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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="Apples &quot;gesture&quot; touch-screen patent">
        <outline text="The patent filed Feb 2nd, 2006 is titled, &quot;Gestures for touch sensitive input devices &quot;" MediaLinks="Apple Gestures patent &lt;http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&amp;Sect2=HITOFF&amp;p=1&amp;u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&amp;r=1&amp;f=G&amp;l=50&amp;co1=AND&amp;d=PG01&amp;s1=%22apple+computer%22.AS.&amp;OS=AN/%22apple+computer%22&amp;RS=AN/%22apple+computer%22&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Basically looks like a computer with a touch screen interface, but describe &quot;gesture&quot; movements for controlling screen elements."/>
        <outline text="For example moving your finger around a virtual iPod scroll wheel or using two fingers on the screen to virtually pick up an object and move it."/>
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      <outline text="Apples roller-coaster stock pricing">
        <outline text="Apples stock price fell 6% on Monday to $67.30"/>
        <outline text="The stock is down 22 percent from the highs it reached last month"/>
        <outline text="No specific event seemed to cause the downturn.">
          <outline text="March projections may be below expectations"/>
          <outline text="Some feel Apple wont be able to continue is aggressive release of hit products"/>
          <outline text="Rumors that Intel iMacs are not doing as well as expected."/>
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        <outline text="I think sales of the MacBook Pro may help a little and i think Apples share price last month may have been a little artificially high anyway."/>
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      <outline text="Apple Special Event on Feb 22nd. Airport Express Video?">
        <outline text="Image floating around as a Digg story" MediaLinks="www.digg.com &lt;http://www.digg.com/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Could be fake. Guy seems to be a notorious Photoshopper."/>
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      <outline text="Apple counts down to 1 Billion songs">
        <outline text="Apple is having a contest for the 1 Billionth song sold on the iTunes music store (Worldwide)" MediaLinks="iTunes 1 Billion &lt;http://www.apple.com/itunes/1billion/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Grand Prize">
          <outline text="20-inch iMac, 10 60GB iPods (5 white/5 black) and U.S. $10,000 iTunes Music Card"/>
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        <outline text="Every 100,000 songs, a 4GB black iPod nano and U.S. $100 iTunes Music Card"/>
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      <outline text="Apple adds new Nano, cuts Shuffle Pricing">
        <outline text="Added a iGB iPod Nano for $149 USD"/>
        <outline text="Dropped prices on the 512MB and 1GB to $69 and $99 USD respectively"/>
        <outline text="Aggressive pricing should help iPods keep the lead as the dominant MP3 players on the market."/>
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      <outline text="Was Intel switch a bad move? IBM reveals next gen chips">
        <outline text="The new Power6 chips (due mid 2007) may run at 4 and 5 GHz"/>
        <outline text="Using a new process to alter how silicon behaves by placing a layer of insulator underneath a layer of silicon less than 500 atoms thick"/>
        <outline text="Chips will use existing 65 nanometer manufacturing technology and should also consume less power."/>
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      <outline text="Odds and Ends">
        <outline text="Showtime content added to iTunes. &quot;Sleeper Cell&quot;, &quot;Weeds&quot; and &quot;Fat Actress&quot;"/>
        <outline text="To date Apple has sold 12 million videos via iTunes."/>
        <outline text="The Apple Store Irvine Spectrum will open on Saturday, February 11th in Irvine, CA"/>
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    <outline text="Feedback, Comments and Commentary">
      <outline text="MacCast One Minute Tip #11: Finder Toolbar">
        <outline text="Play MacCast One Minute tip" MediaLinks="www.oneminutetip.com &lt;http://www.oneminutetip.com/&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="The European Apple pricing debate continues">
        <outline text="Many feel that David Cohen of the MyMac.com was wrong about the higher Apple prices in the UK."/>
        <outline text="The UK price contains sales tax (VAT in the UK, GST in Australia), charged at a rate of 17.5 per cent. There are also different import taxes."/>
        <outline text="Now if you factor the 17.5% tax out of the equation the UK prices on Intel iMacs and MacBooks are only about 7%-10% higher than in the US. It is plausible that some or all of this increase is due to import taxes, a higher cost of doing business overseas, etc."/>
        <outline text="Thanks to all the listeners who pointed this stuff out."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="A couple of warnings and a tip about iWeb files">
        <outline text="Play comment from Neil"/>
        <outline text="Play comment from Will"/>
        <outline text="Your iWeb site and files are stored in ~/Library/ Application Support /iWeb/Domain.sites"/>
        <outline text="This can pose a problem if you dont backup your home folder"/>
        <outline text="Can use knowing the location to your advantage">
          <outline text="be a way to move your site between Macs"/>
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      <outline text="100dB vs 104dB can be a big deal">
        <outline text="According to listener Victor difference in sound intensity between 1 jet plane taking off, and 2 jet planes taking off is a mere 3dB. A gas powered lawnmower is approx. 105dB."/>
        <outline text="A good rule of thumb: The value doubles for every 3dB."/>
        <outline text="8 hours of exposure to 85-dB noise on a daily basis can begin to damage a persons ears over time."/>
        <outline text="Earbud style earphones can boost the signal by as much as 6 to 9 decibels. So using over the ear style headphones can be safer."/>
        <outline text="I question that we need more warning labels. Use common sense, talk to your kids about the danger of listening to their iPod too loud. Next your want &quot;Eating this is hazardous to your health&quot; labels on McDonalds food."/>
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      <outline text="More Project Management recommendations">
        <outline text="Listener Paul says iTaskX" MediaLinks="www.itaskx.com &lt;http://www.itaskx.com/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Listener Laszlo sys he likes Fast Track Schedule from AEC Software" MediaLinks="www.aecsoftware.com &lt;http://www.aecsoftware.com/&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="MacCast Widget now Available">
        <outline text="Very big thanks to Joe &quot;the Dead Herring&quot; Sayer for doing the development and creating the widget." MediaLinks="MacCast Widget &lt;http://www.maccast.com/2006/02/01/maccast-widget-now-available/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Also thanks to Matt Hoult and Jason Sanders for their assistance and contributions."/>
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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="Keep emails coming. More audio comments">
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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;Deeper&quot; by Keith Varon">
        <outline text="Podsafe Music Network" MediaLinks="music.podshow.com &lt;http://music.podshow.com/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Artist web site" MediaLinks="www.keithvaron.com &lt;http://www.keithvaron.com/&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="Promos">
        <outline text="An Evening with Whitney Steele" MediaLinks="Whitney Steele Live &lt;http://www.digitalexperiencepodcast.com/whitneysteele/An%20Evening%20with%20Whitney%20Steele/The%20Digital%20Experience%20Podcast%20Presents.html&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Mac Tips Daily" MediaLinks="Mac Tips Daily &lt;http://www.think-mac.net/blog/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="British Mac"/>
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