scratchings: August 21, 2005

August 26, 2005

GC 2005: Xbox Live Demonstration

Xbox Live for Xbox 360 demonstration. See just how the 360 homepages work, how the PSP connects, and much more.

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MIT "Hacks"

I find these *incredibly* amusing, and I think you will too. I spent about 2 and a half hours this afternoon going through these and laughing my ass off. Take a peek...

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Paypal Identity Theft Video

A video showing how one of the phishing attempts using paypal works. Interesting to see someone actually go through it.

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Is China trying to hack the US DoD?

Many penetrations at the Department of Defense traced to China. Analysts have code named the attacks Titan Rain and are divided as to weather or not they are a coordinated effort by the Chinese government. I think the more interesting question is why would the DoD release this information to the press? "Hi China we know what your doing?"

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Xbox 360 Backwards Compatibility Illuminated...It's not what you think

A lot of us have been wondering about the Xbox 360's backwards compatibility issue. Microsoft has announced that the Xbox 360 will be partially backwards compatible. What does that mean? Today we spoke with an industry source who shed some light on the subject. Will we need a HD?

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New iTrip w/ LCD - Under $50 - Sweet & Easy.

No longer annoying to change stations. Turn the control knob until the LCD displays the station you desire, and press the knob to lock in the station. Weeeeee!

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The Darth Vader PC

Check out this hot Darth Vader PC mod.

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Google Quiz

This is a link to a Google quiz. It covers things like special operators and keywords you use to add or filter out info. Great for getting better at using Google, though maybe a bit tough for those who haven't explored it. Includes a link to Google's help pages.

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Seashore - GIMP re-done in Cocoa for OSX

Seashore is a native Cocoa application built around GIMP for OSX. Currently supports a bunch of great features and shows potential for taking over GIMP-Shop as the top free OSX photo manipulation tool.

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GTalk in your digg profile.

Well, seems that Krose paid off and added an option to have GTalk as your main IM Client in your digg account.

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Everything about physics !

This nice site is for the Physics-newbies, but also for people who think they know a lot about physics, you can find a LOT of information on this site. With nice examples ! The theory is divided in sub-categories.

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Wikipedia entry on Google Talk

A comprehensive entry on the new application on the day of launch, even exposing the Hunt the Wumpus "easter egg".

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digg irc channel

i think it's about time that digg had an irc channel. it will be located at: irc.efnet.org #digg. if the word gets spread around, hopefully we'll have a regular digg irc channel up and running!

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Space-ferry may be ready by 2010

Russia, Europe, and Japan may jointly develop a spacecraft called Kliper, designed to ferry up to six astronauts to the space station

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Splinter Cell, The Movie

In light of the growing interest in games going to movies I thought Splinter Cell would make for a kick ass movie. Turns out its in the works! I did a little bit of digging and here's the LATEST scoop.

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Google Maps on video

This person has created a 2-part instructional video covering the Google Maps API and how to integrate a Google Map into your website. The pace is good, and the speaker is very thorough in his explanations.

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Firefox hacking

want to make firefox even faster than it already is? check out these tips... also extra tabbed browsing options!

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The Start menu button, Windows 95 to Vista

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of Windows 95, here is a collection of all versions of the Start button, up to Windows Vista.

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Blizzard axes 1500 More cheating accounts in World of Warcraft

Blizzard axes 1500 MORE cheating accounts in World of Warcraft.

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Preserve Your Firefox Settings With BackupFox

Despite its many advancements, upgrading to a new or, heaven forbid, experimental version of Firefox can be a precarious task. Backing up before an upgrade is essential, but it's hard to know which files to back up. Enter BackupFox, which does exactly what you'd expect.

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How To Look Like A UNIX/LINUX Guru

This is your survival guide to UNIX/LINUX, once you go bash you wont go back.

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Walmart hacked?

Looks like when you search for anything at walmart.com you only get Bibles... Hacked or is this what we've come to.. I want an iPod, no you want a Bible!

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August 25, 2005

Top 15 Tech Shows

The 15 best free downloadable tech shows currently available on the Internet.

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How fast is Internet 2, think 6.63Gbps

This page documents the "Multiple-Stream Land Speed Record". A file almost 1 TB in size was sent 10,000 miles in 17 minutes! An average speed of 6.63Gbps was recorded for the length of the transfer.

