Anything Goes: July 4th Weekend, 2009 Edition. July 4, 2009
Posted by very in : Announcement, Entertainment, Media, Movies, Music, News, Resources, Tech , CommentsI have been diverting most of my attention away from writing anything for the past 2 days and consequently missed a lot of things in news. There are a few posting stuck in Draft mode which I should have changed the satus to Published.
Here we go:
- Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to resign in surprise move (Reuters) | Certainly a lot of people are talking about Sarah Palin this week. Palin has definitely steer her political career towards the road of ruins. Waht was John McCain thinking when he chose her as running-mate in 2008 Presidential Election? More on Sarah Plain’s resignation: SFGate, Huffington Post, FOXNews, CNN and MSNBC.
- Michael Jackson Public Memorial Service (Staples Center) | I wonder ow many LAPD Officers will be deployed to the Staples Center. More spending.
- Jammie Thomas will appeal, lawyer says (CNET) | A somewhat baffling case since the Judge ordered the retrial because he determined that he may have made a mistake in instructing the jury. The first trial yielded a $222,000 victory for the RIAA and the second one yielded a $1.9 Million against Thomas.
- Snowfall on Mars? NASA’s Phoenix Lander recorded it (Ars Technica) | Water on Mars! This should be incorporated in the remake of Total Recall. Speaking of which, you can buy Total Recall DVD and Blu-ray on Amazon.
- Metallica: Rock Werchter Streaming Live (Metallica.com) | Maybe Lars Ulrich would actually practice to nail the drum part for the live broadcast/webcast.
Megadeth: “Endgame” Track Listing and “Headcrusher” Download. July 1, 2009
Posted by very in : Announcement, Entertainment, Media, Music, News, Resources , CommentsBlabbermouth.net, a subsidiary of Roadrunnner Records has revealed Megadeth’s “Endgame” track listing.
- Dialectic Chaos
- This Day We Fight!
- 44 Minutes
- 1,320
- Bite The Hand That Feeds
- Bodies Left Behind
- Endgame
- The Hardest Part Of Letting Go… Sealed With A Kiss
- Headcrusher
- How the Story Ends
- Nothing Left To Lose
“Endgame” is Megadeth twelfth studio album and is due on September 15th, 2009.
“Headcrusher” be made available for free download on Tuesday, July 7 at 11:00 a.m. EDT at a special “Headcrusher” page on Roadrunner Records site.
Apple Updates MobileMe July 1, 2009
Posted by very in : Announcement, Apple, Applications, Apps, Leopard, Mac OS X, Media, News, Resources, Snow Leopard, Tech, iPhone, iPod, iTunes , CommentsApple quietly updates MobileMe today, changing the iDisk and Account icon. As previously announced, Apple will be adding file sharing capabilities for the iPhone through MobileMe. This also means that Apple will be releasing the iDisk Sharing App for the iPhone sometimes soon.
WordPress for iPhone OS 3.0 is Now Available on iTunes Store. June 30, 2009
Posted by very in : Announcement, Apple, Applications, Apps, Leopard, Mac OS X, Media, News, Resources, Tech, Troubleshooting, Vista, Windows, iPhone, iPod, iTunes , CommentsAfter two week wait, WordPress for iPhone OS 3.0 is finally approved and available for download/update on iTunes Store.
Don’t be fooled with the version number embedded in the app itself. It might say version 1.21.1 and the iTunes App Store says version 1.3. All that matters is it is iPhone OS 3.0 compatible now.
Apple Seeds iPhone OS 3.1 beta build 7C97d. June 30, 2009
Posted by very in : Announcement, Apple, Applications, Apps, Leopard, Mac OS X, Media, News, Resources, Snow Leopard, Tech, Troubleshooting, iPhone, iPod, iTunes , CommentsApple Seeds iPhone OS 3.1 beta build 7C97d and iPhone SDK 3.1 build 9M2736a
Build date: June 28th, 2009
There are some API changes, but there is nothing major yet. For those who doesn’t do any development on the iPhone OS should have no reasons looking for the disk image. There are no visible major changes.
No further informations are available yet.
Please do not install this beta software unless you want to deal with the bugs. Plus the beta software will expire at a certain date and your iPhone will be rendered useless until you update to the newer software builds.
iPhone1,1_3.1_7C97d_Restore.ipsw
iPhone1,2_3.1_7C97d_Restore.ipsw
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Anything Goes: June 30th, 2009 Edition. June 30, 2009
Posted by very in : Announcement, Media, News, Resources, Tech , CommentsI went to the Apple Store this morning to exchange another bad 15-inch MacBook Pro Core Duo battery. The battery was not even detected by the MacBook Pro, but as soon as I showed it to Johnny (an Apple Genius) it worked. I was baffled until we noticed that the battery was expanding. For sure it was immediately replaced. Thanks Apple.
…and now for something completely almost random, but they are not:
- Tesla Motors to Receive $465 Million Loan from the Government (OnCars) | The Model S would be priced around $50,000. The price is still too high for most consumers. Make it under/around $20,000 and I might think about getting one.
- Indiana denies request of “NO GODS” vanity plate; suit coming? (reddit) | Original blog post here, reddit has a better title. I really thought that there is some kind of separation between the Church and Government.
- Rhode Island Affiliates Banned From Amazon.com Sales (SlashDot) | Original article here. Rhode Island is the second State to get the Affiliates Axe from Amazon, following North Carolina. The whole taxation is getting a lot more complex.
There’s an elephant in the room, let’s talk about it:
- Discussion on reddit regarding the origins of The Moonwalk and other Michael Jackson’s dance moves.
- The un-untold rumor about the real father of Michael Jackson’s first two kids. Seriously, have you ever seen pictures of his frist two kids? They don’t resemble anything like Michael Jackson at all.
- CNN wants to freak you out by reporting that some people thought they saw Michael Jackson’s face in the cloud over New York skies.
OK, that’s enough of that. there are more but you can always read it somewhere else.
Skype 4.1 for Windows is Now Available. June 30, 2009
Posted by very in : Announcement, Applications, Apps, Leopard, Linux, Mac OS X, Media, News, Resources, Snow Leopard, Tech, Vista, Windows , CommentsSkype (the company) has released Skype 4.1 (the software) for Windows today (that’s June 30th, 2009).
Skype 4.1 for Windows features (among others):
- Screen sharing
- Send contacts
- Birthday reminders
Skype 4.1 is available for Windows 2000, XP and Vista (assuming that it also works in Windows 7).
Read the press release (in PDF) here.
As usual, the versions for Linux and Mac are lagging behind at version 2.0 and 2.7 respectively.
