Archive for category Asides

Is Skype on iPhone Illegal in the UK ?

Posted by Scott in Asides on March 30, 2009

ITProPortal has an interesting post about the newly released Skype app for iPhones and whether it is illegal to use in UK under current O2 terms and conditions. See this article for the full update.

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iMovie 8.0.1 Update Undocumented Features

Posted by Scott in Asides on March 30, 2009

According to TheAppleBlog the recent update to iMovie introduces more than just bug fixes, see this article for the full information.

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Yet More Apple Netbook Rumours

Posted by Scott in Apple, Asides, Rumours on March 20, 2009

Engadget.com have another report of possible relevance to Apple netbook rumours. They claim in this article that Apple have struck a deal with LG to supply 10″ OLED displays for the forthcoming netbook. To be fair Engadget do comment that the source of this report may well not be the most reliable and to read this for what it is, just another rumour….

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Gates Vs Jobs – Funny Video

Posted by Scott in Asides, Funnies on March 9, 2009

Hot on the heals of Melinda Gates Dirty Secret Video comes this hilarious spoof cartoon video of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs doing battle. Excellent stuff.


Gates Vs. Jobs Very Funny – More amazing videos are a click away

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Melinda Gates Spoof Video – Dirty Secrets

Posted by Scott in Asides, Funnies on March 6, 2009

This video from Funny or Die is hilarious, very well thought out.

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Forthcoming Fix for Adobe Air Shift-Space Problem

Posted by Scott in Asides, OSX Apps on February 8, 2009

According to DestroyToday the bug in Adobe Air which prevents spaces from appearing if you type Shift-Space will be fixed in the next release, though currently there is no timeframe for this new version.

I will be glad to see this fix as I use DestroyTwitter Twitter client which runs under Adobe Air and I am really fed up of sending Tweets with missing spaces…

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Windows 7 Performance Tested on Mac Virtualization Apps

Posted by Scott in Asides, OSX Apps on February 8, 2009

Techbuzzwords.com have an interesting comparison of the performance of Windows 7 running on VMWare Fusion, Parallels and VirtualBox.

If you want to know which product is speediest ( at least at the moment ) this is a useful review. You should bear in mind however that Parallels and VMware have played leapfrog since first releasing their Mac solutions, overtaking each other with each new release ( competition in this case is delivering better products for the community )

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New Free iPhone Ringtones at MacMost.com

Posted by Scott in Apple, Asides, iPhone on October 21, 2008

Gary Rosenzweig has just posted a bunch of new free iPhone ringtones over at MacMost.com.

Check them out now !

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Apples Quarterly Earnings Statement

Posted by Scott in Apple, Asides on October 21, 2008

Here are some of the interesting facts and figures from todays conference call by Steve Jobs following Apples quarterly earnings report :-

  • The iPhone App Store will ship its 200,000,000th application tomorrow
  • The milestone of 10 million iPhones in 2008 has already been surpassed and there is still the Xmas rush to go !
  • Apple now the worlds 3rd largest producer of mobile phones
  • This quarter Apple sold 11 million iPods, 6.8 million iPhones and 2.6 million iMacs
  • Quote “as far as we can tell there aren’t a lot of netbook computers being sold” ( Steve Jobs )

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    Lets Rock Keynote Available To View

    Posted by Scott in Asides on September 9, 2008

    Todays Keynote by Apple is now available to view at http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/0809dt4bs89/event/index.html

    Enjoy

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