May 2012
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Engadget: Researchers develop silicon ReRAM chip,... →
Highly interesting! Looks like the race is on for creating even faster storage solutions in the near future, which may also double as processing devices of sorts. Well worth keeping an eye on.
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iMore: The 4 inch iPhone →
With all the talk about a, still theoretical, 4-inch screen adorned iPhone lately It’s not surprising to see some very in-depth articles about how Apple might go about making such a device. Rene Ritchie has done just that and it’s a very good article, covering all the options.
Do check out my own article on the topic from January this year, which is not as long nor does it contain any...
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Engadget: RunCore InVincible SSD wipes data away... →
Ok, useful or not, this is pretty awesome.
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Blue tie and male →
As reported by Christiane Vejlø, Dell had a summit in Copenhagen lately, where some 800 representatives and employees of Dell were gathered. Nothing wrong with that, and even the head honcho Michael Dell himself attended.
What was very wrong, was the conduct and the “show” that the moderator of the event, Mads Christensen, put on. I don’t know much about him, but from what I can...
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Harry McCracken: Fact-Checking Digitimes, the... →
Harry McCracken has done a great job assembling a wonderful tear-down of DigiTimes and their accuracy regarding Apple rumors. Do go read McCracken’s article and get yourself a good idea about what we are dealing with.
I’ve been saying it for almost as long as I have been running this site and I’ll most likely continue saying it well into the future: When you see DigiTimes...
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Two new articles over at BTN
Once the Bagel Tech Network, now the British Tech Network. I still enjoy writing articles and having them published there and will continue doing so in the future. In fact, two were published just yesterday. Check them via these handy links:
An open webOS
A dangerous mentality
The webOS article was actually written at the end of last year, but I forgot about it until Ewen recently discovered it...
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Akihabara News: Panasonic unveils its new Let’s... →
You know, there’s a lot of admire about Panasonic. They tend to go about their business and make their own way, not looking too much at what’s trendy or what other companies are doing. This latest laptop is no exception. It packs a ton of up-to-date technology under the hood, all quite impressive.
That said… it’s one ugly beast of a laptop! Who green-lighted this industrial...
dbuntinx: Think different →
dbuntinx:
I’m sitting on a train writing this, listening to The Beatles’ Revolver album and occasionaly glancing out of the window watching the Flemish landscape slowly rolling by.
I’m on the road with my iPhone, doing things on a device smaller than a cigarette box. Things that one was unable to do at all…
As is often the case, Davy has made some brilliant and astute observations and...
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Curious Rat - A $799 MacBook Air Coming? →
For a little while I was contemplating doing my usual thing and tear into the cheaper MacBook Air rumor that popped up a little while ago. But instead of me getting my hands dirty or having to outsource it to someone who gives a damn, Harry Marks did an excellent job already.
I’ve said it before and Mr. Marks emphasizes it perfectly:
I have one word of advice for news outlets looking to...
April 2012
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The Big Android Chart™: A Definitive History of... →
Here’s some interesting reading regarding the version adoption of Android and an interesting peek into how well the latest version (Android 4.0) is doing compared to earlier releases. It’s not a pretty sight, really…
I honestly don’t think Android is a bad system or platform. Not at all. On a technical level it’s a very competent and clever system. No, what I have against...
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Engadget: Ikea cardboard digital camera - when... →
I have a feeling that home-modders and happy hackers everywhere will be quick to pick up one or ten of these when IKEA starts selling them.
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A Brief, Inaccurate History of the Mythical... →
Harry McCracken goes over the history of one long-lived rumor; the iPhone Nano. This and the iPad Mini rumors are the zombie rumors that refuse to die and just keep coming back for more.
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Coolest jobs in tech (literally): running a South... →
Yet another brilliant article from Ars Technica. While I’m no stranger to cold weather, I’m not sure I’m made of the right stuff to do IT on the South Pole.
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Huw Martin: Software, Hardware, and Flatpack... →
Huw Martin wrote a very interesting article about the recently announced IKEA Uppleva, which I have not really been paying much attention to. Martin’s article is well worth a read and I recommend it!
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Two Years, And Counting…
It’s that time of the year again. That time when I contemplate for a while wether if I will renew the domain for another year and keep going. While this site is in no way as impressive, as well known or as respected as the very fine Macstories.net or The Bro Show of 70 Decibels fame, I have now been running Streakmachine.com for two years. One year younger than Macstories and roughly the...
The Minimalists | Let’s Trade: Our Free Book for... →
zenhabits:
Very nice.
I concur! Spread the word, get, read, review.
