12/31/2004
iPod Helps Radiologists Manage Medical Images
"The iPod is not just for music any more. Radiologists from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and their colleagues at other institutions from as far away as Europe and Australia are now using iPod devices to store medical images. Dr. Ratib and Antoine Rosset, M.D., a radiologist in Geneva, Switzerland, recently developed OsiriX, Macintosh-based software for display and manipulation of complex medical image data.
How did the developers go from a music player to a medical storage device? "We basically wanted something that everybody could use," explains Dr. Ratib. "That's why OsiriX can be used with the iPod, iChat and other tools."
Dr. Rosset set up the OsiriX software to automatically recognize and search for medical images on the iPod. When it detects the images, they automatically appear on the list of image data available—similar to the way music files are accessible by the iTune music application.
"It's easy to use and you don't have to worry about how to load and unload it from the iPod," Dr. Ratib says. "But the real beauty of it is that I can use the images directly on the iPod. I don't have to take the time to copy them to my computer. The iPod allows me to copy data from work to my laptop, but I don't have to do it if I don't want to." [Via RSNA]
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12/30/2004
Podcasting Gaining in Popularity
"An Apple iPod or other digital music players can hold anything up to 10,000 songs, which is a lot of space to fill. But more and more iPod owners are filling that space with audio content created by an unpredictable assortment of producers. It is called "podcasting" and its strongest proponent is former MTV host and VJ (video jockey) Adam Curry. Podcasting takes its name from the Apple iPod, although you do not need an iPod to create one or to listen to a podcast. A podcast is basically an internet-based radio show which podcasters create, usually in the comfort of their own home. They need only a microphone, a PC, and some editing software. They then upload their shows to the internet and others can download and listen to them, all for free." [Via BBC]
Right now podcasting is only at the "geek hobby" level, but it won't be long until major content providers hop on the podcasting band wagon. Just imagine downloading the Access Hollywood minute right to your iPod. Like I said, it won't be long.
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12/29/2004
Free iTunes Download: Paris Texas
"Bombs Away" detonates with a flash of brilliance on Paris Texas' latest album, Like You Like An Arsonist. Chunky guitar riffs from Nick Zinkgraf and Nolan Treolo tear up the melody while drummer Sam Vinz pushes the tempo towards the breaking point. The Madison, Wisconsin rockers deliver their musical ordnance with pounding post-punk precision.
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12/28/2004
iBod - iPod Porn
"Portable MP3 players and other handheld media toys are this year's must-have geek gadgets. The latest thing is Apple's new-generation iPod -- the iPod Photo -- which does for pictures what the original iPod did for music. Now you can view individual images or entire slide shows in the palm of your hand at the tap of a button to beautify your dull commute or just to pass the time in the lecture hall." [Via Playboy.com]
Time to put that new Christmas gift to use!
After you've loaded up your new iPod Photo with family pictures, what else is left? Porn! Playboy.com offers a small collection of 25 free images for download. They call the collection "iBod: Portable photo technology puts Playboy's sexiest models at your fingertips." But don't expect to go Ga-Ga over these images. They aren't anything you haven't already seen in a PG-13 movie or a Victoria Secret catalog.
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Whats cooler than cool?.....iPod!
"It has been an exciting, if strange, year for digital music as it continues to lead a double life, finally embraced by the mainstream music industry while continuing to thrive in the underbelly of illegitimate downloads." [Via BBC News]
Everyone wanted a digital music player for Christmas
MP3 has grown up from a once obscure file format to an ever-raging compression standard swapped by millions of music fans everyday throughout cyber space. The format supported by digital players like Apple's iPod, and other personal music players, remains a progressive stronghold only in the file-sharing realm though. The digital music revolution is fore grounded in proprietary technology such as WMA, AAC etc. However, despite these paying services, file sharing, and legal distributions, digital music never the less has grown-up significantly and the players like Apple's iPod, increased in overwhelming consumer demand.
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12/24/2004
iTunes Holiday Gift Certificates
Still struggling to finish up your Holiday shopping?
With an iTunes Gift Certificate, the music lovers in your life can feed their iPod and get exactly what they want. Just decide how much--from $10 to $200--and have it emailed to anyone within minutes. Prefer paper? You can print the gift certificate right from your computer. Holiday shopping made easy for the lazy procrastinator in all of us.
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12/23/2004
Apple aims to patent fall-detecting iPod
"Apple Computer is eyeing a technology that could make the iPod more likely to survive a fall.
The company has applied for a patent on technology that would allow a portable media player to detect when it is falling and then stop reading or writing to the hard drive. Such technology would work by detecting the acceleration that accompanies a drop.
