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May 19th, 2008

How to Download iPod Music to an Additional Personal Computer

You won’t hear many complaints from iPod customers. Nevertheless, one matter frequently named is the inability to move music from their iPod to an additional computer or laptop Though the iPod has no problem copying content from your PC to iPod using iTunes, the reversal is not allowed. If you don’t use iPod to Computer Software System, you cannot move your iPod songs to a different PC. This topic sometimes happens when customers get a new machine or have to install the operating system on their existing computer. Apple forbids this process because it does not want unauthorized sharing of purchased files from the iTunes website. Nevertheless, there are a plethora of legitimate circumstances that iPod owners require the power to transfer from iPod to machine. If a machine goes kaput and you have to install the system files, you might need iPod to PC copy software to recover your valuable files. Otherwise, the clean installation of iTunes will wipe clean your iPod, potentially costing you $100’s of dollars in deleted music. Yet another common time iPod owners necessitate these types of programs is when they get a new computer and want to move their existing database of iPod files on the new personal computer. Once Again, if you do not install this type of application, you could possibly lose your worthful music. There are many developers on the Internet today that offer up programs to achieve this chore. A prompt visit to CNET or Tucows will bring out a handful of alternatives. You can also just type ‘iPod to machine copy software’ into Google.

April 3rd, 2008

Frosty The Snowman (DVD) Review

A gold member of the Christmas classic elite, Frosty The Snowman has entertained several generations of children and adults with its charming holiday magic. Jimmy Durante narrates this 1969 animated creation that features the birth of Frosty, a happy upbeat snowman brought to life by a magical hat. The story is based on the popular Christmas song of the same name, and Durante’s narration and singing brings the animation itself to life. One of the best holiday cartoon specials ever created, Frosty The Snowman will be a part of Christmas celebrations for years to come.

Frosty The Snowman follows the exploits of a group of school children trapped at school on Christmas Eve. Feeling guilty that her students are forced to attend class on Christmas Eve (with snow outside nonetheless), a schoolteacher hires a local magician named Professor Hinkle as entertainment. But Professor Hinkle is anything but a master of his trade. He entertains the kids only by means of their laughter as his ridiculous screw-ups. Frustrated by his failure to perform the famous magic trick of “pulling a rabbit out of a hat,” Hinkle hurls his old top hat out the window. But when the children are dismissed from class, the hat finds its way onto the head of a snowman named Frosty.

A gust of wind blows Professor Hinkle’s discarded hat onto the lifeless snowman’s head, and “presto”! …Frosty the snowman comes to life with a passionate bellow of “Happy Birthday”! Immediately, Professor Hinkle decides that he wants to keep his hat after all (so he can profit from its obvious magic powers), but the kids manage to fight off his advances in order to save Frosty. But Hinkle is the least of Frosty’s worries. The thermometer is on the rise, and the kids conclude that Frosty needs to get to the North Pole or else he’ll melt away. Together, they travel to the local train station to buy Frosty a ticket.

Finding the ticket price too hefty, Frosty and his friend Karen become stowaways on a north-bound train. What they don’t know is that Professor Hinkle is hot on their trail, and he’ll do anything to eliminate Frosty and steal the hat. Will Frosty survive? Only the appearance of another magical Christmas icon can save the day…

A holiday television classic rivaled by none, Frosty the Snowman is brilliant Christmas television programming the entire family can enjoy. Its central theme of life and death are aptly portrayed by a snowman’s good cheer and the love a young girl harbors for him. Frosty’s charisma solidifies this as an enduring TV classic, right up there with all-time greats such as Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964), A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965), and How The Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)…

About the Author

Britt Gillette is author of The DVD Report, a blog where you can find more reviews like this one of the Frosty The Snowman (DVD).