Day: January 3, 2005

I am a big fan of smartphones because I love the concept of being able to get my email and browse the Web in one small device that is also my phone. The problem is the most phones are too small to fit a meaningful UI and most PDAs are too big for a pocket […]

Renick Marsh asks: Do you know of anybody who charges to overclock iBooks for you? I found instructions on how to do it online, but found it to difficult to try myself. This is a used backup iBook with no warranty, so it’s not much of a risk for me. Thanks for any help. Please […]

As we begin a new year it is often a good idea to start with a fresh slate. Some even use the new year as an opportunity to clean out their aging computer hardware in preparation of something new being released from Apple (no wait, that’s Macworld Expo). Many people clean out their old PCs […]

I have been experimenting with a Business Relationship Management application called Daylite to replace the aging copy of Now Contact that I have been using for business contacts. Address Book has been fine so far for personal contacts but if all goes well, I’ll probably convert the whole enchilada to Daylite in 2005. A colleague […]

NetNewsWire 2.0b10 includes bug fixes, podcasting support, a rewritten and much improved Atom parser, Yahoo news search, performance optimizations, and a bunch of small new features and enhancements. See the change notes for the full scoop. Also see this post on inessential.com for some screen shots and more about podcasting.