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Not sure why i’m so excited about a damn router…. but it’s here!

Geachte Apple Store-klant,

We zijn vandaag begonnen met de verzending van het nieuwe Apple AirPort Extreme-basisstation (802.11n). Het doet ons genoegen u te kunnen meedelen dat we uw AirPort Extreme-basisstation (802.11n) één week eerder dan verwacht zullen verzenden. De verzending zal nu uiterlijk op woensdag 21 februari plaatsvinden. U hoeft verder geen actie te ondernemen.

in english: were glad to inform you we are shipping a week earlier than expected.

Pure madness this…

New Macbook Pro’s available…

update: there is a simple workaround to get it working anyway which makes the fact that an official fix is still nowhere to be seen even stranger.

Caution, angry rant follows.

Most of the time Apple makes great stuff and acts like a reasonable company but sometimes Apple sucks just as bad as some other large companies. Bluetooth support in Apple OS X has been broken for a month now and it appears Apple is not doing anything to remedy the problem. Bluetooth worked fine in version 10.4.3 but broke for lots of Motorola, Palm and Nokia (as far as i can gather from the support forums) devices with 10.4.4. Since then version 10.4.5 has arrived which appearenlty fixed lots of stuff except bluetooth functionality. The fact that an OS can lose, to some people, vital functionality and stay that way for several weeks is to me unacceptable. The fact that there is no official answer to the questions people have or even to bug reoprts i and others have sent is even worse. For now it just doesn’t work and there is no way of knowing if Apple is even working on fixing this.

Allright, got it off my chest.

Ok…. -maybe- i’ll manage to wait until version 2.0 of the new MacBook Pro. But i guess i gotta have it sometime soon.

In Munchen Burger King appearently already used the technique of bluejacking (or bluespamming) to send coupons to unsuspecting passers by whose bleutooth connection is open. Smart marketing or unwanted annoyance?

source (in dutch): Fastfood weblog - If we are what we eat, I’m cheap fast and easy!:

Apple is set to release a new Mac Mini that will finally take advantage off the unique features of Apple software and the mini form factor. A bit late but if true, very very cool.

Think Secret - Road to Expo: Reborn Mac mini set to take over the living room

PBS | I, Cringely . November 17, 2005 - Google-Mart: “There will be the Internet, and then there will be the Google Internet, superimposed on top.”

Robert X. Cringely has, as always, a rather persuading vision of Google and the future of the internet.

(image courtesy of Paul Ford)

Altough it escaped all the buzz Matt makes a point of pointing out how Apple succesfully redesigned a tool that has been bugging households for a long time; the remote. A streamlined remote from Apple

Uit de comments van ene Travelan bij een Webwereld artikel over de x86 hack:

Alle Mac OS X applicaties werken, zelfs als ze voor de PPC gecompiled zijn. Apple heeft een eigen PPC > x86 convertor gemaakt genaamd Rosetta. Applicaties als Photoshop en Dreamweaver werken perfect, en minstends zo snel als dat ze op windows draaien.
Ik ben er erg blij mee, en heb nu een volledig perfect functionerend OS X systeem op mijn gewone PC.