Post 456: A Bright and Faster Day Beckons.

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A Bright and Faster Day Beckons

and Mac OS X 10.6

IS Quite Speedy

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Link: http://www.osnews.com/story/22084/Mac_OS_X_10_6_Brings_Serious_Performance_Gains

Apple's new OS geared for multicore future

The Parts of this New OS

Link: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10319839-264.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

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Move over Microsoft...

Ubuntu Unveils a New Software Store

Link: http://www.osnews.com/comments/22082

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Wingman reporting...

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The BIG Apple Apology by Wingman...

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The BIG Apology by Wingman...
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Many, many Years ago I stated uncategorically : "Nobody needs 30,000 songs in their pocket. Not even Mozart."
I was, of course, berating the iPod and the $30,000 dollars that music would cost to Put In an iPod.

Today, after over a year Owner of the iPod Touch 2G, I feel compelled to state uncategorically :

"I Was Wrong!". And: "I apologized..."

The incredible device called the iPhone and in my case, the iPod Touch has "Changed my TUNE.".

I've never been a "FanBoy" for Apple. Especially since they've built their beautiful machine on top of BSD, not Linux. But even Nokia knows what's Really Under the Hood, even if Apple doesn't Say The Name: Linux.

The logic behind the cost-factor still applies, but the Gadget Store, and the Linux-Based iPhone Hack has turned the Tide. This is Not Your Grand-Dad's Newton...

This is Something Different. The Cross Platform Game Changer pundits have been giving "Lip-Service" to for oh-so-many years.

The Wonder of Wonders is Apple's Second Grand Slam in a Row. The First was of course, the iTunes Store. And the Second: The Gadget Store, and the Billion Plus Apps that changes your pocket computer into what-ever you want.

Brilliant.

Thank you Steve Jobs for okaying this Process.

Wingman, humbled by gadgetry again...

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Post 454: Filed Under: Just When You Think You've Seen Everything

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Filed Under: Just When You Think

You've Seen Everything

From GizModo:

GScreen's Dual Screen Spacebook
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This is one of the first photos of an actual gScreen's dual 15.4-inch screen Spacebook—two full screens (not just an extra 10-inch one like Lenovo's W700. Really. There were renders before, but here are the photos.

They call them the Opposite of a NetBook.

At a Tad below $3000.00 dollars, I guess it is.

Link: http://gizmodo.com/5346996/gscreens-dual+screen-spacebook-coming-soonish

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XL Tablet running Mac OS X???

NICE!

Link: http://gizmodo.com/5347191/rumor-apple-may-be-working-on-xl-tablets-running-full-mac-os-x?skyline=true&s=x

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Jailbroke my iPod Touch...

I missed the Five Across Apps
and the Two New App Stores...
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And Speaking of Broken, that's the title of my next (physical Book) READ.

Broken
The Troubled Past and Uncertain Future of the FBI

by Richard Gid Powers

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Wingman, Yeah, I read Too...

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From NewScientist: Fractals and The Nth Dimension

Beyond space and time:

Fractals, hyperspace and more

After reading Michio Kaku;s excellent book: Physics of the Impossible (available at Amazon and Audible books), I've really resonate to stories like the one at NewScientist.com. Links below.

Wingman, Still a Star Trekker

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Link 1: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327231.200-dimensions-the-grand-tour.html#bx272312B1

Link: 2 http://www.newscientist.com/special/beyond-space-and-time

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Picture Puzzle:

What is This?

Callpod Chargepod Travel Charger

Link: http://slashcool.com/page/12/

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Apple has Some Big Media Goodies

Coming on

09/09/2009

Can You Say Beatles?

Link: http://www.maclife.com/article/news/apple_music_event_scheduled_september_9th

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Wingman, Just Jail Broke my iPod Touch 2G 3.0.
Back in Business...

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Post 452: Bee genome gives killer clue to CCD

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Bee genome gives killer clue to CCD
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IN

Link: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17676-bee-genome-gives-killer-clue-to-colony-collapse-disorder.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news

CCD has Killed off about a third of US honeybees
in 2007 and 2008.

CCD is Colony Collapse Disorder.

New work with the Genome of Honey Bees have found different genes in healthy Bees and the Infected ones.

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From

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Behind the 4GB Memory Limit

in 32-Bit Windows

Link: http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/08/25/1818215/Behind-the-4GB-Memory-Limit-In-32-Bit-Windows?from=rss
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Wingman: Watching the Watchers....

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Gagets: .Sony PS3 Slim At Florida Best Buy

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.Sony PS3 Slim At Florida Best Buy
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An Engadget reader picked one up along with Arkham Asylum.


