Hopefully, in the future Apple may add software support for voice recording, but in the meantime, this hint provides a basic way to record notes via voicemail. Dialing your number on your phone calls AT&T’s voicemail, but automatically logs in to hear messages. As far as I know, there’s no way to record a message in this mode.[...] Thanks to emobrat for providing this nice story on Digg (more than 59Diggs).
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The top keyboard in that image is the wired and the bottom is the wireless/bluetooth version. Yes, those are to scale. No, the new wireless version does not have a keypad…or any of the new “shortcut” keys. The new wireless version is effectively just a cut out of a laptop keyboard. In other words, lame.[...] Thanks to chanpory for providing this nice story on Digg (more than 16Diggs).
What other users say about this:
asciilogic: The new wireless kb does have the shortcut keys. However, I’ll have to try it before I replace my current Apple wireless kb.
DaffyDuck: Hmm, so the keyboard on my MBP is lame and I was completely unaware. The keypad is a waste of space for me.
gti5driver: The wireless version *does* have the same shortcut keys. I don’t know wtf the author is talking about.
OS2Guy: I think your opinion is wrong – the new smaller wireless keyboard is perfect and dumping all the extraneous keys (the two keypads, the extra keys) are generally not needed or used by the professional. I never use the keypad as a numberpad and have always relied on typing numbers using the top row of keys. Everything else is there too, the arrow keys and delete keys. Being more compact ensures the wireless ability to be fast and sweet – it doesn’t have to support all those extraneous keys. Very wise of Apple. Your review is way off base.
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The ability to seamlessly run Windows and Linux applications on your Mac just took another leap forward. VMware Fusion just dropped on Monday, and these are 10 things you can do on your shiny Mac with VMware under the hood.”[...] Thanks to jtroyer for providing this nice story on Digg (more than 945Diggs).
What other users say about this:
chrismag1979: Mac users like me: If you cannot get it done on a mac, then go buy a PC or go boot camp! VMware Fusion cost $80 and i myself tried it and it sucks! Though faster than Parallel, your iMac still runs like s*** on Fusion! And can do basic applications and 3D intensive application would slow down OSX.
thenome: If I had an Intel mac I may chose Fusion instead of Parallels.
They have come a long way.
chrismag1979: I really don’t why Mac user ain’t telling everyone that VM Fusion suck? I tried it on my iMac a week ago and my OSX runs like s***. I’d be better off with boot camp but Fusion? It slows down OSX
21.0: I hope it will create a VM off of your already installed Boot Camp drive. That’s probably the most important feature in parallels. Downloading the trial now…
StandardsDT: I submitted this days ago. And some one duplicates the story and it hits the homepage? Digg the original story.
http://digg.com/apple/The_wait_is_over_VMware_Fusion_is_available_now
websyndicate: Fusion is by far superior to Parallels the most recent betas along with 3.0 have been horrible. FYI it sets up Hardware Profiles for when you use boot camp to run in Fusion
thebuggalo: Does VMware Fusion require a partition? The one thing I love about Parallels is that I didn’t have to take a huge chunk of space out of my harddrive. does Fusion work the same way?
crypticreign: Why is this marketing piece getting dug?
infoshowzen: VMWare Fusion rocks.
I am a PC -> Mac convert, and Fusion has made it super easy for me to use all of my Windows apps that are required for current projects.
For example, I run a complete Visual Studio Studio 2005 environment inside Fusion, on a MacBook Pro. That includes SQL Server 2005 Enterprise and a variety of required tools and plugins. SQL Server is always on, along with ScaleOut StateServer (kind of like memcached for .net). All of these are very memory intensive. I have 756MB going to the VM. I removed most TSR apps to keep the overhead low.
I never have a problem with any applications — ever. It is as fast or faster than my older laptop (less memory and CPU on the old one of course).
I imaged my old Windows laptop (with VMWare Converter), restored it in Fusion. Done. No hassles. All my preferences saved. Everything just as when I left the PC.
Kudos to VMWare. They are doing great things for the server, and now the desktop. Since they have such a history with virtualization and they are about to go IPO in a big way, I think Parallels, and for other reasons including this, Windows, are going to have trouble retaining marketshare.
counterpart9: i’m interested to hear from anyone that has run solidworks or another another cpu heavy program using VMWare fusion, on a new mac. especially compared to running it thru boot camp.
Awspire: WINE, VMware… Everybody seems to hate Windows, but just cant live without it.
sunshinex: Buried for “Jonesin for some duke nukem”. WTF? It’s 2007.. Duke Nukem was released in 1996, making it 11 years old. It was DOS based!! The author mentioned taking advantage of VMWare Fusions DirectX 8.1 support. Last time I checked, being a fucking 11 year old DOS game, Duke Nukem did not take advantage of this.. Lame.
reichg: ” If you’re jonesing for some Duke Nukem or Tony Hawk, fire up VMware Fusion.” VMware is right, why would i want to run 10 year old games in bootcamp when i could run them in their virtual machine. Also why would I want to use the same partition of windows for bootcamp and windows ala parallels, when i can have one of each with VMware?
