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  Opening Music
    Music is Say Anything by Manda and the Marbles
    Mandaandthemarbles.com
News
  Mystery Mac Mini Connector
    Could it be for an integrated iPod dock?
    Has a Firewire controller and connectors
  Stream audio to AirPort Express from any program
    Airfoil from Rouge Amoeba
  Apple 24 hr Chat support
    Available to iMac Customers who purchased in the last 90 days
  iTunes Downloads pass 300 Million
    Apple stated that the total purchases and downloads from the iTunes Music Store have topped the 300 million mark
  More "Asteroid" Breakout Box Evidence
    AppleInsider has found a hidden .tiff file within GarageBand 2 labeled "asteroid.tiff".
      The file appears incomplete and is unable to be opened, but can be clearly seen in the package contents.
    sources told AppleInsider that Apple has "postponed the project indefinitely" due to poor initial execution.
    MacRumors readers have found within iLife '05 Install DVD/Individual Packages/Packages /GarageBandApp20.pkg/Contents/ Archive.pax.gz - Asteroid Max Volume, Asteroid Min Volume, Asteroid Slider, Select Asteroid Input and many, many others.
  iSight Revision Due Soon?
    Low levels in the Supply Chain
    Would be the third revision. Version C
  eMacs replace in children's area of some Apple Retail Stores
    Think Secret reports that some stores have replaced eMac in children's area with 17" iMacs
    Possible phase out of eMac at least at Apple Retail
    AppleInsider claims that a revision to the eMac lineup has been in the works for the last six months, and is waiting for Apple to give the go-ahead for a full production ramp.
  Jef Raskin passes away at 61
    Jef Raskin, the interface expert credited for the original Macintosh, passed away this weekend from pancreatic cancer at age 61.
    Raskin joined Apple in 1978 as the 31st employee and spearheaded a small team on a project that would become the Macintosh.
    Credited with naming the Macintosh after his favorite fruit.
    Raskin left Apple in 1982 after a falling-out with Steve Jobs.
  Migilia Technology announces Evolution TV
    Mac Personal Video Recorder (PVR)
    USB 2.0 connectivity
    MPEG-2/4 and DiVX hardware compression.
    TitanTV scheduling
    iCal and iMovie integration
  More Apple Reseller Stores Close
    Canadian reseller First Avenue closes after 20 years
    Ottawa-based B.Mac Le Magasin Inc., which closed three of its four stores in the Montreal by September 2004
    Apple will open Toronto store on May 21st
    Florida-based MacCenter ceased consumer sales, business sales and service for Apple products as of February 28, 2005.
Thoughts, Comments, Emails and Feedback
  Troy - Answer to Bill's Powerbook DVD burner issue
    Play audio
  Users reporting Dim Mac Minis
    Listener Daniel reports that many Mac Mini owners are reporting having dim screens when attached to VGA devices.
  Entourage to PC Attachment Fix
    Listener reported attachments arriving to PC users as .DAT files
    Play audio feedback
    The problem is with Entorage's default encoding which is AppleDouble Byte
  Gary Question on Map Software
    Play audio question
    Mac equivalent to MS Streets and Trips
  Matt Hack to use Shuffle on more than one computer
    Shuffle can only be attached to one copy of iTunes
  Jeffery - Camino vs. Firefox
    Firefox replaced Camino as far as I know.
    Both based on Mozilla open source browser from Netscape
  Manuel - Saft IDN Spoofing Fix Plug-in for Safari
    Displays alert in Safari warning of possible spoof
    Compatibility problem with PithHelmet recommended earlier
  Sam - Safari Plug-in to block Pop-Unders
    Play audio comment
  Aswad - Pod2Go Review
    Play audio review
  Apple Stuff on the Cheap
    Mark mentions iPod closeouts at MacMall
      4GB Mini $179 and 40GB Photo for $379 ($50 more than current 30GB)
    Cody 14 and looking for older iBook with Warranty
      Look at Apple certified products
      PowerMax Pre-Owned
        90-day warranty
  Darrell - Bluetooth Mouse issue
    Mouse isn't recognized when waking from sleep on PowerBook 1.5GHz
    Has to open up bluetooth file exchange and try to browse the mouse. That obviously doesn't work, but it does get the Powerbook to probe the mouse-- after which the mouse works.
Closing
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  You're a Friend by Flying Public
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    Official band web site