Safari 5.0.1 Released
Apple have released Safari 5.0.1 today which, among other things, fixes a bug in WebKit that makes the body of a Mail message have a black background when th...
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Solution for playing media on the PS3 from your Mac
I've been looking into Playback recently as an option for playing back media files on the PS3. Playback is great in that it also allows you to stream media t...
Read post →Graffiti Analysis
Love it or hate it, you have to admit that there is a style to graffiti - a modern calligraphy even. This project aims to preserve not only the look of graff...
Read post →once in a blue moon...
Apparently once in a blue moon = 1.16699016 × 10-8 hertz via Google Search .
Read post →The new Apple Mac mini...
With it's first major facelift since the Mac mini was introduced with a G4 processor in January 2005, the new Mac mini looks awesome. It's now more compact t...
Read post →Screen Printing at Home
Over at Nathanael's One Tonne Graphic blog, there is an excellent guide to getting started with screen printing at home . It covers all the steps from start...
Read post →Safari Extensions
Safari 5 is now out, and there are some great Safari Extensions already up to be downloaded. In the Preferences -> Advanced you will need to tick the box for...
Read post →Kerio Certified Partner Status
Breaking News. Automatica is now a Kerio Certified Partner. Kai has passed the Kerio certification exams and will shortly be listed on the Kerio Resellers po...
Read post →VIDEO_TS to PS3 with no re-encoding
I've known that it somehow HAD to be possible to rip a DVD and play the ripped files directly on a PS3 without having to transcode anything. My reasoning was...
Read post →Autonomous Handbrake Park
And I, for one, welcome our new handbrake-parking robotic vehicle overlords. YouTube - Autonomous Sliding Parking (video only) .
Read post →Fix for PPTP VPN access via Telstra Next G/3G wireless internet
Telstra have some of the fastest 3G wireless and some of the best coverage in Australia. Yes, you sure pay for the privilege, but it's there when you need it...
Read post →How to destroy angels.
Trent comes out with his first new music release since NIИ: HOW TO DESTROY ANGELS . Debut single is nice, downtempo, quite haunting and very listenable...
Read post →THX Certification for HDTVs
For once, THX certification may be something that I actively look for with my next display panel purchase. I'm not a huge fan of the current trend for glossi...
Read post →Rudix
Rudix is a package-based, user-friendly way to extend the Unix portion of Mac OS X with additional network utilities, computer languages, development librari...
Read post →The mobile phone market
How many models of mobile phones do Motorola sell? 117. http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/US-EN/Consumer-Product-and-Services/Mobile-Phones/ How many models...
Read post →Guessing Game: Edible Flags
Match the food, and the flag, to the country... Yum. Flavorwire » Guessing Game: Edible Flags .
Read post →Allow network users to manage printers
When rolling out a Mac OS X SOE, sometimes it will be advantageous to allow regular users, with mobile or network accounts, to be able to manage printers on...
Read post →Over half your news is spin – Crikey
Today Crikey launches an investigation six months in the making. Spinning the Media is an investigation in conjunction with the University of Technology (UTS...
Read post →Solid State Drives are the new black...
Solid State Drives (SSD) are one of the biggest performance increases to hit personal computers for quite some time. For many years, a solid rule of thumb wa...
Read post →How to get Juniper Network Connect working with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
I've had issues getting Juniper's Network Connect app to work on Snow Leopard. First up, it simply wouldn't install at all, which was a bit of a problem. Tur...
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