How-To: The Ultimate iTunes Media Server

Over the last 2 years I’ve spent a decent amount of time (and money) putting together a home media system that covers most of these topics. Hopefully this (somewhat lengthy) article can help give others in the MacTalk community an idea of how to build what I consider a pretty good stab at the ultimate home media system.

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iPhone spotted in public?

Could this be the first true and proper iPhone sighting in public? Like, for really reals this time? check out the link for the picture….

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How to: Get Safari’s best features in Firefox

As we’re all aware by now, Safari is now available for Windows. So the question is, is there any compelling reason you might want to switch from the venerable Firefox to Safari? To its credit, though, Safari does have several enviable features. Rather than suggesting anyone move, here’s a list of it’s best features and the matching FF extensions

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Google bows to Ebay and pulls plug on offending party

Google unexpectedly canceled the party after its officials apparently determined they had gone too far.

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Microsoft Versus Google: Apple Wins – Forbes.com

While the two giants fight over antitrust allegations, Steve Jobs moves forward.

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Portrait of the Modern Terrorist as an Idiot

Terrorism is a real threat, and one that needs to be addressed by appropriate means. But allowing ourselves to be terrorized by wannabe terrorists and unrealistic plots — and worse, allowing our essential freedoms to be lost by using them as an excuse — is wrong. Commentary by Bruce Schneier.

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More from the “BBC Now in America” Campaign [PICTURES]

Ingenious “See both sides of the story” banners being displayed as part of the “BBC Now in America” advertising campaign.

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Compenion: The laptop from 2015

The Compenion is a sleek concept laptop designed by Felix Schmidberger. It certainly looks like the kind of portable PC we might be carrying around in 2015, made more futuristic by its OLED touchscreen, which serves as both monitor and keyboard.

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Ubuntu to get new Dualview UI

With upcoming releases of Ubuntu, expect to see a new Dualview UI for using two monitors.

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