Recent content by Sandbags

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    DVDs Come Under Pressure From The-same-day ITunes Digital Releases

    Dan, please don't confuse "Apple's" DRM policies with those that the movie and TV studios are enforcing. Appple's DRM is the single most generous in the industry, allowing not just one, but multiple copies to be made, and for the originals to be used on up to 5 computers simultaneously...
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    DVDs Come Under Pressure From The-same-day ITunes Digital Releases

    MikeyNavy: First, Everyone I know uses iTunes not only for music, but also for (at least) TV shows. Not all subscribe to season passes, but even with a DVR, sometimes I miss an episode, or my wife deletes it before I see it, and I spend $1.99 to get a copy. Next, you do not have to connect...
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    Wi-Fi Detectors Put To The Test

    ...or you could just open Safari or Mail on your iPhone and it will tell you for certain not only what Wi-Fi is available, but which are locked for security which the other devices won't do. Keychain devices have a bad habbit of picking up WiFi that has no SSID broadcast so even if it claims...
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    Wi-Fi Detectors Put To The Test

    ...or you could just open Safari or Mail on your iPhone and it will tell you for certain not only what Wi-Fi is available, but which are locked for security which the other devices won't do. Keychain devices have a bad habbit of picking up WiFi that has no SSID broadcast so even if it claims...
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    Apple To Build A PA Semi IPhone? Not So Fast.

    This chip would be an ideal HDTV set-top box processor. It could get Apple away from using a complete mini-PC to host the Apple-TV system and it uses their existing code base so they won't have to start from scratch with another embeded CPU. With lower power draw and less heat, fans would not...