The Participatory Culture Foundation has released Miro 4.0. While earlier versions of this open source media player were aimed at making it easier to find and download videos and watch internet video streams, Miro 4.0 aims to be a complete replacements for iTunes or Windows Media Player. It can handle audio and video podcasts, includes the ability to purchase media…

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If you had to pick one thing that netbooks are known for, I’m willing to bet you wouldn’t point out their spectacular audio quality. The truth is, most netbooks have cheapy, tinny-sounding speakers. Things definitely pick up when you plug in headphones. But DTS Digital Entertainment plans to help Asus step up its game when it comes to netbook audio….

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Looking for a light weight, ultraportable laptop that you can use to create, mix, and edit audio on the go? The Indamixx laptop is a $499 netbook loaded with a boatload of software for creating and editing audio. The netbook includes a custom Linux OS called Transmission 2.1, and software packages including: energyXT for music production Ardour for digital audio…

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As we’ve reported in the past, while installing OS X on a newer Asus Eee PC model like the Eee PC 901 or 1000H is a relatively simple process, getting all of the hardware to work is a bit trickier. One of the most finnicky bits to get working is audio. Apparently some clever hackers have figured out ways to…

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