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Links for Monday, September 11, 2006

September 11, 2006

What is pretexting?I’ve only kinda sorta followed the whole HP fiasco, but here is Valleywag’s explanation of what the hell pretexting is. New InfluencersDraft chapters of the new book Paul Gillin about blogging and the influence it has in the world. Paul wrote the book to “help marketers understand the changes that social media are [...]

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Eric Schmidt joins Apple’s Board roundup

August 31, 2006

(image from Valleywag) Oh boy. I do love the interweb some days. Being a long time Apple nerd, I’ve been through a number of rumors of x acquiring Apple, Apple acquiring x, what does x mean? Frankly folks, we’ve been here before. Here’s the round up of “news” surrounding Eric Schmidt joining Apple’s board. Is [...]

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Thursday Links

August 24, 2006

Apple’s having a bad week… Apple settles with Creative for $100mmI’ve got no real opinion on this other than, it sucks for Apple to lose a UI/Look and Feel case twice, once for each side. Oy. Of course, I’d take Apple’s market share minus $100 million in cash any day. Apple recalls 1.8 million laptop [...]

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Monday Links

August 21, 2006

Why Apple should buy YouTubeThis will never happen, but it’s fun to talk about. Apple has a long history of not doing big acquisitions (NeXT excepted). Fact is, Apple (a) could build a crappy version of YouTube that integrates nicely into iLife or (b) just sit back and wait for one of the numerous companies [...]

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Friday MacPro links

August 11, 2006

WWDC has come and gone and many were left disappointed. Folks, WWDC is about the Mac. It’s not about the “iTunes Music/TV Shows/Movies/Games/ Books/whatever other rumor there is out there” store. Nor is about an iPod that slices, dices and julians. Nor was it about iPhones that Steve may or may not be showing off [...]

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WWDC rumor roundup

August 4, 2006

Personally, my money is on just speed bumps, OS X.5 and natch, the Mac Pro. It’s WWDC, baby. It’s all about the Mac. We might see one more thing, but ultimately, it’s about the Mac. TUAW roundupWWDC banner – Engadget“a dizzying amount of new products.” – ScobleLeopard Feature Set Leaked – PowerPage

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Monday links

July 24, 2006

Mergers, wikis and movies, oh my! AMD buys ATIAre any TLA companies starting with “A” safe from this insanity? SocialText goes open source and JotSpot goes 2.0Two wikis enter, one wiki leaves. Will the open source wonder take down its more usable, more expensive foe? Amazon to offer movie downloadsJobs better get their service out [...]

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Jessica Simpson track is NOT DRM free

July 23, 2006

While the blogging world is falling all over itself in praise of Yahoo!’s release of the so-called “DRM-free” Jessica Simpson track (I won’t even comment on the fact that the track is from Jessica Simpson, oy), I think that the music industry is indicating how desperate they are to break from the iTunes hegemony that [...]

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Monday Links

July 17, 2006

Movielink to allow movies transferred to DVD Didn’t they already do that? Maybe it was the other guys. Build your own iPod HiFiTwo in wall speakers, $200. Two dead Mac Classics, $25. Retro iPod HiFi, priceless. Yahoo! to the 9′sDaily video feature of the top 9 videos from the web. No podcast, so you gotta [...]

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EyeTV meet FrontRow, FrontRow meet EyeTV

July 15, 2006

I’ve been a mostly happy user of EyeTV for about a year now (I’ve got the EyeTV 500 for recording digital TV signals), but I’d always hoped that they would go the 10 foot interface route. I use EyeTV in our kitchen and record programs mainly for my daughter and to stream signals to a [...]

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Wednesday’s Links

June 28, 2006

OS X 10.4.7 released and hasn’t destroyed my machine yet. Apple swapping out dirty MacBooks? Warning: Don’t let PigPen use your MacBook [Via Engadget] Gizmodo Sidekick 3 hands-on Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world’s smallest Sidekick. Sidekick 3 will be that Sidekick. Better than [...]

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Monday links

June 26, 2006

Digg goes to 3.0Third time’s the charm. Digg has updated their UI and added other categories including Science, Business, Entertainment, and Gaming. What, no Home and Garden? 10 Reasons High Definition DVD Formats Have Already FailedAKA why consumers hate format wars. Sofa Control and Remote BuddyTwo apps for the Apple remote control. [via Daring Fireball] [...]

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MacBook video review

June 21, 2006

Still debating about getting a MacBook (I know I am)? Check out this video review from YouTube. Sometimes a video speaks louder than specs and test reports. [via Digg]

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Monday links

June 19, 2006

Music Gremlin Review – Addicted to Digital Media – Verdict: Not ready for prime time. DirecTV Titanium – everything that DirecTV offers for a mere $7,500 a year [via HDBeat] XM Passport ship date pushed back – Twice – this tiny XM enabler was a highlight of CES this year [via Orbitcast] Why Apple won’t [...]

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iTunes movie downloads by year end?

June 19, 2006

The rumor du jour is that Apple will announce movie downloads from the iTunes Music Store by year’s end. The rumor that won’t die was substantiated by Variety today with quotes from unnamed sources within the movie industry. The article also talks about movie studios balking at the single $9.99 price point that Jobs has [...]

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Alias, The Apprentice launch on iTunes

April 18, 2006

Looks like everyone’s favorite pregnant super-spy and the Donald meet in the strangest of Apple’s launch parties (Man, what I would pay to see Jennifer Garner kick Trump’s ass after being fired…). Continuing the cavalcade of ABC and NBC programs on iTMS, The Apprentice and Alias launched this evening for your viewing pleasure. The question [...]

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