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MacBook

Stained MacBook Info Site

This site was born as a way to give pressure to Apple regarding recent QA issues with the new white MacBook. Many people all over the world are complaining about stains appearing in their newly acquired piece of Apple hardware. Basically, many users around the globe are finding that their white MacBooks turn into a […]

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Opinion

.Macster!

Apple next needs to add community networked member profiles to .Mac. All the benefits of existing social networks, including meeting others with similar interests, would tie in well with the hyperblog content submission system and earned reputations.

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Opinion

A Reputation System for .Mac

The value of network, such as a news sorter website, is directly proportional to how much the network is used. To get people to use the hyperblog system I described in the last article, Apple would need a way to encourage members to regularly contribute. They also need a system to promote and recognize accurate, interesting, insightful, or otherwise useful contributions.

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The Apple Core

The Apple Core: IM is the new email

In response to my piece yesterday about video chat bugs in iChat AV, many of you IM’d me to suggest other IM clients for the Mac – the most popular being Adium X. I have used most of the IM clients for the Mac (Fire, Proteus) at one time or another and was a two-year […]

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Mobile Phone

USB Tethering Solution for the Treo 700p

A PowerPage reader just IM’d me with a nice USB tethering solution for the Treo 700p. It’s kind of pricey at US$25, but there’s a 14-day trial and it’s worked quite well for him during the trial. He tracked the software down because he’s been unsuccessful getting Bluetooth to tether. The software comes with EV-DO […]