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New Mac Mini Will Use Nvidia Chipset (Helloooo Full HD Video)
Buried in an OS X configuration file in the new MacBooks is a string referring to Nvidia’s MCP79 (aka GeForce 9400m) chipset and unreleased models of the Mac mini and iMac, says MacRumors. https://gizmodo.com/giz-explains-why-does-the-new-macbook-pro-have-two-gra-5063832 It’s far from the first time an errant string of code has unintentionally revealed new Apple products in the pipeline, and … Continued
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Giz Explains: Everything You Wanted to Know About DRM
Condensed explanation: Digital rights management is a corporate pain in the ass that stops you from doing whatever you want with music and movies in the name of fighting piracy. But there’s more to it. Straight up, you run into DRM pretty much every day. Bought music from three of the four major labels or … Continued
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The Multitouch Mighty Mouse
Following Apple’s patents on multitouch applied to mice, MacBlogz has created this simple prototype of how a multitouch Mighty Mouse could look like. I specially like the fact that it’s aluminum and its profile. The fact is that the current nipple in Apple’s mighty doesn’t work very well. At least two of mine, which lose … Continued
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Weirdest Bug Uncovers Rotating Gesture on iPhone?
The weirdest thing happened to me. I was showing some photos in the iPhone to a friend and, for some reason, we discussed touch gestures in the new MacBooks. What happened next blew my mind. I was passing the photos very quickly, pinching in and out, sliding, using various fingers… the works, all very quickly, … Continued
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Agile Lie Detector: Tell Me the Truth, iPhone!
No good can come of this, but if you’re in need to a quick and unreliable way to test your spouse’s fidelity, then the $8 Agile Lie Detector for the iPhone might work. Allow me to repeat myself. No good can come of this. The Agile Lie Detector uses voice stress analysis to judge a … Continued
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First Turn-By-Turn Navigation App Comes to Android, Hates America
AndNav2 is Android’s first turn-by-turn navigation app, marking one of the first instances where Android’s wide-open apps policy has put it at an advantage over the iPhone. At least, in Europe. UPDATED 10:38 EST Since the software is based on the OpenStreetMap mapping data, the app will be more useful in some areas than others, … Continued
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MobileMe Rescues iPhone from Thief
Once upon a time, a guy named Rob got his iPhone 3G stolen at the dry cleaners. Thankfully, he was subscribed to MobileMe, which at the end saved the day. Or so he says. According to Rob, after getting his iPhone stolen he went to the Apple Store to buy a new one. He proceeded … Continued
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LaCie Says 6TB Ethernet Disk Actually Works With Apple’s Time Machine
LaCie’s newest ethernet disk isn’t only cool because it stores up to a whopping six terabytes in its stack. According to the company, it’s also a NAS that’s compatible with Apple’s Time Machine. We’re note sure if it’s officially sanctioned by Apple, but its press material suggests it has the same capabilities for Time Machine … Continued
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Evernote Lets You Sync Your Office Docs to Your iPhone
The latest update to Evernote adds a new feature to its premium version: adding, syncing, and accessing your Word, Excel, Powerpoint docs, or any other file you throw at it, on any device or platform. Users will now be able to drop any file into a note which is then synchronized with the Evernote Service. … Continued
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Dell ‘Adamo’ Could Be Lighter, Thinner Than MacBook Air
According to this teaser site and this fashion site, Dell has a laptop coming that may be both lighter and thinner than the MacBook Air. The NYT visually quotes Tatelman, Dell’s VP of consumer sales of marketing, with a reaction of his “mouth [gaping] open and his eyes [darting] away.” Tatelman followed with: I think … Continued
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How to Re-Enable Unlock and Jailbreak in Mac OS X 10.5.6
The Mac OS X 10.5.6 update broke pwnage, the unlocking/jailbreaking program for the iPhone. Fortunately, there’s now an easy solution to fix this problem. You just need an Automator script and these simple instructions. https://gizmodo.com/apple-leopard-10-5-6-update-pwns-pwnage-breaks-jailbre-5110996 You first need to be logged into the Mac with administrator privileges and, when asked, you have to provide with … Continued
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Mobile Spy Can Now Secretly Record Your iPhone SMS, Calling Data
Mobile Spy, that terrible piece of technology that silently monitors smartphones without the user knowing, has come to the iPhone. Goodbye safe haven of SMS and calling privacy, it was nice knowing you. https://gizmodo.com/retina-x-mobile-spy-for-smartphones-keeps-tabs-on-that-256519 The app, created by Retina-X Studios, runs in total stealth mode so that users don’t know its even on their phones. … Continued
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Macworld Expo Organizers IDG Have No Plans To Bail on 2010 Show
Even though Apple pulling out of Macworld after this year probably spells the end, IDG is going on record saying they’re barreling ahead with Macworld 2010. No, it’s not the most shocking announcement, since Macworld is arguably one of the brighter jewels in IDG’s portfolio of trade shows that includes everything from the DEMO conference … Continued
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Tilt-Shift Photography On the iPhone, Sorry Starving Artists
Tilt-shift photography, the popular but fashionable method of making big objects look like tiny models, is now on the iPhone. That’s good for pretty much everyone who isn’t planning their innovative tilt-shift art show. https://gizmodo.com/tilt-shift-video-makes-demolition-derby-look-even-silli-5099535 The application is aptly called TiltShift. It costs $2, and while it doesn’t use traditional tilt-shift lenses, the software adds … Continued
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The Mactini: The Inevitable Future of Apple in a Post-Netbook World
Who could have guessed that the most prescient technologist of our day would be a relatively unknown British sketch comedian? Peter Serafinowicz, of the possibly acclaimed Peter Serafinowicz Show, has put together a couple videos in the style of Apple’s stodgy online product demonstration videos, imagining two new products from the company. The iToilet, below, … Continued
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Apple Always Wanted to Get Out of MacWorld
Apple bowing out of MacWorld after January 2009 comes as a shock to many. But, really, according to a source at Apple, they’ve been planning to get off MacWorld for a long, long time. They are not lying in their press release. NAB, MacWorld Tokyo, AppleExpo in Paris, and Summer MacWorld at New York/Boston were … Continued
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Will Trade Shows Survive?
Seeing Apple pull out of Macworld and hearing talk of poor turnout at CES make us speculate on the future of trade shows—like automakers and newspapers, are they another institution on the endangered-species list? Apple’s cited reason for the withdrawal of Steve Jobs from the Macworld keynote, and the subsequent withdrawal of Apple from Macworld … Continued