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iPhone Rokr and iPod Nano Announced
The iPod Nano and iPhone were unveiled this week by Apple. The iPhone came as no big surprise, but the iPod Nano took everyone off guard.
The Apple iPhone (nee the Cingular Motorola ROKR (rocker, get it?) phone) was uncovered months ago, and confirmed as a near certainty last week. In fact on these very pages we confirmed the Motorola ROKR phone as the new Apple rocker phone. Perhaps the one unknown now known (and to me a disappointment) is that the phone has only Shuffle-like capabilities - you get only random play of your tunes. Click to Read the Full Post »
Ipod Phone, Video Ipod, Rumoured Next Week
iPods which double as cell phones, as well as video iPods, are rumoured to be the next big thing which Apple will be unveiling at their big announcement next week.
The iPod phone has long been rumoured, and both Dow Jones and the New York Times have confirmed this week that Apple has inked a deal with cell carrier Cingular. Click to Read the Full Post »
Your Mac and Amazon’s Shorts - A Perfect Pairing
For those of you who haven’t already heard, Amazon is offering a new short story download service, Amazon Shorts. It’s really cool, in that it offers new short stories, not available anywhere else, by authors including some very well known, and well-loved, authors (Robin Cook, Danielle Steel, and Harry S. Dent, to name a few. Hey, even Howie Mandel!) Click to Read the Full Post »
Putting on the Dog - the Small Dog, That Is
Anyone who has a Mac knows and loves Small Dog Electronics for their great products and prices.
But did you know that a Mac’s best friend is now a best friend to man’s best friend?
Small Dog Electronics now has an area of their website devoted entirely to “Dog Friends”, where one can post pictures of one’s own canine best friend. It’s really really cute. Click to Read the Full Post »
Canada: No Pirate Tax on iPods, MP3 Players (They’re Players, Not ‘Enablers’…Hello!)
In a decision in which the Canadian Private Copying Collective (somewhat analagous to the U.S.’ RIAA, except that the CPCC actually represents the interests of the artists) says that it is “disappointed”, the Canadian high court has this week let stand a ruling that the CPCC could no longer levy what some have been calling “pirate tax” on iPods, iPod shuffles, and other MP3 players. Click to Read the Full Post »
Yahoo Buys Konfabulator, Lowers Price to $0
Yahoo will be announcing on Monday that it has purchased Arlo Rose’s Konfabulator for an undisclosed amount of money. Yahoo will also be announcing that it will drop the price for Konfabulator from the current $19.99 to zero. That’s right. Zippo. Nada. And that’s pretty konfabulous. Click to Read the Full Post »
Apple iTunes Store Offers Porncasts
Late last month Apple announced that with the release of its newest iTunes software, version 4.9, it would be offering podcasts through the iTunes store. And indeed it is.
Now a tempest in a teacup is brewing over what some are dubbing “porncasts” - podcasts containing sexually explicit material. Click to Read the Full Post »
What’s in a Name: The Blogcast Formerly Known as Podcast
According to the Seattle Post Intelligencer, the term “podcast” is a bit taboo around the offices, and with the employees, of a certain Redmond, Washington software giant. Hence they have taken to using the term “blogcast”, a term which the PI admits is somewhat awkward. Click to Read the Full Post »
iPod as Criminal Mastermind Tool
Security experts are saying that Apple’s iPod is the newest rage. Not among the teen set, Gen-Xers, or even baby boomers, but among criminals. Click to Read the Full Post »
As Apple and Intel Get in Bed to Create a New Apple Intel Machine, is Linux Left Out in the Cold?
Much has been made of the recent announcement that Apple is going to start using Intel CPUs. For the most part people think that this is either pretty cool, or no big deal, depending on where you sit. Click to Read the Full Post »
The Time I Spend with My Daughter Removing Spyware is Very Precious
“Sure, I could get a Mac, but the time I spend with my daughter removing spyware is very precious.” A great line, already being attributed to Intel CEO Paul Otellini, but actually penned by Good Morning Silicon Valley’s John Paczkowski on the GMSV blog. Click to Read the Full Post »
WidgetJacking: Zaptastic Shows Us the Big Hole in Tiger’s Dashboard
That gaping hole in Tiger’s Dashboard is no air vent - it’s a wide-open, highly exploitable security threat for users of Apple’s newest version of OS X for Mac. And we have Stephan.com’s Zaptastic and Goatse widgets to thank for showing us that big hole. Click to Read the Full Post »
Use your Mac to Have a Print-Out of Your Current Calendar Waiting for You Every Morning!
