Archive for October, 2008
Free CodeWeavers Crossover Mac Professional Version !
The folks over at CodeWeavers are giving out FREE LICENSES for their excellent CrossOver Mac / Linux Professional Edition (worth USD$70!!) as part of their Great American Lame Duck Presidential Challenge which met one of its goal. The offer is only valid for one day, today 28 October 2008 23:59 (Midnight) Central Standard Time only.
CrossOver [...]
T-Mobile G1 - Google’s Android Phone
The T-Mobile G1, Google’s first and official Android based phone has finally been released in the US. Coinciding with the release of the phone, Google has also officially opened its Android Market website that features applications for the new Android platform with over 50 free apps available for download immediately. The Android Market is accessible [...]
Engadget Reviews the MacBook and MacBook Pro
Engadget has covered an indepth review of the latest MacBook and MacBook Pro from Apple and screen comparison from all the previous models as well. Read all about it here:
Engadget - MacBook and MacBook Pro review
Firefox Mobile - Fennec
Not to be confused with the Portable version of Firefox, Fennec is a Mozilla’s latest mobile web browser which was released as Alpha for the Maemo platform used on the Nokia Internet Table N810. Later releases will include more platforms but the current release already shows many promising features borrowed from its heavy weight desktop [...]
Cameroid.com
Cameroid is the PhotoBooth equivalent for the web. All you need is a webcam hooked to your computer and a Flash supported browser (works on either Win/Mac as long as your camera is recognized by Adobe Flash). Just choose a design, distortion or an effect and hit the snap button and you have the option [...]
Screen Sharing Desktops from Leopard using VNC
I’ve been using Chicken of the VNC for a while now but just found out recently that Leopard has a VNC client built into it known as Screen Sharing. Screen Sharing isn’t a standalone application but rather part of the Connect to Server utility in Finder.
Apple’s New MacBook / MacBook Pro Coverage
Since the release, there’s been a wide coverage of the new MacBook and MacBook Pros and here I’ve collected some of the more interesting ones around the net. You’ve gotta check out Apple Insider’s article on the new MacBook fabrication process with photos and a few interesting points from ArsTechnica on the new button-less track [...]
Screen Captures in Leopard
Leopard offers several useful built-in utility to grab a screenshot which I find that I’ve been doing a lot lately. So mastering these shortcuts will really save you time. Lets start with the basics.
New MacBook and MacBook Pros
The cat’s out of the bag. Apple has unveiled the latest line of MacBook and MacBook Pros. So let’s see, the new MBs/MBP sare indeed using the new “brick” manufacturing process, MBs are now all aluminium based designs, sadly the rumors of a sub $800 model didn’t materialized but good news is that the MBs [...]
Fun Mac Tip - Slow Motion Dock Animation
If you like watching the Dock’s Genie effects, here’s how to make them animate in slow motion.
1. First make sure you’ve turned on your Genie effect for minimizing Windows.
2. Now hold the Shift key while minimizing or maximizing a Window and you can see its Genie effects being animated in slow motion.
3. This trick also [...]