November 2007
Something Explosive – Yellow Balloon →
Counting Crows – Big Yellow Taxi →
Eagles – Life in the Fast Lane →
Michael Bublé – Buena Sera →
Savage Garden – A Thousand Words →
October 2007
A Very Linux Halloween! [PIC] →
What is Halloween with out tux? …
Apple SVP made $112 million yesterday and you... →
Ron Johnson, Apple’s senior VP of retail, exercised options for 700,000 shares of AAPL at a strike price of $23.72 yesterday. He sold later in the day at around $185. That’s a net of over $112 million.
Trojan horse targets Mac OS X →
A new trojan horse designed specifically for Mac OS X systems has been discovered on several pornography websites that can hijack Web traffic, according to security firm Intego. Affected systems are used to hijack some Web requests that lead users to other phishing sites, or simply display ads for other pornographic websites to generate ad revenue.
Nine Inch Nails Frontman Was a Member of OiNK →
Following the bust of the OiNK BitTorrent tracker, most of its 180,000 members are keeping their heads down and trying to stay inconspicuous. However, Trent Reznor, frontman of Nine Inch Nails isn’t worried: “I had an account there” he said. “it was like the world’s greatest record store.”
Google Roll Out GMail 2.0 [pics] →
Google are starting to roll out thier new and improved new look GMail 2.0 to a few selected users. Find out how to check if you are a “selected user”
Dick DeBartolo with Leo Laporte – Daily Giz Wiz... →
Ubuntu is NOT causing aggressive power management →
I’m afraid that quite some people are getting a high Load_Cycle_Count because their laptop uses power management that is too aggressive. I’m a big fan of Ubuntu. I don’t want to see Ubuntu hurt because it’s not Ubuntu who is setting these aggressive power management defaults.
Apple's Leopard is Cool, but Time Machine Makes it... →
Are backup a bore, well not anymore. The goal set for Apple’s engineers in designing Time Machine was to create a backup technology that requires little or no configuration, performs backups automatically and invisibly, and makes restoring files from those backups as simple and intuitive as humanly possible. And boy does Apple deliver!
Best of Leopard Is Yet to Come: Innovative... →
There’s been a lot of brouhaha about Leopard, but the most exciting thing about Apple’s latest OS upgrade hasn’t even arrived yet—a wave of third-party applications that make use of new technologies under the operating system’s hood.
Songbird 0.3 Is Launched! →
Big news! Today Songbird shows some wing, shows some leg and leaps media players into the next era of innovation.
Chad is twittering: Supper!
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Cracking Windows passwords with Linux →
Disclaimer: Do not try this on unauthorized systems.If you lose a Windows password, or you buy a system that has an OS on it, but you don’t know the password, what are you to do? The best thing to do would be to throw in a Linux CD, format the drive, and install the Distro. But, what if you want to boot to the system and see what’s on there, and
Chad is twittering: Downstairs.
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Chad is twittering: reading digg/.
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Digg 'will grow by letting others copy us' →
Social news website Digg.com is considering opening itself up further to allow other websites to copy its model, its co-founder has said. In an interview with the Guardian, Digg chief executive Jay Adelson said the company was not looking to expand into more niche markets, but would prefer to “empower someone else” to do so.
10 Reasons To Hate Cellphone Carriers →
A turd by any other name is still a turd, but there’s no harm in counting the ways.
Chad is twittering: YES!! http://snurl.com/1sxod.
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Chad is twittering: Finally!...
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Chad is twittering: Finally!...
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Chad is twittering: Talking to a very reasonable...
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Chad is twittering: Calling Webserve. This is it....
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Chad is twittering: Using Snitter. It rocks so...
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Yellowcard – Kids →
Chad is twittering: Tumblr: Chad is looking...
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INXS – New Sensation →
Chad is looking forward to snow.
