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    <outline text="Opening">
      <outline text="Opening Music">
        <outline text="Music is &quot;Say Anything&quot; by Manda and the Marbles"/>
        <outline text="Band's MySpace page" MediaLinks="myspace.com/mandathemarbles &lt;http://www.myspace.com/mandathemarbles&gt;"/>
      </outline>
    </outline>
    <outline text="Sponsor">
      <outline text="Smile on My Mac">
        <outline text="PDFpen 4.5" MediaLinks="smileonmymac.com &lt;http://www.smileonmymac.com/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Integrated the OmniPage OCR engine"/>
        <outline text="Fantastic OCR at just $50 USD"/>
        <outline text="And if you use Snow Leopard there is direct scanning in the app"/>
        <outline text="30-day free trial available"/>
      </outline>
    </outline>
    <outline text="News">
      <outline text="Apple updates everything consumer">
        <outline text="New iMacs">
          <outline text="21.5&quot; and 27&quot; Models with a Quad Core version on the top end."/>
          <outline text="16:9 Aspect ratios. 21.5&quot; has 1920x1080 (1080p) res, 27&quot; res is 2560x1440. Both are LED backlit"/>
          <outline text="Standard configs offer a 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo on the 21.5&quot; and bottom 27&quot; configs. The top of the line 27&quot; config has a 2.66GHz Intel Core i5 Quad Core. You can also BTO the 27&quot; models with a &#10;2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7, there is also a 3.33 GHz Core 2 Duo option."/>
          <outline text="All standard configs have 4GB RAM."/>
          <outline text="21.5&quot; has 500 GB HD and NVIDIA 9400M. 27&quot; - 1TB HD and ATI Radeon HD 4670 graphics">
            <outline text="27&quot; models have 4 memory slots so upgradeable to 16GB RAM. 8GB (4 x 2GB) upgrade is only $200.00"/>
            <outline text="21&quot; still has just 2 slots, but upgradeable to 8GB RAM"/>
            <outline text="27&quot; has ATI Radeon HD 4850 BTO option"/>
          </outline>
          <outline text="8x SuperDrive"/>
          <outline text="FireWire 800 port; Four USB 2.0 ports, and SD card slot, , 802.11n, Bluetooth"/>
          <outline text="Mini Display port and 27&quot; supports Display-port in."/>
          <outline text="Wireless keyboard and Magic Mouse standard."/>
          <outline text="Two internal 17-watt high-efficiency amplifiers. Gizmodo says noticeable improvement in built-in sound."/>
          <outline text="They don't have BluRay. Rumors that the feature was pulled at the last minute."/>
          <outline text="All Aluminum enclosure. iFixit noted that the antenna is behind the Apple logo on the back, the only plastic area."/>
          <outline text="Prices start at $1,199 for the 21.5&quot; and $1,699 for the 27&quot;"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="New Macbook">
          <outline text="White polycarobonate Unibody. Still $999.00"/>
          <outline text="2.26 Core 2 Duo, 9400M, 2GB RAM (up to 4GB), 250GB HD, Superdrive, 802.11n, Bluetooth"/>
          <outline text="Rounded edge &quot;cloud&quot; design. ArsTechnica says the entire bottom surface is soft rubber like the bottom of Airport Base Stations."/>
          <outline text="LED-backlit 13.3&quot; 1280x800 display"/>
          <outline text="7-hour &quot;sealed&quot; battery"/>
          <outline text="Glass multitouch trackpad"/>
          <outline text="Single port for audio in and out. Sound preference pane has a Use Audio Port For pop-up menu."/>
          <outline text="Firewire is gone again"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="New Mac Minis">
          <outline text="Faster, more storage, more memory. Plus a new &quot;server&quot; option."/>
          <outline text="$599.00, 2.26 GHz Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 160 GB HD, NVIDIA 9400M"/>
          <outline text="$799.00, 2.53 GHz Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM, 320 GB HD, NVIDIA 9400M. 2.66 BTO"/>
          <outline text="$999.00, Snow Leopard Server, 2 x500GB HD (5400RPM), 2.53 GHz Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM, 320 GB HD, NVIDIA 9400M. No optical drive. Snow Leopard Server is $499.00 itself."/>
          <outline text="802.11n, Bluetooth, 5USB 2 Ports, FW 800, Mini Display Port, Mini-DVI port"/>
          <outline text="MacMiniColo notes the new models have new firmware that does allow them to take up to 8GB of RAM."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="New Magic Mouse">
          <outline text="Entire top surface is multitouch, allowing clicks, scrolls, multitouch swipes and gestures">
            <outline text="Uses 138 capacitive touch sensors according to the iFixit teardown."/>
          </outline>
          <outline text="Captures rate of scroll, can do 360 scrolling."/>
          <outline text="Bluetooth"/>
          <outline text="System specs list 10.6.2 as a system requirement."/>
          <outline text="USD $69.00"/>