If you’re anything like me, you and your family could really benefit from having completely current copies of your calendar readily available in the most obvious spots - on the refrigerator, in a schoolbag or briefcase, on your desk, or, as with my family, on the back of the front door so that it’s the last thing you check on your way out the door. Click to Read the Full Post »
Use Down Time While Out and About to Catch Up and Send Email with Your Powerbook or iBook
How often during your average week do you find yourself cooling your heels while you are out and away from your office or home? A half-hour wait at the doctor’s or dentist’s office, fifteen minutes while waiting for others to arrive to a meeting, twenty minutes on the train or bus? It all adds up, and many people find that it adds up to several hours during the work week. Click to Read the Full Post »
Tame the Media Cataloging Monster with Delicious Monster’s Delicious Library!
Do your bookshelves look like the aftermath of a collision between two bookmobiles?
Have you ever brought home a new video only to discover later that you already own it? Click to Read the Full Post »
Tiger in Your Tank, or Tiger Tanked?
The early reviews of Mac’s new Tiger have been mixed, to be sure. And in addition to the usual bugs, it seems that folks are really up in arms about the UI (User Interface). Indeed, enough people of sufficient clue are experiencing both issues and negative reactions to give Aunty pause before running out to get her own Tiger license. And Aunty sure would like to hear from you, dear readers, about your own experiences with Tiger. Click to Read the Full Post »
New Mac Site Wants You! MacYourLife.com
Aunty is involved with a brand new website called “Mac Your Life”.
It’s still a baby, fledgingly site, but the premise is that MacYourLife.com is not your usual Mac website. In fact, Mac Your Life turns your typical Mac website on its head - this is not a site about what you can do with your Mac. It’s about what your Mac can do for you.
It’s about organizing your life, using your Mac
That’s where you come in. Got any favourite tips or articles on how you’ve used your Mac to get yourself more organized or efficient at home, work, or in life generally?
If so, please send them along! (There is a submission link at the bottom of every page.) Any articles chosen for publication will of course carry full attribution, with a link back to the author’s website.
Mac Your Life contestt: A free Slam a Spammer t-shirt to the first person who can provide a workable script or application which will print out your iCal calendar automatically, on a daily basis, so that a printed version of your calendar is waiting for you every morning.
See you there! That’s MacYourLife.com
Kissy kissy,
Aunty Spam
Tiger Direct Directly Grabs Tiger by the Tail with Lawsuit Against Apple
Computer mail-order outfit Tiger Direct has sued Apple, Inc, in the 11th hour, over Apple’s use of the name “Tiger” on Apple’s newest release of OS X. How stupid is that? Click to Read the Full Post »
At Long Last: Sync Your Sidekick With Your Mac With Markspace’s New Missing Sync For Hiptop
Many of Aunty’s gentle readers know that Aunty adores her T-Mobile Sidekick (also known, hardware-wise, as the Danger Hiptop). Despite the Sidekick being in the news lately primarily due to Paris Hilton’s Sidekick being hacked, it is a wonderful little device, providing always-on email, AOL Instant Messenger, Web browsing, and lots of other goodies, wherever you are. It would be unfair to call it the poor-person’s Blackberry, because in many ways it’s much better than the Blackberry, but it is in fact half the price. (Actually right now Amazon is paying people to take them, but more about that in a minute.) Click to Read the Full Post »
Homemade iPod Mini “Tiny Machine” Ad Takes Internet by Storm
iPod Mini fans do lots of interesting things with their tiny machines, but George Masters has taken it to a new art, literally. Masters has created the ultimate advertisement for his tiny machine, basing his homemade iPod Mini commercial on, appropriately enough, a song by ’80s pop group the “Darling Buds” called “Tiny Machine.”
Masters’ iPod Mini ad features ’70s-style Peter Max-ish graphics, flying hearts, thumping music, and even a graphic representation of an iPod Mini being slid open. It’s a really well done piece, and while Masters created it for fun, it’s caught the eyes of many in the professional marketing community. Click to Read the Full Post »
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