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Curious Rat - Breaking Up is Wrong to Do →
Harry Marks makes some very interesting comments on the recent articles by Jason Snell and Dan Moren about iTunes, Messages and how the problems with them could be solved. Very interesting and I recommend a read!
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Davy Buntinx: The Podcasts I Listen To →
Want something new to listen to? Curious about what podcasts people listen to? Well go check out which podcasts Davy Buntinx listens to and get inspired. It’s a really good list and I think it’s an excellent selection. I posted a list of what podcasts I listen to a while back, so feel free to check that out too.
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Prototype Macintosh with Twiggy drive on eBay →
Not something you find every day exactly. The word “rare” doesn’t quite begin to do this piece full justice. Go on, check out all the juicy photos in the auction.
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Retro review: GameBoy Pocket
You might know that I love retro video games. I enjoy playing games of the 1980s and early 1990s, most of the time a lot more than I enjoy modern games. For me the simple graphics and relatively primitive sounds capabilities of these old consoles have all the charm in the world, and since I haven’t played all the available games, there’s still a ton of fun for me to discover. Pretty...
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Boing Boing: Secret history of the... →
If they had built it, I would have come. Most likely several times at that. I mean, a real, 1:1 scale U.S.S. Enterprise (Enterprise-A judging by the concept art). For me, that would have been awesome beyond awesomeness.
And then, of course, someone had to raise the red flag. Grr!
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App Store Translation Woes
I took a look in the games section of the App Store and I happened to find a few things that make me rather irate. Few things manage to consistently upset me as much as machine translations or just poorly performed translations, specially in software, but otherwise too. Sadly, I see no other explanation for what met my eyes than that Apple has, for some reason, managed to accept some sub-par...
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Spilling the beans properly
Since I’ve been getting a few questions here and there, a few people already know about it and I haven’t exactly been making a big secret of it for that matter. I thought it would be a good time to spill the beans properly once and for all.
I’m writing a book.
Yup, it’s all the rage right now, but I’ve been writing a few books over the years, some of which never...
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Macworld: What you need to know about the... →
Lots of good to know information about Flashback and how to deal with it in this article by Rich Mogull. I recommend a read!
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iPad as a Mac Retina Display - Matt Gemmell →
I have seen a lot of commentary about the whole Retina display stuff on Macs, but most of the people who have weighed in so far have either gotten themselves lost in tech they didn’t quite understand, or they just had one heck of a hard time putting it into words that made sense.
Enter Matt Gemmell:
Now, when you have a high-resolution display, you have two options for how your software...
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John Moltz - Flashback →
Mr. Moltz gives some perspective about the current ongoings with the Flashback trojan that have managed to infect some 600.000 Macs around the world.
Quite a few things about this whole thing have surprised me quite a lot.
There has been no mass media outcry and loud screaming about how insecure Apple’s products are, as I personally expected there would be when something of this magnitude...
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Egg Freckles: Snow Leopard Recovery →
Thomas Brand is at it again and shares his ideas on how to make a recovery partition if you, like me, are still using Snow Leopard. A very good read, and not a very difficult process to go through. Well done, Mr. Brand!
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Linux Tycoon →
You know of all the other tycoon games out there. Well, there’s a new kid on the block and it’s Linux Tycoon. Start running the distribution of your dreams and wow the world. It’s a game of course, so you don’t even need to know how to write code yourself.
[Via: Engadget]
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The Future - Living In Notification Hell™
Today Google released a video of something they call Project Glass. It’s yet another view of the future we might see it at some point or another. For what it is, it’s not a bad video. There are just a few things I keep seeing in other, similar videos who are supposed to give us a glimpse of what is to be.
Having a heads-up display doesn’t bother me in the least. I see it as...
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How I deal with RSS
I thought I would share a bit more detailed about how I work with some aspects of my daily computing life, and perhaps some of you lovely, intelligent folks out there will do the same and maybe inspire me to rethink how I do things. That’s something I really appreciate and like to do, all in the interest of getting rid of the pointless things and stuff I don’t need. To find better...
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Tor traffic disguised as Skype video calls to fool... →
Very clever thinking behind this little trick. I can imagine that in some scenarios it would be very difficult to use, since some carriers like to strange the speed of certain traffic types, but it’s on the whole a very interesting idea all the same. Do give it a read and get the details.
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Approaching two years
I took a look at the calendar recently and I realized that it’s soon a 2 year anniversary of this site being around. Doing this, I of course started thinking about what I have actually achieved during these nearly two years of me writing somewhat regularly. Mostly I have come up with things that I’m just not able to do or should stay away from.
