MacNotables #657: Christopher Breen on the Road Ahead for Apple, Movies, TiVo and Consumers

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Christopher BreenChristopher Breen discusses the Apple-Hollywood connection, the possibilities for an iTunes Movie Store, pricing, accessibility issues and more.. Chris covers why this battle is different from the fight over music, how video is consumed, and creates his own definitions for different classes of video customers. Chris also covers how TiVo factors into the mix and names his pick of the best consumer video option…for now.

MacNotables #743: Jim Dalrymple on Windows Virtualization, Vista Licensing and the iPhone’s Critical Success Factors

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Jim Dalrymple
Jim Dalrymple of Macworld discusses Apple’s decision to allow thrid parties to dominate the virtualization options for running Windows in the Mac OS, tries to make sense of Microsoft’s switch on their licensing position on running Windows in virtualization, and provides some thoughts on the iPhone’s critical success factors from a dedicated Blackberry user’s perspective.

MacVoices #661: Michael Krieg of Web Crossing and Sylvia Marino of CarSpace Discuss Web Crossing Neighbors, the New Social Network Software

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Michael Krieg

Michael Krieg

Michael Krieg, Vice President of Sales for Web Crossing and Sylvia Marino, senior director of CarSpace, discuss the latest product from Web Crossing, Web Crossing Neighbors. This new social networking software is on the cutting edge of web interaction, and Michael covers its many capabilities such as wikis, scripting support, ftp and smtp capabilities, photo albums, blogs and more. CarSpace has been running their site on a Web Crossing Neighbors beta, including their partnership with Pixar on the new movie Cars, and Sylvia talks about why they elected to trust that opportunity to Web Crossing Neighbors. Sylvia also talks about the rise of social networking sites and why they take interaction with people of similar interests to a new level.

MacNotables #656: Jim Dalrymple’s PowerBook Troubleshooting Methods

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Jim DalrympleJim Dalrymple discusses problems with his PowerBook, the (sometimes) extreme methods he used to troubleshoot the problem (including a trip to Jim’s own brand of isolation) and the final solution. Jim also talks about some recent Mac news headlines, how he approaches them and learns the power of iChat messages.

MacVoices #660: Chuck Rogers of MacSpeech Talks About The New Version of iListen, the Mac Speech Recognition Software

Chuck RogersChuck Rogers, the Chief Evangelist of MacSpeech, introduces the newest version of iListen, their speech recognition software for the Mac. Chuck explains the benefits of iListen, the enhancements and benefits that version 1.7 brings, and why Windows-based speech recognition programs are no competition for iListen. If you think that speech recognition is only for dictation, think again. Chuck discusses how iListen integrates with virtually any application at both basic and advanced levels, how to get the optimum performance from a hardware standpoint, and why you will soon be talking to programs like Photoshop and Final Cut Pro.