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  Opening Music
    Music is Say Anything by Manda and the Marbles
    Mandaandthemarbles.com
Expo Report
  The Podcasting and Portable Media Expo
    Special shoutout to Victor from the TypicalPC User Podcast
    Took time out to help me get to the Apple Store Victoria Gardens in Rancho Cucamonga
News
  Concierge launched, looks slick
    I wish they had this when I went with Victor
    Very nice "front row" like interface.
    Schedule appointments by category, iPod, Mac, OS X, Switching and One on One Training
    Pro Care customers up to one week in advance, everyone else same day.
  MacWorld Rumors are getting out of hand
    Intel processors, iMacs, iBooks and Mac Minis
      Think Secret claims to have info from the same sources that leaked the Mac Mini and iPod Photo
        Intel iBooks with the line expanded and up to a $200 price drop
    New iPod Shuffle, smaller than a stick of gum similar sizes and pricing, possibly in multiple colors
    My theory of Apples new "leak everything" strategy. Obfuscate and confuse.
  EMI needs to get their story straight
    First their chairman, Alan Levy came out and said would have differential pricing on the iTunes Music Store in 12 months.
    Then they stated that their currently Windows only DRMd CDs would be iTunes and iPod compatible soon.
    Apple had no response to the pricing and publicly denied they would have compatibility with the EMI discs
    EMI may be trying to use Apples rep to distance their Macrovision based DRM technology from Sonys
  iPod battery settlement appealed, but not by Apple
    A notice on the site confirms the decision was appealed
    Settlement benefits will depend on the out come of the appeal which could take a year or more
    Apple representative said they were not appealing the settlement and offered no further comment
  Security vulnerability discovered in iTunes
    eEye Digital Security discovered a vulnerability that could allow attackers to remotely control a computer
    This flaw existed on the earlier version of iTunes 6 for Windows and was not addressed by the newest security update. They are testing to see if the flaw could effect OS X
    The flaw could allow malicious code to be launched remotely when a link is clicked in a web site or email
    No reports of anyone actually using the exploit
  Apple COO appointed to Nike Board
    Apples COO Tim Cook was appointed to the Nike Board of Directors
  Motorola plans new ROKR for 2006
    New features expected include a 1 megapixel camera, a 3.5mm earphone jack, capacity to hold 1000 songs, and a "sleek new look".
  Company to offer non-iTunes DRMd music for iPods
    A company called Navio claims to have reverse engineered Apples FairPlay technology and plans to allow music companies to sell songs that will play on iPods without going through Apple’s iTunes store.
    This is similar to what Real Networks did a while back.
  FrontRow 1.0.1 Update released
    Front Row Update delivers overall improved reliability and compatibility for browsing music, photos, and videos on your iMac.
Feedback, Comments and Commentary
  Another Apple Store Opening this Weekend
    Trafford Centre in Manchester (UK). Thanks to Eddie for pointing that out.
  Tip on sharing and storing iTunes/iPhoto libraries
    Play comment from Ed
    The problem I had with aliases
  How to use a standard camcorder A/V cable with your 5G iPod
    Get a 1/8" 3-band to RCA camcorder A/V cable.
    The trick is Apple reconfigured the connections
      Plug the red RCA plug into your TVs yellow RCA jack.
      Plug the yellow RCA plug into your TVs white RCA jack.
      Plug the white RCA plug into your TVs red RCA jack.
  Tip to improve 5G responsiveness
    Play tip from Dan
  Address Book learns some PhotoBooth tricks
    Can use a camera (iSight) attached to your Mac to take an Address Book picture.
    Kory points out that in OS 10.4.3 it has the same 3,2,1 countdown as in Apples new PhotoBooth software
  Customizing your Macs interface
    Play question from Jonathan
    Panic CandyBar
    Iconfactory for icons
      Pixadex for management (iPhoto for icons)
    Unsanity. Haxies and Application Enhancers (APE)
      ClearDock
      ShapeShifter
    ResExcellence site for info on customizing your Mac interface
      Site crashed so its down at the moment
  Screen issues appearing with new 15" PowerBooks
    Listener Onno reports on a disturbing development with the screens on some 15" Powerbook
    Information on this site
    The screens have anomalies that look like "scanlines" or a "screen" pattern across the display. Alternating lines of lighter and darker lines.
    I dont know. The photos are really close up and when you look that close on any LCD you do see the "grid" of LCDs. The first image that looks like scanlines does appear to be a defect.
  10.4.3 update and monitor resolution issues
    Play comment from Trevor
    Switch Res from Madrau
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  "Sex in a Box" by Granian
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