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Been wanting to do a Podcast and not sure how to do it? O'Reilly has released its "Podcasting Pocket Guide". It is aimed at the non-technical minded person.
It tells how to get the best podcasts and download them to MP3 players. Then it also tell you how to do your own. What software and hardware you need.
Beta Excerpt: Finding, Subscribing to, and Listening to Podcasts (PDF Format) Read more at: www.oreilly.com
BellSouth's CTO has said that ISP should be allowed to strike deals with web sites to give them priority for service to users. This would give sites with money a considerable advantage. And to make matters worse, Congress is actually considering legislation that would make it possible. Read more at: (may require registration) Read more...
Hewlett-Packard is apparently doing things right since Mark Hurd replaces Carly Fiorina. The stock has risen 40% since April when Hurd move to HP from NCR Corp. Last quarter HP beat expectations by 12%.
Most surprisingly, all the various business of the company were profitable, not just the printer business as had become the norm.
According to the article in Business Week, Hurd actually benefited from programs put in place by Firoina in integrating all the acquisitions made over the previous year and a half. Read the full story at: ... see the full story...
Mac users have a new program that includes the ability to convert nearly any digital video to DivX, easily burn or transfer DivX files to watch them on any DivX certified player. It also allows playback of DivX with Quictime. Download at: www.divx.com
This web site has some 500 movies available for download. They even have some of them in iPod format. But they are all encoded in DivX format. (See previous article.)
While the movies range from 700 to 900 megabytes, and could take hours -- even days to download, they have some choice titles... Best place to start is the "Top Ten"
Adam Green blogs that he believe that in the next 6 to 8 months the web will blow apart with shifting of content from a website to a source of data that is in external databases. He seems to be saying that you won't have to go to a specific web site because search engines like Google will already have the data. Maybe you can get something different out of it. Read it at: www.darwinianweb.com
In this week's InfoManager blog, Fred says: "When is the Mac-Intel coming? Should I care? When I called and talked to an Apple rep about my daughter's 15" G4 Aluminum PowerBook catching fire, I also mentioned buying three new iMacs. He made some interesting comments." You can comment on this UGNN blog entry at ... www.ugnn.com
Last Friday, Sim Wong Hoo, chief executive of Creative, told the BBC that he intends to "pursue aggressively" his company's U.S. patent on the navigation of music on MP3 or other audio players.
It has patented navigation systems that are used in MP3 players, including the iPod. Read the story at: Read more...
I mentioned a few weeks ago, that Konfabulator is still alive and well.
It of course is now free and distributed by Yahoo!, its new owner. Since it not only works with Macs, it works with Windows. It continues to work with MacOS X Tiger. Here is a web page that gives you a collection of Widgets to run in Konfaulator. See it at: www.widgetgallery.com
Mother Earth News, (yes, the '60's counter-culture magazine), has an article in its current issue that is available on line on how to save money on heating your home. This has become increasingly important all around the country, including here in Texas, where electric rates are up nearly 60% from a year ago and natural gas up 90%. Some areas of the country have experienced an even greater increase. While I don't think a wood stove will help very many of us, (another article in the issue), heating efficency audits will help. Read it at: Mother Earth News
What a great idea for parties... get a projector and iStar Composer, and your guests can sing along with all their favorite music! The ultimate keroke machine! Automatic syncing of song lyrics for viewing in iTunes and on the iPod ... see the full story...
GREAT GIFT: Makers: Amazing People / Amazing Inventions... brings a unique look at some amazing inventions from Flamethrowers, Monowheels, Voice-Activated Blenders, to New Robots, and much, much more! Order now
From single user to small enterprise and beyond, Michael Gough of SkypeTips.com shows you how to install, configure, deploy, and secure Skype -- the VoIP technology to know ... see the full story...
... shows hackers how to torque the most powerful features of OS X for wireless networking, wardriving, software development, pen testing, automation, and more. In the bookstore:
Two important new "InControl" ebooks from TidBits are on special for the season... get 10% Mug discount off "InControl of Backups" and a whopping 50% off "Take Control of Digital Cameras" -- since possibly losing all the data on our PowerBook that caught fire, you can bet I've already ordered the "Backup" book. Read more...
If you provide help services, or information to an audience, you can save time and do a better job with HelpLogic's integrated Workshop, Visual TOC Builder, HTML Editor, and Link Manager. Quickly generate Web-based Help, Apple Help, Microsoft HTML Help, UniHelp, and now PDF! ... see the full story...
IntelliScanner Announces Kitchen Companion 100 Grocery Management System, Featuring Barcode Scanning And Bluetooth Wireless Technology... Portable Grocery Scanner For The Home Builds Shopping Lists, Tracks Nutrition With Barcode Technology. Kitchen Companion
LaunchBar offers an amazingly intuitive and efficient way to search and access any kind of information stored on your computer or on the web. LaunchBar
According to Panda Titanium Antivirus and a number of other web indicators, a message about the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY is a hoax. It is a message with content aimed at deceiving users, therefore it is recommendable to ignore it and delete it. It reads something like this:
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
We happily announce to you the draw (#994) of the
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on
13th October ,2005."
You will be asked to contact the "agent" so they can release your funds. Don't do it. Any email you get about the UK National Lottery, put it in the trash or report to SpamCop.
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if we can really do something about it."
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frame it upon the wall instead of using it."
- Gordon R. Dickson
Have a great week... (See last week)
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