Alaerus: For those of you who have not tried it, I’d like to highly recommend CrossOver:
CJinNC: I tried Fusion it on my wife’s macbook and in less than a week…ditched my corp issued dell, bought a macbook and loaded vpn dialer and outlook in a VM pointed it to my work exchange server and game over. Works like a dream.
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It may look, feel, shine and even taste like an iPhone. But believe it or not, what you are seeing is not an iPhone. As you can see in the gallery, a guy frustrated by the fact that the JesusPhone is not available in Japan built his own from scratch.[...] Thanks to orelses for providing this nice story on Digg (more than 1645Diggs).
What other users say about this:
dandyhighwayman: http://www.marilyncarolyn.com/2006/10/socially-conscious-man-assembles-his.html
dstz: “However, at least this extreme fan got what he said he wanted: to be able to hold it himself. And probably fondle it, lick it, pants it and do unspeakable things with it.”
Apple fanboys = suckers for life.
zolaar: Mr. Romulan investigates…
thetanman: Sorry guys, but that is some impressive crafting. Apple ought to send him a real one, if only to hold until Japan’s socio-economic fabric crumbles, causing a regression of technology so severe that EDGE wireless technology becomes available, enabling to surf pixel-censored porn on the go… on his iPhone.
seanmc303: Is this guy’s phone powered by a piece of wood. Cuz it kinda looks that way.
http://gizmodo.com/assets/images/gallery/4/2007/08/medium_1071619038_83ce9bb171_o.jpg
thedragon4453: Is anyone else kind of worried that people are this obsessed with a freaken phone? I know, its shiny. I know, /everyone says its cool, but seriously – its just a phone.
YellowJKT: Here comes China… with their counterfeit iPhone knock-offs.
J3p4: hmm.. this gives me an idea…
“Hi, I would like to return this iPhone I bought yesterday” … “I don’t know, It’s just frozen on this screen…”
AvaPro: But will it blend?
trimpton: This is not the true Jesusphone this is a false messiah. (I just wanted to say jesusphone)
ImYourRealDad: It doesn’t work, who the fuck cares?
ryanhayn: FAKE! it’s just a scratched up iphone. wtf?
thekronz: FTA: “It may look, feel, shine and even taste like an iPhone.”
Who the fuck tastes their iPhone?
suprchunk: Buried as spam automatically because it is Jizzmodo. Can you people please just find the actual link in the copied story and post that instead?
evocube: Wonder if i can get women to try and talk into my “wood”?
Dugg I have a new pickup Line!!!!
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iPhone apparently does seem to support sending any audio – including music and the audio tracks from your videos – to a Bluetooth headset that isn’t even enabled with A2DP – but it aint pretty.[...] Thanks to chanpory for providing this nice story on Digg (more than 477Diggs).
What other users say about this:
askjason75: You can enable Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) and Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP) profiles via hardware solutions such as iBlueT from 8bananas.com. Basically it is a “Made for iPod” dongle and stereo headset bundle. You connect the dongle to the iPhone via the dock connector and then pair the stereo headset to your iPhone / dongle. I can confirm it does NOT have the annoying speaker playing at the same time problem that everyone has experienced with the workarounds of enabling A2DP via tricks / hacks etc… It only cost $99USD vs the Apple Bluetooth headset at $129 USD…
alias420: http://www.iphone-hacks.com
iapx: The interesting thing is that enable everyone to SHARE music over bluetooth, from an iPhone to any bluetotth-enabld computer…
ballmatic: I found the easiest solution to be $50 for the Oakley icombi bluetooth adapter for instant A2DP support with my Motorola S9 stereo headset. It’s technically not a hack, works 100% of the time, sounds great, and you don’t have to enter airplane mode. Shame on Apple for not having A2DP right out of the box though.
vaultspawn: This worked with my Samsung WEP200…..cool little discovery.
JeffS: There’s too many hacks needed to make the iPhone do the obvious things that a WM5 or WM6 phone can already do.
pr5owner: shit cant delete the comment above (used a stupid angle bracket to illustrate less than)
why the fuck would you want to stream your mp3/aac audio at less than 64kbps it will sound like absolute shit!!!!!!!!
a REAL A2DPphone will stream your audio at around 250kbps which is *OK* and will not chew your ears upthe only reason why you would do a dirty audio/bluetooth hack is for skype or other VOIP so you can use your bt headset to talk and hear. skype and voip is just voice which is ok at 64kbps
pr5owner: WTF why would you want to streamMusic at 250kpbs which is *ok* quality and is listenable
what a waste of time, unless they got skype running through that BT hack like pda phones, but then again, that is just voice not AUDIO
aserer511: LG Chocolate can do it out of the box.
Nysul: what? you don’t need A2DP to send audio to a bluetooth receiver. A2DP is just better quality and in stereo.
yingjai: Will these iPhone posts ever end? Why can’t there be news on other phones. I have to read at least 1 or 2 iPhone titles on frontpage everyday.
mrroarke: Hey… what happened to “It just works?” Is it keeping the “megahertz myth” company?
roastedbagel: I know I’ll get dugg down for this but…
It’s a shame you have to do a “hack” to do this in the first place…
squirmalicious: Hate the current apple board and love my Macbook, so I may have to get one of these….
