Keeping the Palm spirit alive

Keeping the Palm spirit alive

While I’m still an avid Palm user ( I presently use the Palm Centro phone), it saddens me to see that the pace of software development for Palm OS devices has slowed down dramatically in just a few years. It’s also annoying that recently available iPhone applications appear to be more attractively priced than most Palm OS applications :p So it was nice to see efforts like MobileHeist coming along Even more exciting though is the beautiful form factor for…

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Happy 10th birthday iMac!

Happy 10th birthday iMac!

Whoever could have imagined when the iMac was first introduced by Steve Jobs 10 years ago that it would evolve into something like this? Throughout its many incarnations, the iMac has never ceased to amaze with its unique visual looks and ease of use. Enjoy a video of Steve Jobs’ introduction of the very first iMac way back on 15th August 1998!

Synching lists for iPhone

Synching lists for iPhone

While I’m still a staunch user of the Palm Centro, which I really love very much, I have been exploring the iTunes App Store for worthy iPhone applications (using my iPod Touch)…in case I do ever get an iPhone in the (probably distant) future. One of the best free gems I’ve seen so far is Zenbe Lists. Now, list type applications are common (some free, some not) but what reallys sets it apart from its competition is the ability to…

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Free virtualisation for everyone

Free virtualisation for everyone

Looks like anyone wanting to run a different operating system no longer needs to fiddle around with partitions – you can do it in “virtual machines” and now for free too, with the release of VirtualBox. Also handy for the Mac or Linux user who  needs to run that occasional Windows application Get VirtualBox for free

Free Cult of Mac ebook!

Free Cult of Mac ebook!

I’d always been curious about the book Cult of Mac. The reviews and even the cover were very exciting, but I wasn’t sure if I’d like it enough to buy it. So I was pleasantly surprised to find that the publisher No Starch Press has decided to give away the PDF version of the book.Now I can sample it on my smartphone first!

Digital copies of your movies

Digital copies of your movies

Right now, whenever I’d like to be able to view a movie I own on a portable multimedia device (e.g. my recently-acquired iPod Touch!), I’d have to “rip” and then encode the desired movie into a suitable format (e.g. H.264 or Xvid).Simple enough a process (if you know how to do it), but definitely time-consuming. It seems that the major movie studios are finally taking notice of this type of usage though, with the introduction of “digital copies”. Essentially, the movie DVD…

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