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HandBrake is a DVD ripping utility for Mac OS X. It allows you to shrink the size of the DVD video while minimizing the loss the video quality. You can make mp4 and avi files including H.264 that Apple has been pushing hard. Subtitles are also supported. 2-pass encoding setting tries best to keep the quality of the video. Above all, it’s free.

So, nothing to complain? Well, the icon. The icon of the HandBrake isn’t nice-looking. See the pic below:

However, Model Concept offers alternative icons for HandBrake and HandBrake Lite. Lite version is dedicated for making the size of the video for 5th generation iPod. The icons are way coolder than the originals. Here’s the pic of the alternative icon.

Now, It’s more pleasurable to see HandBrake icon in the Dock while I’m ripping DVDs. You know, ripping DVD takes time. You need to be comfortable while you are waiting for HandBrakd to finish the task.

Tags: technology, tech, hand break, video, application, icons

Never Pay for iPods, iPhones, Computers, & Other Gadgets Again.

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:35:39 GMT

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Clip Source: www.squidoo.com

Have you seen these sites on the web that tell you you can get free iPods, Computers and other things?

Most of them are not upfront with what you have to do to get the free item.
However I have found two company that are 100% legitimate.

I will only focus on one of them for this lens because I completed all the offers from the 2nd company and can't do them again.

However Offer Centric LLC, based in California, USA, allows you to do most of their sites again and again.

I was very skeptical at first. After I did some research, I signed up for the free iPod site. I completed an offer from Blockbuster Online for just $9.99. Then I got some friends to sign up and sure enough I got a free iPod. I was hooked and signed up for the other sites and got many other Free iPods,Computers, and other gadgets over a period of time.

Tags: technology, entertainment, ipod, howto, education, free

The How To of How to's.............

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:10:38 GMT

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clipper's remarks: To Much to Clip must see site

Clip Source: www.squidoo.com

Have you seen these sites on the web that tell you you can get free iPods, Computers and other things?

Most of them are not upfront with what you have to do to get the free item.
However I have found two company that are 100% legitimate.

I will only focus on one of them for this lens because I completed all the offers from the 2nd company and can't do them again.

However Offer Centric LLC, based in California, USA, allows you to do most of their sites again and again.

So How Does It Work ?

Tags: how to, technology, ipod, apple, free, entertainment

iTunes, 1425x1425 Album Artwork

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 20:33:03 GMT

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Clip Source: www.thejosher.net

How to:
It's really simple =) Just type in the Arist and Album you want, hit find, and you're off! You can use the grabber with any media player that supports coverart. Now you have no excuse for you're media collection not to be dressed up :)

Why?
» Extremely high quality -- 1425x1425px.
» Fast! Just type in the album name or artist, and you're off!
» Free! You'll never have to pay for an album art grabbing program again! » Its easy! Just type in the album, how much easier can it get?

Tags: apple, itunes, ipod, iphone, technology, album, artwork, music, entertainment

Steve Jobs' Grave

Sun, 02 Sep 2007 19:45:06 GMT

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Clip Source: www.flickr.com

Tags: apple, steve jobs, ipod, grave, humor, technology

18k Gold-Plated iPod shuffle

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:10:12 GMT

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Clip Source: gizmodo.com

Normally we skip over these bullshit gold-plated gadgets, but this 18-karat gold-plated iPod shuffle's picture was so pretty we couldn't resist. We would've been even more impressed if it were solid 24-karat gold, but we'll just have to settle for this gold plating. There's just something strangely appealing about the irony and incongruity of the cheapest iPod clad in the most elegant of metals. It's just so, uh, inappropriate. How much does it cost?

Even though it's just gold plated, Xexoo, a German company that apparently makes a pretty good living by soaking gullible, vain and rich buffoons, is still going to clip those cash-soaked Diamond Jim Bradys for $10,000 to possess this dubious bauble. The company says there's even a diamond-studded upgrade in the works. We hope for the sake of the civilized world that none of these will sell well. [BornRich]

Tags: apple, ipod, 18k, gold, technology, cool

Put DVDs on the iPhone - the super simple way

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:29:20 GMT

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Clip Source: www.hackszine.com

HandBrake is a GPL'd multi-platform, multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4 ripper/converter - it's super easy to rip the DVDs you have and put them on the new iPhone - they look great and are about 1 GB each, here's how...

First, get HandBrake - Link. There are also PC versions of HandBrake, it might work about the same way.

Install it, run it. Pop the DVD in. Pick the DVD volume. Choose your settings, I use the defaults usually.

It takes about 30 min or so, it runs fine in the background.

Drag the MP4 file it makes in to iTunes, in videos tab in iTunes for the iPhone select the movie, click Sync.

