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OS X could destroy Microsoft?
OS X for Intel would change the PC landscape like no other operating system has or could. Apple should open-source their operating system, port Openoffice.org to Aqua and bundle it for Intel PC’s. Offer it for $199 for a home edition and $299 for a professional edition and the world will say goodbye to Windows [...]
Great open source Mac software
Opensourcemac lists open source software for the Mac. Including several of my favourites, like Adium, Cyberduck and Colloquy. And Stepmania that I wrote about yesterday.
Dance dance dance
Stepmania is an open-source software, that lets you play dance games on your Mac or PC. The next time someone claim your computer makes you fat and lazy, just pull out the dance pad from under the sofa and show them! Picture from Stepmania. Seems like quite a few has started dancing already. Also, here’s [...]
Photo Booth pics
Apple Photo Booth isn’t available as a download yet, but still has got it’s own group at Flickr. Some examples from the group: Party tip: Put up your Mac with a camera and Photo Booth running, next to the stereo or bar. Choose one of the more wacky effects. People will fall over laughing. It’s [...]
Apple movie trailers RSS
Apple has finally changed the format of their movie trailers RSS feed. Now each post points to the actual page of each movie, not just the general page with all movies. And, as you can see, a nice description, movie poster icon, director and cast. The next – and final step – would be to [...]
Rip records straight to iPod
“Only” $1,015…
Show me your music
Do you read this site, or the feeds? Do you know me? Chat with me? Or use the same rooms as me? Then join the Last.fm Brilliantdays group. If you’re new to Last.fm, it works like this: You download a plugin for your music player software. There are a number of plugins found here. Install [...]
Web apps and services on all platforms
Scoble has a 12-point list from Ross – the 12 reasons Web 2.0 entrepreneurs aren’t using Microsoft’s stuff: 7) On clients, they want to choose the highest-reach platforms. That doesn’t mean a Windows app. Or even an app that runs only in IE. It must run on every variant of Linux and Macintosh too. In [...]
Open streaming platform?
A very short summary: – Public broadcasters should use open standards – People in general agree on this – Microsoft Windows Media is not an open standard – The public broadcasters should choose something else – People question the knowledge of the broadcasters Is there an open streaming platform that can meet the demands of [...]
A no-reprogramming lifestyle
This isn’t about surfing the Web anymore – it’s about having a lifestyle that doesn’t require you to think or reprogram. The days of the blinking 12:00 are long gone, but it’s obvious Microsoft and its vendors don’t know that yet. Chris Pirillo thinks.
Make your next presentation naked
Garr Reynolds wants you to make your next presentation naked.
Microsoft Media Center vs Apple Front Row
Om Malik has thoughts on Microsoft Media Center vs Apple Front Row. Apple’s iPod success shows that its not being the first, or being the one with the greatest number of features that translates into market share. Instead it is helping millions of consumers ease into the digital lifestyle that is the key.
Flying toasters are back
Once upon a time all computers had flying toasters across the screen when you didn’t work. Well, they’re back.
Dvorak is Tired
He has been boring for 10 years now. And still is. Boring. As big and as important as Microsoft is, the coverage of the company is quite mediocre. This is particularly true in the mainstream press. The reason for this is that today’s newspaper and magazine tech writers know little about computers and are all [...]
Aperture – new pro photo app from Apple
Apple introduced Aperture today. Looks very exciting. Check out some of the videos of it in action: here, here and here.
