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That is according to Dave Munger of Science Blogs, he conducted a survey a few weeks ago (all because someone wouldn’t share their iPod with him) and says the results point to PC users being almost 3 times as likely to share their gadgets as Mac users.
His theory behind this?
I do have a guess at [...]

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Correct me if I’m wrong, but pulling up Google now yields a styilized blue g instead of the classic G.

The significance? Nothing really, just thought I’d share.

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Clues in the recent iPhone SDK point to a impedding name change for .Mac, and after further digging the consensus is that its new name will be “Mobile Me”. Okay, kinda lame…
Hopefully they can make up for their poor naming skills with a revamp of .Mac, maybe some nice upgrades so it doesn’t suck!

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The folks at Mozilla announced today that they’re hoping to set a world record for the most downloads within 24 hours with the release of Firefox 3.
Check out their pledge page (as of the time I’m posting this they have 170,155 pledges) and join the cause.

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This is just a concept, while the hardware should be compatible I cannot vouch for this as I haven’t built one yet. I am however planning on building one in the next few weeks after which I will post a full breakdown.
Case: Linkworld MicroATX Mini Tower with 430W Power Supply
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-G31M-S2L LGA 775 Intel [...]

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Kind of a cool idea…

So if you have an older PowerBook laying around and a corkboard and some push pins, why not give it a try? Or if it’s an iBook, go with the iBook server idea.
There’s another shot of the corkboard mac on his website.

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Not only did Apple release 10.5.3 and Beta 6 of the iPhone SDK they also just released Security Update 2008-003. In traditional Apple fashion the description reads “improves the security of OS X.”
As always the update is available through System Update.

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The team over at Mozilla are hoping to have the RC2 build candidate for Firefox 3 ready by Friday. While this won’t be a RC2 Final release, it’s certainly a step in the right direction.
According to Carsten Book the RC2 update will include some additional patches and localization updates. Outside of that details are scarce.

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Apple has just released Leopard 10.5.3 today, the update weighs in at 420MB.
The 10.5.3 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac.

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I don’t know if any of you have played any of team17’s Worms series, but they’re awesome.
Anyhow, Wormux is an open source equivalent available for OS X (as well as Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, and also available in a bootable livecd form), you should seriously consider checking it out.
[ Download it here ]
I’m hoping either team17 [...]

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