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Microsoft’s Ad Agency Uses Macs

Strike another one up for Apple.  A flickr user has pointed out on their page that Microsoft has published a picture on their website that was made on a Mac.  The digital fingerprint on the image shows that the image was made on a version of Adobe’s Photoshop on a computer running OS X, Apple’s [...]

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Tue, September 23 2008 » tech » Comments Off

Some accesories will not work with 2nd Gen. iPod Touch & iPhone

Upon the announcement last Tuesday that Apple unveiled it’s 2nd Generation iPod Touch users have been itching to buy them. Many users who are simply buying a replacement iPod (as in my case a 4GB Mini) are finding out that some of the accessories will either will not charge or will not work at all [...]

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Mon, September 15 2008 » tech » Comments Off

Google’s Chrome web browser not shining

We all know that immediate adoption of new products account for only a small portion of long-term usage.  With that said, a week after Google’s Chrome web browser was released it accounts for only a small portion (about 7/10 of a percent) of the market. Current Firefox users have cited the lack of importable/usable plugins [...]

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Thu, September 11 2008 » tech » Comments Off

Google’s Chrome web browser not shiny

We all know that immediate adoption of new products account for only a small portion of long-term usage.  With that said, a week after Google’s Chrome web browser was released it accounts for only a small portion (about 7/10 of a percent) of the market. Current Firefox users have cited the lack of importable/usable plugins [...]

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Thu, September 11 2008 » tech » Comments Off

Apple Announces New iPods & iTunes

Yesterday at a media event dubbed “Let’s Rock” Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple announced refreshed versions of the iPod Nano, iPod Touch, and iTunes. The new version of iTunes (8) now has support for HD TV shows (avialable for $2.99) a new “Genius” playlist that suggests similar songs in your collection, and a new visualizer. [...]

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Wed, September 10 2008 » misc. debris » Comments Off