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{ Monthly Archives } September 2008

Apple - Support - Discussions - Screen auto-dimming when I hit delete …

Apple - Support - Discussions - Screen auto-dimming when I hit delete ….
LOL, this had me puzzled for a bit. While playing with my mac, I noticed the screen dimmed everytime I hit the delete key.
What happened:

the mac book pro adjust screen brightness to the ambient light
it has two light sensors in the stereo speakers
when [...]

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The Way We Live Next

I stumbled upon somebody writing about Nokia’s 2007 Way We Live Next event in Oulu. This event was intended to give the outside world a view on what is going on in Nokia Research Center.
Nice quote
Lots of interesting stuff was shown off during the course of the two days and the most interesting I came [...]

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X-plane on an iPhone

If you’ve read my past reviews of X-plane, you’ll know that I’m somewhat of a fan of that product. It’s an ultra realistic flight simulator. If you’ll read the product page you will see that it boasts a long list of features. I can assure you, they’re being modest. I don’t pay for software very [...]

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Failing power supply

In April 2007, I replaced a broken power supply in my PC with a Antec SmartPower 2.0 500W Power Supply. Check my review here. A few days ago, my pc has started producing a high pitched noise. Really annoying. So, I Google a little and what do I find: Antec SmartPower 2.0 500W Power Supplies [...]

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Joost and video on demand

Screenshots And Video Of The New Joost
Joost has announced that they are changing the way their service works. Having used it quite a bit, I think this is probably the best thing for them since it was based on a misguided channel/TV metaphore. However, I wonder (along with Techcrunch) what their added value really is. [...]

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Google Chrome - First Impressions

First impression: Google delivered, I’ve never used a browser this fast. It’s great.
Yesterday, a cartoon was prematurely leaked detailing Google’s vision for what a browser could look like. Now, 24 hours later I’m reviewing what until yesterday was a well kept secret.
So here’s my first impressions.

Fast and responsive. What can I say? Firefox 3 was [...]

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