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ExtraBITS for 7 June 2010
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  by TidBITS Staff <editors@tidbits.com>
  article link: <http://db.tidbits.com/article/11321>

  Although a fair amount happened since our last issue, we aimed for
  full coverage, so we have only three ExtraBITS items for you this
  week, a welcome to Soren Thomas Kissell, the latest member of the
  TidBITS family; Rich Mogull's Science Friday appearance; and a note
  about the end of the "Get a Mac" ad campaign.


**Soren Thomas Kissell Joins the TidBITS Family** -- It seemed like
  all the other TidBITS staffers were getting them, so Joe Kissell and
  his wife wanted one too. On May 20, more than three weeks ahead of
  schedule, their long-awaited new product was delivered in Paris.
  Featuring a multi-touch surface, high-resolution video input, a
  fingerprint-resistant anti-glare finish, a 3D position sensor,
  wireless networking, and a (somewhat unreliable) sleep mode, this
  hardware-software combo has been providing them hours of
  entertainment and education. Frustratingly, it came without any
  documentation, and they've been unable to locate a mute button, but
  the developer promised that future upgrades will include face
  recognition, speech synthesis, and a power source that can last more
  than two hours between charges. The user interface will also be
  localized in French and English!

<http://alt.cc/baby/>

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<http://db.tidbits.com/article/11322#comments>


**Rich Mogull Appears on NPR's Science Friday** -- Kudos to our own
  Rich Mogull, whose TidBITS article about protecting your privacy
  from Facebook landed him a guest spot on the NPR radio show Science
  Friday with Ira Flatow (himself a TidBITS reader). You can either
  listen to the audio of the show or read the transcript on NPR's Web
  site.

<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127037413&ft=2&f=510221>

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<http://db.tidbits.com/article/11301#comments>


**"Get a Mac" Ad Campaign Officially Over** -- After 4 years and 66
  ads, Apple's "Get a Mac" series of ads is no more. The last ads were
  produced in October 2009, and a comment by Justin "I'm a Mac" Long
  hinted that the campaign was done in an April 2010 interview. The
  URL to Apple's archive of the ads now redirects to the general "Why
  You'll Love a Mac" page. But if you're missing Long and costar John
  "I'm a PC" Hodgman, you can still watch all the ads at Adfreak.

<http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/get-a-mac-the-complete-campaign.html>

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<http://db.tidbits.com/article/11302#comments>



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