OverDrive has released version 3.0 of their media console.  This version will be compatible with the iPod DRM free titles that are coming later this summer.

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Wie geplant hab ich meine fürchterlich schlechten Nokia-Kopfhörer rausgesucht, um mein Handy in der S-Bahn als iPod-Ersatz verwenden zu können. Aber es ist kein Ersatz. Hatte ich ehrlich gesagt auch nicht erwartet: Keine aktualisierten Podcasts, keine Videos, keine intelligente Wiedergabeliste, nichts. Die ganze bei iTunes gekaufte Musik [DRM] natürlich auch nicht. Aber wie auch? Auf meiner Speicherkarte im Handy hat gerade mal 1 GB platz. Und wo bleiben die anderen 79 GB meines iPods?!?

Kurz und gut: Ein Handy mit mp3-Player ist schon ein Schritt in die richtige Richtung. Aber noch lange kein iPod-Ersatz.

Und Samstag geht der iPod auf die Reise zur Reparatur.

iPresentee Releases Five iWeb Themes for Small Businesses

iPresentee announced Friday five themes for Apple's iWeb Web design software that are intended for small businesses. The company said that the themes are easy to customize for individual businesses.

Each of the themes has five different templates for different pages within the site: Home, About Us, Services, Support, Clients, Contact Us and Blank.

Those following these humble early days on TWA will probably already detect that amongst my travels on the web, I frequent the BBC's many and various blogs quite regularly. Imagine my surprise, then, when browsing Justin Webb's (excellent, by the way) ramblings about all things stateside, I should come across this witty and insightful appraisal of US presidential candidate Barack Obama - the Apple Mac of US politics.

Apparently, Hillary is a Windows laptop - and when you see Bryan's excellent justifications for this argument, you'll probably chuckle as much as I did.

This weekend I found myself with some roasted butternut squash on my hands.  What to do?  What to do?  The squash filling was already so sweet I thought I may as well just go with it.  So I made an impromptu sweet butter sauce.  I made it up as I went along and served it up as an appetizer.  For me, it was too sweet to be a main but I think it could work for the right palette or as a spicy and sweet warmer upper on a chill fall night.

A quick trip to your nearest well-stocked newsagent plus £5.99 is all it will cost you to pick up a copy of top digital music creation mag Computer Music's latest special, all about your favourite (free) music creation tool, GarageBand - included, lest we forget, free with every new Mac and also available to the rest of us as part of the still very reasonable iLife '08 package.

Es increíble que los rumores de una supuesta enfermedad de Steve Jobs puedan con el iPhone 2.0 y las acciones de Apple se desplomen. Da la impresión que pesa más la imagen de Steve Jobs que cualquier producto que presentaran en la Keynote del pasado lunes, y esto es algo muy preocupante, sobre todo para el futuro de la compañia de Cupertino.

Due to DisplaySearch's quarterly notebook PC shipment and forecast report, 31 million units were shipped in the first quarter of 2008. HP remained in the lead for seven consecutive quarters with a shipment of 6.46 million units and a 1Q08 share of 20.8 percent. Second place for Dell with 4.68 million units over third Acer with 4.52 million. Toshiba following with 2.89, Lenovo with 2.32 and Fujitsu Siemens with 1.61 million units. Apple ranks with 1.43 million seventh, then come Asus (1.33) and Sony (1.32).

The full press release

Apple offers a rebate of $100 when you purchase a i Mac and a Canon printer.  I recently bought a new i Mac and the Cannon printer, but received no rebate as promised.  Apple tells lies!

I found the process to obtain the rebate a series of HOOPS one jumps through,  with the bone at the end ($100).  And although I read a number of warnings like this one online,  prior to purchase, I jumped through a number of the HOOPS before giving up on my “bone”.

Much of the speculation about Steve Jobs' rail-thin appearance at the unveiling of the new iPhone on Monday has tended to be all or nothing.