Google is buying Digg?

TechCrunch information says that soon Google can buy Digg, number one web voting place, after several weeks of negotiations. From the TechCrunch words, the companies have reportedly signed a letter of intent and are close to a deal that will bring Digg under the Google News property. The acquisition price is in the $200 million range, says one source. The companies are now in final negotiations according to TechCrunch sources, although it could be a couple of weeks before it closes. And while the major deal points have been agreed on, the acquisition could still fall apart. Microsoft, which was previously interested in the company, may be willing to step back in at a much lower price.

Digg is a user driven social content website. Everything on Digg is user-submitted. After you submit content, other people read your submission and “Digg” what they like best. Read more for Digg..

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Audacity - Free, Cross-Platform Sound Editor

Audacity is open source software for recording and editing sounds and it is free. Audacity works on Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and also other operating systems.

You can use Audacity to:

• Record live audio.
• Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs.
• Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV or AIFF sound files.
  
  
• Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together.
• Change the speed or pitch of a recording.
• You can see the complete list of features here.
  

Latest release of Audacity is 1.3.5 (beta). It is recommended for advanced users only because don’t came with complete documentation. You can try stable release Audacity is version 1.2.6 which is complete and fully documented.

You can have Audacity 1.2.6 and 1.3.5 installed on the same machine.

Audacity is one of the PC World 100 Best products of 2008.

Download Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/

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Winamp iPod Plugin

Every iPod generation and edition is supported by the plugin which gives Winamp users the option to manage their iPod from the Winamp Media Library. It supports all kinds of iPods, from the classic first generation iPods, to the iPod mini, photo, nano and shuffle and everything in between.

Winamp iPod plugin can sync songs, ratings and other information between iPod and the Winamp Media Library. The process works only if the Media Library on the PC would fit on the iPod, if that is not the case the user needs to pick songs that get synced so that their total size is below the capacity of the iPod.

Videos, Photos and Songs can be also copied to the iPod using the plugin. Some other features is to manipulate songs before they are moved to the iPod including replay gain, gapless playback, lyrics and album art.

A great software for users who do not want to download and install the Apple iTunes software.

Download link: http://mlipod.sourceforge.net/

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How to get RAR support on Ubuntu linux

You have a bunch or RAR files from windows, and also want to use them under ubuntu linux.

The rar files are copyright protected, so the native installation of archive manager doesn't came with rar support. But there is a simple solution to get things done with only 2 lines of terminal code:

start your teminal: Applications > Accessories > Terminal
enter or copy and paste line by line: (paste in terminal is SHIFT+CTRL+V)

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install rar unrar

That's it. Now you can use rar files in your native gnome arhive manager.

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How to access Wikipedia on your cell/mobile phone

Three services are most used for access Wikipedia with your cell/mobile phone.

Unyverse: http://www.unyverse.com is a new service to access Wikipedia with your Java or Windows Mobile phone, from anywhere.

It uses a small smart client application and has the following advantages over the pure WAP/mobile web access:

1. You can read your previously downloaded articles offline when you have no connection
2. Reading experience is optimized with nice table of contents, page by page formatting, and change font size which is important when reading on a small screen
3. entire content is downloaded compressed, so it is faster
4. You can synchronize your bookmarked article with your free Unyverse web account

You can also get access to Wikipedia on your cell phone using services:
Wapedia: http://wapedia.mobi/en/
and
Wikipedia mobile: http://wikipedia.7val.com/

Now, you can amaze your friends anywhere, with your knowledge of everything by simply accessing Wikipedia on your cell or PDA.

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