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Think we were hacked on Tongfamily at 5AM this morning. Found that we were stuck at the home page going to the WP install page. There are many notes about this, but it can happen because of a weak password on your FTP or your Wordpress admin accounts. I have both and have changed all [...]

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This Much I Know – » 5.1 surround sound playback on Mac (and maybe Apple TV)
QuickTime doesn’t come with an [tag]AC-3[/tag] codec by default. There is an open-source QuickTime component available, called A52Codec, which enables QuickTime to open, import and export AC-3 audio. (It does this using a free AC-3 library called liba52.) A52Codec provides [...]

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OK, I admit it, I wiped out my MacBook Air, Mac OS X wouldn’t even get to the Apple, it just started, then the computer shut down. I reloaded the operating system and the Time Capsule backup failed. Actually that is OK since the computer was kind of messed up. Kept on blowing me to [...]

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Well, if you are waiting (like me!) to use a MacBook as my Blu-ray player in a Home theater, that won’t happen until January at earliest according to MacRumors.com

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If you were to build a Home Theater today, it would be much different from a few years ago. Here is what I’d get:

Epson 1080p projector. We just got one for the office. Kind of a miracle of technology
MacBook Blu Ray. Ok, this hasn’t shipped yet, but if you look at it a MacBook has [...]

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Been experimenting with the Macbook’s as a way to drive a home theater. it is actually quite awesome what you can do assuming you really want something easy to use. Here is what I’ve found:

MacBook Pro’s has DVI and can convert to VGA. With older televisions (like my 10 year old Mitsubishi 73903) that have [...]

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Apple to Update MacBook Air to Penryn Soon? – Mac Rumors
The external design is to remain the same, but the new MacBook Air is said to incorporate a new Penryn-class processor “from 2.0GHz and potentially beyond”. To compensate, Apple will be including a higher capacity battery.

In fact, the new revision of the MacBook Air will [...]

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Well after picking out the Epson 1080UB Pro Cinema projector as the projector of choice and great for movie afternoons, what do you do about the all important sound system? Well, normally, you normally buy a big honking box that’s called an AVR (audio/video receiver) and then speakers that need big old analog wires. But [...]

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AppleInsider claims that September is when we’ll see the refreshed MacBook, MacBook Pro and iPod lines. Makes sense as the iPod line is usually refreshed in time for the holiday season.

The best rumors are a MacBook Touch which would be a tablet. The MacBook and MacBook Pro are supposed to get a more curvy shape.

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These are just stunning numbers and of course the stock traded down since they are explaining that there will be margin pressure. Most interesting:

Mac YTY unit growth is 41%
Looks like they will refresh MacBook and MacBook Pro and prices are coming down the entry level MacBook Pro drops to $1800 from $2000 and the MacBook [...]

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