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This is currently an AMD exclusive feature based on AMD App Technology2. By applying advanced algorithms behind the scenes, users do not have to deal with shaky or unstable video ever again!

• Capabilities scale with hardware and are end-user controlled.
• Image Stabilization brought to your favorite social media video sites!
• Enabled through the AMD Vision Engine Control Center: Video Settings tab.
• AMD Steady Video technology is supported on the following products.
• AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 Series when used in combination with an AMD CPU.
• AMD E-450 and E-350 APUs.
• AMD A8, A6, and A4 series APUs.

Supported in the following 3rd party players: Adobe Flash player, Windows Media player, … more

Flash (well, Frash) came to jailbroken iPhones yesterday. But if that eight-step process was a little bit complicated for you, there’s a new three-step method available right now.

It’s actually the same basic scenario, just streamlined into a single Cydia package for your downloading convenience by the GermanAustrian-based Applephiles at Benm.at. According to iThinkDiff, on your jailbroken iPhone 4, 3GS, or iPad:

1. Open Cydia > Manage > Sources
2. Edit source and add http://repo.benm.at
3. Search Frash and install it.

And voila! Flash content should play to your heart’s desire (though you’ll need to tap the Flash component to get it to play). The whole thing takes just a few minutes, but won’t work on your 3G due to processor architecture incompatibility. As always, proceed with caution!

YouTube have just rolled out a new version of their mobile site. You can find it at m.youtube.com and it features what is definitely a better interface and higher quality video playback than what is available on the native iPhone YouTube app.

YouTube Mobile Video

In what maybe seen as a bit of an “in-your-face” from Google , the iPhone app lacks a lot of features that are now available on this new mobile version, plus the new site actively prompts you to to add it to your iPhone homescreen.  The mobile app is available on both iOS and Android platforms and has support for HTML5.

Features that are now available to mobile users, that aren’t accessible on the native app include auto-suggest search results and playlist creation. More importantly, though, web apps can iteratively upgrade in small doses at any time, so YouTube’s main access point (the site) remains universal across devices and consistent with the desktop site.

The new YouTube mobile site is being pushed on their servers so you should to be able to access it now, but if not you won’t have to wait long.  Give it a try and tell us what you think, is it better than the native iPhone app?

In iTunes 9, one of the great features is the Home Sharing feature which allows you to connect to other iTunes libraries on the same network.  When Home Sharing is enabled on your computer, you can access and copy music from each others iTunes libraries.  To allow other computers on your network to copy your library contents you must authorize your iTunes account on the other computer.  To discourage users from sharing their library with lots of people, you are limited to sharing your library with five people.

Checkout our simple ‘How To’ guide to setting up the Home sharing feature.

How To:  iTunes 9: Home Sharing

Unnamed sources have spoken to both CNET and the Wall Street Journal and disclosed Google’s intent to introduce it’s very own music store.

This would initially include a music store where you can stream or download tracks and include a search tie-in to make sure all your music searches end up adding to Google’s coffers.  Suggested Android integration is expected in 2012 and was hinted to at Google’s I/O conference last month.  Obviously none of this is confirmed, but if it does go ahead see the Google vs. Apple battle step up another notch.