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Apple Drops iPhone Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA)
by noreply@blogger.com (compuguy1088)1 Oct 2008 at 11:15 am
Apple has announced that they have dropped the iPhone Non-Disclosure Agreement for released iPhone Apps.We have decided to drop the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) for released iPhone software.We put the NDA in place because the iPhone OS includes many Apple inventions and innovations that we wou...
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iPhone "Elite" Dev Team
by noreply@blogger.com (compuguy1088)10 Oct 2007 at 12:56 pm
I am a member of a iPhone developer group, the iPhone "elite" (its a play on words, from the events that have happened on the osx86.hu IRC). We have some initial pages and a build of iPhuc.
http://code.google.com/p/iphone-elite/
iPhone Symlink Unlock.....
by noreply@blogger.com (compuguy1088)10 Oct 2007 at 12:54 pm
One of the new unlocks that has appeared in the past day for the iPhone, this does require some use of the terminal and instructions are only for AT&T iPhone users; at the moment there is no publicly released activation process for 1.1.1. The other unlock that has been mentioned around, the TIFF process, has not been publicly released yet.
Source: iPhone Alley
Domain Change - Issues
by noreply@blogger.com (compuguy1088)26 Jan 2007 at 11:29 am
As many might notice, the site has changed from the previous domain of compuguy1088.blogspot.com to www.compuguy1088.eu.org, mainly for the fact that it looks more professional. Though currently, the site will not redirect from compuguy1088.blogspot.com correctly, for some reason, nor will compuguy1088.eu.org work either (a limitation of googles custom domain system :(. Anyway, I personally recomm ... read more
U.S. Military Develops Ray Gun
by noreply@blogger.com (compuguy1088)25 Jan 2007 at 1:10 pm
This device looks like the ultimate non-lethal weapon, to be used against crowds. I wonder if it could also be used against other things other than citizens, like Insurgents....
The U.S. military has developed a non-lethal ray gun that makes people feel like they're on fire. Yes! It's supposed to be used in places like Iraq and Afghanistan (where else?) in order to disperse crowds and get people to ... read more
The freaky DS playing cat. (with pictures)
by noreply@blogger.com (compuguy1088)24 Jan 2007 at 10:15 pm
"Ain't it cute?"
Its both adorable in a sense, and yet, because of the oddness of the cats ears being folded, the way its sitting, and the Nintendo ds lite it has, the effect combined is of adorable/wierd (not a very creative description).
From Kotaku - (Via Digg)
Amarok 1.4.4 released with music store
by noreply@blogger.com (compuguy1088)2 Jan 2007 at 10:24 am
"The new Amarok 1.4.4 release is the first open source media player to have built-in support for a DRM-free music store: Magnatune guarantees that for every song sold half the revenue actually goes to the artist. The new release also includes a slew of other features, as well as under-the-hood improvements and bugfixes."
Sounds interesting, though I have mostly used Itunes for my music collection, ... read more
Sam and Max: Culture Shock is comming....
by noreply@blogger.com (compuguy1088)19 Oct 2006 at 11:31 pm
Finally after many years, another Sam and Max game has finally been realeased: Sam and Max: Culture Shock (though only through GameTap at the moment). It will available worldwide Nov 1st. I could go on and on describing a basic summary, but thanks the the developers at Telltale Games, they have put together a collection of reviews...
Also here is one of the generated Sam and Max cartoons from the g ... read more
Move over Firefox: IceWeasel is HERE!
by noreply@blogger.com (compuguy1088)8 Oct 2006 at 12:07 am
From the recent Debian vs Firefox issue, it seems like "Firefox" will eventually and slowly be faced-out on GNU/Linux platforms that adheres to "free software" philosophy. There is currently a first binary release for GNU/Linux / x86 32 bit available, as well as its corresponding source code.
Curiously, even though IceWeasel's creation was originally for Debian, it will be interesting to see if oth ... read more
Is Outsourcing I.T. Overseas Past It's Prime?
by noreply@blogger.com (compuguy1088)7 Oct 2006 at 2:17 pm
"Is outsourcing IT overseas past its prime? According to a new survey, it is. Consider this: Two years ago, 84 percent of the respondents to a Global IT Outsourcing Study sponsored by Chicago-based consulting firm DiamondCluster International said they planned to increase their level of offshore outsourcing. In 2006, that figure fell to 64 percent."
This, at least in my mind, is a good sign that th ... read more
Inside of a Hard Drive
by noreply@blogger.com (compuguy1088)7 Oct 2006 at 2:14 pm
"A video of what a Hard Drive looks like inside while doing various tasks."
It is interesting, from the point that the drive actually works when it is open, It must be something to do with the construction of the older drive, vs the newer drives. Anyway, quite interesting, to see a open drive in motion....
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Not Just Third World Nations Banning Skype; Universities Get On Board Too
by noreply@blogger.com (compuguy1088)23 Sep 2006 at 5:41 pm
It looks like it's not just third world countries with government-backed telephone monopolies to protect that are banning VoIP. Some universities are getting in on the game as well. San Jose State University, just down the road from Skype's parent company eBay, has apparently decided to block all Skype use on campus.
