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		<title>Seagate is the First Manufacturer to Break the Capacity Ceiling with a New 4TB GoFlex Desk Drive</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 06:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  CUPERTINO, Calif.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;Seagate (NASDAQ:STX) today announced it is shipping a new 4TB GoFlex® Desk external hard drive – the highest capacity hard drive in the industry. This latest addition to the GoFlex Family of external hard drives showcases Seagate’s new desktop design. The streamlined industrial design delivers a smaller footprint and better reflects the aesthetic of today’s modern offices while still providing all of the benefits of previous generations of the GoFlex drives. The new 4TB GoFlex Desk drive is now available from www.seagate.com and will be available from select online retailers within the month for a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $249.99 USD. The entire line of GoFlex Desk products will also adopt the new industrial design in the coming weeks. The GoFlex Desk for Mac external drive featuring both FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 will be available in Apple stores by the end of the month. “Yet another industry first for Seagate, we have reached a new high-capacity in the 3.5-inch hard drive form factor. At Seagate, we are committed to pushing the limits for our customers and will continue to adapt and innovate our products based on customer needs” said Patrick Connolly, vice president and general manager of Retail products for Seagate. “This latest GoFlex® Desk drive offering, with its new industry-leading capacity point, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UNIFIED COLOR TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES IMMEDIATE AVAILABILITY OF HDR EXPRESS</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2010/12/06/unified-color-technologies-announces-immediate-availability-of-hdr-express/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[South San Francisco – December 6, 2010 – Unified Color Technologies, the experts in high dynamic range imaging (HDR), today announced the immediate availability of HDR Express which is specifically designed to meet the requirements of professional photographers and photo enthusiasts who are new to HDR softwareand looking to create stunning images quickly. With HDR Express, Unified Color has automated some of the most complex aspects of HDR photography and replaced the traditional HDR workflow with a lightning-fast alternative for creating the most realistic HDR renderings possible making this once-complicated process accessible to even the most novice user. The software is available for purchase through Unified Color’s website at www.unifiedcolor.com/hdr-express. HDR Express automates key aspects of the HDR production process, such as tone mapping and halo elimination, offering a streamlined and very easy-to-follow workflow. After merging the multiple exposures required for the HDR process into a 32-bit image, the simplified user interface presents an animated exposure range preview of the HDR image along with five tone mapping preset options. For the fastest results, users can then choose from a series of color and style presets or create their own presets using the program’s adjustment sliders which manipulate brightness, highlight and shadow recovery, black point, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attention Adobe CS5 Mac users:</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have recently discovered that use of the utility application &#8220;Clean My Mac&#8221; can break CS5&#8242;s ability to update itself. Clean My Mac, in it&#8217;s default setting, will remove international language files from applications to recover the &#8220;wasted&#8221; disk space. In most cases, this is action is harmless to the operation of your Mac. However, if you have Adobe CS5 installed (any flavor), the Adobe Updater looks for the language files to update them and bombs out. The fix is to reinstall Adobe CS5 and reapply all patches. You can simply run the installer on the main disc without first uninstalling/unregistering the existing install. The Installer will overwrite the files and update all plists. The launch the Adobe Updater from within any app in the set and then exit the app to allow the Updater to do it&#8217;s job unimpeded. Please make sure all browsers are closed when this action is taking place.]]></description>
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		<title>Hasselblad releases Phocus 2.5 for Mac</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2010/05/11/hasselblad-releases-phocus-2-5-for-mac/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 12:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In addition to a range of new photographer-oriented features, Phocus 2.5 for Apple computers allows users to import RAW files from more than 150 DSLR cameras, and features support for most standard image file formats, making Phocus more flexible and powerful than ever before.]]></description>
