… that was involved, the headline would have words like “Apple” and “sued” in it. HP laptop blamed for Kamloops woman’s burns …Dillman was using her computer as it sat on her lap when, suddenly, the PC became a little too hot. “I jumped up. I ripped my pants off because it was burning and I [...]
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It’s been more than 6 months since I last read a newspaper. My dad likes reading the Philippine Star. I’ve seen enough front page content that made me nauseated that I decided to stop reading the trash people from Manila publishes daily. The idiocy have permeated to some of the local dailies here that I [...]
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David Pogue calls the attempt of the music industry in messing with Apple’s iTMS pricing scheme as “idiotic.” Pogue writes in The New York Times, “It’s idiotic to suggest that what didn’t work in 2002 would somehow work in 2006, after Apple demonstrated to the industry that a simple, unified, understandable pricing and rights structure [...]
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The good news: Canadian iPod owners rejoice! Your Supreme Court has decided that the levy imposed on blank media is invalid when it comes to iPods (and other digtial music players). The tariff was $2 for non-removable memory capacity of up to one gigabyte, $15 for one to 10 GB, and $25 for more than [...]
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(I’ve finally finish editing this post about Mac vs Windows. I’ll follow this up on my thoughts about switching.) There are several arguments when it comes to comparing a Mac PC and a Windows PC. There’s the issue with software availability. Another issue is with regards to security. Yet another deals with DIY upgrading. But [...]
Apple has been getting a barage from the different digital music players for the pass few months ever since it introduced the iPod shuffle, released new models and lowered the prices on the iPod photo and iPod mini. The new, cheaper iPod models brought Samsung’s fiscal third quarter earnings down to 72% MDN, Yahoo Finance, [...]
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Unleash the music Bob Pegoraro’s article 5 Ways to Unleash the Music in the Washington Post has five suggestions that will make buying songs online better. Creative stumbles, fumbles Creative’s earnings slumped 72% compared in the same period a year ago report says. This was supposed to have been due to lower income from investments [...]
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CNN/Money’s Gordon T. Anderson has named the iPod as an invention that changes your life without you giving much attention to it. In 5 Inventions to change your life, he named the iPod along with the Screwpull corkscrew, the Sonicare toothbrush, E-Z Pass, and TiVo as his five little big ideas. About the iPod, he [...]
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I mentioned that Duke University gave its class of 2008 iPods to be used in the classroom and in campus. But The Chronicle Online wasn’t all that impressed. In the staff editorial Continuing iPods a mistake, The Chronicle Online said that Duke University’s iPod program “has clearly shown the limited academic use of the expensive [...]
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Duke uses iPods in the classrooms; Australian school bans iPods in the classroom
Apr 11
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The Duke University class of 2008 all received iPods. This is Duke’s initiative in encouraging the creative use of technology in campus life and education. In iPods Enter Duke Classes, examples are shown on how Duke University are using iPods in their classes. Some of which are: – Economics lectures are recorded and then reviewed [...]
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From the makers of Mapalad, comes a new website for the iPod community here in the Philippines. PodCentral.PH went online on April 1st, 2005 and was officially launched on April 4, 2005. The site’s maintenance guy, Niño Pasamonte, is also the one maintaining the Mapalad website. Winston Chiu (also from Mapalad) is also onboard with [...]
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For this blog I’m going to share a couple of article from various websites that talks about the Mac and iPod. Living Happily with a PC and a Mac Mini Mac religion reflects brand mysticism Thinking broadly brings Apple brand success An Apple a day iPod: where will it stop Apple earns its stripes Happily [...]
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Mac in the sciences; The mini and iPod to help Apple’s marketshare?
Mar 27
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Two news from Macworld on how the Mac is being used in science, particularly in bioinformatics and chemistry. A Perfect X: The rise of Macs in life sciences Chemists welcome Apple at California trade show In another article (“Apple desktop market share on the rise; will the Mac mini, iPod help?“), Macworld surmises whether the [...]
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<a name=””> I got four stories to share today. The first three are about the iPod line of MP3 players and the last is about the other MP3 players out there that will try to wrest away from Apple the title King of MP3 Players. Looks good. Sounds even better Bill Machrone of PC Magazine has [...]
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