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How to dual-boot Windows XP and Windows Vista
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OLD NEWS: Motorola today announced its second-generation iTunes phone: the Motorola SLVR L7 is a quad band (GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz) phone that is offered for Cingular mobile network users in the US (and international GSM-network roaming). The phone features iTunes software, a 262.000 color TFT display, built-in stereo speakers, mobile email/browser, a VGA camera with 4x digital zoom, video capture and playback, AOL/Yahoo!/ICQ Instant Messaging, and Bluetooth connectivity. The included iTunes Digital Jukebox software allows users to play, sort, store and manage music as well as sync with a PC/Mac. The phone also features a 512MB Micro SD card slot, which is limited to 100-song storage. The Motorola SLVR L7 is available for $200 with a 2-year contract from Cingular.
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Cyberduck 2.6 is available
As many of you know, I've experienced numerous, nail-biting, revenge-worthy problems with my MacBook Pro. After many replacements and repairs, I finally just cracked and decided to wreak my vengeance in the form of callously installing Windows Vista, without regard for the Pro's feelings or my standing in His Steveness' eyes. After spending several hours troubleshooting tiny problems with the installer (ie, why it wouldn't install), I finally googled "Vista + MacBook" and came to one great blog on the MSDN network that made the whole thing very, very easy. (Install pictures here; driver updates here and here.)
Basically, David had it right: You do need to wipe the EFI partition, which can be nasty if you need to update the firmware or repartition your drive. But you don't need to have Windows XP already installed -- just boot from the Vista install disk instead of the XP disk after running Boot Camp. Also, after the install, you need to Repair the Vista installation to get the thing to actually boot. The Mac Drivers for Windows XP disk doesn't work, but Vista manages to load (by default or via Windows Update) most of the drivers it needs to run. Check out the blog for more details, or feel free to ask any related questions in this post's comments -- I'll do my best to provide helpful (or at least not insulting) (but no promises) answers.
An easier method to get Windows Vista to run with Boot Camp
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A color wheel for Mac OS X
Another bit of classy video - a Beluga whale blowing beautiful bubble rings. what tickles me is how the whales watch the bubble the whole way. then when it pops, they run back to the diver for another mouthful of air to do it all over again. it's clearly play for them.
So say you're a bigamist, and have two families going. And you want to have a picture of your kids on your keychain to impress your boss. But you need to make sure it's the right kids pictures. The solution is the Keypix digital picture keychain, which holds up to 56 JPEG photos measuring 96 x 64 pixels each. Just make sure the wives don't get their hands on it while you're napping (if you indeed have time to nap). [GT]
WoW Moviewatch: Brokeback Spire
this is a prank call to a pizza joint by a guy who tries to order an Epic Pizza for 50 gold, while trying to sweeten the deal with promises of gryphon rides.
The seminal web magazine, A List Apart, is looking for one good intern. The full details are available at Jeffrey Zeldman's web site. There's no money involved, but you'll get plenty of geek street cred, and that's arguably much more valuable in the long run. So, if any of you are looking for your big break (or at the very least, your 15 minutes of fame) this could be your chance. Prepare your application, and make sure you are prepared to discuss the relative merits and faults of the em dash and en dash.
SketchUp for Mac: Download
And Now, the HPV Vaccine
We have just posted our Digital Trends coverage of this year's Home Entertainment Show.
It's not just a rumor. Windows evangelist and Microsoft blogging poster boy Robert Scoble is leaving Microsoft for a new job at PodTech.Net.
A build-your-own gaming machine with a dual-core CPU can not only beat the pants off other offerings, it can be a lot quieter and cheaper, too. We walk you through the assembly process and show how a lot of power can be had for as little as $720.
Supercomputers are often the domain of physicists and scientists, but if you would like one in your home why not give the Typhoon from Tyan a shot? It is guaranteed to blow your mind away and leave the competition biting dust (pun not intended). All you need to do is to plonk down $10,000 for this self-proclaimed "Personal Supercomputer". The Typhoon is actually a cluster server and it is powered by 8 Intel Woodcrest Xeon processors with a whooping maximum memory of 48GB. Such raw power was unimaginable to the home even a few years ago, but there is almost nothing money can't buy these days. Don't expect high framerates from this setup though - it comes with a measly 16MB video card.
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