While Apple keeps piling on features to iTunes, there are still times you think, What idiot wrote these SONG NAMES ALL IN CAPS or in all lowercase or the dreaded … 01-AIRBAG-RADIO-OK_COMPUTER … listed entirely in the Song Name listing. How much time do you need to spend to clean that up? Never fear – [...]

Recently, as one of the writers of this blog, I made the decision to add a music widget called Sonific to this blog. Apparently, the music player, Sonific, was hard to see even though it appears at the very top right of the blog each day. It appears that the addition has had mixed reviews [...]

I understand that journalists want to be cynical and to claim “objectivity.” But when 11 bloggers at ZDNET write over 50+ negative blog posts in a little over a week for a product NOT even out yet? What is that? Proof they are smarter than us? … and more cynical? Proof they are mad at [...]

This was a minor thow-away story but others are starting to run with it like it’s some sort of panic, let’s set the story straight. The recap is that someone tore open an Apple TV and told BusinessWeek the components cost Apple $237 or when Apple sells one for $299, they “only” make $62 or [...]

What do private equity firms see in the print magazine model? Quadrangle Capital Partners II is rumored to have bought Maxim, Blender, and Stuff for $240 Million U.S. While that includes their web sites (about 4 million uniques collectively each month), the magazines (which collectively earn about 400 ad pages monthly) the deal also includes [...]

What is the time limit on SPOILER ALERT statute of limitations? A week? Will you get beat up if you wear this spoiler t-shirt? A lot of online fury been directed at creator David Chase and I’ll bet 85% of the people who shouted for head as their first reaction now realize how perfect the [...]

We have covered Handbrake and MPEG Streamclip in some details so now it’s time to recap briefly what you want to do and what you need for Mac video (apps recommended are generally in ALL CAPS with LINKS are at the end): I want to have my DVD movies on my Mac so I don’t [...]

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You may have noticed the recent addition of the Sonific widget on the right content area of this blog. Let us know if you like having audio on the blog. We like it but you may not. Today’s post is another addition you may see from time to time using an add-on called Splashcast. Splashcast [...]

(UPDATED January 1, 2008) It is a great system and exactly what the video game industry needed, a company interested in serving the needs of the mass market gamers. That’s not to say that Sony or Microsoft don’t serve an audience that is also large – rather the larger audience is the several generation of [...]