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Through the Virtual Looking Glass" Brings Online Art to UMass Boston's Harbor Gallery"

12 April 2010 - 5:18pm | superuser
by Jason Pramas

An exciting international multimedia art show opened in the U.S. last Wednesday at the UMass Boston Harbor Gallery, and I headed over to take some photos - since, fair disclosure, I'm part of the Caerleon Sims/Virtual Art Initiative group staging the event (although I have no work on display). According to lead organizer Prof.

CommonWealth: National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture To Host 2009 Conference in Boston

19 August 2009 - 9:14pm | lizdewolf
by Liz DeWolf

From August 26-29, the Boston branch of the National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC) will welcome hundreds of members from arts and media communities nationwide for its biennial national conference at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel. Founded in 1980, NAMAC is a nonprofit consortium of over 300 media, visual, and interdisciplinary arts organizations serving to support and advocate for the media arts. The conference, titled CommonWealth, will be co-hosted by the Center for Independent Documentary and other local media and arts-related organizations.

RealPlayer Is Crapware. Install These Alternatives Instead.

27 February 2009 - 11:10pm | Jesse K-S
by Jesse Kirdahy-Scalia

VLC media player can play pretty much any video format a user throws at it. It's an essential application for Windows, Mac and Linux users. But RealNetworks keeps its RealVideo and RealAudio codecs locked down, and VLC won't handle them. Don't give up and install the invasive and irritating RealPlayer just for that one .rmv file. Check out these cross-platform RealMedia alternatives instead.

Yo, Ho Ho! It's a Pirate's Life for Me with Birdtorrent for Songbird

23 January 2009 - 11:12pm | Jesse K-S
by Jesse Kirdahy-Scalia

There's never been a better time to be a pirate sailing the open source seas. Songbird add-on Birdtorrent, currently in early development by programmer Anthony Hughes, will allow users to search for, find and download torrents directly into their music libraries, all from the Songbird media player. No doubt there are legal applications for the plugin, but those that help kill the music industry are so much more enticing. More on Birdtorrent and Songbird after the jump.

Bad Music? No Music? No Problem! Spotify Supplies Your Soundtrack Free

9 January 2009 - 10:29pm | Jesse K-S
by Jesse Kirdahy-Scalia

Touted by Big Music as "the future of digital music consumption," Spotify lets users search for music on major and indie labels alike, and listen to full albums for free. All without the threat of the RIAA knocking on the door. How does it stack up against services like iTunes and Pandora? Read on to find out.

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