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Logitech V470 Bluetooth Mouse Woes Razer Pro|Click 1.6 Review Feature Whores (or Windows Mobile is the Shiznit & iPhone is the Suck) Keyboard WTFTips
Don't Get Your Messenger Account Stolen Email Basics: Using the TO, CC and BCC Fields Roundup: Virtualization Products for Intel Macs Stereo Bluetooth (A2DP) Primer The FlossAid Compact Camera High ISO ModesApple Nerdery
iMac 24" Display Problems Apple Wanted to Milk iPod nano Buyers AirTunes & Everything Wireless The much-wanted xMac Why isn't the dock split in three? Apple: More Than a Pretty Face iPod classic Firmware 1.1.1 fixes hissing problem Stupid Spaces bug in Leopard …again!iPhone Geek
iPhone 3G 2.0.2 Sucks Wish #3: Remote Kill Wish #2: Fondle Mode Wish #1: File Storage The Perfect iPhone The iPod, post iPhoneMacBook Geek
All MacBooks Need Air! The MacBook Air Scam Mini Notebooks: A case for the “MacBook mini” What the Rev. B MacBook Air needs MacBook Air's CPU slows down to 1.2 GHz when hot Missing MacBook Air Feature for Accidental Trackpad Input Thoughts on the "MacBook Air" Losing accessories one by one…Development
Building the ultimate office for software developers The software is as innovative as its box!The Shit List
ISPs Blocking BitTorrent Traffic Network Solutions …twice! Wikipedia's zealots Energizer ToshibaConversations
Microsoft Presenter Whoring Himself at a Tech Conference Stingy Company Asks Staff for Feedback Translation From Marketing-Speak to English of Selected Portions of an Email with a Very Expensive Graphic Design Shop Translation from PR-Speak to English of an Email from an Poor-Quality, Ass-Covering, Holier-Than-Thou Designer A Smart Engineer Quizzes the Suits of an IT Company …and an explanation Excerpts of An Email Conversation with a Face-Lovin', Vulgarity-Allergic, Motivational Poster-Pastin' Suit from the Jurassic Era
Jun
20th
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The iPhone 3G can be described as being extremely similar to the Sega Dreamcast game console. If that’s the case, the iPhone 3Gs is something like a really souped-up Microsoft Xbox, sitting in between the original Xbox and the Xbox 360.
— Mobile Orchard puts the graphics prowess of the iPhone 3G S into perspective
Jun
19th
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Do CEOs Matter?
A view of how leadership can and cannot affect workers and company performance.
Jun
14th
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An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
— Friedrich Engels (1820-1895)
Jun
13th
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13th
A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
— John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)
Microsoft could have thought of it. But they’d have argued internally about ways to monetize it. Apple could certainly have thought of it. But then they’d have argued internally about the need to keep the technology proprietary and to control and limit everything, including the future of the standard and the scope of what people are allowed to do with it. Both companies would have ruined it. Google seems to be doing everything right.
— Andy Ihnatko on Google Wave
Jun
2nd
Tue
2nd
Think Netbook
Its inevitable. Apple will have to reconsider its “no netbooks” stance pretty soon.
The Asus Eee PC 1008HA is a beautifully designed piece of kit to lug around. And affordable notebooks (i.e. cheaper and slightly less powerful than the MacBook Air) like the Acer Timeline and HP dv2 are getting lots of interest.
What’s so great about these netbooks? Three things:
- Affordable
- Light
- Desktop OS
As Andy Ihnatko said in his 1008HA review:
It also marks the start of an increasingly awkward phase for Apple. Their customary argument against a Mac netbook is (and I’m paraphrasing) “You can’t make a $400 computer that isn’t a piece of junk.”
The Seashell is no piece of junk. It’s truly an elite machine in everything but performance. And there are more coming. Today, I installed a beta of the increasingly impressive Windows 7 on it, and that coppery taste of Windows XP was washed away, too.
If Apple doesn’t come up with a compelling response to Windows netbooks, and if Windows 7 stays on schedule, 2010 could be one hell of an interesting year for the OS Wars.
Even a Mac-dependent user like me would consider a Windows 7 netbook for simple on-the-go stuff. Sure beats a laggy and annoyingly slow iPhone or iPod touch (until the 3rd gen comes out with better specs and faster CPUs).
Competition is good.
May
31st
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Labels for Desktop picture in the Mac’s System Preferences: Shall it be “Sentence case” or “Title Case”, Apple? (BTW, this will be fixed in Snow Leopard.)
