I tried to jailbreak my iPhone 3G earlier. No go. Not sure why, it just looped at the Apple logo while the software, pwnage, declared happily all was well. It wasn’t well. So now what. After a google I found some easy to follow instructions on how to recover your iPhone and get it working [...]

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I have a PAX write-up to complete. I’m doing some major work on my other site, LOb, tonight; hopefully I can say that is live shortly. By shortly I mean probably Friday.
Must stop twittering so much, it takes away from blog time.
Speaking of time, the focus of my time is shifting from tinking around to [...]

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Keeping your Windows up to date? Good. What about all your applications?
Thought not.
Well your apps connect to the net as well and they’re as vulnerable as your OS. It’s time you updated them. How? I’m glad you asked, for Windows try FileHippo or Secunia.
Run the scanner and you get a list of all the apps [...]

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A spiffy mod to turn your old Powerbook into a cool new desktop tower. This is a really neat trick but somewhat beyond most people — including me.
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I knew about the memory limit in Windows XP before I went ahead and upped the memory in my Mac from 2GB to 4GB. I just knew that XP would not manage to cope with 4GB even though the limit on 32bit (standard) Windows XP is 4GB. This is because, in Microsoft’s words:
The physical address [...]

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It’s not a ‘virus’, it’s art. It causes you Macs icons and menu bar to have gravity linked to the MacBook Pro’s motion sensor. Video is below:
In the beginning were harmless computer viruses. Viruses born out of the wit of early computer adopters, viruses whose sole purpose was to surprise and amuse. A non-destructive form [...]

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Another Tuesday, another Apple update. This time it is the big guns – The MacBook and MacBook Pro.

Apple today announced long-awaited upgrades for both its MacBook and MacBook Pro portables, adding Intel’s 45 nanometer Penryn architecture for its Core 2 Duo processors. All systems now include the larger Level 2 cache, SSE4 media instructions, and [...]

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How to Protect your Laptop, MacBook or MacBook Pro
So you’ve just spent a small fortune on your new laptop? Money that could have gone toward gold plating your dog, cat or toddler. Although you missed on on the gold plating, you do have a wonderful new shiny laptop. All is well with the world – [...]

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