Is your Mac running low on hard disk space?

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"If so, check out this great article on how to reclaim your hard drive."

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Apple' Letter to Pirate bay... and the reply

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"Very funny! These guys at Piratebay Fear No one!"

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Over 400 Free Mac Apps: The Best Freeware Site For Mac I Have Found So Far.

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"This is the most comprehensive list of mac freeware I have ever seen."

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Dave Watanabe's Inquisitor 3.0 (Safari Search on Steroids), Now Free!

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"Dave's just released version 3 of Inquisitor, which improves Safari's search to provide instant results on typing, autocompletion suggestions, and support for more search engines. And best of all? Version 3 is now free."

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Apple Ready To Say Bye Bye to the iPod's Click Wheel?

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"Apple had explored replacing the click wheel with a virtual one as part of a touch-sensitive display, but are now looking at a third option: a touch-sensitive frame surrounding the display."

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TUAW interviews the dealer whose customer got soap instead of an iPod

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""I was amazed at how many people mentioned that similar - and worse - things had happened to them so I decided to ask the reseller at the heart of this particular story just how much of a scourge this really is. Don Mayer, CEO of Small Dog Electronics, had a lot to say on the matter.""

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The BBC Snubs Mac and Linux Users

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"According to a press release from Sonos, the blokes over at the Beeb have decided to jump ship for relying on Realplayer for web content, and have switched over entirely to the Windows-friendly WMA format."

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The real reason Greenpeace was ejected from MacExpo

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"It turns out that Apple wasn't the sole complainant. In fact, it was Greenpeace's refusal to play by the rules that got them escorted out"

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Apple dumps Scroll-Wheel, replaces with Scroll-Strips?

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"The latest patent to emerge from Cupertino is what looks like a small-form-factor device predominantly taken up by a display, the edge bezel of which is touch and scroll sensitive. Looks kinda cool."

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MacHeist: The Next Project of The My Dream App Team(Teaser Page Included)

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""This is one of the several exciting projects I?ve been working on lately. Seriously cool events and software freebies coming for Mac OS X users, you won?t want to miss it out (trust me on that.)". I am so excited for this! Check out the teaser page : macheist.com"

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Apple removed 10.4.8 Darwin sources from their public source tree.

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"Approxily 15 minutes ago, Apple removed 10.4.8 Darwin sources from their public source tree. Until now, it is unknown why this happend, the previous public sources are gone and there was no statement given about the removal"

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Calling Steve Jobs: The auto industry needs a hero with a new approach

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""We need Steve Jobs to start an auto company. Hey, Steve, come on. You're probably a bit bored with Macs and iPods and Pixar, so give it a shot. I'll place an order for one of your cars right upfront, and I bet there are plenty of others like me." - STLToday.com"

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Get Applecare Executive Customer Service

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"Reach the highest levels of Apple Customer Service. These guys report directly to Steve Jobs. Names and Numbers. Use this information for good, not evil."

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System management app, MainMenu 1.7 released

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"For all those system maintenance junkies out there, MainMenu 1.7 - ?Your Make My Day System Management App? has just been released. MainMenu is full of powerful maintenance tools to keep your Mac running like new, within a slick, simplistic interface."

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Controversy surrounds My Dream App: Voter fraud?

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"The winners of the closely-followed My Dream App competition were announced last night, complete with voter fraud."

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Gates, Jobs,

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"Take a look at some of the typical visuals used by Steve Jobs and those used by Bill Gates. As you look at them and compare them, try doing so while being mindful of the key concepts behind the traditional Zen aesthetic."

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Mac OS X on AMD legally, maybe

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"This picture, of course, is not legal, but another intrepid engineer is braving the wrath of Apple Computer with what he believes is a legitimate use of OS X on non-Mac hardware. Despite the fact that other OSx86 projects have been shut down, a kernel enthusiast has gone ahead and rolled his own Tiger."

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Seemingly Stupid Apple Moves That Were Actually Brilliant

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"At the time Apple announced all of the following, the Mac faithful gasped, asked if hell had frozen over, or wondered what reality Steve Jobs was distorting. But in retrospect, all of these seemingly stupid Apple moves were actually brilliant."

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Top 10 Apple Innovations

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"With the 5th Anniversary of the iPod upon us, we?re seeing lots of posts from various blogs (including our own) about the revolution that was (and is) the iPod. It?s one of Apple?s greatest innovations?but is it their greatest? I started thinking about that a few weeks ago, and have been researching it ever since."

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Blossom: form and function from My Dream App, for OS X!

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"Check out the official website for Blossom, the beautiful dream app that responds to your unique definition of productivity. Help this concept get developed by voting for Blossom today!"

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Apple Will Define the Future of the Consumer Technology Industry

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"Apple is on a path to become the Sony of the Digital World. The key difference is Sony could never string together their different businesses to feed one another and Apple is making that their operating model. Let's examine the pieces Apple has..."

