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Vista New Features 2006-09-17 00:19:00 Here are the main new features on Windows Vista
(images from WWDC '06 Keynote).
1- the mail client and the calendar:
2- the new version of the browser:
3- instant search on the bottow left...
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Xtorrent becomes PRO 2007-03-25 15:48:00 A new update to beta 1 of Xtorrent : v36.
And, this time when you launch Xtorrent, it will ask you for an activation code (you can get one from Xtorrent.org).
One activated you'll be able to enjoy the full features of the best Torrent soft for Macintosh!
It really worths it!
WELCOME Maria 2007-03-04 00:44:00 She's a lovely girl, and I love that girl indeed.
She's a designer, and I love design.
She will take the blog to a new dimension.
Before Maria
join the blog, it was only about Macintosh.
As the designer she is, a touch of "design" will be introduced to the blog.
First the design of the blog itself, from an aqua + white background and black text we'll move to an excentric pink, grey, black and
Google’s First Production Server 2007-03-29 00:55:00 Google’s FirstProduction
Server Originally uploaded by jurvetson. ..with the hair pulled back, revealing a rack of cheap networked PCs, circa 1999. Each level has a couple of PC boards slammed in there, partially overlapping. This approach reflects a presumption of rapid obsolescence of cheap hardware, which would not need to be repaired. Several of the PCs never worked, and the system Read more:Google
Slow Motion Dashboard 2007-03-28 00:41:00 This is not a very useful trick,but i think it's very funny to try!
When using you Dashboard
,maintain the Shift button while opening or closing a widget ton slowdown the animation that takes place.
It's beautiful (but useless!). :) Read more:Motion
, Slow Motion
Wiimoting My Mac 2007-03-27 22:00:00 You may know that Nintendo's "revolutionnary" console,Wii, was launched in november 2006.
And i've noticed that generally mac users are really interested about Wii!
I think it's all about innovation and unique user interface.
So,i'm in love with my mac,i can't live without my wiimote (wii's controller)...what i'm going to do?
Wiimote my Mac thanks to DarwiinRemote!
DarwinnRemote is very simple to
Photo desktop 2007-03-27 20:50:00 Did you ever wanted to set more than one picture as your wallpaper?
Photo
desktop is a free application which helps you clutter your desktop with a lot of little photos.
It's really simple to use and offers an appreciated integration with iPhoto's albums.
All you have to do is to choose a picture,resize it,give it a name and it's done!
The result is gorgeous!Isn't it?
You can find it here
PC User's Freedom (for Aroua) 2007-03-27 20:32:00 PC and Macs are different. Some say PC's are better, some other knows that Mac is better ;)
But great softs remains great softs.
Here is a list for a good friend of mine (PC User) and for all the PC users of the best application to have for their Windows based computers (non M$ applications /most of them are available for Mac OS too).
INTERNET:
* Internet Browser: Mozilla Firefox *
* Multi Read more:Freedom
Apple's 4th Q Sales 2006-10-21 00:33:00 Apple this week reported 4th quarter earnings of $546 million in net profit on $4.84 billion in revenue, along with stellar sales of 1.61 million Macs and 8.729 million iPods. The sales of Apple’s Macintosh computers represented a 30% increase over the same period last year, and pushed Apple to an estimated 6.1% market share in America (Gartner).
Analysts report that the return of the Mac is now Read more:Apple
, Sales
Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance 2007-03-30 03:45:00 TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Repair Disk Permissions
2. Run RoutineMaintenance
Scripts
3. Clear Caches
4. Repair And Back Up Preferences
5. Do A File System Check And Repair Disk
6. Defragment A Hard Drive That Is Low On Free Contiguous Space
7. Check S.M.A.R.T. Status
8. Clear Your Desktop
9. Reset Safari
10.Rebuild Spotlight's Database
By Randy B. Singer
read more | digg story Read more:Macintosh
Mariah & her Macs 2007-03-30 01:17:00 The biggest selling female artist of all time...is a Mac-user!
A fabulous voice, a great laptop..hum such a harmony!
So here's Mariah
with her PowerBook:
And here's a photo of her in her birthday's party:
And here's a video of her talking to her Tunisian fans:
I love her so much!
Visual DNA 2007-03-30 00:30:00 It's a cool site Kal discovered she put hers on her blog. It's called Visual
DNA, you can get yours at DNA Imagini.
Here's the result for me:
Read my VisualDNA™ Read more:Visual DNA
Steve Jobs VS. Bill Gates 2007-03-30 00:13:00 Found this funny video on a friend's blog (kaleid - beautiful shape). I couldn't resist not to upload it on the blog.
Thanks Kal :p Read more:Steve
, Gates
, Steve Jobs
, Bill Gates
Joshua Davis 2007-03-29 22:50:00 Joshua Davis
is a New York based artist, designer, and technologist.
Hes one of my favorites designer, very creative in my opinion.
He spreads his time among working with clients, travelling the world speaking at conferences and workshops about his insipirations and motivations, building his own creative projects, and teaching as a professor at the School of Visual Arts in New York Read more:Joshua
Apple puts page up for Photoshop CS3... 2007-03-29 15:08:00 Apple has put up a page just for Photoshop
CS3. It includes all of the features of the new release and options to order the new software.read more | digg story Read more:Apple
Hannah Stouffer 2007-03-31 16:34:00 Hannah Stouffer is like the Baudelairian flaneur* of the French boulevards in her own private world. With an authentic passion for the imagery that informs her reality, Stouffer cites both Monster Truck rallies and Parisian wallpaper among the visual panorama that inspires her to actualize what goes on in her mind’s eye. Reared in the wild kingdoms of North America by her wildlife filmmaking Read more:Hannah
George Lucas & The Mac 2007-03-31 00:28:00 George Walton Lucas
, Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is a four-time Academy Award nominated American film director, producer, and screenwriter famous for his epic Star Wars saga and Indiana Jones films - the latter a collaboration with his friend Steven Spielberg. He is one of American film industry's most financially successful independent directors and producers.
And of course, Star Wars Episode 1,2 Read more:George
Share a Win XP PC Internet Connection 2007-03-30 22:59:00 This is how to share an Internet
connection from a Windows PC (as a host) to a Mac computer (as the client).
On the Mac (Mac OS X and a wireless NIC):
* Go to preference, Network and select airport.
* Click on Create Network. A dialog called Computer-to-Computer should pop-up.
* Set name to ICS and Click OK.
* Open System Preferences, Click the Network icon, select AirPort from the Show Menu Read more:Share
, Internet Connection
Sexy Nano 2006-11-28 05:49:00 A very original way to "wear" your iPod Nano: