Posted on April 30th, 2008 by Steve
Washington, D.C., Group Accused of High-Tech Dirty Tricks to Suppress Black Vote | Threat Level from Wired.com:
A D.C. advocacy group called Women’s Voices, Women’s Vote is being accused of waging a high-tech voter suppression campaign, after voters in predominantly black districts in North Carolina began receiving automated phone calls implying that they hadn’t properly registered […]
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Posted on April 30th, 2008 by Steve
AT&T providing free Wi-Fi to iPhone users | iLounge News:
AT&T has begun offering free Wi-Fi to iPhone-using customers at some of its Wi-Fi hotspot locations, according to several reports. When a participating AT&T Wi-Fi network is accessed by an iPhone user, a specially-formatted page appears offering “Free AT&T Wi-Fi for iPhone.” iPhone users must enter […]
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Posted on April 30th, 2008 by Steve
For those of you that don’t know, don’t care or can’t remember, it was my birthday yesterday. I got some good gifts from work, a good dinner last night from the family and a neat card from my mom.
I am the big four-eight, rapidly creeping up on six-five, at least that’s how I feel most […]
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Posted on April 30th, 2008 by Steve
Psystar Open Computer notes, benchmarks and video - Engadget:
Okay, so we’ve been playing with the Psystar Open Computer for a few hours now, and we’ve formed some early impressions and put together a short video of it in action. We haven’t really tried to stress the system yet, but based on our other experiences with […]
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Posted on April 23rd, 2008 by Steve
My thanks to Matt Mitchell for pointing me in the direction of this;
Forget the Courts; Apple May Fight Mac Clones With Tech :
While Apple could likely tie Psystar up in litigation by filing patent or copyright lawsuits, the better choice may be technical — issuing OS X firmware updates.
“Apple issues regular updates to Leopard,” (Raj) […]
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Posted on April 17th, 2008 by Steve
Psystar Corporation - Reinventing The Wheel: Open Computing:
I’ve been looking at this Psystar story now for the last couple of days. For those of you that aren’t aware, on Monday, they announced the Open Computer (OC). A PC that’s been designed to run a hacked version of Mac OS X.
Suffice it to say, I think […]
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Posted on April 9th, 2008 by Steve
Great tip article by Ron Griffiths
Create iCal events from anywhere:
While I rely on iCal to help me track meetings and to dos, I’ve always found the actual process of adding new events and to dos much more complex than it need be.
Amen, brother. This technique will work in Leopard and Tiger, and if you haven’t […]
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Posted on April 9th, 2008 by Steve
Macworld | How the iPhone is killing the ‘Net:
Is the iPhone killing the ’Net? That’s the question posed by Oxford University Professor Jonathan Zittrain in his new book, The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It .
Zittrain is a bona fide member of the digiterati—a cyberlaw scholar with multiple degrees from Yale and […]
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Posted on April 9th, 2008 by Steve
From Griffin Technology: ClearBoost
ClearBoost
Antenna-boosting case for iPhone
We all wish we could carry around an external booster antenna for our cell phones. ClearBoost lets you do exactly that for your iPhone.
This clever case conceals a built-in booster antenna that captures more of the available wireless signal and sends it to the internal antenna of your iPhone. […]
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Posted on April 9th, 2008 by Steve
Crooks & Liars
The problem with comparing Obama to Tiger Woods:
Rest assured that people like Senator McCain will be the goal and the men that my two young boys will emulate and admire. You can have your Tiger Woods. We have Senator McCain.
This is a thinly veiled racist statement, so that it doesn’t appear racist; and […]
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