Category: Software
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Gadget Links: Running Amok Edition
Reading Time: 2 minutesHow to Eat Healthily at Top Chain Restaurants on Lifehacker: “The food experts at Health magazine have scoured the menus at popular restaurant chains in search of the healthiest foods on the menu, rounding up several healthy menu options at otherwise unhealthy chains.” They found reasonably healthy choices at Denny’s, Ruby Tuesday,…
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Remote Buddy Makes Your iPhone and iPod Touch an Ajax-Based Remote for Mac Content
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen I bought my MacBook Pro at the end of February, it was one of the first Macs shipped that didn’t include the Apple Remote. This meant that I would have to buy one for $30 at the Apple Store or less if I shopped around. Remote Buddy iPhone Interface: one of…
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Looking for a Way to Automatically Secure My MacBook Pro
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn our trip to Buffalo this weekend, Kathleen, Jimmy, and I stayed in two Marriott properties that had public WiFi networks. The thing I didn’t like about them is that they are wide open networks which means anyone can join and do pretty much anything they want locally. I have my MacBook…
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Apple Gets Big Bang for Its R&D Buck
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Wall Street Journal Business Technology Blog reports that Apple spent $844 million on research and development in 2007, significantly less than competitors Microsoft, IBM, H-P, Sun, and AMD. This is interesting because everybody and their brother has been touting Apple as a uniquely innovative company. I think Apple succeeds so…
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Apple’s Quarterly Earnings Up 36% On Strength in Mac Sales
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI was one of the people who bought a Mac in the fiscal quarter that ended March 29. The last time I bought a Mac for myself was over 10 years ago. I guess wasn’t alone, because The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple’s quarterly earnings rose 36 percent, largely on…
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Article Explains Why the Mac Platform is Growing at the Expense of Windows
Reading Time: 2 minutesArs Technica published a terrific article by Peter Bright that illustrates why the Mac platform is growing at the expense of Windows. According to the article: Windows is dying, Windows applications suck, and Microsoft is too blinkered to fix any of it—that’s the argument. The truth is that Windows is hampered by…
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Tax Day Finding: Safari Not Supported By Some Important Tax Authorities and Service Providers
Reading Time: 3 minutesToday is April 15, a date that quite a few different tax authorities in the United States have picked as the deadline for filing annual tax returns. I had to file several returns today, including: U.S. Federal Income Tax for my wife and me Pennsylvania State Income Tax for my wife and…
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How to Create iPhone Ringtones from TV Show Soundtracks Using Audio Hijack Pro and GarageBand ’08
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe other day I was looking forward to watching NHL playoff games, and started thinking about how much fun it would be to watch Hockey Night in Canada on the CBC instead of Versus. I went over to CBC.ca and watched the HNIC Playoff Preview Show on the CBC Sports Video Player.…