media

Power Up Your Windows Home Server Console With Add-Ins

7:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Last week we highlighted the benefits of having a Windows Home Server, including seamless backups and system restoration. This week we’re highlighting some great add-ins for making the most of your home server. More »

British Library Sound Archive Offers Rare Recordings

2:00PM Angus Kidman | Fancy some music that’s a bit more esoteric than current iTunes chart-toppers? The British Library has an archive of more than 23,000 recordings which anyone can listen to online. More »

Internet Archive Offers Public Domain Movie Downloads

9:00AM Angus Kidman | Chances are you’ve used the Internet Archive to dig up long-expired web sites, but it also offers another entertainment option: full legal movie downloads for titles that are now in the public domain. More »

MyCollections Organises Your Media, Apps And More

3:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Windows only: If you’re looking for an all-in-one portable application to keep tabs on all your stuff, myCollections is a lightweight organiser you can use to keep your collections orderly. More »

Bookmash Searches All Your Multimedia Sources

5:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Adobe Air: Bookmash is an Adobe Air application combining over a dozen search tools covering video, music, photos, news and social networks you can search at once for new media material. More »

AutoBrake Automates DVD Ripping

3:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Windows only: Rip your media hassle free with AutoBrake, a handy tool for automating HandBrake the free DVD ripping tool Lifehacker readers love. More »

DoubleTwist Media Manager Comes Back To Windows

8:00AM Adam Pash | Remember doubleTwist, the media application that had originally been touted as a DRM-stripper for Windows that was then re-released publicly as a Mac-only universal media manager? Well, now it’s come back to Windows. More »

Add Custom Options To The Windows Vista AutoPlay Dialog

6:00AM Lifehacker US Edition | Ever wished you could add a custom action to the Windows AutoPlay dialog? The Windows Vista for Beginners tutorial site has done the research and figured out the steps for you. We’ve covered this topic before, with Adam’s guide to adding custom options to the Windows XP AutoPlay dialog, but unfortunately Windows Vista users have been left out in the cold since TweakUI doesn’t run on Vista. The Vista for Beginners tutorial takes you through the process of adding applications to the AutoPlay list using the free AutoPlay Repair utility. The process is a little tricky, so you’ll want to read the Vista for Beginners guide for all the steps. If you’re already using a simpler way to add new applications to the AutoPlay dialog, let’s hear about it in the comments. How to add custom entries to Windows Vista’s AutoPlay [Windows Vista for Beginners] More »

Rupert Murdoch On Overcoming Techno-Fear

3:57PM Angus Kidman | Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is currently giving the annual Boyer Lectures for the ABC. In his second lecture, he makes an obvious but welcome point about having to accept changes bought on by more effective technology: Whingeing about the technology will get you nowhere. The only way to deal with new technology that up-ends your job or your business model is to get out in front of it. Otherwise it will get out in front of you. Given the inherent conservatism of many media outlets (including some of those owned by Murdoch’s company, News Corporation), it’s refreshing to see an acknowledgement that the media business needs to evolve. Catch the full lecture (as a transcript, stream or downloadable audio) on the ABC site. Boyer Lectures More »