Don’t Be Jealous Of The New MacBook Pros!
Posted by Stephen in Apple on 16. Jun, 2009 | View Comments
Apple’s recently introduced mid-2009 MacBook Pros sure do look nice! I am definitely tempted to trade up my late-2007 model, leveraging the excellent resale value that Mac hardware commands. But two of Apple’s trick features for 2009 are already present on my old workhorse: An integrated SD card slot and up to 7 hours of [...]
MAC Addresses Are Bad Passwords
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Terabyte home on 19. Aug, 2008 | View Comments
As I posted the other day, my new Cradlepoint PHS300 3G router is just awesome, and I would happily recommend it to anyone. If you do get one, however, be sure to change the default password immediately. The seemingly-strong password is worse than insecure – it’s available to anyone who asks whenever the router is [...]
My iPhone is on Sprint’s EV-DO Network (and So Are My PCs!)
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Personal, Terabyte home on 18. Aug, 2008 | View Comments
Goodbye, AT&T 3G! After a year of hoping coverage would improve, I finally jumped ship from AT&T’s 3G network and moved my mobile wireless broadband service to Sprint. I grabbed a refurbished USB EV-DO device and signed up through a no-contract reseller and couldn’t be happier with the service so far. And I picked up [...]
Watch Out When Buying From the iTunes Wi-Fi Store!
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Personal, Terabyte home on 28. May, 2008 | View Comments
It seems that there is another iPhone gremlin, this time in the interaction between the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store (as seen on the iPhone and iPod Touch) that can cause your purchases to vaporize. This only seems to apply to folks who have unchecked “automatically sync” and have not previously clicked “Transfer Purchases From…” in [...]
