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    Music is Say Anything by Manda and the Marbles
    Mandaandthemarbles.com
News
  Apple adds NBC Universal shows to iTunes line up
    Apple added several new shows from NBC, Sci Fi, and USA Networks to the TV section of iTunes
    Shows include
      NBC - Law & Order, The Office, Surface, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan OBrien. As well as classics, Alfred Hitchock Presents (1950s), Dragnet (1960s), Adam-12 (1970s), and Knight Rider (1980s).
      The Sci Fi channel - Battlestar Galactica and Battlestar Galactica Miniseries
      USA Networks - Monk
    Tonight Show and Conan content appear o be mostly segments, with some hour long "specials" costing $9.99
    Of course the new additions are US only for now.
    Although no talks have happened yet, ESPN has also recently expressed an interest in talking with Apple about a content deal.
  Apple will use iTunes Video to drive Hardware Sales
    American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu said the company made it clear that paid video offerings on iTunes are being sold in order to help drive hardware sales.
    Apple views content as strategic, choosing to break-even while leaving the majority of the profit to the content owners.”
    VP of iTunes Eddy Cue and CFO Peter Oppenheimer made it no secret that the company’s is to expand their library of video offerings.
  Synaptics will again supply iPod Click Wheels
    Earlier this year, Apple abandoned Synaptics and its proprietary click-wheel technology and circuitry for the nano in favor of its own proprietary application based on a part manufactured by Cypress Semiconductor Corp.
    Cypress has been unable to keep up with increased holiday demand.
    Its also not known chips from Synaptics are using Apples own proprietary application or if the chip is using Synaptics software solution.
  Apple launches iPod 101 site
    To help new iPod owners become familiar with their iPods
    The site has guides for using hardware and software including video and photo management, iTunes Music Store and using calendars and notes.
    The web site
    Look and feel similar to Apples Mac 101 site
  Sonys "rootkit" CD appear to have hidden iPod code
    Princeton researchers doing work deconstructing SonyDMGs DRM CDs discovered the code
    The software had a hidden component that could convert songs from the CD, or other ordinary MP3s, into a file compatible with Apples copy protected FairPlay format.
    Whats worse, it appears to be using open-source, yet copyrighted code.
    EMI has recently claimed to have similar technology from Macrovision in the works. Apple denies EMIs claims.
  Apple store coming to Sheffield, UK
    The Apple Store Meadowhall will open Saturday December 10th at 9:00 AM in Sheffield, England.
    Meadowhall is Apple’s fifth store in the U.K. Other locations are Manchester, Kent, Birmingham and London
  Apple stock on the rise
    Up almost 2.25 today closing at 74.05
    The stock has more than doubled so far this year from about $32 in January.
    Some analysts are predicting the rise to continue up over $86 in the next 12 months
Feedback, Comments and Commentary
  How To Save iTunes TV Show Previews
    From Andrew Escobar.com
    1) In iTunes right click on a song, video, or album art on the page your interested in, and select “Copy iTunes Music Store URL.”
    2) Visit Debug iTunes Music Store.
    3)Past the URL in the field provided and submit.
    4) In return the XML markup of the page is sent back. (right+click and view source on the frame, search for the "previewURL" key). Your looking for a url that end in .m4v as these are the video preview files. Copy a url.
    5) Past the url in your browser. In Safari, open the Downloads window and past the url.
      If you paste the URL in Safari you will get a grey image, but if you save out the file (Quicktime Pro) it will play fine.
    6) Move/Copy the file into iTunes.
  Audio Recording on a 5G iPod
    Play question from Jason
    Does offer high quality recording

      Low (22.050 KHz, mono)
      High (44.1 KHz, stereo)

    Needs to connect via the dock connector and there are no devices yet. No iTalk yet.
  Additional Intel Mac Switch Concerns
    Listener Brian is wondering about Classic apps and peripherals like printers and scanners
    First know what you are in for!
    It is my understanding Classic is not supported. Good reason to keep and older Mac around, especially if you have older Mac software (kids games)
    I would think printer and scanner drives would be made available for new devices (1-2 years old), but like other OS X upgrades may not be available for older devices
  Review of CastEasy
    Play review from Blair
    CastEasy
    I still prefer Feeder, but this my be good if you require less control and are overwhelmed by all the Feeder options
  Give your MP3s a memory
    From listener Tod
    In iTunes 6, Select a track and hit Apple-I for Info, select Options tab, look toward the bottom and there is "Remember Playback Position".
    You can also prevent a track from being included in Shuffle playback. Skip when shuffling.
  More Drag and Drop Tips
    Play tips from Quentin
    Can drag photos to Mail and iPhoto as well.
  8 Mac Preventative Maintenance Tips
    Listener Darin pointed out this helpful article on MacWorld
    Has a great table listing all the top Mac Utilities and their features
    Some examples
      Verify Preferences - These can become corrupt. You can verify them from the command line or Jonathan Nathan’s free Preferential Treatment application
      Repair Permissions - Use Disk Utility or an app like Cocktail or Onyx
      Delete Cache and Log Files
      Update your pre-bindings
  Another GarageBand sharing site
    Listener Richard recommends MacIdols
    They also have a podcast featuring the music
  Workaround for iPod Photo Syncing Issues
    Play tip from Brian
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