Archive for May, 2007

YouTube Coming to Apple TV

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

Apple have announced a deal that will allow owners of the new Apple TV to stream youTube videos directly to their TV’s. At the moment, users can view videos from the Apple iTunes store only.

Apple have also announced that they are to quadruple the hard drive in the Apple TV to 160GB. The larger drive [...]

Rebel - Buy Ten Cigarettes

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

I’m a smoker. I’m not ashamed of it. I won’t apologise for it. It’s my decision, and I know what the consequences are. The way I look at it, everyone has to die of something. As Homer said, “Every cigarette you smoke takes 5 minutes off of the end of your life. But they’re the [...]

Offline Web Applications

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

Everyone is buzzing about Web 2.0. For the ordinary Joe Soap, Web 2.0 doesn’t mean a whole lot. It’s hard to define for the end user, the end user who just wants to send email, watch some youTube videos, and browse their favourite websites.

I think the one thing that the ordinary user can understand is [...]

Please Welcome on Stage…Bill Gates and Steve Jobs

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

When it comes to the most recognisable names in the computing world, Bill Gates from Microsoft and Steve Jobs from Apple are at the top of the list. The two have had a long, and sometimes not so harmonious, relationship in the computer industry over the last 30 years. In fact they haven’t publicaly met [...]

Upgrading Memory on a MacBook

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

When I bought my MacBook, I went with the most basic specifications. Mainly because of the cost, and also because the basic system was more than enough for my needs. After using it for the last while, I felt it was time to throw some more memory into the system.

The original specification included 512MB of [...]