May 12 2008
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PC World: Microsoft to Limit Capabilities of Cheap Laptops
Oh, this is the way to win users over from Linux for ultra-low cost PCs: limit computers to 1GB RAM and a 1GHz single-core CPU. For Windows XP.
May 09 2008
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Is This Microsoft-NBC ‘Copyright Cop’ Thing Bullshit or What?
Gruber: What in the world is this Microsoft-NBC deal about copyright? Does it even make any sense? … No.
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Public Service Announcement
I had a moment of panic tonight: I had just installed a couple of system updates, which I’d been holding out on for a while, and then rebooted. The system hung while I was waiting for the login window to load.
The first thought that ran through my head was, “Oh, God, and my backups haven’t been working lately…”
I use SuperDuper. It’s a wonderful program, but it has one weird bug. For some reason, occasionally, it will stop acknowledging that my backup drive exists. Then, until I get around to fixing the problem, every morning at 4 a.m. the scheduled backup window pops up but never does anything. It has been doing this for about the last two weeks, and I’ve been dragging my feet on fixing it.
So you can imagine that I lost my mind when I couldn’t log in. I panicked, plain and simple. Where am I going to get those files for a freelance project from? Can I recreate it? Have I really lost that many photos? Et cetera, et cetera.
It turned out to be nothing, but consider this your PSA for the day: Always make backups.
May 07 2008
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Regarding the iPhone Keyboard
John Gruber finds what’s been on my mind lately, as I shop for a new phone: Is the BlackBerry keyboard really better than the iPhone’s soft-keyboard?
May 06 2008
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Daring Fireball: Subsidize This
Short John Gruber: “Tech analysts don’t get it.” Longer: “Apple is not going to discount the iPhone as long as they make money hand over fist with it now.”
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Thank You for Not Playing: Microsoft Expires DRMed Music
TidBITS’ Glenn Fleishmann on Microsoft’s chintzy move to expire its DRMed music from MSN Music Store. It won’t be playable anymore. Meanwhile, the iTunes Music Store marches on.
May 01 2008
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Macworld- A Time Machine trip to the mid-'90s
Jason Snell dug up some old screen shots from Copland, the OS 8 that never was. Lo and behold, he found some very interesting details, like early hints of Time Machine and Spotlight. It’s worth a…
Apr 29 2008
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Dell to Offer Windows XP Beyond June 30 Cutoff
PC World says Dell will continue to sell Windows XP after the cut-off date when MS isn’t supposed to. They’re going to offer what they call “downgrade” licenses. Microsoft is going to pretend that…
Apr 27 2008
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