tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99163062009-02-22T20:39:24.385-06:00Views from Mac user, tech-addict, author and newspaper publisher Todd Stauffer.iToddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08283574225847501904noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9916306.post-48538944946219679452007-04-15T20:24:00.000-05:002007-04-15T21:17:09.975-05:00

The Apple TV device won't download movies and songs directly from the Apple iTunes Store, acting more like an "iPod for your TV" according to reviews this week, including this MacBreak Weekly episode. Instead, the device can sync with a Mac or PC running iTunes, downloading predetermined content to the Apple TV. It can also stream shows and audio from a number of machines running iTunes, as long

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Some of my friends and colleagues in the Crossroads Film Society have put together this commercial for our spring festival. Enjoy:

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Listen to the new show, or subscribe to this blog's feed in your favorite podcatcher (iTunes, Juice, etc.)http://www.wlezfm.com/podcasts/jfp4_6_07.mp3

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All you gotta do is link?

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Hilarious observation by Seth Godin regarding the look-and-feel of M$ executives at the Vista launch. Sez Seth:I absolutely adore this photo from the Times. Not one smile in the bunch, never mind ebullience, mania or even pleasant anticipation.View the image: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/01/wow.html

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Interesting blog entry over at 10 Layers. Call it ambitious math, but the idea is that if Apple and Microsoft stayed on exactly the same revenue-growth arcs that they're currently on, Apple would overtake Microsoft in the next five years. Some comments have pointed out that Apple is unlikely to sustain the growth that it has experienced from the iPod, as it would require a revolutionary product

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A great piece by Gary Kamiya in Salon today discusses some of the trials and tribulations of media outlets that allow and/or encourage comments on their sites and blogs. Within the alternative newsweekly world, this is a point of consternation among editors and writers who traditionally have relied on strong Letters to the Editors pages to get feedback from their readers while maintaining a

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Yes, yes, yes...of course it concerns me that Google is trying to take over the world. But I can't seem to help it -- I keep using Google products. Me, the guy, for political reasons, who has stepped foot only twice in a Wal-Mart over the past eight years -- once to return items bought by a project manager I was working with, and another time to buy a microwave pizza for my hotel room in Natchez,

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Something extraordinary happened yesterday -- I called tech support and actually got help that was more helpful than I was able to find through Google reading messageboards and whatnot. The end result was that my Blackberry 7250, which I was trying to use as a tethered modem for the HP laptop that I've been using to write my book, actually started working as a tethered modem for the HP laptop.

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Cross-posted from Jackson Free Press:You’ve got to feel as sorry as you possibly can for the richest man in the world. After all, here’s Bill Gates on Monday, giving the keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show, one of the largest technology shows on the planet, and he’s one of the most important people in the history of modern computing. He’s amassed a fortune by being perhaps the person

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After a cursory glance at the Mac rumor sites, I have the following WAGs (Wild Ass Guesses) to make about what's coming to Macworld this week. The hype from Apple suggests it could be good, so we'll see.- iTV (100%) Obviously since it's already been announced then Jobs will at least talk about it more, if not roll it out as available. Again, if it downloads and stores video directly from the

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I plan to blog over the next few months about the fact that I'm currently doing a fair bit of my freelance work on a Windows PC. It's a short story -- my PowerBook G4 ran into a little snag a few days ago, forcing me to transfer the drive from my PowerBook to a Mac Mini in my office. That's what I'm using now for newspaper business.Unfortunately, that left me without a laptop, and I need

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Those of us who watch a little too much football between teams that don't matter to us personally are probably doing it so that we can witness a game like the Frito-Lay Cool Ranch Tostito Dippers Fiesta Bowl that I just watched between Boise State and OU. OK, so I hate OU from my childhood in Dallas and for them having foisted, indirectly, Barry Switzer on my once-beloved Cowboys. If you didn't

