Июль 2008

Apple sells one million iPhone 3Gs in first weekend

16.07.2008

On Sunday, Apple sold its one millionth iPhone 3G, the company announced today.
“iPhone 3G had a stunning opening weekend,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “It took 74 days to sell the first one million original iPhones, so the new iPhone 3G is clearly off to a great start around the world.”

Monitoring network performance with GNetWatch

16.07.2008

Avoid latency while editing remote files using bcvi

16.07.2008

Dark Horse Comics: Secret Mac Superpowers

16.07.2008

Dark Horse Comics has published comics and graphic novels for more than 20 years. And for most of its superpowered history, the Mac has played a key role. Thanks to a network of nearly 150 Macs, Dark Horse publishes 30 or more comics and graphic novels a month. And the Mac has helped Dark Horse expand into film and television, producing blockbusters from 1994’s The Mask to this summer’s Hellboy II.

Benchmarking hardware RAID vs. Linux kernel software RAID

16.07.2008

Facebook for Palm OS Review

16.07.2008

Palm Facebook App ReviewWho likes a bandwagon? The technology industry, for one. It just loves bandwagons! Especially online bandwagons. If there’s one thing you can be assured of, it’s that shortly after a popular idea floats to the surface of the fetid cesspool that is the Internet it will attract a mob of hangers-on, desperate to lift themselves out of the stinking mire. Thus the proliferation of “Digg this!” widgets, the virus-like spread of Google Maps onto every mobile on the planet and the access to eBay from anything more advanced than a sundial. Everyone wants a piece of the action. Preferably before someone else has chewed on it.

The biggest tech bandwagon of recent years has been social networking. Even if you don’t use Facebook or MySpace, you’ve probably heard of them. Facebook is such a glamorous-looking bandwagon Microsoft paid $240 million to get a tiny little space on it. Now it’s Palm’s turn to try and muscle their way on board, with the release of their new Facebook for Palm application. How does it compare to the desktop experience? Will it be enough to get them noticed amidst the swarm of competitors? Is it a clever remora fish or a nasty hookworm? Read on for PIC’s in-depth review…


Quick Tip of the Week: Setting backup options for Time Machine

16.07.2008

Time Machine makes it easy to back up everything on your Mac’s hard drive. But what if you have items you don’t want Time Machine to back up for you? Watch the latest Quick Tip of the Week to find out how you can set up Time Machine to skip files you don’t want to back up.

Italian lawyers use open source software to move online

16.07.2008

For those “oops” moments: ext3undel

16.07.2008

More than 10 million downloads from iPhone App Store in first weekend

16.07.2008

During its first weekend, iPhone and iPod touch customers downloaded more than 10 million applications from the new App Store. The groundbreaking App Store now has more than 800 native applications, including over 200 offered for free and more than 90 percent available for less than $10.