Tag Archives: Apple
The iPhone 3G pricing
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
iPhone on Fido
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
Search should be fast
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
Hot hardware
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
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
Asus Nova P22 not a mac mini rip-off
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
Apple claims fix to Time Machine security bug
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
Most powerful Xserve EVAR!!
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
Seagate fireball
AppleInsider is reporting that Apple is ignoring two Mac data loss issues. One is an old bug (that really should be fixed). The other is an apparent abundance of failing hard drives: Meanwhile, U.K.-based data-recovery firm Retrodata is warning Apple … Continue reading