EU Commissioner criticizes iPod-iTunes tie-in

EU Commissioner criticizes iPod-iTunes tie-in
Apple is again the target of criticism for its closed music-hardware ecosystem in Europe. This time, it's the EU Commissioner for Consumer Protection weighing in on the topic. Article also has a good run-down of recent shenanigans between the EU and Apple.

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MacBook Inferno! An Apple MacBook battery catches fire.

MacBook Inferno! An Apple MacBook battery catches fire.
The owner of a MacBook tells us of how his girlfriend, at 3am, "..said she heard it hissing like a steam valve, then smoke started pouring out of it and a couple of seconds later, a very large flash fire started. I'm sure you have read about these and seen the dell video. This is what happened to my macbook."

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Anti-Aliasing Quality on Macs

Anti-Aliasing Quality on Macs
Looks like the quality of anti-aliasing in iTunes Coverflow is video card dependent.

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Hilarious, old Apple commercial

Hilarious, old Apple commercial
This old Apple ad is just great - showing the differences between PC and Apple laptops back in the days (DOS vs monochrome but graphical interface) set on an airport. Gotta love the line "I know seven languages but I don't understand this!".

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Moto exec has hissyfit over iPhone question

Moto exec has hissyfit over iPhone question
Motorola's European marketing director Simon Thompson is bored of the iPhone question. Alert the media!

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VirtueDesktop -- The End :-(

VirtueDesktop -- The End :-(
Well, the developer is stopping development for now.
All I have to say is that he did a great job - hope someone takes over the project.

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Hardening OS X - A more secure OS X before Leopard.

Hardening OS X - A more secure OS X before Leopard.
I've made a how-to from tips by Jay Beale on the last DEFCON Security conference and some own security tweaks to improve the overall security of your OS X. Make sure some default settings that can allow for vulnerabilities are set properly, and tune your firewall rules. A more advanced follow-up is coming soon.

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