New World It's Not Just Ordinary Life http://niuworld.wordpress.com Just another Blog Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:37:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/9307ee487bde2e21295625e291470f13?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png New World It's Not Just Ordinary Life http://niuworld.wordpress.com How-To: The Ultimate iTunes Media Server http://niuworld.wordpress.com/2007/06/15/how-to-the-ultimate-itunes-media-server/ http://niuworld.wordpress.com/2007/06/15/how-to-the-ultimate-itunes-media-server/#comments Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:37:53 +0000 niuworld http://niuworld.wordpress.com/2007/06/15/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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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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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 unexpectedly canceled the party after its officials apparently determined they had gone too far.

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

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

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

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