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About Tim Brookes

Tim is a freelance writer who lives in Melbourne, Australia. You can follow him on Twitter.

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How To Transfer Music & Other Media To Your iPod Or iOS Device [Linux]

If you're using an iPod or iOS device, Linux might seem like a daft choice of operating system. Apple doesn't officially support it, and whilst that's a real shame, it's not, in some cases, insurmountable. Unless you're using the 4th generation device (or iPad) you shouldn't have any issues transferring media, provided you've got the right software on your side. You'll be loading music onto your Apple device in no time.

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Create Stunning 3D Panoramas on Your iPhone With Microsoft Photosynth [iOS]

Creating a panorama from multiple images is no longer the arduous, drawn out tweak-fest it used to be. Microsoft released a tool that could make a 3D panorama automatically, called Photosynth, and it really has to be played with to be believed. Luckily iOS users can now create panoramas on the fly. You don't need a tripod, existing images or money – the app is free and startlingly easy to use.

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6 Free Apps To Try Out Augmented Reality On Your iPhone

Augmented reality is way cool. Using your camera, location and the right apps, it is possible to overlay useful, relevant information on top of live camera images to provide an enhanced view of the world around you. AR is set to become big business in the next few years, with more and more of us carrying potential AR units around with us in our pockets, everywhere we go.

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Snapbucket – A Fun Mobile Photo Styling & Sharing App [iOS & Android]

For iPhone and Android smartphone users, there are many photo sharing and styling apps fun to play with, and also for quickly uploading something interesting. Snapbucket is Photobucket's answer to fun, mobile photo sharing – and (unlike Instagram) it's available for both iOS and Android devices.

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Shortwave Numbers Stations & The Conet Project: An Online Education In Espionage

Shortwave radio is known as the global band – despite poor sound quality (hiss, pop, crackle), it travels well and is still a popular choice in many countries around the world. So-called "numbers stations" have been heard on the shortwave radio band since the 1950s, leaving many to question their purpose and origin. Of course the enthusiasts have done their research, and put most of it online.

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7 Cool iPhone & iPad Space Apps From NASA [iOS]

NASA and its astronauts have boldly gone where many of us can only dream of going – the depths of space. Their website is full of information, thought-provoking imagery and a couple of awesome free downloads. Here are 7 of the best NASA apps to entertain, amaze and inform you about space, science and the elements around us.

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Play Your Part In The UEFA Champions League With Heineken Star Player [iOS & Facebook]

Football games generally require management, a fair understanding of the game or some impressive reaction times. Star Player is slightly different, and plays out in real time alongside the football match you're watching. Heineken calls it "dual screening" – sitting in front of the TV, watching the match and fiddling with your mobile.

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Banshee 2.0 – A Comprehensive Media Player, Streamer & Podcast Tool [Linux]

The Banshee media player was first released in early 2005 and has since come on leaps and bounds. Probably the closest thing Linux has to iTunes, Banshee comes with an integrated music store, Internet radio, podcasting and compatibility with Apple's range of media players, including the iPhone.

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Chilling Effects – A Lesson In DMCA Takedown Notices

The Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a major slice of law put in place by the United States government in order to crack down on piracy. Chilling Effects is an information portal and compendium of cease-and-desist or DMCA "takedown" notices, submitted by the individuals who sent or received them. Would you know what to do if you received a takedown notice?

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5+ Impressive Free HTML5 Games You Can Play In Your Browser

HTML5 signifies the evolution of markup language as we know it. Flash games were once the norm when it came to browser-based entertainment, but now thanks to the powerful nature of HTML5 many web applications, streaming services and games are taking advantage of the new bells and whistles.

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Bin Weevils – A Fun Free Browser-Based Game For Kids With Plenty To Do

Children's games often try to both educate and entertain but sometimes can miss the mark completely. Console games aren't exactly cheap, and you're not always guaranteed a playable demo before you commit to purchase. Bin Weevils is a free, somewhat massively multiplayer children's game that uses Adobe Flash to run a virtual world in your web browser.

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Spiral Knights – A Free Browser-Based Massively Multiplayer Role Playing Game From Sega

Since the passing of the Dreamcast, Sega is a company that has had to adapt to survive. No longer able to compete in the hardware market, Sonic's forefathers turned their heads solely to the software market. For the first time ever, we saw Sonic on a Nintendo console. Since then Sega has published and developed a multitude of games, and not all of them for the console market. Spiral Knights is aimed solely at PC users.

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6 Cool VLC Tips & Tricks You Might Not Know About

VideoLan's VLC media player is a real box of tricks and is just as effective on a Windows operating system as it is on Mac or Linux. Those of you who are already using VLC might be surprised to know there's a few features that don't really get the recognition they deserve. Here are a few tips and tricks that will hopefully help you get more use and enjoyment from VLC.

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UMPlayer - Another Feature Packed Cross-Platform Media Player

There's no shortage of quality free media players to entertain your eyes and ears, regardless of your computer or operating system. With cracking cost-free solutions like VLC and iTunes alternative JetAudio, you really shouldn't be paying for this sort of software. Universal Media Player, or UMPlayer for short, is yet another addition to the media player category.

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4 Completely Free Cross-Platform Music Games

So Guitar Hero is dead, or so say publishers Activision. Rockband is the last remaining "band sim" for your console, and after bitterly disappointing sales of Rockband 3 it probably won't last long either. There's a couple of possibilities as to why these games are no longer that attractive in the public's eyes. Maybe it's the cost?

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4 Great Tools for Editing RAW Photos in Linux

These days most digital SLR cameras include the ability to shoot in RAW, an uncompressed image format that gives you great control over a number of photographic variables. This can vary from the basics like white balance and exposure; to curve adjustment, lens vignetting and more. As a semi-serious photographer and Linux user, you'll be forgiven for feeling a bit left out when it comes to post-processing.

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Introducing Facebook Questions – A New Way To Quiz Your Friends

With all the bad press Facebook gets these days, it’s nice to be able to preview one of the social behemoth’s newest features without worrying too much about the usual privacy and data protection implications. Facebook Questions is the company’s attempt at a service that somewhat resembles Yahoo! Answers, only it works a bit more socially between you and your friends.

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7 Great Cross-Platform Emulators For 5 Classic Computer Platforms

In the same vein as the recent flurry of console emulation articles, today we're focusing on classic computer platforms of decades gone by. Whilst there were quite a few, we've chosen 5 of the most popular and well-known systems along with their respective emulators.

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5 Ways To Get Around The New York Times Paywall

Did you know that the New York Times spent an incredible $40 million on their recent paywall solution? Did you also know that it can be circumvented with all but a few clicks? If you're interested in how the Internet has rendered $40 million worth of effort redundant, then read on.

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