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    <outline text="Opening ">
      <outline text="Opening Music">
        <outline text="Music is Say Anything by Manda and the Marbles"/>
        <outline text="Mandaandthemarbles.com" MediaLinks="www.mandaandthemarbles.com &lt;http://www.mandaandthemarbles.com/&gt;   "/>
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    <outline text="News">
      <outline text="New PowerMacs">
        <outline text="All feature the PowerPC 970 dual-core processor">
          <outline text="Single 2.0 GHz Dual Core CPU - $1,999.00 USD"/>
          <outline text="Single 2.3 GHz Dual Code CPU - $2,499.00 USD"/>
          <outline text="Dual 2.5GHz Dual Core CPU (the Quad) - $3,299.00 USD"/>
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        <outline text="Memory is all DDR2 and these systems add support for Error Correction Code (ECC) RAM">
          <outline text="Dual-core machines can handle up to 8GB of DDR2 RAM and feature 1 MB of L2 cache per core."/>
          <outline text="The Quad takes up to 16GB of DDR2 RAM with each core having its own 1MB of L2 cache."/>
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        <outline text="NVIDIA graphics cards, either a variation on the GeForce 6600 or the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 (Dual Dual link, to support 2 30in displays)."/>
        <outline text="PCI Express graphics and expansion slots (No more AGP) which means dedicated bandwidth to and from the controller."/>
        <outline text="And just because everything else is dual, two dedicated Gigabit Ethernet ports. Apple says one for public networks (Internet) and one for private (NAS) "/>
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      <outline text="New PowerBooks">
        <outline text="Processors stay the same. 12&quot; 1.5 GHz and 15&quot;,17&quot; 1.67 GHz"/>
        <outline text="New higher resolution brighter displays on 15&quot; and 17&quot;">
          <outline text="15&quot; - 1440 x 900 and 17&quot; - 1680 x 1050"/>
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        <outline text="22 percent longer battery life"/>
        <outline text="8x DVD-RW Superdrives are now standard."/>
        <outline text="7200 RPM drives available as an upgrade option"/>
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      <outline text="Apple's new pro photo app, Aperture">
        <outline text="A digital workflow, management and production application for working with digital photos in RAW format">
          <outline text="&quot;Aperture is designed to make your Raw workflow as painless as managing JPEGS&quot;"/>
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        <outline text="Aimed at Photo professionals, looks like iPhoto on steroids to me. Some are saying it's a Photoshop killer, but I disagree. I think it will actually be a companion."/>
        <outline text="Most photographers don't need many of the editing and manipulation features of Photoshop. The just need management, color correction, etc. Aperture does open PSD files, but has no layer support."/>
        <outline text="Some interesting features:">
          <outline text="- Aperture deals with the RAW data coming from the Camera"/>
          <outline text="- All edits are non-destructive"/>
          <outline text="- No &quot;save&quot; command, all changes are logged to a SQL database"/>
          <outline text="- Advanced web galleries, photo books and prints. Photo books are higher resolution and have more flexible layouts than those offered through iPhoto."/>
          <outline text="- &quot;Smart&quot; web galleries which have images posted based on certain criteria"/>
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      <outline text="Price drops on cinema displays">
        <outline text="$200 drop on 20&quot; - $1,299.00 USD"/>
        <outline text="$500 drop on 30&quot; - $2,499.00 USD"/>
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      <outline text="Apple releases iTunes 6.0.1 update">
        <outline text="Apple didn't provide more details than, “several stability improvements over iTunes 6,”"/>
        <outline text="“After purchasing music from the iTunes Music Store with iTunes 6 or later, you will also need to upgrade your other computers that purchase music from the iTunes Music Store to iTunes 6.0.1.”"/>
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      <outline text="Apple posts Pro Applications Update 2005-02">
        <outline text="&quot;addresses several issues with underlying frameworks and shared components for Apple's professional applications, and is strongly recommended for all users of Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Pro 5, Motion 2, Soundtrack Pro, DVD Studio Pro 4, LiveType 2, Compressor 2, Apple Qmaster 2, and Final Cut Express HD 3.&quot;"/>
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      <outline text="iTunes Music Store Australia coming next week?">
        <outline text="Is it finally happening? October 25th is the rumored date."/>
        <outline text="Apple is holding a special press event in Australia next tuesday with vice president of iTunes, and Greg Joswiak, vice president of iPod product marketing."/>
        <outline text="Looks like, just like in Japan, two-tired pricing structure prevailed with prices expected to be AU$0.99 and AU$1.69 per song."/>
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      <outline text="iPod Nano lawsuit filed">
        <outline text="Was filed in U.S. District Court in San Jose, Calif., by attorneys with Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro in Seattle and Columbus, Ohio-based David P. Meyer &amp; Associates."/>
        <outline text="Alleges that Apple violated state consumer protection statutes, as well as express and implied warranties. The complaint charges that Apple knew that there were design problems with the Nano"/>
        <outline text="The lawsuit charges, however, that the Nano contains a thinner coating of resin than on previous iPod models."/>
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    <outline text="Feedback, Comments and Commentary">
      <outline text="Correction on the Correction">
        <outline text="Right at the end of my last correction I called Battlefield 1942, Battlefield 1492 again. I give up."/>
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      <outline text="Fast Forward and Rewind do work on iPod Video">
        <outline text="You can FF and RW video on new iPods"/>
        <outline text="Works in the same way as audio."/>
        <outline text="Performance is in question"/>
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      <outline text="Great technical review of iPod with Video on ArsTechnica">
        <outline text="ArsTechnica iPod with Video review" MediaLinks="arstechnica.com—iPod review &lt;http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/video-ipod.ars&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="Exchanging your recently purchased Apple items for the new models">
