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OS X Hack: Save iTunes Videos to your Mac’s Desktop
Posted by Kristin Wenzel Categories: Mods / Hacks, Movies, Music, Software,
Ever since iTunes unveiled their music video section (free music videos you can watch via streaming media in the iTunes player) it’s been frustrating to have to wait for the videos to buffer before watching them. Another irritation is that you can’t watch the videos in full-screen, even if you have Quicktime Pro. But can it be done? As always, we have your hookup.
You see, digging through the web doesn’t help – the instructions out there on the Internet are rather vague and half of them don’t work. Trust me – I’ve tried. The only viable solution seemed to be to use a video capture program but then you generally won’t have audio — defeating the purpose of a music video. It seemed like a lost cause, that is, until now. On his website “A Warm Gun,” Seattle web designer, tech blogger and self-proclaimed Mac geek Ian Adams details for the world exactly how one should go about this suprisingly simple (albeit slightly unintuitive) proccess, in language that anyone who is familiar with MacOSX should be able to understand. It’s so easy once you get the directions right! All you need is an AppleScript, a few videos you’d like to save, an Internet connection and some spare time. Be sure to give it a try, this is one hack that Mac users shouldn’t miss!
Save iTunes Videos to your Desktop 
| awarmgun.net
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How to use Internet Sharing as a Network Bridge
Posted by Kristin Wenzel Categories: Mods / Hacks, Wireless / WiFi,
Have a Mac, wireless access and a Vonage phone? Here’s how you can get Vonage to behave for you if all you have is Wireless access. All you will need is a Mac that stays at home, a steady wireless connection, and a little bit of patience. OS X allows you to share Internet through your computer, and you can theoretically share from AirPort (wireless) to built-in Ethernet. MacGeekery brings the Internet a great tutorial on how to get your Vonage to function properly through a wireless connection.
Read More | MacGeekery
Intel Expects Notebook Batteries To Last 8 Hours By 2008
Posted by Jesse Easley Categories: PC / Laptop,
It looks like we’re finally getting closer to notebooks actually lasting a full 8 hours, something which seemed to be impossible just a few years ago. One of the huge supporters of this - aside from everyone in the world - is Intel, who recently bumped up the deadline for notebook makers by 2 years. Intel has an expectation of what they want notebooks to be by 2008. That would be thin, light, and long lasting. Lately, most notebook makers have been focusing on the size rather than the battery life, which is at a standard 4 hours right now.
“The spec says this, but it depends on some degree on usage,” said Roger Kay, an analyst at IDC. “Batteries also don’t have that life for long. They might have four hours at the beginning of the year, but if you start doing more multimedia, it might go down to 2.5 hours by the end of the year.”
Read More | News.com
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United Airlines To Provide WiFi While You Fly
Posted by Jesse Easley Categories: Corporate News, Wireless / WiFi,
United Airlines has announced that they will be the first commercial airline to offer WiFi Access in-flight. Now, this is still in the works because the frequencies that will be used have not been finalized and approved for broadband use yet - though it is expected to be finalized sometime this fall. No concrete details of price or speed have been announced either, but the frequency that they’re looking at is 8Ghz which will be split into several smaller frequencies. The service will be provided by Verizon.
Read More | WiFi Net News
Nintendo Revolution Retro Games Will Be Free
Posted by Edwin Soto Categories: Corporate News, Retro, Wii,
In a stunning move leaving me speechless, Nintendo of America VP, George Harrison, has announced that the Revolution will likely sport free emulated retro gaming. This is a far cry from what they have done in the past with GBA retro titles and what was expected from the system for such a unique service. The games will be downloadable through an online system, however third parties developers of the past will likely charge some sort of service fee for downloading their games while Nintendo titles will be free and playable online - where applicable. This is fine, because I’d rather play Mario Kart over Street Fighter online anyway.
Read More | Games Radar
With Apple getting a lot of heat lately for their lack of environmentalism, they have decided to take a step to help good ol’ mother nature. If you take your iPod into any of Apple’s Retail Stores, they will give you 10% off of the purchase of a new iPod. The catch is that it has to be the iPod, iPod Mini, or iPod Photo and it has to all be done the same day. Apple has agreed to take the iPods that are brought into the stores and dispose of them without exposing the environment to the hazardous materials that the iPod consists of including lead. The major incentive to this is that if you have an older iPod and you’re battery is on the fritz, you can get a substantial discount on a replacement.
Critics have blasted Apple for the fact that the iPod’s battery is difficult and expensive to replace, giving consumers an incentive to throw them out and buy new ones. Apple recently agreed to extend service warranties and replace batteries for free in certain cases. The agreement is part of Apple’s settlement of several class action suits related to iPod battery complaints.
Read More | News.com
PC World Gives High Marks to Apple’s Latest Lineup
Posted by Kristin Wenzel Categories: Misc. Tech, Software,
PC users were in for a shock when they read PC World Magazine’s Top 100 Products of 2005 list this year, for sure. After Mozilla Firefox and Google Gmail, Apple’s Mac OS X Tiger took a respectable third place out of 100, making it the de facto “Best Operating System” for 2005. To take third on the list in a PC magazine was unexpected, especially when so many of the top choices are free services.
Apple gave a good show with their new product line placing all over the list in many categories. The company’s iTunes software took 35th, 12 points ahead of Microsoft’s Windows Media Player 10, which came in 47th. The Mac Mini showed up at 75th, showing incredible popularity after its release in January 2005. The iPod Photo was also on the list at 78th, and iTunes Music Store showed up at 86th. Comparatively speaking, that’s five products that placed in the top 100 for this year – the second most “wins” after Dell’s six. That’s impressive for a company that has traditionally been ignored by PC users and companies. Perhaps it’s about time people took another look at Apple — PC World obviously did, and liked what they saw.
Read More | PCWorld’s Top 100 Products of 2005
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If you are a monthly TiVo subscriber, it appears that TiVo is desperate enough to keep you as a subscriber that they will lower your monthly bill by 50% if you threaten to leave due to wanting to switch to your cable providers DVR service. This will effectively drop your bill from $12 per month right down to $6. Not bad, although I am not really feeling the AOL-ish way of doing things on TiVo’s part.
Apple Choosing Intel Over IBM Tomorrow
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Corporate News, PC / Laptop,
Word has been getting around like wildfire that Apple will formally announce tomorrow that they are dumping IBM as their processor manufacturer in favor of Intel. It’s an interesting move which seems to point to Apple’s frustration with the length of time it is taking IBM to get the latest PowerPC into laptops. Intel has been very successful in high-performance, low power consumption mobile computing. The Apple World Wide Developers Conference begins tomorrow, and we will keep you updated.
Read More | MSNBC
f-tech Solar 7 Bluetooth GPS Receiver Reviewed
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Handhelds, Product Reviews, Wireless / WiFi,
DigitalReviews got their hands on the f-tech Solar 7 Bluetooth GPS Receiver and put it through the paces. A quick look at the premise behind this GPS device makes it immediately appealing. It has integrated Bluetooth, and is also solar-powered. This is as wireless as it gets. It doesn’t look overly impressive judging from the review, but give it a look yourself if you can put up with the bad grammar.
Read More | Digital Reviews
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