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Posted: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 | |

What is the iPod generation? It is described as, "
Insecure, Pressured, Over-taxed and Debt-ridden." Ouch.

Detroit News has a survey asking people what kind of pricing do they want in iTMS. Not surprsingly, 83% prefers the $0.99 pricing scheme.

One guy decided to see what makes the iTunes party shuffle tick. He wanted to know whether his iTunes prefered 5-stars rated song more than other songs.

Did you know that 2.5GB of RAM today bought in 1983 would have cost $23,920,000? Wow!

You can see how the Mac OS has changed through the years: from System 0.0 to Tiger.

Intel has introduced a new way to measure how good your PC's processor is. Instead of the usual Megahertz yardstick, it will be "performace-per-watt." Intel also introduced new processors for notebooks, desktops, and servers. There will also be new processors for "handtop" PCs.

Macteens offers instructions in PHP programming.

And finally, learn the strategies in backing up your Mac OS X.

That's all folks. Time to upgrade Safari.

Update: August 31, 2005:
Some guy has invented a motion-based iPod remote control. This means you can control your ipod by moving your hand or your arm. There are some movie files where there is a demonstration on controlling the iPod by this neat invention. Can't wait to see if this will be available commercially.

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