Could you be tracked by your iPhone 3G
June 24, 2008
During WWDC 2008 there was a great presentation given about a new social application, Loopt, that utilize GPS technology to show you friends/contacts around you.
Using location-based technologies, Loopt lets you know where your friends are by automatically updating maps on your mobile handset. Loopt even lets you send messages to nearby friends or receive automatic alerts when they’re nearby so that you never miss an opportunity to meet.
Loopt give you control as to when people can track you… but what if someone was using a similar application to track your every move? Would you be able to notice it? Not if it is integrated well enough in some friendly looking application.
I don’t know what Apple is looking at when they accept application for the future app store but they better make sure no one is hiding some sort of tracking code that can tell your very move. Read more
Howto encode Screenflow presentation for Vimeo HD
June 16, 2008
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This short screencast tutorial will show you how you can produce Vimeo HD friendly movies. Vimeo is rather strict on what can be considered HD and this guide will show you how to hit a bullseye with your screencast in HD.
What will you need:
- Screenflow
- Vimeo account
Simply listen to the below presentation. You can watch the HD version by following the link to Vimeo:
Howto encode screenflow screencast for Vimeo HD from Bernard Maltais on Vimeo.
Howto add Presentation Title to ScreenFlow
June 16, 2008
I recently discovered this amazing program called Screenflow. It allow you to produce tutorials like the one I make for this site.
One thing I noticed it was missing was the ability to add ScreenCast Titles. So I decided to make a ScreenCast of one go about adding Titles to a Screenflow presentation.
What you will need:
- Screenflow (obviously)
- A good paint program (I used Pixelmator)
Tutorial:
Simply listen to this easy to follow screencast to learn how to do it.
Howto add a Title in Screenflow from Bernard Maltais on Vimeo.
How to convert your DVD using Handbrake on Leopard
June 15, 2008
This tutorial will show you how to easily convert your dvd to a proper version that will play on you iPod, iPhone, Apple TV or even your XBOX 360.
What will you need:
1. A copy of Handbrake
2. A DVD
3. Some free time
How to do it:
Simply what the following HD Tutorial of how to install and use Handbrake. It cover the basics of the application and will quickly show you how to do your 1st conversion.
You can also watch the tutorial in HD on Vimeo.
How to install ZFS on OSX Leopard 10.5.3 (in HD)
June 15, 2008
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You migh already know this… but Leopard retail include support for ZFS. Unfortunatly this support is only for read access. During the last WWDC 2008 conference it was mentioned that Snow Leopard would introduce Read/Write support for ZFS in the server version.
I decided that I needed to look at ZFS a little bit more and went looking on how to install ZFS on Leopard 10.5.3. What I had not realized was that it would not be as easy at it may sound.
You might remember that late in 2007 Apple released a beta build of ZFS on ADC. Since then the ZFS beta application sort of went missing and no recent updates where published. Read more
Roadrunner, the new military supercomputer
June 9, 2008
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An American military supercomputer, assembled from components originally designed for video game machines, has reached a long-sought-after computing milestone by processing more than 1.026 quadrillion calculations per second.
The Roadrunner supercomputer costs $133 million and will be used to study nuclear weapons.
The new $133 million supercomputer, called Roadrunner in a reference to the state bird of New Mexico, was devised and built by engineers and scientists at I.B.M. and Los Alamos National Laboratory, based in Los Alamos, N.M. The machine is an unusual blend of chips used in consumer products and advanced parallel computing technologies. The lessons that computer scientists learn by making it calculate even faster are seen as essential to the future of both personal and mobile consumer computing. Read more
Mac Nano to be called Mac Fusion?
June 9, 2008
TUAW (they are a great bunch) report that:
On WWDC Eve, we at TUAW are hard at work keeping an eye out for the unknown and unexpected. We just received a tip showing what appears to be the Mac Nano computer that we’ve all wanted — and it looks to be aimed towards the developer crowd.
The pictures appear to show a Mac geared towards developers on Windows and Linux systems. “Leave Windows behind. Build your Apps for OS X” states the title. While we are extremely cautious about rumors like these right before WWDC, we did have a rumor that a “new Mac” or at least an updated Mac might be released.
So, would this be the possible Mac Nano? It certainly does look like it. No specifications other that it be a Core2Duo based system is readable.
Update:
So WWDC Keynote has come and gone… and no Fusion announcement. So this was a fake. Too bad, it would have been fun.
Apple to allow subsidized 3G iPhone
June 8, 2008
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The new version of the Apple iPhone is set to be sold at significantly lower prices than the existing one, in a tacit acknowledgement by the US technology company that its previous sales strategy was not sustainable.
Apple has bowed to pressure from mobile phone operators and agreed they can subsidise the latest iPhone, expected to be unveiled by Steve Jobs, Apple’s chief executive, on Monday.
Telefonica SA is going to be the sole distributor of the iPhone in Spain, according to Thomson Financial News. And Thomson Financial has also said the device will be sold for under 100 euros. 100 euros is approximately $150 U.S. — and the 3G iPhone is going to be sold for less than that? How is that possible? Well, just as it would be in the U.S., through a subsidy by the distributor. Read more
Could the Apple iPhone kill the Nintendo DS
June 6, 2008
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The Nintendo Wii has turned the gaming world on its head, with motion-sensitive controls and family-friendly games. The Nintendo DS has had a good run, too, dominating the market for handheld gaming gizmos despite determined assaults by Sony and Nokia.
The iPhone and the iPod Touch combine the touch-sensitive screen of a Nintendo DS with the motion sensitivity of the Nintendo Wii. First released in 2004, Nintendo freshened the design of the aging system in 2006, with the release of the thinner, lighter DS Lite. Moreover, Apple has struggled to master gaming on the Mac, with a far wider array of titles available for machines running Microsoft Windows. Read more
Industry Canada involved in Wikipedia edit-war over Canadian DMCA
June 6, 2008
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BoingBoing write that the Wikipedia entry that details the controversy about the introduction of a Canadian version of the disastrous US Digital Millennium Copyright Act has been repeatedly bowlderized by the office of Industry Minister Jim Prentice. The selective edits remove material that is critical of the Minister’s approach to introducing the bill, which has been high-handed in the extreme, ignoring repeated cries for consultation from other ministers, Canadian technology and entertainment executives, citizens’ rights groups, librarians, educators and other affected parties. Read more
