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# AOL Radio 1.2.1 |

AOL Radio, with over 200 internet radio stations, iChat integration, small size and low memory usage. The new version doubles the program presets to 10.

Download AOL Radio 1.2.1

AOL also has a web client which requires installing a browser add-on.

ITunes has 2293 radio streams. You can make make playlists of your favorite stations

This Apple Care article should be saved for reference, as it is likely to recur.

If renaming a file you may get a message that said either “You don’t have sufficient access” or “You don’t have appropriate access privileges.” This may mean you tried to repair this situation by make a change to the Sharing and Permissions listings in the Finder’s Info window for a folder, and then select the “Apply to enclosed items” option from the Info window’s Action pop-up menu. You’re especially likely to see these symptoms if you do this for the Home directory itself. Here is the solution for a problem, an unannounced feature of Leopard.

To get the ball rolling. It is Sorta like Norad giving updates on Santa’s progress. Import Genius reports the nomenclature has never been seen by the custom officials.

A MacInTouch reader has some interesting ways to bring more connection reliability to his MacBook G4 and MacBook Pro b/g airport card and an Apple TV. The reader was “having major connection problems. Read the steps the reader took. More …

If your computer won’t start up normally, you may need to use a disk repair utility to fix the issue. Mac OS X includes two utilities for this—Disk Utility and fsck. You can also use these even when your computer starts just fine but you want to check the disk for possible file system issues. For Mac OS X 10.4.3 or later, check out “About live verification in Mac OS X 10.4.3 or later”. Apple Care

ZDNet has a quote from Core’s alert (not yet available online):

The vulnerabilities are caused due to iCal not properly sanitizing certain fields on iCal calendar files (.ics). This can be possibly exploited to crash iCal (first two bugs) or possibly execute arbitrary code (third bug) via malicious calendar updates or by importing a specially crafted calendar file.

Fistful of Dollars is a pancho-clad, cigar chewing, mysterious “Man with No Name” rides into a small frontier town which is embroiled in a struggle for power between two families. He hires himself out as a mercenary, first to one faction and then to the other, with no regard for honor or morality. He plays both sides against the middle, collecting his money, until he eventually destroys both, leaving the town to the bartender, coffin-maker and bell ringer as he rides into the desert whence he came. Based on Akira Kurosawa’s 1961 film

Macworld reports that as a result of the popularity of iTunes, it has become a new avenue of attack, by those same cybercriminals who take advantage of eBay customers. Just as when they would tell you there was a problem with your eBay account trying to persuade you to had over your account information including credit card numbers, they are sending spam email which tells the user there is a problem with their iTunes account. Just like eBay, not every recipient will have an iTunes account. Just the same, many will take the bait. More …

Macworld has a 3 page article on configuring hardware and software for maximizing how Windoze works with Mac OS X on your Intel Mac . Which Windoze should you choose, Vista or XP? Installing Windoze means first choosing which virtualization software to use, then consider tweaking settings. Where do you save files that optimize access by each OS? Lastly, is printing from Windoze, never as easy as in Mac OS X. More …

# Apple can defy gravity |

eWeek, quoting NPD data, reports that Apple achieved a 66% share of the retail market for computers that sell for $1,000 or more. in the first quarter. Of the sub $1,000 computers Apple maintained s meager 14 percent market share. eWeek More …