Say hello to the iPhone, Apple’s revolutionary new cellphone. Not many products have been so eagerly-awaited and fascinated both lovers and haters. It seems like every second news report is about that magic multi-touch smartphone and some may ask how it can live up the hype … Well, here’s how!
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Mac or PC? No fight gets bigger …
A great rap music video about Mac vs. PC. Have fun!
Mac appz #2, web programming edition
The second part of this little series about my favorite mac applications is all about web design and development on the Mac. Programs like CSSEdit or Transmit show that there are great tools no other operating system can offer. On the other hand, people switching from Windows or Linux don’t have to abandon the use of XAMPP or Zend Studio, as they are available for Mac too.
Mac appz #1
I’m an enthusiastic mac user for a few months now and I discover new, interesting applications every day. Here’s the first part including Quicksilver, Opera and Home Zone. More parts coming soon …
Favicons go 3D
Favicon2dots takes a favicon from a given URL, creates a cute 3D icon and stores the icon in a gallery. I like the idea and the icons look pretty cool. Visit the page at favicon2dots.com.
Windows windows on a Mac
Since Apple released their Software »Boot Camp«, it is easy to install a Microsoft Windows OS natively on a Mac. This is in fact a very nice feature especially for gamers or people that rely on specified windows programs. But for the latter there is something even better. It’s called »Parallels Desktop for Mac«, it’s beta and free to try.
Google your music
Google is a great search engine and most of us use it every day. But comparatively few know that it actually can be used to find and download music. This is indeed an old trick but it still works great.
Hasta la vista, Billy?
Since Microsoft officially released »Windows Vista« to its end customers in January. It comes with a lot of sophisticated features and all seem to be totally new – at least to Windows users. Some say, that Vista is just a rip-off of Apple’s Mac OS X. Check out David Pogue’s opinion in his »New York Times« video column.
Web 2.0 … The Machine is Us/ing Us
The term »Web 2.0« is on everyone’s lips at these times. There’s a fabulous movie made by Michael Wesch conveying an idea of »the new web« (found via 72quadrat.de).
New Theme online!
From now on, this blog has got its own theme! I’m still refining it, so let me know your opinion and feel free to give me some tips.