Victor Caballero

New in Labs: Preview Pane - Official Gmail Blog

2011-08-05T18:31:00.000-07:00

New in Labs: Preview Pane - Official Gmail Blog

NAMM 2010 Anaheim Music Show

2010-01-18T20:01:00.000-08:00

The NAMM 2010 Show has concluded and there's lots of following up to do.

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2009-12-01T08:13:00.001-08:00

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Up Ship!: Checking out Bob Hope Burbank airport

2009-07-11T22:22:00.000-07:00

Up Ship!: Checking out Bob Hope Burbank airport

Official Google Enterprise Blog: Offline also available in Google Calendar

2009-02-05T14:52:00.000-08:00

Official Google Enterprise Blog: Offline also available in Google Calendar

Google Profit System

2009-01-09T21:27:00.000-08:00

Google Money System

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Android Developers Blog: Android Market: Now available for users

2008-12-30T17:30:00.000-08:00

Android Developers Blog: Android Market: Now available for users

Disneyland 2008 Trip - Hollywood Tower

2008-12-21T18:20:00.002-08:00

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2008-07-23T15:21:00.001-07:00

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Victor Caballero and Kash Sen

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2008-07-23T15:15:00.001-07:00

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2008-07-16T15:41:00.001-07:00

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Pedicabs in Astoria Oregon

2008-07-15T16:09:00.001-07:00

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Check out these pedicabs just launching the service is Kris from The Bike Garage.

Peer to Peer Lending P2PLending

2007-03-13T07:06:00.000-07:00

Interesting article in SmartMoney April 2007 about P2P lending sites. Here's the sites mentioned.

www.Prosper.com
www.ZOPA.com
www.KIVA.org
www.CircleLending.com
www.LoanBack.com

These are good solutions for small business that have trouble with receiving financing and loans.
Many people have used them successfully.

Caltech Forum

2007-03-12T22:59:00.000-07:00

March 17 Caltech Enterprise Forum:

Online Commerce and Collaboration Opp's - Search, Community and Markets

Saturday, March 17, 2007at the California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CaliforniaRegistration and Continental Breakfast: 8:00 a.m. Baxter Hall Program: 9:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. at Baxter Lecture HallNetworking: 11:15 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Baxter Lecture HallCost: Early Registration - $40 (before Monday, March 12th)Late Registration and at the door: $50; ($10 for students with full-time student ID; free to Caltech students)
Is Web 2.0 real or merely a prelude to Dotbomb 2.0? Happily, today's e-scape differs radically from the past. Hyped IPOs are replaced by acquisitions ranging from Pricegrabber and Bizrate to MySpace and YouTube. Amazon, eBay and Google are deeply entrenched. Most notably, unlike the '90's attempt to push technology and content, now the market -- in large measure consumers -- is pulling with extraordinary strength. Device makers hurry out features to ride and enhance trends which content purveyors seek to recognize and monetize. Even the enterprise CIO is yielding, forced by the employees to grapple with the likes of wikis, blogs, RSS feeds and podcasts. Meanwhile, "big guys" like eBay and Amazon encourage 3rd party developers to build on their empires. Against this background, today's program seeks to get up close and personal, eliciting and probing the perspective of our panelists, successful entrepreneurs who not only are building funded ventures in the current space, but also have deep experience with prior ventures. To aid in delineating where we are and are going, our speakers as well as the audience will have the opportunity to play gadfly-commentators.
Please join us on March 17th and find out, first hand, from industry experts, entrepreneurs and venture capital firms where online commerce is really headed.
Commentators
Kevin JacquesPartner Palomar Ventures
Louise WannierFounderwww.myshape.com
Entrepreneur Panelists
Craig OggCo-founder/CTO www.thisnext.com
Siva KumarCEOwww.thefind.com
Touraj ParangFounderwww.jaxtr.com
Joel ToledanoFounder/CEOwww.krillion.com
Producers/Moderators
Richard C. HsuPartnerTownsend & Townsend & Crew LLP
Michael Krieger, Ph.DWillenken Wilson Loh & Lieb, LLP
DateSaturday morning, March 17, 2007
LocationRegistration and Continental Breakfast:8:00 a.m. at Baxter Hall, Caltech Program: 9:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. at Baxter Lecture Hall Networking: 11:15 a.m. - 12:00 noon at Baxter Hall, Caltech

Joost: my thoughts

2007-03-10T07:38:00.000-08:00

Friday March 9, 2007

Joost Beta Impressions

I have been very impressed with the Joost team and the beta. Everyone has been very professional and expeditious in responding.

