Archive for March, 2008

Disc Cover: Dress Up Your Music and Photos

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

(Via SurfBits.) It’s my Dad’s 90th birthday this week and after spending time working on a multimedia project for the party, I burned a DVD then got out the Sharpie Permanent Marker and wrote “90th Birthday Movie” on the disc. It’s just such a weak link in the chain. You’ve drank endless ...

Good-Bye Desktop PC, Hello iPhone

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

(Via MyAppleMenu.) by Lance Ulanoff, PC MagazineThe vast majority of consumers and businesspeople simply need their PCs to handle e-mails, web browsing, instant messaging, phone calls, word processing, videos, and photos. If they can get all of this from something that fits in their pocket and is ready to do their ...

Amazon Takes On Apple With Copy-Protection-Free Music

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

(Via USA Today.) by Jefferson Graham, USA TodayThe music industry is fianlly comfortable selling digital music without copy protection, but the huge shift hasn't resulted in dramatically higher sales.Instead, it produced something that major music labels have long sought: a strong No. 2 competitor to Apple.

Analysts: Mozilla’s Safari complaints ‘much ado about nothing’

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

(Via MacWorld.) Industry analysts say there's nothing unusual about the way Apple is distributing Safari updates to Windows users, despite complaints from the CEO of Mozilla about the practice.

Yahoo Messenger 7 adds phone, SMS, voicemail, more

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

(Via MacNN.) Yahoo today announced a new version of Yahoo Messenger for Mac that introduces a number of new audio and voice capabilities. Users can now place PC-to-PC calls, as well as Phone Out/In, with a full voice message and SMS service on the Mac. By creating a Phone In account, ...

Make iPhone, Apple Mail, and GMail POP work together

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

(Via Max OSX Hints.) I was really sick of POP GMail and the iPhone not just working. I found several types of hints online, and none would really work for my situation. I use POP on GMail so that I can get mail on my Mac and leave a copy on ...

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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

(Via Mac Mini Photo Pool.) FabioHofnik has added a photo to the pool:

Buy a refurb’d iPod nano, get a $15 gift card

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

(Via Insanely Great Mac.) A sure sign of the apocalypseApple's giving something away

News: Apple posts iPod Reset Utility 1.0.3

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

(Via iLounge.) Apple has released iPod Reset Utility 1.0.3, which allows users of first- and second-generation iPod shuffle models to completely erase all music and data and restore the units back to factory settings when iTunes is unable to do so. On first-generation shuffles, the utility will reinstall iPod Software version ...

The new Apple TV: A true multimedia device

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

(Via ComputerWorld: Mac News.) The Apple TV Take 2 brings iTunes and other features to the device, bringing it closer to its promise of easy and immediate home entertainment.