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DOWNLOAD: GarageBand for iPad : Everyone knows that a lack ofmusical talent is no barrier to a music career.Apple's latest app,GarageBand, brings that dream a little closer. Not only will itallow you play whatever instrument you set your mind to, it alsouses the equivalent of auto tuning to make sure that you sound likea pro. All you need is an iPad, a copy of the app, and you are readyto go.

It has all the essentials - pianos, organs, guitars, drums, andbasses - and a host of special effects you can apply to your music.Using multi-touch gestures, the software also detects how hard orsoft you are striking the iPad. You can even save the finishedproduct and share your masterpiece with friends.

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Firefox 4

Internet Explorer 9 isn't the only new browser to hit the web.Firefox also has a new edition, promising a speedier internetexperience for users. Mozilla says graphics load faster and webapplications work more quickly, thanks to hardware acceleration.It's also claiming to be a safer browser than ever before,protecting you from certain attacks and allowing you to opt out ofbehavioural tracking.

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EyeWriter helps paralysed artist

Find out how technology helped 1980s graffiti artist Tempt,paralysed as a result of a nerve disease, to create art again. AtTED Active, entrepreneur Mick Ebling showed off an open-sourcedevice - the EyeWriter - that was created with a team ofcollaborators and allows wearers to draw or communicate with eyemovement.

It uses a pair of cheap sunglasses, some copper wiring and ahacked PS camera. And because it's open source, it means others canbuild it too.

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TweetDeck Web

TweetDeck brought a web app to Chrome that brought the Twitterclient to the Google web browser. The company has gone a stepfurther now and decided it should be available to all web browsers.The result is TweetDeck Web, which is currently in a limited betaroll-out to "white-listed" TweetDeck accounts.

It uses the same core as Chrome TweetDeck, has the same userinterface and aside from Twitter streaming, it has mainly the samefunctions.

The main advantage is that you don't have to download anysoftware to your machine, and you aren't limited to one browser.Sign up now.

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