        <outline text="Ken Crockett, from Apple News Now Podcast found this" MediaLinks="Apple News Now &lt;http://www.applenewsnow.com/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Apple's Self Service Transition Program allows you to change or exchange recent on-line purchases of Apple products for new models." MediaLinks="Self Service Transition Program &lt;https://abs.apple.com/transition&gt;">
          <outline text="&quot;Thank you for your interest in Apple products. Apple has recently announced several enhancements to our product lines and we are offering customers the option to select one of our new products. You may change your order or request a return using this web site.&quot;"/>
          <outline text="Enter your order email and order number."/>
          <outline text="No details on what qualifies or how recent the purchase needs to be, but worth a shot."/>
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      <outline text="Quicktime Pro 7.0.3 has an export for iPod feature">
        <outline text="Export--&gt;Movie to iPod (320 x 240)"/>
        <outline text="iPod has basically two supported formats">
          <outline text="H.264 video: up to 768 Kbps, 320x240, 30 frames per sec., Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 Khz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4 and .mov file formats"/>
          <outline text="MPEG-4 video: up to 2.5 mbps, 480x480, 30 frames per sec., Simple Profile with AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 Khz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4 and .mov file formats"/>
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      <outline text="Response to GDisk software">
        <outline text="GDisk. Play review from Josiah." MediaLinks="gdisk.sourceforge.net &lt;http://gdisk.sourceforge.net/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Most people responded and said it works fairly well. Some crashes and issues with downloading files from GMail"/>
        <outline text="It sends files up to your GMail account as attachments to single emails."/>
        <outline text="It places them in the &quot;drafts&quot; folder with lables for different categories like movies, music, documents, etc."/>
        <outline text="Another app from Francois, XMail HardDrive BETA. Web based. I personally am leery about giving out my account info." MediaLinks="Xmailharddrive.com—beta &lt;http://www.xmailharddrive.com/beta/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Mitch pointed out that the whole Gdisk thing is against the Google TOS, so beware as they could terminate your account."/>
        <outline text="Jesse pointed out this great article on ExtremeTech which offers additional tips and tricks for getting the most out of your GMail account." MediaLinks="ExtremeTech.com—Using GMail to... &lt;http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1871092,00.asp&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="What is ECC RAM and do we need it?">
        <outline text="Error Correction Code DDR2 RAM."/>
        <outline text="Comment from Marius, &quot;ECC RAM is most commonly used on server machines and provides much more reliability through special circuitry. Machines running ECC memory are not completely immune to sudden lock up’s, however it TREMENDOUSLY reduces the risk of lockup during critical applications.&quot;"/>
        <outline text="Really a feature for high end pro level users."/>
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      <outline text="Like a milk carton for iPods">
        <outline text="Listener Jason told me about LostiPods.com" MediaLinks="http://www.lostipods.com &lt;http://lostipods.com/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="For $5 you can post your iPod serial number and post a message and reward."/>
        <outline text="I doubt if it is worth it."/>
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      <outline text="No sound in iTunes Videos">
        <outline text="Listener Michael recently had an issue with the new iTunes 6 where videos in iTunes would play, but there was no sound."/>
        <outline text="Music in iTunes had sound and the same videos played in QuickTime outside of iTunes were fine."/>
        <outline text="Turns out it was the Volume Logic audio enhancement plugin. Removing it solved the issue. VolumeLogic is part of Plantronics." MediaLinks="www.volumelogic.com &lt;http://www.volumelogic.com/index.asp?content=volumelogicplugins2&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="Comments from Tee">
        <outline text="Play comments"/>
        <outline text="PodioBooks" MediaLinks="www.podiobooks.com &lt;http://www.podiobooks.com/&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="Double Lyrics when pasting in iTunes">
        <outline text="Listener Dave discovered a bug in iTunes 6 when you copy and paste lyrics. They appear to paste in twice."/>
        <outline text="This is happening even after the 6.0.1 update."/>
        <outline text="I am wondering if it has anything to do with PearLyrics or SingPod?"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Special &quot;Ped&quot; discounts for MacCast listeners">
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        <outline text="Go to Thoughtout.biz/maccast" MediaLinks="www.thoughtout.biz—maccast &lt;http://www.thoughtout.biz/maccast&gt;">
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      <outline text="eMacCast is delayed behind main feed">
        <outline text="Remind the listeners"/>
        <outline text="Mitch works hard and does an awesome job. Checkout his new Mac Wiki at themacwiki.com" MediaLinks="The Mac Wiki &lt;http://www.themacwiki.com/&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="MacCast 100th Show Submissions">
        <outline text="Send a postcard with name and email and address">
          <outline text="Adam Christianson&#10;The MacCast&#10;6965 El Camino Real&#10;Suite 105-442&#10;Carlsbad, CA 92009&#10;United States of America"/>
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        <outline text="One postcard per address please"/>
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    <outline text="Closing">
      <outline text="Visit the website" MediaLinks="maccast.com &lt;http://www.maccast.com&gt;">
        <outline text="Show notes."/>
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        <outline text="MacCast Forum" MediaLinks="forum.maccast.com &lt;http://forum.maccast.com/&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="&quot;Sudenly Wonderful&quot; by Miggs">
        <outline text="Music from PodShow" MediaLinks="music.podshow.com &lt;http://music.podshow.com/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="The band web site" MediaLinks="www.miggsband.com &lt;http://www.miggsband.com/&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="Promos">
        <outline text="Tech News Radio" MediaLinks="Tech News Radio Podcast &lt;http://www.technewsradio.com/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Allias Show Promo" MediaLinks="Allias Show Podcast &lt;http://www.alliasshow.com/&gt;"/>
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