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Boom boom (Feb 28 2006 23:59 GMT) - Looks underwhelming to me. Although the leather case was the stranger product of their announcement. Who's going to pay that much money for a relatively simple leather case? |
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Hunting enables men to show off (Feb 28 2006 23:57 GMT) - David Pescovitz:... While it would seem that men in hunter-gatherer societies who are good hunters have an evolutionary advantage because their mates would stay with them longer and their kids would be better fed. It turns out though that the dangerous and exhausting act of hunting is also a good way for men to show-off. A study of the Hadza tribe of Tansania in the scientific journal Current Anthropology looks at this so-called "showoff hypothesis." From a press release:... |
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Joe Btfsplk (Feb 28 2006 23:57 GMT) - When I was young, there was a comic strip call Lil' Abner. One of the characters was Joe Btfsplk who walked around followed by a cloud, and was considered a jinx. Rick Ankiel is the modern day embodiment of that... |
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Apple Announces iPod Hi-Fi Speaker System (Feb 28 2006 23:56 GMT) - Apple boosted its iPod accessory offerings Tuesday with the release of the iPod Hi-Fi, a portable high-fidelity speaker system taht works with the handheld music device. By Mathew Honan, Playlist |
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Be Instantly Clever (Feb 28 2006 23:56 GMT) - Now, you can start to appear smart and intelligent whenever you talk to your friends -- with Wikipedia in your pocket (actually, in your iPod).Warning: You may not be that smart after all. |
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Study: Windows Media Loses Ground To Apple H.264 (Feb 28 2006 23:56 GMT) - Streaming Media.com on Monday announced the publication of two new reports that suggest that Apple's QuickTime H.264 video encoding has gained round on Microsoft Windows Media. The winner, however, was RealVideo. By Peter Cohen, Macworld |
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iPod Mini Makes A Return To Apple's Site (Feb 28 2006 23:56 GMT) - It's not quite the iPod mini comeback that some were hoping for, but Apple has put a stash of the colorful players up for sale in the clearance section of its online store. By Ina Fried, CNET News.com |
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Selling In The iPod Channel (Feb 28 2006 23:56 GMT) - It's that hip factor, that intangible tangible known as cool that the ipod confers. Software makers and sellers want a piece of that marketing power. And they want some of their space back on store shelves that iPod has swiped from them. By Erin Joyce, InternetNews.com |
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iPhoto 6: Good, But Not Ground-breaking (Feb 28 2006 23:56 GMT) - iPhoto 6 provides enough improvements and new features that anyone who uses iPhoto at all seriously will find them worthwhile, particularly if any of hte other iLife '06 applications are of interest. By Adam C. Engst, TidBITS |
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Apple MacBook Pro (Feb 28 2006 23:56 GMT) - If you're after a drop-dead gorgeous laptop that runs consumer applications brilliantly, that excels in entertainment and productivity software, and that's truly future-proofed, then it's worth joining the queue. By Tom Dunmore, Stuff |
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Fun? You Want Fun? (Feb 28 2006 23:56 GMT) - The Funniest thing ever to come out of the labs of Microsoft: What if Microsoft redesigned Apple iPod packaging?(Okay, it's not actually from Microsoft or Apple. But it is still very fun.) |
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Details Unfolding On Microsoft's 'Origami' (Feb 28 2006 23:56 GMT) - As rumors unfurl about a new gadget upcoming from Microsoft, the company's Origami Project is starting to take shape as a very small tablet computer, one perhaps affordable enough to appeal to mainstream consumers. By Ina Fried, CNET News.com |
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Is Mac OS As Safe As Ever? (Feb 28 2006 23:56 GMT) - While these represent a sea change, there is no need for Mac owners to worry, experts said, as the published attacks are still mainly theoretical and not widespread. By Joris Evers, CNET News.com |
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