Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Santa Rosa comes to the Mac: a review of the 17" MacBook Pro

Santa Rosa comes to the Mac: a review of the 17" MacBook Pro
Intel's Santa Rosa Centrino Duo chipset makes its first appearance in an Apple portable with the latest MacBook Pro. Ars takes Apple's latest for a spin to see how much difference a slightly faster CPU and a new chipset make.

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Did Apple Lie to Mac Gamers?

Did Apple Lie to Mac Gamers?
Does EA's return to the Mac platform mean death for Mac gaming?

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1st iPhone 3rd party web app: OneTrip

1st iPhone 3rd party web app: OneTrip
A web-based shopping list app optimized for the iPhone.

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1st iPhone 3rd party web app: OneTrip

1st iPhone 3rd party web app: OneTrip
A web-based shopping list app optimized for the iPhone.

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Wired News Benchmarks Show Safari 3 Is Slower Than IE 7, Firefox

Wired News Benchmarks Show Safari 3 Is Slower Than IE 7, Firefox
Details and a graph of the results after the jump.

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LifeHacker Top 10 Apps That Should've Been in Leopard

LifeHacker Top 10 Apps That Should've Been in Leopard
While the Leopard improvements to come in October do indeed look cool, OS X still lacks functionality provided by third party applications. oday's special Leopard top 10 lists software applications we wish Apple would buy, build or bundle to improve Mac OS X even more.

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WWDC: Apple Design Awards Winners

WWDC: Apple Design Awards Winners
The Apple Design Awards are officially over for 2007. What is the ADA? Simply told, Apple select and reward the developers they see raising the bar the very most in the Mac software world. Winning developers receive prizes 2008 WWDC passes, MacBook Pro
’s and other great hardware. So who took home the glory at the 2007 ADA’s?

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Leopard and Boot Camp: Faster "Restarts"

Leopard and Boot Camp: Faster "Restarts"
No restarting to use Bootcamp. Just select "Switch to Windows" from OS X, and your machine goes to sleep. Wake it up and your in Windows. You can do the same thing once in Windows to switch back to mac. VERY VERY NICE feature, no reason to use virtualization for me at least.

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Why Apple fonts appear blurry

Why Apple fonts appear blurry
Apple and Microsoft have always disagreed in how to display fonts on computer displays. Today, both companies are using sub-pixel rendering to coax sharper-looking fonts out of typical low resolution screens. Where they differ is in philosophy.

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iPhone JavaScript Interface with Digg API

iPhone JavaScript Interface with Digg API
In lieu of an iPhone SDK, we can emulate the interface with JavaScript... this is my one-night proof of concept. If its popular, I'll develop the interface into a class or template. It works best in Safari, of course. Source code is available for download.

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