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MacUpdate Spring Bundle: Parallels and 9 Other Mac Apps for $49.99
A few times a year, MacRumors partners with MacUpdate to promote their Mac application bundle deal. Their latest bundle delivers at least 10 Mac applications for $49.99 (a $376 value if all purchased separately) including:
Parallels Desktop 5 ($79.99) - Run Windows, Linux on your Intel Mac.
Timeline 3D ($65) - Make timeline charts with full motion
SpellCatcher X ($39.95) - All-in-one writing solution for those who need standardized custom dictionaries
Hydra ($79.95) - Compose high dynamic range photographs with ease
Back-In-Time ($29) - Easy access to all the data backed up by Time Machine
ForeverSave ($14.95) - Automatically saves revisions of your documents so you never lose work
Hyperspaces ($12.95) - Take Mac OS X's Spaces to the next level
Web Snapper ($15) - Capture entire Web pages with a single click
MacDVDRipper Pro ($9.95) - Copy DVDs to your Mac
MacScan ($29.99) - Identify and remove malware, spyware, tracking cookies, and more
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le nubian "Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."" Mar 2, 2010 7:18:16 am PST
I knew it was too good to be true! Amazon found out about the generous credit and charged the item to my card. I got my statement in the mail today and the truth was told. (sigh) I guess you really can't expect anything for free...
Free kindle reader for Macs [link]
System Requirements:
* A Mac with a 500MHz Intel processor or faster
* At least 512MB of RAM
* Screen resolution of 800x600 or greater
* Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
* 100MB of available disk space
An iPad clone running Android emerges from China
Are you excited about tablet computers but are not so interested in the iPad's iPhone-like operating system? A shady company in China has just the solution you're looking for!
This iPad knockoff might look relatively legit, but it's actually running a hacked version of Google's Android phone OS modified to look like the iPad OS. On the inside you've got a 600MHz ARM CPU instead of Apple's 1GHz A4 processor. Otherwise, who knows what's inside? But hey, it's a mere $150, much less expensive than the real deal, so maybe it's a better option! Then again, maybe it isn't.
You know, if I ran across a cheap-ass clone of an Apple product like the iPad, I'd be tempted to buy it. But I think $150 would be too much (unless I wanted the touchscreen for something). Plus I'd have to see if it could, you know, do anything useful....
My laptop is at the end of its useful life. I was able to save everything I wanted to an external drive and now will be recycling the laptop. Unfortunately, I've heard some stories about the volunteers at my recycling center (many of whom are there performing community service under court order) taking information from the computers that go through the center. Assuming that I can convince it to boot up one more time, what is the best way to wipe the hard drive clean? Reformat it?
While you definitely shouldn't buy the most expensive HDMI cable you can find, the authors assertion that because this is a digital signal it will either work or not work isn't correct. There's no error correction in HDMI, so if the cable is flawed you will see visual artifacts.
I've never had a problem with any HDMI cable I've purchased, though, so I think it's hard to go wrong with one.
While you definitely shouldn't buy the most expensive HDMI cable you can find, the authors assertion that because this is a digital signal it will either work or not work isn't correct. There's no error correction in HDMI, so if the cable is flawed you will see visual artifacts.
Yeah, but I'd think that most of the time, an HDMI cable will either work or it won't. If the cable is borderline I'd expect visual artifacts, but I'd also think that most all HDMI cables are not borderline.
I had a bad HDMI cable - it must have had an internal break or short, because I had to move the cable around to get it to work (and it either worked 100% or the picture was complete static)>
Weird development with my iPhone....
So yesterday, my iPhone's WiFi stopped working. Like, when I went to turn it on, there was no switch, the whole line was grayed out, and where the switch should be, it simply said "No WiFi". I was worried that the WiFi component had been broken in the drop that cracked a corner of the glass a few days ago, but this morning? It's back.
