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Macintosh, Mac Apps, iPhone, Steve Jobs, Apple

Archive for July 2006

July 31st, 2006

Apple Dismantles Forum Staff

AppleInsider reports that Apple has dismantled its forum staff after evaluating the value of the user discussion boards. This has marked a significant decline in the quality of the discussions in the board. For a the full report visit AppleInsider’s article.
I’m really sorry to hear about this. I believe that a user discussion board is [...]

By Juan -- 1 comment

July 27th, 2006

Baby iPod shuffle

This is actually an SD/MMC card reader that happens to have a 3.5mm jack, allowing you to listen MP3 files stored on the memory card. Cool concept and cool design. It actually deserves to be a genuine imitation!
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July 26th, 2006

Skype With Video For Mac Works

Warning!!! This is a beta preview of the video function of Skype for Mac OS X. Try it at your own risk. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.. With that in mind.. on with the show.
So I downloaded the Skype Preview Release 1.5.0.52 just awhile ago. I installed it without any hitches. I attached my [...]

By Juan -- 0 comments

July 25th, 2006

Clark Kent returns to the modern world

After searching for life in his homeworld, Superman returns as Clark Kent and discovers how much earth has evolved without him.
[Source | Via WinZu]

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July 25th, 2006

Mighty Mouse Unplugged

For the Might Mouse fans out there, it’s time to cut and cut clean…. from the wires that is. Apple just released the bluetooth version of the Mighty Mouse. Some of it’s features are:

Bluetooth wireless capability
Laser tracking engine provides 20x surface sensitivity
360-degree clickable Scroll Ball
Touch-sensitive top shell
Force-sensing side buttons

Price? A slightly expensive $69. Well ok, [...]

By Juan -- 0 comments

July 25th, 2006

Your Home Folder On Another Hard Drive

Justin Williams of MacZealots.com has a great article on how to move your home folder to another hard drive/partition. Why would you want to do this? Well if you find yourself reinstalling OS X often because you keep filling it up with junk or you always want a clean slate, then you’d probably want your [...]

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July 23rd, 2006

Should Microsoft even mention it?

You know if I were Microsoft, I’d stick to the plan of JUST CREATING a kick-ass device that could play music, allow you to download songs from the Internet and have some community sharing feature. Yes, I’ll have a white version and that wheel thing too. I’ll even make the screen bigger!
Then I’d call [...]

By Jayvee -- 1 comment

July 22nd, 2006

Pump Up Your Apple Remote

I love the Apple remote, it’s simple and functional. It gets the job done. However… Sometimes you just want it to do more other than Front Row and some of the other basic stuff. Intro.. Mira, Personal Control For Your Apple Remote.
Mira, provides a way to change the functions of the Apple Remote’s buttons and [...]

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July 19th, 2006

Top Odd iPod Accessories

Hmmm.. Somehow the title sounds funny… Anyhoo, BusinessWeek Online has an interesting article on the most odd iPod accessories. The iPod ecosystem has grown so huge that we now have a plethora of iPod accessories out in the market. From simple after market earphones, audiophile quality earphones, cases, etc.. The iPod has developed a huge [...]

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July 19th, 2006

Guitar Pro 5

Cary from Electric Guitar Review has showed us a preview of the new Guitar Pro 5 application for Mac OS X. You can read all about the new release here.
Some of its features include:
* Write entire scores for guitar or bass, with input via MIDI, or through the easy to use interface.
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