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The Ultimate Copywriting Cheat Sheet, with 50... →
To become a good writer, one must first be a studious reader. (How else will you know whom to steal, er, borrow from?) So, in that spirit, we’ve compiled a list of some of GrokDotCom’s favorite Web copy resources in hopes that copywriters everywhere will steal the best tips from our colleagues, friends, and staff. Enjoy!
KDE 4.0 Beta 4 Released →
FTA: “The KDE Community is happy to release the fourth Beta for KDE 4.0. This Beta aimed at further polishing of the KDE codebase and we would love to start receiving feedback from testers.” This release also includes the first Release Candidate of the development system.
Remove the Windows BSOD icon in Leopard, make OS X... →
It’s pretty clear that Apple left no stone unturned in Leopard, making changes and fixes throughout the new operating system. Unfortunately, that also included an upgrade to its crucial smugness subsystem: the image you see above of an old school CRT monitor with a blue screen of death is actually the not-so-subtle gag icon Leopard uses ….
Mac-O-Lanterns →
How to turn that outdated Apple computer into sweet Halloween decor.
Chad is Wondering how people are updating their...
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PC Magazine 'Leopard is “by far the best operating... →
In his 4.5-star (out of 5) review of Leopard, Edward Mendelson (pcmag.com) maintains that Leopard is “by far the best operating system ever written for the vast majority of consumers, with dozens of new features that have real practical value.” Mendelson “found Leopard to be startlingly fast, brilliantly streamlined, and packed with conveniences an
Facebook's Social Ad Network →
Just as Google is preparing to take Facebook head-on with its own social-networking platform, it appears that Facebook is preparing to take on Google with its own social ad network. The announcement of what people are already calling SocialAds is expected next week on November 6 at New York’s ad:tech conference (a day after Google was originally su
Holes in Leopard's firewall →
Although Apple is selling its new Mac OS X Leopard operating system on its improved security, researchers at Heise Security have already found fault with its firewall. Unlike with Windows Vista, the Apple firewall is not enabled by default and must be enabled by the end user. Even if you
Smoked Glass Dock for Leopard - Much Nicer! →
By simply replacing 4 files you can completely alter how the dock looks. Try out this dark dock, it’s much nicer.
Steve Jobs keen on a world where people share WiFi →
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs is reportedly “very interested” in a world where people share their WiFi connections in return for free access to other wireless hotspots in their communities, and recently met with the founder of upstart provider FON, whose business aims might just dovetail with the iPhone maker.
Xbox Live account sharing and game save tampering:... →
Seriously don’t use hacked game saves or sharing account information to pad your gamerscore. It can only come back to bite you when you login to Xbox Live to find your gamerscore and achievements reset to zero. Play games the way they were meant to and don’t put so much value into a simple number.
Itty-bitty, teeny-weeny Linux PCs →
Just how small do full-featured, Linux-powered PCs come? Pretty darn small! Here’s what we found.
Jacket includes GPS tracker →
Parents may worry less about losing their child — and the kid’s expensive coat — with a new piece of winter wear that includes a global positioning tracker.
Frankenreview: 10 Takes on OSX Leopard →
We know, we’ve given you lots of coverage on Apple’s new Leopard. And we’ve even given you a convenient matrix outlining what the NYTimes, WSJ and USA Today have had to say about the new OS. But for the final step, we need a real consensus—not just one or two voices, but a roomful of reviewers shouting at the top of their lungs
Top Ten Leopard Tips →
Guy Kawasaki breaks down 10 Leopard tips. Some of them include: Opt out (not in) for additional fonts, back up first, and reconsider spotlight.
The Pirate Bay Sees a Future Without BitTorrent →
The guys from The Pirate Bay are always working on interesting side-projects, but there is one in particular that’s so significant, it might be the future of filesharing. For a while now, they have been working on a brand new protocol - which may come to replace BitTorrent in the near future.
Reboot Your Heart for Great Pictures →
You may enjoy taking photos and they may even be good, but after a while, you find that you’re shooting the same kind of images in a similar style over and over again. Here is how you can solve that…