Archive For February, 2005

AnchorFree offers free Wi-Fi in 4-block SF area

By | February 28, 2005

AnchorFree offers free Wi-Fi in 4-block SF area: “Sunnyvale, Calif.-based AnchorFree on Monday announced the creation of a free Wi-Fi hot zone in San Francisco’s Marina district, along a four-block area of Chestnut St. between Fillmore and Scott Streets. Anyone with a Wi-Fi-capable device, including an Apple computer equipped with AirPort or AirPort Extreme, can [...]

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Jef Raskin, Father of the Mac, Dies of Cancer

By | February 28, 2005

Jef Raskin, Father of the Mac, Dies of Cancer: “Computing pioneer Jef Raskin died on Saturday of pancreatic cancer. He was 61. Raskin is best known for starting the Macintosh project at Apple in the late seventies, though his later career as an expert in computer interfaces was overshadowed by controversy over who ‘fathered’ the [...]

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Onestat.com: Firefox, Safari usage on the rise

By | February 28, 2005

Onestat.com: Firefox, Safari usage on the rise: “Web analytics firm Onestat.com reported Monday that the global usage share of Mozilla’s Web browsers and Apple’s Safari Web browser continue to rise. The firm said that since November 2004 Mozilla usage has increased more than 1 percent to 8.45 percent thanks to the popularity of Firefox, and [...]

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Apple to acquire TiVo?

By | February 23, 2005

Apple to acquire TiVo?: “TiVo Inc. shares jumped more than 17 percent on Wednesday, fueled by speculation that Apple might make a try to buy the digital video recorder maker, Reuters reported Wednesday afternoon. “What we hear on the street is that Apple is interested in their business and that they are a takeout target,” [...]

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Adobe CEO: Apple is both partner and competitor

By | February 23, 2005

Adobe CEO: Apple is both partner and competitor | MacMinute News: “Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen says his company has worked out a coexistence strategy that treats Apple as both friend and foe. ‘They are clearly both a partner and in some cases a competitor,’ Chizen said in an interview with CNET News.com. ‘They’re an important [...]

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U2 Desktop Picture

By | February 23, 2005

I added one more iPod people desktop picture (or Wallpaper for PC people) to the downloads page. It’s the one featuring U2.

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new iPod lineup

By | February 23, 2005

As expected, Apple introduced an updated line of iPods today, and as usual the announcement did not include most of the rumors that were running rampid. What they did NOT do: * Mini’s did not get a color screen * No bluetooth * Standard iPod is still white, no colors introduced What they did do: [...]

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new desktop pictures

By | February 22, 2005

The ‘desktop picture’ in the upper left (above) of the 4 iPod people has been downloaded from my downloads page over 1,700 times so far this month. I’m not sure of the total number for all months that it has been available, but it’s been so popular that I thought I would add the full [...]

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