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The Secrets of Pink, Taligent and Copland

After Hitting the Wall in Mac System 7 development, Apple desperately needed a plan for the future. The isolationist, proprietary development style that had formerly differentiated Apple’s products now stood in the way of the company’s very survival. The same situation applies to Microsoft today. Read More… Contributed by: Daniel Eran, RDM

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Software

New iTunes Visualizer: SoftSkies

If you like SoundSpectrum’s G-Force visualizer for iTunes (and who deosn’t?) then you should check out their latest effort, SoftSkies.

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5 Success Factors for Next Generation Game Consoles

Five primary factors will determine the winner in the new generation of consoles. Here ’s a look at the obvious differentiators between Sony’s PlayStation 3, Microsoft’s Xbox 360, and Nintento’s Wii, and how each company plays out a unique strategy in the bid to sell the most consoles Read More… Contributed by: Daniel Eran, RDM

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Software

CoolBook Bug Update Fixes CPU Setting Issue

Shareware author Magnus Lundholm has updated his program, CoolBook, a $10 application which allows the user to adjust the clock speed and voltage of Intel Core Duo and Core 2 Duo processors. A bug which was discovered and has been corrected in the latest version of the program, prevents the CPU from running at the […]

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Shootout: MacBook Core 2 Duo and Other Apple Notebooks

In another recent article I said it would be nice if Apple would put a “supercharger” in the 13″ MacBook — sort of like the JCW Tuning Kit for a MINI Cooper that turns it into a “pocket rocket” — for those of us who like little things that go wicked fast. Then the Core […]