Month: November 2009

He will Knock 4 times?

Yes, Virginia, he will knock 4 times…  And then your song will be over…Russel T. Davies discusses the prophecy from Planet of the Dead… Evidently, he promises that there are no trick’s here.

Apple has won the first round vs Psystar

Apple has won the first battle against Psystar.  Apple has won their claims of infringement on Copyright, trademarks, and with the enforcement of the EULA. But what is more shocking is some of the comments from The Register’s readers… I’m at a bit of a loss how I manage to install these ‘upgrades’ on brand […]

New Insteon Lamp Dimmer Module (Dual Band)

Smarthome has just announced, and made available for pre-order, a new series of Lamp modules… The new module, is powerline & RF based, so it can (potentially) replace your access points… Smarthome has attempted to create a slimmer module, one that doesn’t look like a module, but more of a discreet device… Pictured above is […]

AMD avoiding Larrabee route on road to CPU/GPU “Fusion”

Ars Technica’s Jon Stokes discusses what he has learned about AMD’s new “Fusion” CPU / GPU designs… My immediate reaction on hearing Moore describe this was that AMD was planning to pursue the Larrabee route, and replace the GPU with a pool of small x86 cores. Obviously, you have to expose this ‘GPU’ hardware (in […]

Why It’s Taken 10 Years from Carbon to Snow Leopard

I have been going through my archives, and re-discovered the Cult of Mac’s article on Why It’s Taken 10 Years from Carbon to Snow Leopard. Here’s my thoughts, and a link to the article… First, the first release of Mac OS X, was actually Mac OS X Server 1.0, on October 27, 2000.  Each version […]