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Bill Snyder, General Manager, We-Care.com joins host Scott Sheppard to explain how you can save money by purchasing your favorite Apple gear, iTunes downloads, or any online purchase, and give a % of your order directly to the cause of your choice. Bill explains the benefits of using his site for purchases which include special discounts for participating merchant stores, coupons, and the widgets and browser plug-ins available that make it even easier to shop. Most major merchants participate and you can add your own causes if you do not see them listed.

For more information on how you can help visit: http://www.we-care.com

Dave Bales, Audio Marketing Manager, Home Entertainment Division, Pioneer joins Inside Mac to discuss their new Pioneer X-Z9 Music System and their other Apple Mac related products. Pioneer has long been a leader in audio components and unlike many other iPod speaker products, the Pioneer X-Z9 offers incredible sound and features for any audiophile. This is a true Hi-Fi Audio system that supports; SACD, CD, AM/FM and Phono stereo capabilities in addition to an iPod® connection, XM® and Sirus® Satellite Radio, Internet Radio, streaming PC Audio and USB connection from your portable MP-3 or thumb-drive. You can even plug in your old phono/record player for a complete network media stereo system.

Find out more at: http://www.pioneerelectronics.com

Rick Moore, Vice President, Sales at S1 Audio joins us to discuss their unique new line of iPod and iPhone accessories which will be launched at CES and be available late January. Rick explains the features of Bud•Bud™ - mp3 and their new NxSET™ - music 1. The Bud•Bud™ - mp3 is an earbud that instantly converts a single pair of stereo earbuds to two pairs of earbuds to share with a friend. The NxSET™series speakers allow you to listen to music without headphones/earbuds but rather through a "sound collar" which also converts to a portable speaker system that allows you to share your music by simply turning up the volume.

Stay tuned for additional products and more announcements at: http://www.sync1.com/

Mike Barash, Director of Marketing Communications at Blurb explains to us how you can easily use their online creative book publishing system to design, create, and even sell your own hardcover books. Mike explains that since many of their publishers are Mac OS based, they created a unique "Blurb BookSmart" software which allows you to setup your book. Blurb basically allows you to self-publish your idea for free, with each book starting at $12.95 for 40 pages. You can then offer them for sale in your own online Blurb store. Rather than target consumer based photo-book market, Mike explains that they even offer a Blurb Business to Business (B3) solution that fully supports high-end color management, ICC printer profiles, and other professional publishing tools.

Get started today by visiting: http://www.blurb.com or their B3 solution site at: http://www.blurb.com/b3info/

Video Post Production News of the Week with Philip Hodgetts, Founder, Intelligent Assistance and developer of Assistant Editor Software. Find out more at: http://www.intelligentassitance.com/ or his blog at http://www.philiphodgetts.com

Andy Shalat, Design Guru and Author of "Mac Design Out Of The Box" shares his Design Tip of the Week. For more about Andy and his latest works visit: http://www.shalat.com

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Ron Pepper, Panoramic Photographer & US Manager, HDR Soft joins host Scott Sheppard to explain how to increase the dynamic range of your photographs using their Photomatix Proprogram. Available as a plug-in for Photoshop or a standalone application for Mac OS, this great program allows you to combine several images with different exposures and blend them into a single image with an increased dynamic range. You can also easily control the highlight and shadow details using their tone mapping tools to fully edit your final HDR (High Dynamic Range) images. For more information, and download a trial version visit: http://www.hdrsoft.com/

Larry O’Connor, President, Other World Computing joins Inside Mac to discuss the world’s only tablet Mac® computer solution The Axiotron™ Modbook™. OWC has been shipping the Modbooks since the beggining of this year but recently added the Modservice allowing you to convert your existing MacBook to a tablet for about half the price of purchasing a new Modbook. Larry explains how upgrades such as NewerTech Voyager SATA Hard Drive Docking Station, and Hitachi Hard Drives with Rebates, Macbook RAM Memory trade-in and upgrade programs to help you get the most of your Mac. For more information visit: http://www.macsales.com

Lorenz Sell, Founder and CEO at Blue Lava Technologies discusses their latest platform, iLovePhotos.com which uses state of the art facial detection, to help you automatically organize and share your photos based on the people who are in them. Lorenz shares some background on how the application was developed, and where this new platform is heading including integration to popular social network sites such as MySpace and Facebook. The unique technology allows you to tag a photo to a person in your address book, upload and store the images on the iLovePhotos.com site, tag and synchronize them with iPhoto, and even send them an email when new images are added. To try it for yourself it’s currently in beta and free, visit: http://www.ilovephotos.com or drop Lorenz a note at lorenz at ilovephotos dot com.

Scott Huskinson, President and CEO, iFrogz joins Inside Mac to discusstheir unique line of customizable iPod cases and accessories and introduce their latest set of made-to-order custom headphone including Fallout, NervePipes, and Hype which join their already popular EarPollution line. Scott also describes details about their iPhone 3G Luxe case which has a velvet feel that offers protection. iFrogz also offers the only iPod case for kids - the Tadpole which easily converts any video iPod to a children’s education and portable entertainment device. Check out their holiday specials and discounts at http://www.ifrogz.com, use discount code InsideMac for extra savings.

Video Post Production News of the Week with Philip Hodgetts from the Open TV Network. More information available at: http://www.opentelevisionnetwork.com/

Andy Shalat, Design Guru and Author of "Mac Design Out Of The Box" shares his Design Tip of the Week. For more about Andy and his latest works visit: http://www.shalat.com