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		<title>Apple Releases Aperture 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CUPERTINO, Calif., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ &#8212; Apple® today introduced Aperture™ 3, the next major release of its powerful photo editing and management software, with over 200 new features including Faces, Places and Brushes. Building on the innovative Faces and Places features introduced in iPhoto® &#8217;09, Aperture 3 makes it even easier and faster to organize large photo libraries. Aperture 3 introduces new tools to refine your photos including Brushes for painting image adjustments onto parts of your photo, and Adjustment Presets for applying professional photo effects with just one click. Stunning new slideshows let you share your work by weaving together photos, audio, text and HD video. &#8220;Millions of people love using iPhoto to organize, edit and share their digital photos,&#8221; said Philip Schiller, Apple&#8217;s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. &#8220;Aperture 3 is designed for both professionals who edit and manage massive libraries of photos and iPhoto users who want to take their photos further with easy-to-use tools such as Brushes and Adjustment Presets.&#8221; &#8220;Aperture 3 gets it right,&#8221; said National Geographic photographer, Jim Richardson. &#8220;The image editing tools are exactly what I have been asking for, they&#8217;re so easy to use and give me a level of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bibble Labs Releases Bibble 5 Pro</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fifteen months after it was announced, Bibble Labs has released its namesake Bibble 5 Pro. Bibble 5 Pro is the 5th generation of RAW conversion software from Bibble Labs. This version sports many new features including layers, digital asset management (DAM), and a whole new plug-in structure. versions are available for Windows, Mac and Linux. A free trial can be downloaded from Bibble Labs webpage.]]></description>
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		<title>Phase One Releases Capture One 5 PRO</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2009/10/28/phase-one-releases-capture-one-5-pro/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[COPENHAGEN, October 28, 2009 &#8212; Phase One, the world’s leader in open-platform medium format camera systems and solutions, today released Capture One 5 PRO. Known for rendering superior quality images from a wide range of pro DSLR, Mamiya and Phase One medium format cameras, Capture One PRO is now enhanced with workflow accelerators to handle large volume shoots faster. Capture One 5 PRO is the RAW converter and workflow application with the broadest tethered shooting support, not only for Phase One digital backs, but also for DSLRs from Canon and Nikon. This version adds support for additional DSLR models and RAW file support for selected Leaf digital backs. ”Today’s pro photographers are shooting with both medium format and DSLR cameras, so having a truly professional quality digital darkroom, that can manage RAW files from both systems, makes life easier,” said Carsten H. Olsen, Phase One product manager for Capture One. “Capture PRO helps photographers reduce the time and effort required to deliver stunning ready-to-use images with excellent color and detail.” About Capture One 5 Capture One 5’s simple, intuitive interface is designed to achieve superior image quality through easy-to-use tools that match a professional photographer’s daily workflow requirements. Now pros [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canon Announces Snow Leopard Printer Driver Availability</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canon, who was apparently caught flat-footed by Apple&#8217;s release of Snow Leopard, has announced the schedule of availability of printer drivers for it&#8217;s ImagePROGRAF line of professional printers. Model Release Date (on web server) iPF5100, iPF6100, iPF6200, iPF8100, iPF9100 October 7, 2009 iPF5000, iPF8000, iPF9000 October 9, 2009 iPF500, iPF600, iPF700 October 9, 2009 iPF6000S, iPF8000S, iPF9000S October 14, 2009 iPF650, iPF655, iPF750, iPF755 October 17, 2009 iPF510, iPF605, iPF610, iPF710, iPF720, iPF810, iPF820 October 21, 2009 W6400, W8400, W8400D November 12, 2009 I am currently using a Windows 7 VM under Parallels Desktop 4.0 Mac to host drivers for both my Canon W6400 and HP B9180. Printing in managed by Qimage Studio (64-bit multicore version) software-based RIP. Unless these drivers are totally spectacular, I may continue working this way.]]></description>
