Guess who wrote the OS for the Infotainment System.

Considering that it is a new car, I don’t think the diagnostic was correct. Besides, there’s nothing really wrong with the car. I had no trouble with the brake system or the contorl of the car. must be false positives.

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I believe that the Infotainment System in this 2014 Mazda3 has a lot of Microsoft codes, just like Ford Sync.

OCZ Files for Bankruptcy, Toshiba to Purchase Assets

OCZ announced that it is filing for bankruptcy. Toshiba Corporation has offered to acquire substantially all of the Company’s assets in a bankruptcy proceeding.

Recently, Panasonic was reported to license OCZ Barefoot 3 Controller and SSD Design according to StorageReviews.com.

OCZ Technology, founded in August 2002 in the city of San Jose, California, first making DDR RAM and USB flash-drives. In the latter years OCZ entered the Solid State Drive (SSD) market.

I myself have been using and recommending OCZ products, among other brands, for many years.

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OCZ-Agility-3-SSD-in-MacBook-Pro

Apple Knowledge Base on Creating a bootable OS X installer in OS X Mavericks

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Apple Knowledge Base on creating a bootable OS X installer in OS X Mavericks:

Follow these steps to create a bootable OS X installer:

  1. Use the Mac App Store to download the OS X installer app.
  2. Mount the volume you wish to convert into a bootable installer. This could be removable media, such as a USB flash drive, or a secondary internal partition.
  3. Use the createinstallmedia tool to convert the volume from step two into a bootable installer based off the installer app from step one. To learn how to use createinstallmedia, execute this command in Terminal:

/Applications/Install OS X Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia

You may need to adjust the path to the OS X installer app in the above command.

Note: createinstallmedia is only intended to be used with the version of OS X installer app it came with.

p.s. The original version of the image above is from 37prime’s own work. It is available on Flickr under Creative Commons.

Pixelmator 3.0 FX

Pixelmator 3.0 FX

Pixelmator 3.0 FX is out now.

What’s New in Version 3.0
Pixelmator 3.0 FX is the most advanced version of Pixelmator to date, introducing lots of new features and improvements, including the following:

  • Layer Styles: Thanks to non-destructive Layer Styles, creating polished and advanced compositions is now so much simpler, faster, and more enjoyable
  • Liquify Tools: Shape images in multiple ways—slightly twist an element, add an artistic detail, or completely distort an entire image
  • New Image Editing Engine: The new state-of-the-art image editing engine harnesses the full power of the latest OS X technologies making Pixelmator feature rich, yet blistering fast
  • OS X Mavericks support: Tags, Multiple-Displays, App Nap support and more

Pixelmator 3.0 FX at Mac App Store

Apple Releases iOS 7.0.3 with iCloud Keychain

Coinciding with today’s special event, Apple releases iOS 7.0.3 build 11B511.

This update contains improvements and bug fixes, including:

  • Adds iCloud Keychain to keep track of your account names, passwords, and credit card numbers across all your approved devices
  • Adds Password Generator so Safari can suggest unique, hard-to-guess passwords for your online accounts
  • Updates lock screen to delay display of “slide to unlock” when Touch ID is in use
  • Adds back the ability to search the web and Wikipedia from Spotlight search
  • Fixes an issue where iMessage failed to send for some users
  • Fixes a bug that could prevent iMessage from activating
  • Improves system stability when using iWork apps
  • Fixes an accelerometer calibration issue
  • Addresses an issue that could cause Siri and VoiceOver to use a lower quality voice
  • Fixes a bug that could allow someone to bypass the Lock screen passcode
  • Enhances the Reduce Motion setting to minimize both motion and animation
  • Fixes an issue that could cause VoiceOver input to be too sensitive
  • Updates the Bold Text setting to also change dial pad text
  • Fixes an issue that could cause supervised devices to become un-supervised when updating software

iOS 7.0.3

Glad to see iCloud Keychain is back in iOS 7. Having used incarnations of iOS 7 beta, I really missed iCloud Keychain in the GM/Public Release versions.

In addition to that, iOS 7.0.3 includes fixes for accelerometer issue in iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s.

iPad mini with Retina Display

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Phil Schiller also introduces iPad mini with Retina Display during Apple October 2013 Special Event.

iPad mini with Retina Display starts at $399 and ships late November.

iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina Display