"The portable-computing device protects its disk drive by monitoring for such accelerations and operating to avoid usage of the disk drive during periods of acceleration," Apple said in the patent application, which was published Dec. 16.
Through such protection, the likelihood of damage to the disk drive or loss of data stored on the disk drive is able to be substantially reduced." [Via C|NET]
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12/22/2004
iPod Mini Clone
"Introducing the ABOSS i-Pocket, a completely transparent attempt to create a facsimile of Apple's iPod mini portable music player. Throwing in the 3G iPod's four buttons above the scroll-wheel design and coming in the exact same five colors as the Apple iPod mini, ABOSS is practically demanding a lawsuit from Cupertino.
The device's mimicry stops at its screen, which is a color OLED and also accepts SD/MMC/Memory Stick cards into its built-in card slot. The ABOSS i-Pocket supports USB2.0 and claims to support eight languages.
The ABOSS i-Pocket's "scroll wheel" isn't really a wheel at all, seems it's just meant to look like one. It doesn't turn at all and instead consists of four buttons that control volume (up and down) and track skipping (back and forward).
Not since eMachines threw the original iMac into a blender and spat out the eOne, has such a blatant attempt at copying an Apple product come to fruition. The result of that bold attempt was a prompt lawsuit from Apple and eMachines having to discontinue production of the eOne after they lost in court." [Via MacDailyNews]
Another iPod clone... why?
Does ABOSS really think people are dumb enough to buy this thing? You'd think that electronics makers have learned already that Apple has a fleet of lawyers ready to pounce on rip-off products like this. Hey ABOSS, have fun in court you dumb asses.
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12/19/2004
The Cult of Mac
"If you want to know what's happening in the Apple underground, talk to Leander Kahney."
~ Eric Hellweg, CNN Columnist
No other computer inspires devotion like a Mac. The largest and most fervent subculture in computing, Mac fans come in all shapes and sizes, but never waver in their dedication. Like fans of a football team or rock band, Macintosh fans have their own subculture, with clearly defined obsessions and rites of passage.
The Cult of Mac takes you inside the world of the Mac addict. Meet fans who get Mac tattoos and haircuts, people who travel across the globe to attend Apple Store openings, and counterculture icons who love the Mac. Discover the realm where old Macs become aquariums or bongs, origami Macs are made out of paper, and where the Macs of the future are envisioned not by suits in Cupertino, but by Mac heads all over the world. Visit the gatherings of the Mac tribe, from the big trade shows to tongue-in-cheek lookalike contests of Mac celebrities. And explore the little-publicized underbelly of Mac culture, including erotic fiction featuring Steve Jobs and the influence of mind-altering drugs on the Mac's famous interface.
Whether you're a casual observer, a mild Mac fan, or a hardcore member of the cult, join journalist and loyal Mac user Leander Kahney as he exposes all sides of Mac fanaticism, from the innocuous to the insane.Related Links:
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12/17/2004
iTunes Motorola Phone
"The iTunes-equipped mobile phone that Apple and Motorola are working on is set to debut early next year, according to Cupertino's head of apps.
Eddie Cue, Apple's vice president of applications, told Forbes: "We've said we have something coming on this in the first half of 2005 and we're definitely on schedule for that. Hopefully you'll be able to see more about it soon."
Eddie Cue, Apple's vice president of applications, told Forbes: "We've said we have something coming on this in the first half of 2005 and we're definitely on schedule for that. Hopefully you'll be able to see more about it soon."
With speculation that the phone is to debut at the company's Macworld event in January, Cue refused to be drawn further on a possible release date.
He did add the phone would be aimed at the consumer market as a whole: "It has to be a phone in the middle-tier of the market, not a $500-tier phone. It has to be very seamless to use. And we're very happy with the results." [Via Silicon.com]
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12/16/2004
Free iTunes Single of the Week
Stand back and make way for the enormous sounds of Powderfinger. These veteran Aussie rockers strut through your iTunes free Single of the Week, "Stumblin'," from their latest album, "Vulture Street." The track's guitar pyrotechnics and brazen vocals ride its rumbling bass and windmill drumming - watch out for the intense fuzz-box guitar solo.
Download this week's free song from the iTunes Music Store.
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Toshiba unveils 80GB 'iPod drive'
'Toshiba unveils 80GB 'iPod drive' [Via theRegister]
Toshiba today paved the way for 80GB iPods ...
The Japanese manufacturer didn't mention any customers by name of course, but having supplied Apple with micro hard drives to date, it seems likely the relationship will continue with the new, higher capacity.
Spining at 4200rpm, these babies also claime the drives mark the first ever use of a perpendicular recording system in which the tiny magnetic domains used to store each bit of information are aligned at right-angles to the plane of the disk, not parallel to it, as is traditionally the case with HDD platters.