What is Batman: Arkham Asylum?
Could be the New "Hit" Game of the Year

(Frys is promoting today's release
of the Collectors Edition for, get this, $84.99.)



Video Trailers of the game at
Today's Video Bar,
Top Right of Page.
Shows the same Picture as above
but ARE different trailers or reviews of
The Game.

Wingman.


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The Sony PS3 Slim Sighting
at Florida Best Buy.

Link: http://www.engadget.com


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In The WILD
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eBook Sony Redux???

The Reader Daily Edition has a seven-inch touchscreen with 16 levels of gray as well as a AT&T 3G modem, enabling it to pull content wirelessly -- it'll launch in December for $400, and the 3G access will be free, but limited to accessing the Sony eBook store.
No Web Browser.

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Articles in today's Engadget.com

(I always Look Here First. Wingman.)
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Nokia's New Booklet 3G "mini laptop"

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from engadget story:
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It has an Atom processor and 10.1-inch display, but that screen is higher res than your average Eee, and it also sports integrated 3G wireless and a hot-swappable SIM card, so it's definitely trying to define its own niche. It looks to be running Windows 7, which isn't particularly netbooky, and also has integrated A -GPS with a copy of Ovi Maps, HDMI output, a rated 12 hour battery life, and the usual Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity, all in a 2cm (.78 inch), 2.7lb aluminum body that's understated, sophisticated, and should make most Nokia fans very happy -- Nokia fans who are looking for a tiny laptop, anyway. There's a fancy promotional video after the break, and while we don't have any anticipated release date or price just yet, we'll be learning more at Nokia World 09 on September 2.

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Wingman: Watching the Gadget Watchers Too!

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Post 450: MC2 Links: By The Numbers Time, Again

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MC2 Links: By The Numbers Time, Again

12 add-ons every Firefox user must have

A dozen extensions to fire up the 'fox!

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Link: http://www.techradar.com/news/software/applications/12-add-ons-every-firefox-user-must-have-626812

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1. Copy Plain Text
2. Get TinyURLS
3. Use HyperWords
4. Resurrect Pages
5. Avoid Typos
6. BLOCK ADS
7. Block Script
8. Pretend to be IE
9. Run IE Like Firefox
10. Add Google Bookmarks
11. Add Bookmarks from IE
12. Check Site Security

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Still Using Windows XP?

10 Windows XP services you should never disable

Link: http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=23089

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1. DNS Client
2. Network Connections
3. Plug and Play
4. Print Spooler
5. Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
6. Workstation
7. Network Location Awareness (NLA)
8. DHCP Client
9. Cryptographic Services
10. The Biggy Automatic Updates

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Filed Under: Having It Both Ways:

7 reasons to Avoid Windows 7

Link: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/08/7-reasons-to-avoid-windows-7/

7 Good Reasons to Switch to Windows 7

Link: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/08/windows7-seven-reasons/

Still Fence Sitting Eh?

Wingman, Watching the Watchers

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Post 449: So Smooth Scroller Plugin--Pretty Cool

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Smooth Scroller for Firefox

Most of the Geekiness Bing gives you,
Has been done with Firefox PlugIns available
For some Time-Now...

Take Control of your Scroller Wheel
With This One:

Link: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/3352/enjoy-customizable-smooth-scrolling-in-firefox-with-smoothwheel/

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Be A SuperUser
This SuperUser Link
JUST Answers
the Questions you might
Have about your
Computers.
(Super Users have more than One.)

SuperUser Link: http://superuser.com/

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Dell Server :
Nissan uses 20 Dell R900 servers in their
Tennessee plant data center's
new virtualized architecture. (Source: Dell)

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DailyTech Tells Us:

How Virtualization Helped Nissan
Cut Plant Server Purchases by 80%
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Link: http://www.dailytech.com/Interview+How+Nissan+Cut+Its+Plant+Server+Purchases+By+80+Percent+With+Virtualization/article16028.htm

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Wingman, with his Audible Books now on his iPod Touch 2G.

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Post 448 A NOTBook from Acer at Best Buy This Week

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A NOTBook from Acer at Best Buy This Week

What else would you call it?

It's really a Notebook at a NETBOOK Price.
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Best Buy was offering an Acer laptop (AS5516-5474) that had been previously listed at $299 for $279.

The specifications: an AMD Athlon TF-20 64 processor, 15.6-inch WXGA display, 2GB DDR2 memory, DVD-RW drive, 160GB hard disk drive, ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 graphics, 802.11b/g wireless, 10/100 Ethernet LAN, and Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic Edition. Pretty close to mainstream-laptop hardware with the exception of the low-end AMD-ATI silicon and the older "g" wireless.

Cnet Link:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10313889-64.html?part=rsssubj=newstag=2547-1_3-0-20

It weighs in at 6 pounds and measures 1.5-inches thick.

