A hardware and software hacker created a physical music player with a Winamp-inspired user interface. You can now jailbreak the latest version of feature phone operating system KaiOS on the Nokia 2780 Flip. And a useful app for Android-based media streamers has been booted from the Google Play Store… basically because it has a web […]
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Lilbits: Open source Linux graphics drivers for Apple Silicon, and Winamp plays NFTs now for some reason
No Comments on Lilbits: Open source Linux graphics drivers for Apple Silicon, and Winamp plays NFTs now for some reasonOne of the key things that makes a Mac computer a Mac is clearly that it ships with Apple’s macOS software. But back when the company was still making Macs with Intel processors it was fairly easy to install a different operating system – Apple even offered its own Boot Camp solution for dual booting […]
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Winamp is back, version 5.9 brings support for Windows 11 and VP8
Winamp was the go-to music player for Windows at the dawn of the MP3 era in the late 1990s. But after AOL bought the software in 1999, development stagnated for the next decade or so. Now Winamp is back. The current owner has released Winamp 5.9 which brings modern features including improved support for Windows […]
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Lilbits: Lenovo Legion Y700 Ultimate Edition gaming tablet, Winamp 5.9, and Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 and Flip4
1 Comment on Lilbits: Lenovo Legion Y700 Ultimate Edition gaming tablet, Winamp 5.9, and Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 and Flip4The Lenovo Legion Y700 is an Android tablet designed for gamers, with an 8.8 inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel, 120 Hz LCD display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 processor, LPDDR5 RAM, UFS 3.1 storage. It launched in China in February and started shipping globally (via third-party sellers) in April. Now Lenovo has introduced a new “Ultimate Edition” […]
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Winamp could make a comeback in 2019
The recorded music industry has gone through a lot of changes in the past few decades. Napster made piracy easy and fun in 1999. Apple convinced people to buy music again with the launch of iTunes in 2001. And these days Spotify, Apple, Google, Amazon and others offer myriad ways for you to stream as […]
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Winamp and Shoutcast live on after Radionomy buys them from AOL
One of the key players in the birth of the MP3 music revolution was scheduled to shut down on December 20th, 2013. But that didn’t happen. If you’ve noticed that the Winamp music player and Shoutcast internet radio service are both still up and running, there’s a reason for that. Internet radio service Radionomy has confirmed […]
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Lilbits (01-02-2014): Microsoft Surface Pro 2 gets a speed boost
The Microsoft Surface Pro 2 is a 10.6 inch tablet with a full HD display, an Intel Haswell processor, digital pen input, and basically everything you could want from a modern laptop. It just happens to come in the shape of a tablet… with an optional keyboard cover. When the Surface Pro 2 launched in […]
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Lilbits (12-20-2013): Goodbye Winamp (maybe)
After 15 years, Winamp might be shutting down soon. In the late 90s, the music player was pretty much the go-to MP3 player folks used to handle their ripped CDs and Napster downloads. But the app was eventually acquired by AOL and over the past decade it’s largely faded into obscurity. AOL announced plans to […]
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Lilbits (11-21-2013): Safeplug anonymizes your internet use for $49
There are a number of ways to protect your privacy while surfing the web. A popular, but moderately complicated option is to use Tor software which anonymizes your data to keep internet services from tracking your data. Now the folks behind the Pogoplug home server and cloud storage service are offering an easy way to […]
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Goodnight Winamp: Classic music player shuts down December 20th, 2013
Well this really whips the Llama’s ass: Winamp is closing up shop on December 20th, 2013. The music player will no longer be available for download from Winamp.com after that date, although I suspect you’ll still be able to find the free app at other websites. The good news is that there’s nothing stopping you […]