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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>
    <outline text="Sponsor">
      <outline text="Smile on My Mac">
        <outline text="Textexpander" MediaLinks="www.smileonmymac.com &lt;http://www.smileonmymac.com/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="&quot;The customizable typing shortcut utility - if you're not using it, you're wasting time.&quot;"/>
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    <outline text="News">
      <outline text="iPhone 2.0 analysis triggers speculation">
        <outline text="An electronista report cites a Greek iPhone site that analyzed text strings in the latest iPhone 2.0 firmware update."/>
        <outline text="References to 3G chipsets"/>
        <outline text="A2DP and &quot;HeadphoneBT&quot; entries that suggest support for stereo Bluetooth audio."/>
        <outline text="References include an allusion to &quot;RoleGps,&quot; implying GPS navigation"/>
        <outline text="&quot;Google411,&quot; associated with Google Maps for text or voice directory lookup."/>
        <outline text="A new, clearly identifiable &quot;BRICKED_AND_SIM_LOCKED_STRING&quot;, suggests Apple may also be taking its first steps to actively counter unlocking attempts."/>
        <outline text="References to Nike+ equipment have been dropped, strange as Stuff.tv's Mark Wilson claimed later that Nike told him they were working to bring the tech to the iPhone and iPod Touch.">
          <outline text="All but confirmed that the Nike+ will be coming to iPhone and iPod Touch"/>
          <outline text="Will be able to use wi-fi to send stats directly to Nike web site"/>
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      </outline>
      <outline text="iPhone 3G Chipset revealed?">
        <outline text="An Electronista reports sites a Taiwan &quot;Economic Daily News&quot; daily piece that reports to have details on the new chipset for the 3G iPhone"/>
        <outline text="The claim is that United Microelectronics Corporation has been contracted to manufacture the PMB8878 Infineon chipset for the next gen iPhone. Current gen uses an Infineon chip produced by Taiwan Semiconductor"/>
        <outline text="This supports data from the latest iPhone beta firmware that suggests the baseband chip in the new iPhone will be the PMB8878, known by the Apple codename SGOLD3."/>
        <outline text="Chip features include:">
          <outline text="3G Internet access over HSDPA"/>
          <outline text="support double-speed 7.2Mbps downloads (not currently available on AT&amp;T in US)"/>
          <outline text="supports WCDMA for areas like Korea and Japan that don't have HSDPA."/>
          <outline text="Does NOT include the HSPA spec for 3G which allows for faster uploads."/>
          <outline text="Supports 5MP cameras, 2 way video calling, and general media decoding."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="No dates for production were given"/>
        <outline text="Rumors are also rumbling of Macbook and Macbook Pro updates soon">
          <outline text="AL Macbooks and new black and aluminum look for Pro models"/>
          <outline text="Images surfaced, but general consensus is they are faked."/>
          <outline text="Better environmentally."/>
        </outline>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Apple Releases Pro Applications Update">
        <outline text="For Final Cut Studio, the newly released Final Cut Server, Logic Studio, and Shake."/>
        <outline text="FinalCut Pro now supports the Sony XDCAM HD422 video format, along with bug fixes and updates."/>
        <outline text="Compressor 3.03 adds features to support Apple TV export including support for Dolby Digital Professional (AC-3) tracks (with 5.1-channel surround sound)."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Apple beefs up new legal team">
        <outline text="According to Apple Insider Apple has added former HP Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Charles Charnas to it's legal team"/>
        <outline text="Has filled a seat left vacant in 2000 by Michael Wyatt"/>
        <outline text="Charnas' will focus on intellectual property and strategic acquisitions"/>
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      <outline text="Company offers OS X compatible clones">
        <outline text="But for how long? Charles may have something to say about this."/>
        <outline text="Florida based company Pystar is selling the OpenMac OpenComputer">
          <outline text="A $550 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo PC with 250 GB hard drive, 2 GB DDR2 RAM, Intel GMA 950 integrated graphics, DVD+/-R drive and 4 USB ports"/>
          <outline text="NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT and Firewire available as upgrades"/>
          <outline text="Using EFI emulation the company claims it is &quot;PC hardware capable of running unmodified OS X Leopard kernels&quot;">
            <outline text="using the EFI v8 emulator from author Netkas without permission and in direct violation of his license."/>
          </outline>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Lots of investigation going on but many things are fishy">
          <outline text="Gizmodo, Tom's Hardware and others investigate"/>
          <outline text="Site down, credit card processing down"/>
          <outline text="Changing physical address 3 times"/>
          <outline text="Owners Rodolfo and Roberto Pedraza claim to be legit."/>