Well thats a misnomer, partially because in the article cited, the campus has not ... read more
Alan Cox's Thinkpad explodes!
by noreply@blogger.com (compuguy1088)23 Sep 2006 at 12:34 pm
Even Linux gurus are susceptible to the perils of exploding batteries - last night famed kernel hacker Alan Cox's IBM Thinkpad battery burst into flames and exploded. Follow the link for an in-depth story in Telsa's inimitable style and photos of the laptop's remains.
Well, that sorts out one lession, don't use third party batterys, unless they can be trusted not to have impurities in them. Oh well ... read more
Python Programming for Beginners
by noreply@blogger.com (compuguy1088)17 Sep 2006 at 12:57 am
"Despite what assembly code and C coders might tell us, high-level languages do have their place in every programmer's toolbox, and some of them are much more than a computer-science curiosity. Out of the many high-level languages we can choose from today, Python seems to be the most interesting for those who want to learn something new.."
Python may not be seen as the most prominent laungage, and ... read more
New Apple Earbuds Available From Store
by noreply@blogger.com (compuguy1088)17 Sep 2006 at 12:57 am
Now for the first time ever, you can purchase the same earbuds that ship with the iPods. Perfect for replacements or spares - for the *cheap* price of $29.00.
Apparently the design of the iPod earphones has changed slighty, to be more streamedlined, which in my opinion looks nicer. This seems to be the trend with Apple now, after they released there new Nano, which is sleeker, and takes on the bett ... read more
Funny Prank to play on a friend, ex, co-worker or anyone.
by noreply@blogger.com (compuguy1088)17 Sep 2006 at 12:57 am
This is way fun, enter anyone's phone number (us & canada) and type a message and choose what you want to display on the callerID, this site will call them and spoof the callerID so that it appears to be coming from whoever you specify. They then read the message back in the computer generated voice that you specify.
Sounds hilarious, being able to send fake calls to anyone, at least in the United ... read more
New iPod Nano Disassembled
by noreply@blogger.com (compuguy1088)8 Oct 2006 at 7:08 pm
"Just got our new 'remastered' Nano today, and we immediately took it apart and posted photos online."
Huh, not much of a new design, more like a really small iPod mini. Hopefully with them going back to the mini design, it should not be as vulnerable to scratces. I must be out of the loop or something, because I didn't really hear much about this until I ran into this artice. Personally I think th ... read more
Walkthrough: iTunes 7's big new features
by noreply@blogger.com (compuguy1088)12 Sep 2006 at 11:27 pm
Organizing, shopping, syncing - everything got a lot of attention from Apple's software engineers and, as you'll see throughout this walkthrough, a lot of polish has been applied to make this one of the most significant updates in recent iTunes history.
They have added quite abit to this version of Itunes, probibly in my opinon, the best feature is the Cover Browser, its neat just gliding through t ... read more
Aqua is dead, long live Aqua! (iTunes 7 is a preview of new OS X style)
by noreply@blogger.com (compuguy1088)12 Sep 2006 at 11:43 pm
"Apple seems to use iTunes as a test-bed for new user interface design styles, and iTunes 7 brings with it an almost complete overhaul the Aqua look we have all grown to love/hate/tolerate."
From what the Windows version of Itunes shows, they've updated the Aqua theme considerably, but in a sense it is still aqua. You could call it really the "updated" Aqua, from the fact that it looks more modern ... read more
Hack to Change Windows XP Home to Windows XP Professional
by noreply@blogger.com (compuguy1088)12 Sep 2006 at 11:14 pm
Enable the features found in Windows XP Professional on your Windows XP Home Edition installation with this hack.
In the past, I've heard of other ways of getting Home Edtiton to act like XP pro via a program called TweakUI (or something like that), which is hard to find now. This process, from what I read seems a whole lot easier to do, and since its all done on the cd, it can be reused. Though af ... read more
Kitty Nano
by noreply@blogger.com (compuguy1088)12 Sep 2006 at 11:16 pm
A spoof on the Ipod Nano Ad. cute and yet funny at the same time!
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by noreply@blogger.com (compuguy1088)7 Sep 2006 at 6:17 pm
Top Ten Video Game Weapons
A very interesting video that GameTrailers made that counts down there picks for the top 10 video game weapons of all time...definatly worth a look
The Emmy Opening Number
by noreply@blogger.com (compuguy1088)29 Aug 2006 at 4:04 pm
This has nothing to do with technology, but I thought the opening number (which was the only thing I saw with the emmys), which was hilarious. And now here it is both parts of it:
Part One:
Part Two, with a musical number: "NBC is Screwed"
Enjoy!
Browsers: How they show off your personality
by noreply@blogger.com (compuguy1088)29 Aug 2006 at 12:17 am
What does your browser reveal about you?: You would be surprised to discover that the browser you use might give us a look into your personality. The author takes the time to talk about IE, Firefox, Opera, Netscape, AOL, Konqueror, and more. Check out this amusing article to discover who you are based on what type of
Yes it seems that one person has now tried to map what traits lead you to use cert ... read more
Swift: Safari For Windows...
by noreply@blogger.com (compuguy1088)29 Aug 2006 at 12:13 am
Swift: Do you enjoy using Apple Computer's Safari browser, but want to stay the Hellz away from Mac OS X? Now you can with a Windows application that looks and acts like Safari. Now that shows how much free time you have!
I personally have used Safari, though it has similar features to Firefox, minus extensions.....it just doesn't have the same great features that make Flock and Firefox good browse ... read more