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Mac Moves To The Top 3 2008-07-18 09:59:01 Gartner and IDC both confirmed what we all thought would happen with more and more Microsoft users running away from Vista and scooping up brand new hassle-free Macs at their local Best Buy. Apple is now officailly the third largest computer manufactor in the United States! And that doesn’t take into consideration the fact that [...]
Dell Inspiron 1525 HackBook Pro — AMAZING! 2008-07-18 07:42:49 I bought another laptop at Best Buy after giving my garnet red Gateway to the (idiot) Geek Squad. Want to return a computer to Best Buy? Just say the screen flickers. They’re not going to spend an hour waiting for the momentious occacioun that your laptop actually has an issue. They’re too busy collecting huge [...]
Gateway M6843 HackBook Pro — Sorta 2008-07-13 16:46:18 Sorta is right. While this laptop features almost everything you could ever want in a HackBook Pro, it falls short of a few (major) items which I’ve been unable to get functional thus far. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not giving up on it — just taking a break while I sort things out. I [...] Read more:Gateway
Apple Logo Wallpaper In Your Flavor 2008-08-04 18:30:43 I’m somewhat of a minimalist. Heavy 3D eye-popping wallpaper that seems to have infected the Internet’s free desktop wallpaper sites aren’t my cup of tea. For the longest time, I was using a very minimal solid black wallpaper with a big, bright, white Apple
Logo right in the center. While this is good stuff, I [...] Read more:Flavor
Turn Old Hard Drives Into Time Machines 2008-07-26 15:37:15 I’ve all but gutted my first Hackintosh — the Celeron D-powered war horse and by doing so, I saved myself some cash. While everyone’s running to buy the wireless Time Capsule device, I only have one machine i really need to back up and that’s my HackBook Pro I use at the office. Why waste [...]
iPhone Just Not Good Enough 2008-07-26 15:27:34 The first 3G iPhone
has arrived, but for a mobile power user like myself, is the iPhone really going to cut it? I don’t think so. While I love the look and feel of the “Steve Phone,” there’s something seriously missing from these devices. I live and use my smartphone in the United States, where [...] Read more:Enough
Alternative To “Sleep Trick” On Intel GMAX3100 2008-07-24 08:35:58 A lot of us on laptops using Intel
’s onboard GMAX3100 are having to do something called the “sleep trick” to get our screens to display Mac OS X after you boot or reboot. The most common way to perform this trick is to set a hot corner (Expose) to “Sleep
Display” and blindly move your [...] Read more:Alternative
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iTunes 8, QuickTime, “Let’s Rock!” 2008-09-09 20:26:42 Apple kicked off its “Let’s Rock” iTunes
event this morning out on the west coast. For those of you looking to upgrade to the latest versions of iTunes and QuickTime
released after the event — go right ahead! For anyone running Mac OS X using my tutorial, please be aware that once you reboot from [...]
I Don’t Eat Spam For Breakfast… 2008-09-04 15:40:56 I’m sick and tired of all the useless non-sense that goes into blog comment spam. I know it’s getting harder and harder to bypass all the crazy filters and steps needed to post a legitimate comment on a popular site but when does the madness stop? I’m actually a bit entertained by the useless randomness [...] Read more:Breakfast
ICQ, Where Are You? 2008-09-04 14:03:02 “Uh-oh!” That nostalgic little sound notifiying you of an instant message used to come out of the speakers of almost every computer online. However lately, these speakers are pouring out a different tune. What happened? I started using ICQ
back in 1997 when I heard about it from a friend who asked me what my [...]
Google Chrome For Mac (Doesn’t Suck Balls) 2008-09-03 16:43:46 Google recently introduced its own web browser, which in my opinion is nothing more than a glorified toolbar. While it isn’t really available for Mac, they’ve enticed us with the Google Chrome
icon over default Leopard wallpaper. It looks like it’s in the works, but how does it work?