          <outline text="Using technology from the OSX86 project without permission"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Forget about upgrading they claim some updates are safe and others not and recommend, &quot;when in doubt don't update it&quot;"/>
        <outline text="Direct violation of the OS X EULA."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Apple confirms graphics glitches in notebooks">
        <outline text="According to Apple Insider Apple has admitted to troubles with graphics corruption on the latest Penryn Macbooks and 15&quot; Macbook Pros."/>
        <outline text="Flickering during Quicktime playback"/>
        <outline text="&quot;Washed out&quot; graphics"/>
        <outline text="Graphics corruption when scrolling in Safari, Mail and other apps that use WebKit."/>
        <outline text="Some reports that the upcoming 10.5.3 update fixes some issues, but not all yet."/>
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      <outline text="US Apple shipment rise, while PCs fall">
        <outline text="According to recent numbers from Gartner"/>
        <outline text="Apple shipped 1 million systems in the 1st quarter of 08, a 32.5% increase over the same quarter last year."/>
        <outline text="By contrast total PC shipments only saw a 3% increase, in fact some manufactureres like Acer saw am 18% drop."/>
        <outline text="Apple's growth was enough to garner it a 6.6% share of the overall PC market, up from 5.2% last year."/>
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      <outline text="Safari PWNage Patched">
        <outline text="Apple released Safari 3.1.1 for Mac and Windows"/>
        <outline text="&quot;This update is recommended for all Safari users and includes improvements to stability, compatibility and security&quot;"/>
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    </outline>
    <outline text="Sponsor">
      <outline text="Circus Ponies">
        <outline text="Notebook" MediaLinks="www.circusponies.com &lt;http://www.circusponies.com/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Free 30-day trial"/>
      </outline>
    </outline>
    <outline text="Feedback, Comments and Commentary">
      <outline text="Removing Files from Old TimeMachine Backups">
        <outline text="Daniel points out that to reclaim space from old TimeMachine backups you can remove specific files and folders from prior backups."/>
        <outline text="Useful in freeing up space after archiving a project, or adding a new exclusion."/>
        <outline text="Activate TimeMachine"/>
        <outline text="Select the file or folder you want to delete from the backups."/>
        <outline text="Click the &quot;Action&quot; icon in the toolbar (cog). Choose &quot;Delete all backups of [filename]&quot;."/>
        <outline text="There is also a &quot;Delete Backup&quot;, this will remove that entire back for that hour, day, whatever."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Review: Audioengine W1">
        <outline text="Premium wireless audio Adapter" MediaLinks="audioengineusa.com &lt;http://www.audioengineusa.com/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="2 wi-fi adapters, 1 send, 1 receive."/>
        <outline text="Connect via 1/8&quot; mini jack or 1/8&quot; to RCA adapter"/>
        <outline text="No batteries, power from USB, included adapter, or your supplied adapter (iPod)."/>
        <outline text="100 ft. range, no delay."/>
        <outline text="Works with any device that can send audio via line out. Receive on powered speakers or receiver."/>
        <outline text="Great for hooking up rear surrounds."/>
        <outline text="Mac sees it as an USB audio output in the Sound Preferences"/>
        <outline text="Power could be an issue. Great if you use Audioengine A5 speakers with on board power."/>
        <outline text="A bit pricey at $149.95"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Some other ways to use Windows browsers on a Mac">
        <outline text="Matt suggests using CrossOver Mac (USD$59.95), run Windows apps without Windows. Check compatibility list on their site." MediaLinks="www.codeweavers.com &lt;http://www.codeweavers.com/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Sandro knows some realtors in his area use a USD$100/yr service from True North Technology called Northstar. Software as a Service. Uses X11." MediaLinks="northstaraccess.net &lt;http://www.northstaraccess.net/&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="Use your Mac as a WiFi hotspot">
        <outline text="Listener Malcom reminded me of this trick"/>
        <outline text="Instructions for Leopard, works in Tiger also, but steps may be different."/>
        <outline text="Mac sure you Mac is wired (Ethernet) and has an internet connection"/>
        <outline text="Go to System Preferences--&gt;Sharing and select Internet Sharing"/>
        <outline text="Choose Share your connection from Built-in Ethernet and To computers using Airport"/>
        <outline text="Under AirPort Options... you can select the network name (SSID), wi-fi channel, and enable WEP encryption."/>
        <outline text="Can also do a wi-fi to Ethernet share, acting as a wi-fi bridge."/>
        <outline text="Create an ad-hoc computer-to-computer network to share files.">
          <outline text="Click the wi-fi icon in the menubar and choose the &quot;Create Network...&quot; option."/>
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      </outline>
      <outline text="Too many Airports">
