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The days of being an iconic solitary cowboy out on the range are over. It’s difficult to picture, but try to imagine the Marlboro Man, Roy Rogers and the Lone Ranger riding off into the sunset with a revolver in one hand and a Palm Pilot in the other. Modern day gadgets are as much as a part of the …
If you are a Windows user and get disappointed about much more iPod software there is for Mac users, then iPod Agent will give you a smile. iPod Agent enables you to accomplish various common tasks that previously would have required 3rd party software. And it’s FREE! Our favorite feature is it does not make …
Many companies have tried (yeah Sony we’re talking about you), but none of them have succeeded in displacing the iPod from our list of must-have gadgets. We love almost everything about this beautifully designed player from Apple, and now with the fourth-generation model, battery life is finally improved. We think this is going to be …
Good news for digital music fans. All future and current Sony hardware will now support the MP3. It looks like forcing consumers to adopt the Sony ATRAC format was harder than they thought.
eMusic will relaunch its music subscription service this week. Their new strategy will focus on providing content with an independent appeal and dramatically different than its bigger rivals. Apple has been very successful with their iTunes Store, which launched in 2003. It will be interesting to see if eMusic can keep up. They are definitely …
Apple Computer is pursuing a massive settlement with The Beatles‘ record company, Apple Corps Records, which has sued Apple several times over the past 20 years. If ever there were two cultural and business institutions known for their ability to generate utterly bizarre rumors, they would have to be the two Apples. That is, Apple …
TunesTracker is a free tool for iTunes Music Store addicts. It will search the iTunes Music Store daily for your favorite artists, composers, and songs, and send you an e-mail when iTMS adds songs that match.
Tired of your iPod battery always running out when you need it most? Newer Technology and Other World Computing have teamed up to release the “Ultra High Capacity” replacement battery for first- and second-generation iPods. According to the NewerTech website, the Lithium-Polymer NuPower Batteries offers an extra 65% capacity increase over the iPods’ original battery. For …
Walt Disney Chief Executive Michael Eisner will step down from Disney in 2006. Who will take his place? According to some rumors, a Steve Jobs Disney could become a reality.
If you're attending the Intel Developer Forum this year, then you might think you just entered the Twilight Zone when visiting the Rambus booth.
Apple just released a security update called "Security Update 2004-09-07". The update provides a number of security enhancements and is recommended for all users.
Aspyr Media announced a new game expansion pack for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 Raven Shield called Rainbow Six 3 Athena Sword for Macintosh.
Matrix nerds rejoice! The infamous “Matrix Reloaded OpenGL ScreenSaver” made by Alex Zolotov has been ported to OS X from Linux. After installing it, I sometimes find myself being sucked into the Matrix. I can just stare at it for hours. The original source code is also available in case you want to port it …
Napster first knocked the music industry on its rear a few years ago by allowing millions of people to freely “swap” digital music files, a practice the courts frowned on, essentially driving Napster offline. While illegal downloading still occurs, millions of people are paying to acquire music legally from Apple‘s iTunes. Who do you think …
Microsoft must be feeling the heat from Apple. This week they released a beta version of the MSN Music Store in an effort to unseat Apple’s dominance in downloadable music market. Just like iTunes, the MSN Music website offers song downloads for 99¢. The store also has integration into Windows Media Player 10, which is scheduled to launch later this week. What …
How safe is your operating system from hackers? Both Mac and PC user face threats, but Apple is betting on the open-source heritage of its UNIX-based operating system to spare Mac OS X Tiger from the never-ending security problems that have plagued Microsoft. Apple’s Tiger operating system update is scheduled to debut Q1 of 2005. This will be the …
Today at the Apple Expo in Paris, Apple introduced its new G5-based iMac with a new form factor that resembles the iPod. In fact, it was designed by the same team that created the iPod. This speaks volumes about the importance of adaptability in innovation. Apple‘s history was built around selling personal computers in volume …
