Archive for January, 2006

Folklore.org: Macintosh Stories: Stolen From Apple

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

Read the full article at Folklore.org

Stolen From Apple

Author:Andy Hertzfeld
Date:August 1983
Characters:
steve jobs, 
Susan Kare, 
Steve Capps, 
Andy Hertzfeld, 

the secret “Stolen From Apple” iconIn 1980, a company called Franklin Computer produced a clone of the Apple II called the Franklin Ace, designed to run the same software. They copied almost every detail of the Apple II, including all of [...]

Microsoft to Stop Developing Media Software for Mac

Sunday, January 15th, 2006

From Yahoo! News

Microsoft to Stop Developing Media Software
By ALLISON LINN, AP Business Writer

“Microsoft Corp. will stop developing a version of its Windows Media Player for Apple Computer Inc.’s Macs, and will instead offer free technology that lets people play Windows Media files using Apple’s own software.

“The company decided to stop developing the Mac version so [...]

How long does a CD / DVD last?

Sunday, January 15th, 2006

An answer to that question – and more – can be found on the excellent web site CD Freaks

“CD Freaks aims to be the main source for optical storage related information. The site is dedicated to subjects related to this technology. Certainly education of consumers is an important factor in this industry [...]

Nouveaux Mac sous Intel et Windows?

Sunday, January 15th, 2006

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“Plusieurs d’entre vous souhaitent savoir si les nouveaux Mac sur processeur Intel peuvent booter Windows ou linux x86. Nous pouvons aujourd’hui apporter un début de réponse.

“Comme nous vous l’avons dis hier, les nouveaux Mac ne possèdent pas un BIOS mais un firmware EFI beaucoup plus avancé. Or, jusqu’à aujourd’hui, les versions de Windows commercialisées [...]

Call to arm!

Friday, January 13th, 2006

Ok – if you live in the Parkdale/High Park riding, please read this: I don’t care who you vote for next election, but there has to be someone better than disingenuous money-grabbing Sam Bulte.

Mrs Bulte is NOT working for the people that elected her: She is working for the big business that gave her [...]

iTunes snared in privacy brouhaha

Friday, January 13th, 2006

It took me a few minutes to disable the Mini Store in the new version of iTune; that setting is well hidden in the prefs. I disabled it simply because it took so much valuable screen real estate (about 1/5 of the window) for a feature of marginal benefit.

Now, after reading the following article , [...]