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Sorry I haven’t been blogging of late just have been very busy with real life stuff. Don’t dispair as the blogging will pickup again soon…

It’s been a while since my last post which I do apologize for but anyhow. Apple have released a new model MacBook. It is still 13″ but it is now made from a single piece of molded alluminium rather than polycarbonate. The other major advancement is the screen is now LED lit which should increase [...]

Yes I have one in Blue, this colour seems to be hard to get but this model is more common than it was made out. I have seen these in muliple stores in my local area, the original idea was to buy as a collectible but I would also love to checkout the new features.
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The 2.1 firmware fixed a bug where everytime an update for an app is installed the icon wouldchange locations on the home screen. This is great news as it means you can now customize your homescreens once snd not everytime a new update is installed.
The software keyboard is also much more resposive than the [...]

I can now get a 3 G reception in an area I could not before 2.1 Firmware.

It has been all over the tech websites today, there is an 4Gb model available of the new Nanos which is contray to Steve Jobs annoucement last week. It was announced it would come in 8Gb and 16Gb models. Rumor mills claim it was originally planned to make an 8Gb model but it was ditched [...]

It was announced on Sunday US time that game publisher EA will be backing down on plans to purchase Take2, who are publishers of such series like Grand Theft Auto (GTA) and Midnight Club. In a brief statement issued by EA on Sunday, the company quietly admitted defeat. “After careful consideration, including a management presentation [...]

After some weeks of development and seeding to developers Apple today have released the latest OSX update 10.5.5. It has been tagged the usual from Apple “security updates, stability, compatibility”.
It will be interesting to see what changes people notice to stability. I for one have had no notable isdues since the last release.

Something I found interesting is the new firmware gives you a new data icon. Ok it’s kinda boring but meh, see picture below by clicking the heading of this blog.

Could apple haave been quietly giving away a secret? For those who remember the poster stuck on the Sydney apple store before opening, it had iPods that looked like stretched iPod blue nanos. At the time I said I wondereed if Apple were working on a wide screen nano, well it seems I was correct [...]