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Songbird enters Beta! Go and get it!

Thu, Aug 21, 2008

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Songbird enters Beta!  Go and get it!

Songbird, the long in developement ultimate media system for cross platform audio/visual joy has entered Beta!  The new release features a new UI, faster media scanning, drag and drop goodness, a first run wizard (with EULA - is that really a feature?), smart playlists and album art.  Wee!

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2 Comments For This Post

  1. gandhii Says:

    egad!!! what did they do to the look??!! Looks like Itunes now.. ;[

  2. rugs world Says:

    Fine media system. I will try it after getting some cheap rugs. Thanks.

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