks can play songs on your iPod though when I say play I mean literally play, not skip or fast-forward and changing views will stop playback.

Podworks is shareware and costs $8. There is 30 day trail version which is limited to 250 song transfers.

####The Lowdown

**Good**

*	Doesn't duplicate tracks when transfering songs
*	Can sync iTunes to iPod with one click
*	Easy to use

**Bad**

*	Lack of Universal binary makes it a bit slower than others
*	No way to view your iTunes Library along side your iPod
*	No drag-and-drop transfers.

[1]: http://www.scifihifi.com/podworks/ "Podworks"
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-<img alt="Any_key_3" title="Any_key_3" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/any_key_2.jpg" border="0" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" />Have a reboot why dontcha?

*	Sun Microsystems announced today that it will [release the Java source code under a GPL license][1]. The software will be under the version 2 of the General Public License (GPLv2), which governs Linux and many other open-source products, but Sun is employing the so-called "classpath exception," so that programs shipping with Java, need not use the GPL.

*	More on Microsoft/Universal deal: According to Universal CEO Doug Morris the iPod and Zune, "are just repositories for stolen music." He went on to [tell Billboard Magazine][2], "So it's time to get paid for it." So does this mean it's okay for Zune owners to steal music from Universal artists, since Universal has already taken their cut?

*	Google has [introduced a new start page for Google Apps for Your Domain][3] which allows for more customization, including the use of GMail with customized addresses in place of @gmail.com. 

*	[Lycos announced a new service today called Lycos Cinema][4]. The company claims Cinema will combine online video and social networking. Lycos claims the technology it has created "allows for the virtual living room." No word on whether anyone has told them about YouTube.


[1]: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6134584.html "ZDNet on Sun Announcment"
[2]: http://billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003380831 "Billboard.com"
[3]: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/10413.html 
[4]: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061113/wr_nm/media_lycos_dc "Yahoo on Lycos"

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-[Author's note: Before we get started a couple of quick points. As many commenters in our initial post pointed out, you can always copy songs off your iPod via the command line (or by making hidden files visible in the disk browser of your choice). While that's true, it's also true that you can read your email in Mutt or Pine, but most of us don't. I consider the hidden files method to be a last resort, especially give that a number of the programs we'll be looking at are free and make the process of recovering music streamlined and painless.]

First up in our review of iPod circumventors is a [Mac-only program by the name of Senuti][1]. Senuti is free (as in beer) and open source, licensed under the GNU GPL. 

Senuti's interface mimics that of iTunes circa version 6 and should be easy for most users to figure out.

You can copy songs in Senuti by simply selecting the songs on your iPod and clicking the copy button. You can also copy playlists via drag-and-drop. By default Senuti will copy the songs to the music folder set in your iTunes preferences, but if you'd like the change that you can do so in Senuti's preferences.

I had no problems copying songs with Senuti and even discovered some music I had forgotten about using the "Hide iTunes Songs" feature. Invoking hide iTunes songs will show only those songs that are only on your iPod, select them, click copy and your songs will be recovered.

The main downside to Senuti is that it doesn't know to not duplicate tracks. If you have a playlist with ten songs on your iPod and the same playlist already exists in itunes, Senuti won't warn your about duplicates. Instead is will simply make copies of songs so you end up with a playlist that now has twenty songs. You can stop Senuti from duplicating the actual song files by choosing "overwrite songs" in the preferences, but there doesn't seem to be a way to stop the duplication of songs within playlists.

Senuti can also copy movies just like songs and can even restore photos from you iPod.

Senuti is developed and maintained Whitney Young; if you like the program you can make a contribution by visiting [fadingred.org][2].

*Good*

*	Easy to use, interface will be familiar for iTunes users
*	Can copy songs from Windows or Mac formatted iPods
*	Ability to view only songs not in your music library

*Bad*

*	no one-click sync of iPod to iTunes (though this is listed in the Senuti roadmap)
*	No way to avoid duplicates when copying playlists

[1]: http://www.fadingred.org/senuti/ "Senuti"
[2]: http://www.fadingred.org/ "fadingred.org"
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-[The Google blog annouced][1] a new feature on [Google Maps][2] today. When you search for business on Google Maps there is now a "click to call" link which will call the selected business for you.

