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Today, Apple made a series of announcements for the last time at a MacWorld Expo Keynote address. Let's take a quick look at those announcements and their importance to your family. read more » Last year, Disney bought the online virtual polar landscape that is Club Penguin, a virtual world where kids romp and play as penguins do. This year, they've introduced a plush toy line that extends the virtual polar landscape into the thawed real world with the Club Penguin Series One figures, produced by Jakks Pacific and available at www.ClubPenguin.com/clubpenguinshop. read more » Flat is the word. They fold flat, they have a flat frequency response, and they sound kinda flat. But flat is a GOOD thing for headphones. Really. Dale is joined this week by a substitute host: Ringmaster Greg from Dancing with Elephants. read more »
As Apple goes, so goes the industry. When Apple announced the iMac sans floppy drive, the PC industry proclaimed it a failure, because nobody would buy a computer without a floppy drive. Based on the unprecedented success of the iMac in its many fruity, flowery, and lamp-like incarnations, this prediction was clearly wrong, and the rest of the industry followed. Today, you'll have trouble finding a PC with an included floppy drive. read more » Dale and Teresa are back without pumpkins. read more »
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Any analog TV signals that haven't shut down already will do so within the next three months. If you have a digital TV, cable, or satellite, you need not worry, and worst case, you'll need a digital converter box if you don't already have one. But if you'd like to save some money, we have some suggestions where to get your content. 
For Christmas, my daughter received an iTunes gift card. She has her own computer and her own iPod, so she wanted access to the iTunes store to get her own music, but when I tried to set up an account for her, the store required a credit card or Paypal account. I don't want to give her my credit card information, since I don't want her buying additional songs--I just want her to use her gift card. 
