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    Music is Say Anything by Manda and the Marbles
    Mandaandthemarbles.com
News
  iTunes 4.9 is here
    Support for podcasting. go through features.
    Podcasts in MP3 format are "bookmarkable"
    Supports PDF (bok icon) and Video (camera) enclosures.
    Apple reports 1 Million subscriptions in 2 days
  iPod updater released
    For iPod Color, iPod and iPod Mini
    Adds support for Podcasts. Podcast playlist
      Adds podcasts to main menu
      Stationary date on the right side of podcast list
      Pressing button with playing brings up show description
  iPod Updates
    All color iPods. 20 GB Color $299 USD and 60 GB Color $399. 30GB discontinued
    U2 Edition also updated to color, $329 USD
    Price drop on 1GB iPod Shuffle now $129.00 USD
    Still considered 4th generation, not 5th
  Free iPod Mini for college students
    Visit your campus computer store, the Apple Store online or an Apple Store near you. Choose an iBook, PowerBook, iMac or Power Mac, then select your favorite 4GB iPod mini. Or you can apply your $179 savings toward the purchase of a higher priced iPod. But act now. This offer is good only through September 24, 2005.
  Renewed 2nd Gen Shuffle rumors
    3T, UK Gadget Magazine claims they have "reliable" source who say 2GB and 4GB iPod Shuffles are in the works
    Also claim a 8GB iPod Mini is planned with a phase-out of the 4GB.
    No timeline given
Feedback, Comments and Commentary
  iTunes 4.9's impact on the Podosphere
    Play comments from Pelon
  iTunes Podcasts in other countries
    Play comment from Caizer
    Possibly just failed due to overload. I submitted it and it seemed to go.
  How to convince your wife to switch
    Play comment from Jim
  Firefox crashes in Tiger
    Play question from Svante
    Java Embedding Plugin. Allows Mozilla based browsers to use Tigers most recent Java on OS X, 1.5.0
  Questions about the Shuffle
    Play question from Scott
  Connect Mac to TV wirelessly
    Play question from Dylan
    Apple DVI to video adapter ($19.99 USD)
    Radio Shack Wireless TV Extender ($99.00 USD)
  Classic after the switch to Intel
    Play question from Kevin
    Page 67 of Apple’s Universal Binary Programming Guidelines PDF explicitly states that Classic apps are not supported in the Rosetta emulator that runs PowerPC apps on Intel-powered Macs
  A case for timely keyboard repairs
    From Kevin

      "I had the G key on my Powerbook get flipped up, so that it would not
      sit flat. I use the key a couple times to finish an email but then
      didn't use it at all. I took it to my local Apple Store the next day
      and an Apple Genius fixed it in about two minutes. He noted that this
      kind of problem is often fixable but if there is continued use on the
      keyboard prior to repair it could irreparably damage the keyboard,
      resulting in the need to replace the entire unit. It was fixed free,
      too."

  Replacing HD on an iMac G3
    Play question from Brad
    Can be done in 25 easy steps
    One article I saw said to make sure to only use 5400 RPM drives as faster ones are too hot for iMacs. Not sure you can get 3.5" 5400 RPM drives anymore.
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  "Forever" by 28
    Sent in from listener Justin. Singer.
    Band Web Site