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iPhone and iTV will add 3rd and 4th 'Cylinder' to Apple's Growth Engine

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"The upcoming iTV will add the living room as a fourth driver to the growth engine, according to the analyst, providing integrated operability between iTunes media content and televisions. "Both the iPhone and the iTV represent initiatives that could add iPod-like growth to the Apple story.""

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Bill Gates' First Reaction to the iPod in 2001; Great iPod Article

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""Have you seen this yet?" I asked. Gates went into a zone that recalls those science fiction films where a space alien, confronted with a novel object, creates some sort of force tunnel between him and the object...Gates' fingers, racing at Nascar speed, played over the scroll wheel and pushed every button combination; "It's only for Macintosh?""

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Apple Patent: for a new speech recognition system....for iPhone?

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"Being that the granted patent discusses the use of this system in relation to a user calling up a document, licence, memo and/or a producer?s agreement, it?s apparent that this patent could easily apply to a future iPhone."

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Interview: Tangerine for Mac

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"Tangerine for Mac just got released into Beta by Potionfactory last week. It's an app that anlyzes the BMP of your iTunes library in order to create customized playlists for working out. Here's an interview with Potionfactory about this awesome little piece of software."

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Cookbook: The Sleekest Entry at My Dream App

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"Check out this website Michael has created for Cookbook. This is going to be one feature-packed app... go show your support and vote now!"

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Apple releases Core 2 Duo MacBook Pros

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"Apple today announced that its entire MacBook Pro line of notebooks now includes the new Intel Core 2 Duo processor and delivers performance that is up to 39 percent faster than the previous generation."

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iPod birthday comic on Joy of Tech

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"Funny birthday comic depicting the different iPod generations in different stages of life."

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Safari users: Banish those ads!

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"Title says it all... get rid of those annoying ads with a simple cascading style sheet."

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An Apple for the Enterprise

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""From the perspective of a steely eyed IT buyer, how is a Mac not like a garden-variety PC? For one thing, Macs have virtually unlimited life spans, as reflected in their resale value. Macs are fast, their chassis are indestructible, and OS X is solid as a rock." Macs are finally ready for corporate America."

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Steve Jobs Horribly Offended if he couldn't find a Song in 3 Button Pushes

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"What has been most remarkable about Apple under the steely scrutiny of Jobs is the number of genuinely big hits Apple has rolled out. ?Jobs certainly has an aesthetic that permeates the whole company,? Levy told me, when I asked him about Jobs? influence on the iPod. ?He can be super, super critical--it can be very frustrating to work with"

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My Dream App finals, finally upon us. Vote and get PhotoPresenter free!

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"It's the last round of voting in My Dream App. This week they're giving away PhotoPresenter. So long, and thanks for all the free software!"

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Unlocking the iPod

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"Jon Johansen became a geek hero by breaking the DVD code. Now he's liberating iTunes - whether Apple likes it or not."

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iPod nano (PRODUCT) RED painting for Global Fund charity

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"Help Nitrozac and I raise some dough for an insanely great cause through this charity auction. Up for grabs, an iPod nano (PRODUCT) RED acrylic painting by Nitrozac. To our knowledge, it's the only (PRODUCT) RED iPod painting in existence. :D Best of all we are going to donate 100%, yes 100%, of the proceeds of the sale to The Global Fund."

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Checkout (P.O.S. for Mac OS X) Beta Relased

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"Welcome to Checkout. The fun and easy point of sale system for the rest of us. Created with the realities of retail in mind, Checkout provides an easy to learn, accurate and reliable way to run your store. Beta now up for download, enjoy."

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Full-Screen iPod, iPhone Confirmed by ‘Extremely Well-Informed’ Apple Exec

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"While rumors about a full-screen video iPod and uber-multimedia iPhone have been floating around for quite some time without confirmation, an anonymous source from Apple says that both products will be released around the new year."

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Woz, Allard, Kawasaki Judge in My Dream App Finals

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"This is it! After this round of voting, only 3 winners will remain and made into real apps. Amber Mac, Bruce Horn (Finder creator) are also judging, and voters get Overflow and the ADA recipient PhotoPresenter for free. Plus, how often do you get the chance to see a top-level Microsoft exec (father of the Xbox/zune) participating in a Mac contest."

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MacTalk Magazine - A New Magazine for Mac Users

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"MacTalk is a new magazine by Australian Mac users for distribution in Australia where we only have 1 Mac magazine. We also have a PDF on-line of the magazine so our international friends can read. It features articles on podcasting, audio editing, photography as well as Mac culture."

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MacGadget: Core 2 Duo-Powered MacBook Pro to Be Introduced Next Week

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"An announcement of the Apple?s new MacBook Pro laptop featuring the latest Intel Core 2 Duo (Merom) processor could be made as soon as next week, according to the German ?MacGadget?."