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Military laser brings 'Star Wars' reality closer

A U.S. Pentagon invention could make air combat resemble a battle scene from the movie 'Star Wars' with a laser so small it can fit on a fighter jet, yet powerful enough to knock down an enemy missile in flight.

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The Water Display

This display uses 128 jets of water to display still images.

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Integrating Google Talk with Google Sidebar

Summary: After you install both Google Talk and Google Sidebar, you can select an option to integrate Talk into the Sidebar. (Then you can dock it to the side of your screen.)

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Xbox Manufacturing Facility Photos

Simply Amazing pics

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Google OS Prediction

An interesting idea on how google is sprining the google operating system on us. It states that it's simply going to be bringing together all those free google programs and remove windows (in a nutshell)

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Google Blog: Sign up for Gmail

It's pretty exciting to see those words on the Gmail homepage. For the last 16 months, a lot of people have been asking us how they can sign up for Gmail, and today we're happy to be able to say, "Just go to gmail.com." From there, you can get an invitation code sent to your mobile phone, and with this code, you can create a Gmail account.

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Deep Ocean Photography Gallery

Awesome quality photos of the deep.

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Half-Life: Blue Shift released on Steam.

Half-Life: Blue Shift is now playable for anyone that owns the Half-Life Premier Pack, the Half-Life 2 Silver package, or the Half-Life 2 Gold package.

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Open Office 2.0 Kicks MS Office Aound the Block

If you tried the previous 1.1.4 version, the 2.0 beta version currently available will be a pleasant surprise. Unlike the slow, ugly, and underpowered earlier version, 2.0 is swift, smooth, and highly compatible with Office documents. Even better, it has plenty of features that you canâ��t find in MS Office itself.

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Complete list of google talk tweaks

A good list courtsey initialdawn

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Hitachi unveils world's first terabyte DVD recorder

.. enough to record about 128 hours of high-definition digital broadcasting. It's the first recorder to be able to record 2 HD programs at the same time.

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Download Internet Explorer 7 Beta 1

Not sure if anyone has posted this, but, heres a link to download internet explorer 7, supposidly for developers only. But here it is and on a lot of others sites for people who want to test drive the real thing. Requirements: Windows XP and a legit copy at that (will require WGA)

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The 29 Healthiest Foods on the Planet

The following is a "healthy food hot list" consisting of the 29 food that will give you the biggest nutritional bang for you caloric buck, as well as decrease your risk for deadly illnesses like cancer, diabetes and heart disease. Along with each description is a suggestion as to how to incorporate these power-foods into your diet.

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500+ Bit-torrent Sites

This page has links to over 500 other websites containing torrents and other clients. They are even put together in similar genres (TV, Music, Movies, Anime, etc.). A must see for Bit-torrent newbies and veterans.

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Google Earth vs. Flight Sim 2004 Comparison (Pictures)

Several Pictures of Microsoft Flight Simulator Screen shots compared to Google earth.

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Your Age on Other Worlds

type in your birthdate and find out what your age would be on other planets such as mars, jupiter etc.

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Google Talk is Unimpressive

Article from CBS News about how Google Talk is not like your usual Google project. Why not? Its simply inferior to other offerings. Its missing serveral features that are basic in other products. Good for an objective view of things.

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Serious PHP Flaws Found

Security boffins have found a critical vulnerability in two PHP libraries that are used to provide web services and content management systems.

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Alleged subway wanker caught on cameraphone,

A Flickr user claims that this man exposed himself to her on the NYC subway, so she took a cameraphone photo and posted it to Flickr, then printed it out and brought it to the cops.

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Piracy Not To Blame In Decline of Moviegoers

In a somewhat surprisingly earnest assessment, the NYTimes has an article about the massive decline in movie-going that does not once try to blame piracy and file-sharing programs. It sounds like studios are beginning to understand that they have only themselves to blame. (slashdot)

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August 24, 2005

Google Talk: 15 screens of it and it's features

After I commented on the google talk story to add me (I was the second one to do so), I was swamped with messages from digg fans. I decided to take some screenshots of google's talk service and share them with the digg community. Hope you enjoy!

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Psp Update Version 2.00 Now Available Through Website

Sony has now released the official North American release of its much anticipated 2.00 Update on their website. The update includes a multitude of new features including a web browser. The update can also be reached by using the built-in psp system update which uses wifi.