Clicking the link reveals a dropdown menu asking for your phone number. Enter your number and click "connect for free" and Google will call your phone number and automatically connect you to the business. 

The call is free, but if you use a mobile number airtime minutes will still be used.

There is also an option to remember your number so in the future you can make calls with just two clicks.

It's a small but handy addition, especially since the call from Google will cause the phone number to show up on your caller ID in case you need later.

[1]: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/click-to-call-in-google-maps.html "The Official Google Blog"
[2]: http://maps.google.com/ "Google Maps"
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-It turns out that the internet isn't all porn, in fact the internet is 99 percent porn free.

[According to a newly release U.S. government study][1], only one percent of the sites indexed by Google and Microsoft contain sexually explicit content. The study goes on the conclude that less than 6 percent of all searches return any sexually explicit results at all.

The government's new study, conducted by Philip B. Stark, a professor of statistics at the University of California, Berkeley, was commissioned by the Justice Department in the hopes of reviving the 1998 Child Online Protection Act.

The U.S. Supreme Court blocked the Child Online Protection Act in 2004, ruling that it would also stifle the free speech rights of adults on the Internet. The court went on to say that filtering software may work better than such laws.

Stark's research also looked at software filters and concludes that the strictest filter they tested, AOL's Mature Teen, blocked 91 percent of the sexually explicit Web sites. I'm no mathematician, but I think that means the odds of children finding porn on computers with filter software are, uh, low.

The less restrictive filters typically blocked about 40 percent of sexually explicit sites in Google and Microsoft's indexes.

The ACLU, which has long fought the Child Online Protection Act, is citing the new study as evidence that software filters are an effective alternative to legislation.

Additional Stark's study found that roughly half of all sexually explicit sites are foreign and thus beyond the reach of the Child Online Protection Act, whereas software filters retain their effectiveness regardless of the origin of the content.

The burgeoning field of image recognition software holds some promise that in the future software filters will get smarter and more effective, but in the mean time the debate over legislation will likely continue.


[1]: http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/technology/16007733.html
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-As noted in this morning's reboot, [MP3.com][1] is back from the dead and has reopening its servers to audio uploads. The landmark site is in no small part responsible for ushering in the online music era we've all come to know and love.

MP3.com, founded in 1997 by Michael Robertson, once had one of the largest collections of downloadable music on the net. A series of lawsuits forced MP3.com to pay out millions in copyright infringement damages. After being acquired by Universal Music in 2001 it was later sold to its current owner, CNET, in 2003.

However CNET only acquired the domain name not the millions of files once hosted on MP3.com's servers. CNET had transformed MP3.com into a music news and editorial site, but now the site is once again offering audio uploads for aspiring bands.

MP3.com is now offering band profiles, 100 MB of audio storage, and software to upload and edit music, videos, and photos. There's also a new Flash audio player that creates and saves playlists.

The feature set of the redesign seems targeted at going after MySpace Music, but having browsed around the site for the last hour, as much as I hate to admit it, from a band's point of view, I think MySpace is better. 

The pages lack the customization features of MySpace (though the defaults look better than most MySpace pages) and the emphasis is less organic, community-based. MP3.com tries to integrate established artists with unknowns and claims to put them on equal footing, but in the end if comes off more like your favorite local band hired some slick PR company to turn them into an pseudo-established artist.

Like many CNET properties MP3.com feels like it's trying to do too much. And the advertising is prolific and annoying.

I want to be excited about MP3.com's redesign and new features, but frankly I found it less than compelling as a way to discover new bands.  

[1]: http://www.mp3.com/ "MP3.com"
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-Hutchinson Whampoa, which operates British mobile provider [3][2], has teamed up with [Sling Media][1] to delivery streaming cable television to mobile devises.

