iPhone firmware 1.1.3 video demo from GearLive
The guys over at GearLive have put their money where their mouthes are and posted a video demonstration of the new iPhone firmware update, expected to be 1.1.3.
They demo all the good stuff, including the GPS mapping, Home screen customization and more. Still no damned copy/paste yet though.
Check it out here.
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EEE & OSX – So close, yet so far away…
Keeps thrashing about after loading this screen…but read a few things earlier that might lead to a quick fix.
The goal: OSX installed, with BootCamp running an nLite version of Windows.
Enable visual alerts for system messages
A quick tip to enable visual alerts when a system event occurs (for instance if you have your sound off):
Go to ‘System Preferences’, then ‘Universal Access’. Click the ‘Hearing’ tab, then check the box for ‘Flash the screen when an alert sound occurs’. Now, whenever you get an on-screen message like a popup box or [...]
Merry Macmas!
Hope you all all had a great holiday! We’ll not be posting for a few days unless something incredibly cool or awesome happens. See you then!
D’OH!
I love this wallpaper so much I want to take it out behind the middle school and get it pregnant.
Free copy of WireTap Pro
Macheist is giving away free copies of several popular Mac titles, including the awesome ‘WireTap Pro’, from Ambrosia Software. Simply go to www.macgivingtree.com and register, then send the link to a few Mac loving friends.
Just for signing up, you get WireTap (log in to your new account, choose ‘my loot’, then scroll to the right). [...]
US Army adding Macs to their IT infrastructure
Interesting article on Forbes.com about how the US Army is adding more Apple equipment to their arsenal. I’ve been staring at this for half an hour trying to think of something clever to say, and can’t. I’m sorry to let you down.
Given Apple’s marketing toward the young and the trendy, you wouldn’t expect the U.S. [...]
DaringFireball kicks the crap out of FastCompany Apple review
I John Gruber. Best bullshit detector on the internet.
http://daringfireball.net/2007/12/fastcompany
From Adam L. Penenberg’s December cover story for Fast Company, “All Eyes on Apple: Will the gray light of January cool the world’s hottest company?”:
As Apple moves into new markets, it has made powerful new enemies, some working in concert. Nokia, for example, is banding with [...]
Macbook/Pro update fixes keyboard input issue
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macbookmacbookprosoftwareupdate11.html
Remember the trifling little problem where the Macbook/Pro doesn’t put in actual characters when you start typing? Minor annoyance, yeah?
Apple has finally fixed it. Requires leopard (weird, as I had the issue with Tiger too) updated to 10.5.1. Feel free to report your after-install experience.
New iPod game – Sonic the Hedgehog!
That’s right, kiddies. The classic tale of good and evil has come to your iPod, and is a mere $4.99. Click the picture to check it out.
