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Steve Jobs never said NO to 'Movie' Subscriptions...Next iTunes Feature?

Reuters asked Steve Jobs whether the iTunes store would ever adopt a subscription based approach to music...“Never say never, but customers don’t seem to be interested in it,” Jobs said. “The subscription model has failed so far.” Quite right. However there can be no doubt that a “renting" model has worked for decades...the home video business



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Put a RAID 0 in your MacBook, PowerBook, or MacBook Pr

If that 60GB-200GB drive that came with your Mac laptop just isn’t cutting it these days...here's a cool solution by outfitting your MacBook Pro with a RAID 0 setup using two 320GB 5400 rpm drives like Eric Cheng did.



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Toshiba develops fuel cell prototypes for MP3's - 35 hours one charge

Toshiba said Friday it has developed two small direct methanol fuel cell prototypes that can dramatically increase the playing time for mobile music players. A fuel cell unit the size of a pack of chewing gum can power a flash-memory-based player for about 35 hours on a single charge.



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Fuel cells are a step closer now

Fuel cells designed for use in laptops and cellphones could be a step closer with simple devices that extract waste gas and vapour.



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Joost Signs Major Advertisers (Including CocaCola, Nike and General Motors)

Online video platform Joost has signed three-month contracts with a group of 31 big brand advertisers, including Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola, Nike, General Motors and Visa. It will offer these marketers traditional units such as :30 mid-roll spots as well as unique formats, including a small digital overlay ad.



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New AOL.com Beta Rips Off Yahoo! Home Page

The new AOL.com "3.0" beta is nearly an exact clone of the current Yahoo! home page. Talk about a rip-off!



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2008 Chevy Corvette revealed with new 6.2L LS3 V8 and up to 436 hp

[LIVE PICS and SPECS] Everything inside and out has been breathed on, but the headlining story is the LS3 engine. The previous 6.0-liter becomes 6.2, and those 376 cubic inches equate to 430 hp, with torque bumped up to 424 lb-ft. The top speed of the base Corvette is now 190 mph and 0-60 happens in just 4.3 seconds.



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Apple Notifies Partners: DRM-free Music and DRM-free Music Videos Soon

Yesterday, Apple sent out short notices to their iTunes partners who provide the music content to the iTunes store. The notices let partners know that they would soon be able to offer DRM-free music and DRM-free music videos to customers through iTunes.



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Fully Tested: The Xbox 360 Elite's HDMI Video is the Best

When the Elite showed up earlier today, I decided to cut to the chase and test the only thing that matters on it: the HDMI output.



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Why the iPhone will succeed, at any price

With the iPod, Apple swept through and dominated the portable music player market. Now it's threatening to do the same with cell phones.



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Apple Promises Free Upgrades for iPhone and Apple TV

Apple promises to "surprise and delight" users of both with new applications and software features as they go along, many of which will be free. Apple also noted that it's using "subscription accounting" to make sure it doesn't have to relive that 802.11n scenario of charging a nominal fee for upgrades.



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Ken Kutaragi Steps Down From His Position At Sony

Ken Kutaragi, has announced that he is stepping down from his executive position at Sony. Of course, the conspiracy theorists will go nutso over this one, but nomatter what you may think, he is one of the forefathers of modern gaming. The Playstaion 3's bad numbers we are sure played a part, but whether or not u like him, he will be missed.



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Detailed Specs for Santa Rosa Lenovo ThinkPad T61 and R61 Listed on IBM Sit

IBM.com now lists all of the information for upcoming ThinkPad T61 and ThinkPad R61 notebooks due out in May.



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Apple in talks to bring lyrics to iTunes

A proposed deal between Apple and media company Gracenote could soon see the iPod maker serve up song lyrics through its ubiquitous iTunes Store. The move would be part of a industry-backed push to stifle proliferation of unauthorized websites that currently dominate the market, often offering inaccurate lyrics and never compensating artists for...



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Why early high-def disc adoption rates don't really matter

Blu-ray appears to be opening up a lead on its high-definition rival, according to first quarter sales figures gathered by Home Media Magazine. The numbers weigh heavily in Blu-ray's favor: 70 percent of all HD titles purchased by consumers were in that format. For the month of March alone, that figure was closer to 75 percent. Sales of Blu-ray...



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30 Nicest Apple, MacOS and iPod Wallpapers

Here are some good 30 Apple related wallpapers (Apple logo, Mac OS, iPod) that are definitely worth a look.



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Report: 80 percent of blogs contain "offensive" content

A new report says that the so-called blogosphere is a lot like a George Carlin performance: diverse, perverse, sometimes entertaining, and loaded with "bad words."



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Billionaire widow of Wal-Mart founder dies at 87

Helen Robson Walton, widow of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton, died Thursday evening at her home, the company said in a news release. She was 87.



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Plasma Pong Mac Port Released!

The in-demand Plasma Pong Mac port has been released! For those who've never played the game: You can inject plasma fluid into the pong environment, create a vacuum from your paddle, and blast shockwaves into the playing area to move the ball around. Worth checking out if you've never played it before.



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HandBrake 0.8.5b1 Released

After a 14-month hiatus, a brand new development team, a project forked then unforked, and literally hundreds of revisions… a new (beta) version of HandBrake is available! (HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4 converter available for MacOS X, Linux, and Windows.)



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Inte'sl Menlow-based UMPC (w/ video)

HOT! "This can also run Linux. We don't care what you put on it. [Can you run OS X?] Absol... you know? I bet you could, because the iPhone is going to be running OS X."



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First Intel Penryn benchmark results

Latest news from IDF in Beijing - 3Dmark, video encode and Half-Life 2 Lost Coast benchmark results for Intel's 45nm replacement for Core 2 Duo. Quad core, 12MB cache and 1333MHz FSB power!



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Fotowoosh Launched!

My friend at Freewebs launched this -- take a look!



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Apple Confirms Resolution Independence in Leopard!

Apple sends WWDC email confirming resolution independence in Leopard.



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Intel to launch Linux-powered mobile Internet device

Intel is developing its own take on the mini-tablet, with a new ultra-mobile PC platform to be announced at this week’s Intel Developer Forum in Beijing. The big surprise? It’s based on Linux.



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New patent hints at Apple TV 2.0

A new Apple patent may give some foresight to the company's plans for offering a "true" multimedia center experience for the living room, as either enhancements to the Apple TV or an entirely new device. The patent is for a "Multi-media center for computing systems" and describes a system involving a central multimedia hardware hub ...



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What Makes a Great Sitcom?

This article takes a look at the falling-off of the 4-camera sitcom format, and the five elements that combined to make all the great shows of the past. Where'd they all go?



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