So the mac hackers have been taking apart the latest release of iPhoto and have found details of potential GPS integration and closer ties with Google Maps. MacTelChat reports that there are a number of hidden references in the package which suggest that photos may in the near future be organised by location and mapped …
As a smug mac user, the one security point I often make to Windows users, is that I am not using a root level account by default, so unlike windows any malware on the mac (if there was any of course) could do only limited damage. While my point is strcitly true, as this Mac …
So the new iPod sports a 80Gb Hard disk, enough to store many hours of Hollywood Movies, TV shows, and of course your videos and music all purchased from the iTunes music store.. except if you happen to live outside North America. The rest of the world is still waiting for Apple and the content …
For a long time the Mac has been the poor relation of the Windows PC in terms of GPS managment software, the type of software that allows users to create and downlaod waypoints, display base mapping and user defined routes. RouteBuddy is a universal binary application that now fills this gap supporting Garmin and most …
With more than a passing resemblance to the switcher ads of a few years ago, Apple has launched a campaign focusing on some of the differences between macs and PC’s. Very funny, but not likely to develop the cult following of Ellen Feiss, although the PC guys does seem strangely familar..
Apple has released a beta of it’s Boot Camp technology, part of the next major release of OS X Leopard, it allows Intel mac users to dual boot either to OS X or Windows XP SP2. A useful tool, to those needing both systems, although rebooting systems will be a pain for the one windows …
Thanks to Leah for pointing out this Quiz to me, a great way to finish off a heavy week. So I got 9/10 but them I’m a confessed Apple geek – Leah on the other hand guessed and got 6 !!!
Peter Cochrane this week in his blog, talks about the potential of technology such as Iris scanning to spend up the process of security checks at airports. As someone who has passed through Heathrow a couple of times in the last month, what I want to understand is what has gone wrong with the x-ray …
I came across a great video last night at the tao of mac blog, what if the Microsoft package design team was responsible for creating the iPod box.. The video (beware wmv format) is funny but contains a really powerful message, how often do we in the geospatial industry over complicate the design of our …
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Macworld UK reports that Apple is hiring staff for a new Apple Store to be opened in the West Quay Centre in Southampton – and to think I used to have to plan my annual shopping trip to the Soho Apple Store in New York !!
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