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Byte Into It 21th Mar 2007

YouTube to present video awards:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/entertainment/6466143.stm

Playing games with brainwaves:
http://digg.com/hardware/Look_Ma_I_m_Playing_PC_Games_With_Brain_Waves

How to move an iTunes library from a PC to Mac (and back):http://digg.com/software/How_to_move_an_iTunes_library_from_a_PC_to_Mac_and_back

Organize your PDF library with iTunes: http://digg.com/software/Organize_your_PDF_library_with_iTunes

Easily Open .docx On A Mac:
http://www.eightysevenfour.com/?p=14

Basecamp, Highrise, Campfire, Backpack:
http://www.37signals.com/

Virtual Worlds 2007:
http://www.virtualworlds2007.com/

Virtual worlds are ‘worth $1bn’:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/6470433.stm

Second Life:
http://secondlife.com/

March 21, 2007
Categories: General, Mac, Shows, Web/New Media . . Author: byteintoit

1 Comment(s)

Comment by emith on March 22, 2007 9:56 am

Hi guys
great show (and now b-log)

a fine take off of secondlife here – http://www.getafirstlife.com/

perhaps a guide for signing up to wordpress
(there is no link from your pages for a username to post etc)
and a little bit more description for the links would be good

keeping up with the jones’

D

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