Archive for February, 2008
Monday, February 18th, 2008
(Via MyMac.com.)
Being short on coin is no longer a valid excuse for not backing up regularly. Carbon Copy Cloner from Bombich Software and SuperDuper from Shirt Pocket Software are two inexpensive but capable backup utilities that will help you keep more of your cash?and all of your data.
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Friday, February 15th, 2008
From Joe Klein in Time: The Barack Blowout
If nothing else, a presidential campaign tests a candidate's ability to think strategically and tactically and to manage a very complex organization. We have three plausible candidates remaining--Obama, Clinton and John McCain--and Obama has proved himself the best executive by far. Both the ...
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008
(Via MacNN.)
Sometimes backing up your crucial files is not enough. Ordinary backup programs may copy your files and Time Machine can retrieve files that you may have changed or deleted. Unfortunately, if your Macintosh hard disk completely fails, backups and Time Machine can only recover your data, but they wonít ...
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008
(Via Macworld.)
iTunes has become more popular than illegal file sharing according to a new report from market research firm NPD.
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008
(Via MacNN.)
Skype Technologies recently unveiled Skype for Mac 2.7.0.257, bringing with it 38 bug fixes, and much tighter compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Among the Leopard-specific fixes, Skype would sometimes crash when ending video calls, or when moving the "Send Video" windows. In addition, chat window emoticons would ...
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008
(Via Apple Hot News.)
The cellphone industry went to Barcelona to “show off the latest and greatest phones” and, once again, hardware took center stage. But, Victoria Shannon (New York Times) points out, “software is growing in importance as smartphones, capable of accessing the Web, become more popular.” So, Shannon continues, ...
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008
(Via Insanely Great Mac.)
New products expected, but what role will litigation play?
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
(Via Mac OS X Hints.)
Amazon's S3 is an online storage solution; you pay for only what you use ($0.15/GB/month, plus some transfer costs). I wrote a simple step-by-step guide to setting you a Mac to sync with Amazon S3; here's the executive summary version:You need an Amazon Web Services account. ...
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
(Via Infinite Loop.)
Rumor has it that Apple plans to lower its prices on the iPhone and iPod touch in the next couple of months, and ditch the 8GB iPod touch altogether.
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
(Via MacNN.)
Yahoo is once again considering a merger with AOL in order to protect itself against a hostile bid from Microsoft, writes British newspaper The Times. Having formally rejected a bid worth nearly $45 billion, Yahoo is said to be in talks with advisers from Goldman Sachs and Lehman ...
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