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Mac OS X Leopard's

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"With "Quick Look," Apple is leaping way ahead of Microsoft's Vista in giving users an easy way to preview and interact with files right in the Finder. Quick Look invokes a gorgeous, translucent preview window of amazing flexibility and utility. This article's screen movies and images demo a few of these new Leopard tricks."

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Really Switching: Using a Mac like a Mac

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"After switching, I realized that I wasn't using my Mac like a Mac. I just using it like another version of Windows. I wasn't taking advantage of all the features and apps that just came with it. Here's to breaking bad habits."

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10 Games that SHOULD be on the iPod

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"The Video iPod could be a very fun gaming platform with the right titles on the device...but not every kind of game will work with the click wheel interface...with that in mind, Apple Gazette has created a list of ten games that would be great for the iPod. Some I would have guess...others, not so much..."

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Apple may inegrate XM Satellite Radio into iPods....Why not Sirius?

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"If you're a Sirius Subscriber and/or Howard Stern Fan...this may make you take notice"

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Steve Jobs declares 2007 to be

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"During last week's conference call in which Apple announced preliminary 4th Q earnings, Mr. J apparently also declared 2007 to be "one of the most exciting new product years in Apple's history."

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Why Apple Failed

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"Why Apple's market share always been low, and why it failed to make any progress in the 90's. Here's an interesting look at why the Mac fell into crisis, and why the solutions of PC analysts--to be more like Dell, HP and Microsoft--didn't work, leaving Apple to find its own turnaround strategy. Daniel Eran, RoughlyDrafted Magazine"

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iPod Virus Reveals Microsoft Fear of Apple

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"The heated interchange between Apple and Microsoft over a Windows virus that shipped with some iPods since mid-September has provided the marketplace with a clear sign that Apple's star is on the rise and that Microsoft knows it."

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Disco Icon Revealed

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"The soon to be released Disco's icon has been revealed. Check it out!"

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Police blame iPod explosion for 5% rise in robberies

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"The iPod explosion could be behind a 5% increase in recorded robberies, police chiefs suggested yesterday...The iPod explosion is continuing. All of these gadgets that people carry around with them are very attractive to robbers, so that puts the opportunities up"

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2001 Titanium PowerBook G4 Ad.......Talk about Simple and to the point

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"One of Apple's greatest Print ads. Simply shows the Thin Profile of the Cool TiBook as it became known, with 8 shorts lines of text touting the features: 1" thick, 5.3 pounds, DVD, 5 hour battery, Airport, 15.2" mega-wide Screen, Titanium, Powerbook G4"

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Analysts say, 'Buy Apple Shares' before January's Macworld Expo

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"Analysts for UBS Investment Research are thrilled with what their seeing from Apple Computer in recent quarters and are urging investors to buy shares of the company ahead of January's insanity-induced Macworld trade show in San Francisco"

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Zune Myths: Wireless, Markets, and BROWN

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"The latest iPod Killer from Microsoft has raised a lot of questions. RDM is full of answers! Here?s why many analysts are getting it all wrong on competition, markets, squirting and Brown. Daniel Eran, RoughlyDrafted Magazine."

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Zune is the

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"Microsoft's forthcoming digital music player, dubbed Zune, may make some Hebrew speakers gasp. The name for the device -- which will take on the Apple iPod when released later this year -- sounds like a vulgarity, specifically the "f" word, in Hebrew."

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2007 will be one of the

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"In yesterday's conference call, Steve Jobs said: "Looking forward, 2007 is likely to be one of the most exciting new product years in Apple's history." And for one of the few times in Apple's history, its fans are informed about what those exciting new products will be."

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'Slingbox' may be the reason Apple Pre-Announced iTV

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"It was a pre-emptive strike, a well-thought tactical maneuver designed as a shot across the bow of major competition; Microsoft, and Slingbox. It was also a major league notice to the movie industry that Apple was moving into the living room, so stop your plans with others, do business with Apple."

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Disco: disc burning simple and fun, plus an interview!

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"They?re having toast for breakfast. The makers of AppZapper create a new image and disc authoring tool call Disco for the Mac."

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Niche Player No More; Apple in the running for top Computer-Maker

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"In fact, Apple sold more of its Macintosh computers?1.61 million?than in any other quarter..."They delivered in spades," Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster says of Apple's Mac sales. "It's a sign that Apple has turned the corner from being a niche player to being a player that is starting to make a run at bigger players.""

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Apple earnings soar, but one firm wants them to stop making hardware.

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"In an odd take on Apple, an analyst firm Gartner claimed: "In a surprisingly ambitious report, called Apple Should License the Mac to Dell, Gartner says Apple should concentrate on what it does best, create software and make use of Dell's production and distribution infrastructure.""

