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I decided to take the jump and Try Amazon’s New Mp3 Download Service When i heard about the Mac compatibility. Sure Enough it works great. You can get most songs for 89 cents, some for more, some for less. It is delivered to you in 256 Kbit Mp3. Heres how it works.You Find Song –> You Download Amazon Downloader app –> You Click “buy” and you are charged. You Download a .amz file. It opens the Downloader, Downloads your Mp3 File and Automatically Puts it in itunes with Album art, song names, titles, ect. It is a Great Service. You can even get universal Music DRM-Free. I will start buying whatever music i can at Amazon.  One note: Amazon Mp3 Will use your amazon One-click settings for your purchase. Make sure yu have the right credit card, ect for one click. 

Kodak EasyShare M753

Price at Time Of Purchase: $149

Purchased at: Walmart. Also Avalible at Amazon.com

The Kodak EasyShare M753 is an affordable, Compact, 7 Megapixel Digital Camera That harbors a boatload of features for a Tiny Price. It Comes In Many Crowd Pleasing Colors– However if you are Buying this at a Physical Store, this can be Dissapointing When they Dont Have Your Color Of Choice. I had this Same Problem when going to Walmart, however i Didn’t Mind having the Copper Color. In My Exprerience, It Took Relatively Clear Pictures. It Comes With Digital Image Stabilization, However I found that it did not Really Make A Huge Difference in the quality. If i was in a Vehicle, It Would Help Moderately, but Most Of the Time It was Pretty Useless.

A Feature That Is also installed on the camera is a Ten Second Preview After taking the Picture. At First I found this Frustrating when taking Several Simultaneous Shots, But i Figured Out that You can Bypass it by Lightly Taping the Shutter Button. When Showing Pictures to Friends and Family, this Feature Was Extremely Useful And Saved The Trouble of going into “Review” Mode.

I Found This Camera to be an alternative to the Canon Powershot SD1000 Digital Elph, And I Thought it was worth saving the Hundred Bucks. It Provided Nice Pictures, An Easy To use interface, As Well As The Compact Design, Usb Charging Capabilty, and Scratch Resistant Exterior.

I Was Happy TO Finally Get Rid Of Those Expensive Digital Camera AA Batteries, as Well As the Extra Weight Of The Camera Overall. This Camera Is Great For any Normal Consumer. I Would Easially Give This Camera A Score Of 4.5 Out Of 5. Overall.

Ease Of Use: 5

Design:4.5

Picture Quality: 4.5

Interface: 4.5

Usability Of Features: 3.5

– applgeek

Yup. You’ve Probably Heard About NBC Not Renewing their Contract With iTunes. However, they decided to put their content on Amazon Unbox. The Problem is, unbox doesnt Work On a Mac. And You Cant Put Your Content on the ipod, because its on Amazon. Of Course, I could Run Windows so i can PAY FOR and Watch (only) the Show. However, i have to “come to them”. Its a lot easier (and cheaper– its free) to go onto bittorrent. Even for Windows Users.

If you look at recent Universal Activity, you may have noticed that they tried out DRM Free Music on Walmarts Website. However the Same Problem Exists: It Doesnt Work With a Mac. Again, you can go to bittorrent.

Who Really wants to go to an unfamiliar, restrictive service? What Mac User will Run Windows and Forfeit iPod/itunes Play just to PAY for Restrictive shows?

The Only Exception to All this is live Streaming with ads. Services Such as joost and NBC’s own Online Player work fine on the mac (assuming you have a great video card and fast processor.) However, if NBC wants to get “free Money”, then they will probably be forced to go back to itunes.

You May have noticed the article about the new dock below. For Someone with a bare ipod, these are great, but for people like me, and thousands of others, an ipod dock is unpractical. This is usually because we have a case stuck on our ipods to protect them from scratches, Drops <– (Big one) and our environment in general. However, We cant dock our iPods unless we remove the case. For us who like the convenience of a dock, this can be dissapointment. So what else can you use?

After Researchng the problem awhile back, i eventually stumbled along a product you may or may not have heard about: The Ped2. It’s a small dot with special “grips” for your ipod. It looks simular to the foot on the imac or ACD, except you can put your ipod on it.The Ped2 has ajustable arms so you can fit it to the size of your ipod with the case on. If you want the complete Solution, you can combine it with an audio cable to go to your stereo, and an ipod remote to make it just like the dock.

The only Disadvantage to the approach is the price. The Ped2 starts at 40 bucks, plus the AV cable and Remote Kit. So it Does cost more. However, if you need the Soloution to your docking woe, it is definitely the way to go.

The Ped2 can be found at thoughtout.biz

Just another Note, you could easially use the ped with your TV. Just get a Ped2 and an iPod AV cable, as well as an ipod Remote.

– applgeek

Yup. Steve didnt say it, but if you look on Apple’s website, the $50 dock has a new IR sensor, a bunch of new dock adapters, and includes the Apple remote. The IR sensor no longer looks like a huge eye, but instead is like the one found on the MacBook. Whoopee.

The new dock only comes with adapters for the new ipods and the 5th gen. they probably expect you to buy a dock adapter for a Nano, or just buy a Nano dock. However, I like the look of the new one and I am glad they updated it.

– applgeek

According to Microsoft’s Live search Leo is a, well, just watch.

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Ever Since it was created, the mac pro really hasnt Been updatd. It has always been The Same Xeon Processors (except the 8 core model), same look, same desig, same FSB, and The Same Keyboard.

Lately, you may have noticed that there are rumores about intels 45 nanometer futuristic Xeons Scheduled for a November Release. You May also Notice that the Mac Pros Do NOT Contain The New Slim Keyboard.  Does This Possibly spell UPDATE for the  Mac Pros?

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