In a couple minutes it transfers over.

It's about a gig.

The video is in the videos section. iPod / Videos.

It looks and sounds great!

Tags: apple, iphone, technology, movies, dvd, howto, entertainment

New iPod game based on the TV show Lost.

Tue, 22 May 2007 17:38:30 GMT

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Clip Source: www.macrumors.com

Apple has released a new iPod game (iTunes link) by Gameloft S.A. based on the TV show Lost.

Join your favorite castaways in their quest to seek the truth and survive in the official iPod game of the hit television series Lost. Help Jack search for dynamite, tend to the wounded, and avoid the black smoke. Relive the crash scene, open the hatch, and ultimately try your best to escape from the Others. Immerse yourself into their mysterious world with authentic settings and a genuine storyline created by the writers behind the hit show.

Tags: ipod, game, lost, apple, abc, entertainment, tv, technology

ipod saves Soldier's Life

Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:33:41 GMT

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Clip Source: www.flickr.com

My wife’s uncle works in a military hospital and told me about this. Its pretty amazing. Kevin Garrad (3rd Infantry Division) was on a street patrol in Iraq (Tikrit I believe) and as he rounded the corner of a building an armed (AK-47) insurgent came from the other side.

The two of them were within just a few feet of each other when they opened fire. The insurgent was killed and Kevin was hit in the left chest where his IPod was in his jacket pocket. It slowed the bullet down enough that it did not completely penetrate his body armor. Fortunately, Kevin suffered no wound.

I thought it was a great story so I posted them here.

Tags: ipod, apple, war, soldiers, entertainment, news, technology

Apple TV A Gaming Platform?

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 19:22:11 GMT

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Clip Source: www.macrumors.com

In a recent interview with Wired, Greg Canessa, the ex-General Manager of XBox Live Arcade, and now Vice President of video game platforms at PopCap games indicates that his role at PopCap will be to help proliferate their games onto multiple platforms, including the Apple TV.

It’s a broad in scope role. It encompasses everything from vision and strategy to execution and marketing. It will all be part of my group and charter. Business development will be part of that as well. It will be about taking the stable of franchises and games out of PopCap's studio and adapting, customizing it for different platforms -- adding multiplayer, new play modes, HD, customizing the user interface and display for Zune, ipod, Apple TV, Nintendo DS, PSP.

Currently, Apple specifically states that games designed for the iPod will not play on the Apple TV. However, the apparent slip-up is reminiscent of previous claims by analyst Jesse Tortora that Apple will begin to compete in the video game console market to counter pressure from Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo to dominate the living room.

Tags: apple, technology, gaming, apple tv, itv

If You Can't Beat Them Join Them

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 06:38:03 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The Beatles lost the law suit against Apple Computer last year. So it looks as if they will now join together.

Clip Source: www.appleinsider.com

Beatles catalog to reach Apple's iTunes by Valentine's Day?

Compelling evidence has surfaced that 1 Infinite Loop and Abbey Road are almost ready to bury the hatchet, as both Apple firms drop hints that they may at last bring the legendary music catalogue of The Beatles to iTunes.

Potentially ending decades of pent-up animosity, Apple, Inc. and record label Apple Corps may be on the verge of announcing a crucial deal that would give the Cupertino-based iPod maker the first shot at online distribution of Beatles songs, according to discoveries made by Electronista.

Citing a source speaking with Beatles news outlet Abbey Road Best, the technology news website claims that the once bitter opponents have mended fences and are preparing an exclusive campaign that would further cement iTunes' position at the apex of the online music industry.

Under the terms of the purported deal, Apple Corps would make at least some of the British rock group's music collection available through iTunes on Valentine's Day, providing a convenient means of promoting the band's recent Cirque du Soleil project, Love. The deal would not only grant Apple, Inc. one of the most coveted distribution agreements in modern music history, but would also afford the company a valuable weapon against its challengers, according to the report.

Additionally, it was reported that iTunes would become the exclusive home of the Beatles' online music library for a three-month period, delaying the CD release of newly remastered Beatles albums in the process.

The news, while to be taken with a grain of salt, gains momentum from Steve Jobs' recent Macworld keynote address. The Apple, Inc. chief executive recently piqued the interest of many avid Mac and iPod followers by making seemingly continuous use of The Beatles material in the music sections of both his Apple TV and iPhone demos, leading some to believe that he was deliberately stoking the fires of existing rumors linking The Beatles and iTunes.

Tags: entertainment, music, beatles, technology, itunes, apple, ipod

John C Dvorak : “iPhone Unlikely to be Big Success”

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 02:56:15 GMT

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Clip Source: www.youtube.com

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