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Things You Don’t Want To Buy Used from Amazon.com

Amazon.com is one of the most popular and complicated websites in the world. It is also one of if not the biggest online retailer. Amazon.com was founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 and went online in 1995. It started as an online book-store and now sells varieties of products such as music (CD’s), movies (DVD’s), clothing, electronics, health products and even groceries.

Amazon.com is a great place to buy used products like books, CD’s, DVD’s and electronics. Unfortunately there are certain products you don’t want to buy “used” from the online retailer.

  1. Milk
  2. Chewing Gum
  3. Toothbrushes
  4. Underwear
  5. Toilet Paper
  6. Tampons
  7. Condoms

In actuality, none of the products above are sold used, it is merely some “glitch” in the programming. It is still amusing to think that there are “used” ones available for sale.

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Troubleshooting: Remote App and iTunes 8

Just  a little tip if you’re having problems with the Remote Apps on the iPhone or iPod touch.

Symptom:
Remote App can not play a song or media. Error message: “An unknown error occured. Please check your library and try again.”

Solution:
Delete Remote-iTunes share pairing. Disable iTunes sharing, then re-enable it. Re-pair the Remote-iTunes share.

That should do the trick.

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Microsoft’s Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld Ads, It’s A Trap!

The moment Microsoft released the now confusingly popular Gates and Seinfeld ads, people has been talking about them. Even a scholar like Ryan Block, formerly of Engadget now with GDGT, disected the ads on TWiT 159. Tech sites are talking about it. Mac-centric sites are bashing it. Paul Thurrot is defending it, then again what else what would The Original Microsoft Defender (a.k.a. Paul Thurrott) would do? Blogs are talking about it. John C. Dvorak even called the ads to have some kind of kinky sex message.

Regardless of whatever the meaning of the ads, Microsoft has achieved one thing. People are talking about it!

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Darren Carter: Ice House Rough Edit

I’m meeting Darren Carter at the Laugh Factory tonight. I’m currently editing video of his stand-up from Ice House Comedy Club in Pasadena. The videos were shot using Panasonic HDC-SD5 and HDC-SD9.

The AVCHD video’s were imported using iMovie ’08 in 540p and edited on Final Cut Pro 6.0.4. I’m using an octo-core 2.8GHz Mac Pro with 4GB of RAM.

Currently it is only the rough edit. I’d be putting up the clips either on my sites or on Darren Carter’s. Stay Tuned.

Darren Carter
Official Website | YouTube Channel | MySpace Page | IMDB
(Flash Player required to view Darren carter’s Official Website, iPhones are not welcome)

Darren Carter video from JillyOnline show.

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Metallica: “Death Magnetic” Reigns Over The iTunes Store

Metallica “Death Magnetic” was released on September 12th, 2008 worldwide and it surely reigns over the sales chart. According to Hits Daily Double as reported by BLABBERMOUTH.NET, Metallica is on track selling 500,000 copies in the U.S. alone for its first four days of release. It is an impressive numbers considering that “Death Magnetic” is released on Friday, since traditionally records are released on Tuesday.

On the Digital Download front, “Death Magnetic” reigns over the iTunes Store. Out of 22 iTunes Stores, “Death Magnetic” captures the number 1 spot in 21 countries. Only in Japan iTunes Store “Death Magnetic lands on the number 2 spot.

Listen to “Death Magnetic” here (Flash Player required).

“Death Magnetic” lands on number 2 spot at Amazon MP3. (256 kbps MP3 and DRM-Free!)
“Death Magnetic” CD is number 1 in music sales on Amazon.com.

“Death Magnetic” on iTunes Store

Australia | Austria | Belgium | Canada | Denmark | Finland | France | Germany | Greece | Ireland | Italy | Japan | Luxembourg | Netherlands | New Zealand | Norway | Portugal | Spain | Sweden | Switzerland | United Kingdom | U.S.A. |

“Death Magnetics” comes in multiple formats and packaging.

  • “Death Magnetic” CD
  • “Death Magnetic” Double LP Vinyl set, 33.3 RPM
  • “Death Magnetic” Deluxe Edition 5LP limited edition vinyl set! The deluxe edition comes as a 5LP gatefold, 180gram Audiophile Quality Vinyl, Half Speed Mastered at Mobile Fidelity 45 rpm. Comes with Death Magnetic lithograph!
  • “Death Magnetic” Coffin Box Set
    The Coffin shaped box contains the new CD along with a bonus CD with demos, DVD with more making of footage, a flag, guitar picks, fold out poster, a T-shirt, and a free download of a European Show happening in September. Free digital download of the album (320 KB/S) available at 12:01 am on September 12th!
  • “Death Magnetic” Digital Download

More Metallica News at Metallica.com.

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Apple to Release a Torrent of Software Updates

Based on some unconfirmed chatters, Apple is planning to release numbers of software updates in the next few weeks.

  • Mac OS X 10.5.5
    The update to Leopard is getting closer for release. According to sources, Mac OS X 10.5.5 will be released around the time new hardware refresh is announced. How about the Quad-Core Macbook Pro, Apple?
  • iLife ’08
    Maintenance update to the iLife suite is expected to be released in the coming weeks. According to sources, we might see new version of the iLife suite as early as January 2009 or as late as Summer 2009.
  • iWork ’08
    Maintenance update to iWork suite is expected to be released in the coming weeks also. Apple is definitely working on new version of iWork suite. Based on the available informations, the new iWork suite will heavily utilize Mac OS X Core Animation.
  • Apple TV
    Maintenance update to Apple TV will bring compatibilities with iTunes 8 including “Genius” feature.

Remember, that these are unconfirmed informations.

As a reminder, Apple has scheduled iPhone Software 2.1  release date on Friday September 12th, 2008.

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Metallica: “Death Magnetic” is Officially Released Worldwide

When the clock strikes September 12 Midnight somewhere in the world, Metallica’s latest recording “Death Magnetic” is officially released.

“Death Magnetic” CD comes in jewel case and Digipak packaging.

Metallica is streaming the whole album on their Official Website.

Australia | Austria | Belgium | Canada | Denmark | Finland | France | Germany | Greece | Ireland | Italy | Japan | Luxembourg | Netherlands | New Zealand | Norway | Portugal | Spain | Sweden | Switzerland | United Kingdom | U.S.A. |

“Death Magnetics” comes in multiple formats and packaging.

  • “Death Magnetic” CD
  • “Death Magnetic” Double LP Vinyl set, 33.3 RPM
  • “Death Magnetic” Deluxe Edition 5LP limited edition vinyl set! The deluxe edition comes as a 5LP gatefold, 180gram Audiophile Quality Vinyl, Half Speed Mastered at Mobile Fidelity 45 rpm. Comes with Death Magnetic lithograph!
  • “Death Magnetic” Coffin Box Set
    The Coffin shaped box contains the new CD along with a bonus CD with demos, DVD with more making of footage, a flag, guitar picks, fold out poster, a T-shirt, and a free download of a European Show happening in September. Free digital download of the album (320 KB/S) available at 12:01 am on September 12th!
  • “Death Magnetic” Digital Download

More Metallica News at Metallica.com.