Having been on the beta for several weeks now I can say that this is going to be something everyone wants. We all know there are concerns of bandwidth, but that concern is going away little by little.

The target audience is people at home or on the road who want to watch quality programming. Joost has deals with Warner Brothers(WB), Viacom, CHUM, National Geographic, and countless other content providers. So the depth of video content is good. I would like to see a news feed with localized news, weather, sports, etc Maybe a show like Stern, Oprah, or one of the celebrities would seal the deal for Joost.

Installing the software was fairly straight forward, although on Vista you have to make some settings with the compatibility and how the program runs, once that is done you are set. In the last the Joost team deposited two tokens, which I quickly send to friends. Waiting for more.... I really do believe based on what I have read that this is going to be HUGE, regardless of the players entering the market.

This is the wave of the future and Joost has the money and knowledge to make it happen.

Posted by: Victor Caballero

USC ISMC Panel Discussion

2007-01-25T19:42:00.000-08:00

I attended a panel discussion with a few of the internet's leading entrepeneurs. The questions from the audience and Melinda Newman presented some interesting topics for discussion.

Thank you to LA Tech Week for sponsoring. In addition, the tour of ISMC was facinating. More on that later.

Panel:
The Changing Face of the Media Business: A Conversation with New Media Pioneers

Two of the oldest and most established industries -- entertainment and advertising --lie at the vortex of seismic change brought about by new media innovations. All pioneers in this space, the panel members have each successfully created and executed innovative business models that have changed the way these very traditional industries do business. They will discuss their views of these industries as well as the challenges and opportunities faced by entrepreneurs and innovators who want to compete in the new media markets begin created.

Confirmed Panelists

Richard Rosenblatt, CEO of Intermix and Demand Media

Josh Berman, COO MySpace

David Dudas, CTO Eyespot

Ryan Magnussen, CEO Ripe Digital Entertainment

Moderator: Melinda Newman (Former West Coast Bureau Chief, Billboard Magazine)

Location:

Lab Tours: USC's IMSC (B6 on Campus Map)

Panel: USC's Gerontology Auditorium (A5 on Campus Map)

EMI restructuring

2007-01-25T19:40:00.000-08:00

EMI is going through a wave of restructuring. Our good friend Jeffrey Naumann was one of the people let go along with many others.

Marv Kubota Passes On

2007-01-03T14:47:00.000-08:00

Tuesday, January 2, 2007
Marv Kubota Passes On
ALL ACCESS is saddened to report that former R&R Client Service Rep for Information Services MARV KUBOTA passed away today (1/2) following a courageous battle against cancer. MARV was a well-known and very well-liked person. He is survived by his wife, KAREN. Funeral arrangements to follow soon.

Former Iraqi President Hussein Executed

2006-12-29T20:55:00.000-08:00

There are various reports circulating that former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, who rose from humble beginnings to build the Arab world's most ruthless dictatorship but whose fall unleashed a turbulent era for his nation and the world, was executed early Saturday morning in Baghdad, according to Iraqi state television.

Stay tuned for more info.

Real Networks Special Offer

2006-11-25T09:14:00.000-08:00

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Skype

2006-11-24T18:21:00.000-08:00

Great Wine Great Price

2006-11-23T06:34:00.000-08:00

Movielink hot offers

2006-11-22T07:56:00.000-08:00

Download a surprise rental movie for 99c or less (M-Th)!

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MovieLink

2006-11-22T07:50:00.000-08:00

MovieLink is hot! You can rent or buy movies!

Bidz Special Offer

2006-11-21T22:26:00.000-08:00

Vacation anyone?

2006-11-14T21:11:00.000-08:00

Discount vacations:

Apple iTunes

2006-11-13T21:56:00.000-08:00

Get your favorite tunes from the Apple iTunes store.

Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum: Saturday, December 9, 2006

2006-11-11T17:48:00.000-08:00

Upcoming:
Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum: Saturday, December 9, 2006
Topic: Entertainment in Transition - What Place for the Entrepreneur?
Speakers:
Christopher Chisolm
CEO, Good News Holdings
Founder of E! Entertainment

Larry Gerbrandt
SVP/General Manager
Nielsen Analytics

Producers:
Lynn Foster
Emerging Technologies Director
Greenberg Taurig Consulting

Maura Kim
Sr. International Trade Specialist
US Department of Commerce

Notes: This should be a good one.

Register here

In record time, YouTube and MySpace climbed to 100 million users, yielding Billion Dollar exits. Although lacking notable technological innovation, they are poster children for how technology is changing an industry. As sources of content and channels of distribution change and keep changing, the "Big Guys" have had to respond - whether with initiatives good and bad, nimble synergies, or lawsuits. In this context, Content still remains King. So, can major players snag YouTube successes and turn them into a revenue stream? How does this all play into a spectrum of outlets ranging from handheld devices to movie theaters? Within this evolving cocoon do we see new venture opportunities in distribution, monetization and security, for example, that connect key pieces of infrastructure or add value to otherwise commodity offerings? Join us as our speakers discuss the new technologies impacting the entertainment landscape to better understand where and how a good entertainment idea with effective execution can lead to success.
Keynote Speaker:
Ted CohenManaging PartnerTAG Strategic and former SVP, Digital Development & DistributionEMI Music
Speakers:
Christopher ChisolmCEO, Good News Holdings Founder of E! Entertainment
Larry GerbrandtSVP & General Manager Nielsen Analytics
Producers:
Lynn Foster Emerging Technologies Director Greenberg Traurig Consulting
Maura KimSr. International Trade SpecialistUS Department of Commerce
DateSaturday morning, December 9, 2006

Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum: Saturday, November 11, 2006

2006-11-11T16:45:00.000-08:00

Today I attended the Caltech Enterprise Forum:
Entrepreneurship in the Energy Sector - Beyond Transportation
Saturday, November 11, 2006 at
California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California

John Preston gave a poinent presenation about the state of our energy resources and his thoughts for the future.

Andrew Beebe - President of Energy Innovations(an IdeaLab Company), presented an overview of his company and their products and services. They design, sell, and install solar collection equipment. EI most recently signed a deal to install a solar system on the Google complex. This is one the largest installments in the US. Congratulations to Andrew and his team!

David Jones - Partner - SAIL Ventures - shared some companies SAIL has invested in.
Oryxe Energy - Biodiesel fluid additive - all files chemicals, efficiency. More
ICE Energy - energy storage, when rates are lower block of ice is created, when rates are higher the block of ice is used for cooling. Uses water, and uses 95% less power. This company is generating $30million in revenue. Read more here
Earthanol - waste to ethanol process in Orange County, CA.
Water Health International - in Orange County, Irvine, this company has developed a system to purify water with solar power and very low power requirements. Estimates 20,000 units and 50,000 units needed.

Robert Wilder - Manager of the Wilderhill Clean Energy index. Very informative. His site is
www.wildershares.com

Some facts:
60,000 people die each year from air pollution, and this does not get much press.
Soloar is estimated to become a $75billion industry by 2010, which was recently revised upward from $30billion.

Here's some info from the event:
Registration and Continental Breakfast: 8:00AM Baxter Hall Program: 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Baxter Lecture HallNetworking: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Baxter Lecture HallCost: $40 ($10 for students with full-time student ID;free to Caltech students)
Oil prices have sent the first energy crunch of the 21st century rippling through the world's fossil fuel-based economy. Yet the world continues to feed a seemingly insatiable appetite for energy with oil, natural gas and coal. Global warming is also constantly in the news. Scientists worldwide are publishing ominous findings in journals. . One of the effects of all of this is a surge in clean energy stocks that is reminiscent of the dot-com shares in 1999 with a similar buzz among investors. The 40-stock WilderHill Clean Energy Index rose as much as 90% since its August 2004 debut, before falling back somewhat. Venture capitalists are investing hundreds of millions of dollars in young companies that hope to harness the power of the sun, wind, and heat inside the Earth, or the biomass on its surface.What does all this mean for energy technology companies with products for clean or renewable power generation, more efficient power delivery or conservation? Which of these businesses look appealing to investors? How do plans like the California Solar Initiative (CSI) affect today's picture? As a comprehensive, $2.8 billion program, approved by the California Public Utilities, CSI will provide major incentives for implementing solar power throughout the state. Please join us on November 11th and find out, as we hear first hand from a panel representing energy industry technology experts, entrepreneurs and venture capital firms.

