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| 09-28-06 / 10:11 PM : Imac 17' Vs Dell : exhaustive comparison (cjed) |
| The site Systemshootouts provides a comprehensive comparative survey between a 17" imac and an equivalent DELL configuration. All aspects are dealed with (hardware and software), in a very precise and objective manner. All you need to know to understand the specific mac software question. |
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| 09-27-06 / 11:34 PM : New .MAC look : Mail recreated with Ajax (cjed) |
| Apple has revamped its .Mac. offer's look. Now the mail part interface is identical to MacOSX Mail. It has been achieved using a lot of Ajax technology, to add drag&drop and other fast interface updates. The result goes farther than GMail. |
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| 09-23-06 / 02:44 PM : Special event next week ? (cjed) |
| As rumored by Macosrumors, Apple could have sent invitations to select press members for what could be a special event next monday (september, 25). Besides awaited updates to MacBook and MacBook Pro (Core Duo2), a special version could be introduced. |
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| 09-22-06 / 11:32 PM : Microsoft Zune : a year late in France (cjed) |
| Microsoft Zune should wait as long as a year in France... that is huge time for Apple to bring many new generations of iPods. It is however less than VISTA delay.s |
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| 09-21-06 / 11:56 PM : AMD praises Apple (cjed) |
| Macnn reported that AMD CEO made proposition to Apple, to provide their CPUs in new Macs. |
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| 09-21-06 / 11:49 PM : Password cracking : easier (cjed) |
| The Inquirer put an interesting link about password cracking. We learn in the pointed article that thanks to now huge hard disk spaces, the search can take just a few seconds. That is here. That's a bit alarming though. |
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| 09-19-06 / 12:29 AM : Saint-Eustache's organ photos (cjed) |
| Some photos of Saint-Eustache's organ are available in the Photos section (journées du patrimoine 2006). |
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| 09-18-06 / 09:51 PM : New Ipod nano hard test (cjed) |
| Ars Technica provides a heavy review of the new ipod Nano : drop of the ipod, ipod in the washing machine... That is here. For other considerations they confirm the new model is far more better than the old : huge battery life, increased storage capacity and brightness, price, more resistant to scratchs, great new headphones. |
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| 09-16-06 / 02:35 PM : Imac 20' : the best choice ? (cjed) |
| As it is widely acknowledged that the Mac Pro is the best PC in terms of performances/price ratio in the high end range, the 20" imac (1499 $) is the best choice in the mid range, even better than the 17" model : besides a larger screen (good compromise between ease and size) it offers a faster dual core processor and a larger hard disk, all that for just 300 $ more. The 24" imac is expensive (+500$ more than the 20") for just a larger screen and a slightly better video card. Compared with the Mac Pro (2500$), the 20" imac is then a good alternative, as it is quiet, thinner (easier to carry on), offers the screen, and that few application can benefit for now from 4 processors. |
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| 09-16-06 / 12:58 AM : Apple Store : now uses a lot Ajax (cjed) |
| The recent work made by Apple on the Apple Store site is very clean.... going back for a tour i discovered the massive use of Ajax (asynchronous javascript via xml request) : summary options and price updated without a complete refresh of the page, also updated remaining options (notably money earned if canceling the new added option). |
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| 09-13-06 / 09:50 PM : G4 MDD : ultimate upgrade (cjed) |
 IMG announced an upcoming ultimate CPU upgrade for G4 MDD : the Encore/MDX G4 Duet from Sonnet includes G4 Dual for 500$ (2*1,6 Ghz) and 600$ (2*1,8 Ghz). For a bit more there is the imac (flat screen, better videocard) but the Sonnet card is able to operate under MacOS9, that is the faster mac ever on it. |
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| 09-13-06 / 09:40 PM : Apple consolidates its dominance (cjed) |
| Macbidouille gives its analysis (that i agree with) about no large screen video iPod nor iPhone announces yesterday. Indeed Apple shares didn't fall since (it is up then). So Apple consolidates it dominance and takes no risks. |
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| 09-13-06 / 12:16 AM : Special Event live / iPod games (cjed) |
 We can look at a full live coverage (photos) of today Special Event on Engadget site. There is also the full video stream at Apple site.We learn that Apple now sells games for iPod through iTunes, including these classical retro games : Bejeweled, Mahjong, PacMan and Tetris. |