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Mac Apps that make switching easy and worth it!

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"Here are the list of apps that have made switching from Windows to Mac OS X simple and make me never want to go back."

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Screenshots form the Latest Leopard Build

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"text icon previews and phishing alerts in Safari coming up!"

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Apple to release two iPhone models, one with WiFi

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"Apple Computer plans to introduce two iPod-based cell phone models in the first quarter of 2007. One model will be a smart phone, including integrated keyboard, video and music capability, while the other model will be a slimmer phone with just music functionality."

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Video iPod as soon as NEXT WEEK?

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"The Internet is full of speculation about the mythical ?true? Video iPod. It has been for the last year, but recently those rumors have been getting a bit more credibility from major news sites, and things are pointing toward the widescreen/wireless Video iPod coming out sooner rather than later?"

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Ultra Fast FireFox builds for the Mac!!!

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"Use FireFox on a Mac? Then you have to check out these builds! They are about 2 times faster than normal ones."

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Apple's list of iTunes-compatible mp3 players - dated sep '05

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"Did anyone know that iTunes used to be able to sync with Creative's Nomad players, SONICBlue's Rios and Nike and Nakamichi players? This document specifically refers to iTunes for Mac. Does this still work?"

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Digg Based ShapeShifter Theme In The Works

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"A MacThemes member is working on a system theme for OS X based on the digg design. It's looking pretty slick!"

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45% of computers bought at Princeton this year were Macs

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"Dude, you're getting a Dell! Well ... maybe not any more. According to the Office of Information Technology (OIT) at Princeton, 45 percent of computers purchased this year were Macs, more than in any previous year."

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Why Are Macs Becoming More Popular?

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"Apple and its Macintosh computers have been the subject of increasing attention, especially over the past few years. Why are Macs becoming more popular? Six reasons are given and your input is requested."

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Disco Blog: …BOOM

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"We weren?t joking. We weren?t even exaggerating. In fact, we were making an understatement of epic proportions."

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iPod Red Nano Site

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"Looks like all the rumors were true: here's the red nano. Apple will donate $10 for every one purchased to help fight AIDS"

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Sony Battles Ipod With Sound Quality

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"Sony Corp. vowed Thursday to fight iPod's domination in portable digital music players by featuring superior sound quality and simple music downloads that won't require a computer."

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Muslim Community Responds - We love the Apple NYC Cube

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"After doing extensive research equal to what MEMRI did, Apple Gazette concludes that in reality muslism do love the apple NYC cube."

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MDA Semi-finals: The time-restricted voter’s guide

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"Here is a two-sentence summary of each application, in reverse alphabetical order. Note that the ideas generally have a lot more to them than I indicate here (skip to the next section if you want the current status of each project), and this summary is the ?Cliff Notes? version for those not already familiar with the application ideas."

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CoRD - Cocoa Remote Desktop

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""CoRD is a remote desktop client for Mac OS X ported from the UNIX program rdesktop. It is a Universal Binary, and allows you to connect to multiple servers concurrently.""

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Linus Torvalds buys Mac mini

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"Linus Torvalds has picked up one of Apple's new Intel-based Mac minis to play with, but the Linux creator still prefers Apple's old PowerPC architecture for his primary desktop machine."

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A masked Apple employee begins to blog

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"The Masked Blogger is an Apple employee who has decided to "join the conversation," while trying not to have the conversation turn to the inevitable topic of his employment being terminated by Apple."

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OS X’s Dock vs Windows Taskbar

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"Love ?em or hate ?em? application launchers from Windows and Mac OS X have fans, followings, faithful, and detractors. Assume you use or used both Mac and Windows. Which of the two do you prefer?"

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Will the iPod ever die?

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"Can the glossy slim white revolution ever fade? Or will we prefer the iPod over all the others forever. Lets look at the possibilities."

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MacbookPro with up to 10 monitors!!!!

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"Ever wanted to have more than two additional displays on your notebook? While it turns out that expresscard /34 slot we have on our MacbookPros will allow us to use PCI cards, typically installed in a desktop computer on our MacbookPro's!"

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Enable iPod Screen Saver

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"1) Create a new folder named Demo Mode on the iPod. 2) In iTunes, rename any video file as Demo. When your iPod is charging and left untouched for two minutes the movie you renamed "demo" will play and repeate. Just like a screen saver."

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Apple founder Steve Wozniak at Microsoft

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"Today, Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer came by the campus. "Woz" as his is commonly known, was a electronics geek in his teens and designed many little gadgets before Steve Jobs convinced him to design the Apple micro computer in 1976."

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George Lucas discusses online content distribution with Steve Jobs

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"Lucas mentions he has met with both Steve Jobs and John Lasseter and discussed the future of visual media. Lucas? Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Vol.1 and 2 are already available on the iTunes store. Perhaps this is a sign of things to come?"

