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    Music is Say Anything by Manda and the Marbles
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News
  Apple's Q2 Earnings better than expected
    Profits of 92 cents a share
      9 cents better than Wallstreet expectations and 26 cents better than Apple's predictions
    Peter Oppenheimer confirmed that Apple sold 270,000 iPhones in 2 days
      AT&T reported 146,000 activations for the same period
    73% increase in profit over the same period last year. $818 million on $5.4 billion in revenue
    Mac shipments up 33%
      1.13 million notebooks
      634,000 desktops
    iPod shipments up 21%
      9.8 million units vs 8.1 in the same period last year
      iPod sales for the quarter accounted for 1.57 billion in revenue
        NPD report iPods account for 71.5% of the uS MP3 player market
        iTunes sales grew 33% year-over-year
        iPods and music related revenue account for 40% of Apple's total for the quarter.
    With iPhones and Apple TV in the mix it is likely that Macs and OS X will account for less than 50% of Apple revenue sources next year
    MacNN is reporting on one intriguing statement made by Oppenheimer.
      He warns of lower than expected earnings next quarter
      Rising NAND prices, high cost back to school programs, and a "product transition" (no details)
  Duke Wi-fi not hit by iPhone
    Last week Duke was blaming outages on iPhones
      intermittent floods or storms of Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) packets) requests were taking 20 to 30 WLAN access points off line for 10 to 15 minutes.
    Kevin Miller, assistant director, communications infrastructure, with Duke’s Office of Information Technology blamed Apple and the iPhone almost outright saying, "I don’t believe it’s a Cisco problem in any way, shape, or form,"
    Cisco discovered that their wireless LAN controllers have “multiple vulnerabilities in the handling of Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) packets. that could result in a denial of service (DoS) in certain environments.”
    Cisco has issued a security advisory alerting customers of the issue and will issue a patch on Friday.
  New Leopard Build not well received
    Rumors that Apple is seeding the first new build of Leopard since WWDC.
    OS 10.5 Preview Release build 9A499
    It is said to offer dramatic performance gains over the prior build, but some developers caution upgrading.
    Report the new build is also "very buggy".
    Worries me a bit since October is not far off.
  iPhone hacking forges on
    Can activate the phone without AT&T. All but phone service.
    Run open source apps from the phone, Apache web server, Python, etc.
    Use the iPhone as a tethered modem on EDGE
    Apple and AT&T have seemed to not care so far?
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  6th Gen iPod won't have the touch
    Think Secret is rumoring
    Will be 1in shorter, click-wheel and same 320x240 display
    Running all new iPod OS. Videos surfaced online this week, but all have been removed by Apple legal. Design has an iPhone feel to interface elements, buttons, etc.
    Black model will have more matte finish (like MacBook).
    May offer colors, like the Nano
    9to5 Mac has a Photshopped "mock-up" and it looks stupid. I call it stubbyPod.
Feedback, Comments and Commentary
  Listener tip and comment from last show
    Play audio from Peter
    I will be coming to Germany likely in late September or early October.
      Gauge interest in a meetup.
  The iPhone Gap
    Brought up in a cNet piece.
    AT&T Says 146,000 activated, Apple says 270,000 sold. Where are the other 124,000 iPhones?
    Activation issue were understated? Anonymous sources say 2% had issues. Account for between 5,500 and 11,000 phones.
    Procrastinators? AT&Ts number are through midnight Saturday.
      Related to this, gifts.
    Profiteering? People buying to sell on-line.
    In transit. Apple's numbers include phones that were shipped to AT&T stores which ran out on Saturday
  I have something to say
    Ryan in our inaugural segment
    How to convince PC holdouts to switch?
  Dvorak is OK with the Mac
    Robert pointed me to Dvorak's Wednesday PC Mag article
    He finds it every bit as good as his PC for everyday use. Office apps, email, web surfing, etc.
    Feels OS X is more solid than Microsoft Windows, but I cannot say why.
    Doesn't plan to switch himself, but is recommending Macs more to people who ask.
  10.4.10 brings Airport Woes to some
    Seems to be some Intel Mac users having issues after the update
    Unreliable and dropped connections to Kernel Panics.
    I am plagued myself, but only on WEP or WPA connections. Isolated to some 3rd party routers?
    Workaround until Apple patches seems to be go wired.
  Migrating data to a new Mac
    Play question from Fuadh
    Mount clone image and use Migration Assistant
  Alternative Paint Apps
    Matt was looking for an app like Paintshop for the PC, but more affordable than Photoshop
    Of course there is PhotoShop Elements
    Graphic Converter, USD $34.95. New version 6
    SeaShore, FREE - Based on GIMP, but Cocoa app.
    Mac GIMP, FREE needs X11
    Pixelmator, new app soon to be in private BETA
    ArtRage 2, USD $25.00 - More like Painter. simulates real world tools
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  New music, "Infinity" by Cruise Control
    Sent in by the Band guitarist Shawn
    The album, "City Life", was all produced with Macs, ProTools, etc.
    Jazz rock
    Artists Web Site
    Buy album on iTunes
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