The Philadelphia PowerBook User Group (PPUG) meets this Saturday, August 20, 2011 from 12 noon to 3 p.m. at the Manayunk Brewing Company along the beautiful Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, PA. At PPUG we like to survey the mobile technology landscape and review the latest in Apple and mobile gear. I’ll be at Saturday’s meeting with Bob Snow, Youngmoo […]
Day: August 15, 2011
VirtualBox, an open source x86 virtualization project available for free has just hit version 4.1.2. The new version, a 88.9 megabyte download, sports an extensive list of changes that can be found here. VirtualBox 4.1.2 is available for free and requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later and an Intel-based Mac to install and run. […]
It’s a bit odd but it could be something. Per MacRumors, a 15-inch MacBook Pro from the 2007 Santa Rosa processor era has recently appeared on eBay, originally purchased from Craigslist for parts. The unit, strangely enough, surfaced “with a 3G antenna, 3G hardware and SIM card slot built in.” “Upon removing the top case […]
This could be nifty. Per Macworld UK, accessory maker Kingston has announced the Wi-Drive, a portable storage and file-management device for iOS. The flash memory-based drive is aimed specifically at the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad and offers additional storage space and file-management features to owners of iOS devices. Users can transfer files onto the […]
Late Sunday, Mozilla.org released version 6.0 of its Firefox web browser. The new version stands as an 28.1 megabyte download offered the following fixes and changes: – The address bar now highlights the domain of the website you’re visiting. – Streamlined the look of the site identity block. – Added support for the latest draft […]