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Make Ubuntu Look Like OS X

Posted in apple, linux, open source, software, technology, ubuntu on August 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Sorry there haven’t been updates to this for a while but I’ll try to get back on it.  Here is an awesome way to make Ubuntu look like Mac OS X Tiger.  The site doesn’t tell you quite how to do everything, but it gives you all of what you need to do it.  Very [...]

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How To: Get Songs Off Your iPod

Posted in apple, backup, hardware, music on June 12, 2007 | No Comments »

A family member’s laptop recently crashed.  This person didn’t have any backups at all.  They had iTunes installed with a bunch of music that they lost due to the crash.  Here’s how to get songs off your iPod if this happens to you:
1.) Enable your iPod for Disk Use - Connect your iPod and iTunes [...]

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iTunes 7.2, Firefox 2.0.0.4, & Live Messenger 8.5

Posted in Instant Messaging, apple, beta stuff, browsers, firefox, microsoft, mozilla, open source, software, technology on May 30, 2007 | No Comments »

iTunes version 7.2 is now released.  This version has lots of bug fixes, Vista compatibility, and support for DRM free music in the music store!  Very cool.
You can also download the new security update for Firefox which is version 2.0.0.4.  It will be pushed via automatic updates soon.
You can get a Beta version of the [...]

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The Versatile VLC Media Player

Posted in apple, cd/dvd, linux, software, technology, vista on April 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »

There’s a really cool media player that’s becoming more and more popular everyday. It’s called the VLC Media Player and it runs on Linux, Mac, and Windows including Windows Vista. It’s a versatile player that can play almost any audio or video content including but not limited to: DVD, VCD, MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, [...]

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Make Ubuntu Look Like OS-X

Posted in apple, linux, open source, software, technology, ubuntu on April 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »

I’ve been using Ubuntu Edgy for a while now and I love it more and more everyday.  I’ve never had a Mac before either and since I’m delving into so much new computing atmosphere I thought I’d make my Linux partition feel like OS-X for fun.  So I looked it up and found this great [...]

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iTunes and Firefox for Vista

Posted in apple, computers, mozilla, open source, software, technology, vista, web 2.0 on February 3, 2007 | No Comments »

Apple is working on making iTunes 7 compatible and stable for Windows Vista in the next few weeks so watch out for that.  I also have issues with Quicktime so hopefully they fix that too…
Also, Firefox 2.0.0.2 should be more compatible and stable for Vista as well.  I’ve never had an issue with Fx and [...]

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New Mac Stuff…

Posted in apple, computers, software, technology on January 28, 2007 | No Comments »

If you’re a Mac user (which some of my friends are) you’ll enjoy this. Apple is releasing an update to OS X called Leopard (10.5) and it will have some cool new features that Mac lovers will enjoy. My favorites are:
1.) Spaces - this is kind of like what comes with Linux [...]

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