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Myth: iPad charger blowing up iPhone | Tom Munneckes Eclectica
Myth: iPad charger blowing up iPhone | Tom Munneckes Eclectica.
This article has a great metaphor about electricity and water pressure/flow/capacity. Check it out even if you don’t have an iPad.
iphone4 – Gizmodo
Gizmodo has gone and done it again, they’re covering this prototype iPhone that someone “found in a bar.”
Click through to read more at Gizmodo, they’ve even got a letter from Apple, politely asking for the phone back. Gee Giz, you only spent $5,000 on it, I wonder what ad revenues have been like for you recently…
New iPod Nanos! 5th Gen
Just watched the Only Rock and Roll Keynote coverage, and the announcements were big but not that big. I’m a bit disappointed that there isn’t a camera on the iPod touch, but the Nano got a video camera, FM radio, and Nike+. Leo Laporte did excellent coverage from the keynote, at http://live.twit.tv/
MacBook Pro Broadcom Airport Card Incompatible With D-Link WBR-6310
My Macbook Pro had been giving me so many problems that I recently had it replaced with a new unit. One of the issues I was having was connecting to a D-Link WBR-6310 Rev. A router at home. Once I got the new MBP home, I thought I would be able to easily connect to my home network, but alas it still wouldn’t accept a DHCP address.
Being that this was MBP #2, I determined that my router was incompatible with the MacBook Pro. I have several other devices hooked wired and wirelessly with the router, and they connect and are assigned DHCP addresses flawlessly, but the MBP could not. I’ve replaced it with a spare NETGEAR until I can upgrade to a Wireless-N Spec router.
I cannot say for sure that my router wasn’t faulty, but with two MBP’s not being able to connect to it, its either that or they cannot connect to that model period.
By the way, I was using WPA2 encryption on the D-Link, and when the encryption was off, things worked fine. I suspect it has to do with improper authentication. I’ve not the time to keep working on it, especially now that the NETGEAR works fine, but the problems between this Broadcom hardware and that Rev of D-Link router should be documented. I’ve seen many reports on the Apple discussion boards about MBP’s with Airport issues. Hopefully its an issue that can be patched, but luckily out of all this will come an N router.
Gizmodo – Hulu iPhone App Coming, and It’s “Badass” – Iphone hulu
Gizmodo reports, that Alley Insider is reporting (wow, blogging is all about redistributing everyone elses news with your own spin. what was I talking about?)
OH YEAH, HULU on the IPHONE! Eventually…
The article says a few months away from coming out. Not very many details right now and it is marked as Unconfirmed, so… Who knows.
Gizmodo – Hulu iPhone App Coming, and It’s “Badass” – Iphone hulu.
Loud Trackpad Button Solution (for the 2008 Unibody MacBook & MacBook Pro)
The PlasmaBlog has an article on the click noise of the MB and MBP 2008 models. If it bugs you, you might want to have a look, there’s just a small screw to adjust under the battery.
Loud Trackpad Button Solution (for the 2008 Unibody MacBook & MacBook Pro) « PlasmaBlog.
Slashdot | Zombie Macs Launch DoS Attack
Slashdot is writing about an all-Mac based botnet that is already doing some nasty stuff out there. It seems the bad code came from pirating copies of iW0rk 09 and CS4.
You could easily hide code like that in Apple packages and because you usually have to authenticate to install in the Mac OS, the malicious software would only have to ask for your password to get it.
Apple Responds to Microsoft’s Laptop Hunter Ads
Gizmodo – Apple Responds to Microsoft’s Laptop Hunter Ads – Micosoft laptop hunters.
Apple’s Response:
“A PC is no bargain when it doesn’t do what you want,” Apple spokesman Bill Evans says. “The one thing that both Apple and Microsoft can agree on is that everyone thinks the Mac is cool. With its great designs and advanced software, nothing matches it at any price.”
Well how about that? Of course a Mac is “cool” but is it anywhere near as compatible as the Giant Elephant that is Windows?
The short answer is No. Then again, Windows has its own series of incompatibilities, lest we forget Vista’s “bumps” on release.