The announcement is part 3's new "X-series" service which aims to more broadband services to mobile subscribers. The X-series service, which for now will only run on the Nokia N73 and the Sony Ericsson W950i, will come with Sling Player Mobile pre-installed.

Also included in the package are offerings from Orb, Google and Microsoft. For the time being 3 has declined to give any pricing details, but a SlingMedia spokesperson I talked to said the new package plans will move away from a bandwidth-based price structure to a subscription model. 

The new service is available in the UK beginning December 1st. 

SlingPlayer Mobile is software that allows you to watch their regular television on your mobile handset. The company first introduced the software earlier this year and currently supports Windows Mobile smart phones.

The version to be installed on UK phones will be running on the Symbian software found in popular Nokia and Erikson handsets.

Hutchinson, 3's parent company has 3G networks in eight countries worldwide and is expected to follow the UK rollout with similar offerings in its Australian, European and Asian markets.

This is the first time SlingMedia has partnered with a mobile carrier to deliver its software and services.

Entertainment companies and content providers have historically been reluctant to support any technology that delivers content outside the traditional channels, but Brian Jaquet of SlingMedia claims the company has been working with not against the entertainment industry.

"We've had a lot of discussions with content holders to address their concerns," he says adding, "It's a fine line that you walk, you want to deliver a great application and service, but you want to be mindful of the content providers rights as well."

I asked about the possibility of a similar U.S offering, but so far SlingMedia has no immediate plans. Jaquet says, "you can't look at it as a cookie cutter situation, every market is very different."


[1]: http://www.slingmedia.com/indexa.php "SlingMedia.com"
[2]: http://www.three.com/ "3 X-series"
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*	[Microsoft, Yahoo and Google have agreed on a standardized format for sitemaps][1]. The structure, currently [available at Sitemaps.org][6], allows web masters to install an XML file on their servers that all three engines can use to track site updates.

*	Google has added a new feature to Google Calendar that allows you to search public events. The search feature helps you find out what's happening in your area.

*	[MP3.com officially relaunched][2] itself yesterday, with some nice new features for bands. The site now offers bands a profile page, 100 MB of audio storage and unlimited video hosting. [via [Mashable][3]]

*	[Skype has released a new beta version its Mac software][5] with support for SMS and conference-calling. Skype 2.5 also lets you leave messages for offline users. It still doesn't have all the features of the Windows-only Skype 3.0, but it's getting there.

*	Rumor: A number of news agencies are [reporting that production of the ever elusive Apple iPhone][4] has been contracted out to Hon Sio a Taiwanese manufacturing company. Rumor also claims that the iPhone will be sold unlocked. But just who is this "Rumor," That's what I'd like to know.

[1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/livesearch/archive/2006/11/15/microsoft-google-yahoo-unite-to-support-sitemaps.aspx "Microsoft, Yahoo and Google unite"
[2]: http://www.mp3.com/ "MP3.com"
[3]: http://mashable.com/2006/11/15/mp3com-to-challenge-myspace-in-music/ "Mashable on MP3.com"
[4]: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=conewsstory&refer=conews&tkr=AAPL:US&sid=a5skb65I7L4c "Bloomberg.com on the Apple iPhone"
[5]: http://www.skype.com/download/skype/macosx/25beta.html "Skype 2.5 beta"
[6]: http://www.sitemaps.org/ "Sitemaps.org"
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-Anapod Explorer raises the bar somewhat compared to the other programs we've looked at. AE is not just a way of recovering files, it also features a whole bunch of other stuff as well. The downside to the additional features is accompanying price increase. A full version of Anapod Explorer is $30 and available for Windows Only.

Anapod Explorer features all the basic stuff you'll find in the other programs, one-click back ups, duplicate file detection and drag-and-drop transfers. But in addition to that AE features the "Window's Integration," which allows you to browse your iPod like you would in Windows Explorer, but without the quirky file-names. AE can also sync your photos and movies as well.

