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DLO Unveils Superslim Nanoshell For Second Generation iPod Nanos
New transparent case comes in five fun colors and offers interchangeable backs.

National Ag Week: Farm Bureau quiz on 'Ten Basic Farm Facts' proves to be quite challenging at CHS
Do you know how many different kinds of wheat there are? Or how many loaves of bread a single bushel of wheat makes? Maybe you think you know a thing or two about sugar beets. Do you know which state is tops in the nation when it comes to sugar beet production?

Lee's Place hosts 5k Walk/Run
Lee's Place - a not-for-profit organization that specializes in children and family counseling for those who are dealing with a loss in their lives, such as death, divorce and abandonment - will be having their fifth annual 5K Run/Walk fundraiser Saturday, April 7.

Singing shoe will get you movin'

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Your New Year's resolution has long been neglected. Spring Break has come and gone. You're just not motivated to go to the gym anymore. So, what's going to get you back in shape for hitting the beach this summer? The answer lies in a breakthrough product from Nike and Apple: the Nike+iPod.

President Bush tours Walter Reed, says he appreciates that soldiers have Apple Macs
"President Bush apologized Friday for the shoddy conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and promised during a visit to the facility for war veterans that 'we're going to fix the problem,'" The Associated Press reports.

Apple iPod takes a bullet in Iraq, saves U.S. Army soldiers life
"According to a picture posted on Flickr, one lucky U.S. Army soldier was saved by his iPod after the music player took a bullet from an AK-47. Kevin Garrad with the 3rd Infantry Division was patrolling the streets of Iraq when he rounded a corner and went face to face with a gun-toting insurgent.

First Look: Samsung's Two-Faced iPhone Fighter

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Tired of waiting for Apple's iPhone? You might want to check out a potential rival that you can buy sooner: Samsung's innovative, super-slim, two-faced UpStage (M620), sold by Sprint Nextel.

Math + 'Fun' = Success!
Morgan Hill - Advanced calculus is one thing, but a bigger math problem for teachers is getting young students interested in a sometimes foreign concept: Math can be fun.

UW-Fond du Lac Continuing Education Office recognized
The University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac Continuing Education Office has been honored for excellence in generational marketing by the Learning Resources Network, an international association in lifelong learning.

ATO launches iSee 360i video recorder

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ATO today unveiled the second generation of its iSee 360i video recorder for iPods. The portable media player allows most Click Wheel-enabled iPods to capture, store, and play video from any analog video source -- including some iPods that normally can't play video, the company says. The updated version includes adapters to allow both first- and...

Volume 54, Number 36
The following incidents were reported to the Department of Public Safety between March 21 and March 25. This log was compiled by Flyer News from actual police reports obtained from the Department of Public Safety.

Prospects Bright for Medical Care That is Tailored
By Eric J. Topol Los Angeles Times Each year, about 1 million people in the U.S. have stents put in to treat clogged coronary arteries -- a procedure some might not have needed, according to a recent study.

XtremeMac MicroMemo Digital Recorder for iPod nano (1st generation, black)

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The MicroMemo by XtremeMac adds recording capability to newer iPods and Nanos but a gangly microphone may offset the benefit of the included external speaker.

Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 coming Friday, May 11, 2007?
We don't know the final release date of the final version of Mac OS X Tiger, but "the likelihood is quite high [that it was March 13, 2007] given Apple's Mac OS X release history as charted here and no prior Mac OS X update has had a version number higher than 10.x.9. It's easy to observe that the last update to a current Mac OS X version has been released prior to the release of a new version.

USU library conducts quality survey
After two years in a large, new building, Utah State Universitys Merrill-Cazier Library is turning its attention to improving services. Through April 9, the library is undertaking its first major survey of overall quality.

Volume 54, Number 36
The following incidents were reported to the Department of Public Safety between March 21 and March 25. This log was compiled by Flyer News from actual police reports obtained from the Department of Public Safety.

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopards top secret ingredient: 3D everywhere, including new 3D Finder?

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"Ars Technica's Infinite Loop blog has, in my opinion, unraveled one of the top secret ingredients in Apple's upcoming Mac OS X 10.5 release, aka Leopard: complete 3D graphics and animations . Given what we know and have seen of Leopard features such as Time Machine and the new iChat and in existing apps like FrontRow, this would make perfect sense, especially if it were implemented in OpenGL.

