News: “iPad 101: Reserve an iPad from outside the US”

Posted: March 12th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , | No Comments »

iPad 101: Reserve an iPad from outside the US on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
Topics: IBook, ITunes

Filed under: iPad If you’re living in Canada or Mexico — but close enough to the border to make a trip to a US Apple Store — Clean My Screen has posted instructions for reserving an iPad outside of the US . There are 23 steps in the guide, but…


News: “Plastic Logic Delays Que E-Reader”

Posted: March 12th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , | No Comments »

Plastic Logic Delays Que E-Reader on Wired: Gadget Lab
Topics: IBook, ITunes

Plastic Logic, which was set to ship its large screen Que e-reader in April, is now delaying it to “sometime this summer.” The company sent notifications to pre-order customers late Thursday afternoon announcing the delay and saying it…


News: “Some things we may not see again from Apple”

Posted: March 1st, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

Some things we may not see again from Apple on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
Topics: IBook, IDisk, ILife, ITunes

Filed under: Apple History Conan O’Brien once had a recurring segment on Late Night called “Guests We Won’t Have Back,” during which he would look back at guests (who were fake) that he regretted having on the show. There was bug expert…


News: “Experiences moving to a Debian 1U server”

Posted: February 21st, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , | No Comments »

Experiences moving to a Debian 1U server on Debian-News.net – Your one stop for news about Debian
Topics: MacBook Pro, MacBook, ITunes

I decided to go with a standardized server rack so that I could locate my (future) switches, servers and other components in one place – namely a closet. I’ve ordered a 13U table top/wall relay rack from Primespec, More here Debian stable was the…


News: “Apple Secures Nifty Near-Field Wireless Patent for iPhones”

Posted: February 19th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , | No Comments »

Apple Secures Nifty Near-Field Wireless Patent for iPhones on Fast Company
Topics: ITunes, MacBook

A recently revealed patent suggests Apple has exciting plans for its future iPhones and laptops centering on near-field communications. Soon just popping your iPhone near a MacBook may enable wireless syncing. And that’s just the start. Near-field…


News: “Ghana: African programmers developing games for iPhone”

Posted: February 19th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , | No Comments »

Ghana: African programmers developing games for iPhone on Global Voices Online
Topics: ITunes, Safari, MacBook

Programmers, Eyram Akorfa Tawiah from Ghana and Wesley Kirinya from Kenya are co-founders of Leti Games, a Ghanaian start-up building games for the iPhone and other gaming platforms. Their names would soon become a household one soon after their…


News: “iBooks To Have FairPlay DRM: Report”

Posted: February 15th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , | No Comments »

iBooks To Have FairPlay DRM: Report on HotHardware.com News Rss Feed
Topics: FairPlay, IBook, ITunes

In what should surprise few, Apple will sell e-books in its iBook store wrapped in its FairPlay digital rights management (DRM, copy protection) technology, according to unnamed sources speaking to the L.A. Times. Consumers may recall that Apple…


News: “Weekend Update 02.13.10 – The Hot Mess Edition”

Posted: February 13th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , | No Comments »

Weekend Update 02.13.10 – The Hot Mess Edition on Digital Daily
Topics: ITunes, MacBook Pro, MacBook

Rogue waves aren’t completely unheard of during surfing competitions in Northern California, but a foot of snow in Dallas? About as likely as Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz grilling ATD’s Kara Swisher in front of a packed auditorium. All right, it…


News: “Macworld 2010: Hands-on with Algoriddim’s djay 3″

Posted: February 13th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , | No Comments »

Macworld 2010: Hands-on with Algoriddim’s djay 3 on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
Topics: ITunes, MacBook Pro, MacBook

Filed under: Macworld, Hardware, iTunes, Music DJ software tends to be hit or miss — the ability to make a music player match beats on songs, even with different tempos, has been around for a while. For most software designed to allow you to mix and…


News: “Apple’s top 10 issues: AT&T, the App Store, and … computers?”

Posted: February 12th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

Apple’s top 10 issues: AT&T, the App Store, and … computers? on VentureBeat
Topics: IDisk, ITunes, MacBook Pro, MacBook

John Gruber, author of popular Apple-focused blog Daring Fireball, just finished his presentation at the MacWorld conference in San Francisco, where he walked through what he sees as Apple’s top 10 issues. Many items should be familiar to…