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		<title>Snow Leopard Missing Driver Workaround</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2009/08/29/snow-leopard-missing-driver-workaround/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I reported previously, one of the casualties of upgrading to Snow Leopard was the loss of my Canon ImagePROGRAF W6400 large format printer. As a professional photographer, this was a bad thing. Not fatal by any means, as I could submit my prints to a service for printing, but I lost my ability to produce single large prints and proofs. Apple users are now about to experience the awe and mystery of Driver Hell. As OEMs drag their feet to produce 64-bit drivers, many will be left stranded without access to their esoteric bits of kit. I got around my problem like this (YMMV):If you keep Snow Leopard in default mode (32-bit kernel + KEXTs) you will still have access to VM software like Parallels 4.0 Desktop (I have not tested VMWare Fusion nor VirtualBox yet). Here you can load up a previous version of the Mac OS or a current version of Windows. I loaded Windows 7 x64 Ultimate. The trick was to set the VM&#8217;s network adapter to be bridged, making sure that it picks up an IP from your network&#8217;s DHCP server (if I lost you with all of this jargon, fear not. Pictures will follow.) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snow Leopard on my Mac</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2009/08/29/snow-leopard-on-my-mac/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fedex swung by today, dropping off my Snow Leopard upgrade. I happily slit open the box with my Swiss Army Knife and pulled out the teeny-weeny package inside. Consisting of one DVD, the Snow Leopard upgrade held the promise of unlocking the power of my Mac Pro. Almost. The upgrade itself was for all intents and purposes, painless. Kudos to coders at Apple for one of the smoothest transitions I have ever experienced. The aftermath, however, dragged up some memories of the early days of XP x64. With Snow Leopard, Apple is now forced to send folks to the cursed 667th circle of Driver Hell. While Apple took great pains to provide as complete a set of drivers as possible, certain bit of hardware (most notably my slightly older large-format printer) as no longer recognized. It now falls upon the OEMs to crank out 64-bit drivers. Hopefully, they will not choose this moment to abandon support for their older pro equipment. When Redmond decided to go 64-bit, they went whole hog, plunging the early-adopter community into a chaotic scramble for 64-bit driver support. After five years, PC OEMs now ship 64-bit drivers the same time they ship 32-bit ones (usually). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DataVac Electric Duster by Metro Vac</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2009/07/19/datavac-electric-duster-by-metro-vac/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 04:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tired of spending money on &#8220;canned air&#8221; to remove dust particles from your precious gear? Worried about balancing your desire for equipment hygiene and the ozone layer? Fear no more! The fine folks at Metropolitan Vacuum Cleaner Co. of Suffern, NY have the answer: The DataVacED! This little beauty packs a 500W, .75HP electric blower delivering 70 CFM of air to blast off dust, dirt and debris. The air is filtered and is dry since Boyle&#8217;s Law is not invoked in it&#8217;s propulsion. Made in the USA with all-steel construction, the unit weighs in at 2.75 lbs. and is powered by a 12-foot power cord. Battery power would have made the unit too cumbersome since the motor draws 4.5 amps @ 120 volts Included are several attachments including the Air-Pin-Pointer(tm), Air-Concentrator nozzle, Air-Flare nozzle and a 4-piece detailing tool kit. The DataVacED comes with a lifetime warranty. Pricing is set at &#8220;less than 5 throwaway cans of air&#8221;. For more information or to find the dealer nearest you, head over to Metropolitan Vacuum Cleaner Co. website or call them at 1-800-822-1602.]]></description>
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		<title>Apple Aperture 2 Note &#8211; Symbolic Links to Files</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2009/06/15/apple-aperture-2-note-symbolic-links-to-files/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple Aperture 2 is very flexible regarding importing files. However, I have discovered that if you have symbolic links in the path to your image files, Aperture 2 will report the file as an unsupported format. Case in point: I added a data drive to my Mac Pro and moved all of the data over to it. However, OS X expects the &#8220;Documents&#8221;, &#8220;Pictures&#8221;, &#8220;Music&#8221;, &#8220;Movies&#8221;, etc folders to be on the system drive (the one where OS X is installed). I created symbolic links (shadow copies in Windows terms) to the folders on the new drive pointing to the location on the old drive. Under normal circumstances, this arrangement works well. The OS handles the translation seamlessly and everything is hunky dory. Except Aperture 2. Aperture 2 imports the files just fine, but when it comes time to render the previews &#8211; &#8220;Unsupported Format&#8221;. The solution: import the files using the real path (no symbolic links) or import the images into the Aperture Library directly.]]></description>
