MacBreak Weekly 11

The iPhone starts to look like the real thing, and Scott Rejoices. iPod celebrated five years... with a Windows Virus. And dating tips from Steve Jobs.

• The iPod has five years old.
• Wired has a story on the iPod's conception.
• Newsweek has Steve Jobs on the iPod's 5th anniversary.
• Less than 1% of 5.5g iPods sold contain a Windows virus dubbed RavMonE.exe.
• In Liverpool, a flash mob prepared with iPods began to dance at the stroke of 12.
• Fox used Palm Treos to capture video of the plane crash in New York City.
• Ted Stevens of "tube" fame is apparently #3 in succession for presidency as the President Pro Tem.
• Apple has trademarked the word iPhone with a "Far Eastern" trademark office.
• Jesse Tortora, analyst for the Prudential Equity Group, has predicted 2 models of the iPhone.
• During a press conference, T-Mobile's CEO stated that Apple's and their own visions are in-line with each other.
• A Swiss newspaper has quoted Leo about changing "podcast" to "netcast". Kyle Goetz has posted a translation on his blog.
• NBC has begun to use the word "netcast".
• Computerworld has determined that using a 30-inch monitor increases productivity.
• My Dream App is just like American Idol for Mac application ideas.
• Blossom is an application idea that is a virtual plant that will grow based on your productivity.
• iStyleit was an idea by one of the few women running for My Dream App. It was knocked out ASAP.
• Atmosphere is a great application idea that will act as a window to the outside world depending on the weather.
• When you buy Pzizz, use the coupon code "twit" for 25% off.
• Eudora has gone open-source and has joined the Mozilla Foundation.
• Scott likes GyazMail for his e-mail.
• Leo's looking at Island Email for his IMAP email.
• Oprah and Bono have begun their support for a red iPod Nano under their Product Red foundation.

Tips

• Monkey on Your Back reminds people to do their work!
• The SRS iWOW plugin spacializes the audio coming out of iTunes.
• To fix iPod resetting while playing mono content, turn off the EQ.
• MusicIPMixer creates mixes depending on genre among other things. Also, look at Soundflavor which is similar.

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