Keynote Speaker
John Preston
Co-founder M.I.T. Entrepreneurship Center Senior Lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Preston is a Senior Lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Preston founded several of the leading entrepreneurship programs at M.I.T. including: the M.I.T. Technology Licensing Office, the $50K Competition and the M.I.T. Entrepreneurship Center. Mr. Preston was the Director of Technology Development (and Licensing) at M.I.T., where he was responsible for the commercialization of intellectual property developed at M.I.T. In this capacity he oversaw activities that led to the creation of over 250 new technology-based companies as well as the negotiation of thousands of licenses with existing companies.
Panelists:
David JonesPartner SAIL Venture Partners, L.L.P.
SAIL Venture Partners is a national venture capital firm that invests primarily in early-stage companies in the energy/cleantech sector, including ethanol production from biomass sources and high efficiency clean fuel additives. David Jones began his venture capital career at Union Venture Corporation and was President and CEO of First Interstate Capital, Inc. He was the founding general partner of InterVen Partners, LP. Dave is a director of CNS Response, Inc. and Earthanol, Inc.
Leib OrlanskiPartner Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson & Graham, LLP
Mr. Orlanski is a partner with the law firm of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP in the Los Angeles office. Mr. Orlanski worked on the Panda Ethanol, $90,000,000 equity funding on behalf of the reverse merger partner Cirracor, Inc., and is currently working with Grove Street Capital and Vornando Energy on several biodiesel transactions. He is a member of the Kirkpatrick Lockhart Renewable Energy Practice Group. Mr. Orlanski has written “Part I, Financing the Renewable Energy Project”, Energy, to appear October/November 2006. Yaniv TepperCo-Founder and Managing Partner Angeleno Group
Angeleno Group is a Los Angeles-based private equity firm focused on high growth investments in the energy and environmental technology sectors. AG currently manages two energy opportunity funds, diversified across the sector in eight innovative, well-managed, early-to-expansion stage companies. AG's specific areas of investment interest include advanced power generation, energy intelligence and control, oil & gas exploration and production technologies, transmission and distribution, power storage, fuel technologies, renewables and environmental technologies.Robert Wilder JD, Ph.D.CEO & FounderWildershares, LLC
Dr. Wilder is CEO & Founder of Wildershares, LLC and manager of the WilderHill Clean Energy Index which tracks businesses that stand to benefit substantially from a societal transition toward use of cleaner energy and conservation. Rob is author of a recent Book, 'Listening to the Sea,' that links marine biodiversity to smart and cost-effective energy technologies that prevent pollution. His book chapters and articles have appeared in Nature, National Academy of Sciences Press, Engineering News-Record, UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy, University of Chicago Press, the Journal of Alternative Investments, and elsewhere. His awards include a Fulbright Fellowship, an American Assn. for the Advancement of Science / EPA Fellowship in Environmental Science & Technology, and National Academy of Sciences Young Investigator Award (twice).While a Fellow at the EPA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., he focused on innovative technologies that prevent harm to ecosystems while being profitable.
Entrepreneur:
Andrew BeebePresidentEnergy Innovations
Energy Innovations is focused on building affordable renewable energy systems. Previously, Andrew was a partner with the consulting firm Clean Edge and co-founded Bigstep, the small business services company. As CEO, Andrew led the company in building an award-winning service, raising over $60 million from top-tier venture firms, hiring over 150 talented employees including a world-class executive team, and developing partnerships with such leading companies as AOL, VeriSign, Oxygen and Compaq. After reaching profitability and with 9,000 paying customers Bigstep was sold to Affinity.
Producers/Moderators:
Lawrence Wnuk, Ph.D.Hydrogen Ventures
Dr. Lawrence Wnuk, Senior Consultant, performs studies and assists WestStart-CALSTART in activities related to transit-enhancing services. Some of his recent duties have focused on the National Fuel Cell Bus Program which targets the development of commercially viable fuel cell bus technologies and related infrastructure. Prior responsibilities responded to transit industry needs for increased vehicle availability for the Federal Transit Administration's Bus Rapid Transit Program, through publications like the BRT Ridership Analysis Report, BRT Selection Concepts for Vehicles, the BRT Vehicle Demand and Supply Analysis for U.S. BRT Communities Report, the BRT Toolbox (available on CD-ROM) and articles for the industry e-newsletter "BRT Newslane". Previously Dr. Wnuk worked at General Motors (GM) Advanced Technology Vehicles in Torrance, California (now named the Advanced Technology Center). At GM, he forged strategic alliances, captured funds, and led the development and demonstration of advanced propulsion and charging technologies for electric and hybrid electric vehicles.
Stewart SandoTechnology Venture Consulting
Stewart Sando, Principal, Technology Venture Consulting, provides business development, business planning, intellectual property licensing, and strategic consulting services to established companies and startups involved in the development and manufacturing of high technology products. His specialty is identifying applications for advanced products and technologies and engaging targeted customers in business development relationships for his clients. Some of his recent clients include startups in the Pasadena area related to Caltech, UCLA, and JPL, as well as a major medical research institution in the mid-West. Recent engagements have included business development and intellectual property licensing in the areas of MEMS devices, microwave bonding for electronic components, electron enhanced etching for semiconductor processing, and modular atomic force microscopes. AMD, Intel, Lockheed Martin, Micron, Northrup Grumman, Renesas Technology, RFMD, and Samsung are included among the companies that he has engaged with on behalf of his clients. In addition, he has experience in a wide range of technologies including, RISC cores, DSP cores, broadband devices, RF and wireless devices, fiber optics, mixed signal interfaces, visible and infrared image sensors, image processing, digital signal processing, laser devices, magnetic devices, MEMS devices, sensor devices, plasma etching, and nanotechnology. Over the past 30 years, Mr. Sando has held a series of high technology marketing and management positions with major corporations and startups, including, Intel, Gigabit Logic, Lasercom, Cypress Semiconductor, Integrated Device Technology, Hitachi Semiconductor, and Billions of Operations Per Second.
DateSaturday morning, November 11, 2006
LocationRegistration and Continental Breakfast: 8:00 a.m. at Baxter Hall, Caltech Program: 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Baxter Lecture Hall Networking: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon at Baxter Hall, Caltech