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		<title>Macworld and the lack of Steve</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2009/01/06/macworld-and-the-lack-of-steve/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow. Just got through possibly the worst coverage of Macworld I have ever seen. One can see that Steve Jobs is truly the dynamic force behind the scenes in Cupertino. To wit: No Steve = No live video feed No Steve = No Snow Leopard update No Steve = No Blu-ray support announcement No Steve = No Mac Mini refresh No Steve = No netbook sized MacBook (MacBook Mini? MacNote?) No Steve = No vid card refresh for Mac Pro No Steve = No Cinema Display refresh Top that all off with MacRumors&#8217; live coverage getting hacked (&#8220;STEVE JOBS JUST DIED&#8221; was inserted into their comment stream by person(s) unknown) and then their site went down. Now, don&#8217;t get me wrong, I know better than most people how dangerous anything happening to the pancreas is (I am a survivor of necrotizing pancreatitis &#8211; which has a 2% survival rate in 1 month vs, pancreatic cancer&#8217;s 20% the first year), and I do not begrudge Mr. Jobs looking after his health. It just without Steve, Apple loses quite a bit of its zing. On a positive note, two new MacBook Pro models were introduced and the 17-inch unit looks amazing. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interarchy and Iris: Two from Nolobe Software</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2008/09/10/interarchy-and-iris-two-from-nolobe-software/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nolobe Software makes two applications for the Mac: Interarchy &#8211; a high performance file transfer program that supports mirroring, a boatload of protocols (12 in total including iDisk and Amazon S3), and can take advantage of everything that Mac OS X has to offer: Automator, Dashboard, Bonjour, iDisk, Spotlight, Address Book, AppleScript and a whole bunch more. The other application they make is Iris &#8211; an “easy to use” image editor built from the ground up to take advantage of the Mac environment. Interarchy is one of the slickest file transfer programs I have ever had the pleasure of working with. Unlike most other file transfer application which use local and remote file viewing panes, Interarchy shows only the remote content, the local content is displayed in the Finder as usual. That’s right, the Interarchy window behaves as any other window on the Mac desktop. This ease of use can be an issue for veterans of classic file transfer applications (like me &#8211; something so obvious, isn’t). While it gets top marks in protocol support, features and interface design, actual file transfers do not live up to the hype. File transfer speeds on this app are good, but not impressive. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dropbox: Practical Web 2.0</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2008/07/26/dropbox-practical-web-20/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Web 2.0 is the buzzword for the next generation of web applications that interact directly with users at the system level. The term has been bandied about for the last couple of years but no one has really developed anything that crystallizes the idea. Until now. The folks at Dropbox have come up with a novel way to solve an age-old Internet problem: secure file sharing with yourself, your friends and family. By combining web services, Amazon&#8217;s S3 storage clusters and some clever programming, Dropbox plugs into Windows Explorer and Mac Finder to create a drag-and-drop interface for easy file sharing. Create shared folders between yourself and your friends/family, drop files in and a Mac-like sync occurs between all parties involved. Have to collaborate with a group of people? Add names to the share folder and when you drop the file in there, all participants get a copy. Best of all, Dropbox is free. Currently in beta, you can surf over to the Dropbox website and apply. If you know someone already on it, they get 10 beta invitations. The free accounts are limited to 2GB of data so don&#8217;t get any wild ideas about using it to create the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mac Pro SATA Blu-Ray HOWTO</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2008/06/28/mac-pro-sata-blu-ray-howto/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple&#8217;s decision to not offer a Blu-Ray drive as an option on the Mac Pro has been frustrating many users for quite some time. PC users have long enjoyed the expanded storage and high-definition content available on the new format. This has not stopped enterprising third parties from adding Blu-Ray drives to their systems. The good news is that Apple decided to make the Mac Pro easy to upgrade in the field. The bad news is that Apple chose to use the more traditional (and less expensive) IDE (PATA) interface for it&#8217;s optical drives. PC motherboard OEMs are cramming more and more SATA ports