Category Archives: Uncategorized

Power Mac G5 Cube

Power Mac G4 Cube (G5 Cube Case): Sure, I don’t speak or read any Japanese, but that’s why they included tons of photos! Check it out – it’s pretty slick.

Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Power Mac G5 Cube

Microsoft playing dirty when it comes to satellite images?

Did Microsoft Wipe Apple Off the Map? – Yahoo! News:WASHINGTON – As software rivals, Microsoft wants to wipe Apple Computer off the map. With Microsoft’s new Web service for satellite photographs, did the world’s largest software company find a way to do exactly that?
Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Microsoft playing dirty when it comes to satellite images?

More proof that Apple’s doing something right

MacDailyNews – Apple and Mac News:16-percent of computer users are unaffected by viruses, malware because they use Apple MacsWednesday, June 15, 2005 – 08:05 PM ESTIn a press release on Friday, June 3, 2005, Wizzard Software explained why they believe the Macintosh market is important as they prepare to release AT&T Natural Voices for Apple’s Mac OS X:According to a statement released earlier this year, Apple Computer reported their 2005 first quarterly revenue and net income as the highest in the history of their company, with 74% revenue growth. Apple shipped 1,046,000 Macintosh units during this quarter, representing a 26% increase in CPU units over the year-ago quarter…. In addition, the Software Publishers Association (SPA) estimates that 16 percent of computer users are on Macs.Also, on Thursday, June 2, 2005, Winn Schwartau, one of the country’s leading experts on information security, infrastructure protection and electronic privacy, summed up his first month’s experiences in his conversion from Windows to Mac:In the WinTel world, could you do this?… Do I really want to spend more time enjoying whatever the hell I do on my ‘puter, or maybe I should continue wasting hours every week on security crap that shouldn’t be a problem in the first place?
Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on More proof that Apple’s doing something right

Looks like a good deal to me…

Seagate ST3200822A-RK 200 GB ATA Internal Hard Drive from Amazon.comI’ve been looking for a larger drive that was not too expensive – looks like I found what I’ve been looking for.
Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Looks like a good deal to me…

Back in the belly of the beast…

again. Once more, I’m at a clients offices to deal with yet another rampant virus. This particular one seems to have infested the workstsation I’m using and is trying to spread via the users address book – that’s right, another … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Back in the belly of the beast…

Modding a Mac Mini, part II

MacMod – Your Mac Modding HQ:This is the story of the purple mini.This is the same guy who took his Mini and put it into an ATX case. This one looks much better, and is apparently doing quite well.
Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Modding a Mac Mini, part II

Rules of wireless

So, here’s the thing: you spend your hard earned money on a new computer – probably a laptop that’s nice – and you also decide to buy a wireless router to go along with it.
Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Rules of wireless

Widgets – part of OS X.4, aka Tiger

zaptastic: blueprint for a widget of mass destructionWhile I’m all for widgets – the Hula Girl one is especially nice – I have to wonder about the thought process behind making them auto-install. As Stephan.com illustrates, it’s not hard to create one that auto-loads, nor would it be hard to be malicious about it.Guess I picked the right week to delay installing Tiger until….
Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Widgets – part of OS X.4, aka Tiger

Rules of wireless

So, here’s the thing: you spend your hard earned money on a new computer – probably a laptop that’s nice – and you also decide to buy a wireless router to go along with it.
Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Rules of wireless

Virus trouble brewing for OS X users?

MacInTouch Home Page:David Coursey writes for eWeek about the lack of Mac OS X malware:How do I know there are no Mac OS X viruses and malware out there?… And when people tell me I don’t need their product, I usually take them at their word. I won’t identify the person since he thought he was talking to me for a book project, but people at Apple were happy to confirm this to me…. Despite the good news, I am not telling you to turn off the anti-virus software that’s running on your Macintosh.
Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Virus trouble brewing for OS X users?