AE includes a separate program, Anapod Xtreamer, which allows you to browse your iPod via any standard browser. Xtreamer makes it easy to transfer files, not just from your iPod to the connected computer, but to any computer on the network.

But the coolest feature in my opinion is the ability to do alter bitrates on the fly using AE's AudioMorph when transferring songs. This means you can keep high bitrate copies of your music on your hard drive and compress them during transfer to save space on your iPod.

Just in case all that wasn't enough for you, Anapod Explorer goes completely over the top and includes a database search engine that lets you execute SQL statements to search for music. Holy nerdy goodness.

There are about a dozen more features I haven't haven't touched on, but since most of them go far beyond our review goals (get music off your iPod) I'll leave them for you to discover.

It's not the cheapest way to get music off your iPod, but if you're looking to do more with your iPod and music, Anapod Explorer is worth a closer look.



####The Lowdown

**Good**

*	Can sync iTunes to iPod with one click
*	Excellent additional features (too many to list)
*	Avoids duplicating songs

**Bad**

*	Not free
*	Overkill if all you want to do is get songs off your iPod



Previously reviewed:

[Senuti][1] (Mac only)<br />
[Podworks][2] (Mac only)<br />
[IPod Access][3] (Mac &amp; Windows)<br />
[IPodRip][4] (Mac &amp; Windows)<br />


[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/getting_songs_o.html "Monkey Bites on Senuti"
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/getting_songs_o_1.html "Monkey Bites on PodWorks"
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/getting_songs_o_2.html "Monkey Bites on iPod Access"
[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/getting_songs_o_3.html "Monkey Bites on iPodRip"
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-Intel announced today that its new quad core [Core 2 Extreme QX6700 (nicknamed "Kentsfield") will begin shipping][1] in time for the holiday season. The chips were originally set to begin shipping next year, but Dell had already jumped the gun and said they would be using the chip in their new servers and high end workstation. 

Today's announcement puts Intel on top again in the never-ending chip race with AMD, whom Intel has been trailing for several years. AMD is planning on releasing its own quad cores sometime next year. 

Intel claims the quad cores, which are essentially two dual cores sandwiched on the same chip, will give some applications as much as a 70% performance boost.

Before you get too excited, bear in mind that there isn't a whole lot of software out there that can really take advantage of a quad core chip. The most immediate beneficiaries of the new chips will likely be servers and grid computing projects. There are some high-end multimedia and scientific programs that are capable of using however many cores are present, but your average office and desktop programs will likely see only marginal performances gains from the new chips.

Intel's performance figures may however prove correct at some point in the future when software catches up with hardware. With more and more consumer machines already using dual cores and the new quad cores hitting the market, we will undoubtedly see more programs becoming multithread capable in the near future.

ZDNet has put together an interesting informal benchmark test using Intel's new quad-core Xeon 5355. The folks over at ZDNet reconfigured a Mac Pro to fit it with two quad cores, making an eight core machine, and [ran some benchmark tests][2]. In some tests the original Mac Pro actually out performs the new chips, though as ZDNet points out their custom machine does not benefit from optimized firmware or other components that Apple would likely add if they use the new chips. 

So far Dell, IBM and a few others have announced plans to use the new chips. Apple, who typically does not announce such things, has so far not said anything about the new chips.

At $999 per chip, Intel's quad cores probably aren't going to fit most consumer budgets, but early adopters, gaming junkies and those who just have to have the latest and greatest will no doubt be excited.

[1]: http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=49E53381-F875-4EAE-96E8-DE26355F2A94 "Intel to Ship Kentsfield"
[2]: http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/0,1000000193,39284700,00.htm "ZDNet benchmarks"
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-Out of the programs we'll be looking at only [iPod Access][3] is available for both Windows and Macintosh. While this is nice for users that have both platforms, unfortunately you'll have to buy separate licenses for each, but that's the case with most software. Licenses for iPod Access are $19.99.

