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  | Windows run on a Mac reactions
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  | Boot Camp makes the Mac way more appealing to Windows users who are considering the switch by lowering the barrier to moving to Mac Brian Croll, senior director for Mac OS X product marketing, clarifies that Apple will not preinstall or sell Windows, so users must provide their own copy.
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  | Not only did Apple give us a Birthday surprise by offering a free download of Boot Camp, but they also made new firmware available to the Intel Macs. The new firmware allows for EFI with BIOS support, which should allow Apple's new MacIntels to boot Microsoft's upcoming operating system, Vista, natively.
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  | "Windows is a great operating system," a Microsoft statement said. "We're pleased that Apple customers are excited about running it, and that Apple is responding to meet the demand."
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  | Virtual PC Future? April 6th, 2006 With yesterday's announcement of Boot Camp, Apple has opened the door to Macintosh users who wish to run Microsoft's Windows operating system on their Intel Macs. And, with other options coming to market such as virtualization from Parallel's Workstation, the future of VirtualPC is uncertain. Microsoft may find that discontinuing VirtualPC (or any other Macintosh development) may help their bottom line, forcing Mac users to buy Windows, Office et al.
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  | From a business standpoint, I suspect Aspyr is, in the short term, going to continue releasing Mac ports as before and see where the market takes us. If Mac sales tank, we've got enough revenue coming in from PC and console ports that it probably won't hurt the company too much and we'd just focus on the other platforms. It's possible that the Mac market share could increase so dramatically that the demand for Mac games increases enough to offset the costs of the loss of sales to dual-booting, but I'm not so optimistic about that.
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  | The news definitely impressed the financial markets and Apple shares leapt 9.8% in trading after the announcement.
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  | Cinebench 9.8 scores WinXP vs Mac OS X (Bootcamp) - Adobe Photoshop CS Windows vs Mac (Bootcamp) - note: Mac Photoshop on Intel Core Duo is emulated - PCMark '04 MacBook Pro 1.83 vs HP 309F 1.83GHz (Bootcamp)
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  | - login and authentication in a variety of network environments - file access and byte range locking with AFP file sharing - network access when using proxy server automatic configuration files - connecting to Cisco VPN servers using IP/Sec - using Bluetooth wireless devices - searching iWork '06 and Microsoft Office documents with Spotlight - saving Word documents automatically when using a network home directory - creating Automator workflows for iPhoto 6 - synchronizing contacts and calendars to .Mac and mobile phones - mounting and unmounting iDisk volumes - compatibility with third party applications and devices - previous standalone security updates
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  | iPod can be seen from Space!
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  | The sheer size of the publicity stunt is difficult to comprehend. It covers 893240 square metres; roughly equivalent to eighty football pitches. The ad, which depicts Apple’s flagship iPod product has been constructed on the site of an abandoned mineral mine in remote western Australia. It has been in development for almost two years since Apple’s founder Steve Jobs acquired the location during a game of poker with (the late) Australian publishing and gaming tycoon Kerry Packer.
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  | Digital Inspitation claims this is “just a rumour” and that there were pictures of this space that looks like an iPod on TerraServer’s database since 1999 (when iPods did not even exist).
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  | London's Science Museum presents Pixar exhibition
The Science Museum is currently hosting the Pixar: 20 Years of Animation exhibition in London.
The exhibition examines the work of Pixar's world-class artist team, and includes 250 drawings and paintings, 50 sculptures, and computer-generated multimedia artworks.
The exhibition offers artistic and technological insight into the studio's hugely successful movies ranging from 'Toy Story', 'A Bug's Life', 'Toy Story 2', 'Monsters Inc.', Finding Nemo', 'The Incredibles', and the forthcoming Disney presentation of the Pixar film 'Cars'.
John Lasseter‚ executive vice president‚ creative‚ Pixar Animation Studios‚ said: "Our artists work in traditional media - hand drawings‚ painting‚ sculpture as well as the computer - to create our films. In our world the computer is a tool‚ the same as a pencil or a brush. Our artists create so much beautiful art for each film that most people never get to see‚ so we are grateful that they will now have an opportunity to experience this unique collection of work."
Jon Tucker‚ head of the Science Museum said: "This exhibition will give our visitors a unique glimpse into Pixar Animation Studios‚ one of the most creative film studios in the world.
The exhibition is also exploring the history of animation in film‚ using objects from the Science Museum's collection‚ including original Victorian magic lanterns‚ zoetropes‚ cameras, and early pieces of animated film.
Accompanying the exhibition‚ the Museum is running a series of events for a range of audiences‚ from workshops for 7-14 year olds to talks with animators‚ directors‚ producers‚ Oscar winners and nominees‚ revealing the details and secrets of their work.
The exhibition ends on June 10 2006. Admission costs £9 for adults or £7 for children and students. Education and family tickets are also available.
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  | Avadis "Avie" Tevanian, Apple Computer's Chief Technology Officer, is leaving the Apple
to "pursue other interests," the company confirmed Monday. Tevanian, who came to Apple in 1997 from his previous post working for Steve Jobs at NeXT, played a key role in developing Mac OS X, the company's widely adored operating system. Although Apple wouldn't say what Tevanian's plans are, Vice President of Worldwide Corporate Communications Katie Cotton wrote in an e-mail that, "He plans to take some time off in the interim. He hasn't left yet, though. His last official day is March 31."
