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Go to System Preferences: Bluetooth and make sure "Allow Bluetooth Devices to Wake this Computer" is not enabled. . .< 2:49:11 PM  >Secrets: Brilliant playlists As our iTunes libraries swell to gargantuan proportions, it can become difficult to manage the music. Thankfully, iTunes offers a leg up with the Smart Playlists feature, which lets you create dynamic playlists containing exactly the kind of music you want in iTunes and on your iPod. But to do their job well, Smart Playlists need your help. [Via MacCentral] . .< 1:41:22 AM >10.4: Auto-complete names in Mail via initials Apple's Mail doesn't just autocomplete addresses typed into the "To" field, it also recognises partial names and even initials. [Via macosxhints] . .< 12:55:59 AM >New: Make Album Playlists Andrew Mathieson sent me his Make Album Playlists script. It's simple enough: it creates a playlist of each of your albums in iTunes. [Via Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes] . .< 12:35:53 AM >BBC launches on-demand radio system What a great idea! The BBC has announced a three-month pilot of its new interactive music player (iMP) this September. Following a technical trial last summer, the BBC has extended the range of downloads to include 310 radio shows and 190 hours of TV. BBC iMP is a new application in development which enables users to download programmes from bbc.co.uk and watch or listen to them for seven days after they have been on TV. Users search for shows by title, channel or subtitled programmes and download them to their own computer. After seven days the program file expires (using digital rights management software) and the user will no longer be able to watch it. DRM also prevents users emailing the files to other computer users or sharing it via disk. iMP uses peer to peer distribution technology (P2P) to distributes its audio visual content effectively. [Via I Love Radio .org] . .< 12:34:26 AM >Sony's Playstation 3 to Offer Blu-Ray Drive and SACD and Dual Disc Playback Sony upped the ante in the computer gaming and music world earlier today with the news that its upcoming Playstation 3 product will support Super Audio CD and Dual Disc playback along with a host of gaming, computer and High Definition TV features. [Via DVD-Audio and SACD News] . .< 12:22:48 AM >Sony Debuts mini-HD camcorder High definition video recording reaches another milestone for consumers as Sony announces it new compact HD-capable camcorder, the HDR-HC1. Sporting a compact size and much lower price that Sony's current HD-camcorder offerings, this may start a trend towards making high... [Via About Home Theater] |
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