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How Cheap are External Terabyte Drives Now?

Get a 1-terabyte external drive for $69.99 at Buy.com

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FD G-Force Hard Drive - GF1000EU
Fantom 1TB G-Force Hard Drive - Dual Interface (eSATA & USB 2.0) - External Hard Drive

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Link: http://www.buy.com/

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Wingman, Here's a few Bonus Links, of interesting places to visit.

Bing http://www.bing.com/
Wolfram Alpha http://www.wolframalpha.com/
Midomi http://www.midomi.com/
Silverlight Demos http://www.vectorform.com/silverlight/demos.php
YouTube http://youtube.com
TinyURL http://tinyurl.com/
Pandora http://pandora.com
Google Gadgets http://desktop.google.com/plugins/
Top100Papers http://www.refdesk.com/top100pap.html

SpiderGirl Busts A Move, Pun Not Intended

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Marvel Moves Into Motion Comics

With Spider-Woman

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Pretty Big Girl, and She has the Moves...

with Flash Animation, that is.

Link: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/08/marvel-moves-into-motion-comics-with-spider-woman/

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One more Day to get the Free Beta, and the Full, out in October, will cost twice as much as it will in the UK.

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Two Windows 7 Stories:

7 Good Reasons to Switch to Windows 7
From Wired.

Link: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/08/windows7-seven-reasons/
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What Windows 7 Can Learn from Linux

Link: http://www.osnews.com/story/22015/What_Windows_7_Can_Learn_from_Linux

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Wingman, the new PS3 Slim will Not have Linux, but the hard drive is user changeable.

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Pocket Camcorders in HD, Kodak, Joins the Fray.

It's Hard to Forget About "The Hardware..."

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A Kodak Moment?

Gen 3 outsnaps the Flip Video MinoHD

Link: http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/camcorders/0,39029968,49299888,00.htm

Link: http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/camcorders/0,39029968,49299888-2o,00.htm

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Take Your Pick:

A $300 Bones Blue Tooth Headset



or A $300 Bones Playstation 3 Slim
Due out in September.

WITH Blu-Ray Player?

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And Speaking about Blu-Ray Players, here's the TOP 4, from Cnet UK:

Link: http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/dvdpvr/0,39030417,49295110,00.htm

Pick of the litter?




The LG BD 370.

Link on Specs: http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/dvdpvr/0,39030417,49301861,00.htm

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It's Goodies (back-to-school) Time Again...

Wingman

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The 300 BlueTooth Bones BLOG

$300 BlueTooth Bones for the

"the best headset ever made?"

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Nokia BH-905 Stereo Bluetooth Headset:
Engadget shows us the "the best headset ever made?" The Bluetooth-equipped cans, along with its ten microphones, supple ear cups and

A2DP / AVCRP support, are expected to launch globally next month for around three hundred bones,

NOKNOK
Tap into your Nokia's Hidden Talents

Link: http://noknok.tv/2009/08/17/nokia-bh-905-stereo-bluetooth-headset-hands-on/

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What's This???

ASUS's RT-N13U router wants
to make your life as EZ as possible

Also At Today's Engadget.

Link: http://www.engadget.com/

Wingman. The Guitar YouTube Link Top-Right will stay up for a Good Week. If you have a chance, check out the robot guitar that tunes itself. Very Cool. Since I've updated to iPod Touch 3.0 OS, I've found some cool New Apps, Here are Three:

Voice Memo
9 Toolbox and
the eBook reader Stanza (Very Readable Updated App)

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Post 444 The G in Guitar: Les Paul

The G in Guitar IS Les Paul


Check out Self-Tuning Les Paul
Guitar.

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Link: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/les-paul-dies/?apage=6
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7:48 AM 8/16/2009
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The uncut Stamps Sheets for Sale at
http://shop.usps.com/

Old TV Favorites on New Stamps

Link: http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_13041480

Link: http://shop.usps.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10152&storeId=10001&categoryId=11810&productId=48753&langId=-1&WT.ac=48753


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Shows featured:

Texaco Star Theater
I Love Lucy
The Red Skelton Show
Howdy Doody
Dragnet
Lassie
Hopalong Cassidy
You Bet Your Life
The Dinah Shore Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
Kukla, Fran and Ollie
The Phil Silvers Show
The Lone Ranger
Perry Mason
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Burns and Allen
Ozzie and Harriet
The Tonight Show
The Twilight Zone
The Honeymooners

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Woodstock

36 acts of Greatness and the Original
Field of Dreams

Was it just Music to our collective ears in a field miles away from Woodstock.

Link: http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2009/08/13/f-woodstock-40th-anniversary.html

Link: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/10/sunday/main5230255.shtml?tag=cbsnewsTwoColUpperPromoArea

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Will the Kindle and eBooks Kill Paper?

