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Traction Radio

Traction is a small piece of software that plays music in the background of PC games. Created by Stickman entertainment the radio plays five different kinds of genres: Classics, Remixes, Rock, Electronic, and Hip-Hop. Each channel is divided into a number of “levels”, which play subgenres. The client is currently in beta 1.0 status.

Pandora Radio

Pandora was created by the Music Genome Project and is an online music recommendation site. Users enter the name of a song or an artist that they like and Pandora responds with other songs that belong in the same genre and are very similar to the original song or style of music entered by the user. Users provide feedback on the music that Pandora recommends which it takes into account automatically. Pandora identifies the music that you are listening to by focus traits such as rhythm syncopation, key tonality and vocal harmonies. Pandora was forced to restrict traffic to US IPs only because of pressure from the copyright holders of the music.

Live365

Live365 is an Internet radio network where members can create their own online radio station or listen to other Live365 broadcasters' online stations. In October 2006 there were over 6,500 active radio stations with many more created every day. Most of the people that created the stations are music enthusiasts and play music of their taste. Live365 was created in July 1999 by Andy Volk who was at the time an employee of Nanocosm Inc. who was just trying out the new Shoutcast technology in his free time. Live365 grew to be a great success in a very short time in 2001 averaging over 2,000 radio stations.

Last.fm

Last.fm just like Pandora uses a recommendation system but instead of asking the user what they want to listen to it records what the user listens to on their station and makes recommendations based on the history of the user. Last.fm was purchased by CBS on the 30th of May 2007 for 280 million dollars. Users can create custom radio stations and playlists from any of the audio tracks in Last.fm's music library, and are able to listen to some individual tracks on demand, or download tracks if the rightsholder has previously authorised it. Registration is required to acquire a profile but is not necessary to view any part of the site or to listen to radio stations.

]]> Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:07:55 PST http://www.webupon.com/Web-Talk/Seven-of-the-Unusually-Oddest-Websites-on-the-Net.85185 There is lots of crazy stuff on the Internet, and everyone has their own idea of what is weird, strange, or just plain eccentric. These seven websites are all odd, and you may not understand exactly what the point is, but they can crack you up. And then again, some of the sites here are just plain weird. You be the judge...

1. Another Day, Another Word

   This is quite a weird website that contains only one word, at its center, that changes everyday. So there's a new word for your vocabulary everyday. Apart from that, you could say that this is pretty much a useless website.
   

2. The World's Highest Website

   We've heard of the world's highest building or even the highest monuments, but the world's highest website? Though this website does not contain anything much, it is 18.939 kilometers “high” (that's around 11.77 miles)!
   

3. End of the Internet

   “All good things come to an end.” Really true - even the internet does! Check out this webpage, which is supposedly the “last page of the internet”.
   

4. I Hate Internet Explorer

   For those who hate Microsoft Internet Explorer, this is (perhaps) the ultimate website, which states “….Internet Explorer does NOT follow web standards” and names other web-browsers which are meant to work better than Microsoft Internet Explorer. The strange thing is, the owner(s) of the website wasted money just to convey that small a message?
   

5. Deleted Images

   This website is dedicated to images that weren't meant to exist. If you have taken any photos that you do not need because they did not come out well, then this website welcomes you to donate those photos to them.
   

6. The Longest Website (in Letters)

   So, people even spend their money just to get the world's longest website. We aren't talking about a few thousand dollars here - it's a matter of millions of dollars - all for a name! And Shakespeare actually asked “What's in a name?”
   

7. The Longest Website (in Numerals)

   This website is quite similar to the previously mentioned one, only that this one is based on numerals and not on letters. What is more is that the website contains only two words and the title of the website.

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