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Carl Zeiss is expanding its successful line of SLR lenses: ZE lenses with EF bayonet for all analog and digital EOS camera models. As with all EF lenses, the new ZE lenses from Carl Zeiss transfer all information exclusively via electronic contacts. This means that all exposure modes such as programmed auto exposure, shutter priority, [...]

Convert audio files from inside your favorite music/playlist manager with transKode, a free plug-in for Amarok. If you’ve never installed an Amarok script, it’s simple—grab the package ending in .tar.bz from the link below, head to the Tools->Script Manager menu, then hit the “Install” button and point to where you put that package.

Cross-platform, open source video application Miro is now available in a full-featured, bug-fixed 1.0 version. The program formerly known as Democracy Player plays almost any kind of video file, but its real value lies in its content fetching and organizing features. Miro can subscribe to video podcasts, grab from YouTube channel feeds or BitTorrents.

Yesterday I went to San Francisco to see Testament plus Vicious Rumors / Ruffians live at The Independent club. That was my first visit in this place. Nice small club but parking was nightmare. Anyway concert was great, I liked this club and I am looking forward for next events in this place From Testament

Xiph QuickTime Components (XiphQT) is a set of QuickTime and Macintosh OS X plug-ins. Their role is to provide support for Xiph media compression and container formats. If you are an end user: installing XiphQT components is all you need to start using Xiph-formatted media files in a variety of applications – for example, listening [...]

Nike iPod Sport Kit and compatible Nike (“Nike Plus”) shoes are now in stores. Consisting of a small, red and white wireless 802.11 2.4 GHz sensor/transmitter and an all-white iPod nano receiver, the Sport Kit tracks a runner’s performance and sends data to the nano for recording and synchronization with iTunes. In order for the [...]

I have been listening to new Rammstein for last two days. It’s fantastic. Some ot the songs are heaviest ever. Lyrics as usual are very surprising. So far songs I most like are “Rosenrot” and “Spring” (it gives me creeps). Yeu can read more on Wikipedia page.

iPod Updater 2006-01-10 includes iPod Software 1.1 for the new iPod, new iPod Software 1.1 for iPod nano, new iPod Software 1.2.1 for iPod with color display, new iPod Software 1.4.1 for iPod mini, and new iPod Software 3.1.1 for iPod with Click Wheel. iPod Updater 2006-01-10 contains the same software versions as iPod Updater [...]

It comes equipped with either a white or black to belt to match, or compliment, your iPod nano’s shade. We’re not even going to call these guys out on their

Google on Thursday launched a new service intended to give searchers fast links to song lyrics, musical artists and CD titles on the main search results page.