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We watched "The Devil Wears Prada" a few nights ago (another Hollywood video pickup at the behest of Ms. D. because I'd failed to get it into my NetFlix queue in time for the weekend) and I couldn't help but notice that our heroine, throughout the story, is carrying what looks to be a Sidekick III. I, of course, immediately upon seeing the film decided that it'd been too long since I'd obsessed

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Is it conceivable that, just maybe, Apple hasn't given us the whole story on iTV yet? Sure, it's cool if it's sorta a streaming network hub that connects to your TV so you can play back downloaded videos. That makes it an AirPort Express with video out ports right? (And, presumably, a processor that's needed to do some decoding for H.264 on the fly.)So why does it have a USB port? For a keyboard

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As you've no doubt seen, Apple shipped a record number of Macs in its fourth quarter, which, aside from the education buying season, is often a slow one for Mac sales. By all accounts, the move to Intel processors is the deciding factor, with other reports showing that increasing numbers of buyers are considering Macs because they have Intel chips and, thus, a perceived compatibility with the

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I've decided that I'm in the market for a new Mac of some sort...the PowerBook G4 1GHz 12-inch model that I have right now has been servicable, but I'm starting to notice the slowdowns a bit more prominently. Plus, I've got a new book to start working on that will require a cross-platform approach -- meaning screenshots in both Windows and Mac OS X -- so an Intel-based Mac would be darned

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Businessweek asks the burning question as to whether Apple's recently pre-announced iTV could be a trojan horse designed to get Apple into the living room so that it can take over the gaming console world. The question: "Could Apple Become Games Console King?" The answer: "Sure, but probably not." While iTV may in fact be the answer to a alot of questions, those answers are in Steve Jobs

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Apple announced today that Dr. Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, was joining the board of directors. GigaOM suggests that the move is something of an informal alliance between the two companies, which could spell headaches for Microsoft. One interesting observation is the idea that Google is getting close to releasing a suite of office tools online, including the already-beta Google Spreadsheets and

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Perhaps the most disconcerting thing about Apple moving to an Intel-based architecture is the names of the processors; I suppose I'd grown used to the idea of a PowerPC G4 or PowerPC G5 being a simple moniker for processors based on generational technology shifts. In any case, it's now important to content with the news that the move to Core 2 Duo processors for a number of PC notebook

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A recent story at MacNN quotes anaylst Carmi Levy as saying that Apple will "always be a niche player."Well, duh. The move to an Intel-based architecture and the availability of Boot Camp and other solutions for running Windows on new Macs might grow that niche somewhat within corporations, particularly where employees or creative departments who insist on Macs can get a break from IT because the

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I wrote about MacTel Killing Mac Gaming a few weeks ago, then I came across Cider a technology designed to quickly port to the Intel-based Mac games written for Windows API. So, it appears I may have been mistaken...assuming developers decide to take advantage of tools such as Cider and not just fail to release Mac versions, expect Mac gamers to own Windows as well. After all, Windows is an

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I guess it seems obvious...putting an Intel chip in a Mac and allowing it to dual-boot into Windows will kill Mac gaming, despite some see-sawing from game developers. I know that from experience -- in particular, the experience I had playing the game Goldeneye: 007 a few years back.I remember when the game first came out for Mac and I was surprised at the announcement, because it seemed to me

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I imagine I've got the same basic fetish for the movie "Back to the Future" as does the guy who runs Delorean Mac Mini, although I must not have as advanced of a case. (Check it out...he's mounted a Mac Mini in his Delorean, which he uses to project a wide-screen DVD version of "Back to the Future" onto the inside of the car's hood at car shows. Talk about having time on your hands.) I remember

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I've decided I'm in the market for a MacTel Mini if only because I'm going to need to be writing about that Intel processor in the near future. Not thrilled with the prices in the Apple Store, I decided to surf eBay a bit; of course, I'll probably convince myself that I have to go with the more expensive Intel Duo Core model because of the performance issues I've experienced with Intel Single

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