          <outline text="Apple renamed the Mighty Mouse the Apple Mouse and still sell it for USD $49.00"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="New Airport Extreme and Time Capsule">
          <outline text="New antenna designs that boots performance up to 50% and extend the range up to 25%"/>
          <outline text="Time Capsules working with Snow Leopard machines should back up up to 60% faster."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="New Apple Remote">
          <outline text="Longer, aluminum, with black (high contract) controls."/>
          <outline text="Directional buttons in ring at top"/>
          <outline text="Separate Play/Pause and Menu buttons below."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Other changes (thanks to Ars)">
          <outline text="Apple Wireless Keyboard now uses 2 AAs instead of 3"/>
          <outline text="60W MagSafe Power Supply now uses a PVC Free cable and feature the aluminum style connector like on the MacBook Air power supply."/>
          <outline text="VESA Mounting Kit adapter updated to work with the 27&quot; iMacs"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="What's next?">
          <outline text="Price drops?"/>
          <outline text="Cult of Mac has rumors of Apple testing a new 6-core Intel 'Gulftown; chip that may been seen in a MacPro update in early 2010."/>
        </outline>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Levinson leaves Google board, sticks with Apple">
        <outline text="Former CEO Genentech Arthur Levinson is also now a former Google board member."/>
        <outline text="Levinson, who serves on Apple's board, did the opposite Google CEO Eric Schmidt who recently stepped down from Apple's board"/>
        <outline text="The FTC had been scrutinizing Apple and Google due to their board member crossover even after Schmidt's resignation"/>
        <outline text="According to a NY Times article after the Levinson announcement FTC chairman Jon Leibowitz commended Google and Apple and hinted that they had effectively resolved the FTC antitrust concerns."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Apple acknowledges a potential Snow Leopard data loss bug">
        <outline text="According to CNet, Apple has confirmed a bug in Snow Leopard where some users report losing data in their user accounts after logging into and out of a guest account."/>
        <outline text="There are also reports that having an active guest account when upgrading might cause the loss."/>
        <outline text="Apple says the issues is &quot;extremely&quot; rare and is working on a fix."/>
        <outline text="Until the fix is issued, disable and avoid using a guest account in Snow Leopard"/>
        <outline text="If you have been hit, restore your user account from backup."/>
        <outline text="Reports that the latest 10.6.2 beta release to developers has a fix for the issue"/>
        <outline text="In a separate unrelated issue there are reports of a unusually high number of 1st Gen TimeCapsules failing all within an eerily similar TimeFrame (ArsTechnica)">
          <outline text="There is now a website set up to track the issue" MediaLinks="Apple Time Capsule Memorial Register &lt;http://timecapsuledead.org/&gt;"/>
          <outline text="The site lists 450 failed units with an average lifespan of 17months 3 days."/>
          <outline text="Mostly 500MB and 1TB units, only 1 2TB unit to date"/>
        </outline>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Apple software updates">
        <outline text="iMovie 8.05">
          <outline text="Improves compatibility with a number of devices and fixes other minor issues."/>
          <outline text="Improved compatibility with camcorders using the iFrame video format"/>
          <outline text="Improved compatibility with importing video captured on the iPod nano"/>
          <outline text="Fixed problems with resizing the iMovie window during playback"/>
          <outline text="iFrame is a new format based on H.264 and AAC audio. Used as native format in 2 new Sanyo cameras."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Performance Update 1.0">
          <outline text="For some MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air models"/>
          <outline text="Addresses intermittent hard drive related pauses reported by a small number of customers."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Pro Applications Update 2009-01">
          <outline text="A revision to Final Cut Studio (2009)."/>
          <outline text="Update includes Final Cut Pro 7.0.1, Motion 4.0.1, Soundtrack Pro 3.0.1, Color 1.5.1, and Compressor 3.5.1."/>
          <outline text="Addresses general compatibility issues, improves overall stability, and addresses a number of other minor issues."/>
        </outline>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Apple edges toward 10% US market share">
        <outline text="Electronista has numbers from IDC showing Apple's share of the US PC market is at 9.4% of shipments"/>