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| 09-12-06 / 11:56 PM : Apple announces (cjed) |
| Today's Apple announces were finally modest : iPod 80 Go that manages movies (besides music videoclips), iTunes movie (full movies besides shows and videoclips, better encoding), new iPod nano, new ipod shuffle, and the presentation of iTV, a device aimed at streaming medias from the mac to a TV or videoprojector (HDMI and component outs, audio outs) through Wifi. Great for watching movies from anywhere without dealing with cables (but the problem is still here for audio when using a videoprojector). |
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| 09-12-06 / 11:07 PM : Microsoft : best of them go at Apple (cjed) |
| The Inquirer reported that Microsoft lost one of its best engineers, that left for going at Apple. He says on its blog that MacOSX is great, and that Microsoft (and Vista) is crap... well, that's a good news from them. |
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| 09-12-06 / 01:40 AM : BagTime : another bagpipe (cjed) |
 BagTime is another song made using bagpipes sound from Colossus, combined with SO strings, guitars (Colossus and K2) and drums (Colossus) :BagTime.mp3 |
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| 09-10-06 / 04:45 PM : Salon de la musique : review (cjed) |
| A little review of the Salon de la musique 2006 : too much noise, due mainly to some guitar showrooms (or drums) that didn't play the game. Other guitars showrooms followed the rules and provided headphones for guitar players. There were also the planned mini-concerts planned half the time, whose sound level exceeded authorized levels (so poor security). The result is we should put the headphones volumes at max, not safe and very boring. Some showcasers had to give headphones to visitors when they spoke/demoed in order for them to hear explanations. Classical pianos showrooms suffered the most. The good point : showrooms were well designed (not well spaced however), there was a lot of instruments to test (without any constraint), headphones were provided.s |
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| 09-07-06 / 12:40 AM : Apple : new iMac & Mac mini (cjed) |
 Apple finaly unveiled today new imacs (core duo 2, with a new 24" model fitted with a more powerful video card than the Radeon X1600XT, the GeForce 7300GT) and mac minis. The entry imac at 999$ isn't a bargain : at 200$ more (second model) we get faster processors (2*2Ghz instead 2*1,83 Ghz), doubled processors memory cache, doubled ram, a superdrive, a Raedon X1600XT instead GMA950, bluetooth 2, remote control, incredible ! Next models bring few enhancements (despite larger screen), however the price gap is higher !The high end mac mini at 799$ is still using Core Duo 1 and is far behind the imac, that however provides a screen. So the 1200$ imac is the machine to choose, best ever price/performance ratio !s |
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| 09-06-06 / 02:42 AM : Scottish song (cjed) |
| Here is a song that combines SO strings and bagpipes from Colossus (also choirs and ethnic percussions) : NSOMultiScot.mp3 |
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| 09-05-06 / 11:35 PM : Apple Special event / Leopard and BitTorrent (cjed) |
| After recent speculations about announces that will be made next week (september 12) during an Apple special event (new widescreen ipod, new movies online service, mobile iPhone, new imac and macMini), Macosrumors speaks again about expected integration of BitTorrent technology in Leopard, that should be among not yet unveiled features. |
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| 09-02-06 / 03:00 PM : Earn money thanks to Apple (cjed) |
| Following Creative, here is the case of the developper of a music application that was able to earn a lot of money thanks to Apple. He filed a lawsuit against Apple for having used in iTunes an idea he had demoed previously. Now he reached an agreement (secret, but probably one million $). Comments at Macnn are wise : "There is willful infringement and then there is accidental infringement or coincidental infringement.... whether it was accidental or on purpose, at least apple did the right thing when they saw they were wrong and paid the dude. People are influenced by other all the time. NO art is completely created in a vacuum. and NO art is entireley original. period". |
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| 09-02-06 / 02:47 PM : Macosrumors : Leopard Preview / Hardware (cjed) |
| Macosrumors provides an exploration of Leopard Preview. There is some news (improved DVD Player with better picture quality and better deinterlacing, zero CPU use for CoreImage effects). All this considering unreleased Leopard features (expected new Finder). An article (now deeper) about MacIntel unused hardware potential is now available. |
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