The long awaited Mac OS X 10.4.3 Update was released just moments ago. It weighs in at 97 MB in total size. For details on the update go here: http://www.macrumors.com/c.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.info.apple.com%2Fkbnum%2Fn301984 The areas where Mac OS X have been improved: – AFP, SMB/CIFS, NFS and FTP network file services – AirPort and Bluetooth wireless access – Core Graphics, Core Audio, Core Image, and RAW camera support – disc recording when creating and burning media – .Mac sync services – Spotlight indexing and searching – Dashboard widgets: Dictionary, Flight Tracker, Stickies, and Unit Converter – Address Book, AppleScript, Automator, Dictionary, Font Book, iCal, iSync, Mail, and Safari applications – Disk Utility, Keychain Read more »

The end of 2005 is near, and now that most of the big technology products are out for the holidays, (except for the Xbox 360), it’s time to look back at the technology that has emerged in 2005. Podcasting and Blogs The two most important advances in technology this year were the new ways of communicating information. Now, I know blogs and podcasting have been around for a few years now, but it was not until this year that they began to become popular. I’ll start off talking about blogs. Blogs have really begun to explode in popularity, a new blog is created every second according to Technorati. Many people Read more »

For those that don’t know smashmyipod.com is a web site created by a bunch of guys with one single purpose, as quoted: After we collect $400 in donations, we will take that money to a local Apple Store. We will purchase the iPod, open it right inside the store, and destroy it right on the spot. The whole thing will be shot on film, and displayed on this site. This is only a social experiment, for the entertainment of the donors, and visitors of this site. There’s only two sides to take here, you either love it or hate it. I think I’m the “love it” side since I find Read more »

The following link doesn’t really need an introduction, it’s just a bunch of pictures (56k’ers beware) of a guy in a Storm Trooper costume walking around in Akihabara in normal, however funny, situations due to his costume. Here’s one of the most memorable pictures: Read more »

One of the biggest flaws with gadget or computer review entities is that they very rarely consider the durability of an object in their reviews. I’m not saying they should throw the gadgets around, but at least use them for a while, do exhaustive testing with it, try it under various environments. This article is about some of my gadgets and how they work (or not) a year after purchasing them. Read more »

You may have read about how business are blocking blogs from workplaces. Well this is even worse. A Catholic school in Sparta, New Jersey called Pope John XXIII Regional High School has told their students that they may no longer have personal blogs. This was made clear to the students and their parents at a recent assembly. The reverend’s excuse for doing this was that he was protecting students from sexual predators. The obvious question is how is it any of his business what the students do in their personal lives? Another reason why the school decided to create this rule is because some students had posted derogatory comments about Read more »

You read it right, it seems that Humma Kavula, creator of the very famous Fastloader / UMD Emulator has decided to abandon the PSP Scene just when 2.0 homebrew started to appear. There is no word yet if he will release the source code for his programs for someone to continue but his departure will surely deliver a heavy blow for the PSP Scene. Fair winds Humma, I and the PSP scene will sure miss you. Read more »

According to ZDNet, Microsoft plans to make Office 13 completely web-based. Microsoft is leaping into hosted applications big time. InformationWeek reports that Microsoft plans to offer hosted implementations of SharePoint, CRM and ERP applications. But the best quote in that article was left till last. A “Microsoft insider” was asked which other products and services Microsoft would host and the reply was: “Everything. Hosted Office. Everything hosted.” Read more »

The new Slashdot, Digg, has apparently racked up $2.8 Million in Venture Capital by a few firms, including Omidyar Network, the outfit led by eBay co-founder Pierre Omidyar, Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen, and Greylock partners. No word on what Digg plans to do with the funding. Read more »

Addicted to using tags for organization on sites like del.icio.us and Flickr? Here is a tutorial showing how to organize your files and applications with tags using Emacs. A tagging system uses a far simpler, more intuitive and, surprisingly, a far more powerful method for organizing your data: After you have entered the data, just free-associate a bunch of categories that remind you of the data- You can use as many categories as you like. Read more »