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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="Apple's Q2 Earnings better than expected">
        <outline text="Profits of 92 cents a share">
          <outline text="9 cents better than Wallstreet expectations and 26 cents better than Apple's predictions"/>
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        <outline text="Peter Oppenheimer confirmed that Apple sold 270,000 iPhones in 2 days">
          <outline text="AT&amp;T reported 146,000 activations for the same period"/>
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        <outline text="73% increase in profit over the same period last year. $818 million on $5.4 billion in revenue"/>
        <outline text="Mac shipments up 33%">
          <outline text="1.13 million notebooks"/>
          <outline text="634,000 desktops"/>
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        <outline text="iPod shipments up 21%">
          <outline text="9.8 million units vs 8.1 in the same period last year"/>
          <outline text="iPod sales for the quarter accounted for 1.57 billion in revenue">
            <outline text="NPD report iPods account for 71.5% of the uS MP3 player market"/>
            <outline text="iTunes sales grew 33% year-over-year"/>
            <outline text="iPods and music related revenue account for 40% of Apple's total for the quarter."/>
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        <outline text="With iPhones and Apple TV in the mix it is likely that Macs and OS X will account for less than 50% of Apple revenue sources next year"/>
        <outline text="MacNN is reporting on one intriguing statement made by Oppenheimer.">
          <outline text="He warns of lower than expected earnings next quarter"/>
          <outline text="Rising NAND prices, high cost back to school programs, and a &quot;product transition&quot; (no details)"/>
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      <outline text="Duke Wi-fi not hit by iPhone">
        <outline text="Last week Duke was blaming outages on iPhones">
          <outline text="intermittent floods or storms of Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) packets) requests were taking 20 to 30 WLAN access points off line for 10 to 15 minutes."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Kevin Miller, assistant director, communications infrastructure, with Duke’s Office of Information Technology blamed Apple and the iPhone almost outright saying, &quot;I don’t believe it’s a Cisco problem in any way, shape, or form,&quot;"/>
        <outline text="Cisco discovered that their wireless LAN controllers have “multiple vulnerabilities in the handling of Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) packets. that could result in a denial of service (DoS) in certain environments.”"/>
        <outline text="Cisco has issued a security advisory alerting customers of the issue and will issue a patch on Friday."/>
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      <outline text="New Leopard Build not well received">
        <outline text="Rumors that Apple is seeding the first new build of Leopard since WWDC."/>
        <outline text="OS 10.5 Preview Release build 9A499"/>
        <outline text="It is said to offer dramatic performance gains over the prior build, but some developers caution upgrading."/>
        <outline text="Report the new build is also &quot;very buggy&quot;."/>
        <outline text="Worries me a bit since October is not far off."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="iPhone hacking forges on">
        <outline text="Can activate the phone without AT&amp;T. All but phone service."/>
        <outline text="Run open source apps from the phone, Apache web server, Python, etc."/>
        <outline text="Use the iPhone as a tethered modem on EDGE"/>
        <outline text="Apple and AT&amp;T have seemed to not care so far?"/>
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    <outline text="Sponsor">
      <outline text="The Gadget Locker">
        <outline text="Great place for Apple, iPod, and iPhone accessories." MediaLinks="www.thegadgetlocker.com &lt;http://www.thegadgetlocker.com/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="iPod Recycling Program"/>
        <outline text="Recommended product, Griffin iMic 2 USB Audio Interface" MediaLinks="Griffin iMac 2 &lt;http://www.thegadgetlocker.com/product_info.php/cPath/130_59/products_id/1480&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Maccast specials and $5.00 off your order with coupon code: maccast"/>
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      <outline text="6th Gen iPod won't have the touch">
        <outline text="Think Secret is rumoring"/>
        <outline text="Will be 1in shorter, click-wheel and same 320x240 display"/>
        <outline text="Running all new iPod OS. Videos surfaced online this week, but all have been removed by Apple legal. Design has an iPhone feel to interface elements, buttons, etc."/>