Apple Avie Tevanian is leaving Tevanian, who is considered an operating systems whiz and, is also a Carnegie Mellon graduate. This was culled from an interview he gave the Pittsburgh university's computer science department: Question: Did you ever have a moment of epiphany while a student at Carnegie Mellon? Tevanian: Yes. The day I met Steve Jobs. NeXT, the company he was CEO of then, was very interested in using the research we had done (the Mach operating system) and this was when I heard just how interested he was in it. I ended that day with a feeling of - it is time for me to get in gear, finish my Ph.D, and get out in the working world. The end result was that I made it through the Ph.D. program in only 4.5 years - which is very short for the CMU CS Ph.D. program - especially in the systems area. Just another example of the Steve Jobs school of motivation. Maybe Avie had enough motivation after nearly 10 years?
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  | Reasons to part with your hard-earned money...
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  | In an application, for example Mail,if you're unsure how to spell a word, place your cursor over the word and control-click it. Mac OS X will present you with the correct spelling of the word for you to choose. OS X will also offer to look the word up in Dictionary, Search for the word in Google or Spolight, or even speak the word! Wonderful.
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  | Was is VoIP? Ability to make computer to computer, or Voip phone to Voip phone for free. You can call regular land lines from a VoiP phone or vica versa but you have to pay for the service. The service provides you with a telephone number
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  | Features. Free calls Take your telephone number with you Access voice mail via the web or get it emailed to you
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  | Technical stuff Carrier Protocol . TCP-IP Session Protocol. SIP, Skinny, H.323, Skype...
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  | Mac options for the end user.
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  | Skype phone for Mac owners
There are plenty of Skype handsets out there for PC owners, but, like most things, it's taking time for manufacturers to realise there are huge numbers of Mac owners out there wanting the same thing. Thankfully, Ipevo have picked up on this and have released a Mac driver for its Free-1 phone. And it looks pretty sharp too. The phone has three "console-like" buttons to access "start chat", "send voicemail" and "change ringer style". Below them is a green "Buddy Jog" wheel that accesses your contacts list, plus red and green end and answer keys, volume controls and buttons to launch the software. The handset costs around £30, but you'll need to nip over to http://www.ipevo.com/index.jsp§
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  | The next stage, Applications. Where business users are now, where they will be in 3 years IP enable your exising PBX Soft PBX
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  | Mobile VoiP with wimax & 802.16e
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  | Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 — a new business IM and communications application we’ll deliver soon. Updates to Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 — the product that infuses “presence” information, which conveys the status of online contacts, into business applications and lets people send secure instant messages. The 2005 release of Microsoft Office Live Meeting — a major update to our popular Web conferencing service.
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  | Software Review - If Monk's Had Mac's
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  | Rob Hancox I've got a website that I regularly update with my own ramblings but I won't be creating a podcast anytime soon, I'll just stick to blogging for now. But what got me to write was that I'm running the Flora London Marathon in 20 days time - April 23rd and have thought about wearing an Apple/iPod/iPlodder type of tee-shirt but was conscious of the American centric/Apple links. So, when you mentioned the idea of British Mac tee-shirt my mind started to run into overdrive. Count me in for a couple of tee-shirts. http://web.mac.com/robhancox/iWeb/Running/Welcome.html
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  | John Tweddell
Listening to your history of Apple, it took me back to my 1984 conversion from the IBM to Apple (as a religion!!)
In 1981 I wrote to IBM having read in 'Business Week' magazine that it was developing a micro computer. To cut a long story down, I got a job and worked for IBM in Boca Raton with Don Estridge in the heady days of 1982/83 when the IBM PC changed the role of computers in business In October 1983 I came back to the UK and helped launch the IBM PC in Europe in January 1983 In 1984 we brought out the IBM PC XT (in Europe - the year after the USA) One night I went along with this great new IBM PC XT to the BBC's Tomorrows World programme in White City, West London - during which they also showed the Apple Macintosh and compared it against our IBM product No contest - That was it - I was blown by the Apple computer's graphics and have owned a Apple ever since
IBM gave me a career in computing - but Apple gave me its heart! §
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  | Dino Cafolla in Belfast.
Having switched recently to the new macbook pro with ease, i find but one problem. The program i used for finding artwork and importing it to itunes was 'fetchart' and it doesn't work with the new intel chips. Can you suggest another program and possibly do a shout out to see if anyone else has found any problems with the new macbook pros at all!
www.the-limelight.co.uk§
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  | Andrew Canella Greeting from the USA! I just wanted to compliment your podcast and let you know it is amongst my favorites! I'd like to suggest an idea for a special edition or maybe a daily segment. Apple history has always been a favorite issue of mine, and I thought maybe you could do a "this day in apple history" or perhaps an entire segment on the history of Apple computer. Many people do not know of its rich history and I think it might interest a lot of people out there. I've read quite a few books on the history and find it fascinating myself. Thanks for all you do.
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  | Chris Groucutt - history of Bluetooth Ericsson - The name Bluetooth was born from the 10th century king of Denmark, King Harold Bluetooth who engaged in diplomacy which led warring parties to negotiate with each other. The inventors of the Bluetooth technology thought this a fitting name for their technology which allowed different devices to talk to each other
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  | Request for Favourite Apps!
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  | Details of British Mac Mystery Competition
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  | WIiner gets a limited edition British Mac T-Shirt plus a copy of Sherlock Holmes Adventures!!
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  | Withnail and I is a cult British film made in 1987 by Handmade Films. Written and directed by Bruce Robinson, it was Richard E. Grant's first film role and launched him into a successful career. It also featured outstanding performances by Richard Griffiths as Monty, Paul McGann as Marwood/...& I and Ralph Brown as Danny. The film has spawned many popular quotations. In 2000, readers of Total Film magazine voted Withnail and I the 3rd greatest comedy film of all time. In 2004 the same magazine named it the 13th greatest British film of all time. Withnail & I was 38th in Channel 4's 100 Greatest Films poll.
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