April 2006

Here’s a handy little web site that fully warrants a blog entry. Portable Playlist is a web site that acts a bit like an iTunes player, you can add podcasts and online audio tracks, and listen to them via the web browser. So that’s portable podcast and music access, on the move.

technorati tags: itunes, music, podcast, playlist, browser, music

Here’s a handy little application. Xfire is a Windows instant messaging, and gaming client which offers a few features for gamers, and chat-a-holics alike. First off, Xfire presents an instant messaging network — whilst in-game — so no alt-tabbing to a chat window to see who’s creating all that noise. Ok, not bad, but Xfire Plus host a plugin for Xfire that enables chatting with your MSN users, using the same in-game mechanism. There’s also built in voice-chat, game lobbying, and one-click joining to games that are being hosted by contacts.

Interesting stuff. Hopefully there’ll be a in-game video conference feature in the future.

technorati tags: xfire, chat, instant, messaging, game, voice, video, profile, plugin