Economy Travel Search

2006-11-11T14:29:00.000-08:00

This site has some great deals

Travelocity

2006-11-11T14:25:00.000-08:00

If you hadn't seen the deals that Travelocity offers you should take a look. Also they have a service which alerts you of low fares. Check it out.
All - Inclusive Vacations! Flight + 4 Nights Hotel From $718

RegisterFly

2006-11-11T12:36:00.000-08:00

This is my experience with RegisterFly:
I am completely fed up with your companies inability to conduct business. I have been trying for a month to renew a domain and it has been notning but problems. I am completly dissatisfied with your service and demand a call immediately.

Tiger Direct

2006-11-08T10:41:00.000-08:00

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2006-11-08T10:36:00.000-08:00

10% off top DELL memory upgrades

Travel Deals

2006-11-08T06:38:00.000-08:00

Cheap Flights

Powells Books

2006-10-31T07:38:00.000-08:00

Enter to win books and buy from a great source of new and used books.

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Guitar Lessons

2006-10-30T15:07:00.000-08:00

New software helps guitar pickers
www.iplaymusic.com

You can dust off your guitar and start strumming with iPlayMusic, a series of interactive programs that can be played on a computer, a DVD player or even exported to an Apple iPod.

Animated lessons, guitar chord videos, scrolling lyrics and other interactive tools help students learn to play songs by popular recording artists, such as the Beatles and Eric Clapton.

