Archive for March, 2008

Apple’s Suspiciously Addictive World

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

(Via myapplemenu.) by James Daley, The IndependentApple's products are very cool — and if customers get two years' good service out of them, that's probably just enough to keep them hooked.

What’s the future for the locking of the iPhone ?

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

(Via HardMac.com.) Source: Gizmodo Until now, Apple has made great efforts to lock the iPhone and impede access. The main reason was to avoid sim unlocking which strains their relationships with the official telecom operators. We know they have achieved little success in this area. Hackers have become knowledgeable ...

Mozilla targets June release for Firefox 3.0

Friday, March 28th, 2008

(Via MacWorld UK.) Mozilla on Thursday confirmed that it will release the final beta of Firefox 3.0 shortly, and that it expects to deliver the finished browser to users in June.

10.5: Temporarily create a translucent Terminal window

Friday, March 28th, 2008

(Via Max OSX Hints.) If you have multiple tabs in a Terminal window, then dragging a tab vertically rips it off and displays it in its own window, as described in this hint.During the drag, the window is translucent as it moves around, allowing you to see what is underneath without ...

A New Beta iPhone SDK

Friday, March 28th, 2008

(Via HardMac.) Apple has released a new beta iPhone SDK . There might be just a few snippets of news, but it is huge. < Start of Huge >It is now possible to use Interface Builder to develop interface software.< /End of Huge >For more information and to download the beta: ...

Mac OS X 10.5: Time Machine - "The backup volume could not be found" alert

Friday, March 28th, 2008

(Via Apple Support.) If you erase your designated Time Machine backup disk, such as with Disk Utility, Time Machine will alert you that "The backup volume could not be found", and backups will not be made.

Apple's Leopard lasts '30 seconds' in hack contest

Friday, March 28th, 2008

(Via ZDNet UK.) Leopard has been hacked within 30 seconds using a flaw in Safari, with rival operating systems Ubuntu and Windows Vista so far remaining

Amazon #2 Online Music Retailer Behind iTunes

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

(Via Mac Rumors.) USAToday reports that Amazon has managed to take the #2 spot amongst digital music retailers behind iTunes with their MP3 Store. No sales numbers have been released, so it's difficult to gauge exactly how close a competitor Amazon is becoming. This information comes from the four major labels who ...

Usage tips for the Leopard media browser

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

(Via Mac OS X Hints.) One of OS X 10.5’s new features is a media browser, making your photos, music, and movies available to most any application that can use them. To see the media browser, just select File -> Open in any media-enabled application (your web browser, TextEdit, Word, etc.). ...

Hacker Super Bowl pits Mac OS vs. Linux, Vista

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

(Via Macworld.) It's the most anticipated matchup in the hacker world: Linux versus Mac OS X versus Vista. Who will get hacked first? That's what organizers of the CanSecWest security conference hope to discover this week as they give show attendees a shot at hacking into the three laptops they've put on ...