News: “iPhone, Firefox, Safari, IE8 Hacked at Pwn2Own Contest”

Posted: March 24th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , | No Comments »

iPhone, Firefox, Safari, IE8 Hacked at Pwn2Own Contest on Mashable!
Topics: MacBook, MacBook Pro, Safari

The annual Pwn2Own contest at the CanSecWest security show in Vancouver gives hackers and security experts a chance to demonstrate their ability and try to breach the security of various devices and software, and boy, were they successful this…


News: “TUAW Bookshelf: Final Cut Pro 7 Quick-Reference Guide”

Posted: March 22nd, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , | No Comments »

TUAW Bookshelf: Final Cut Pro 7 Quick-Reference Guide on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
Topics: MacBook, MacBook Pro, Safari

Filed under: Reviews , Books , TUAW Bookshelf When it comes to software reference books, there are three major varieties — the detailed soup-to-nuts books that try to tell you everything and weigh about ten pounds, the “dummies” type that are…


News: “David Humphrey: Understanding the cost of arrays with canvas”

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

David Humphrey: Understanding the cost of arrays with canvas on Planet Mozilla
Topics: Mac OS X, MacBook, MacBook Pro, Safari

Yesterday, Daniel and I spent a bunch of time optimizing his patch to add PImage to processing.js .  One of the many things it allows you to do is operate on the pixels of an image “off screen,” then draw all or some of the resulting image. …


News: “MacBook All-In-One for Dummies Edition 2009 Retail Ebook-ATTiCA”

Posted: March 17th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

MacBook All-In-One for Dummies Edition 2009 Retail Ebook-ATTiCA on ebookshare
Topics: AirPort, IChat, IDisk, ILife, IWork, Mac OS X, MacBook, Mail, Safari, Time Machine

With a MacBook, you can work and play anywhere. With 9 books in 1, MacBook All-in-one for Dummies shows you how! You’ll find coverage of: Getting started — choose the MacBook that suits your needs, set it up, customize your preferences, and…


News: “A look at the framework of Apple’s iPad ad”

Posted: March 8th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , | No Comments »

A look at the framework of Apple’s iPad ad on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
Topics: IBook, Safari

Filed under: iPad The iPad , like the iPhone , used the Oscars to make its ad debut . As is typical with an Apple ad, the iPad’s ad featured a montage of different uses for the device, all while set to the backdrop of a catchy tune. In…


News: “Apple: It is all about the UI and the User Experience”

Posted: February 26th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , | No Comments »

Apple: It is all about the UI and the User Experience on Asus Eee News, Mods, and Hacks
Topics: MacBook, MacBook Pro, Safari

Something there must be about Apple products that makes old jaded techno hearts like mine skip a beat or two. Where the Kindle and the Nook both merited half-serious considerations in recent months while I searched for an cost-effective ebook reader,…


News: “5 tips for switchers”

Posted: February 23rd, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , | No Comments »

5 tips for switchers on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
Topics: Mac OS X, Mac OS X v10.5, MacBook Pro, IBook, PowerBook G4, MacBook, Safari, System Preferences

Filed under: Switchers, Tips and tricks Every now and then I’ll have an “I never knew about that” moment as I come across a setting or nuance in Mac OS X that I never realized existed. Take, for instance, character viewer, which allows you to display…


News: “Ask TUAW: Key remapping in Boot Camp, iPad tethering, file-sharing with a media extender, and more”

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

Ask TUAW: Key remapping in Boot Camp, iPad tethering, file-sharing with a media extender, and more on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
Topics: Mac OS X, Boot Camp, MacBook, AirPort, Safari, Automator

Filed under: Features, Troubleshooting, Ask TUAWWelcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we deal with some technical issues on our production Mac before turning to questions about Windows key remapping in Boot…


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: “How Unique Is A Unique Visitor?”

Posted: February 17th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , | No Comments »

How Unique Is A Unique Visitor? on A VC
Topics: MacBook Pro, MacBook, Safari

I access the web each day from at least seven browsers;  Chrome on my macbook pro,  Firefox on my macbook pro,  Chrome on my windows desktop in the office,  Firefox on our “kitchen laptop”,  Safari on our “kitchen…