Apple took a more aggressive stance with its latest “Security” commercial in its “Get a Mac” ad campaign. The 29-second ad features Justin Long (Mac) and John Hodgman (PC) attempting to hold a conversation while a Secret Service-esque agent stands behind Hodgman asking whether the PC will cancel or allow each element of the conversation. […]
Month: February 2007
Macworld News has an article on Novatel Wireless’ announcement today that the firm will ship its US$179.99 Merlin EX720 ExpressCard later this month. The card will be made available through telephone and cell phone provider Sprint. The card, which fits into the ExpressCard slot found on Apple’s MacBook Pro laptops, provides download speeds around 600 […]
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New Build of iAlertU Now Available
Randy Green of SlappingTurtle has released version 0.19b of iAlertU, a shareware “car alarm” system for Apple MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops. The software, which uses the laptop’s built-in sudden motion sensor, can detect movement on the laptop and triggers a loud audible alarm noise as well as flashes the screen to alert those nearby […]
MacFixIt is reporting that Apple has released a firmware update for the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT graphics card found in some of their Mac Pro units. The updater, a 1.1 megabyte download through the Software Update feature in Mac OS X (provided your Mac Pro has the card) or a 773 kilobyte standalone download, resolves […]
iFixIt.com got a new Airport Extreme 802.11n and has posted takeapart pictures and benchmarks of the new Apple access point. We decided to deviate from our standard modus operandi and run some benchmarks before we took it apart. (I know, I know– our screwdrivers were lonely for a while.) The new base station is amazing. […]