23yo Apple //c Tied to Mac mini as Serial OS X Dumb Terminal

23yo Apple //c Tied to Mac mini as Serial OS X Dumb Terminal
"Apple II Forever" was the slogan, now you can help keep the dream alive if you've got a Mac OS X or Linux box and a vintage Apple II lying around. See rundown (with photos) of a 23yo Apple //c put to use as a functional text terminal (for IRC chatting), tied via custom serial cable (and through USB converter), to a Mac mini running OS X.

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Apple Provides Tips for Longer iPhone battery life

Apple Provides Tips for Longer iPhone battery life
One of the biggest criticisms of the iPhone is that, unlike many other mobile phones (particularly smartphones), it lacks a removable battery. This means that that once your battery stops holding a good charge, you have to pay for Apple to replace it. Perhaps in response to criticisms, Apple has put up an informative and rather amusing site to help

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SSH working on iPhone. Log into your iPhone from your Mac

SSH working on iPhone. Log into your iPhone from your Mac
The dev guys at #iphone (irc.osx86.hu) continue to rock. Use Dropbear and a small hack to establish ssh service on your iPhone. Compile Unix utilities with NightWatch's compiler toolchain. And you've got a live Unix shell you can access from your Mac. New utilities are appearing by the minute. You can already use "curl", ps, and more!

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Apple Bluetooth Headset Unboxed

Apple Bluetooth Headset Unboxed
Flickr user, Nomad7674, wandered into his local apple store in Marlton, NJ and they had Apple-branded Bluetooth headsets available. Nomad claims that despite its tiny stature it actually fits pretty well in his ear, and his favorite feature is the magnetic plug built in to the headset. Stock seems to be pretty limited at all of the other Apple

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Crashed iPhone On Display At Apple Store

Crashed iPhone On Display At Apple Store
Photo of an crashed iPhone (terminal showing errors) on display next to an iMac at the Apple Store. Photo taken, of course, with iPhone.

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Apple's MacBookPro 85W MagSafe adapter finally shrunk

Apple's MacBookPro 85W MagSafe adapter finally shrunk
It only took 'em a year and a half to do it, but the ginormous monstrosity that is Apple MacBookPro 85W MagSafe power adapters have finally seem to have been reduced to a more manageable size.

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