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Tutorial: Screen Capture with Mac OS X Leopard
Some friends have asked me for recommendation of screen capture software on Mac OS X. I think it is a very common question for people who come from the Windows or Linux world. Mac OS X actually comes with very nice screen capture features. For starters, there is a Grab application hiding in the Applications/Utilities [...]
Tutorial: Remove Windows 7 Beta Expiration Date and Watermark
The official Microsoft Windows 7 Beta 1 (Build 7000) will be expired after 6 months of beta testing usage. In other words, we will not be able to use Windows 7 Beta 1 after July 1, 2009. Microsoft may releases Beta 2 or an official version of Windows 7 around that day (probably not because [...]
MobileMe Replacement?
I am a MobileMe (a.k.a. .Mac or Dot Mac) user for the past 5 years since I switched over to OS X from the world of Linux (CentOS 5). For the past years, I always debate I should continue with the US$99 yearly subscription or not. Let’s go through the current MobileMe features and discuss [...]
Enable Emoji (Emotion Icons) on non-Japanese iPhone
[smartads] Emoji (a.k.a. Emotion Icons) is a special character set for the Japanese SoftBank iPhone 3G. Originally, all the non-Japanese iPhone 3Gs are hiding this feature. Until iPhone 3G firmware 2.2 released, there are a couple hacks to enable this feature: Jailbreak You can find out the details at iPhone Hacks. Hack w/o Jailbreak Click [...]
Tutorial: Improve Windows 7 Performance on Acer Aspire One
Windows 7 comes with the same Windows ReadyBoost feature as Widnows Vista. By adding USB flash drive, Windows will use it as the first cache choice instead of using the hard drive. Since USB flash storage is faster than regular notebook hard drive, you can have a faster experience on Windows. On the Acer Aspire [...]