November 24th, 2007 • Categories: Photographs
Flickr is an amazing site. It is where geeks and techies hang out. And how! They display their killer rigs, setups and gadgets on Flickr. If you’re an Apple fanboy, then Flickr may throw up beautiful photos of MacBooks, MacBook Pros and Mac Pros.
(PS: I’ve already covered 7 killer Mac Pro setups already).
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November 15th, 2007 • Categories: Photographs
Ever since becoming an Apple fan, I’ve drooled over those sexy, sleek Apple Mac Pro, which cost a bundle and pack a punch. I’ve always wanted to own one, and have already started saving up for one in the next six months. Hopefully, Apple will launch Penryn-based (Intel’s new processors) by then
I browse around Flickr a lot, though I do not upload much. I’ve come across beautiful pictures, and decided to collect them here. This is only the first batch, and more will follow. Now lets get down to business!
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November 11th, 2007 • Categories: Rumours
Tagged: iPhone
The first anniversary of open-sourcing of Java is coming up on November 13. As a possible birthday present, those involved closely with Java project believe that Java could be ported to Apple’s iPhone as early as 2008. This would open up the iPhone to even more applications, on top of the range of apps developed by Apple and other developers.
Sun Microsystems, who developed Java, says that a potential port would enable iPhone users to utilize the vast library of Java apps. However, I digress. The iPhone is not an average phone, and developers take queues to make new programs for their share of fame, and the apps for iPhone are already burgeoning.
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November 9th, 2007 • Categories: News, Software
Tagged: Quicksilver
Nicknamed Alcor, the developer of the famed Quicksilver applicationĀ has opened up the source code for Quicksilver. Alcor had promised to open-source Quicksilver in time for the Leopard OS, and has kept his word. It is licensed using the Apache License. Quicksilver is very famous for being quick, light and improving our productivity. It is the most popular launcher at present, and things look better with the open-sourcing.
This event is not a feature update, and is expected to be more of a massive bug hunt and fix thanks to the open-source community that will be taking it for a spin. Also, the Alcor’s life will be easier, not to mention devote more time towards adding features rather than hunting down bugs.
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