January 2008
103 posts
Unleashing Leopard on a 12 in. PowerBook →
Earlier this week, after pondering about it for some time, I installed 10.5 on one of Macs. The victim? My trusty 12 in. PowerBook. How does Leopard behave on this old Mac notebook? Surprisingly well, I must admit. My PowerBook has a 1.33 Ghz PowerPC G4 processor and just 768 of RAM. Far from what you may call a “great performer” when compared to the intel Macs these days. Despite my...
Computer shop sales pitch: 'We remove Vista' (PIC) →
Shop manager Aaron Kaplan said they were prompted to put it up because so many people were having problems with Windows Vista, including compatibility issues with older software and trouble adjusting to the interface.
Evidence for New MacBook Pros →
Despite persistent rumors of MacBook Pro updates, we’ve yet to see the rumored Penryn, Multi-touch trackpad MacBook Pro revisions. However, there appears to be ongoing evidence that the MacBook Pro updates are imminent.The current MacBook Pros which were released in June carry a system identifi…
Mythbuster Jamie recommends Ubuntu over Vista's... →
In this PopularMechanics article, Jamie Hyneman, most famous for the show “Mythbusters” describes his Tech Headaches, including his frustration with the “bloated” features in Vista among other irritations. He offers solutions to many of the problems, and apparently, Ubuntu is the solution to Vista.
Crowd cheers as Bugatti Veyron gets parking fine →
In some countries, folks cheer at the sight of an exotic supercar, while in others they assume the driver is a (expletive deleted).
BMW Travels At High Speed Down a Private Airport... →
And “the car ran off the 85-foot-high embankment at the end of the runway”, “was airborne for 200 feet”, and when it smashed into “the large tree, the car split in half, scattering wreckage over an area of 200 square feet.” All five young men inside the BMW were killed.
Items needed to make your home look like an Apple... →
If you want to re-model your home in the style of an Apple store, here are links to the suppliers of the actual items they use. Glass staircase included.
Votrs.com Opens Private Beta. Get Your Invite... →
I just launched the new member’s system of Votrs.com which allows you to upload your own avatar and background, and edit your previously shortened links. It also allows you to have a shortened user page that shows all the links you’ve posted to Votrs and their social media voting buttons.
10.5.2 Will Make Everything Right →
Labeling Apple’s Leopard as the Vista for Mac users may sound a bit extreme to some. But for many Mac users, 10.5 feels like a bad joke coded by Microsoft inhabiting their Macs. Apple’s own support forums, as well as other Mac forums, are filled with issues regarding Airport reception, keyboard freezes even after patch-fix, Spotlight indexing going crazy, etc. All these issues point to...
Top 25 SNES Games →
I decided to make it a little longer so I could fit a few more of my favorites in. And, although I like the N64, Playstation, PS2, etc., I definitely won’t be making a top list for those systems (not only because they’re not retro, but they just aren’t as special to me as the NES and SNES).
Click if your computer screen is dirty. →
Clean your computer screen through the internets!
January 30th is International Delete Your MySpace... →
PLease no more myspace… . We were just recently alerted here at Mashable that January 30th, just a few scant days away, is International Delete Your MySpace Account Day. Cory Geller sent us to a blog post by Simon Owens describing his growing disgust with the constant friend requests from the fembots
Next-gen Apple MacBook Pros to gain multi-touch... →
Just one of many improvements on the new MacBook Pro.
Fox's Legal iTunes DVD Rip Works Great, Wastes... →
Amid all of the MacBook Air hullabaloo, you might have forgotten about the Apple announcement that Fox would begin providing “free” iTunes versions of programs via DVD. The first release was “Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest”, a Star Wars parody. Being the brave product testers that we are, we tried it out. It was, well, kinda weird.
The Truth About the Format War and HD DVD's Demise →
Most people have already declared Blu-ray to be the format war’s victory and our recent talks with Toshiba and Universal seem to suggest that the HD DVD camp might be ready to pull up stakes. The crazy part is this: Just a few weeks ago, it might’ve gone the other way entirely.
Can You Tell a Fake Smile From a Real One? →
Courtesy of the BBC, this experiment is designed to test whether you can spot the difference between a fake smile and a real one. Watch these 20 smiles (on video), and see if you can spot the fakes. You can only play each smile once.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles →
I must say that I have been an avid follower of the Terminator trilogy for quite a while now. I remember watching Terminator 2 countless of times (more than 1o times, mind you) when I was little, the movie was that good. The special effects were mind breaking stuff for that time, the whole simulation of how liquid acted and the whole deformation process was just crazy for CG work (thank you ILM)
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Which notebook to get: MacBook, MacBook Air,... →
The MacBook Air is an interesting addition to Apple’s notebook lineup, but how does it compare to Apple’s existing notebooks, and who should get one?
iPhone 1.1.2 OTB UNLOCKED →
“First of all, HUGE thanks to TA_Mobile and IMTH for getting us the secpack from 1.1.3 Also, thanks to psp_sully for giving me a 1.1.2 OTB phone to play with. Without them there would be no unlock, and no blog post.” - Awesome
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“Thinking I’ve got it now: “MacBook Air: If you’re kinda rich...”
– Merlin Mann’s twitter post
The Digg Reel Episode 1 - The Big Digg Debut →
Welcome to the very first episode of the Digg Reel! We’ve taken the best and highest rated user submissions from the video section of Digg.com and put it all together for you to enjoy. So sit back, press play and get ready to roll The Digg Reel.
WatchThe Steve Jobs 90 Minute Keynote in 60 Seconds - Mahalo
BMW M3 takes its top off, hardtop convertible... →
420-horsepower convertibles are sexy.
Scientists Develop Computer That Can "Translate"... →
In a series of tests the team of scientists, from Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary led by Csaba Molnár, discovered that a computer could recognise whether a dog was in a stranger, fight, walk, alone, ball or play scenario.
Apple announces MacBook Air, HD movie rentals,... →
Steve Jobs took finally took the stage at Macworld San Francisco yesterday, and announced the rumored MacBook Air, the expected movie rental feature on the iTunes Store (in high-definition), and a new Apple TV labeled as “Take 2” The iPhone and iPod touch are also got some new features (but in the iPod touch’s case for a price). So after a slew of rumors, a suppose Keynote leak,...
Ansa or BBC news on LCD [RSS-FEED Reader without... →
In this article we’ll see another example about the FTPMicro and Microchip TCP/IP stack use. The TCP client will be used to visualize in a LCD display the latest news, directly from the ANSA / BBC site.
The Macbook Air →
The world’s thinnest notebook is here !
Where to Follow the Stevenote 2008 →
With just mere hours to go and the anticipation building up, here’s a list of all the places that will be giving live updates on Steve’s keynote @ 9 AM PST. You know what to do, open tab all of them and keep your finger on the refresh button! Enjoy. Engadget:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/live-from-macworld-2008-steve-jobs-keynote/ Gizmodo:
http://live.gizmodo.com/...
Apple Store down - The Unofficial Apple Weblog... →
Its coming…whatever it may be..lol
Apple designs look like reworkings of 1960s Braun... →
Nice story showing how parallel evolution (or design borrowing!) ends up with current and perhaps future Apple products, with ideas inspired by old Braun gear.
Macworld 2008 Recap →
With just mere hours prior to the big Steve-note, it’s a good idea to recap the rumors that seem to running around the Internet. Everybody has a different take on what Steve will be finally showing off tomorrow. It’s always that way, people love to speculate on Apple’s next big thing. Shifting through all the rumors, here’s my take on what we most likely will be seeing...