Hard Disks: FireWire Vs. USB by David Stone
These two technologies are competing to be the best way to connect electronics together. They both began as a connection to your PC or Mac, but they have grown to be a form of data transfer between almost any electrical data storage device. See who is the winner in one of the biggest... Apple had the advantage of being the standard computer in the artistic community, so this was the edge that they had on USB. ... It was developed by Apple and released in 1995 on its G3 Power Mac. ... It was also praised for its speed of data transfer.

MP3 Players - Must Read Before Buying by Jakob Culver
Often when looking for an mp3 player people get confused and are unsure on what they should be looking for in the product. There are so many different types of mp3 players out there, they come in flash memory, they come with a built in hard drive and you also have the option of using CD to make... One of the most popular hard-drive based players is the Apple iPod, the best selling hard-drive based mp3 player. ... There storage capabilities range from 32MB to 2GB and the most popular models seem to be those from the iRiver iFP series, Creative Muvo line series and the iPod Shuffle series.

Mp3 Player Basics - Finding the Right Mp3 Player by Gregory Nirshberg
Mp3 players are everywhere you look now, and it seems like everyone's got one. People on tv, in movies, at school, on the bus, or even walking or running down the street. And the selections are endless. But with so many options it's almost impossible to find the right mp3 player to suit your... The Apple iPod is by far the most popular, most pervasive, coolest, and also most expensive mp3 player brand out there. ... Some of my favorites are Apple, Creative Labs, Sandisk, Rio, iRiver and Archos. ... Whether the price of the iPod is worth it, is your choice.

20 Ways to Get More from your MP3 Player by Daniel Dwase
1. Protecting your asset So, you've just splashed your hard-earned cash on a smart, new MP3 player? Now, surely it's sensible to spend a few more money on a cover to keep it shiny and new – not least after the horror stories surrounding the nano's scratchability. ... The new iPod Radio Remote weighs just 15g, and acts as a link between any suitable pair of headphones and your USB connection port on your iPod. ... Connect your iPod, open 'Preferences' and click on the iPod icon. ... Radio your iPod One thing the iPod lacked compared to many rival MP3 players on the market was an FM radio.

Sociability: It is All About Integration by Duane Hennessy
Many products today require some kind of integration with other products: Integration with corporate IT infrastructure. Integration with other applications. Integration with legacy hardware or software. Integration with new or up-and-coming hardware or software. ... Applications built for the Apple Mac provide both Apple Events and the use of Python, Java and Cocoa to integrate with Apple applications and the Apple OS. ... Consider how many applications were quickly available to interface with Apple's iPod.

Mobile Mac Secrets: Automator for Travellers by Daniel Dwase
Automator, Tiger's automation tool, can be such a valuable traveller's aid. It can help you take care of all sorts of little travel-related chores. Here are a couple of Automator workflows that take advantage of the iPod to help mobile Mac users. They're also examples of the kinds of things... Then you’ll need to plug in your iPod and configure it to include the playlist you just created when it gets updated (by either selecting ‘Automatically Update All Songs And Playlists’ in the iPod tab of the iTunes preference pane, or selecting ‘Automatically Update Selected Playlists Only’ and...

Top 5 Reasons why ipod and Zune could Kill Blu-ray, HD DVD and even The DVD by Stephane Dion
Are we assisting to the birth of the real battle for the next generation of movies for our home theaters? With the announcement by Apple of the availability of movies on their itune library and the release this fall of the Zune from Microsoft , we have the right to believe so. ... And to be able to easily watch it on your standard or high definition TV, you will buy an itv from Apple, a Zune or an equivalent for a few hundred dollars. ... Here are the top 5 reasons why we think movie downloading from the ipod and eventually from the Zune could be the big winner in this battle: 1.

Convert DVR-MS File Recorded By Windows Media Center by Shirley Schweizer
What is DVR-MS? DVR-MS, a kind of media file format like WMV, is created by XP Media Center PCs. It uses the MPEG-2 standard Compression for video with some ‘extras’ like certain copy protections and so forth and audio compresses using MPEG-1 layer II. ... Sony PSP and Apple iPod), WMV, 3GP, 3G2, QuickTime (MOV, QT), SWF, DVD, VOB, VRO, MPG, MPEG 1,2,4, DAT, VCD, SVCD, ASF, MJPEG, H.263, H.264, Real Video (RM, RMVB), DVR-MS. ... There are several third-party programs to do it, but I think that AVS Video tools from www.soft29.com is the best through a series of testing.

Experience the new Microsoft Zune and Future Technology with Bill Gates at CES Keynote by Marylin Stompler
After the demonstration of Windows Vista by Bill Gates at the CES keynote, Robbie Bach, President of the Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) talked about Zune, which he said, has rapidly become the No.2 music player after Apple (AAPL) iPod. ... You can connect any Zune or iPod to Sync and stream MP3s off your phone. ... Per Ford executive, Mark Fields, Sync will be made affordable and available not just in luxury cars but in some everyday Ford cars as well. ... Your IM will be automatically read to you with voice technology.

Can Hard Drive Phones KILL THE iPod? by Daniel Dwase
A new wave of mobile phones equipped with tiny yet powerful hard disk drives is threatening to put an end to the meteoric rise of the iPod as the public's favourite portable digital music player. When you look at the typical consumer, there are three things that they may come back to their house... Although current portable MP3 players such as Apple's iPod and its competitors can store as much as 60GB of digital music, companies like Toshiba and Seagate are already developing handset-friendly hard drives that measure around one inch and will soon be able to match this capacity.