Show notes for Mac Geek Gab Podcast For Sunday, September 30th, 2007 Direct Links: MP3 Version or AAC Enhanced Version (courtesy of eval(unescape(‘%64%6f%63%75%6d%65%6e%74%2e%77%72%69%74%65%28%27%3c%61%20%68%72%65%66%3d%6d%61%69%6c%74%6f%3a%6d%6a%6f%68%6e%73%74%6f%6e%40%6d%61%63%6f%62%73%65%72%76%65%72%2e%63%6f%6d%3e%4d%69%63%68%61%65%6c%20%4a%6f%68%6e%73%74%6f%6e%3c%2f%61%3e%27%29’))Michael Johnston). At the Podcast and New Media Expo, John and Dave share their reactions from what they saw at the show, products and sessions alike. And, of course, being on the road…
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Podcast - Apple Weekly Report: iPhone Update, Microsoft Office 2008, and Amazon MP3
Direct Link: MP3 Version Apple dropped all kinds of updates this week, including the long-awaited iPhone 1.1.1 update with support for the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store. Amazon launched its competitor to the iTunes Store, and Apple’s general counsel moved on to greener pastures. What’s it all mean? Jeff and Bryan try to figure that out…
Intel's Montevina Chip Will Bring HD Video
Recently, Intelis Paul Otellini at the Intel Developer Forum demonstrated support for blue-laser optical formats that promise robust support for high definition video in PCs within a year, according to EDN. The Montevina chip is a refresh of the Santa Rosa platform that will bring desirable improvements to video decoding, said EDNis Senior Technical Editor…
Jobs Makes Forbes Top Billionaire List
Apple CEO Steve Jobs landed on the Forbes 400 list of top billionaires for 2007. He may not have come in at first place, but a billionaire is still a billionaire. The threshold for the 25th anniversary Forbes 400 list was US$1.3 billion, and Mr. Jobs cleared that with room to spare. He came in…
The 3ware Sidecar SATA II Hardware Desktop RAID
Video pros and prosumers serious about their storage needs have long had a variety of choices in the realm of FireWire RAIDs.? The 3ware Sidecar from AMCC brings another option that offers higher performance through a SATA II RAID enclosure. Featuring four hot-swappable bays (up to 3 TB of storage), a hardware RAID controller (Raid…
Apple CEO Subpoenaed in Heinen Backdating Case
The SEC sued Ms. Heinen in April claiming she inappropriately backdated stock option grants for company executives including a 7.5 million share grant to Mr. Jobs. Mr. Jobs later surrendered the options without exercising them. Apple was the focus of an SEC investigation for allegedly backdating stock option grants to be more favorable to the…
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Podcast - Apple Weekly Report: Apple and FCC Auctions, iTunes Movie Rentals, and iPhone Sales
Direct Link: MP3 Version This week Jeff and Bryan take a look at the pending FCC radio frequency auction, the possibility of iTunes movie rentals, Apple’s one million iPhone mark, and the $100 credit for early iPhone buyers. The Apple Weekly Report will be included in TMO’s main RSS feed, and also in its own…
YML Tonight: Steve Chazin and John Gruber
Your Mac Life (YML), with Shawn King, which airs every Wednesday night, will feature a chat with Steve Chazin, a former Apple VP of Marketing and John Gruber of the Daring Fireball. Shawn King said that tonightis show will be all about selling things – How Apple sells to you, why Apple sells to you…
Flying Meat Software Releases Acorn Image Editor
Flying Meat Software released on Monday version 1.0 of its image editor software which de-emphasizes palettes and creates a more fluid interface. Described as fast and fluid, Acorn allows the user to take screen shots and edit the right away, chain together image filters, use layer-based image editing, and has plug-in support. “Acorn feels right,…
Ted Landau's User Friendly View - Apple's New iPods: Which One to Buy?
