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Apple, Media, Microsoft, News »

[30 May 2008 | 2 Comments | 2 views]

It’s here! Unbelievably, for some reason, not found before, by the masses, Internet Explorer has been ported (well…) for Intel OS X. Using the Wine platform, IE6 and IE7 has been ported to Linux, then to OS X.
It’s built under GPL, so the source is freely available from the main site.
Why is this so important?
A huge portion of the web design industry is Mac-based, as designers most appreciate the design put into the Mac. The only obstacle against them, in the past, was that they couldn’t test on arguably the …

Apple, Gadgets, News »

[12 May 2008 | One Comment | 7 views]

Many people have got the idea that Apple’s latest version of the iPhone (allegedly 3G) will begin to hit the stores shortly after Steve Job’s keynote at the Apple-hosted WWDC ‘08 (World Wide Developer’s Conference).

As I cannot, and do not wish to disprove such theories, this article is aimed at those being interested by the latest rumours of it being even earlier than these predictions, and to explain the possibilities of either.
Being one of the main dates in the Apple calendar, it is only fair that those in the ‘blogosphere’ …

Apple, Tutorials »

[11 May 2008 | No Comment | 42 views]

Syslogd hogs your CPU.
Quick tip for all those Mac users out there. I spent a couple of hours with co-editor Simon Shand. I noticed his Mac was making an awfully loud air circulation. Because of my concerns that if left much longer, it would begin to erode part of the wall behind it, I decided to investigate.
We then went into ACTIVITY MONITOR (the OS X-equivalent of Window’s Task Manager) and discovered that SYSLOGD was taking up about 98% of the CPU. This also explains a blatant lack in performance-related areas.
After …

Apple, Microsoft, News, Reviews »

[29 Apr 2008 | No Comment | 46 views]

First and foremost, I’d like to point out that I’m not a Mac user, and haven’t been for a long time. I won’t be for a long time, thanks to Apple’s ‘generous’ UK pricing scheme. The next thing I’d like to point out, which you are more than likely to know by now, considering you just pressed the link, is that Microsoft has released the latest version of Windows Live Messenger 7.0.
The reason why I am posting this so suddenly is a little attempt at settling the uproar in the …

Apple, Media, Miscellaneous »

[13 Apr 2008 | No Comment | 1 views]

As promised, here’s a few silly YouTube posts doing the impossible - linking Mr. Bean and Apple. Just watch them and you’ll see what I mean.

I’m sure you’ll agree, that one’s been thought out very well. I admit the next one hasn’t quite been edited together with the same quality as before, but it’s still pretty amusing watching Mr Bean dancing to the Spice Girls.

I promise - I didn’t edit these things… jerrry13157 and coaxial343 did.
That’s your lot,
Lawrence Job