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Apple Introduces the New iMac G5 — The new iMac G5 features a built-in iSight video camera for out-of-the-box video conferencing and Apple's new breakthrough Front Row media experience. Front Row gives users a simple, intuitive and powerful way to play their music, enjoy their photo slideshows …
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Apple Announces iTunes 6 — iTunes 6, the next generation of the world's most popular music jukebox and online music store, lets fans purchase and download over 2,000 music videos and six short films from Academy Award-winning Pixar Animation Studios for just $1.99 each.
Dan Frakes / Macworld:
Mac mini needs a Front Row seat — As I sat in the audience of Apple's media event Wednesday, enjoying an incredible performance by Wynton Marsalis (who can make a trumpet do things I didn't think possible) and his talented quartet, two thoughts kept going through my mind. — The first was, "Man, I love my job."
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
The Life — I suspect that many Mac users — as well as some aspiring developers — have only a half-conceived notion of the economics involved with becoming a successful indie Mac developer. — The basic idea is that a developer comes up with an idea for an app, implements it, ships it …
Jack Shafer / Slate:
The Apple Polishers — Explaining the press corps' crush on Steve Jobs and company. — Download the iPod-ready audio version of this story here, or sign up to get all of Slate's free daily podcasts. — I don't hate Apple. I don't even hate Apple-lovers.
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Katy Duke / Guardian:
Paper view technology — Cheap, paper-thin TV screens that can be used in newspapers and magazines have been unveiled by German electronics giant Siemens. — The firm says the low production costs could see the magazine shelves in newsagents come alive with moving images vying …
ubuntu.com:
Ubuntu 5.10 Released — The Ubuntu team is proud to announce Ubuntu 5.10. This is the official Ubuntu 5.10 release, and includes installation CDs, live CDs, and combination DVDs for three architectures. — Ubuntu is a Linux distribution for your desktop or server, with a fast and easy install …
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Anil Dash:
What it's like at Web 2.0 — A couple years ago, when I was on the other side of the continent from all the Silicon Valley/San Francisco events, I wanted to know what it was like to attend the West Coast conferences. Now that I've been to a bunch, I figured it might be a good chance to fill everybody else in.
oodle.typepad.com:
Where's Craigslist? — We are no longer adding new Craigslist listings to our index. We received a request from them to do so and we honored that request. We'll miss Craigslist. They are clearly a good service and we're big fans. We are working to understand and address their concerns.
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Mike Ricciuti / ZDNet:
Xbox plays starring role in Windows update … Microsoft on Friday delivered new software that will more closely link its forthcoming Xbox 360 gaming console into the company's plans for delivering digital entertainment. — The company said that as part of an update to its Media Center Edition of Windows …
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Mark Cuban / Blog Maverick:
How Bob Iger Saved Network TV … Content has been available for download for years and years. That content could be played on any number of devices, from computers to DVD players to PDAs. Being able to playback a video from the new Video Ipod just like you can play a song from a current IPod, certainly is not a technical marvel.
Sandy Brown / TheStreet.com:
Yahoo! Joins AOL Chase — Yahoo! (YHOO:Nasdaq - news - research - Cramer's Take) has joined the whirlwind Internet industry courtship of AOL, sources say. — The news comes as AOL, whose core dial-up business has been long viewed as an albatross for parent Time Warner (TWX:NYSE - news …
Jeff / The Jeff Pulver Blog:
WARNING: The FCC Extends CALEA's reach to the Internet — If you recall, back on August 5th, the FCC adopted its First Report and Order on Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act and Broadband Access and Services. We finally saw the text of the Order some 7 weeks later on September 23.
Matt Haughey / Lifehacker:
How to set up a home FTP server — If you've been following the the Lifehacker Home Server Series of articles, you know how to do things like reach your home computer from anywhere in the world thanks to dynamic DNS services. Gina wrote about how to set up a personal home web server …
Ahmed ElAmin / foodnavigator.com:
Thin electronic labels could help brand positioning — 12/10/2005 - Food packaging with eye-catching videos or changing information right on the label could soon be on the shelves with technology being developed by Siemens for commercial release. — In a display of new wafer thin electronic labelling …
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Equitymind / Joseph Morin:
Danny Sullivan and Brett Tabke Embrace SPAM — Just returned a few days ago from Ad:Tech and PubCon in London. I couldn't resist the opportunity when I saw all three parties in close proximity so I seized the moment... ;) — GoogleDude said...
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