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BoomerApp Promotion On A Brand New Product. 100% Rebate. Klik n’ Mix

A few weeks ago however a new service was launched from the people who brought the world Bits du Jour. That service is BoomerApp. While Bits du Jour hands our full licences daily BoomerApp is instead a rebate system where-by the customer purchases in the normal way and recieves a rebate form which they return to FastSpring Ecommerce or a local representive who…

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Why I have bothered with the Windows 7 logo program

Across on his blog Andy Bryce has written some very good reasons for why he won’t be bothering with the round of Windows 7 logos marketing Microsoft has launched. First I should point out that there is a difference between the “Compatible with Windows 7 logo” and associated marketing materials and the “Certified For” program run by Microsoft. The latter, I’m in full agreement with Andy. I saw no benefit in the Vista version and see no beneift in the Windows 7 version.
Rather we’re talking about the logo to the left of this article.

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A Custom Audio File Format – "Chunky" But Not Necessarily Large

A Custom Audio File Format – "Chunky" But Not Necessarily Large

For those of you familiar with Sony Acid Pro, originally called “ACID pH1″ by it’s creators at SonicFoundry, you’ll probably be familiar with the Acid variation of Riff/Wave format and it’s incredible ability to “know” what key it is, what tempo and the nature of its’ playback in respect of being a clip or more commonly a “loop”. It’s the core of the product and what allows the short audio clip to be so darn powerful for people creating loop based music.

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Finally A Release – But Not MixAction *Yet* – PerforMixer Multi-Room Audio

Finally A Release – But Not MixAction *Yet* – PerforMixer Multi-Room Audio

It’s multi room audio. Basically aimed towards reception and convention centres, hotels, pubs, basically anywhere you need to be able to manage different audio into different rooms with the convenience and cost savings of using one computer as the source or “player”. To do it you need more than one soundcard (up to four supported) or a dedicated multi room soundcard.

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Why The World Actually Does Need Another Source Control Application

Why The World Actually Does Need Another Source Control Application

It’s Murphy’s law when it comes to storing data of the magnitude of software source code. For the Micro ISV the available tools are more akin to maintain control of reams of “source” spaghetti than “control”.

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