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You can remove a file if you have write access to the directory in which the file resides -- even if root owns the file.
Hiss is an OSX app that forwards notifications from Growl enabled apps to Notification Center in Mountain Lion.
It's not just Safari, Google's bypassing users' privacy preferences on IE too. Try to look surprised.
"First-class," monotony and boredom are issues.
HP has opened the source code of the webOS Web browser
Interesting perspective even if he got the name and details wrong.
Jobs' biography severing as a warning about what's really important?
But entering "1984" in the minimum field and "31337" in the maximum field--numbers of significance in the hacker community--and tapping the "generate" button reveals a tethering network configuration screen.
I won't be renewing my Flickr Pro. Think I'm taking a liking to 500px.
See how Apple's blockbuster $46B quarter matches up!
Selling your data is profitable!
iTerm2 is integrated with tmux. What does this mean?
Video of yesterday's iBooks 2 announcement.
Up until recently all the Android apps I’d worked on had had fairly vanilla graphics requirements. But over the last few weeks, for my karmic sins, I’ve been in crunch mode developing an Android app with moderately elaborate graphics — and. Well.
In 2011, we broadened our age verification program and saw dramatic improvements in hiring practices by our suppliers. Cases of underage labor were down significantly, and our audits found no underage workers at our final assembly suppliers.
A look at three Thunderbolt set-ups from CES.
Deep within the latest iOS 5.1 betas are code references that appear to suggest that Apple is readying its mobile operating system for quad-core processors.
As late as 1976, Kodak commanded 90% of film sales and 85% of camera sales in the U.S.
The only way is up? Don't be so sure, this is Yahoo! we're talking about.
Only shocking if you believe Google makes products for you rather than platforms for advertisers.
New MacBook, installed a SSD. Here's how to copy over your main Lion partition and your recovery partition.
Jobs called DropBox a "feature," not a "product."
Flickr and SmugMug take note: 500px is coming for your lunch. And they're hungry.
Great news for the Mozilla team. More competition and a bright future for all browser engines.
Apple files patents to W3C working group at the last minute.
Totally agree. Occupy is only going to grow. Our Galtan overlords should be terrified.
Elaborate thoughts on Twitter's new "look" and apps. But like Gruber I moved to TweetBot long ago. Once Twitter kicked out its founders, it was obvious some brain-dead MBA was going to ruin the fun.
"It appears to be disabled unless the device has diagnostics enabled on iOS 5; older versions may send back information in more cases."
That's about right: "Our customers — phone carriers — will sell personal subscriber information to third parties."
Meet Carrier IQ, the company reading ur emailz on your Android.
Good on Microsoft. It's unique, excellent usability and nothing like iOS.
Great read.
The U.S. International Trade Commission has determined that Apple did not infringe technology patents owned by S3 Graphics and ended its investigation of the matter, the ITC announced Monday.
Or the story of why you can't buy the fantastic Luma Loop right now.
"Here’s my relationship with Readability"
Pogue, WIRED, ZDNet
Nearly every Windows Phone review by iPhone owners has had approximately the same conclusion: this would be a reasonable alternative if I ever had to switch away from my iPhone, but it’s not good enough to make me switch.
Hear about Steve Jobs’ trips to Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center, including the one where Jobs eyed the company’s graphical user interface prototype — which ended up on Mac OS.
“Now you could have a program in the App Store like Angry Birds that can run new code on your phone that Apple never had a chance to check,” says Miller. “With this bug, you can’t be assured of anything you download from the App Store behaving nicely.”
Despite what MacWorld tells you, the 18 month old Mac Pro is much faster than a i7 iMac.
Calling bullshit on the "ad split" line. Likely over what content and when it's made available. The dinosaurs went extinct. Just sayin'.
"The Mac needs to be as secure as the iPhone. The good news is Apple already has the tools. The bad news is they are forcing developers to use the wrong ones."
"The floorplan of 10260 Bandley Drive, fondly “Bandley 1,” drawn January 30, 1978. By me. I haven’t seen this in perhaps thirty years."
Special from last night now available for viewing online.
Also appears to address a major developer pet peeve where iOS would clear out app's cache directories indiscriminately. I'm installing now.
Still waiting for TextMate 2? Check out Sublime.
