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December 15, 2011

The need for speed and space.

It has been more than a year since I first installed SSD on my MacBook Pro. I bought ADATA S599 SSD 128GB back in September 2010 and had to deal with the seemingly anemic storage space. Over the past 15 months I had been installing numerous brands of SandForce-based SSD’s on desktops and laptops; none of them disappoint.

Brands and models I have worked with among many:

I found myself needing more storage space on my MacBook Pro. That means I need a higher capacity SSD. The next logical step is to get a 240GB SSD which would give me enough storage space and still relatively affordable.

Well, it’s time for me to go shopping for SSD.

December 13, 2011

iCloud: No Time Capsule support.

Currently Time Capsule, Airport Extreme and AirPort Express do not have iCloud support. This means iCloud users can not access any AirPort Disk remotely. MobileMe service will be shut down in June 2012 and Apple has yet to mention if iCloud would support AirPort Disk.

December 12, 2011

Metallica: “Beyond Magnetic” on iTunes.

Four previously unreleased songs from “Death Magnetic” recording session is now available on iTunes collectively titled “Beyond Magnetic“. These songs were premiered during the week-long Metallica 30th anniversary celebration at the Fillmore in San Francisco.

December 12, 2011

WordPress 3.3 is released.

The good folks at WordPress.org has just released WordPress 3.3, codenamed “Sonny” in honor of the great jazz saxophonist Sonny Stitt.

Download WordPress 3.3 from WordPress.org or update through WordPress Dashboard.

December 9, 2011

March of the iPad 3.

According to an Apple employee who is definitely not Tim Cook, the next iPad is coming in March 2012. For the sake of this report let’s call the next iPad as “iPad 3”.

When asked about the release date of the next iPad after iPad 2 that might be called iPad 3, this Apple employee answered with one word: “March 2012”. Well, that’s not one word but the message is clear. Forget about the wild guess by Citigroup analyst who said the next iPad “could” come in February 2012.

Other than the March release date, the Apple employee is saying nothing else.

p.s. This Apple employee once again told me that I want the iPhone coming in 2012, not the one coming out in 2011. (reference)

December 9, 2011

HP to open source webOS.

HP announced that it will contribute webOS to the open source community. The next best thing for HP and a much better fate for webOS.

Will we see new webOS hardwares from other manufacturers? I certainly hope so. HP and open source community must improve webOS architecture

December 8, 2011

Twitter 4.0 for iPhone, extra steps to switch between accounts.

One thing I’m missing in Twitter 4.0 for iPhone is the ability to quickly switch between accounts. The new interface now adds one extra step. Previously you only have to tap the “Accounts” arrow on the top left of the app. With Twitter 4.0 for iPhone, you have to tap “Me”, scroll to the bottom of the page, then “Switch accounts”.