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As you?ll discover by watching ?In the Blink of an Eye,? there are many things occurring in the natural world every day that take place too quickly for us to see. What takes place in a third of a second that you?re missing? Watch ?In the Blink of an Eye? and the other Science Festival videos brought to us by the University of Cambridge on iTunes U.
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Written and directed by Darnell Martin, Cadillac Records tells the story of Leonard Chess (Adrien Brody) who founded Chess Records. The Chicago-based label represented such blues and R&B legends as Etta James (Beyoncé Knowles), Muddy Waters (Jeffrey Wright), Little Walter (Columbus Short), and Chuck Berry (Mos Def). It opens in theaters December 5.
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Looking for a great Apple Pie recipe for Thanksgiving dessert? You?ll find one on your iPhone. In fact, thanks to BigOven, you can find more than 160,000 recipes on iPhone (including more than 200 recipes for Apple Pie). The free application lets you search the massive online recipe database, browse its food glossary, and mark recipes as favorites. Enjoy.
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Faster DDR3 RAM, ?a faster 1,066-MHz front-side bus, and a notably faster Nvidia 9400M graphics processor,? lead Ken Mingis (computerworld.com) to exclaim that ?I really like Apple Inc.?s newly revamped MacBook Air.? And, he adds, ? I really, really like the apparent speed boost offered by the larger solid-state drive (SSD),? which, he thinks, ?really stands for Speedy Sweet Delight.?
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In addition to using the volume slider in the menu bar and the volume keys on your keyboard, you have a number of additional ways to adjust the volume of your Mac. To find out how, watch the latest Quick Tip of the Week.
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Did you know that you can create beautiful holiday gifts and cards using the photos in your iPhoto library? Make a 2009 calendar. Design your own holiday cards. Create keepsake photo books complete with customized dust jackets. Learn how by taking the free Holiday Workshop: Creating Memorable Gifts with your Photos. The workshops begin at Apple Retail Stores this weekend.
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Install the free iPhone 2.2 Software Update on your iPhone or iPhone 3G, and you can go on a virtual walking tour with Google Street View. Find public transit schedules and check fares. Enjoy access to millions of free podcasts on the iTunes Store via Wi-Fi or your cell network. Or take advantage of a new search-friendly user interface in Safari. What else is new in the iPhone 2.2 Software Update?
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To celebrate the placement of the archive of her life?s work at Emory, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker visited the university in March 2008 to explain her decision and grace those gathered with selected readings from her prose and poetry. A consummate storyteller, Alice Walker has written more than 23 books, including The Color Purple, one of the works she reads from in these episodes on iTunes U.
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On November 26, Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman bring Australia to theaters in the U.S. Directed by Baz Luhrmann (Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge!), Australia tells a sweeping story of war and romance set against the backdrop of the extraordinary Australian landscape.
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?Watch out, Nintendo. This game is just getting started,? warns Dean Takahashi (venturebeat.com). ?Thanks to the multi-touch display, great sound, good graphics, and the accelerometer-based tilt feature,? iPhone 3G offers serious competition as a prime gaming device. To wit: Apple has ?had more than 200 million downloads from its App Store since the store debuted in July.?
