January 2009
35 posts
iMovie 09 gets Final Cut Studio features →
iMovie 09 features: Precision Editor, Video Stabilization, Travel maps, DVD Chapter creation, Picture-in-picture, Green Screen, per-frame Video effects, Speed up / Slow Down video effects
Block Flash Ads using ClickToFlash plug-in →
… a forked version hosted at GitHub, and it now supports Option-clicking to add the current domain to a whitelist so that Flash content will subsequently load automatically.
SoftWEAR by Microsoft →
These are quite cool, and it’s from Microsoft…
iMovie 09 & image stabilization →
… you’ll see both clips, first without any image stabilization, then with image stabilization applied.
How to write a book →
My word processors have varied over the years: I swore off MS Word after “Mind Wide Open”, and used Nisus Writer for “Everything Bad” and “Ghost Map”; had a quick dalliance with Pages, and then…
The New York City Subway Map in 1904 (PIC) →
This is beautiful.
Microsoft "Surface" Multi-Touch Pad for $10 →
Very simple step-by-step on how to build your own multi-touch pad “tracking solution” for $10
How to write an iPhone App : Step-by-step example →
Jason works through from starting up XCode and creating a new project through to building the project, adding code, and parsing the XML of an RSS feed. The full iPhone coding tutorial can also be…
Unofficial web based iTunes + App Store →
Saw this last week and wasn’t sure if it was going to be around for long, but it’s still up, so maybe Apple doesn’t mind. … it more or less tries to reproduce the layout and appearance of the…
Palm joins with Apple to fight Win Mobile phones →
Palm’s new platform has the potential to resurrect Palm as a credible competitor in the smartphone industry. Without it, Palm would simply be another Windows Mobile licensee. But pushing its own new…
Security Scan: Your Mac Has a Virus! →
Attention! Security Center has detected malware on your computer!
Apple's Laptops "flop" with 34 percent increase in... →
Robin Harris, back in November, on Apple’s revamped lineup of MacBooks : “By investing in a costly feature no one asked for Apple is stalling its rapid growth in notebook marketshare. Whether it is a…
Updated entry level MacBook : now WITH Firewire →
For those that made a big deal out of its removal from the unibody models, here’s your chance to get the newer technical updates while keeping the FW port.
Anja Major = Hammer Girl in the 1984 Apple... →
In 1983, the Chiat/Day advertising agency held a casting call in London, on behalf of their client, Apple Computer, for what would prove to be a landmark television commercial. The vision of the…
Microsoft exec's emails to Steve Ballmer : Vista... →
Microsoft executive Mike Nash’s complaint that compatibility problems turned his $2,100 PC into nothing more than an “email machine” — that thread led to a revealing message from Steven Sinofsky,…
Dvorak says Apple to ditch OS X for Windows... →
Dvorak says he’s convinced that Apple is going to ditch its much-loved Mac OS X and switch to Windows for its shiny machines. He puts together a bit of evidence here and there, most especially…
Why the Windows 7 Taskbar Beats Mac OS X's Doc →
“Yeah, I said it. The Windows 7 taskbar is the most important Windows UI change since Windows 95, and it will dramatically change the way you use Windows. And it’s better than the Mac’s Dock.”
USA to World: We apologize... →
F R O M T H E D E S K O F T H E U N I T E D S T A T E S: Dear World:The United States of America, your quality supplier of ideals of liberty and democracy, would like to apologize for its 2001-2008…
EFI-X USA fired by ASEM for selling Mac Clones →
.. triggered when EFI-X USA LLC (unrelated to ASEM as a company) started peddling generic PCs with pre-installed OS X and the EFI-X dongle. This upset ASEM which sought to block the American shop…
Super-Useless Superpowers →
A compendium of super-extraordinary, yet super-useless, superpowers. Such as the ability to become bullet proof only to the 13th bullet that hits you!
Batman dooms Robin, by "touching" him... →
Comic Double Entendre : ” Not only are YOU doomed …”
Palm Pre: everything you ever wanted to know →
Engadget takes an in-depth look at Palm’s iPhone killer, giving the most detailed view of the hardware, software, and ideas behind the device yet. If you had any questions, this answers them!
FaceBook Sociopath (Brian's Brain) →
“I just use FaceBook to send cutesy, useless, “gifts” that require people to install applications that email them spam…
Jobs takes Health Leave, Tim Cook now Apple CEO →
In a move that will no doubt have blogs, investors, and other news and media afire with renewed rumors regarding the exact nature of his condition, Steve Jobs has just elected to take a leave of…
"Wet Floor" Sign Mod -- Caution: This is SPARTA! →
Very neat little mod of a “Wet Floor” caution sign…
Apple's DisplayPort mini-connector, soon to be... →
Laptop vendors will be soon be able to use the same mini-DisplayPort connector found on Apple’s latest MacBooks. The tiny port is to be included in the upcoming DisplayPort 1.2 specification, the…
Lightest 17 inch laptop on the market gets 8 hr... →
..Dual core processor at 2.66GHz (up from 2.5) on a 1066 MHz bus (up from 800MHz) - Utilizes DDR3 memory at 1066MHz. The 17” MacBook Pro is actually about a tenth of an inch smaller in width and…
Ubuntu and Its Leader Set Sights on the Mainstream →
The notion of a strong Linux-based competitor to Windows and, to a lesser extent, Apple’s Mac OS X has been an enduring dream of advocates of open-source software. They champion the idea that…
Forget WGA. 47 Vista / Windows 7 services report... →
Microsoft provides both a Windows Vista Privacy Statement and there are also references to the 20 data collection services in the EULA … HOWEVER there are ANOTHER 47 Windows Vista features and…
Linux-based HP Mini Mi ships with command line... →
Linux is hitting the consumer product big time but while doing so, it’s hiding many of its most hobbyist friendly features.
Netgear Unveils its TV-Torrent Player |... →
Netgear has just announced its Internet TV Player, a set-top box that allows users to play content from video streaming sites like YouTube, directly on their TV. Perhaps of more interest is the…
CES 2009: USB 3.0 slower than expected →
USB 3.0 may promise data transfer speeds of up to 5 Gb/s or 625 MB/s but such levels will not be possible, at least not in initial devices. When USB 3.0 hardware will become available in late 2009 or…
Live blog: Macworld 2009 keynote →
It’s not clear whether Jobs will make any appearance Tuesday at Macworld, but we’ll let you know if he shows. Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, is scheduled…
Browser Add-On makes Flickr, YouTube (and more)... →
Cooliris, formerly known as PicLens, is a web browser plugin that provides interactive full-screen slideshows of online images. The plugin is available for Safari, Firefox, and Internet Explorer.
World of Warcraft sequel: Your avatar plays WOW →
The worst thing that can happen is that your avatar’s internet connection gets cut, and then you have to get your avatar to call your avatar’s ISP for tech support…