Poking around in the ~/Library folder, you can find a 'Mobile Documents' folder that is used for syncing iWork documents. But it turns out you are not limited to iWork files if you just want to sync between Macs (i.e. no iOS use).
Catch a preview and set your DVRs.
The novelist Mona Simpson, Steve's sister, recounts the brother she knew and loved.
"It's legal to talk to Siri, as long as the phone's not in your hand,'' says San Jose police Lt. Chris Monahan. "But if you have to push the phone to activate her, or if you ask for directions and she puts them up on her screen for you to read, then California's hands-free law says your're breaking the law."
Check permissions on ~/Library/Application Support/Ubiquity/
Don't see this myself and have found syncing and iCloud to be bigger issues. YMMV.
"I'm having a tough time reading the Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson."
Unaired gem from SNL. Enjoy.
Your Submissions to remeberingsteve@apple.com scroll by. Over 1MM received.
Re-posted after some initial reports of bricking yesterday
The Company sold 17.07 million iPhones in the quarter, representing 21 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 11.12 million iPads during the quarter, a 166 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. The Company sold 4.89 million Macs during the quarter, a 26 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 6.62 million iPods, a 27 percent unit decline from the year-ago quarter.
Usually starts around 4:30 eastern. Expect a blockbuster quarter.
iCloud Backup and iTunes Wi-Fi sync may not be battery friendly.
"Apple® today announced it has sold over four million of its new iPhone® 4S, just three days after its launch on October 14. In addition, more than 25 million customers are already using iOS 5..."
The iOS 5 Caches vs. Documents debate rages on.
Woz notes two things during the 4S introduction that would of given SJ pause. Interesting. Subtle. Probably true.
Me: “Thank you, Siri.”
Siri: “Your wish is my command.”
Anyone else seen this issue?
If you're not familiar with the Free Software Foundation or Richard Stallman (aka rms) you can probably skip this.
"Style over substance” has always been, as Oscar Wilde observed, a marvellous and instant indicator of a fool. For those who perceive a separation between the two have either not lived, thought, read or experienced the world with any degree of insight, imagination or connective intelligence.
Lovely. Just read it.
Brian Lam reflects on his interactions with Jobs while at Gizmodo, including the iPhone 4 blowup. Great read.
OWC's Larry O'Connor: "We get but a short time in the grand scheme of things. Steve Jobs’s time will not be forgotten any time soon, although his time certainly ended far sooner than what can be considered fair." Couldn't agree more.
"While building Scrollability I've learned a few tricks about how to make animations that start fast and run fast on iOS WebKit."
"Please withdraw the free-update offer. We will not hold you to it." Couldn't agree more!
"Amazon is expected to announce its first tablet at a press event in New York on Wednesday, and some potential buyers said they might be interested if the device debuts at below $300."
1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners at TechCrunch Disrupt have Arrington as an investor or "pending" investor. Stick a fork in it, this dog n' pony show is done, as it should of been long, long ago.
Over-zealous rent-a-cops can be a real drag during this era of "security theater." Brush up on your rights and keep shooting!
"Today we are announcing a great addition to the Spotify Platform. The Spotify Embedded Player libspotify 9 is now available for iOS."
New Apple intern and creator of JailbreakMe 2 and 3. Good Q&A at reddit.
"Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.
"That's an awful lot of applause considering that you guys are the ones who do all the work."
See all 313 patents that has Steve's name on them. From computer housing to packaging to lanyards.
Seriously, just chill. Much will be said, much will be written, but the fact is I don't know, and neither do you.
Seriously, just chill. Much will be said, much will be written, but the fact is I don't know, and neither do you.
Seriously, just chill. Much will be said, much will be written, but the fact is I don't know, and neither do you.
Seriously, just chill. Much will be said, much will be written, but the fact is I don't know, and neither do you.
To enable the Service, launch System Preferences and click on Keyboard. From the Keyboard Shortcuts tab, choose Services on the list at left, and then choose New Terminal at Folder (or New Terminal Tab at Folder).
Or why we shouldn't be surprised the guy from SAP is turning HP into SAP.
Available via Apple's developer website or via software update on your iOS device.
Great reddit thread on favorite photography tools. Aperture doesn't get much love but Nik's Silver Efex and Capture One are favorites. Many others discussed.
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