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hey n00b, here’s how you install os x on an sd card

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Macworld Senior Editor Roman Loyola posted a video guide showing how one can install Apple’s OS X Leopard on an SD card. The new Macbook Pros (save for the 17-in) come with an SD card slot, so you can install apps on the SD card and boot from it if for instance you want to…

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June 28th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing hacks + mods mobile tech technology

3.5-inch floppy disk raid: why? why not?

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Welcome to the latest edition of Why? Why not?, where we look at concepts and creations that exist for no real reason. Yes folks, I’m talking about products of democracy, of free will, and most of all of too much free time. Our forefathers lay down their lives so that we may spend ours coming…

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May 22nd, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing hacks + mods just plain fun technology

download a very early build of google’s chrome browser for intel macs

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A blogger/developer has compiled a very very early build of Google’s browser, Chrome that runs on a Mac. I tested it myself a couple of days ago and it’s fast alright.

It’s so fast that it left most of a browser’s functions at Google’s labs: plug-ins don’t work so it can’t play Flash videos. There’s…

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April 10th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing technology

wi-far out: wi-fire usb range extender

Hfield Wi-Fire wireless extender antenna 802.11

Wireless connectivity is the bees’ knees. In most cases however, you have to give up some of your connection speed for the convenience and neatness of being wireless. Sometimes it’s the router’s fault, but I think you’ll agree with me that the built-in receiver/transmitter in most computers, especially the ones in laptops, could be better.…

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January 19th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing gadgets mobile tech technology

axiotron modbook: mac tablet computer revealed

Axiotron ModBook Mac Tablet Computer

At this week’s Macworld conference, Axiotron is showing off its new Mac-based tablet computer, the ModBook. The ModBook is an aftermarket hardware modification kit that transforms Apple’s MacBook portable into the world’s first Mac tablet computer.

The ModBook features a WACOM pressure-sensitive digitizer, allowing artists to draw directly on its 13.3-inch (1280×800) LCD screen. It…

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January 10th, 2007 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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wwdc 2006 keynote coverage

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Here’s the latest news from Steve Jobs’ keynote address at Apple’s 2006 Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) today…
9:50am (Pacific): The Apple Store is temporarily down for maintenance, so clearly something new will be released today…
10:03am: Steve Jobs has taken the stage.
10:05am: 50% of new Mac purchasers are new Mac adopters, and over 17 million visited…

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August 7th, 2006 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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