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Rockbox frees your iPod, or other music player, from the constraints of certain formats.

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My favorite hidden tech gems.

On this week’s CNET Live my computer is wrecked, and Brian takes a ride in a tiny tiny car.

I had a fantastic time touring the Digibarn, run by Bruce Damer and co-curator Alan Lundell. I saw the Altair, the Alto, a Cray and even met the iPod’s Great Grandpa.

How to use the new RealPlayer 11 beta to save streaming video

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The SXSW Interactive conference has launched their annual panel picker. This is a chance for the Web audience at large to help choose what panels will happen at the conference next March.

I like what they’re doing this year. All the panels are displayed in the picker and you can rate as many as you feel like. If you’d like to rate my panel proposal, just search for Merritt. It’s tentatively titled “Make your audience love you.”

A quick look at a little program that makes PDFs less painful.

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On this week’s CNET Live Molly Wood guest hosts, Brian Cooley mans the phones, and we cover back to school gadgets.

A look at what CNET users are marking as their ‘most wanted’ gadgets.

Was honored once again to be invited on to Leo Laporte’s fantastic This Week in Tech podcast. Had a great time talkin’ tech, especially getting the Defcon download from Patrick Norton. Listen in via podcast or direct from the TWiT site, here.