Songbird Flexfit Disposable Hearing Aid is 50X Cheaper Than Typical…

The Songbird Flexfit is an $80 disposable hearing aid, the first of its kind, and it was developed by the Sarnoff Corporation, the same company behind HDTV. It's a one-size-fits-all behind-the-ear device for people with mild to moderate hearing loss who aren't ready to plunk down thousands of dollars on a typical…

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Songbird: Free iTunes Killer Available for Download

songbirdss.jpgThe long-awaited Songbird project has released their 'user test' today for download. The program is built on the same framework that powers Firefox and Thunderbird and has been developed by some of the same people who also built good ol' Winamp, back before Nullsoft was folded into the gritty loins of AOL, never to…

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iTunes Goes Open Source (Sort Of)

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Watch out iTunes, cause the bird is gonna getcha. SongBird is the latest piece of open-source software from some Firefox developers aimed at freeing up the music market. Songbird will play iTunes songs as well as other file formats such as WMA and OGG. Leader of the pack Rob Lord is comparing iTunes to an Internet…

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