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OS X Widget scans your iTunes library, shows concert dates in your area

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"Mac OS X only: Freeware Dashboard widget OnTour scans your iTunes music library, letting you know when musicians you like are coming through your town."

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Mac OS X Leopard to Feature Fast User Switching for OS X/ Vista?

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"Boot Camp users need to decide which operating system they want to run, and the Mac becomes dedicated to that platform. If true, under Leopard, users can dual boot and fast user switch to Windows and back again to OS X."

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Apple Store Concierge on your own Mac

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"If you've been to an Apple store you've probably noticed the launcher-like buttons in the middle of the desktop of all Macs on the floor that give you access to that store's Concierge. What if you could have those same DesktopButtons on your own Mac?!!"

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The iMac is My TV and Stereo

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""It hit me that I really don't use my TV at all anymore. Some of this started about six months ago when I lost interest in most things on television in general. It wasn't even an issue of braving cold turkey, I just lost interest.""

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Apple: How to design appropriate icons for your OS X apps

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""Icon genres help communicate what you can do with an application before you open it. Applications are classified by role?user applications, software utilities, and so on?and each category, or genre, has its own icon style.""

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Study Reveals Apple Still Gaining Ground in Music Space

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"After recently completing its 12th bi-annual teen survey, research and investment firm PiperJaffray said Apple Computer continues to gain share in the digital music player and online music markets, despite the constant emergence of new competitors."

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iPhoto Google Maps Geotagging Unlocked

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"The MTC crew figured out a way to enable the hidden iPhoto geotagging feature they stumbled on yesterday."

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Steve Jobs tells Phil Shiller to Demo Wireless Accelerometer by Jumping

(Video) From 7 years ago, but demonstrates the lengths Apple would go to to entertain Macworld Attendees...After having introduced the AirPort wireless technology at MacWorld NY, Steve insisted that VP of Worldwide Marketing Phil Shiller helped him demo it - as well as entering the "Demo Hall of Fame"

You can read more about it here.

Vote in Round 2 of My Dream App, Get Free Mori

My Dream App just started their second round of eliminations, and this time they have a group of popular bloggers on board as guest judges, including John Siracusa(Ars Technica), John Gruber (Daring Fireball), Scott McNulty (TUAW) and more. 6 of 18 remaining finalists will be eliminated. Who will you vote for?

You can read more about it here.

Symantec admits its Mac OS X spyware prediction was wrong

18 months ago Symantec said: "Mac OS is increasingly becoming a target for the malicious activity that is more commonly associated with Microsoft" but on Wednesday it quietly admitted the prediction was wrong.

You can read more about it here.

Awesome Mac app for exploring Wikipedia

Helps you discover Wikipedia without having to worry whether you'll have enough time to read everything you want, or if you'll get lost.

You can read more about it here.

3D Finder Replacement For OS X

Nice looking Finder replacement. Version 1.0 Out Today.

You can read more about it here.

Mac OS X 10.4.8 Final BUILD to be Released in the Next Few Days

10.4.8 Build 8L2125 Seeded to select & prem devs today, and has no know issues. This means Apple plans to release it in the wild witin the next few days. Intel Version 206mb (mostly rosetta) PowerPC Version 30.8mb.NOT LIVE YET,For detailed information on this Update, please visit this website: http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n304200

You can read more about it here.

Complete Free iTunes Downloads List

Tired of searching thru iTunes for the latest free downloads in the iTunes Store? This site collects them all on one page, separated by category (songs, TV shows, short videos) and provides an RSS feed for updates. Each week there's usually two songs and one TV show - this week's a Battlestar Galatica review show. Over 30 downloads available now!

You can read more about it here.

Self Ejecting MacBook Pro Battery? Battery swells and pops out!

So I'm sitting in a staff meeting this morning and I hear a pop and then my MacBook Pro goes stone dead. I flip the laptop over and my battery fell off. Turns out the battery heated up, started to swell, changed shape and outgrew its designated battery compartment. Hey, at least it didn't catch fire. (Picture included)

You can read more about it here.

OS X Hint : iChat AV Testing!

Have you Recently bought a New Mac or a iSight Camera ? IF you have, you might want to test how your iSight Camera works with iChat AV. This is also interesting to try 4-way video chat on apple's Test Servers.. Here is how!

You can read more about it here.

Six Zune "blogs" coincidentally post iPod comparisons at the same time

All in the same side-by-side format, too. What an amazing coincidence.

You can read more about it here.

Video: Steve Jobs Kills The Mac Clones

Bad Quality video but his Steve's message is Loud and Clear:..I went to the Clone Vendors and said, "Guys, we're gonna go broke doing this; and if we go down the Shi**er, the whole Eco-System will go down the Shi**er, and you won't be here either..."

