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We live in a high-tech, high speed world where everything is abbreviated to accommodate our constantly shrinking attention spans. News is segmented in sound bites lasting only so many seconds, the rides at Disney, while fun, last barely a New York minute, and movie makers often opt for more bang in less time, rather than…

This week is another interesting week in Apple history, as we have the opening of the retail store that single-handedly capitalized Apple’s founding, the sale of Pixar to Steve Jobs, the first executive briefing on Star Trek, and a shootout between NeXT and Be at 12 Infinite Loop. That’s a lot of action for one…

I recently completed a short film as Director of Photography using the Panasonic DVX100A with the intention of blowing up the image to 35mm film for festival releases, and thought I might impart some insight into the recommended settings for such transfers. The short film, titled Oh My God, has recently been selected in the…

Convenience isn’t really my middle name, but it should have been. I love for things to be convenient, and I love convenient things. It’s not uncommon for me to spend half a day tinkering with a macro or script or utility or whatever, hoping to make some repetitive task just a wee bit easier and…

Browsing For A Browser Since it was first introduced, I’ve enjoyed using Safari, Apple’s unique and entirely usable Web browser. What’s not to enjoy? It’s quick, looks great, and is lightweight; you can’t ask for more from a Web browser. Well…yeah, you can. See, while Safari has been my default browser for some time now…

The Financial Times is the latest mainstream news outlet to publish something about Apple’s iPod. The London newspaper took a broad look at the market Apple dominates in an article called "Kids happy to get an Apple in their stocking." The article doesn’t break any ground in the news department, but is a continuation of…

For those novice users of DVD Studio Pro, I thought I might impart a simple little tip when using Apple’s DVD authoring application, specifically, how to create first-play DVDs. First play DVDs are movies that automatically play when placed in a home DVD player, and oftentimes simplify the DVD authoring process by eliminating the need…

iPod owners in Great Britain can now download the Band Aid 20 single from the iTunes Music Store after Apple Computer reached agreement with the charity and its record label over its price. The single, priced at GB�0.79, is currently only available through the UK iTMS (see screen shot below) and not available in the…

After my last column, I received a pantload of responses about the iPod Photo. A lot of readers were wondering why in the world the new iPod Photo could not be used in the field as a storage device for digital cameras. Some readers thought you should be able to omit the computer altogether and…

After Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster surprised the investing community on Monday by raising Apple’s target price from US$52 a share to $100 per share, the markets reacted by shoving Apple’s stock up more than 11%. In very heavy volume of 45.9 million shares trading hands, AAPL closed Monday at 61.35, higher by 6.18 (+11.20%),…

The majority of eighth graders in Maine who received iBooks across the state as part of a new laptop initiative last year have had to go without them this year, as only a quarter of high schools in the state could afford to extend the program to their schools. As the Morning Sentinel reports, however,…

Junk e-mail, more commonly know as spam, clogs inboxes world wide, and wastes millions in thus far vain attempt to curb nuisance. It is likely that no one knows this more than Microsoft chairman Bill Gates: According to the Associated Press, Bill Gates gets millions of spams daily, 4 million to be exact. Steve Ballmer,…

Bloomberg reported late on Wednesday that Apple’s stock will be removed from the Tokyo Stock Exchange on December 25th of this year. Trading at the exchange for AAPL has averaged a mere 1,340 shares per day in 2004, a tiny fraction of the 7.74 million shares per day that trade on the NASDAQ, the US…

It’s early evening on October 12, 2010.  The air has that crisp hydrocarbon laced bite to it that makes you feel both lazy and invigorated at the same time. The sun has just set, and though the chill in the air requires a jacket or sweater, it is still warm enough for you to enjoy…

Creative Technology will spend US$100 million next year to market its portable media devices in a worldwide campaign to grab market share from Apple Computer and its popular iPod player. Creative CEO Sim Wong Hoo is quoting by the Reuters news agency as saying, “the MP3 war has started and I am the one who…