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The latest Apple/Intel commercial has generated a fair share of controversy. First, Intel wasn’t happy with the commercial’s voice over. The announcer claims that Intel chips were trapped in dull boring computers until now. Intel has other customers besides Apple, and they didn’t appreciate Apple putting them all down. However, the controversy didn’t stop there. …
This weekend MTV Networks (MTV, MTV2, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and the N) added 14 popular television shows to the iTunes Music Store. The new content features top-rated favorites such as Punk’d, South Park, Dora the Explorer, SpongeBob SquarePants and Laguna Beach. Networks adding TV shows to iTunes isn’t anything new. What makes this deal special …
The next time you are in an Apple Store, take a closer look at the people around you… one of them might be a thief. According to a recent post by Cult of Mac blogger Leander Kahney, some people are even stealing PowerBooks in broad daylight. There’s even a Flickr post of the missing PowerBook. …
According to DashboardWidgets.com, Apple recently filed for a patent titled “Widget authoring and editing environment.” What exactly does this mean and why are people excited about it? DashboardWidgets wrote the following in their blog: “Dashboard widgets will eventually be able to run on a ‘handheld computer, mobile device, consumer electronic device or the like.’ Specifically, …
Fox television is being cautious with its move to the digital distribution age. The company told Reuters that it is taking a more cautious approach than rival networks in making its most popular TV shows available for new distribution outlets, such as iTunes: “It’s been our strategy not to try to go out first with …
Following a wave of privacy concerns last week, Apple Computer has begun prominently notifying customers about a new recommendation feature in its iTunes software, as well as spotlighting a simple way to turn it off. The new feature, a “MiniStore” pane in iTunes, provides music recommendations to users based on the songs currently in the …
Griffin, the company that made the iTrip, just announced quite possibly the most advanced iPod dock yet available, the TUNECENTER. They claim the “TuneCenter turns your iPod into a complete Home Media Center.” Music and video & photos can be sent to your television, stereo, etc. It features many ports including S-video, composite, RCA, Ethernet …
Can the iPod be called anything other than a complete phenomenon now? Levi’s, America’s “denim authority,” has just announced a new pair of jeans that includes a special internal iPod pocket. Should this be considered nerdy or genius? It may sound silly to the average person, but most iPod users will probably find a special …
Yesterday Apple released a new version of their iTunes software, v6.0.2. The updated version is said to improve stability and performance as well as adding a few new features such as the MiniStore. A new version of Quicktime v7.0.4 is also included, which provides numerous bug fixes, support for iLife ’06, and H.264 video codec …
Nerd Alert: Wish you could make your cell phone sound like a Mac? Macostones.com is a complete collection of Apple and Mac OS sounds for download to your computer or mobile phone. The collection includes everything from OS X to Newton, eWorld and the Chimes of Death. Also included are over 70 custom ‘made for …
“eMagin Corp. has developed a wearable headset system that plugs into Apple Computer’s portable media device and displays video from it in front of one eye, using optical technology designed to give the picture a higher resolution and make it appear larger than on the iPod’s screen.” Source: seattlepi.nwsource.com.com Although I would love to try …
The iTrip is a FM transmitter specifically designed for the iPod that allows you to play your music through any FM radio wherever the mood strikes you. The car, the beach, grandma’s house… it doesn’t matter, as long as you have access to a FM radio, your iPod can broadcast audio like a small portable …
It is not something that happens very often but it might happen to you at some point. if you forget your Windows XP password or your password expires and you cannot create a new one there are several ways you can regain access to your computer, from using password reset disc, thru changing passwords via …
This is a first. A free video download is now available on iTunes and it’s from the Sci-Fi channel. Take a behind the scenes look at life onboard the Battlestar Galactica. Watch exclusive interviews with the people at the heart of one of television’s most acclaimed shows. Get up to speed with the crew’s adventures …
December 24thHoliday Gift Idea #24:Amazon.com Gift Certificate Only 1 day left until Christmas! If you were planning on getting a gift and mailing to someone for Chritmas, it’s too late. Your only option now is an email gift certificate. Recipients who are unable to receive e-mail in HTML will receive a text-only version of the …
Has the popularity of the iPod had a halo effect on Mac computer sales? Are people switiching to Mac from PC? According to Internet traffic statistic company, HitsLink, in November 2005 the Apple OS market share broke 4%. Apple market share has been constant to slowly growing the past 12 months, but November showed a …
It may be a minor victory, but any victory against Microsoft can seem pretty big for a small software company like Mozilla, the makers of the Firefox web browser. On December 14th, an Internet Explorer team member announced in their blog that Microsoft will adopt the orange RSS icon that Firefox has popularized across the …
