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Pixar

Ratatouille Trailer Available from Pixar

Not content with transmogrifying toys, insects, monsters, fish and cars into cute, anthropomorphic and loveable characters, it looks like Pixar’s next release will be helping us all to lose our phobia of rats. The first teaser trailer for Ratatouille is now available. If your computer can handle it, download the high definition version, the quality […]

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Podcast

PowerPage Podcast Episode 17 Available for Download

PowerPage Podcast Episode 17 is now available for download from the iTunes Music Store. On Episode 17 (39:54, 17.6 MB, AAC) of the PowerPage Podcast my guests Rob Parker and Chuck Freeman discuss: – Dell vs. Apple displays – Tiny memory cards – Widescreen plug-in for Mail.app – Coinstar machines giving iTunes credit – iPod […]

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The Apple Core

The Apple Core: Verizon Treo 700p EVDO instructions

A friend sent me these instructions on how to connect the new palmOne Treo 700p to Verizon’s high-speed EV-DO network with a Mac. The setup instructions with screen shots are on my ZDNet Blog: The Apple Core.

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Mobile Phone

Nokia E61: Killer Features, Seriously Under-Realised

Don’t get me wrong, the E61 is a fantastic device & easily the best smartphone I’ve owned to date. Form factor, design, screen & keyboard size, all perfect but some of it’s BEST features seem very oddly thought out:
Access Point Groups:
+ This feature is nothing short of revolutionary. The ability to set up a preferred & seamless choice of networks (wireless at home/office or cellular when I’m out) Outstanding!
– But…

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The Apple Core

The Apple Core: iPod UI: Love it or hate it?

I struck a nerve earlier this week with a comment I made about the iPod user interface being tired. The problem I have is that while the hardware has evolved, the iPod’s UI hasn’t changed much in five years. One of the reasons that the iPod is so successful, it can be argued, is because […]