Archive | March, 2009

A New 17-inch iMac?

March 21st, 2009

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Apple may be about to introduce a new iMac. This image from Apple’s eNews publication talks about a new 17-inch iMac starting at $899: It may only be for schools, however. What do you think? Would you buy one? [via Gizmodo] Update: Turns out the “new” iMac is actually the old polycarbonate 17-incher from 2007 […]

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QE/CI support for 1440×900 resolution screens

March 20th, 2009

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Thanks goes out to Osmac for his find and Gbonilla for his original post ***Just note that these drivers are for people whos computer shipped with a native resolution of 1440×900 and now they don’t have QE/CI support. It is not for anyone else who wants to add 1440×900 to their list of supported solutions […]

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Apple Conned out of 9000 iPod Shuffles

March 20th, 2009

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In Michigan, an iPod repairman named Nicholas Woodhams manipulated Apple’s warranty system by guessing at iPod serial numbers and using defunct credit cards to score 9,075 free iPod Shuffles from Apple, who was predictably pissed and filed a lawsuit against him last July. The government has also filed federal charges against him and wants to […]

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Backing Up Your Data; The Where, Why, and How

March 20th, 2009

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An Accidental Stroke of Brilliance

March 19th, 2009

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Today, when I left my newly installed and configured HackBook (running XxX 10.5.6) downstairs for awhile, the display went to sleep. I thought nothing of it of course. I closed the lid and took it upstairs. When I opened the lid, it gave me the boot prompt. “Strange,” I thought, and when I pressed enter […]

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