Entries from June 2006

MacBook trackpad fix

Date June 30, 2006

More and more Apple MacBook users are complaining of a “squishy” or unresponsive trackpad button. Some of the Apple Macbooks have a very crispy and responsive feel when you click down the button on the trackpad, however some Apple Macbook owners are unfortunate to be stuck with a button that doesn’t press down quite right, [...]

rm -r*

Date June 30, 2006

Jeffrey writes: I was waiting for a friend in the lobby of the Hilton down at Union Square. Near me was a middle-aged woman speaking loudly into a pay phone.”Yes, yes, that’s right. You’ve got it. Now, here’s what I want you to type. ‘are em’ … yes. The letter ‘r’ and the letter ‘m’, [...]

Yahoo! Messenger for Mac 3.0 Beta 1 released

Date June 29, 2006

Finally! Even though only the first beta still better than the ‘progress’ over the past few years.
The new messenger has a very nice interface, iSight support and supports file transfer, but guess what - still no voice option. Hopefully by the time of the full release someone will tell Yahoo that since late 20th [...]

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Finder

Date June 29, 2006

Just came across this video showing the redesigned Finder in upcoming OSX 10.5 Leopard. It shows the new interface, more like iTunes 6 and tabbed navigation.

See the video here.

iPod anouncement - 2001

Date June 28, 2006

If you are an iPod fan and like to go back through its (short) history, then you certainly wouldn’t miss the opportunity to watch the Steve Jobs’ keynote, announcing new product named iPod, on 23 October 2001.

Here it is. Enjoy

Performance enhancing tool

Date June 23, 2006

SportsCode, the system developed by Australian company Sportstec, allows coaches to make highly refined analyses of competitors’ strategies, which can then be fed back into their own game tactics.

The tool converts TV or video footage into highly refined digital data that can be easily searched, giving coaches the tools to do sophisticated number crunching so [...]