An opinion piece by Charles Cooper for CNet also discusses Apple’s trampling of the First Amendment: The real subtext is this: Apple is directed by a collection of control freaks who would have found themselves quite at home in the Nixon White House. The big difference being that reporters had the constitutional freedom to report […]
An article in today’s Mercury News by Mike Langberg is worth a read. An open letter to Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer: Dear Steve, I urge you to Think Different in your attitude toward Web sites that publish leaked information on Apple’s upcoming products. I’m not going to repeat at […]
One reader’s tale of running an iPod mini through the washing machine. Did it survive? Click through for the amazing results…
Did you see this iPod hack on New Scientist? What a c()()1 H4X! Computer enthusiasts have worked out how to reprogram Apple’s iPod music player with their own code using an ingenious acoustic trick. They adapted the component that generates clicks – or “squeaks” – as a user scrolls through the on-screen menu in order […]
A friend of the PowerPage shares his experience installing CherryOS (the Mac OS emulator for Windows): Cherry OS installs virtual network ports in Windows (YUCK!) Cherry OS’s system requirements are understated: PC with Intel (Pentium, Pentium M, Xeon) or AMD (Athlon, Opteron, Duron) processor. Processor must be at least 1.6 GHz, 512MB RAM (1GB recommended) […]