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When iTunes 4.9 launched , it did for podcast what Ed Sullivan did for The Beatles , pluck a popular , but still - emerging technology from the wings and thrust it into the public eye . Yet as it grows in popularity , and gains mainstream acceptance , independent content producer risk being drowned out by a sea of new professional voice . Podcasting was pioneered largely by independent content producer , who often create eclectic and outright weird shows that would n’t find a place on program wireless ....

The HP Photosmart 8750 is a web - ready , wide of the mark - format , photo inkjet pressman that can output borderless 13 - by-19 - inch prints using as many as nine dissimilar dye - based inks . It claim to be a printer for professional lensman , but because of a few quirks and its sluggish speed , it would probably be a better fit for advanced hobbyists who want to make larger print at base ....

Apple Computer ’s UNIX - based Mac OS X operating organisation is making inroads in the business residential area , according to a report by market place enquiry firm Jupiter Research . The composition tracks desktop and host operating systems in sensitive to large sized business organization . The report found that 17 percent of businesses with 250 employee or more were running Mac OS X on their desktop computer ....

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict Some family redevelopment add cosmetic niceties , such as a new interior decoration . Other upgrades , such as a unexampled roof , may not tot up curb appeal but are nevertheless important investment for the future . DVD Studio Pro 4 falls into the second family . Last yr ’s DVD Studio Pro 3 offered some gorgeous new carte du jour - design and slide - show options (; September 2004 ) ....

Apple Computer jump into 4th seat among personal computer vendors as it mount to 4.5 percent market portion in the United States , concord to a report from market research form IDC . Noting the importance of the iPod in Apple ’s overall strategy , IDC said that the so - called “ glory effect ” should continue if Apple continues to introduce . “ They have been very outspoken about their iPod and although I ’ve been very skeptical about the whole halo effect , it intelligibly seems to be gaining grip , ” IDC analyst David Daoud , severalise MacCentral ....

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict Basic audio editors are like vacuum cleaner dry cleaner : you need them , but you seldom enjoy using them . Soundtrack Pro 1.0.1 is a rare exception : it take a shit day - to - 24-hour interval audio editing , cleanup , and level-headed - invention chores fast and pleasurable . Despite its beginner - friendly user interface , this programme load down some astonishing power , and its mechanisation creature should attract video recording and sound pros alike ....

Final Cut Studio ’s revision of Compressor , Apple ’s video - compression and -transcoding app , add some very welcome features . Compressor 2 sports a new look ordered with the other fellow member of the Final Cut Studio category ( see screenshot ) . ( Compressor 2 is part of the Final Cut Studio package and is include with stand - alone purchases of Final Cut Pro 5 and DVD Studio Pro 4 ....

Who Owns Your Music? I never suggested that consumer own the right of first publication to what they buy . However , I do trust that consumer have some fundamental usage rightfield , and that many content publishing house want to reduce or eliminate consumer freedom . For exemplar , when I buy a CD , I believe that I have the right hand to commute the euphony on that CD to MP3s and put it on my iPod , or to burn mixed Cd of the song in my accumulation for my own personal use ....

Even though the Boston version ofMacworld Conference & Expopales in comparison toJanuary ’s CES , and is little even when compared toMacworld Expo San Francisco , that does n’t mean the East Coast show was at a personnel casualty for iPod supplement . In fact , some of the best new mathematical product at the exhibition were aimed not at Macs , but at Apple ’s “ other ” production , the astounding - sale - statistics - generating iPod ....

Like many other Macworld staffers , I spent the past week at theMacworld Conference & Expoin lovely Boston , MA . Although the East Coast Expo is much smaller than the San Francisco show each January — especially now that Apple has decided not to hang the former — there are still a upright identification number of exhibitor , many of whom are designate young and interesting products . A number of my favorites , such asHarman Kardon’sDrive+Play iPod solution for your car andDLO ’s TransPod for iPod shuffling , were recipients of Macworld ’s well of Show Awards , but a few others stand out , as well ....

The latest version of Quantrix Modeler fromQuantrixoffers more than just an acclivity of the financial molding software . For the first time ever , the fellowship has released a standard edition aimed at item-by-item users along with the more advanced professional edition that aim enterprise customers . First port to the Mac last class , Quantrix Modeler is an alternative to traditional spreadsheet app that plot datum along x - y axes ....

Macworld Conference & Expo in Boston has a smaller display mansion house floor and no game arcade presence like the San Francisco show , but that ’s not to say that the Boston show was altogether devoid of content for gamers . Here are the highlight . •Razer Pro v1.6 : Razerhas made precision mice for gamers since 1999 , set out with the company ’s legendary communication channel of Boomslang mice ....

Although Apple ’s new iTunes 4.9 hasearned sunniness from psychoanalyst and podcasters alike , the new syllabus also has some jeering due to its use of RSS metadata , among them the man largely responsible for both RSS and podcasting . to rescue MP3 content via the iTunes Music Store ( iTMS ) , however , Apple wants podcasters to add special iTunes - only metadata — or extensions — to their RSS feeds ....