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Monday, August 25, 2003

MP3news-the news that reads itself to you! Find with RSS, play with MP3

RSS Headlines for MP3 NetNews=Audible.Com meets RSS, makes a new news medium

Does the BBC plan to release their old programs or just the new stuff? I wonder if NPR in the US will follow? PBS? I'd double my annual contribution. Think of the new software we could write once there was a sizable flow of content that could be channeled. Next question. Is there yet a good MP3 player that connects through USB and is relatively easy to operate and relatively inexpensive? [Scripting News]

The answer to this question may be Rio's line of MP3 USB players, see them at:

http://www.digitalnetworksna.com/shop/_templates/cat_list_Rio.asp?cat=53

So could this usher in a new form of news, that is RSS with MP3 enclosures, so that you monitor the news with your RSS newsreader for the headlines, and then download the articles you are interested in, for replaying on your portable USB MP3 player?

OK, so we need a short catchy name for this combo??

MP3news. sort of an Audible.Com meets RSS

A new wringle to this idea would be to add and text to MP3 converter to RSS newsreaders, could parter with TextToMP3 see:

http://www.nextup.com/index.html

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Paolo: "I have tried importing quite a few PowerPoint presentations to Keynote, it doesn't only work, they usually improve." [Scripting News]
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Tiny Hitachi drive hits 4GB. The 1-inch Microdrive gives Hitachi Global Storage Technologies a new entry in the stakes for miniature storage formats used in computers, handhelds and digital cameras. [CNET News.com - Personal Technology]
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Ability FTP Server - An FTP Server. Easily setup a secure FTP server and then control it from anywhere with HTTP based Remote Admin. [New Entries at Datamation Product Watch]
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iSite CMS - Web-Based XML Content & Document Management Solutions. Web-based content & document management solutions that allow non-technical authors to create, collaborate and publish content to multiple sites in a secure, controlled environment. [New Entries at Datamation Product Watch]
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