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01/18/200909/22/2013

Apple to Drop Mac from OS Name

I recently read that Apple (formerly Apple Computer) has filed for a trademark for OS X along side its current trademark for Mac OS X™. This is just another step in a methodical move away from the computer industry into the main stream of consumer electronics.… Read the rest

11/15/200809/22/2013

Safari 3.2 Adds Extended Certificates

After updating to the new version of Safari, version 3.2 I really did not notice any changes. Then at one point I connected to live.com and saw the words “Microsoft Corporation” in the upper right-hand corner next to the SSL padlock.… Read the rest

10/18/200809/22/2013

AppleTV Update at MacWorld

When trying to devine what may be coming next from Apple it is necessary to look at the absense of information and product releases Apple released a new updated 24″ Cinema Display but did not update the 30″ monitor. Why not?… Read the rest

09/26/200809/22/2013

Apple ID Troubles

In mid July I was trying to buy some Apps or Music from the iTunes Music Store. It seemed like every day I was getting a message that my account had been disabled for security reasons. It was really annoying. I was having to change my password for iTunes every day.… Read the rest

09/09/200809/22/2013

Initial Impression of Apple’s “Let’s Rock” Event

It looks like the last page refresh has come from engadget.com and live.gizmodo.com and all the news is now news. Kevin Rose’s leaks on the Nano and iTunes were mostly right. The Genius feature looks like the natural evolution of the iTunes MiniStore and smart playlists.… Read the rest

09/04/200809/22/2013

Don’t Buy a Mac (This Week)

I had a friend ask me for some advice on buying a mac for the home. They had already bought a Mac Book and Mac Book Pro and now it seems time to replace that old generic PC in the kitchen with a new Mac Mini.… Read the rest

07/29/200809/22/2013

What If Apple Made a Drobo Competitor

I’ve been hearing a lot about how wonderful Drobo is. It is the prefect tool for backing up a lot of data in a safe and redundant way. If you have multiple terabytes of data that you cannot afford to loose, you have no excuse, get a Drobo.… Read the rest

06/13/200809/22/2013

Barenaked Ladies at WWDC

Barenaked Ladies played a private concert at Yerba Buena Gardens for the WWDC Bash — formerly known as the Campus Bash. Every year Apple schedules a band and keeps it a secret until they take the stage. Prior year bands have included the Wallflowers and Ozomatli.… Read the rest

06/12/200809/22/2013

Why is Apple Changing .Mac to MobileMe?

This week at WWDC Apple announced the replacement for .Mac called MobileMe. With this change comes a new graphical UI on the web page, hooks for Windows and Mac users, and the new domain name(s). Apple has bought mobileme.com and me.com.… Read the rest

04/24/200809/22/2013

Apple Mail to Support Exchange?

I think it is really great that Apple has licensed ActiveSync from Microsoft. This means that with the iPhone 2.0 iPhone users will be able to be full citizens on a Microsoft Exchange server with access to email, calendar, and address book.… Read the rest

01/04/200809/22/2013

Apache Tuning

I think I finally have gotten my Apache problems settled down. I’m not sure what set it off. I made the mistake of updating the system software with a security patch. That updated PHP. Since I am running a custom PHP, I had to recompile and install PHP again to get libGD loaded.… Read the rest

06/11/200709/22/2013

Get an iPhone in the Hands of Your Developers

Apple has stated that they will control the iPhone platform and not open it up to developers. They have also inferred that they will support Dashboard Widgets on the iPhone. Most Dashboad Widgets are just HTML and JavaScript. You can use DashCode to create them.… Read the rest

06/11/200709/22/2013

WWDC 2007 Predictions

We are down to 12 hours until the Apple World-Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2007 begins and Steve Jobs gives the Keynote address. I wanted to commit to blog my thoughts about what might be coming tomorrow. This is all speculation. I have no inside information or magic crystal ball.… Read the rest