There is just no way I can compete in...
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Macworld: New Trojan variant can install without... →
More and more clever the malware gets, as I suspected it would. I hate to be that guy, but really folks, be careful out there, regardless of what operating system you use!
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25 Years of IBM’s OS/2: The Strange Days and... →
Harry McCracken has written an excellent article about the operating system that could; OS/2. For your dose of computer nostalgia, go read the article. Well worth your time, if only to learn some computer history.
March 2012
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Hack a Day: Building the worst Linux PC ever →
I just couldn’t resist linking to this little gem. With a boot time of 1 hour and a clock speed of 6,5 Kilohertz, this sure isn’t your average everyday computer! Seriously nerdy, seriously awesome all the same!
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Novelr: Word Needs To Die →
I have absolutely no objections to this! People have a bizarre demand for everything they send a receive to be in “Word format”, regardless of what they do. It’s utterly absurd. I’m willing to bet that most people could make do with frakkin’ Notepad (Windows) or TextEdit (Mac OS X). Heck, even Pico (Linux) would be enough for some people!
Anyways. Go check out the...
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Buyer's guide: Android or Elephant
So you are standing there in the store, contemplating which of the many available items you are going to purchase with your hard earned money. We’ve all been there at one point or another. There are just so many good models from a lot of trustworthy companies on the market today, and it can be very overwhelming, to say the least.
Given the choice, would you rather buy an Android phone or an...
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Engadget: Commodore Amiga Mini PC revealed: Core... →
If the retro-tasticness of the new Commodore 64 caters to your taste, perhaps this new Amiga Mini PC tickles your fancy? I must say, it is pretty good industrial design, complete with “AMIGA” printed across the front as well as the Commodore logo.
I’ll have to learn some more about the innards of it before I give some kind of a verdict, but it sure looks nice so far.
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Engadget: Neo Geo X goes official, celebrates... →
Arcade level gaming in a portable device? Seems like it’s actually happening with the Neo Geo X, blessed with SNK’s permission and loaded with some pretty interesting games. Could be worth keeping your eyes on this in the future.
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Macworld: Dropbox's URL shortener abused by... →
Spammers and malware makers continue to be innovative and creative at doing what they do. I recommend a read of this article!
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Counter-Strike on the App Store?
I happened to stumble across this little “gem” while perusing the App Store today. I have a feeling this won’t be around for very long, fortunately. While you might think this is a sad thing, it’s apparently just a big fat lie by someone who has several other suspect apps in the App Store.
I took the liberty of circling the somewhat relevant parts of the image below.
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Macworld takes a look at Smultron 4 →
One of my absolute favorite text editors on Mac OS X is Smultron, which just so happens to have some nifty features in its latest update. Macworld took a closer look and I recommend you check out what they have to say about this lovely little app!
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iPad event followup
So just out of interest in pointless facts and seeing how well I fared in guessing what the next iPad would contain, let’s go through my list from last week and compare to what was actually announced yesterday:
Higher resolution display: Yes ✓
LTE: No
More storage: Doubtful ✓
New, faster processor: Yes ✓
Edge to edge display: No ✓
Smaller iPad: No ✓
Higher price: No ✓
Battery...
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Macworld: Flashback malware for Mac changes... →
Malware keeps being an interesting area of computer security to keep an eye on. While Mac OS X is generally not under too much threat of malware on the whole, it’s more than prudent to be vigilant and always question what you see. Specially if you are visiting the perhaps “shady” side of the Internet.
Engage common sense and think twice, people!
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Maxis announces new SimCity for 2013 →
My excitement for this is almost palpable!
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TUAW: Sketch Nation Studio allows to make your own... →
A very interesting new app, enabling people to create games without having to learn programming or any more advanced techniques than being creative and curious. Worth keeping an eye on in the future, methinks!
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Quiet before the storm
As you might have noticed, it’s been a bit on the quiet side of things here on my site. You might say it’s the quiet before the storm, seeing as how the Apple even is on Wednesday this week. Beyond this there hasn’t been all too much to peak my interest in the general tech press, rumor section or otherwise.
Not to mention I have been keeping myself busy by being sick and writing...
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5th week in a row
moapp:
Write is the 5th week in a row Top Paid Business App now and I just wanted to say:
THANKS!
I took a quick look in the Swedish Mac App Store and it’s 30th on the Top Paid Business App category right now. Might not be as impressive as the number 1 position, but it’s not bad at all!
Write is, as you might know, my absolute favorite word processor for Mac OS X. It’s...