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"The Microsoft Zune is a typical 1.0 release for the Redmond giant—clunky and plagued with problems—but could it emerge as a big hit and the anti-iPod? ComputerWorld's Mike Elgan thinks allowing hackability in the Zune could thrust it to the top of the marketplace, giving it customizability and enhancing its popularity. While he levels some harsh haterage at the first Zune, he points out lots of Zune hacks already emerging. He also sees the possibility of a newer, looser Zune prevailing in the DAP market, predicting that "Microsoft could create a Zune that's more desirable than the iP
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The iCar, by expert model manufacturer Corgi, is an interesting, if unnecessary idea; take a 1/24 scale model of a Cadillac Escalade, pimp it out with some lights, hydraulics, and working spinner wheels. Then, slap it on top of a fairly cheap speaker system with a headphone jack, and then call it an iPod accessory.
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For every Apple product we see on the shelves, there are dozens that never make it to production. Sometimes, these rare gems surface on the web for us to take a look at, and ponder what might have been. Scouring through the interweb, AppleGazette has compiled this list of 5 Apple products that only the most hardcore of hardcore MacAddicts have ever stumbled across. Surprisingly, some of these products, over 10 years old, are still being speculated about in one form or another to this day.
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You no longer need Windows. Now, it can all be done on your Mac. Everything from fetching the files from the TiVo to the decrypt and playback can be accomplished on the Mac side. This all due to some great work by the guys on the TiVo Decode and Galleon projects.
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You may have seen the news that people like Russell Shaw discussed that there are some Mac incompatibility issues with Office 2007 file formats. I am confident that someone will come out with a fix like Microsoft did for Office 2003 and if not there is always OpenOffice as an option. On the mobile side of the house, at this time I am fairly certain there is currently no mobile device application that will read these native Office 2007 Open XML formatted documents.
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