Apple has given .Mac subscribers one last gift in 2005. A quick visit to your account settings page will show that you now have a 1 TB (1,024 GB) monthly bandwidth allotment. That's pretty hefty.
No move by Apple can be accepted without some speculation, so I'll throw my two cents in. Considering Apple's recent embrace of podcasting and the bandwidth problem that podcasters face, I'd venture a guess that maybe Apple will introduce either an all-in-one solution for podcasters. Then again, maybe they just wanted to improve the service.
[via TUAW]
Update: The bandwidth allotment has disappeared from my account page. The only official thing I can find is on .Mac's features page which lists 10 GB transfer.
DotMac user thunderaudio brings an inside look at the Quad G5, nasty bits and all. He also has some pictures of the liquid cooling used in a G5. The geek in me likes seeing every inch of the G5s, while the Mac user in me cries that such a beautiful machine was taken apart, even if temporarily.
[via MacView]
Mac Specialist offers a quick and easy way to change Safari's default blue RSS icon to the orange Firefox born symbol (pictured to the right).
Microsoft recently announced it would adopt the icon for IE 7 and its RSS capabilities. Ever since, a new movement to adopt the icon has sprung up, including a website featuring free versions of the icon in all kinds of formats.
While many people are jumping on the bandwagon for this new icon, I remain unconvinced. Rather than a community designed design, our Mozilla and Microsoft overlords are telling us that this is the one symbol. Maybe I'm just being overly paranoid. I'm personally fond of the existing icon and don't feel the new icon really is an improvement.
The fine Camino folks have released beta 2 of the cocoa Gecko browser. The full 1.0 release is anticipated in the next month.
I've been a huge fan of Camino since the Chimera days. Yeah, that far back. That was back when the browser selection for Mac OS X was sparse to say the least. By the time Jaguar had rolled around, it was my browser of choice. It only got unseated because of some extras that Safari provides (bookmark syncing, built-in spell checking).
On the other hand, Camino still subscribes to the school of thought that a web browser should be a web browser and not a swiss army knife (RSS, extensions, etc.), which is still refreshing at times. It's also fast. It's good to see it'll be at 1.0 soon, but with the stability it's maintained for several milestones now, it's more deserving of that version number than some other products.
As a trailer for the upcoming British documentary In Search of the Valley, Woz shows us why it's called FireWire. [via Digg.com] As a side note, Woz' autograph is one of my favorite pieces of Apple paraphanalia. He's such an awesome guy.
An independent music store in South Carolina will give you an iPod if you give them CDs. If only I'd been born a little later, and had a larger CD collection. Seriously though, those shiny pieces of plastic are just taking up space in my house. I ought to sell 'em.
PC World has come out with its list of winners and losers. On its list, Apple. Hold on though. They're a winner and a loser. I'll save you the suspense: they're not the only ones. Also on the list is iTunes as a winner.
Apple is lauded for the Mac mini, video on the iPod, and the Intel switch. iTunes is praised for sticking to its pricing scheme as well as delivering video content. Apple is criticized for its lawsuits concerning rumor sites.
Is Apple being praised and criticized for the right things? Is praise for the Intel switch premature? Was Steve simply trying to maintain the mystique that is the keynote?
Woman #1: My principal says you can get French lessons as an iPod.
Woman #2: An "iPod"?
Woman #1: Yeah...they're about 15 minutes long, they come on your computer, and they're free.
Woman #2: Hmm.
Woman #1: Wait, I mean a podcast.
Woman #2: "Podcast"? Sounds like it comes from aliens.
--Patisserie Claude, West 4th Street
Yes, there is now a line of Hello Kitty protective films for your iPod nano. It turns out that Cyber Gadget released two types of Hello Kitty and Charming Kitty films on Christmas Day. The packs actually contain a pair of layers: the first is decorative and the second makes sure Kitty doesn't suffer wear and tear. You can pick these cuties up for around ¥1,200.
Want more iPod craziness? Visit our pals at Digital World Tokyo for the inevitable Snoopy iPod and sickeningly cute Shuffle cases.
[ From Impress (Japanese) | DWT/Paul Kallender ]
Our good friends at Engadget have put together a way to hack the XBox 360 so that it acts as an iPod charger while you're hammering away at your favorite video games.
Not to be outdone by his boss, VP Cheney apparently is a fan of the iPod too. The Associated Press has the story of how Cheney's staff *must* keep his iPod charged at all times -- after the jump, of course.
Continue reading "Vice President Cheney Has an iPod, Too"
I’ve read about Mac minis being mounted to the backside of TVs and even being implanted in cars, but this is the first time my real geek streak has been titillated. Apple, of all people, has a page about modding Mac minis, aptly named Big Ideas.
I must resist the urge to buy a Mac mini. If an Intel version is released soon, I may just lose that battle. I wonder though, even though Apple is displaying this prominently on their site, if you take it in for service, will their official response be “Very cool, but you’ve voided your warranty”?
[via mac tag on del.icio.us]
