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See Final Mac Ripping Workflow | Tongfamily Website as it is still the best way to get a high quality MP3 encoding on your Mac. You basically use a free tool called iTunes-LAME instead of iTunes itself and then you use two widgets Harmonic to find lyrics and Amazon Art Finder to find album art.…

This would solve a huge number of problems. Get a box that gives you 3G in your home. Amazing that AT&T wants us to pay for it, but its the only game in town with the iPhone right now ;-( AT&T 3G MicroCellâ„¢ AT&T 3G MicroCell acts like a mini cellular tower in your home…

Lifehacker has put together their list of the 15 Most Popular Free Mac Apps of 2009. Keep in mind, these are Mac OS X apps, not iPhone apps. The list is based on the popularity of apps they’ve covered in 2009 and don’t represent total download numbers. Here are some of their choices (in no…

AppleInsider | Apple offers free taste of iTunes LP format with ‘Holiday Sampler’ Apple is promoting its new iTunes LP format with a free downloadable selection of 20 holiday songs from a variety of popular artists. The free iTunes Holiday Sampler download includes a variety of artists from wide-ranging genres, such as Toby Keith, Weezer,…

So sad when a company tries to defend itself. Much better to say, we are working hard to do a better job and to actually do a better job. For myself, the idea of a universal chipset that does CDMA or 3G would be great as would be using Verizon. The sad thing about coverage…

Apple Set to Sell 10 Million iPhones This Quarter? – Mac Rumors A DigiTimes report about growth in smartphone growth for Taiwanese component suppliers is gaining a fair amount of notice this morning for its citation of a market research firm’s claims that Apple is set to sell 10 million iPhones this quarter, well ahead…

Kind of frustrating, there seem to be runaway processes. But I switched to 1.6.6 and it all went away. So upgrade if you are Mac now 🙂 Happens on both Firewire and iSCSI on both Mac Mini and iMac. Seems to be related to the Drobo Dashboard and they are recommending downgrading to 1.5x or…

Mac Rumors: Apple Mac Rumors and News You Care About TechCrunch reports that Apple has rolled out a new feature through its iTunes Facebook page allowing users to create customizable digital gift cards. The feature, which is currently limited to U.S. iTunes Store customers, allows gift givers to choose from six digital gift card designs…

MacRumors iPhone Blog: AT&T Releases ‘Mark The Spot’ Application to Track Network Issues AT&T yesterday released AT&T Mark the Spot [App Store, Free], a new iPhone application allowing users to alert the company to problems with its wireless network. The application takes advantage of the iPhone’s GPS receiver to pinpoint the user’s location and allow…

coffeegeek.com review, Well, it is freezing in Seattle and lots of need for hot drinks. So, when Calvin ask, do we have a Thermos for hot chocolate. I realized I haven’t bought a thermos in so long what’s the state of the art. Here it is, the Nissan Thermos. Kind of cool looking too. Briefcase…