You can read more about it here.

A Behind-The-Scenes look of the Steve Jobs Keynotes

This very interesting article talks about a lot of behind the scene stuff of the Steve Jobs Keynotes for Apple. Even though they always look so easy and simple, they require huge preparations to becalm Steve's perfectionism. Very interesting read!

You can read more about it here.

The ULTIMATE Mac Apps List

An awesome list of the best mac apps available online today. From AppZapper to VooDoo Pad, each one described in detail and thouroughly presented. Click on the icons to see the additional info.

You can read more about it here.

Apple releases Apeture 1.5

Apple today released Aperture 1.5, a major update to the all-in-one post production tool for photographers. Aperture 1.5 delivers a powerful new open library, seamless iLife and iWork integration, XMP metadata support, powerful new adjustment tools and an export API that makes it easy to extend the Aperture workflow to third p

You can read more about it here.

Why iTunes Works

Part two of The iTunes Monoploy/Failure Myth: Why and how Apple has maintained its lead in digital downlaods while rivals have failed. Some unique advantage Apple holds, and how the iTunes Store follows the same paths to success as other products.Daniel Eran, RoughlyDrafted Magazine

You can read more about it here.

Breathe new life into OS X: Front Row

Out of the box, Front Row taps into your current media library composed of iTunes albums, movies, television shows, iPhoto albums, and DVDs. Enjoy your multimedia library from the comfort of your couch or bed using the included Front Row remote. Perfect right? Nothing more to ask for. Right? Wrong.

You can read more about it here.

Is this a Joke? 1979 Apple Pascal ad: Could the Guy have Hairier Arms?

I know that even in the late 70's, Long Hair was in fashion but this guy in this 1979 Apple ad has Arm Hair so thick, He looks like he's wearing a Black Long Sleeved Shirt underneath the Apple/Pascal T-Shirt. And what's with his Big Head being out of proportion to his Body? Hilarious.....

You can read more about it here.

The Worst Thing You Can Do To Your Laptop

With the new school year upon us the MacBooks and MacBook Pros have been selling like hot cakes (apparently hot cakes are quite popular.) These computers go everywhere their owner goes ? classes, the dorm rooms, libraries and quite possibly most important of all? the cafés!

You can read more about it here.

New release of ffmpegX - can now encode the new H.264 iPod 640 x 480 format

This is one of the first tools available that can encode the new format for the iPod 5g. This is 4 times the resolution of the old iPod movie format. Faster & better than using Quicktime Pro or iTunes.

You can read more about it here.

New print "Get a Mac" ads

Apple put out a new set of Mac ads in Wired magazine.

You can read more about it here.

10 Ways to Trick out your Mac

Customizing your Mac is easier than ever these days. I started combing the web looking for new ways to ?trick out? my Mac, and these 10 links. They offer a variety of ways you can make your Mac your own, increase functionality and ease of use, and Pimp out your UI.

You can read more about it here.

Why hasn't Apple included a Blu-ray drive in any of their computers?

Robert X. Cringely has a theory and we think it makes sense. After looking at Apple's latest announcment; the iTV, we can only expect downloadable HD content to be in Apple's future, after all, why else include HDMI and Component and not S-Video? Apple would rather sell you a downloaded HD movie than to help you watch it via Blu-ray.

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Rejected 'Get a Mac' Ads

Making fun of computers. Yay!

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Apple sued Steve Jobs this day in 1985

After being stripped of any real power, Steve Jobs left Apple to start a new company mentioning he was going to take a few ?low level? employees with him...Steve wouldn?t stop taking the employees and Apple soon grew tired of his actions and decided to sue

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Introducing Shiira 2.0 Browser: Visual Preview

Shiira is not a big name in the Mac browser business, with that dominated by Safari and Firefox. Prepare for that to change. Shiira 2.0 is coming soon, and this is why it's going to be awesome...

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Apple's Already Used AMD Chips

While Hector Ruiz was keen on pointing out that Apple will not be held hostage to Intel and that the Fruitzilla will also put AMD products inside their aluminium cases, almost everybody at the dinner didn't consider the fact that Apple has already bought and shipped millions of AMD's chips in their fruity products. Not CPUs, though.

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What If: Apple 'Matinee' Display

What you could see iTunes visualizations, Growl pop ups, email notifications or system information without wasting screen real estate? Imagine a small LCD that sat below your existing display. What if Apple made it?

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Craziest iTunes 7 Bug Ever

Instead of album art it would display the contents of the screen, in real time. How lovely.

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Touch-Sensitive 24-inch iMac Now Available

Troll Touch has announced the release of a 24-inch Apple iMac with the company?s touchscreen conversion installed. The company also offers a separate kit for users who have already purchased the 24-inch iMac and would like to add this capability.