The Japanese manufacturer didn't mention any customers by name, but its almost definate and likely they will continue to manufacture the iPod's hardrive for upcoming models for Apple.
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12/14/2004
The Weirdest Palm Software
These are the most sexy, twisted, bizarre, uselessly useful palm programs I have ever seen... Don't know if I would consider these stocking stuffers but definitely fodder for a long bus ride or to annoy any coworker.Find all available Palm Games and software here.
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12/13/2004
Hanukah Songs
Celebrate Hanukkah with some of the best holiday music for the 8 nights of the festival of lights. Adam Sandler calls out the biggest celebrities lighting menorahs this season on two stellar versions of his modern classic, "The Hanukah Song." Barenaked ladies kick it old school with the traditional romp, "Hanukah, Oh Hanukah." The Alexandria Kaleztet delivers some "alternative" klezmer music with "Der Heyser Bulgar." Bob Franceschini leads the Frank London Band through a swing instrumental, "Oh Hanukah Grove," after Marc Cohn praises the "Rock of Ages - Ma'oz Tzur" with his gently, beautiful hymm.
Gather friends and family, light the candles, and enjoy Hanukah Songs as you celebrate the holiday spirit.
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The rise and rise of file-sharing
"....Then, in the 1990s, we suddenly found that our computers could copy CDs."
[Via BBC News]
Copying music has been commonplace since the invention of the tape recorder, whether the music industry liked it or not.
Legal pitfalls and copyrights galore. The story remains for those uploading free music for others to download to their home PC's via P2P networked machines and software enabling them to do so, such as Kazaa.
A technology such as P2P, initially ignored by the RIAA and legal buffs, now remains and has become a strong hold for battle. Under-estimated technology gaps in various cultures have exploited digital music trading via P2P systems, and continue to do so more everyday.
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12/11/2004
iTunes Now Accepts Paypal - 5 Free Songs!!
iTunes Music Store now takes PayPal, Apple has announced, adding a much easier way for people without credit cards or bank accounts to buy their iTunes music online. Not only this, but first half a million customers, get 5 free songs [Via apple.com]
You Get Paypal and 5 Free Songs!!!
iTunes is at it again, this time making it easier for the non credit card holding customers (teenagers) to get their hands on their audio library. This should lead to a boom in sales and possibly some ipod friendly news this month at the Mac Expo in San Francisco.
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12/10/2004
oPod Review
As careful as we may try to be with our iPods, it doesn't always happen. Outdoor activities especially can be dangerous for your iPod... that is unless you have an oPod.
If you've ever had an iPod mishap, then you know they can set you back hundreds of dollars on repairs or even force you to buy a new one. In fact I just had to mail my wife's iPod to iPodMods for repair because of a steam pipe leak in her office building. So if everyday events can be hazardous for your iPod, what about vacation activities? Can you imagine bringing your iPod boating, hunting, or mountain biking? The iPod has become part of our lives and needs to go where we go without hesitation. I can remember how I used to bring my old Walkman Sport to the beach all the time, but I never had the guts to do the same with my iPod. My iPod was only used during my daily commute, to and from work…. until I got an oPod.
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12/09/2004
The New $99 iPod Flash Player!
"Sanada can see that tiny, solid-state memory allows the iPod to be reduced to just its essential elements. Namely, a scroll wheel, screen and earbuds. Nothing more. " [Via wiredblogs.com]
The $99 iPod!
The sleeker new iPods appear that they will be based on what we've seen from other makers, but with the trademark Apple twist...Probably no more than a gig of storage, these babies may get introduced this January at Macworld...One of these designs may make the final cut!!
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better than a new calculator
"For Samantha Greene's parents, there was no getting around it: She had to have an iPod this year. Everybody at school was getting one."
[Via CNet]
The 20-gigabyte iPod required by the school sells for $299 at stores but was made available to students for $269 through Brearley with Apple's education discount.
Though the discounts not to much to get excited about, what is exciting is the fact that schools at a lower level (grades 7-12) and not just Universities, are incorporating the iPod for foreign language courses.
With the majority of students already owning an iPod, these students can use and learn many different languages via the iPod. Presentations and learning through recording with accessories like the iTrip, enable students to hear their errors and ultimately improve upon their progress.
Apple claims that Brearley's mandatory-iPod program is the first it has heard of in the US for secondary-school children.
However, undeniably agree that it is a great alternative to keep students engaged and interested in the classes and curriculum. Parents are ultimately hoping that this is not just another expensive hardware component for there child’s education much like the graphing calculator bought for his/her big sister years ago when they were in grade school.
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