MacBreak Weekly Episodes - | MacBreak Weekly 159: House Party | Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko
Ads in apps, Windows 7 house party, OSX file functionality, iPhone battery life issues, luggage, and more.
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Audible pick of the week: Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How The Sex-Drugs-Rock'N"Roll Generation Saved Hollywood, Unabridged, By Peter Biskind, Narrated by Dick Hill. For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/macbreak.
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| MacBreak Weekly 158: They Don't Have That in the US | Hosts: Leo Laporte,Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Wil Harris
Zune HD, iPod Nano camera, cameraless Touch, Apple TV price drop, dream acquisitions, and more.
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Audible pick of the week: The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British, Unabridged, By Sarah Lyall, Narrated by Cassandra Campbell. For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/macbreak.
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Running time: 1:38:30 | Get at Short URL | Download MacBreak Weekly 158: They Don't Have That in the US | Play in Popup.
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| MacBreak Weekly 157: The New iPods Are Here | Hosts: Leo Laporte, John Siracusa, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Dane Golden
Live Apple coverage: Steve Jobs returns, iTunes 9, iPhone/iPod OS 3.1, Nano video, and more.
Special Contributors: Ryan Block and Brad Stone
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Audible pick of the week: Love and Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships, Unabridged, By David Levy, Narrated by James Adams. For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/macbreak.
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Running time: 1:47:54 | Get at Short URL | Download MacBreak Weekly 157: The New iPods Are Here | Play in Popup.
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| MacBreak Weekly 156: Snow Job | Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Scott Kurtz
Snow Leopard, iPhone app tops Microsoft contest, ZFS support, 9/09/09 Beatles rumors, and more.
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Audible pick of the week: Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy by Peter S. Canellos, Abridged, Narrated by Skipp Sudduth. For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/macbreak.
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| MacBreak Weekly 155: When You're Ready to Compromise, Call Me | Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Merlin Mann
Snow Leopard, new "Get a Mac" ads, MacBook refresh, Apple Tablet news, App approval process, and more.
Picks of the week:
Leo Laporte: Pear Note; integrates text notes with audio/video recording - Free Trial - $39.99
Alex Lindsay: Nutrition Menu; Nutrition information for iPhone - $2.99 and Hitchcock; Mobile storyboarding application for iPhone - $19.99
Andy Ihnatko: Verbatim TUFF-'N'-TINY USB flash drive; 2GB, 4GB & 8GB versions available - Varies; $12.99 - $28.42 on Amazon
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Audible pick of the week: Schirra's Space, by Wally Schirra with Richard N. Billings (UNABRIDGED) Narrated by Richard Rohan. For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/macbreak.
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| MacBreak Weekly 154: Graceful Degradation | Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Merlin Mann
iPhone becomes #1 Flickr camera, iTunes 69% of music sales, Tom Tom iPhone GPS, Quake Live, and more.
Picks of the week:
Alex Lindsay: Tom Tom, Turn-by-turn navigation for iPhone - $99.99 for US & Canada; Western Europe and Australia map versions also available
Andy Ihnatko: Default Folder X - $34.95
Merlin Mann: Pocket God, game for iPhone - $0.99
Leo Laporte: Mint.com, Personal finance iPhone app - Free
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Audible pick of the week: Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within, by Natalie Goldberg (UNABRIDGED) Narrated by Natalie Goldberg. For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/macbreak.
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Running time: 2:05:16 | Get at Short URL | Download MacBreak Weekly 154: Graceful Degradation | Play in Popup.
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| MacBreak Weekly 153: The Case Against Apple | Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko
Calacanis' criticisms, social iTunes, antiglare MacBook Pro, Facebook/Friendfeed, and more.
Jason Calacanis: The Case Against Apple in Five Parts
Rumor: Social networking component to be added to iTunes 9?
Apple adds antiglare display option to 15" MacBook Pro
Facebook buys FriendFeed
Picks of the week:
Alex Lindsay: Harvest, Produce Selector for iPhone, $2.99
Andy Ihnatko: The Forbidden City: Beyond Space and Time, 3D Virtual World of the Forbidden City in Beijing, Free
Leo Laporte: Celtx Open source storyboarding/screenwriting application, Free
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Audible pick of the week: The Battle for America 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election, Unabridged, By Dan Balz, Haynes Johnson, Narrated by Dick Hill. For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/macbreak.
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Running time: 1:27:37 | Get at Short URL | Download MacBreak Weekly 153: The Case Against Apple | Play in Popup.