The Beginner Guitar Lessons Interactive DVD, available for Level 1 and Level 2, costs $25 each. The Beginner Guitar Lessons for the PC costs $60 while the Beginner Guitar Lessons for the Mac is $50.

The company also makes a Play Music Together title that encourages parents and preschoolers to turn practice time into family time. The PC version costs $50, the Mac version is $40, and the DVD is $25.

www.iplaymusic.com

SnapFish Photo Site

2006-10-18T13:52:00.000-07:00

Get your photos digitally developed.

HotTopic Clothing and Merchandise

2006-10-15T21:37:00.000-07:00

Hot Topic is a mall-based chain of over 600 retail stores in the U.S. We specialize in music-inspired fashion clothing and accessories, band merchandise, gifts, and music for teenagers and young adults. Walk into our brick & mortar stores and the first thing you'll feel is energy. Energy from the music, energy from the merchandise, energy from the people. All of this is what makes Hot Topic different. Our online store allows customers to have the Hot Topic experience from the comfort of their own home. Our merchandise reflects a variety of music-related lifestyles, which include street wear, retro-influenced lounge, punk, club, and gothic. Add to that the wide selection of rockin' baby clothes, sassy pet gear, unique gifts and unusual accessories and you have it: Hottopic.com is like no other store on the web! In addition to our selection of rock fashion, we have tons of licensed items available only at Hot Topic! We have band merchandise from Jimi Hendrix to Green Day to Slipknot, and movie merchandise from Nightmare Before Christmas to Nightmare On Elm Street.

Shutterfly photo printing and sharing

2006-10-07T06:54:00.000-07:00

Boingo Wireless Internet Access

2006-10-02T22:07:00.000-07:00

iTRAIN

2006-09-20T10:31:00.000-07:00

Training programs. This is a great idea.

iTRAIN is the premier source for downloadable workout programs.
By offering a wide variety workout programs (about 100) for people of all skill and fitness levels, iTRAIN is able to provide flexible and innovative workouts to a wide consumer base. iTRAIN allows users to download workouts in MP3 format and transfer their workouts to any portable MP3 player, such as an iPod or Musicmatch Jukebox, a computer or a CD.

About our workout plans:
Our Monthly Motivator program allows a user to download five workouts each month. The user is able to mix and match any workout programs to they choose to design custom fitness routines.

The Resolution Package offers individuals to make a year-round commitment to fitness. For $49.99 per year, the user is entitled to 3 downloads of any workout program each month.

The A La Carte plan gives you the freedom to pay per download at the advertised price going from $0.99 to $9.99 a download.

Napster 2.0 Review

2006-09-20T10:29:00.000-07:00

This is a good review of the latest release of Napster.

Click here to listen to Napster for FREE

Napster 2.0
REVIEW DATE: 09.14.06

BOTTOM LINE:
Already the music-subscription champ, Napster has established a Web presence that?s free, fun, and ideal for discovering new music.

PROS:
Three free plays of every song in the Napster library; no software or registration required; cut-and-paste Web link for songs; dozens of prefab playlists you can stream instantly.

CONS:
Low-quality streaming for nonsubscribers; no videos, radio stations; a few tracks play only 30 seconds for non-subscribers.

COMPANY:
Napster

EDITOR RATING:

By Rick Broida, FamilyPC
Napster is free again—sort of. No, you can't go back to swapping MP3s with strangers—that ship got scuttled in 2003, when the service went legit with an iTunes-like music store. What you can do is stream songs in their entirety from any Web browser—no client software required. No subscription, either. The songs play free of charge—well, three times each.

Welcome to Napster 2.0, the migration to the Web of the service's mammoth song library—over two million tracks, ac-cording to the company. This isn't exactly revolutionary; AOL Music Now and Rhapsody recently made similar moves. So how does Napster's effort compare, and what does it mean for subscribers?

Just to clarify, Napster is still very much a subscription service: $9.95 per month for unlimited streaming and downloads to your PC, $5 extra for the To Go option (which lets you copy downloads to compatible portable players). Those are competitive rates, though Virgin Digital and Yahoo! still charge less for similar goodies. And if you're doing more than listening to streams, Napster's client software (currently at version 3.7 and just as polished as ever) remains in the pic-ture—it's still the tool subscribers use to download tracks, rip CDs, build playlists, and the like.

