My interactions with Steve were typically very brief, mostly (thankfully not always) through intermediaries… friends, emails, and even campaigns. I did get much closer than most ever did, and I got to talk to him more than most ever dream. It brightens my day when he acknowledged (once or twice) that I was right. And, […]
Debriefing my update to Momentus XT firmware SD28, the process was a success. There were, however, some woes along the way of updating the firmware. Read more to see the whole journey.
Seagate has issued a new firmware update for Momentus XT owners, version SD28. If you are a Momentus XT owner (like myself), you can breath a sigh of relief and update immediately… after backing up, of course. This firmware update will hopefully, hopefully tie up some painful loose ends that have stifled the life (thus […]
For those of you living under a rock, I’ll prime this article with the information that you should already know. One, there’s a Linux-based platform called MeeGo. Two, it was formed by a partnership between Intel and Nokia. Three, Nokia bailed on it after Microsoft gave them a billion in cash and resources. Four, MeeGo […]
I will start this article by saying that we don’t know everything that will be in iCloud just yet. However, I will say that I am disappointed at the pricing that has emerged on other web sites (here’s just one for example). At double the pricing for Amazon’s Cloud Drive, I can’t say I’ll be […]
Awhile back I blogged about Mac OS X offering newer Mac owners the opportunity to finally download a full set of their Boot Camp drivers, right off the web. Unfortunately, as I noted, older Mac owners were just given a generic error. Lion appears to have fixed that. But, it also brought something really cool […]
Like many, I am still stuck with a sea of .m4p files. These are the old FairPlay-encrypted AAC files that were supposed to be superseded by iTunes Plus. iTunes Plus did away with DRM music, and for a small fee, you were able to “upgrade” all your old music; getting higher quality versions sans-DRM. At […]
Today you may have heard some bad news about AIR on Linux. I want to set the record straight. Right now, the vast majority of Linux utilization of Flash comes through the Flash plug-in itself. Not AIR. Putting it bluntly, most Linux users don’t appreciate, let alone need AIR. It costs Adobe a ton of […]
Apple and Oracle long ago announced that Oracle would be taking over work on Java for Mac OS X, following Snow Leopard. The OpenJDK Project for Mac OS X was formed, with the intention of offering Oracle’s JRE and JDK for both Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7. Unfortunately, Lion appears to be progressing much […]
I bought my MacBook in December 2010, the bottom case on it has failed twice. Sure enough, Apple has opened up a replacement program for the bottom case. Apple doesn’t go into great detail as to what may fail, but basically a couple of things can happen. One, the thin metal can warp if you […]