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IRC on the iPhone! (kinda)

Detailed instructions, with images, on how to set up your iPhone to log in to the Colloquy IRC client so you can chat directly from the phone itself! Yes, you’ll have to use a running Mac to proxy the connection, but it’s a start. Hopefully soon there will be a linux-type daemon that can accomplish [...]

iTunes WTF! – Think of the Children!

“50 Cent’s masterwork “Candy Shop” is an eloquent and subtle meditation on the similarities between consuming candy and f**king. Classical composers Bach and Ligeti, on the other hand, took things a bit too far with their highly explicit, violin-only Chaconne (originally titled “****ing and ****ing in D Minor, 6th God**** Movement”).” Not sure if someone [...]

Apple adds Xvid to QuickTime components page

Apple has added the open source Xvid codec to its list of QuickTime components on Apple.com… maybe now Xvid will finally make it into iTunes and the AppleTV. read more | digg story

Google Desktop released for Mac

There’s a bit of confusion out in the community since Google announced its popular Desktop application would be available to Mac users. Why so? Sure, it’s a hit on the Windows platform because it brings functionality that isn’t already built into the OS (surprise!) but on Mac OS X 10.4 we have Spotlight. With a [...]

An Initial Analysis on the Apple iPhone

(Originally from OSNews.com) Apple today announced the long awaited iPhone, a device that I predicted about years 1.5 ago that it would happen (I won’t forget how a fellow editor from a Mac site emailed me to say that I am crazy after reading my blog back then). But the iPhone is real, and it’s [...]