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  Opening Music
    Music is Say Anything by Manda and the Marbles
    Mandaandthemarbles.com
News
  ABC and NBC to Podcast
    The news outlets are both adding Podcasts
    ABC News is now offering podcast versions of "Good Morning America," "Nightline" and other programs via ABC News.com. They will also create Podcast only shows.
    NBC plans to start podcasting hourly news updates from select cable and network programs in June. The podcasts will include highlights from prime time shows, including MSNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews" and "Countdown with Keith Olbermann."
  Sirius Satellite in talks with Apple
    Sirius Satellite Radio Chief Executive Mel Karmazin told shareholders yesterday the company has talked with Apple Computer about a Sirius-enabled iPod, but that no deal has been struck.
  Intel CEO says consider Apple
    At the D: All Things Digital conference when pressed about security by Mr. Mossberg, Intel CEO Paul Otellini had a startling confession: He spends an hour a weekend removing spyware from his daughter's computer. And when further pressed about whether a mainstream computer user in search of immediate safety from security woes ought to buy Apple Computer Inc.'s Macintosh instead of a Wintel PC, he said, "If you want to fix it tomorrow, maybe you should buy something else."
  iPodder X 3.0 Launched
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    New features
      VBlog support
      RSS Newreader built in
      NewsCaster converts Text to Audio MP3s
      Playlist Builder
      SmartSpace, removes older podcasts
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  IBM to develop 45nm chip process
    IBM and Toppan Printing Co Ltd announced a $200 million deal to jointly develop a 45-nanometer chip making process aimed at production by mid-2007.
    Current G5 chips are produced using a 90nm process. Poor 90nm production yields has been cited for delays in PowerPC shipments and development.
    Smaller manufacturing processes typically increase clock-speeds and decrease costs for the processors
  ATI cards with H.264 Acceleration
    XBitLabs reports that ATI's upcoming Radeon graphics processor will feature hardware acceleration of the H.264 Advanced Video Codec.
    H.264 will be the codec used to encode video for upcoming HD-DVD and Blu-ray disc technologies.
  Apple updates Pages and Keynote
    Pages 1.0.2 addresses issues with page navigation and organization.
    Keynote 2.0.2 corrects a security issue.
  New Apple Magazine ads for Tiger
    The two page print ad shows two Apple Cinema Displays demonstrating Spotlight and Dashboard technologies.
    Can also be found in Fortune, The Economist, The New Yorker, Newsweek, and BusinessWeek.
  Apple Tablet rumors continue
    Guy is reporting on his blog that according to 5 of his sources an Apple table announcement is "imminent".
    Say Intel talks are for tablet technologies
  Bigger Shuffles maybe on the way
    Taiwan's DigiTimes reported that Samsung and Toshiba will supply Apple with 8-gigabit flash memory chips, potentially paving the way for the introduction of Shuffles with 2GB and 4GB capacities. The current models top out at 1GB.
    Remember DigiTimes has been wrong many times before. I think they predicted G5 PowerBooks, seen any of those around yet?
  More Apple Stores in June
    Apple set to launch 3 new stores on June 4th
      Century City (Los Angeles)
      Bridgeport Village (Tualatin, Oregon)
      Green Hills (Nashville, Tennessee
  ProTools HD adds Tiger Support
    Digidesign released an update for its professional music mastering software adding, among other things, support for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger on Pro Tools|HD system.
    Pro Tools LE and Pro Tools M-Powered systems have not been updated yet, but should be coming soon.
  Mac OS 10.4.2 already underway
    Rumor the the next version could be only 45 days away
    Expect to see developer builds as early as next. No details on the enhancements.
Feedback, Comments and Commentary
  Speeding up your Mac
    Play comment from Marty
  Response to syncing Keychain question
    play comment from Shelly
    play comment from Joseph
    play comment from John
  Tip - Secure backups with your iPod
    Play Tip from Simon
  International Keyboard settings and hiding apps on startup
    Play comment from Paul
    System Preferences --> Accounts --> Login items, check hide
    International System Preferences Input Menu to select different keyboards
  Attack of the Help Menus
    Listener rick pointed out that with the recent update, Pages and Keynote now have the same multiplying help menu bug as Quicktime.
  How I backup the MacCast
    Play voicemail from Jesse
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  "Enniscorthy in a Bottle" by The Bloody Irish Boys
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