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ClickToFlash makes the web a nicer place to visit {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}

Oct 14th 2009 11:32AM trayser: I'm blocking Flash here and I get static gif ads, which is exactly what should happen.

Double Fusion slows down WipEout HD with ads {Joystiq}

Aug 4th 2009 1:55AM For all the wailing and gnashing of teeth, how many people are actually seeing these ads? Yes, there's a YouTube video, but I played this game for 2 hours today after work (in the USA, and after accepting the 2.01 update last week) and I didn't see a single ad.

Pagehand lets you compose PDF files natively {Download Squad}

Jul 27th 2009 7:55AM I think a lot of posters are missing the point -- PDF isn't a conversion with this app, it's the _native file format_. No lossy conversion, no wondering if your margins, fonts, or tables are going to change in some unpredictable way. It's a word processor that produces, as its default file format, a file that _every_ user of a current computer can view at 100% fidelity.

Hulu to PS3 users: 'Naw, son!' {Joystiq Playstation}

Jun 29th 2009 8:11AM Firefox is utterly unsuited to limited-memory embedded devices like the PS3. You have a much better chance of seeing a Webkit based browser on the platform than Firefox.

SEGA teases new RPG to be revealed next week {Joystiq Playstation}

Sep 16th 2008 11:45AM Would it be too much to hope for a Skies of Arcadia sequel?

You'd be foolish not to buy WipEout HD at $20 {Joystiq Playstation}

Sep 12th 2008 4:22PM The Wipeout games play _nothing_ like Mario Kart. There are weapons, yes, but they are a far smaller part of the gameplay.

Download "Let's Rock" keynote video as a podcast {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}

Sep 11th 2008 6:41AM Thanks for that one. I copied it to a flash drive, plugged it into my PS3, and watched it on the big screen instead of hunched over my computer.

iTunes Plus DRM-free music now official(er) {Engadget}

May 30th 2007 12:15PM aestheticist: When you buy a full album at a time, the price is the same for the non-DRMed version as for the DRMed version: $9.99 in most cases.

I just (today) bought a 28-track album from iTunes for $11.99, which included (as a PDF) the artwork/booklet from the physical CD. When I buy CDs nowadays, I just end up encoding them (usually @ 192kbps) and almost never actually play the physical disc anyway. I hardly see how downloading the disc I just got was more "time, money, and effort" when the disc was $11.99 at Amazon (+shipping) as of the time of this posting, which I then would have had to wait 2+ days to be delivered. Alternately, I could have driven to a brick-and-mortar shop on my lunch hour, doubtlessly paid more (+ sales tax, gas), and taken more time (driving, finding the disc in store [assuming it's in stock], and ripping/encoding.)

I can't personally distinguish between 256k AAC and red-book audio in a true double-blind test, some folks may be able to, so YMMV.

Apple special event on Sept. 12? {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}

Sep 1st 2006 6:00AM What would seem most likely would be a Merom based MacBook, since just about every other notebook vendor has introduced one in the last couple of weeks.

Discovery HD takes to the Sky {Engadget HD}

Jan 17th 2006 4:49PM Yes, it's repurposed content, but I love all the IMAX films that show up on INHD2.

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