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New Console Blows Up 2-D Games

Researchers use a motion detector and Wi-Fi to create immersive computer versions of school-yard games like red light, green light that put participants in the middle of the action.

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HIV Virus Neutralized! New Drug in testing at Panacos Pharmaceuticals

Panacos Pharmaceuticals recent experiment with PA-457, an oral drug, has shown promising results in reducing the level of HIV in the blood.

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Pixar's New Interactive Lighting System

A new system developed by Pixar that allows lighting in realtime of their CG scenes. Including ray traced shadows. There is a video at the bottom of the page. Great stuff!

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Secret Function of Revolution Controller Revealed.

Computer Games Magazine claims they know what the so secret function of the revolution controller is. Itâ��s not a DS style pad but rather a couple of spinning widgets inside a traditional pad that cause rotational resistance.

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Xbox 360 to use notebook hard drive

While it may not be news to some, there are clearly many gamers confused about the hard drive option for Xbox 360. Some are angry that the 20GB drive is "so expensive", without realising it will be a 2.5 inch notebook hard drive, not the cheaper 3.5 inch desktop size from the original Xbox.

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Download at 800 MB/s

Scientists at CERN are at it again. In order to distribute the information collected about the new Large Hadron Collider (LHC) due on line in 2007. The network sustained an average of 600MB/s for ten days with a peak of 800MB/s. I wouldn't mind downloading a CD per second.

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Fill in the missing ID3 tag in your MP3 files

This site provides a tool that fills in the missing info from your song by analyzing it, so you can keep your collection nice and organized

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Over 1,000 Streaming TV Stations, Live 24/7

From every corner of the globe, these guys carry an INSANE amount of stuff. Great especially if you're looking for global programming, like BBC (which they have) and much, much more.

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Brand New Call for Help Website

The Call for help website has been redesigned with a "G4" look. And since the show will now be airing in the U.S., the site is now at CallForHelpTV.com instead of at G4techTV.ca.

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Google talk has been released!

talk.google.com is up and working! Sweet!

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PHOTOSHOP BASICS

An in depth tutorial for photoshop basics that Every artist should go through.

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Fresh Unique Wallpapers

431 high quality desktop backgrounds.

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Top Fall TV Shows the Net is buzzing about

The top buzzworthy fall shows "according to the net" are.... (drumroll).... The Apprentice: Martha Stewart, Prison Break, Supernatural, Invasion, and Freddie - and a bunch more. Apparently some company spends their time monitoring online discussions to come up with this list. Crazy.

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Unlimited Free Itunes Songs

Free unlimited Itunes songs. Sign up, use multiple email addresses, such as dodgeit. Name does not have to be changed.

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New GMail Feature - Send Mail As

Great new feature added to GMail. Allows you to send email from any other email address you own.

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build your own custom machined parts out of nearly anything!!!

Welcome to eMachineShop - where you can design, price, and order your custom parts online! eMachineShop is the remarkable new way to get the custom parts you need - the first true online machine shop. Download our free software, draw your part, and click to order - it's easy! Your part will be machined and delivered - at low cost.

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Make Windows XP look like Vista NOW! Easy to do.

This is nice. Just download the executable file on the link (Vista Inspirat BricoPack)and install it. Reboot and see the change. Can be easily uninstalled. You'll like it, if you like windows. It also installs the vista icons. Doesn't use style xp or windows blinds. It's a shell install.

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NASA picks rocket for return to Moon

NASA has decided to develop a 100t to low-Earth orbit (LEO) in-line heavylift booster using a highly modified external tank and new five segment solid-rocket boosters (SRB)

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Students can turn graduate hackers

The world's first postgraduate certificate in penetration testing and information security has been set up by a Welsh university.

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Google Talk Easter Egg!

In the about box (right click the taskbar icon) there should be this play 23 21 13 16 21 19 . 7 1 13 5 substitute letters for numbers and you get "wumpus.game" add this to to your freinds list minus the quotes and play an old irc game!

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NASA's Messenger

NASA's MESSENGER team is using the CCSDS File Delivery Protocol (CFDP), a highly specialised protocol designed to overcome space operations communications challenges, to download data captured during a successful flyby of Earth last week.

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Bacteria that eats bad breath and foot stink isolated

A British research team has isolated a bacterium that can eat other bacteria's waste products which lead to bad breath and smelly feet

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August 23, 2005

Google Talk, an IM client, ready to launch

It appears that Google is ready to launch Google Talk, an instant messaging application. Rumors point to it having a Jabber backend and voice chat features. Look for it as soon as Wednesday.