We tested iPod Access on both Windows and Mac with very similar results. The Mac interface is definitely not the most refined we've seen in our tests, but it functions well enough and gives you the information you need.

Ipod Access works very similar to PodWorks, just highlight the songs you want to copy and click "Add to iTunes." The trial version only allows you transfer five songs at a time, but I had no problems copying songs within the limit.

The "Clone Playlist" feature is not available in the trial version so I wasn't able to test it.

When it comes to handling song transfers, IPod Access gives you more options than the other programs reviewed, including the option to rename the songs in a variety of formats. Ipod Access did a great job of not making duplicate copies and offers the option to only overwrite existing files if the iPod copy is newer.

Like Podworks, iPod Access is not currently a universal binary so performance on Intel Macs is lackluster. In Windows XP we had no issues with speed.

Ipod Access may not be the prettiest of the bunch, but it offers the most features (albeit at the slightly higher price).

####The Lowdown

**Good**

*	Doesn't duplicate tracks when transferring songs
*	Can sync iTunes to iPod with one click
*	Available for Windows and Mac

**Bad**

*	Interface is basic (some might say ugly)
*	Trial version had numerous errors/warnings
*	No drag-and-drop transfers.


Previously reviewed:

[Senuti][1] (Mac only)<br />
[Podworks][2] (Mac only)<br />

[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/getting_songs_o.html "Monkey Bites on Senuti"
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/getting_songs_o_1.html "Monkey Bites on PodWorks"
[3]: http://www.findleydesigns.com/products.html "iPod Access"
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-<img alt="Ipod_2" title="Ipod_2" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/ipod_2.jpg" border="0" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" />Well, at the last minute I discovered I was wrong about iPod Access being the only cross platform solution we're reviewing. Our next program, [iPodRip][4] from [The Little App Factory][5], is also available in both Mac and Windows flavors. Not only that, but the Mac version is a universal binary. Our review applies to the Mac version only.

IPodRip is shareware and costs $14.95. The unlicensed version is not crippled, but will expire after 10 uses, which means if you just need to recover from a hard drive failure or similar one-time problem, iPodRip can do it for free.

IPodRip features, drag-and-drop support for moving songs off your iPod directly into iTunes, as well as one-click importing to restore everything. Alternately you can select individual songs and import them one at a time or in groups.

<img alt="Ipodrip" title="Ipodrip" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/ipodrip.jpg" border="0" style="display: block; margin: 10px 0px 10px 5px;" />IPodRip also has a very nice feature that allow you to restore all your playlists with one-click. IPodRip also allows for something it terms "smart sync" which allows you to copy songs based on various criteria (pretty much like "smart playlists" in iTunes).

IPodRip also features a number of nice extras not found elsewhere, such as a database check for your iPod DB, an option to export your library information to HTML or XML formats, and sync metadata between your iPod and iTunes.




####The Lowdown

**Good**

*	Can sync iTunes to iPod with one click
*	Available for Windows and Mac
*	Excellant additional features

**Bad**

*	Not free (though it can be used 10 times with no limitations)


Previously reviewed:

[Senuti][1] (Mac only)<br />
[Podworks][2] (Mac only)<br />
[IPod Access][3] (Mac &amp; Windows)<br />


[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/getting_songs_o.html "Monkey Bites on Senuti"
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/getting_songs_o_1.html "Monkey Bites on PodWorks"
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/getting_songs_o_2.html "Monkey Bites on iPod Access"
[4]: http://www.thelittleappfactory.com/application.php?app=iPodRip "iPodRip"
[5]: http://www.thelittleappfactory.com/software/index.php "The Little App Factory"
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*	Later today TiVo will [announce a plan to allow users to download videos][1] from the Internet and watch them from their television sets. For now the service will be limited to non-copyrighted material from services like YouTube, though TiVo hopes to add iTunes Music Store content in the future. This is reportedly only one of several new features TiVo will be announcing.

*	Bloomberg.com reports that, according the Steve Ballmer, [Microsoft plans to add video-sharing and a phone feature][2] to future versions of its Zune music player.