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Unreleased "Get a Mac" ad (at least in the US)

Video of an unreleased "Get a Mac" ad depicting Mac and PC in a therapy session

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Since that video of bill gates and win98 has been on the front page 50times

How bout some macs fucking up?

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The Maccast is Back

Quote from Adam: "As for MacCast.com? In the short term we are back and GoDaddy will closely monitor the server and notify me in advance of any issues to avoid another shutdown."

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Research: $199 Apple's New Nano Components Worth $72

Apple's new iPod Nano may provide a significant boost to the company's bottom line by giving the company a greater profit margin on each device. According to a new report from research firm iSuppli, the materials in the new 4GB version of the music and video player cost $17 less per device than in the company's first Nano

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Want to "Maximize" on a Mac? Check out Stoplight.

Earlier today on Digg was a post about the "Maximize" button in Windows and OS X. For OS X users who want to maximize, check out the open source app called "Stoplight," which allows Mac users to customize window behavior. It's new and free from InsanelyMac.

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The iTunes Monopoly/Failure Myth

According to proponents of this myth, Apple's iTunes Store has a monopolistic lock on digital music... and is also a marginal failure nobody is using! It's hard to keep the FUD straight. In both cases, they're wrong, here's why: How monopolies work, why they can be both good and bad, and why iTS isn't one. by FUD buster Daniel Eran, RDM

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Ten Rules for Buying New Apple Products

Every time Apple Computer announces a new product, we hear the same question: "should I buy now, or wait?" After years of experience, iLounge?s editors have a reliable answer to this question that comes in two versions: with and without an "ten-step guide to happy purchases of new Apple products." Both versions are below.

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Stephen Colbert to Interview Steve Wozniak Next Week about Book (iWoz)

Apple co-founder and portly Segway enthusiast Steve Wozniak will be appearing on Comedy Central?s The Colbert Report next Thursday (September 28th)

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Sony rips off MacBook design

New notebook from Sony looks amazingly like Apple MacBook. Sony tries to copy iPod - I can understand why :) But spuriously they are so desperate they start to copy notebooks!? Sony has to do smth, they go deep underwater in terms of financials, PS3 seems not to be so good, mp3 walkmans are disaster and now this ....

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Newest Apple retail stores sport new design

Apple announced yesterday that its newest retail stores, opening in just a few days on September 23rd, will sport redesigns similar to the design of the famous 5th Avenue store in New York City. The store redesigns were mentioned briefly by Apple recently but no details were announced until yesterday.

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Mac user 10 minutes of SkypeOut for free

To celebrate the launch of two new versions of Skype for Mac, (Mac 1.5 Gold or Mac 2.0 with Video Beta). Skype are offering every Mac user 10 minutes of SkypeOut for free to call ordinary phones.

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My Dream App voting begins with free Pzizz for voters

My Dream App voting has begun, all voters will receive a free license for the $40 nap enhancer Pzizz. Plus, there's judge comments from 8 high-profile Mac devs including Wil Shipley (Delicious Monster), Cabel Sasser (Panic), Ken Case (Omnigroup) and more. 6 finalists will be eliminated this round.

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New Ipod Nano could bump Apple's profits 20%

The new Ipod Nanos may offer twice the memory capacity for the price of their respective predecessors at launch, but don't think Apple is giving away anything for free. According to a tear-down analysis, Apple fine-tuned the layout and components of the player and is able to build the 4 GB model for less money than the original 2 GB version.

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Apple address some iTunes 7 bugs

Apple has begun publishing tech support documents to address some reported bugs in iTunes 7.

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Apple sells 125,000 movie downloads in first week

Walt Disney chief executive Robert Iger said on Tuesday the company sold 125,000 movie downloads worth $1 million in revenue through Apple Computer's iTunes Store during the offering's first week. The entertainment conglomerate, which placed 75 movies for download on iTunes last week, expects the movie downloads to generate $50m in year one.

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Macworld Eddy winner SuperDuper discounted for first time ever

The excellent backup program SuperDuper! is now available at a 10% discount. This is the first (and possibly last) time a deal like this will be available -- so grab it now!

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The Page Apple Forgot.

An old iBook page that apple has forgotten to delete (Images sometimes work).

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Apple to Update MacBook

Apple Computer plans to update both its MacBook and MacBook Pro lines of Intel notebook computers in time for the holiday shopping season, but may take some time before it does so, AppleInsider has learned.

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Why Apple is taking its time in launching an iPhone

the most talked-about product among Apple-watchers is one that the company has yet to admit even exists: an Apple mobile phone, or iPhone. The problem for Apple is that mobile phones are not like iPods, but are sold in a completely different way. People do not generally buy them in shops, but from mobile operators...

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Burn: Open Source alternative to Toast Titanium

Burn is a nice, free and open source alternative to the popular Mac disc-creation application, Toast Titanium.

