Get $40 from the government to upgrade to HDtv
From the ‘Not necessarily Mac related’ department
Simply visit https://www.dtv2009.gov/ for a coupon (or two) that can be applied to the purchase of an HDtv conversion kit.
Buy one, get one free iPods at Amazon
Yes, Sally, you read it right. Amazon is offering a free 1gb iPod shuffle with the purchase of a 32gb Touch. That’s $49 saved on the iPod, the Touch is 5$5 less than Apple retails it for and you get free shipping. It’s like free money, folks. How can you go wrong?
As an added bonus, [...]
Exclusive iPhoneRingPack discount code for BGM readers
As you’ll recall from yesterdays post, we linked to the iPhoneRingPack, which is a collection of ringtones that are ready to add to your iPhone with no tweaks or hacks necessary.
After some discussion with the ring tone packs creator, we are pleased to announce we have a special coupon code available for BabyGotMac readers.
Simply visit [...]
Change your iTone on iPhoneringpack
iPhone Ring Tones now available from iPhoneringpack. iPhoneringpack.com offers it’s customers and visitors iPhone ring tones that are prebuilt, ready to go and sound great. Available through iPhoneringpack online, ringtones designed specifically for the built in speaker system of the iPhone. Ring tones are a fun and great way to audibly recognize certain incoming calls without looking at the screen.
Paging Dr. Google, code green
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/02/21/google.records.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
Google is piloting a project wherein they are storing the medical records of approximately 15,000 volunteers. The records are stored in the users Google account for retrieval anywhere.
I really can’t think of any practical reasons for this other than perhaps tying it into a ’shareable’ network that would allow you to grant access to a [...]
Macbook missing keystroke resolution finally?
Check software update, boys and girls. Apple has posted a firmware update that will, ostensibly, resolve the LONGSTANDING issue of the first keystroke in a typing session being skipped.
Let us know how it works for you, gentle readers.
This MacBook and MacBook Pro firmware update addresses an issue where the first key press may be [...]
iPhoneDrive is now MegaPhone – and is updated to v1.5
eCamm Networks – a longtime Mac software maker, has renamed their iPhoneDrive product to ‘MegaPhone’ (I think MegiPhone would have been cool play on words, but I’ve been known to drink a lot, so…) and added several features as well as making some tweaks.
Changes in the 1.5 version include:
Product is now called MegaPhone.
Adds ability [...]
Save XP – seriously!
I know it’s weird to see this here, but for anyone who has to use Windows, the choice between XP and Vista is oh-so clear.
Infoworld has taken it upon itself to try to save Windows XP, which Microsoft plans to stop selling as of June 30th 2008. I (and over 100,000 other people evidently) feel [...]
Secret Folder ‘08 released by Apimac
Apimac announced today the release of Secret Folder ‘08, the latest release of its shareware utility made to conceal folders and files under Mac OS X. Apimac Secret Folder is a Mac OS X program that provides an easy and fast way to protect personal documents and avoid them being seen, modified, or erased by other users. It allows users to hide folders and their contents. Files and folders can be added by means of a single click on a choose dialog box or via drag and drop.
iPhones on 1.1.3 Can Jailbreak Themselves
AriX and Ben have announced the immediate availability of iJailBreak 0.5.1, the latest version of the open source Mac OS X jailbreaking utility. iJailBreak 0.5.1 allows iPhone (and soon iPod Touch) users the ability to jailbreak, and if so desired, unlock and “hactivate,” their device in mere minutes. Currently iJailBreak 0.5.1 is an Intel-architecture only application that supports Mac OS X Tiger and Leopard.