*	The AP reports you will be able to [buy Windows Vista licenses at CompUSA][3] starting November 30th. Microsoft claims the move is aimed at small businesses most of whom purchase software at retail stores. The licensing purchase is reported cheaper than the traditional boxed product.

*	The U.K.-based [OpenStreetMap is collecting cartography information][4] from GPS wielding volunteers in hopes of creating a free, open-source wiki-style map of the planet. [via [CNet][5]] 


[1]: http://money.aol.com/news/articles/_a/hold-for-release-1201-am-est-tuesday/n20061113191809990018 "TiVo to allow internet downloads"
[2]: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a6kJgarwWLeg "Microsoft's Ballmer on the future of Zune"
[3]: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061113/ap_on_hi_te/vista_compusa "Microsoft to sell business license through CompUSA"
[4]: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Main_Page "OpenStreetMap.org"
[5]: http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-6134871.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news "CNet on OpenStreetMap"
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-As we mentioned in the ever-prescient morning reboot, AOL has announced version 6.0 of their popular instant messaging service. New features include the ability to send messages to offline users, increased buddy list size (now 1000 buddies), grouped chat windows and more.

The increase in buddy list size brings AIM up to speed with other popular IM services such as those from Yahoo and Microsoft.

Other features include a new "dashboard" which AOL says will make it easier for users to access mobile features like the new IM forwarding. IM forwarding allows you to have messages sent while you are offline forwarded to your mobile device.

AIM 6.0 also adds further integration with the new "AIM Pages," AOL's blogging and social networking feature. You can subscribe to your buddies page (via RSS) and receive updates in your instant messenger.

Some news reports have mentioned that the subscription abilities extend beyond AOL's limited offerings to include sites such as YouTube, Digg and Flickr, but I couldn't find anything about that on the AIM website.

The AIM service remains a lone wolf when it comes to interoperability. Unlike Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger, which both allow you to chat with members of either service, AIM is a closed system. 

AOL says it is in talks with Google about the possibility of linking AIM with Google Talk. Presumably this would function somewhat like the way AIM works with ICQ or Apple's iChat.

AOL has provided an new open SDK for developers so those of us who use the AIM service but not the the client program can expect to see third party developers incorporate the new features soon.

The AIM 6.0 client is thus far Windows only and requires either 2000 or XP.

[1]: http://www.aim.com/index.adp?aolp=0 "AIM 6.0"
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-A post from the founder [LibraryThing on the tech blog Mashable][1] caught my eye this morning. [LibraryThing][3] has a new couple of new search features that seem promising so I thought I'd have a look.

I use LibraryThing to grab book covers for display on my blog, but I've never really tinkered with the site too much. However the new feature "UnSuggester" sounded interesting.

But let's start with LibraryThing's "BookSuggester." LibraryThing claims to have 7.1 million books and over 9.5 million user generated tags in it's database. The new BookSuggester feature combs through those books to find things you might like, based on the title of a book you know you like.

The obvious question is why use this over Amazon's recommended books feature? Well for one thing, Amazon's results are included so you get those plus more. LibraryThing also offers more results and separates them into tag-based results and actual humans-have-read-and-liked results.

At the top of each results page there's an intriguing link for Library Thing's other new search feature, called "UnSuggest" which offers "bad" recommendations.

[UnSuggester][2] is a recommendation engine turned on its head. Instead of telling you what you'd like based on what you already like, UnSuggester tells you what you wouldn't like based on what you like.

At first I thought it was a kind of funny, one-off feature that you play with for half an hour and forget about. After all, I don't need a search engine to tell me that a love of Immanuel Kant probably precludes a deep affinity for *Confessions of a Shopaholic*.

But then I started thinking about something Robert Anton Wilson writes about a lot: expanding your reality tunnel. 

Based on the Unsuggester search results you can force expose yourself to other things that might otherwise pass quietly by you. The potential for new discoveries is actually much greater with negative suggestions than it ever will be with those that cater to your mold.