        <outline text="TMO says Gartner has Apple's market share numbers at 8.8% slightly less than the IDC numbers, but still growing in the quarter."/>
        <outline text="35.2% growth from last quarter when Mac market share slipped a little."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Apple has another record quarter">
        <outline text="Anyone who says Apple's prices are too high, isn't looking at Apple's balance sheet. Amazing numbers in a &quot;recession&quot;? Guess Apple didn't get the memo.">
          <outline text="Actually the price war is annoying an the press, like Walt Mossberg, are harping on it too much."/>
          <outline text="This proves why Apple Shouldn't play the bargain price game. They obviously don't need to."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="October 19th 4th Quarter Conference call"/>
        <outline text="Macworld ran down the numbers for Apple's most profitable quarter ever">
          <outline text="Profit of $1.67 billion on revenue of $9.87 billion."/>
          <outline text="Year over year quarter profit gain of 46%. Yearly revenue rose 12%"/>
          <outline text="Apple has 34 billion in cash in the bank. Who says Americans don't save?"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Just over 3 million Macs sold, up 17% from a year ago. A record for Mac sales."/>
        <outline text="iPhone sales up 7% year over year with Apple selling 7.4 million units in the quarter">
          <outline text="iPhone revenue was up 186% from the same quarter a year ago, bringing in $2.3 billion."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="iPods were the bummer.">
          <outline text="Sales down 8% from last year with Apple selling 10.2 million units in the quarter."/>
          <outline text="Holiday season is usually a big time for iPod sales. Unit sales usually double other quarters."/>
        </outline>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Free apps can now go paid">
        <outline text="Apple has opened up in-App purchases for free applications"/>
        <outline text="Developers now can enable features after you pay and also have a potential audit for pirated apps."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Apple celebrates Windows 7 with new Ads">
        <outline text="OK, more like mock and ridicules, but lets not split hairs"/>
        <outline text="3 new Ads, &quot;Broken Promises&quot;, &quot;PC News&quot; , and &quot;Teeter Tottering&quot;"/>
        <outline text="Basic message is that if your going to change OS's why not change to a Mac. The also mention Macs top rating in customer satisfaction. All why taking some shots at the Windows 7 launch."/>
      </outline>
    </outline>
    <outline text="Sponsor">
      <outline text="Circus Ponies">
        <outline text="Notebook" MediaLinks="circusponies.com &lt;http://www.circusponies.com/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Snow Leopard compatible."/>
        <outline text="30-day free trial available"/>
      </outline>
    </outline>
    <outline text="Feedback, Comments and Commentary">
      <outline text="Apple's live product R&amp;D">
        <outline text="20th Anniversary Macintosh">
          <outline text="The first LCD Mac, long before the flat panel iMac. This may be a stretch, but my guess is Apple learned some things about the all-in-one flat panel form factor"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="G4 Cube">
          <outline text="The original &quot;mini&quot;"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Macbook Air">
          <outline text="Lead to unibody construction, longer battery life. Slimmer stronger notebook designs."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Apple TV">
          <outline text="Remains to be seen, but the 'media tablet mac' may have some tricks learned from the Apple TV incorporated into it."/>
        </outline>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Recording Internet Radio">
        <outline text="Listener Christopher was trying to set up an Automator workflow to capture Internet audio">
          <outline text="This would work fine, but depending on the source (iTunes radio in his case) and the app used for recording can get tricky"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Enter the Rogue Amoeba">
          <outline text="Radioshift makes it easy. 50,000 internet radio stations you can tune in, schedule, and record." MediaLinks="rogueamoeba.com/radioshift &lt;http://www.rogueamoeba.com/radioshift/&gt;">
            <outline text="Multiple shows at once, add to itunes, wake and power-on."/>
          </outline>
          <outline text="If you want to get audio from a URL. Audio Hijack Pro can capture in Safari from a URl and you can set up schedules"/>
        </outline>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Add a Trash Folder to the Desktop">
        <outline text="This works for Snow Leopard."/>
        <outline text="In the Finder Choose 'Go'--&gt;'Go to Folder...'"/>
