Archive | March, 2009

Top Most Pirated Movies Online

March 16th, 2009

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It seems even movie pirates are vampire romance geeks with no life as Twilight, the movie based on the popular book series, is still going strong as the #1 most pirated movie online based on the top BitTorrent trackers and number of people downloading/sharing the film. Who said teenage girls don’t date vampires with bad […]

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New iPod Shuffle is a Cruel Joke

March 16th, 2009

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When Apple’s new iPod Shuffle hit, it hit like a ton of bricks. A ton of bricks on everyone who enjoys using their iPod. Apple’s war on buttons has gone too far with this latest slight on usability: moving all the controls to the headphones. I don’t know about you, but I like controlling my […]

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SD Card Reader Working On HackBooks

March 15th, 2009

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Thanks to Thomas Piccirello for pointing this out, and for Genaro Bonilla’s original article. Close, but no cigar. Until now. I’m sure you, like me, have been going around in circles replacing IOSDHCIBlockDevice.kext with different versions in hopes of the card reader coming to life. It turns out you need two kexts: IOSDHCIBlockDevice.kext and IOPCIFamily.kext. […]

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Apple Logo as a Second Monitor

March 14th, 2009

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Mac modder, Eddie Zarick, has taken the Apple logo on his black MacBook and transformed it into a second monitor. He hasn’t said how he did it yet, but there’s a tutorial section on his blog where he’ll be posting it soon, hopefully. For now, you can watch the video and be amazed as that […]

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Defunct Websites & Dot-Com Disasters

March 14th, 2009

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In the world of mega websites with stupid names like Twitter, Flickr and Facebook, it’s easy to forget that there was once a time when these ultra popular staples of an Internet generation didn’t exist. Before torrents, before MySpace, and long before an iPhone, you could still get your free music, catch some free flicks […]

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