on their boards, so optical drive makers are switching to SATA as well. This makes it hard to find IDE based Blu-Ray drives. Enter the gang at Cooldrives.com with their SATA-PATA adaptor board. This little gem plugs into the back of the SATA Blu-Ray drive and allows you to easily install it in the Mac Pro. Apple provides a complete and thorough set of instructions on how to swap out optical drives on the Mac Pro, so I won&#8217;t cover those here. SATA and PATA sides of the Cooldrives adaptor board Here are the steps to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving back to Mac: Fun with networked printers</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2008/03/16/moving-back-to-mac-fun-with-networked-printers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2008/03/16/moving-back-to-mac-fun-with-networked-printers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As my little journey continued, I began connecting my Mac to the Windows network that already exists in my home. I was already connected to the IP network, so I tested the waters hooking up networked printers and connecting to shared drives. I have three shared printers in my home network: two HP LaserJets (one color, one B&#38;W) and an Epson Stylus Photo R800 USB inkjet printer I use for printing photos.  The LaserJets (a color 2605dn and a 5) both have built-in JetDirect interface cards allowing them to be plugged directly into an Ethernet switch. The Color LaserJet 2605dn even has a built-in Bonjour print server. Bonjour is Apple&#8217;s Zero-configuration technology that can be applied to a wide variety of hardware devices. They even have a version for Windows. (There is a 64-bit version here.) Suffice it to say, the HP 2605dn was as close to a brainless install as one could dare hope for. The LaserJet 5 was a tiny bit trickier as I needed the IP address of the printer in order to point to it. Since I am the network admin, I had that information. You can also get it from the printer by printing it&#8217;s Configuration Page. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HD Format Wars are over, but who won?</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2008/02/20/hd-format-wars-are-over-but-who-won/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The war over which high-definition disc format to choose is now over. Toshiba yesterday announced that it would be withdrawing it&#8217;s HD-DVD players from the market and retiring the format. With Warner Brothers deciding to release it&#8217;s content on Blu-Ray Toshiba seems to have gotten the message. So, Sony is the winner, right? Maybe. Certainly it will be simpler in the future to select HD content discs: all of them will be Blu-Ray. However, unless Sony cuts the prices of BD discs right now, the consumer community may simply bypass BD and opt for downloaded HD content from sources like Netflix and AppleTV.  It&#8217;s not only the price of the discs, but the licensing fees, royalty payments, and the cost of the actual blue lasers themselves that have to be reduced. This may not happen quickly enough for the consumer and if Sony wants to really cash in on this format war victory, it may have to take a bath in the short term, selling the pricier components below cost in order to have market penetration. Technological development is always moving forward and the cost of those components will inevitably drop providing Sony with profitability but what they need now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apple Blu-Ray Support: What&#8217;s taking so long?</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2008/02/05/apple-blu-ray-support-whats-taking-so-long/</link>
		<comments>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2008/02/05/apple-blu-ray-support-whats-taking-so-long/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been thinking about this topic for quite some time now. What is preventing Apple from officially supporting BD drives and HD content from them? Steve Jobs is on the Blu-Ray Steering Committee for Pete&#8217;s sake! Not technology. With the latest refresh of the Mac Pro, even the base model has hardware support for decoding the HD content with ease. MacBooks and iMacs have been that way for a while as well. Not encryption. The HDCP stack is now supported fully by all of the components. Not licensing. iTunes/AppleTV already has access to a ton of HD content. The only answer (that I can think of) is money. Playing HD content over DVI or HDMI requires royalty payments to the patent owners. My guess is that Steve is waiting for DisplayPort (the royalty-free VESA standard for HD connectivity) to become prevalent. He will then announce new video card options for the upgradeable Macs and new version of the MacBook to support this technology. At this point the drives will become suddenly available and viewing BD content on the Mac will only require a quick software update (which removes the blocks in place). Oddly enough the catalyst for this will [...]]]></description>
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