        <outline text="Black model will have more matte finish (like MacBook)."/>
        <outline text="May offer colors, like the Nano"/>
        <outline text="9to5 Mac has a Photshopped &quot;mock-up&quot; and it looks stupid. I call it stubbyPod." MediaLinks="9to5mac.com &lt;http://9to5mac.com/August-Aug-7-seventh-iMacs-Apple-Event-ipod-ipod-micro-nano-3450897543&gt;"/>
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    <outline text="Feedback, Comments and Commentary">
      <outline text="Listener tip and comment from last show">
        <outline text="Play audio from Peter"/>
        <outline text="I will be coming to Germany likely in late September or early October.">
          <outline text="Gauge interest in a meetup."/>
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      <outline text="The iPhone Gap">
        <outline text="Brought up in a cNet piece."/>
        <outline text="AT&amp;T Says 146,000 activated, Apple says 270,000 sold. Where are the other 124,000 iPhones?"/>
        <outline text="Activation issue were understated? Anonymous sources say 2% had issues. Account for between 5,500 and 11,000 phones."/>
        <outline text="Procrastinators? AT&amp;Ts number are through midnight Saturday.">
          <outline text="Related to this, gifts."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Profiteering? People buying to sell on-line."/>
        <outline text="In transit. Apple's numbers include phones that were shipped to AT&amp;T stores which ran out on Saturday"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="I have something to say">
        <outline text="Ryan in our inaugural segment"/>
        <outline text="How to convince PC holdouts to switch?"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Dvorak is OK with the Mac">
        <outline text="Robert pointed me to Dvorak's Wednesday PC Mag article" MediaLinks="Dvorak on Mac &lt;http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2162397,00.asp&gt;"/>
        <outline text="He finds it every bit as good as his PC for everyday use. Office apps, email, web surfing, etc."/>
        <outline text="Feels OS X is more solid than Microsoft Windows, but I cannot say why."/>
        <outline text="Doesn't plan to switch himself, but is recommending Macs more to people who ask."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="10.4.10 brings Airport Woes to some">
        <outline text="Seems to be some Intel Mac users having issues after the update"/>
        <outline text="Unreliable and dropped connections to Kernel Panics."/>
        <outline text="I am plagued myself, but only on WEP or WPA connections. Isolated to some 3rd party routers?"/>
        <outline text="Workaround until Apple patches seems to be go wired."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Migrating data to a new Mac">
        <outline text="Play question from Fuadh"/>
        <outline text="Mount clone image and use Migration Assistant"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Alternative Paint Apps">
        <outline text="Matt was looking for an app like Paintshop for the PC, but more affordable than Photoshop"/>
        <outline text="Of course there is PhotoShop Elements"/>
        <outline text="Graphic Converter, USD $34.95. New version 6" MediaLinks="Graphic Converter &lt;http://www.lemkesoft.com/xd/public/content/index._cGlkPTE5Mw_.html&gt;"/>
        <outline text="SeaShore, FREE - Based on GIMP, but Cocoa app." MediaLinks="seashore.sourceforge.net &lt;http://seashore.sourceforge.net/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Mac GIMP, FREE needs X11" MediaLinks="www.macgimp.org &lt;http://www.macgimp.org/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Pixelmator, new app soon to be in private BETA" MediaLinks="www.pixelmator.com &lt;http://www.pixelmator.com/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="ArtRage 2, USD $25.00 - More like Painter. simulates real world tools" MediaLinks="www.artrage.com &lt;http://www.artrage.com/&gt;"/>
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    <outline text="Closing">
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        <outline text="Thanks to my sponsors">
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      <outline text="New music, &quot;Infinity&quot; by Cruise Control">
        <outline text="Sent in by the Band guitarist Shawn"/>
        <outline text="The album, &quot;City Life&quot;, was all produced with Macs, ProTools, etc."/>
        <outline text="Jazz rock"/>
        <outline text="Artists Web Site" MediaLinks="ccjazz.com &lt;http://www.ccjazz.com/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Buy album on iTunes" MediaLinks="Buy on iTunes &lt;http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=VxaqUf/Gvmc&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewArtist%253Fid%253D250021370%2526partnerId%253D30&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="Promo">
        <outline text="MacBook Podcast" MediaLinks="www.macbookpodcast.com &lt;http://www.macbookpodcast.com/&gt;"/>
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