Someone stole John Boldt’s laptop out of the trunk of his car. Nothing really newsworthy about that. But according to a CTV Calgary article, that laptop contained the University of Calgary grad student’s nearly-completed master’s thesis, as well as his research and notes. “It’s so many years of my life just thrown away,â€Â Boldt told CTV. “The computer can be replaced. It’s […]
First, Clyde and folks stumble upon trouble… (Like the olde days, eh?) \”When the Doctor is declared dead, old companions Sarah Jane and Jo Grant meet for the very first time, and join forces to discover the truth. As an interstellar conspiracy gathers around UNIT HQ, Clyde finds that he holds the fate of the […]
The Samsung Galaxy Tab is the first tablet to come along that offers a serious alternative, or poses any notable challenge to the Apple iPad. As formidable as the Samsung tablet seems, though, there are still a number of reasons to forego the Android-based device in favor of the Apple iPad. Five reasons to ignore the Galaxy […]
Evidently, some versions of the Vise Installer don\’t quite work properly under Mac OS X… Here\’s why… Â The symptom is that your computer slows down or stops responding… Â The Installer splash screen may display, but the Vise Installer typically stops at the \”Gathering Details\” screen. Why? Â You have a \”network volume\” mounted, it could be […]
Well, Mac OS X has turned 10… Let\’s take a look back at my list of best features that Mac OS X has introduced… Time Machine – Quite simply, this has brought backups to virtually everyone that wants it. While Retrospect, and other applications have their followers, Apple introduced a simple system that just by […]
For example: 9/4/10 1:48:31 PM KernelEventAgent[72] tid 00000000 received event(s) VQ_LOWDISK, VQ_VERYLOWDISK (516) This indicates that Mac OS X has detected a drive (hard drive, RAM drive, Zip Drive, etc), that is very low or out of disk space. Â If this is your boot drive, you will receive a POP up warning message that the […]
The Register has a review of the Apple Magic Trackpad and it is quite positive, giving it a 80% rating…
I’m the last person on earth who wanted to believe Steve Jobs when he told Walt Mossberg at D8 that “Flash has had its day.†I took it as nothing more than showmanship when Jobs shared his thoughts on Flash and wrote that “Flash is closed and proprietary, has major technical drawbacks, and doesn’t support […]