The Paper Chase and the Xerox Factor

Link: http://www.ereads.com/2009/07/more-kindle-ing-for-paper-vs-digital.html

Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photo_copier

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From The Wikipedia Photocopying Page

Part of the series on the
History of printing

Woodblock printing 200
Movable type 1040
Intaglio 1430s
Printing press 1454
Lithography 1796
Chromolithography 1837
Rotary press 1843
Flexography 1873
Mimeograph 1876
Hot metal typesetting 1886
Offset press 1903
Screen-printing 1907
Dye-sublimation 1957
Phototypesetting 1960s
Photocopier 1960s
Pad printing 1960s
Laser printer 1969
Dot matrix printer 1970
Thermal printer 1970s
Inkjet printer 1976
3D printing 1986
Stereolithography 1986
Digital press 1993
Frescography 1998
v • d • e

40% of Paper is discarded the same day it is printed.

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Wingman

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Link to Engadget Post of the Gibson Robot Guitar
on November 12, 2007:
http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/gibson-gets-official-with-the-self-tuning-robot-guitar/
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Bluetooth Headsets and USB HDTV Tuners

Bluetooth Headsets

Top 6 bluetooth headsets - a list with the best headsets on the market

Link: http://www.mikesquarter.com/%C2%A4-top-6-bluetooth-headsets-%C2%A4-a-list-with-the-best-headsets-on-the-market-751/

USB HDTV Tuners



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At BEST BUY
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Hauppauge - TV HD Stick USB 2.0
TV Tuner with PVR

Model: 1191 | SKU: 9234205

Reg. Price:
$89.99

You Save:
$20.00

Sale:

$69.99

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All-In_One Printers
Canon MX330 Pixma Office All-In-One Inkjet Printer
As Seen in the New York Times
All-In-One Inkjet Printer / Includes Printer, Copier, Fax, And Scanner / Up to 4800 x 1200 dpi Color Resolution / Pictbridge / Bluetooth v2.0 (Optional)
J&R Item # CAN MX330
Mfr. Part # MX330

Was
$109.99
You save (18%)
- $20.00
Your price

$89.99

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Wingman and the Shopper likes to Shop...

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Apple: What Have Done For Me Lately?

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Apple iPod 3.0 OS Update that's What...
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Link: http://www.apple.com/iphone/softwareupdate/
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The Update was pretty easy, after getting my Jailbroken iTouch back to "pristine" condition.

As you probably noticed if you read my "Between A Rock and A Hard Place" Blog, I'm running Microsoft Vista for the reasons sited there. (And I thought That Life was behind Me...)

The Update Screen on iTunes touted that over 100 "Goodies" would be added in the process.

I'm busy re-installing my old gadgets, one by one, because of my testing of a JailBroke iPod Touch and that was also the reason for holding back on the OS Upgrade.

The Apple Website pictured and linked above gives a pretty good run-down of those 100 plus "goodies" are all about, so I won't go into them here.

But I have to say I really like the Microphone and the Searchlight Gadget.



Because of the Microphone App, using a special iphone headset with Mike and Headphones terminated with three black rings on the plug you can expect some audio added to this Blog Real-Soon-Now.


Wingman: Playing with Apple stuff again...

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The Price is Wrong: High Cost of American WiFi

Americans pay 5 times more than

Netherlanders

for wireless



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Link: http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2009/08/americans-pay-5-times-more-than-netherlanders-for-wireless.ars

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Wingman walking (and talking)

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Post 440 The Sky IS Always Falling

The Sky Is Always Falling

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Perseids Meteror Shower

From Guardian News BLOG: http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2009/aug/12/perseids-meteor-shower-stargazers

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From
Wired Magazine Gallery

Asteroid Impact Craters on Earth, Seen From Space

Wired Link: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/08/impactcraters/

Wingman aka Chicken Little

Check out the Second Meteor Showers Video on the List, It's pretty snappy...

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The New Numbers on TECH Support.....

Where is Tech Support Now that the Economy Is Down?




It's Not A pretty Picture.

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3 Dire Tech Support Showdown Articles
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Link: http://www.laptopmag.com/mobile-life/tech-support-showdown-2009.aspx?page=1

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Cnet: Apple Wins Showdown

Link : http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10305640-37.html

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Smart Computing
(In Plain English)

Link: http://www.smartcomputing.com/Editorial/article.asp?article=articles/2007/s1802/38s02/38s02.asp&guid=

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This Blog was inspired by a conversation at The Tech Guy at http://twit.tv/ttg on the sorry state of Technical Support.

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Wingman, Makes one want to go be an Apple Fanboy.

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