March 2008
42 posts
Mac Pro Mini mod is almost the midrange tower Mac... →
Filed under: Desktops
Sure, we think the iMac is a nice machine, but sometimes you want to add a PCI card or six, and when the cheapest beslotted Mac starts at a whopping $2,799,…
Belkin Mini Surge Protector with USB Charger →
Filed under: Accessories, Portables
Obviously there’s nothing exactly Mac specific about the Belkin Mini Surge Protector with USB Charger, but at the same time the promo picture…
Turn an Old Mac Into a Toilet Paper Dispenser... →
Who would lose more dignity if you modded an old Mac into a toilet paper dispenser: you or the Mac? It’s a tough one, but you’re welcome to find out with the detailed instructions for…
Missing Macbook Air Thrown Out With Stacks of... →
When I reviewed the Airbook, I noticed that I’d catch myself almost tossing the thing around like a magazine, which it resembled in size. Now Stephen Levy of Newsweek, one of the big four…
LaCie 1TB Desktop Hard Drive:... →
So a 1TB external drive is nothing new, but it is hard to deny that this thing is pretty…real pretty. LaCie has been getting heavy into the aluminum casings recently, which may play a…
Survey says.... →
Posted by Amanda Kleha, Product Marketing Manager Here at Google Enterprise, we’re always wondering what’s on the minds of IT professionals and end users. So we asked them. An annual tradition…
Six botnets churning out 85 percent of all spam →
The Mega-D botnet has shrunk significantly since its peak in early February, but there’s a new botnet rising to take its place. Srzibi already accounts for 39 percent of the global spam market, and,…
10.5: Permissions and SMB shares in Leopard →
In OS X 10.5, Apple added the ability to share individual folders to the Sharing preference panel. However, one needs to be aware of permission problems when attempting to share a particular…
Microsoft Singularity Now Open Source →
Alex_Ionescu writes “Microsoft’s Singularity operating system (covered previously by Slashdot) is now open to the public for download, under a typical Microsoft academic, non-commercial license….
Dubai Artificial Island City Mixes Mythic Past and... →
From afar, Dubai is the most exciting place on earth, almost every day shaping up to be more like the utopic sci-fi fantasy city we had in our heads growing up. Its latest…
Tata rolls out "world's largest" commercial WiMAX... →
Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless
It seems as if Tata Communications is out to one-up BSNL — or at least claim its share of the limelight, anyway. More specifically, the outfit has…
7-inch Eee PC vs 9-inch Eee PC -- ready, fight! →
Filed under: Features, Laptops
We know you need it. Now you’ve got it. ASUS’ 7- and 9-inch Eee PCs lined up for a side by side comparison. The new 9-incher is clearly the bigger…
Time Capsule: everything you wanted to know →
Filed under: Features, Wireless, Storage
So we spent the weekend playing with Time Capsule and we’ve discovered some interesting answers to all your questions, as well as a few…
Hands-on with the 9-inch Eee PC →
Filed under: Features, Laptops
If you hadn’t guessed from the headline, and as rumored just an hour ago, there’s 9-inches of LCD on this thing. Actually, 8.9, but who’s counting?…
Dell Latitude XFR D630 Will Stop a Tank Shell... →
Dell’s first fully ruggedized laptop is the Arnold of notebooks: A massive block of a machine that can withstand a SWAT team assault while blowing up Cyberdyne Systems. The D630 meets…
ASUS busts out 7-inch R70 UMPC at CeBIT →
Filed under: Handhelds, Portable Audio, Portable Video
It’s big, thick, lacking any sort of keyboard and not all that pretty. But if you’re aching for ASUS’ next gen UMPC to cut…
ASUS busts out 7-inch R70 UMPC at CeBIT →
Filed under: Handhelds, Portable Audio, Portable Video
It’s big, thick, lacking any sort of keyboard and not all that pretty. But if you’re aching for ASUS’ next gen UMPC to cut…
iPhone gets native P2P torrent software →
Filed under: iPod Family, iPhone
Your iPhone plays audio. Your iPhone plays video. Until now, you had to sync those suckers. Today, the insanely brilliant iPhone Hacker core…
MacBook Air aflutter: demand stays strong, sold... →
Thintresting move, Steve! Be it marketing or design, the MacBook Air is hotter than many expected. Even a month after general retail “availability,” the MacBook Air is out of stock in major markets,…
Time Machine works with USB external HDs on Time... →
Filed under: Hardware, Airport, Leopard
Over at Macworld, Glenn Fleishman has an initial hands-on report about Apple’s new Time Capsule combination Airport Base Station and NAS, and…
A script to download and convert multiple YouTube... →
There are many solutions on the web on how to download YouTube videos using bash scripts, e.g. see this one as an example. However, using scripts described in the above link may be a little…