Future shock

Ok, I’ll admit it — I think the iPad is going to be a huge success. Not because it has some whiz-bang feature or gizmo that makes it better than any of the competitors. No, I think it will succeed because it’s completely different. Apple is trying to solve a problem that’s been plaguing “the [...]

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Evernote

Have you discovered Evernote yet? I’ve become very impressed with this simple catch-all for ideas, notes, events, even your favorite wine. Essentially, it can capture just about any content, including web pages, PDF files, documents, text clippings, photos, and email messages. The real power of Evernote is, at least for me, twofold:

It’s cross platform, working [...]

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The tablet’s out of the bag

So it looks like the Apple Tablet is for real, not just completely unsubstantiated collective wishful thinking from thousands of Apple fans (which can be pretty powerful in and of itself). And if the slip-up is true, we’ll have all the fun details later this week — and they do sound tantalizing.

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Finally, definitive iCal to iPhone syncing

With the iPhone OS 3.1 and later, we’ve got better options. So what is the real scoop on syncing all of our digital calendars, from Google to OS/X iCal to your holiday calendar subscription?

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Snow Leopard headache

Being the helpless technologist I am, I had to install Snow Leopard (OS/X 10.6) the day it shipped. Actually I’ve been looking forward to this release for some time — a release almost entirely focused on making the operating system more stable, faster and more compact. How novel! Of the handful of new features coming [...]

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…Sorry, my phone crashed

This problem continually occurs on my iPhone (along with the dropped call problem). All of the solutions presented here are for fiddlers. A phone is an appliance. Apple sold it to zillions because it is carefree. Download a sexy app and use it. Not go to a GENIUS BAR (puke) or reload, or reset, or fiddle, or or or.

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This is funny

No really, it’s funny — but true, too. Enjoy your PC Frank.

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Subversion of OS/X

I recently stumbled on a comparison of Version and Cornerstone, two leading Subversion clients for Mac OS/X. These are both excellent clients for SCM control, although if you use an IDE such as Eclipse or IntelliJ you probably won’t need a stand-alone SCM client. In my case, I’m more interested in accessing the code than [...]

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Notebook event

For those of you in love with the Apple notebook line, Apple is about ready to turn their attention to the next generation, as the company announced a special event being held in Cupertino on October 14 at 10:00 am. I’ve been a fervent fan of the MacBook Pro line for it’s power and developer-friendly [...]

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Precipitate

Oh, this is cool.
Precipitate lets you search for and launch the information you have stored in the cloud from within Spotlight or Google Desktop for Mac. It currently supports Google Bookmarks and Google Docs. Precipitate works by creating files on your machine that are imported by Spotlight, then periodically checking in with the server [...]

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Virus

Even though Mac OS/X has been demonstrating more problems of late (40 Mac OS X security patches this month, preceded by 90 security patches last month according to Mitchell Ashley), there have still been no significant breaches of OS/X security. Mitchell’s point is that Apple has remained too obscure a target to garner much attention [...]

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Self-charging iPod?

http://devicedaily.com/gadgets/apple-files-patent-solar-cells-for-portable-devices.html

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