Month: June, 2008

Leopard updated to 10.5.4

30 June, 2008 (21:44) | , , , | 4 comments

Fire up Software Update and you’ll spot a new addition waiting to be donwloaded: 10.5.4.

Updates seem to include Airport, iCal and Safari fixes along with general security improvements. The full list of updates is below, or the relevant page on the Apple web site is here.

I’m still on 10.5.2 so I’m starting to lag […]

25.6GHz not enough? Mac Pro overclocking tool

30 June, 2008 (11:40) | , , , , | 2 comments

If you’re lucky enough to own a Mac Pro chances are you don’t find yourself sat staring at too many loading screens. If however, your 8 cores of 3.2GHz just don’t cut it anymore, ZDNet have the answer.
The ZDnet Clock tool is designed for overclocking Intel Mac Pros and Xserve machines, and allows users […]

3G iPhone countdown timer - counting down in style

30 June, 2008 (11:19) | , | 3 comments

It’s not long to go now ! If you’re getting all giddy waiting for the 3G iPhone and just can’t stop checking how long’s left, this is the widget for you.
Daniel Brusilovsky pointed me in the direction of CeeDubb.com where you will find a rather funky looking widget, complete with countdown timer to […]

Rogers’ iPhone tarrifs made public

28 June, 2008 (00:02) | , , | No comments

Today saw the long and eagerly awaited announcement from Rogers telling Canadians how much they will be paying to use their shiny new iPhones. Below is a direct quote from the press release quoted over on appleiphoneschool.com :
iPhone 3G Price Plans at Rogers Wireless
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Price Voice Data Messages messages Voicemail
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$60 / 150 […]

Fabrix iPhone cases - like foofpod, but not.

27 June, 2008 (23:28) | , | No comments

Many people like to put their iPhones, iPods or laptops in brightly coloured sleeves to aid in the protection of their toys. I’m personally not one of these people, but there’s undoubtedly a market out there. This is probably why Fabrix Cases has launched an iPhone range for both the original 2.5G version […]

Convert images to ACII code with asciiconvert.com

27 June, 2008 (22:41) | | No comments

Firmly in the ‘useless but cool’ category, meet asciiconvert.com ! Simply navigate to the url above and either choose a local file or give it the URL of one already uploaded and off it goes to do its thing. There are some settings you can play with should you be that way inclined, […]

The Awesome Highlighter: It’s awesome !

27 June, 2008 (18:34) | , | No comments

With the explosion of web 2.0, we’re seeing more and more web sites that are doing the jobs of full blown applications. One of these is ‘The Awesome Highlighter‘.
TUH (sorry, but it’s name is just TOO long) allows you to visit a web site and highlight the text any one of four colours. […]

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