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 | This week we saw what has to be the ultimate case of an underdog turned overlord. The DOJ may open an anti-trust investigation into Apple's iPhone OS developer agreement, and the lockout it imposes on using third-party cross-platform development tools. For those of you enjoying a Mac on the go, don't forget that you need to calibrate your portable Mac's battery. Calibration ensures accurate prediction of available battery life, and can help foster longer and better battery performance. | |
Apple to Be Embroiled in Anti-Trust Inquiry?
The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission are negotiating over which group will head up an anti-trust inquiry into Apple's iPhone OS developer agreement. The section in question prevents developers from using cross-compilers to create applications for the iPhone OS. The request for the anti-trust inquiry may have come from Adobe, whose Flash to iPhone application was directly affected by the license change... Read more
| Calibrate Your MacBook, MacBook Pro, or MacBook Air Battery
New or old, all of the MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air portables use a battery that has an internal processor designed to maximize battery performance. One of the functions of the battery's internal processor is to estimate remaining battery life by analyzing the current state of the battery charge, as well as the rate at which power is being consumed. In order to make accurate predictions about remaining battery charge, the battery and its processor need to undergo a calibration routine. The calibration routine helps the processor gauge the battery's current performance and make accurate predictions about the remaining battery charge... Read more
| Build Your Own External Hard Drive
External hard drives are a great way to expand your Mac's storage capacity. They're a particularly good choice if you have a Mac that doesn't allow you to easily add an internal hard drive or swap out the existing hard drive for a larger one. You can purchase ready-made external hard drives; just plug them in and go. But you pay for this convenience in two ways: in actual cost and in limited configuration choices. Building your own external hard drive eliminates the drawbacks of a ready-made unit. It can be significantly less expensive, especially if you repurpose a hard drive you already own... Read more
| Review: Aperture 3
Aperture 3 is a workflow tool that allows amateur and professional photographers to organize images, retouch and enhance images, share images with others, and manage the photo printing process. That's quite an undertaking, but after working with Aperture 3 for a week or so, I can say it more than lives up to its billing as one of the easiest image organizers and editors available for the Mac... Read more
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