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Apple releases Boot Camp update – Version 2.1 (with 64 bit support)

Annoyingly, having just gone through an annoying install of Vista x64 (click), Apple has just released an updated version of the Boot Camp drivers / software which: “addresses issues and improves...

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CAPS LOCKE! (OH, AND THE APPLE ALUMINIUM KEYBOARD FIRMWARE UPDATE)

I AM CONSTRUCTING THIS POST JUST BECAUSE I CAN! APPLE HAS FIXED THE PROBLEM WITH THE CAPS LOCK KEY WHICH USED TO RESULT IN THE KEYBOARD RANDOMLY LOCKING UP AND CONTINOUSLY SENDING BUTTONS. IT WAS FIXED...

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Thank you, Windows Complete PC backup, thank you

Having the whole of my computer backed up in this way just saved me so much time; I just put the Windows DVD in the drive and in about an hour, my PC was back to fully working (after I destroyed the...

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Microsoft Silverlight

Someone explain its purpose to me, please. As far as I can see it’s just Microsoft’s version of flash that isn’t better in any clear way. It doesn’t work with Opera properly at the moment; I guess...

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Backup your Blog!

Since one of my friend’s blog was deleted (and with no explanation of why), he has had to create a new one, I feel it is necessary to backup my blog in the fullest manner possible. You may already have...

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Good luck, smartphones. The better, cheaper iPhone lands July 11th with 3G &...

Apple finally revealed the iPhone 3g! Software is the same but it has 3G Data Speeds GPS (which also combines cell-tower and WiFi positioning from before) Awesome battery life (see pic below) A very...

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A new iTunes version coming soon…..

The requirements for the iPhone 3G list iTunes 7.7 as a requirement. I sincerely hope that it is a release that provides some fixes rather than just an upgrade to support the new phone. For as long as...

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Opera 9.5 released

So, “Kestrel” has finally gone final. It’s significantly faster at rendering than previous builds and there are a couple of good new features including a new default theme. One of my favorite new...

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The world is a slightly different place after today

….Because Bill Gates is no longer in charge of Microsoft He is Microsoft! Will there be any noticable differences? Probably not; perhaps just a little more of Ballmer everywhere *sigh* So, will Windows...

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MSN on Mac is annoying

Both Microsoft “Messenger for Mac” and Adium offer far fewer features than the Windows MSN client – Windows Live Messenger — Why is that!? For instance, just now I was signed into MSN in Adium and I...

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WordPress for iPhone

Preliminary thoughts on the WordPress iPhone client: It’s ok. A way to view blog stats would be nice since the graph doesn’t show up in Safari. You should be able to see / moderate comments in it....

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Sound glitch in Boot Camp, x64

I have known about this issue for a while and as of yet I haven’t found a good solution (though, admittedly, I am yet to look for one!) and the reason as to why I’m posting this now is that I know I’m...

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iPhone 2.1 Jailbreak – now worthwhile

…. At least, I think it’s worthwhile – there are a lot more applications available now compared with when the first jailbreak was available & Installer is available (though it’s a beta version and...

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iPhone 3G – The drop test

Wasn’t something I was intending to do but I have now dropped my 3G iPhone and it still works! Yay. Dropped it from the height of around 1 metre whilst *slightly ;)* drunk. To be honest I was surprised...

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iPhone 3G unlock – yellowsn0w – My experience

Since the 3G iPhone came out in July (’08), people have been waiting for an unlock. On new years day, the iPhone-dev-team released one… Many reports I’ve seen suggest that people aren’t having any luck...

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Windows 7 x64 on a MacBook Pro – Guide

As I expected, installing the 64 bit version Windows 7 on my MacBook Pro wasn’t as easy as perhaps it should have been. You can’t just burn the x64 image to a disk and expect it to work. My MBP didn’t...

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“Select CD-ROM Boot Type :” prompt during Vista, Server 2008 (& R2) & Windows...

These instructions initially appeared at this url: http://blog.aproductofsociety.org/?p=13 but have since disappeared. As is mentioned on my primary blog with instructions for Windows 7 and Windows...

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