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As the holiday movies churn into motion, Jobs is touting Pixar's "The Incredibles" as beating "The Polar Express," (Warner Bros.) at the box office. Jobs should enjoy the notariety while he can. The Polar Express book has been a best-seller since its debut in 1983, and is currently sold out / back ordered at the publisher. The film will likely go down in history as a "Classic" along with "Miracle" and "Grinch". Both are wonderful movies. My 2-cents worth. See the trailers: Incredibles, ... The Polar Express
I am not sure I have mentioned this site before, but it is such a great place to see what the latest bargains are that I thought I would mention it again, just in case. First off, it has online coupons for use making purchases. Then it has links to the recent flyers for various retail outlets. Although at any given time, those could be broken since they are not always current. www.sundaysaver.com
According to this article on CNET's news.com, Microsoft is saying that a spoofing technique is not a security problem. Sounds like the old days when they used to say "it's not a bug, it's a feature." See: MS Database Spoofing
Of course, later in the week, they issued a patch ... see the full story...
Macromedia has developed a new content management tool for use in posting storefronts on eBay. If you are doing a lot of selling on eBay, this would be very useful ... see the full story...
Panic has announced, after much deliberation, to "retire" their once-popular Mac MP3 player/encoder; Audion. The good news is that, instead of pulling Audion from the market entirely, they've decided to make Audion 100% free of charge -- it can still be downloaded freely and can be registered freely. You really should read their "History of Audion" and it's unique tie-ins with both SoundJam and Apple's iTunes ... Download it for free.
Disposing of all the computers and parts are creating quite a toxic waste problem. Of course, Macs last longer, but even they will eventually be tossed into the heap. Read about this problem at: www.computerworld.com.au
Each of the four units will have its own budget.
The new divisions will be:
1. "Audience"- focusing on selling advertising to AOL web sites and products.
2. "Access" - focusing on online services, including CompuServ and Netscape ISP as well as Wal-Mart Connect and of course the dial-up and broadband AOL service.
3. "AOL Europe," - Covering that geographical area
4. "Digital Services," - Covers premium services such as VoIP phone service and MusicNet. ... see the full story...
I have mentioned the Tourbus.com web site and newsletter here a number of times. Now, they have produced the "Best of Everything." This is a perfect way to catch-up on some of the great web sites you have missed. See it at: www.tourbus.com/best.html
This is a web site that concentrates on Web gaming. They primarily appear to be an server that links to game files. This should be a good way to keep up to-date on what is available ... www.macgameseed.com
Apparently, Apple has decided to rub its file search coming in Tiger, in Microsoft's face. Of course, Microsoft has announced that it is dropping its own planned search feature in its upcoming Longhorn OS. Read more...
Dulance is offering a new comparison shopping service with RSS feeds and it is free. See the service at: dulance.com and read about it at: www.researchbuzz.org
While I am learning more and more about iPods and all the neat things you can do with it, this is one of the new things. BiblePlayer reads three different version of The Holy Bible to you on your iPod using the notes feature.
Of course, this means using the rather small iPod screen. ... see the full story...
MaMugs Dan East reviews the "virtual cork board" - DesktopCollage from Aksima. Now you can get all your visuals, movies and more right there on your desktop. Read more...
This week, two hot ones from O'Reilly, just in time for the holidays... Hacking Games by Simon Carless lets you do things game creators never intended! Then enjoy the Fan book for iPod Fans by Yasukuni Notomi, and learn all the inside tricks with iPod. Share your book discoveries with the rest of the community! It's in the UGN Mug Bookshelf
XPlay 2 is the first product to connect Windows with iPods, the only product that enables Windows users to connect with both Mac and PC iPods. Now they're upgraded it ... Read more...
PC-Mac-Net FileShare allows users to share files (such as documents, MP3s, family movies and photo collections) easily and securely between all varieties of Windows and Macintosh computers. It's now updated to version 4. Read more...
iSkin has rolled out its ultra-clear, colored screen protectors called "Shades" for use with the company's iPod and iRiver protectors ... see the full story...
This week we have something for everyone from home users to online mavins. Pop the Bubbles in Bubblomania, then collect online images and drag-and-drop their thumbnails. You can monitor all the eBay Action and improve your iTunes radio reception -- then share your iTunes online or not. Four others for business and productivity round out this week's download fun! It's all in the UGN Shareware Department
"Knowledge is the food of the soul."
- Plato
"Everyone has a talent;
what is rare is the courage to follow the talent to
the dark place where it leads."
- Erica Jong
Have a great week...
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