August 24, 2013

Steve Ballmer finally stepping down as CEO of Microsoft

Well, it has finally come, Ballmer has announced he will retire from Microsoft within the year. It hasn’t exactly been the trail of rainbows and unicorns we all hoped it would be. The reign of Steve has been a rocky one to put it mildly, marked with multiple product failures as well as multiple discontinued products. Many have said this Steve simply doesn’t have the technical prowess or vision of Gates. And it’s hard to argue that. As a sidekick, Ballmer was a great marketing man. He could build hype and desire for products and built Windows into a love child of the company. But with Ballmer in charge the company lacked the technical bite of the bygone Gates era. The product offerings simply weren’t as sharp. There have dozens of blunders such as Vista, Kin and Surface to name a few. Not to mention the on again off again gaming and hardware department. And in my opinion, Ballmer has […]

August 9, 2013

Audials One 10 for $19 from Avanquest with coupon code ADUGSAVE

Audials is turning out to be a fantastic tool for recording Video and Audio content from the web. You can do simply things like download YouTube videos and search for music, but you can also do more complex tasks like record video from Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and others as well as music from Grooveshark, Pandora, Last.fm and from Internet Radio Stations. It’s basically the Swiss Army Knife of Internet media. And now, you can have the full blown Audials One 10, which contains Tunebite, Radiotracker, Movieraptor and Mediaraptor all in one package. This lets you record movies, search for music, convert between video and audio formats and even rip DVDs. It’s an impressive piece of software to be sure. Avanquest sent me a coupon to save a massive $40 off the retail price. You can get Audials One for just $19. That’s the full version with all the bells and whistles. Plus, you can install Audials to multiple machines with […]

August 8, 2013

Downloading Video Content with Freemake Video Downloader

Previously I wrote about how to download video content with Audials One. And as you recall I recently became a fan of the Freemake Video Converter tools. Well, now I’ve spent some time with the Freemake Video Downloader and it has turned out to be a great way to grab videos off the web. Freemake Video Downloader, like other tools, allows you to download videos off the web and save them for later viewing. For example, you could grab tutorial YouTube videos on how to fix your car, bike, toilet, etc and watch them later on your iPad or Android tablet when you’re doing the work. There are lots of tools out there that do this same thing, such as the "Download YouTube Videos as MP4" plugin for Firefox. While that is still a great plugin, Freemake Video Downloader goes a bit further in it’s capabilities. Freemake is both a standalone application and offers browser support. During the install you […]

August 7, 2013

Downloading Video and Audio Content from the Internet with Audials One

No doubt the Internet has become a major source of media content, whether it be Netflix, Amazon, Hulu or even the TV stations themselves such as NBC, CBS, ABC or Fox. And while streaming content is great, what if you want to record or download that show so you can save it for later? For example, I recently paid for a subscription to the Live broadcast of the Tour de France. Because of the enormous duration, that is something I would like to watch again. But how? The answer comes in the form of a multi-faceted app called Audials One. Audials One is a combination of Tunebite, Radiotracker, Moviebox and Mediaraptor. Each one of these apps allows you to record a certain type of Internet media. Audials One brings them all together. Depending on the website and the steam they offer dictates which form of “recording” method Audials will use. In some cases Audials One can simply download the file […]

August 5, 2013

Freemake Video Converter, Audio Converter, Video Downloader

Ever since the Tour de France ended, I’ve been looking for some video tools to help me splice some of the videos back together. Live broadcasts don’t always go according to plan and you end up with fragments of the race. What I need to do is join them back together. Seems like a simple process, but apparently my way of thinking about video isn’t the same as everyone else. I look at it the same as editing audio. You open the file, it appears on a timeline and you remove the pieces you don’t want and add the pieces you do. You save the file as a new completed piece and everything is done. Well, not quite. While I’ve had many misadventures with video editing so far, I did want to share a very neat set of tools that I came across that allow you to convert video files between a slew of formats, a video download tool, an […]

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