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Das wichtigste vom Wochenende: apple.com mit erheblich mehr Besuchern im November; Dell verkauft keine iPods mehr; das ausstehende Security Update; Video iPod Gerüchte; Wal-Marts Versuch eines Music Store und Apples Jahresbericht im Detail.
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Wer sich schon immer gewünscht hat, all seine offenen Tabs in Safari in einem Aufwasch sichern zu können, um diese später wieder feinsäuberlich auf gleich simple Art exakt wiederherzustellen, wird einen schönen Lösungsansatz bei my two cents finden.
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Es lässt sich nicht nur über Bluetooth die Internetverbindung am Mac mit einem entsprechenden Mobiltelefon teilen, sondern auch mit dem Palm Tungsten. Anleitung gibts bei mobilewhack.
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Ebenfalls bei mobilewhack:

"Ecamm Network's Drag'n'tooth is a Dock-dwelling app that allows you to drag-and-drop an arbitrary number of .prc, .pdb, media, or text files for install on your Bluetooth-enabled Palm or Palms."
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Sehr schöner Observer Artikel über Jonathan Ive, der mal wieder einen sehr prestigeträchtigen Preis abgeräumt hat:

"Ive's job title does not make him sound bold or even remotely exciting. He is 'vice-president of industrial design at Apple Computer Corporation'. But now that he has won the RSA award, he finds himself in some of the most creative and fashionable company in the world. There are only 200 members of the RSA's Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry and they include architect Lord (Norman) Foster, British fashion designers Paul Smith and John Galliano, and celebrated furniture designer Ron Arad."

"On a grey afternoon he drove to Hull to present a new toilet to Ideal Standard. It was Comic Relief Day and the firm's head of marketing sat through the presentation wearing a red nose, David Brent-style. Ive's designs were rejected. Shortly afterwards Ive went to the US and drove from San Francisco to Cupertino to present the new laptop to Apple. The firm liked his ideas so much they offered him a job."

"Given his success now, it's hard to imagine that Ive found the Apple job so frustrating at first that he almost quit. It wasn't until Steve Jobs, Apple's co-founder, returned to take charge of the firm in 1997 that Ive's career took off. Former Tangerine colleague, Peter Phillips, recalls: 'Jobs realised he had a jewel in Jonathan. There is a rumour Apple had designed the iMac years earlier but the existing boss was not interested, so they put it away. When Jobs returned and asked what ideas they had Jonathan brought it out and the rest is history.'"
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Wer nach einer iPod Lunchbox Ausschau hält, wird bei tingilinde fündig und wer einen merkwürdige iPod Spot mit Will Ferrell sehen will ebenfalls.
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Kommendes Jahr wird zumindest in den Staaten einiges an digitaler Musik verschenkt/verlost werden:

"Indeed, Apple Computer has inked a deal with Pepsi to give away 100 million iTunes downloads in a promotion that kicks off in February with a Super Bowl ad," Garrity reports. "And Miller Brewing will give away thousands of Napster-branded digital music players and downloads next summer as part of a new marketing alliance between the beer maker and Napster parent Roxio. Other beverage suppliers, MP3 player manufacturers, airlines and credit card companies also are looking to get in on the act. Even fast food giant McDonald's confirms it has discussed marketing possibilities with a number of online music distributors."
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Leben ohne Microsoft bei MacDailyNews:

Living without Microsoft isn't as hard as you might think, according to the creators of the site, John Naughton and Quentin Stafford-Fraser, technology professionals in England. 'We created Living without Microsoft (www.livingwithoutmicrosoft.org) because the market dominance of Microsoft leads many nontechnical people to assume there really is no alternative to using its software,' they write. 'In many cases, there are real alternatives, and our aim is to help you find them," Allan Hoffman writes for The Star-Ledger.
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Außerdem (Halb-)Wissenswertes aus dem Terminal - heute:
12/22 Giacomo Puccini born, 1858
(Anleitung).