You might have noticed when episode 10 was first released that the feed was somehow broken. Well, for some unknown reason, the feed just magically fixed itself the other day (by the way, sorry I'm so late with this). I'm not sure what went on, but I emailed Switchpod (I love these people now) and asked what was going on. I was informed that the feed looked okay on their end, so I should just wait it out and see what came of it. The response was prompt (as in withing 20 minutes prompt) and the problem was resolved. Have fun with the episode, and I'll see you all in episode 11!

It's episode 10!!! I've finally hit double digits, so let me at some point hit triple digits, yeah? No software this episode, but there's lots of interesting news stories.

Apple releases new RED iPod nano

New Developer beta of Leopard

Video iPod Screensaver

And MUCH MUCH MORE!!! (okay, I'll never do that cheesy sales pitch again, I promise :D)

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Shownotes

Well, hello again my tech people/geeks/etc. It's been a while since my last bit of writing up here, but I've got something to write about now, let's get started shall we?

Earlier this week, the YouTube founders announced that they had sold the company to Google for $1.6 Billion. I'm good with this. In fact, more than good; I like the idea of Google owning YouTube. Resources (from Google) coupled with marketing know how and an incredibly large user base (YouTube) could make for a pretty usable website. What I'm slightly annoyed at is the way mainstream media has handled the news. People seem to have a similar sentiment about Apple. I dislike the way the media goes crazy every time Google makes a move. Yes, they're a big company. They are innovative, forward thinking, and unafraid to try new ideas (we should throw in the other qualities of smart, cute and funny so we can make it seem like the ideal girlfriend), but they aren't as much so to make a big deal out of EVERYTHING they do.

I was sitting at my computer once and I opened up Firefox to read some of the blogs I subscribe to. I opened up Sage and read down my list of blogs. After a few seconds, I chose one. I saw that the first thing on the page was an article about how Google had only just released their new spreadsheet application. Being a Gmail user, I went and checked it out. It really wasn't that great, but because it was Google, everyone went crazy about it. Google made a big hubub concerning it, and I think it let down a lot of people who were really looking for a contender to Excel. I guess what I'm trying to say here is; Google, if you read this blog, please stop making such a big deal out of every single thing you release. You end up letting a lot of people down and upsetting nitpicky people like me. Google, I have said my piece.

Alrighty then! Show number 9 after a horrendously long wait. Let's see what we've got lined up...

The MacNu Podcast

There wasn't a software review this week, so no links there. I'll have the shownotes (and they're actually NOTES this time) up tomorrow. Until then:

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[EDIT]Okay...here's the ShowNOTES