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Could Google buy TiVo?

Speculation is afoot again that Google may use some of its proceedings from an upcoming $4 billion stock sale to purchase TiVo and possibly other companies. Google buying TiVo is not a new issue, but it's fresh now that Google has some extra cash to spend and is specifically suggesting that acquisitions could be part of the uses of the money.

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Halo Movie Set for Summer 2007

The big screen adaptation of Halo has now been scheduled for summer 2007, according to Variety, which reports that 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures have closed their deal to make a movie based on Microsoft Game Studios' Halo.

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TiVo Releases TiVo Desktop 2.2 (Includes PC To TiVo Transfers)

Excerpt from pvrblog.com: Looks like the TiVo 7.2 beta is over, as Tivo Desktop version 2.2 was released today. Coupled with the newly released Tivo OS 7.2, transfering video from a PC to your TiVo is now possible.

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Xbox 360 Brochures Leaked

6 scans of the Xbox 360's Brochures were leaked. Even though they released info about the 360 already, I guess it's good to see visuals associated with it.

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Satanic Messages In Song: Fact or Fiction

People say that if you listen to Stairway to Heaven backwards you here a almost clear satanic message. Various songs on this site, it will blow your mind!!

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A great blog on linux

This is a very comprehensive site which details many tips and tricks on getting things done using linux. This also features a lot of very good links on linux. An awesome site.

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Instantly see what company controls a phone number

This tool will tell you instantly which company a particular phone number was assigned to. Give it a try!

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How To Create An Uncrackable Password

For maximum security, passwords should not be cohesive words or phrases and should not be too obviously related to something like your birthday or the birthday of someone close to you. Personal information is one of the first things used when people attempt to break passwords.

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Google Sidebar is out, and it's awesome

Google has just launched a new service called â??Sidebarâ??, It will be used to display information on the desktop like email, RSS headlines, weather, stocks, and desktop search in addition to any other content the users are viewing like photos or websites, or even a scratch pad.

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Photoshop the Supermodels

Before and after pics of Supermodels that have been photoshopped. This really is amazing stuff

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360 Degree Panorama From the Top of Mt Everest

Full screen virtual reality 360 degree panorama from the top of Mount Everest.

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Google Earth New Data, over 100 cities added/updated

This new database has over 100 added/updated cities. It also updates the BBS layers to a snapshot from August 5th.For new users, this will be your first major database update... enjoy!

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HOW you can LOWER your FUEL cost! Anyone can do it!

Simple ways you can spend less on fuel and make driving cheaper, safer and better for everyone!

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Torrentspy.com is being watched and what you can do to be safe

Bittorrent is awesome, but using a public tracker is a big risk. Here is what you need to do to be safe.

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Smallest web server, size of a match head

"The web-server should be able to service about 7200 hits per hour"

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I'm the iPod girl

THE dancer whose silhouette has helped sell millions of iPods admitted yesterday: "I can't afford to buy one."

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3GB USB Jumpdrive for only $79.99!!!

The best part is, "NO MAIL-IN REBATE". The design is a little fugly but hey, 3 gigs for under a hundred bucks is a steal.

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Unlock the full Resolution of your PSP : 480x272 ( PMF Video Player)

Until now PSP mem-stick video has been locked by Sony, and limited to "Nintendo DS"-resolution (320x240). With the PMF Player you can watch .PMF files in their full 480x272 glory, and unlock the potential of your legally-owned hardware. What a concept! Test clip included. Now hurry up and grab this before Ken Kutaragi stabs me in the heart.

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Beastie Boys release their acapellas to the world

The Beastie Boys have released some of their acapellas to the worlds remixers and musicians free of charge on their website. They'll continue to release a new one every Friday.

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Hundreds of WAV's to annoy co-workers and use for your Podcast

This site has been up for 6 years. And it still is updated regularly. Check it out for your favorite TV or Movie clips.

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Apple Breaks Smart Playlists on iPods

Months ago I got a 60 Gig iPod and I fell in love, since then Apple has released a firmware upgrade that stopped all my Smart Playlists from dynamically updating without syncing my iPod to iTunes. The reason I bought a 60 Gig was so I would have to sync it very often. You can check out more on Smart Playlists at http://www.smartplaylists.com.

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life is absurd