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Alex is a blogger. You can find his personal blog here. You can also find him on Twitter.

iPhone OS 3.0: Are You Ready?

March 16th, 2009

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Tomorrow, March 17th, Apple is set to debut the next version of their mini edition of OS X for the iPhone and iPod Touch. With the Palm Pre’s new features promising to rival or even better those of the iPhone, how will Apple compete? What new features will they implement in 3.o? Background notifications? Video […]

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Windows 7’s Login Background to be Customizable

March 16th, 2009

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The recently leaked build of Windows 7, build 7057, has a new (and rather ugly) login background. But don’t start your Windows bashing yet, because, as Windows hacker, Rafael Rivera explains, the background is customizable without third party hacks. Yes, Microsoft, vowing to actually listen to it’s users this time, has delivered on their promise […]

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Boxee Remote for iPhone/iPod Touch

March 16th, 2009

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The good people behind Boxee, the free, cross-platform media center, have developed an app for controlling their popular application. However, it had previously only been available to jailbroken devices because Apple was taking forever to approve it. Well, the wait is over. Apple released it to the masses yesterday. I downloaded the Mac version of […]

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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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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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