        <outline text="Type '~/.Trash' and hit 'Go'. This will display the hidden .Trash folder in the Finder. Make an alias of this on the Desktop (Option+Command+Drag)"/>
        <outline text="This will make an invisible .Trash alias file on the Desktop, In the Finder choose 'Go'--&gt;'Go to Folder...' again. Type '~/Desktop/.Trash' and hit Go. You will once again see the .Trashes folder (grayed out) in the Finder."/>
        <outline text="Control+Click and choose 'Get Info...' and under the Name &amp; Extension remove the &quot;.&quot;. This will make the Trash alias visible on the desktop."/>
        <outline text="Now you can add a custom icon if you want. Wont show the full/not full states on the Finder."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Add sorting data to iTunes tracks">
        <outline text="Ever had trouble sorting iTunes track by artist or album when it's a compilation or has multiple artists?"/>
        <outline text="Use the 'sorting' tab to add sort data to the track that is different from the displayed data.">
          <outline text="Select the track in iTunes"/>
          <outline text="Choose Get info... and click the 'Sorting' tab"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Can also click the 'Artist' column heading to switch to 'Album by Artist' and 'Album by Year' sorting"/>
        <outline text="Also in info... 'Part of a compilation' checkbox. The in iTunes Preferences 'General' check 'Group compilations when browsing'.">
          <outline text="Artists from compilations will appear together in the Artist list in Browse view."/>
        </outline>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Get iTunes LPs outside of iTunes">
        <outline text="There have been allegations that Apple wants to charge USD $10,000 to produce an iTunes LP and are only currently working with the Major labels to produce them">
          <outline text="According to Macworld Apple has denied this saying they will be releasing an open spec soon."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="TUAW says the folks at iTunesLP.net figured out how to create their own iTunes LPs using standard web technologies and calls to iTunes (HTML, CSS, XML, Javascript, etc.)" MediaLinks="ituneslp.net &lt;http://ituneslp.net/&gt;">
          <outline text="There is also a &quot;TuneKit&quot; javascript library that Apple has in it's LPs. I assume this will become part of the open framework."/>
          <outline text="Show package contents on the iTunes LP .itlp file and there in the 'src' folder."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="They have tutorials and some free LP downloads."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Remove &quot;name&quot; when copying Mail email addresses">
        <outline text="In Snow Leopard's Mail.app if you copy an email address (click the little down triangle and choose copy email address...), you get not just the address, but the full name and email surrounded in &lt;&gt;'s. Awful for pasting."/>
        <outline text="Over on the eCamm MacDaddy World blog they uncover a Terminal command to activate a hidden preference and turn that off. (via TUAW)" MediaLinks="macdaddyworld.com &lt;http://macdaddyworld.com/2009/09/14/fixing-copy-address-in-mail-on-10-6/&gt;">
          <outline text="Open Terminal and type: 'defaults write com.apple.mail AddressesIncludeNameOnPasteboard -bool NO'"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Our use Secrets from Blacktree" MediaLinks="secrets.blacktree.com &lt;http://secrets.blacktree.com/&gt;">
          <outline text="Install the Secrets System Preference Pane."/>
          <outline text="If running Quit Mail."/>
          <outline text="Choose Mail from the list on the left"/>
          <outline text="Uncheck the 'Include names when copying email addresses option'."/>
          <outline text="Relaunch Mail."/>
        </outline>
      </outline>
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    <outline text="Closing">
      <outline text="Podcast Marketplace">
        <outline text="Thanks to my sponsors">
          <outline text="Circus Ponies" MediaLinks="circusponies.com &lt;http://www.circusponies.com/&gt;"/>
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      </outline>
      <outline text="&quot;Fall for You&quot; by Secondhand Serenade">
        <outline text="From Mevio's Music Alley " MediaLinks="musicalley.com &lt;http://www.musicalley.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=ca46ce8eef0067b607399ed021c5d91a&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Artists web site" MediaLinks="myspace.com/secondhandserenade &lt;http://www.myspace.com/secondhandserenade&gt;"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="EOL: iPhone Controlled Vehicle">
        <outline text="The &quot;Spirit of Berlin&quot; is an iPhone controlled Mini Van project out of Germany" MediaLinks="robotics.mi.fu-berlin.de &lt;http://robotics.mi.fu-berlin.de/pmwiki/pmwiki.php&gt;"/>
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