Pity the poor consumer who just decided to get their very first iPod this holiday season. That’s assuming there is anyone left that does not already possess an iPod of some sort. This mythical consumer is faced with choosing from among five different iPod models, as announced at the Apple event on September 5, each…
Ihnatko - Andy's Thoughts on New iPods, Price Drop, Starbucks & More
When Apple announces a big media event, it’s sort of a mixed blessing. Thanks to you little bastards who prefer not to "pay" "money" for "information," even internationally-beloved tech pundits who work for great metropolitan newspapers can’t afford to spend $600 to fly 3,000 miles just for a big press conference. Nope, I stayed home…
Cringely: iPhone Pricing Incident Tightly Scripted
Bob Cringely, an expert observer of Apple and Steve Jobs, wrote at PBS on Friday that the entire iPhone incident, from price reduction to public letter and store credit was a tightly scripted exercise in marketing and ego gratification. “This week?s iPhone pricing story, in which Apple punished its most loyal users by dropping the…
Micronet Introduces MegaDisk NAS with iTunes Server
Micronetis G-Force MegaDisk NAS
Adobe Font Folio 11 Adds 170 New Fonts
Font Folio 11 also added an updated Adobe Type Library, enhanced linguistic support, and is available in 5-, 10-, or 20-computer configurations. It will be available on September 6 with prices starting at US$2,599. Upgrade pricing starts at $1,599.
Big Media Risks Hardball with Apple
Big media wants to avoid, in their view, the mistakes of the music industry made with Apple, and may be considering joining Universal/NBC in hardball tactics. However, the business opportunity with Apple is compelling, and media executives are carefully weighing their options, according to Reuters on Wednesday. The stakes are high on both sides. The…
Eudora 8 Blends Eudora, Thunderbird Features
The first public beta of the Eudora 8 email client application was officially released this week. The new version is based on the open source Thunderbird email applications, but retains many of the features found in older versions of Eudora. Eudora 8 and its new Thunderbird look. Although it is a public beta, this is…
Microsoft Loses ISO Vote on OOXML Format
Microsoft has been promoting their OOXML document format as an ISO standard, however in a recent ISO/IEC technical committee vote, the format was denied acceptance as an ISO standard, according to Redmondmag on Tuesday. Microsoftis OOXML document format, to be used in Office 2008 for Macs and Office 2007 for PCs is similar to the…
Podcast - Mac Geek Gab #118: Reviewcast: Wi-Fire, Fireworks, AppFresh, & CSSEdit
Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For Monday, September 3rd, 2007 Direct Links: MP3 Version or AAC Enhanced Version (courtesy of eval(unescape(‘%64%6f%63%75%6d%65%6e%74%2e%77%72%69%74%65%28%27%3c%61%20%68%72%65%66%3d%6d%61%69%6c%74%6f%3a%6d%6a%6f%68%6e%73%74%6f%6e%40%6d%61%63%6f%62%73%65%72%76%65%72%2e%63%6f%6d%3e%4d%69%63%68%61%65%6c%20%4a%6f%68%6e%73%74%6f%6e%3c%2f%61%3e%27%29’))Michael Johnston). In this Reviewcast, John and Dave review the Wi-Fire, Fireworks, AppFresh, and CSSEdit. Don’t miss it! Sponsor: BrowseBack, from SmileOnMyMac: Your visual history tool for the web. Searchable, viewable,…
Akamai Bringing True HD Capability to Internet
Akamai Technologies, Inc. has announced that they have developed the technologies for a consistent, high-definition TV delivery over the Internet. Their system will deliver 1080i and 1080p using VC-1 and MPEG-4 video standards. “As broadband connectivity becomes more ubiquitous, users are demanding ? and frankly should expect ? a high-quality, high-definition video experience on the…
Take A Look At These Two: WordService And You Control: Tunes
Mac fans have a world class user interface in OS X, but no matter how good it is it can never be perfect for everyone, which is why there are so many third party applications for tweaking and enhancing OS X and Apple native apps. Iive stumbled on to two such apps that I think…
iPod Hype Drives AAPL Up
Interest and speculation over what music-related announcements Apple has in store for its September 5 media event has caught the eye of investors. The Mac and iPod maker’s stock has been climbing for the past few days, and topped US$137 Thursday morning. Rumors and predictions over what Apple will spring run from new touch screen…
Editorial - Technical Betrayal Creates Desperadoes
Modern technology companies are often faced with the prospect of making a lot of money, but at the cost of a technical betrayal of their customers. That’s not surprising. What is surprising is that they become oblivious to the consequences as they create a culture of technical desperadoes. Two articles on Monday caught my attention…
AAPL Climbs Following Media Announcement
Although Apple is keeping quiet about what it plans to announce at next Wednesdayis media event in San Francisco, most people are expecting updated iPod models. Rumors claim that the next iPod release will feature models running OS X with touch-sensitive controls similar to the iPhoneis media controls. Appleis media event will be held at…