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iPod with Video (Enhanced 5th Gen) Review

In short, the new 30GB iPod ($249) and 80GB iPod ($349) deliver entirely on these promises, and though they still fall short of the larger screen viewing experience that movies and other forms of video content unquestionably deserve, they are better values than the original 30GB and 60GB iPods that came before.

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Impossible to use Windows XP on 24" iMacs

It seems that BootCamp is incompatible with the newest 24" iMacs. It is impossible to install Win XP on it, since the screen remains black at boot. Apple did not comment yet on this issue but everyone willing to buy one needs to be informed.

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Fix for Fuzzy scratchy sound in iTUNES 7

A user on the apple support forum finds a solution to poor sound quality on iTUNES 7 before the experts at apple even realize that there is a problem. Kudos NOWOOL I salute you.

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Greenpeace Apologizes For Apple Stink

Greenpeace responds to Daniel Eran's article "Top Secret: Greenpeace Report Misleading and Incompetent" by issuing a very expensive apology and ineffectual rebuttal. The good news? You laptop is less toxic than you might think! Plus a first SNEAK PEEK: GP's new "Toxic Chemicals in your Laptop, Exposed" press release @ RoughlyDrafted Magazine

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LEAK of iPod "enhancing" software!

The "i leak things" blog has posted an exclusive look at a software program that puts websites on your ipod, and website links work on ipods too! It also allows you to put text-based games on your ipod...

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Apple's Hidden Agenda: Creative does Apple

In what must be the most amazing stroke of luck for Apple, it seems that the non-iPod player market is turning in on itself whilst Apple sits on the sidelines creaming in more sales and more plaudits

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Homebrew Ipod Games Coming Soon...?

This page is meant to document any reverse engineering of the iPod game packages (.ipg files) that function with the Apple-written iPod OS.The ultimate goal here is to enable people to write their own games for the iPod, for AppleOS. I believe there is a huge homebrew community on our toes to do this.

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iPod fans 'shunning iTunes store'

Despite the success of Apple's iPod, few people stock their player with tracks from the company's iTunes Store, reports a study. The Jupiter Research report reveals that, on average, only 20 of the tracks on a iPod will be from the iTunes Store. CD-ripped music and files from sharing sites were far more common.

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Apple: CNET iTunes 7 Review!

The Good, The Bad, The Bottom Line!

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New Apple Earbuds Available From Store

Now for the first time ever, you can purchase the same earbuds that ship with the iPods. Perfect for replacements or spares - for the *cheap* price of $29.00.

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How to upgrate Mac Mini to Core 2 Duo (with pictures)

It seems that the Mac Mini can run on the new 64 bit core 2 duo chips because it has a socketed CPU.

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Steve Jobs hearts Autoblog

Autoblog appeared onstage with Steve Jobs during one of Apple's recent keynotes when a pair of our posts were shown onscreen in the inbox of Apple's mail program while Jobs was demoing features of the next version of OSX. We heart you too, Steve!

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Virgin Atlantic tells travellers to remove Apple, Dell laptop batteries

Virgin Atlantic has become the third airline to restrict the use of Apple and Dell laptop batteries on its flights. Passengers who want to take their Inspirons, Lattitudes, iBooks, PowerBooks, MacBooks or MacBook Pros onto the carrier's planes are asked to remove the battery first.

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Apple's Chief Designer, Jonathan Ive, iin Business Week

Who Is Jonathan Ive? An in-depth look at the man behind Apple's design magic

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Apple's video iPod pricing catches Microsoft by surprise

"Microsoft on Thursday official unveiled its Zune digital media player but refused to provide pricing details, likely because it was caught off-guard by Apple Computer's aggressive new pricing on its video iPod line."

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Top Ten Requests for Future iPod Games

Looking back in the classic era of computer gaming we remember some real gems that would fit right into the "keep it simple stupid" philosophy of the iPod. So, let's have some fun and suggest to Apple 10 classic games that would specifically work well with the iPod scroll wheel interface.

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Skype Unveils Mac Video Version

Our aim is that Mac users can talk for free with everyone they know regardless of whether they're on Mac, Windows, Linux or on a regular phone," said Stephanie Zari, a Skype spokesperson. "We hope that the ability to talk to anyone in the world will be a useful supplement to their iChat service."

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Apple iPhone Scheduled to be Released at Macworld in January

Sources report to Thinksecret.com that Apple's iPhone is on track to be released in January, this after the company faced numerous difficult technological and engineering hurdles. The phone is said to feature a 3 megapixel camera, 2.2 inch display and complete iTunes integration.

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Second-generation iPod nano reviewed -- all models/colors

iLounge has the first in-depth review up of the colorful new second-generation iPod nano, which was announced on Tuesday at Apple's special event in San Fran. Lots of details and info about every model/color in the review.

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