Wanting to dive into the action myself, [...] Read more:Google
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Block Any Caller From Your Cell Phone 2008-10-01 11:24:25 There you are rushing around juggling meetings and confrence calls and all of sudden a number pops up that’s not in your Address Book. Maybe it’s the Boss calling from his new iPhone. Who knows! All you know is that you picked it up without thinking and now you’re un a heated conversation with a [...] Read more:Caller
BlackBerry Curve (8330) Brings Sexy Back 2008-09-25 15:41:39 Just ignore all the shit I talked previously about my BlackBerry
[Pearl]. This is the one! Big, bad, and oh-so sexy. The BlackBerry Curve
8330 features high speed EvDO data, fully unlocked GPS with Google Maps and BB Maps, camera, video, full keyboard, huge screen, and the best part: Over 10 days of standby and [...]
I’m A PC And… WTF? 2008-09-19 13:42:20 Microsoft’s newest rounds of ads directly target Apple’s highly succesful “Get A Mac” ads. He’s back. Yep, your old friend PC. But wait! Hey… that’s not the “real” PC! You guessed it. Microsoft has a PC look-alike sporting the latest rounds of the $300M budget Bill Gates Co. has shelled out to let people know [...]
Leopard Wallpaper In Your Flavor 2008-09-18 10:53:58 Don’t get me wrong — I love Leopard
, but after looking at the same “space,” I can only take so much. By popular demand and to give those people stuck on the “Blue Leopard” Server wallpaper, here is my version of the Leopard Wallpaper In Your Flavor
in 8 different colors for your 1280×800 viewing [...]
Your Own HackBook Pro Banner 2008-09-17 13:25:02 Show your love for all things Apple with your own signature banner. Well, it’s mine but I’m nice enough to let you use it. If you look closely, you can even spot one of my previous Leopard screenshots inside the Dell Inspiron. This unique graphic coupled with the infamous Mac Button and Apple Wallpaper, who [...] Read more:Banner
Upgrade Your Hackintosh To Mac OS X 10.5.5! 2008-09-15 17:01:48 Get ready to unleash the fury of your inner Leopard with one of Apple’s biggest updates, Mac OS X 10.5.5. Weighing in at 321MB (Cool, huh?), there are dozens of bug fixes and additions to make this a real “worth while” update for your fully licensed official Mac or your Hack. You may start the [...]
Google Now #1 And #2 Spot 2008-10-14 14:53:19 Recently statitics show that Google
isn’t just the #1 search engine on the Internet, but also… #2? That’s right! YouTube, owned and operated by Google has surpassed once king of the search engines, Yahoo!, to become the #2 search engine on the Internet.
I never thought I’d live to see this day.
Powerful People That Use A Mac 2008-11-10 13:30:15 There are a bunch of websites all over the Internet that show Hollywood stars and studios that are powered by Apple’s computers, but what about the real powerful people? No, I’m not talking about Harrison Ford. I’m talking about “Gazillionaires,” Presidents, and Kings. The real movers and shakers.
I’ve come up with a list of very [...]
Why Is Internet Explorer Still Popular? 2008-11-07 08:06:39 The Internet
has progressed a lot in the past 10 years. The only thing that hasn’t changed is the #1 web browser which Microsoft’s Internet Explorer
still holds strong after all these years. Granted the “IE Bus” has lost its way, it’s still on the right track even with slipping ground. Back in the end [...] Read more:Internet Explorer
Working Ethernet (Wired) For All HackBooks 2008-11-06 10:08:14 At the office I expierence a lot of wireless frustration. Mainly due to the fact that we’re running on less than ideal home equipment ($29 Netgear Router), but moreso the layout of the building and massive amount of other wireless signals in the area. I probably “lag” or disconnect from our wireless hotspot at least [...] Read more:Wired
Pulled Over Twice In A Row 2008-11-02 19:48:48 Earlier today my Wife and I were driving around looking for something to eat for dinner when we were pulled over. The female officer explained that she pulled us over for a bad taillight. She ran my name, checked insurance, etc., and sent us on our way after explaining just how much a “Fix It” [...] Read more:Twice
Cheap Blu-Ray Players Have Arrived 2008-10-24 09:02:10 Finally there’s a Blu-Ray player that I might actually buy. And it’s not because I’m a big high definiation fan with a 126″ Mondo Plasma TV — I’m just cheap, OK? I remember when a DVD title used to require you to dig up Benjamin Franklin’s grave. Anyway, Amazin.com has the Sylvania NB500SL9 going for [...] Read more:Cheap
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