Lack of Apple Mac malware baffles expert
"Apple's Mac OS X remains almost completely free of any sort of malware threat despite several years of availability, a significant market share, and even an entire month dedicated to pointing out its flaws," Shaun Nichols reports for vnunet.com.

Meizu confirms details of iPod nano clone
The full details of Meizu's M3 Music Card player have been revealed, according to a post by the company on its official forum. Consciously designed with the influence of Apple's first-generation iPod nano in mind, the device uses a vertical touchstrip to navigate content instead of a scroll wheel. A 1.5-inch LCD is also close to the Apple design. ...

Class Notes
The Plano ISD Board of Trustees will host a town hall meeting from 7-8:30 p.m. Monday at Williams High School, 1717 17th Street.

Scattered Clouds, 58 F - Forecast 1:49 PM March 30
Cell phones, MP3 players, digital cameras, video recorders... mash them all together and Get your daily dose of the latest and greatest gadget news here.

Prospects Bright for Medical Care That is Tailored

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By Eric J. Topol Los Angeles Times Each year, about 1 million people in the U.S. have stents put in to treat clogged coronary arteries -- a procedure some might not have needed, according to a recent study.

Microsoft paints Zune pink in desperate bid to increase anemic sales
"It's become standard practice in the consumer electronics industry: When it doubt, paint it pink. But strategies like that usually work best when a color is still hot, or at least lukewarm," Crave @ CNET reports.

Satellite Radio Leaves Me Disappointed
Commercial-free? No. Easy access? Not so much. Great hardware? Maybe. Can an XM/Sirius merger save this technology?

Main Menu
Its a savvy statement from a band thats been around the block more than once, and its own past experiences more than bear out such wisdom. Of course, Politicks itself might just be the embodiment of the unexpected.

Flower Mound Police Blotter

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An iPod Nano, Casio Digital Camera, blue jean Purse, and a pink wallet with a total value of $475 was stolen on March 14 from the 4900 block of Timber Creek Road.

All Nike running shoes to work with Nano
Nike executives have confirmed that the company is planning to make all of its running shoes compatible with its Nike+ technology by the end of 2007, allowing runners to track their workouts using Apple's iPod nano portable player. "I think there is a real renewed sort of energy and focus around product," said Nike president and chief executive Mar...

WSJ: Music sales take sharp plunge
"In a dramatic acceleration of the seven-year sales decline that has battered the music industry, compact-disc sales for the first three months of this year plunged 20% from a year earlier, the latest sign of the seismic shift in the way consumers acquire music," Ethan Smith reports for The Wall Street Journal.

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopards top secret ingredient: 3D everywhere, including new 3D Finder?

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"Ars Technica's Infinite Loop blog has, in my opinion, unraveled one of the top secret ingredients in Apple's upcoming Mac OS X 10.5 release, aka Leopard: complete 3D graphics and animations . Given what we know and have seen of Leopard features such as Time Machine and the new iChat and in existing apps like FrontRow, this would make perfect sense, especially if it were implemented in OpenGL.

Insurance firm is getting fit
(Douglas Zimmerman/Special to The Examiner) Aileen Atkins, a receptionist, is ABD Insurance and Financial Services office leader with 199.79 miles run in 20 days.

First Look: Samsung's Two-Faced iPhone Fighter
Tired of waiting for Apple's iPhone? You might want to check out a potential rival that you can buy sooner: Samsung's innovative, super-slim, two-faced UpStage (M620), sold by Sprint Nextel.

Review: Vakaadoo iVak N-Type 2
We are very spoiled when it comes to choosing iPod cases these days. The massive numbers of unique and stylish designs are available in any style, shape, and color that meets your fancy. The offering below is a new case that is about to hit the market and I think many of you are going to like this, but initially, it seems it will only be available ...

iPhones, iPods triggering flash shortage?
Apple's mobile devices are likely to cause a major shortage of NAND flash memory later this year, according to Samsung's semiconductor chief Chang-Gyu Hwang. The Korean executive told a gathering of mobile developers that the iPhone in particular, other mobile phones, as well as high-capacity 4-8GB flash players (such as the iPod nano) were set to...