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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_8862" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_8862">Apple last week released a set of updates which reflect the changes in Daylight Saving Time that go into effect this year in the United States and elsewhere (for additional information, see my article "Daylight Saving Time May Bite the Out-of-Date," 2007-01-29)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Andrew%20Laurence">Andrew Laurence</a> | 19 Feb 2007</div></div>
<a href="/article/8832"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('8832', 'show')">Daylight Saving Time May Bite the Out-of-Date</a></h4>
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<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Andrew%20Laurence">Andrew Laurence</a> | 29 Jan 2007</div></div>
<a href="/article/8399"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('8399', 'show')">Audio Bliss: Sonos Digital Music System</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_8399" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_8399">Let's get this out of the way: the Sonos Digital Music System is expensive.If you just want speakers for your iPod, I won't hold it against you if you skip this article</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Andrew%20Laurence">Andrew Laurence</a> | 23 Jan 2006</div></div>
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<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Andrew%20Laurence">Andrew Laurence</a> | 31 Oct 2005</div></div>
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_8168" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_8168">If you're like me, an alarm clock wakes you at the same time five days a week. Usually I feel like I've been kicked in the head by a mule. I have to sit on the bed for a spell before my brain realizes that the eyes are open and it's time to start processing data</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/8128"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('8128', 'show')">Squeezebox2: Long Live Rock</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_8128" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_8128">When it comes to playing computer-based digital media in the home theater, there are generally two types of solutions: local playback and network streaming</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Andrew%20Laurence">Andrew Laurence</a> | 06 Jun 2005</div></div>
<a href="/article/7903"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7903', 'show')">Squeezebox Adds New Display, Features, Colors</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7903" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7903">Squeezebox Adds New Display, Features, Colors -- Slim Devices has spiced up the Squeezebox (see "Good Vibrations from the Squeezebox" in TidBITS-726)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Andrew%20Laurence">Andrew Laurence</a> | 06 Dec 2004</div></div>
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7904" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7904">EyeHome 1.5.1 Improves Interface, Media Support -- Elgato Systems' EyeHome media server has received a major update in the recently released 1.5.1 version (see "EyeHome: So Close, Yet So Far" in TidBITS-741)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Andrew%20Laurence">Andrew Laurence</a> | 06 Dec 2004</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7848" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7848">In my review of Elgato's EyeHome (see "EyeHome: So Close, Yet So Far" in TidBITS-741), I referred to the extreme disgust most of us feel when confronted by the remote controls for most consumer electronic devices</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Andrew%20Laurence">Andrew Laurence</a> | 11 Oct 2004</div></div>
<a href="/article/7766"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7766', 'show')">EyeHome: So Close, Yet So Far</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7766" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7766">I have a dream. It's a simple dream, really.I dream of a device that will bring my digital media - music, movies, photos - to my home theater system with its comfy couch, audiolicious speakers, and large-screen television</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Andrew%20Laurence">Andrew Laurence</a> | 09 Aug 2004</div></div>
<a href="/article/7637"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7637', 'show')">Good Vibrations from the Squeezebox</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7637" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7637">(When last we left our intrepid music junkie, he was annoyed that the Slim Devices SLIMP3 streamed MP3 music, rather than being a disk-based storage and playback device like his beloved TiVo</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/7150"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7150', 'show')">SLIMP3: MP3, Get Thee to the Hi-Fi</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7150" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7150">Hi. My name is Andrew. I'm a music junkie.Because my wife and I own upwards of 1,000 CDs, storage has become a problem, not to mention a decorating nightmare</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/6547"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('6547', 'show')">TiVo: Freedom Through Time-Shifting, Part 2</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6547" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6547">In last week's issue, I discussed the barriers presented in our lives by the television schedule, and how a Personal Video Recorder's (PVR) trick play functionality adds new flexibility to the television experience</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/6543"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('6543', 'show')">TiVo: Freedom Through Time-Shifting, Part 1</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6543" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6543">I didn't realize it, but for years someone has been controlling a large portion of my leisure time: the nameless network executives who create the television schedule.I've never thought of myself as someone who watches a lot of TV, particularly compared to the average viewing time of 19 to 32 hours per week (culled from U.S., Canadian and Japanese sources)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Andrew%20Laurence">Andrew Laurence</a> | 27 Aug 2001</div></div>
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<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Andrew%20Laurence">Andrew Laurence</a> | 09 Nov 1998</div></div>