Category: Software
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Safari on iPhone Really Intercepts Calls to Google Maps
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile I was reading O’Reilly Radar, I noticed the article by Artur Bergman that discusses some of the developments at the iPhoneDevCamp over last weekend. The most interesting part of that article for me was the discussion of Safari’s handling of calls to Google Maps: Most offensive is, however, Apple’s claim to…
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The iPhone Does Multitasking
Reading Time: 2 minutesBack on January 10, I asked Is OS X the Key Component of the Apple iPhone? The first point I made in that article was about multitasking: Elegantly-implemented multitasking on a handheld device: Windows Mobile handhelds have this capability already, but none devices I’ve seen have a UI that comes close to…
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“Getting Finances Done” Provides Excellent Comparison of DIY Electronic Tax Preparation Alternatives
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSignal vs. Noise pointed out a terrific comparison of cost of various methods of do-it-yourself electronic tax preparation. This article is excellent because it attempts to compare the so-called out the door price of doing your state and federal taxes. Out the door pricing is defined as the total cost of…
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LeTour 2006 Version 2.0 Adds Rider and Team Lists, Fixes Treo Problems
Reading Time: 2 minutesDeepweb has fixed problems in LeTour 2006 that made it incompatible with the Treo 650 and 700p Datebook. [ Image: Deepweb Internet Solutions ] Our friend Ad de Vries and his coworkers at Deepweb in The Netherlands have released Version 2.0 of LeTour 2006. The major new feature of this release is the inclusion…
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Dutch Developer Releases PalmOS-based Guide to the 2006 Tour de France
Reading Time: 2 minutesDeepweb has released LeTour 2006 to help Palm users follow the 2006 Tour de France. [ Image: Deepweb Internet Solutions ] Frank Steele at TDFblog.com recently pointed out that Deepweb has published Le Tour 2006 a PalmOS application that provides stage profiles and distances, as well as intermediate Sprint and King-of-the-Mountains points. An update…
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Newsforge Article Gives Thunderbird Productivity Tips
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLifehacker pointed out a great article on NewsForge.com that gives tips on how to get the most out of Mozilla Thunderbird. Thunderbird is the email client I use everyday. I’ve already taken the suggestion of creating a Smart Folder to filter server status messages out of my main IMAP mailbox. This…
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Apple Mail Recommended as a Replacement for Eudora 6 on Intel-based Macs
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMartin O’Donnell is the proud owner of a new MacBook Pro. He reports that Apple Mail, part of Mac OS X Tiger is a significant improvement over Eudora 6, the latest version available for the Mac. Martin writes: I’ve been using Apple Mail 2.0.8 for about 10 days now, and I’ve…
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Further Discussion of Firefox Memory Usage Problems
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast week, CyberNet Technology News published a useful article called Reducing Your Memory Usage In Firefox that lists a number of Firefox extensions that apparently leak memory. The article includes links to Bugzilla reports for many of the memory leaks in question, which may make some people more confident about the…
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Boot Camp Should Be the First Step Toward Windows Virtualization on Intel-Based Macs
Reading Time: 2 minutesI was thrilled to see that Apple introduced Boot Camp yesterday. Boot Camp is a free-standing add-on to the next release of Mac OS X that gives Intel-based Apple Macintosh computers dual boot capability. All you need to do to run Microsoft Windows on the same machine is to install your own…