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| MacBreak Weekly 151: Unresponsive When Sweaty | Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko
Apple tablet, Verizon, hackintoshing, Googe Voice app, iPhone OS, Project Cocktail, and more.
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Audible pick of the week: A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages, Unabridged, By Kristin Chenoweth. For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/macbreak.
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Running time: 1:35:24 | Get at Short URL | Download MacBreak Weekly 151: Unresponsive When Sweaty | Play in Popup.
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| MacBreak Weekly 150: Prove It | Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Scott Bourne
Quarterly earnings, tablet rumors, AT&T, Big Kindle is watching, Microsoft retail stores, and more.
Apple will be announcing their quarterly earnings on July 21 (a few hours after the show is recorded)
Tablet rumors heat up once again
AT&T is a Big, Steaming Heap of Failure
Foxconn employee commits suicide after iPhone prototype goes missing
Amazon remotely deletes George Orwell books from Kindle devices to to copyright issue
Did Apple call Microsoft and demand that they stop running Laptop Hunters advertisements?
Controversial iPhone apps such as Cannabis and Trapster
Skype 2.8 for Mac OS X is now out of beta and adds cross-platform screen sharing among other bug fixes and features
Microsoft plans to open retail stores near existing Apple Store locations
Apple releases iTunes 8.2.1 software, breaks sync compatibility with Palm Pre
MacBreak Dev
Picks of the week:
Alex Lindsay: Labor Mate for iPhone - $0.99
Scott Bourne: Helios Sun Position Calculator for iPhone - $29.99
Leo Laporte. Discover popular freeware and shareware for Mac OS X and iPhone using iusethis.com, Free; and wakoopa.com, Free
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Audible pick of the week: Angela's Ashes, Unabridged, By Frank McCourt, Narrated by Frank McCourt. For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/macbreak.
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Running time: 1:24:54 | Get at Short URL | Download MacBreak Weekly 150: Prove It | Play in Popup.
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| MacBreak Weekly 149: Bump My iPhone | Hosts: Scott Bourne, Wil Harris and Justine Ezarik
Digital 45s, 1.5 billion apps, iPod Touch cameras, Eric Schmidt, Safari 4.0.2, and more.
Apple has begun offering the "Digital 45" via the iTunes Music Store - A single and a "B" side from a particular artist at a reduced price.
Apple announces 1.5 billion apps downloaded from App Store.
Future iPod models are rumored to include a built-in camera.
What does it take for the iPhone to become a true convergence device? Wil says it needs an external keyboard.
Is Apple blocking push notifications on unlocked iPhones?
Will Google CEO Eric Schmidt remain on the Apple board of directors in light of Google's announcement of Chrome OS?
Apple updates Safari to version 4.0.2
Leo Laporte elected President of the Internet!
Steve Jobs finally receives permission to relocate historic home and build a new house on the existing property.
The SEC is investigating Apple's disclosures regarding Steve Jobs' health issues.
Picks of the week:
Wil Harris: Parachute Panic for iPhone - $0.99
Justine Ezarik: GloBall for iPhone - $0.99; or Free GloBall Lite
Scott Bourne: Lexar Professional UDMA FireWire 800 Compact Flash Card Reader - $61.24 from Amazon
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Running time: 55:39 | Get at Short URL | Download MacBreak Weekly 149: Bump My iPhone | Play in Popup.
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| MacBreak Weekly 148: Leo Says Boo | Hosts: Alex Lindsay and Scott Bourne
AT&T iPhone sales, 13" MacBook Pro stock, App Store anniversary, Al Jazeera English iPhone app.
AT&T had recording breaking single day sales for release of iPhone 3GS.
iPhone 3GS continues to sell well, and the 13" MacBook Pro is reportedly out of stock at some Apple Store locations.
HyperMac external battery/car charging solution for MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air.
Apple celebrates the one year anniversary of the App Store
Shared Memory Graphics LLC has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple, Nintendo, and Sony.
Al Jazeera English live news streaming app for iPhone/iPod Touch
Alex and Scott ruminate on cell phones that support multiple radio technologies and iPhone battery life/charging.
Picks of the week:
Scott Bourne: SmugMug photo sharing web site - Free Trial; $39.95/yr for Standard Account.
Alex Lindsay: Doom Resurrection for iPhone/iPod Touch - $9.99
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Audible pick of the week: The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, Unabridged, By Michael Pollan,
Narrated by Scott Brick. For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/macbreak.
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