For nonsubscribers, however, Napster 2.0 is decidedly bookmark-worthy. The site itself shares the attractive blue-gray look and straightforward design of the Napster client, and it puts no barriers between you and the free tunes: Just browse and listen. You don't have to sign in, sign up, or even install a plug-in (which Rhapsody requires).

There are catches, of course. The biggest one is bit rate: Songs stream at a measly 32 Kbps. They sounded better than I thought they would, but it's still in the AM radio league. What's more, you can play each tune just three times (down from five when Napster 2.0 debuted in April); if you want to hear it again after that, you'll have to subscribe or buy it outright (for 99 cents). This is annoying but understandable: If you could listen indefinitely, you'd have no incentive to subscribe, and the music labels would undoubtedly cry foul (not a new experience for Napster). Needless to say, the la-bels have fully sanctioned the new Napster, so you can listen without fear of legal recrimination. Even so, couldn't the service at least bump the streaming bit rate for nonsubscribers to 64 Kbps? (At least subscribers get to listen at a robust 192 Kbps.)

Of course, the idea is to let you sample new music in full, not just in 30-second snippets—the industry standard for pre-view clips. And on those merits, Napster is nice indeed. Unfortunately, I discovered that for some tracks, 30 seconds is all you get, despite promises to the contrary. That's a label-imposed limitation, Napster says, but it strikes me as disin-genuous. Fortunately, these abridged clips seem to be few and far between.

Napster's pop-up player, which works equally well in Microsoft Internet Explorer and Firefox, packs in a scrollable play-list that features album art, a search option, and buttons for buying the track, album, or a subscription. I'm bummed that the playlist isn't interactive, though; you can't jump around to specific songs (you can skip back or ahead one song at a time). But I like Napster's innovations: The player includes a one-click e-mail-this-song-to-a-friend option and an in-stant-play link that you can copy and paste into a Web page, blog, e-mail, or whatever. Rhapsody recently introduced a similar feature, but it just lets you link to artists, not individual songs.

Napster 2.0 doesn't offer music videos or radio stations (Rhapsody has both), and the community features (a wiki-like section called the Narchive) touted at its launch have gone AWOL (Napster says they'll reappear in the coming months). That's unfortunate, because what I saw of the Narchive was quite promising..

For now, we'll have to settle for free music. Napster 2.0 is the icing on an already tasty cake (the subscription service garnered an Editors' Choice from us last year). Although the anemic bit rate for free songs is disappointing, it didn't di-minish my overall enjoyment of the site and its musical feast. I checked out new albums and artists, made some qualified purchase decisions, and even considered restarting my subscription—exactly what Napster had in mind, I suspect.

The Last Kiss - Movie

2006-09-17T12:21:00.000-07:00

The Last Kiss directed by Zach Braff was released Sept 15, 2006. We are going to fo see it today. The reviews are mixed so far. But it looks interesting.

One thing for sure is the music on the soundtrack is fantastic. Zach did a fantastic job with the music selections.

Visit rehearsals.com for the indie103.1 interviews and performances with five of the bands from the movie soundtrack.

Remy Zero
Schuyler Fisk
Cary Brothers
Imogen Heap
Rachael Yamagata

- The Last Kiss Soundtrack performances now LIVE on rehearsals.com Click Here

The soundtrack has these songs:
Last Kiss Soundtrack
ARTIST NAME SONG
Snow Patrol \Chocolate
Joshua Radin \Star Mile
Turin Brakes \Pain Killer
Coldplay \Warning Sign
Cary Brothers \Ride
Athlete \El Salvador
Imogen Heap \Hide And Seek
Rachael Yamagata \Reason Why
Ray LaMontagne \Hold You In My Arms
Remy Zero \Prophecy
Fiona Apple Paper Bag
Aimee Mann \Today's The Day
Amos Lee \Arms of a Woman
Rufus Wainwright \Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk (Reprise)

More to come....

Wine Deals

2006-09-09T22:39:00.000-07:00

Get Firefox....

2006-09-07T13:10:00.000-07:00