Tag Archives: Apple

I don’t usually like to report anything John Gruber posts, because everyone will have already seen it. But I’ll make an exception: Michael Tsai is right: What Apple delivers in the iPhone is less offensive than the spin as it’s … Continue reading →

Posted on August 4, 2008 by Steven Fisher | Comments Off

The iPhone 3G pricing

Posted on June 28, 2008 by Steven Fisher

I’ve been putting this off, because I really don’t want to clash horns with The Macalope. Mostly because he’s got, well, a nice rack. And I don’t. But a recent tweet by the horny one meant I have to get … Continue reading →

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iPhone on Fido

Posted on June 14, 2008 by Steven Fisher

In Canada we have two GSM cellphone providers: Fido and Rogers. Well, actually, we don’t really. A few years ago, Rogers bought Fido. So these days, I’m used to Fido getting the short straw out of every cup. I called … Continue reading →

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Search should be fast

Posted on May 31, 2008 by Steven Fisher

Via The Macalope, Microsoft’s leaked reaction to Mac OS X’s new search capabilities: Lenn Pryor: You will have to take Vic’s disk…I am not giving mine up. Tonight I got on corpnet, hooked up Mail.app to my Exchange server and … Continue reading →

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Hot hardware

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Steven Fisher

I’ve been using this iMac for a few weeks, and I’ve noticed an odd melty-plastic smell from time to time. I didn’t associate it with the iMac, though; the top of the iMac was hot, but not unbearably so. After … Continue reading →

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.Mac thoughts

Posted on February 27, 2008 by Steven Fisher

So I’m about five days into my free .Mac trial, and I thought I’d write up some thoughts. I pay about $60 per year for 500 GB of storage and 5 TB of bandwidth from DreamHost. .Mac costs $100 per … Continue reading →

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Asus Nova P22 not a mac mini rip-off

Posted on February 25, 2008 by Steven Fisher

Asus is probably going to have some explaining to do to Apple. The conversation might go like this: Apple: So, you’re manufacturing our products. Asus: Yeah. Apple: And now you’ve produced a rip-off of our Mac mini. Asus: It’s not … Continue reading →

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10.5.2 fixes and misses

Posted on February 15, 2008 by Steven Fisher

In addition to the Time Machine security issue I reported (radar link) ((You won’t be able to follow this link; it’s in case anyone from Apple stumbles across this post and wants to look up these bugs. See rdar:// urls … Continue reading →

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Apple claims fix to Time Machine security bug

Posted on February 11, 2008 by Steven Fisher

Apple claims to have fixed the issue where applications could run automatically out of a Time Machine backup. Look for CVE-2008-0038 in Apple’s About the security content of Mac OS X 10.5.2 and Security Update 2008-001 . Thanks to Apple … Continue reading →

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Most powerful Xserve EVAR!!

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Steven Fisher

I’m seeing over and over in blogs and “news sites” how Apple’s new Xserve is the most powerful Xserve ever. Consider: Hardware usually gets faster or cheaper. Sometimes both. The Xserve price hasn’t dropped like a stone. It’s been 4-5 … Continue reading →

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