        <outline text="With the latest Airport Utility update Harold noticed that depending on what Airport utilities he was looking at he would see different MAC addresses for Airport"/>
        <outline text="Under Airport Utility it would show one IP address, MAC address, and version number"/>
        <outline text="Under System Preferences--&gt;Network it would display something different"/>
        <outline text="One is the base station and one is the internal airport card."/>
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      <outline text="My thoughts on FileVault">
        <outline text="Joey would like to know what i think of FileVault."/>
        <outline text="In Security System Preferences in Leopard. Only one click under the &quot;FileVault&quot; tab, &quot;Turn on FileVault&quot;..."/>
        <outline text="Encrypts the entire home folder using AES encryption."/>
        <outline text="Create an encrypted sparse image using Disk Utility and selectively save data on that">
          <outline text="Open Disk Utility (Applications--&gt;Utilities--&gt;Disk Utility)"/>
          <outline text="Choose File--&gt;New--&gt;Blank Disk Image... or Click the &quot;New Image...&quot; icon in the toolbar"/>
          <outline text="Set volume name, volume size, volume format (Mac OS X Extended (Journaled)). Set encryption (128 or 256 AES), partition settings (Apple Partition Map or GUID), set format to sparse disk image (sparse image bundle is TimeMachine thing)."/>
          <outline text="Mount the image and copy the data you want to secure to it and then unmount (eject). Mount to access files or add more to it."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Lots of other options in the 'General' tab of Security in Leopard">
          <outline text="Require password to wake from screen saver and sleep"/>
          <outline text="Disable automatic login"/>
          <outline text="Log out after inactivity"/>
          <outline text="Disable Apple Remote IR port, since it can be used to change boot process. Pair and unpair remote too."/>
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      </outline>
      <outline text="Enable menu bar item to screenlock your Mac">
        <outline text="1) Launch the Keychain Access Utility (Applications--&gt;Utilities--&gt;Keychain Access)"/>
        <outline text="2) Under the Keychain Access menu choose &quot;Preferences&quot;"/>
        <outline text="3) In the &quot;General&quot; tab, check the &quot;Show Status in Menu Bar&quot; option. You should now see a small padlock icon in the menubar on the top right of your screen."/>
        <outline text="4) Quit Keychain Access"/>
        <outline text="You can now click on the padlock icon in the menu bar and choose &quot;Lock Screen&quot; and safely walk away from your Mac."/>
        <outline text="You can also enable the system to auto-lock the screen by changing the settings in the &quot;Security&quot; System preferences."/>
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      <outline text="How can I use Apple TV with Standard def TV?">
        <outline text="Michael was wondering how I do it and if he could."/>
        <outline text="There are some caveats and restrictions"/>
        <outline text="Apple TV will support a 480i resolution"/>
        <outline text="Need to have component inputs"/>
        <outline text="If you TV doesn't offer a way to &quot;squish&quot; the image to a 16:9 aspect ratio the images will be stretched."/>
        <outline text="Text is also small and hard to read on some areas."/>
        <outline text="Could also have an EDTV (480p)."/>
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    <outline text="Closing">
      <outline text="Podcast Marketplace">
        <outline text="Thanks to my sponsors">
          <outline text="Audible.com" MediaLinks="audiblepodcast.com/maccast &lt;http://www.audiblepodcast.com/maccast/&gt;"/>
          <outline text="Circus Ponies, Notebook" MediaLinks="circusponies.com &lt;http://www.circusponies.com/&gt;"/>
          <outline text="Smile on my Mac, Textexpander" MediaLinks="smileonmymac.com &lt;http://www.smileonmymac.com/&gt;"/>
          <outline text="Faronics, Deep Freeze" MediaLinks="faronics.com/mac &lt;http://www.faronics.com/mac/&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="Keep emails coming. Audio comments.">
        <outline text="maccast@gmail.com &lt;mailto:maccast@gmail.com&gt;"/>
        <outline text="281-622-4269 or 281-Mac-I-Am-9">
          <outline text="PLEASE LEAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="MacCast Forum" MediaLinks="forum.maccast.com &lt;http://forum.maccast.com/&gt;"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="New music, &quot;Rockin' Our Sales&quot; by Bruce ServicePack and the Vista Street Band">
        <outline text="An internal Microsoft sales team music video appears to be designed to generate enthusiasim for Vista SP1, but Microsoft spokesmen say it was just a spoof. Either way it's pretty embarassing."/>
        <outline text="CEO Steve Ballmer this week called the Vista OS “a work in progress”. After 5 years of development it's still a &quot;work in progress&quot;?"/>
        <outline text="Video on YouTube" MediaLinks="Our Ecosystem Rocks! &lt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPv8PPl7ANU&gt;"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="EOL: Numb3rs Get a Mac Spoof">
        <outline text="Spoof ad for CBS TV Series Numb3rs" MediaLinks="Numb3rs Get a Mac Spoof &lt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwURPCvrtks&gt;"/>
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