A company called Software Development Solutions (SDS) announced the launch of Jamcast on Tuesday, which promises effortless streaming of your music collection from your PC to any network connected source, including your Xbox 360 and PS3 consoles.

The magic happens with Jamcast's Virtual Soundcard, a software module capable of capturing any audio playing on a PC and then transmitting it over a wireless network to DLNA and UPnP-compliant devices. This not only includes other PCs and gaming devices, but smartphones, HDTVs, media adapters, home theater components, and more.

"Jamcast has really caught the attention of consumers looking to enjoy their favorite music from popular streaming services like Pandora and Spotify away from their PC, in the living room or elsewhere," said SDS CEO Scott Streaker. "Jamcast's Virtual Soundcard makes this easy when no solution from the device manufacturer or content provider is otherwise available," he added.

A wide range of media is supported, including MP3, FLAC, OGG, ALAC, AAC, WMA, WMA Lossless, WMA Pro, WMA Voice, WAV, AIFF, SHN, and PCM. There's also Playlist support for iTunes libraries, Windows Media (WPL), PLS, and M3U.

Intrigued? There's a 14-day free trial available, after which time you'll need to shell out $30 for a full license.

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Juniper, a multinational company specializing in information technology and computer networking products, has unveiled new software, services, systems, and partnerships the company claims will help enterprise IT "dramatically" cut back on costs and reduce data center complexity.

"Today's announcements overcome the 'old network' approach to adding more boxes to boost performance, which adds cost and complexity to the data center," Juniper said. "Alternatively, optimizing for economics has typically required sacrificing speed, scalability and other performance needs. Juniper has now created a "new network" alternative for customers by delivering a cloud-ready data center architecture that eliminates trade-offs between experience and economics."

Part of the announcement includes new switches and routers that Juniper says will yield up to a five-fold and eight-fold improvement in performance, respectively. The other part involves new capabilities, including a new network application platform and Juniper Care Plus services portfolio.

"It's time for a fundamental change in the data center — one that opens up the network, makes it much easier to manage, and delivers the right experiences without sacrificing economics," said Kevin Johnson, CEO of Juniper Networks.

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