Radio MacGuys for Friday, April 8th, 2005 - Click to listen!

More information has emerged on WWDC, Apple's developers conference. We also discuss the MacHack/ADHOC conference.

Three entries have been received in the challenge that Amit Singh issued yesterday.

Today's podcast concludes with a beautiful song from Canadian songwriter/singers Kari Bayley and Kyle May.

Radio MacGuys for Thursday, April 7th, 2005 - Click to listen!

It's been a busy day in the consulting business. I've been on the road and today's podcast is a little late.

Today US electronics retailer, Best Buy, started carying Mac mini's. My local store had one on display and one in stock.

The US Congress is looking at Digital Rights Management, and is paying attention to Apple Computer's 75% market share of this growing market.

Apple was ranked #442 on the Forbes list of top 2000 companies.

MacOS X internals expert and smart kid, Amit Singh has issued a challenge to all the other MacOS X experts across the planet. Amit has developed an "application:" called "panpipes", which he guarantees will crash a 10.3 kernal. Be the first to analyze how panpipe works and come up with a fix. Amit is offering 5 minutes of fame and a free copy of his next book to the first person or team that cracks the program.

Tonight we end the podcast with a lovely tune from Miami Florida composer Lana Romanoff. The tune is Mon Cheri Stefan Sousa Mix and is dedicated to our friend Stef who earned 3 hips and one big hurrah today.

Radio MacGuys for Wednesday, April 6th, 2005 - Click to listen!

Today Dave answers a listener's question requesting thoughts on transforming his home into a new media hub. Dave plugs iTunes and the Airport Express, but reminds listeners that a little wiring goes a long way.

Apple is accepting preorders for the 7.1 update to Logic Pro and Logic Express. The updates are scheduled to be shipped in about two weeks, around the time of the National Association of Broadcasters annual convention in Las Vegas.

German software developer, ERS, has announced ShowMacster, an extension to iChat that allows users to incorporate photos, movies and screen captures into iChat video conferences.

Today's Garageband.com tune comes from the land of Oz. No, the Romaniacs do not come from Eastern Europe, but instead hail from New South Wales in Australa. And no, the song has nothing to do with Australia, but instead is a lovely latin flavored instrumental.

Radio MacGuys for Tuesday, April 5th, 2005 - Click to listen!

The Gizmodo web site is running a story on a new mobile Apple store which launched recently in Japan. According to Gizmodo, the site provides cell phone users with photographs of and specifications for iPods and Mac mini's. Orders for products can be placed directly from the phone.

Google has added satellite imagery to it's map web site. While the Google terms of service don't allow us to include the image in this blog, entering "1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA" in the search box provides a street map focused on the Apple corporate HQ. By clicking on the "Satellite" link and turing the resolution all the way up, you can see a very clear photo of the Apple campus from the sky.

Slashdot is reporting that the machines in the Apple Booth at this weeks FOSE convention are running MacOS 10.4, Tiger.

The Apple Design Awards are open. You have to be a member of the Apple Developers Connection and can only nominate yourself.

Today's tune is Touch the Sun from Ray Bkhar, a singer/songwriter from Moscow in the Russian Republic.

Adobe GoLive - Radio MacGuys for Monday, April 4th, 2005 - click to listen

Off in the (not too far) distance, it's the roar of the tiger. If you're in Southern California and involved in Education, you should be at the TechEd 2005 International Conference in Pasadena. FileMaker, Inc. is showing off FileMaker Pro 7 and giving booth visitors a free copy of 5 FMP applications along with a 30 day trial copy of FileMaker Pro.

Version 2 of the Adobe Creative suite was released for preorders today. We review Golive CS2. You can preorder today and should expect to have Golive, and any other CS2 packages you order, shipped sometime in May.

Todays tune comes from Kahoots, a band that hails from Martha's Vineyard and Northampton in Massachusetts. The tune is "New Speed of Sound".

All about Pages - Weekend Radio MacGuys for April 3rd, 2005 - click to listen!

Today's podcast looks at Pages, a part of Apple's iWork '05. We review Pages and tell you what works and what doesn't.

Our Garageband.com song of the day is "Now is the Time" by the amazing Krisenka Finley