Airport Express and HP LaserJet 1020

I was helping friends (someones who wouldn’t compensate me at all) sharing an HP LaserJet 1020 using Airport Express. For some reason, the printer driver would not install at all. I tried it on their Windows XP computer and both of my Macs (PowerBook G4 and MacBook Pro). So far i have been unable to make the combination to work. I tested the Airport Express with LaserJet 3055, and the combination works.

As of know I’m not sure if it’s possible to share the HP LaserJet 1020 using Airport Express (through Bonjour).

EMI Music and Apple Offers DRM-Free Digital Music Download

London, 2 April 2007

EMI Music today announces that it is making all of its music catalogue at a higher quality (higher bitrate) and free of Digital Rights Management (DRM) restrictions. EMI Music is giving an option to online music retailer to sell the DRM-free music in the format of their choice. EMI Music group is giving customers the option to purchase music with DRM at a lower price with lower bitrate or to purchase DRM-free music at higher bitrate.

Apple‘s iTunes Store is the first online music store to bring EMI’s offering to the consumer. The pricing and offers are good only for tracks by EMI Artists:

  • Individual track encoded in 128 kbps AAC with Apple FairPlay DRM costs $0.99/€0.99/£0.79
  • Individual track encoded in DRM-free 256 kbps AAC costs $0.99/€0.99/£0.79
  • iTunes customers can upgrade their previoulsly purchased 128 kbps AAC with DRM to DRM-free 256 kbps AAC for only $0.30/€0.30/£0.20 per track
  • Complete album purchased on iTunes is automatically sold as DRM-free 256 kbps AAC at no extra costs

EMI Music will still employ DRM on digital music subscriptions, due to the nature of the service itself.

In addition to the deal with Apple, EMI also states that such deal will be made available to other online music store. EMI has given online music stores the options to encode the songs in the format of their choice (AAC, MP3, WMA, or any other unprotected format).

On February 6th, 2007, Apple published Steve Jobs’ open letter on Music and Digital Rights Management (DRM). In the letter, Steve Jobs calls for the removal of DRM from online music store, noting that music has been sold without any digital restrictions for years in the forms of records, tapes, and CD. EMI Music then contacted Apple to offer DRM-free digital music download.

EMI Music Group Press Release:
http://www.emigroup.com/Press/2007/press18.htm

Related:
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughtsonmusic/

Apple Inc. Turns 31

Founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne on April 1st, 1976, Apple Inc. turns 31 year old today.

Apple Inc. 31 year old

Happy Birthday, Apple.

The year 2007 is a significant year for Apple Inc.
During MacWorld San Francisco 2007 keynote, Steve Jobs announced name change from Apple Computer Inc. to Apple Inc.

Apple released AppleTV in mid-March, after it was announced on MacWorld San Francisco 2007. It was originally scheduled for release in February, but for some reasons that Apple wouldn’t provide it was delayed till March.

Two other products from Apple is coming in 2007. The first one is the much anticipated Apple iPhone, as it was announced on MacWorld San Francisco 2007. Apple has been rumored to have been working on a mobile phone for the past 3 years. Steve Jobs revealed the existence of the project and announced its scheduled release sometimes in June 2007. The Apple iPhone has been dominating the tech news starting with the rumors of its existence, its announcement, and the trademark lawsuit filed by Cisco. Apple and Cisco settled the dispute in a relatively short time after. Both company agreed upon the usage of iPhone trademark.

The other product coming in 2007 is Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Currently it is tracking for Spring 2007 release date. Remember, Spring Season ends on June 20th. It is speculated that Apple will release Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard during Apple’s WorldWide Developer Conference, taking place on June 11 to June 15. Mac community hungers for any news regarding anything Mac and anything Apple. One rumor stated that Leopard would be delayed until october due to some dubious reasons. So far, Apple has been tight lipped about Leopard release date. One thing remains the same: Apple affirms that Leopard will be released in Spring 2007.

For Apple, the year 2007 is the beginning of “The Next 30 Years”.

http://www.apple.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.

South Park: Season 11 Episode 5 – “Fantastic Easter Special”

South Park: Season 11 Episode 5 – “Fantastic Easter Special”
Original Air Date: 2007-04-04

Note:

From South Park Studios: (announced on April 1st, 2007)

Determined to get the real story behind why he has to decorate eggs for Easter, Stan falls in with an eccentric society that guards a legendary secret.

From Comedy Central Press Release:

It’s a “fantastic easter special” on an all-new “South Park” on Wednesday, April 4 at 10:00 P.M.

Stan refuses to decorate another Easter egg in an all-new “South Park” entitled, “Fantastic Easter Special,” premiering on Wednesday, April 4 at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT) on Comedy Central.

Season 11 Episode 5 - Season 11 Episode 5 -

Discussion about the episode, here.

South Park Season 11 on iTunes Store – UNCENSORED (available on Saturday April 07th, 2007)

If you are looking for South Park episode, you can get it at iTunes Store instead of downloading the AVI or RM files off torrents from site likes mrtwig.net.

Remember downloading TV episodes off torrents is generally frowned upon by the TV networks or Viacom. Viacom will sue you and YouTube and Google and everyone. It’d be very very very wrong to download South Park episodes off torrent sites such as mrtwig.net where you can find high quality South Park episodes in AVI and RM. So please, do not download the episode torrent from site like mrtwig.net where the high quality AVI and RM torrents are posted within the hour after the episode aired on Comedy Central.

You may be able to find the “Fantastic Easter Special” torrent at sites like mininova, but remember that Comedy Central and Viacom don’t want you to do so.

Meanwhile, South Park – The Complete Ninth Season DVD was released on March 06th, 2007. It includes the infamous “Trapped in A Closet” and the Emmy® Award-winning episode, “Best Friends Forever.”

South Park Studios is the official South Park site and that’s where all the new informations come from. There will be no spoilers discussed here until the episode airs.

April Fool’s Day 2007

April 1st, 2007
It’s April Fool’s Day, or is it?

Roadrunner Records
Stone Sour Announce Next Tour, Sponsored by KFC

Google
Google TiSP
Gmail Paper

ThinkGeek
The ThinkGeek WiiHelm
SnūzNLūz – Wifi Donation Alarm Clock
Piranhaz – R/C Battle Fish
The Lonely Guy Dream Vacation Digital Photo Frame
The ThinkGeek 8-bit Tie
SurgeStix – Inhalable Caffeine Stix
Vilcus Plug Dactyloadapter

Blizzard
World of Warcraft Tinfoil Hat

TWiT
G4 Acquires TWiT

Star Trek
Star Trek Remasters to Get Facelift
New Tech for Trek: The Prism DuroSport
Breaking News: DS9 Returns to Daytime TV!
Product News: Sulu’s Against the Wall in New Novel

The Register (read more)
Apple, Google join forces for ‘ultimate phone’

Maybe I’ll add more later, or will I?