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Mon, 27 Dec 2004

Oz Music Code releases Alphabet Soup version 2

Oz Music Code
www.ozmusiccode.com

The good chefs at Oz Music Code have just released version 2 of their product Alphabet Soup.

Alphabet Soup version 2 is a simple, yet powerful sample player, editor, effects processor and mixer aimed at live performances (e.g. DJ's, theatre, radio, backing tracks) and education, without requiring external musical equipment.

With its drag & drop user interface and its low-latency performance, Alphabet Soup allows you to play your computer.

Alphabet Soup version 2 now also adds the following functionality:

- Support for Audio Units plug-Ins
- Support for both QWERTY and MIDI input
- Support for over a dozen file types including MP3
- Continuously saves your mix as you play
- Edit sounds while playing. Cut, copy and paste regions of sounds
including riffs from MP3 files onto playable keys
- New SOUPP file format allows you to save audio files, keyboard
layouts, volume and pan settings in one portable session file.

A download demo of Alphabet Soup is available at:
http://www.ozmusiccode.com/alphabetsoup/WhereToBuy.html

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AbsolutVision Stock Photo "End of the Year" Sale

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Great moments in microprocessor history

The microprocessor changed the world: how did we get from the first 4-bit models in the 1970s to today's 64-bit multicore monsters? This article covers the history of the micro from the vacuum tube to today's dual-core multithreaded madnes.

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Advanced Web Ranking v3.5 Released

Release date: Dec 27, 2004

Manage Your Search Engine Web Rankings

Caphyon LLC is pleased to announce the release of Advanced Web Ranking 3.5, a tool that helps check your web site position on all major search engines. Advanced Web Ranking runs on Mac OS X, Windows 98/2000/XP, Linux and Solaris.

Checking your web site position is a very time consuming task. For example, if you have 10 keywords that you want to monitor, and you want to check the top 20 positions for 10 search engines, you need to perform about 200 (10 keywords * 10 engines * first 2 pages) individual searches to get the results. Then you need to compare the results one by one to find where your site is positioned. It may take you days to complete this task if you do this manually. That's where Advanced Web Ranking comes to help.

Advanced Web Ranking is able to query over 200 search engines and quickly find out if you're moving up or down in the rankings, or if your site is listed at all. It will track the progress of your rankings over time and display that information in an easy to read and understand graphical and tabular reports. It can help you check not just the position of your website but the position of your competitors' web sites as well.

Advanced Web Ranking has the ability to generate and email reports after an update was finished. Couple that with the Scheduled Updates ability, and you will be able to turn on your computer in the morning and find reports on your websites ranks waiting for you in your Inbox. As a SEO, you can have updates being run and sent to your customers every night without even lifting a hand. Various types of reports (Current Rank, Top Sites, Web Site, etc.) can be created in any of the formats Advanced Web Ranking supports (PDF, HTML, Excel, XML or Text). Then they can be emailed to any of the addresses you pick from the Address Book, or saved to a folder where you can access them over the Internet.

What's new in Advanced Web Ranking 3.5
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This version features the ability to display all the active scheduled tasks, suggest keywords using the Google Suggest service and the ability to zoom in and out in the Rank Evolution charts.

- Added a new dialog that shows all the active scheduled tasks
- Added a keyword suggestion feature in Project Settings that uses Google Suggest
- Added the ability to zoom in and out in the Rank Evolution chart
- Added the ability to stop update if an URL is found
- Added the ability to save the report with a custom file name
- Added the ability to import URLs from a web page
- Added the ability to select the location of the backup/restore folder
- Added the ability to customize the date format

Advanced Web Ranking costs USD $149 for the Professional edition. Users who don't need certain advanced features like printable reports can purchase the Standard edition for USD $59.

The application can be downloaded from:
http://www.advancedwebranking.com/download.html

More details about the application can be found at:
http://www.advancedwebranking.com

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