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Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For December 19th, 2005 Direct Links: MP3 Version or AAC Version, (thanks to Michael, aka Computernap!). The new iMac is the focus of tonight’s show. Both Dave and John had a chance to review ths iMac separately, and this episode is their first chance to talk…

Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For November 12th, 2005 Direct Links: MP3 Version. Doing the show from Dave’s hotel room at the Podcast and Portable Media Expo in Ontario, California, Dave and John talk through their experiences at the show, then segue into discussing different ways to get DVD video onto…

Feral Interactive on Monday announced that it will bring Black & White 2 to the Mac in early 2006. The company published the first iteration of the Lionhead Studios game, which challenged players to decide whether they wanted to be a malevolent god or a benevolent one to their followers in a world known as…

Apple announced across the board upgrades to the PowerBook line at a special press event Wednesday. The 15 and 17-inch models received brighter, higher resolution screens and 22 percent better battery life, and an 8x SuperDrive DVD/CD burner is now standard across the PowerBook line. The 15-inch PowerBook sports a 1440×960 resolution display, and the…

Autodesk announced an agreement to acquire Alias on October 4, 2005. If approved, the cash deal will cost Autodesk US$182 million. Alias is the 3D special effects software company best know for its Maya and MotionBuilder tools that are used in major motion pictures. Alias representatives have told The Mac Observer that the Mac version…

Google recently began notifying various companies advertising Apple related products and services that specific ads are being blocked because of trademark violations. The notices have left many bewildered, considering that some of the ads have been online for months. TidBITS editor, Adam Engst, reported on his problems, which are only partially resolved. Last week, Mr.…

Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For September 26th, 2005 Direct Links: Enhanced/AAC Podcast or MP3 Version Travel-related Gadgets are the topic of this weeks’ Gab between John and Dave. These two self-professed geeks talk through their favorite toys to use when traveling. They also talk through some news items from the…

Fujitsu on Monday took the wraps off its first Mac-compatible scanner. ScanSnap is a double-sided color PDF scanner with a 50-page automatic document feeder and Adobe Acrobat 7.0 software included. It was designed to quickly convert paper documents into PDF files at the touch of a button, scanning at speeds up to 15 pages per…

Iomega announced Thursday the Iomega MiniMax, a hard drive aimed at Mac mini owners, but available only for the European market. The device sports up to a 250 gigabyte hard drive, along with three USB 2.0 and three FireWire ports that act as a hub for the mini. As of this writing, the device is…

Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For August 15th, 2005 Podcast Link: TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab, August 15th, 2005 Due to a broadband outage, John and Dave go low(er) tech this week, at least in terms of the recording methods. That said, the show is still a geek gab, and…

Feral Interactive on Friday announced that it will bring the epic strategy game Imperial Glory to the Mac during the fourth quarter. Set during the Napoleonic Wars of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Imperial Glory lets players control one of five nations — France, Great Britain, Prussia, Russia or Austria — and decide…

Apple Computer has introduced a new upgrade option to .Mac subscribers giving them the option of upgrading their bandwidth as well as storage space. Users can now bump up from the standard 250 megabytes (MB) of storage and 3 gigabytes (GB) monthly data transfer maximum to 1,024MB of storage and a 10GB monthly data transfer…

Feral Interactive on Thursday announced that later this year it will publish Lionhead Studios’ Fable: The Lost Chapters for the Mac. The role-playing game was released for Xbox last year and is also currently in development for the Windows XP operating system. Feral said in a statement that the title represents “a significant strengthening” of…

Apple Computer’s Mac mini and the iPod shuffle told first place gold in this year’s Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEAS), with the Airport Express receiving a second place silver recognition. The competition, sponsored by Business Week magazine and the Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA), gave a total of three awards to Apple and its…

CodeWeavers on Wednesday announced that its CrossOver technology, which enables Linux users to run Windows applications on their computers, will support Macs once Apple makes the move to Intel processors next year. CrossOver was built on UNIX, as was Mac OS X, but the technology wasn’t previously available in the Mac world because it requires…