With the tunnel narrowing features like selective RSS news feeds and niche base social networks popping up everyday, it's become relatively easy to hear only what you already know you want to hear. UnSuggester can be refreshing chance to expose yourself to books outside your usual preference. And who knows, maybe I would like *Confessions of a Shopaholic.*

[1]: http://mashable.com/2006/11/14/librarything-creates-worlds-worst-recommendation-engine/ "LibraryThing on Mashable"
[2]: http://www.librarything.com/unsuggester/ "LibraryThing's Unsuggester"
[3]: http://www.librarything.com/ "Library Thing"
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*	A phenomenon called "evanescent coupling" could [allow for wireless power sources][1]. The technology uses resonant frequencies to transfer energy without wires over a distance of several meters. So far the idea is just on paper, but the MIT scientists involved say they are working on a prototype, which frankly, would be the coolest thing since the wireless remote.

*	Apparently [Zune is incompatible with Windows Vista][2]. Yes, as other have said that's ridiculous, but to be fair, Vista hasn't been released yet. If Vista is released and it still isn't compatible, then you can start jeering.

*	[AOL announces version 6 of its popular AIM messaging service][3]. Among some of the cool new features is the ability to forward IMs to you phone when you're offline so you can see what you missed.

*	[iTWire reports][4] that cellphone company BoostMobile has launched "a cellphone-based social networking service that enables users to plot the location of their friends on a map." No word on the accuracy of the service.

*	And finally, news of the strange kind: [YouTube sent a cease-and-desist letter][5] to the popular tech blog, TechCrunch. 

[1]: http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn10575-evanescent-coupling-could-power-gadgets-wirelessly.html "New Scientist Tech"

[2]: http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=104 "Vista and Zune not compatible"
[3]: http://www.aim.com/get_aim/win/latest_win.adp?aolp=0 "AIM 6.0"
[4]: http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/7141/990/ "iTWire on BoostMobile"
[5]: http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/15/huh-youtube-sends-techcrunch-a-cease-desist/ "TEchCrunch on their cease-and-desist letter"
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-[Yamipod][6] is the only tool out of the bunch that supports all three major operating systems. It's also free. Yamipod can transfer songs to and from our iPod and offers a good range of options for how to handle duplicates.

In addition, Yamipod will find and remove duplicate files on your iPod, though as with this feature in iTunes you have to be careful since you may have live versions and other "duplicates" that you want to keep.

Yamipod also offer some extra features not found in the other programs including the ability to create playlists, send information to last.fm, growl notifications and add lyrics to your iPod.

There's also a feature in Yamipod that I haven't seen elsewhere called "Find Lost Music," which will recover songs on your iPod but not listed in the library. I don't know how that happens and Yamipod didn't find any such files on my iPod, but if you've ever had music disappear from your library, Yamipod might be able to recover them.

Yamipod is a universal binary and was one of the fastest applications tested on my Macbook. 

Stay tuned for a wrap up later this week.

####The Lowdown

**Good**

*	Can sync iTunes to iPod with one click
*	Nice additional features
*	Supports all major operating systems

**Bad**

*	Some problems with video iPod and iTunes 7 (see Yamipod forums)



Previously reviewed:

[Senuti][1] (Mac only)<br />
[Podworks][2] (Mac only)<br />
[IPod Access][3] (Mac &amp; Windows)<br />
[IPodRip][4] (Mac &amp; Windows)<br />
[Anapod Explorer] (Windows) <br />


[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/getting_songs_o.html "Monkey Bites on Senuti"
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/getting_songs_o_1.html "Monkey Bites on PodWorks"
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/getting_songs_o_2.html "Monkey Bites on iPod Access"
[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/getting_songs_o_3.html "Monkey Bites on iPodRip"
[5]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/getting_songs_o_4.html "Monkey Bites on Anapod Explorer"

[6]: http://www.yamipod.com/main/modules/home/ "Yamipod"
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