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ZDNet look @ Numbers. I do have to agree with the article. Numbers is a very nice change and put the nail in the coffin for Excel for my needs.[...] Thanks to turtleJP for providing this nice story on Digg (more than 21Diggs).
What other users say about this:
wripps: I have used numbers for a couple of days now, and it is great. Apple has done it again.
BlueStarr: I switched.
halhiker: Who needs Office for Mac now?
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John Siracusa comments on why Apple doesn’t cater to the business crowd.[...] Thanks to lcfiner for providing this nice story on Digg (more than 550Diggs).
What other users say about this:
chrismag1979: I dare you to bring your iMac on NASDAQ and on NYSE and people would see you as gay.
jabberwolf: Apple’s “Open Directory” is atrocious and is no where near the control that MS Active directory has (which lead to the demise of Novell) .
OSX servers are expensive but the the NOS is cheap. A good route if you’re doing simple directory and print shares.
OPENBASE SQL are nightmares when dealing with SQL clients sorry but true.
MYSQL is usually used with Apache, and only a few other programs.Apples negligence costs them a huge market.
People who know an OS at work that runs everything, and also at home that runs everything, are in no way motivated by OSX that has little collaboration with programs at work and in may other markets. Now Apple basically thumbs its nose/responsibility on the business end?!?!!
Gee no wonder the iphone did so dismal in that market as well.
astrosmash: By now, people should understand that Apple does not enter a market segment unless the following two things are true:
– The current solution/technology sucks.
– Apple has what they feel is a dramatically different and better approach to the problem.The fact is this: Microsoft is entrenched in the large-scale enterprise IT departments. People complain about Windows desktop software all the time, and rightfully so, but IT departments generally do not complain about MS’s enterprise solutions. And give MS credit. The enterprise was anything but guaranteed for Microsoft, but they worked hard at catering to corporate IT departments and it has paid off.
The bottom line is that there isn’t a really a problem with today’s enterprise software, at lease none that Apple has solutions for, so they’ll stay away. Instead, they’ll cater to small groupware and small business, for which they have some compelling solutions.
etnu: What needs to business users have that consumers don’t also have? Sure, we may not use spread sheets or word processors as often at home, but we still use them. Most “enterprise” needs boil down to security, stability, and compatibility, not actual unique feature sets.
This is, of course, unless you’re talking about servers. In the server market, there isn’t really much of a “consumer” segment yet, though the media center type of machines are gradually taking on that role.
Trueblood: There’s always this built-in assumption that everyone who tries it will naturally prefer a Mac to a Windows box. This is not the case.
My personal experience is that my Mac was nice, pretty, and I enjoyed using it, and what it did, it did well; the list of “what it did” was too short, there were always little one-off things that I had to use Windows for. I switched back to XP, then to Vista. I’ve never been more satisfied.
It’s not just me. A number of senior executives at work bought Macs (mostly Macbook Pros) to see what all the fuss was about. Responses ranged from “this thing sucks” to “eh, it’s ok, but I’ll just stick with Windows” — not a single one of them stuck with the platform. Not one.
f0dder: Corporations are right to ignore Apple. People complain Microsoft for being a monopoly. But when Apple is the only game in town for machine, parts service etc.. Who’s being the monopolist? Get burned by Apple you’re stuck w/Apple. Get burned by Dell you still have HP, Acer, Lenovo, IBM plus hundreds of different small shop.
Apple isn’t ignoring enterprise, enterprise want competition. When it makes sense, enterprise will abandon Microsoft.
GreatDrok: You know the funny thing about all this is that I remember the time before Windows was in the enterprise very well. At that time we were running Sun servers ad desktops. A few people at our site had Macs but there was also a growing number of Windows PCs (this around the time 3.0 came out). For network access you used a terminal such as the VT220 I had, the PCs were just that, personal computers without access to any data that didn’t arrive via floppy. We did install simple serial connections and VT100 emulators so the PC was able to be used as a dumb terminal but they could also do things terminals couldn’t like graphing and WYSIWYG wordprocessing. Gradually, the PC got more popular and it ended up having to be incorporated as a standard part of our IT infrastructure. Essentially, it was people buying these things and then wanting to connect them to the rest of the network that drove Windows into the enterprise. Today, PCs are everywhere but they are very very basic boxes used simply to run office and do some fairly simple web based tasks and e-mail. However, Macs are coming in too which are capable to interoperating nicely now since they can run the Windows stuff under emulation (rather like the old VT100 emulator when Windwos first appeared) but a Mac can do so much more than a PC so the enterprise is going to start finding them more often and it will change. Apple doesn’t need to change the Mac to fit the enterprise as it is today, the enterprise just has to catch up like it did when Windows PCs first came in.
pyrates: Enterprises mainly don’t want to be tied to one maker of a product. Doesn’t matter how good it is, they want competition. Then if one maker of the product gets to be too much, they can switch to a cheaper one. That’s what they like. The only exception is software, they don’t mind. But at the very least, they want competitors for hardware. Plus where can you get $400 dollar mac’s from? No where. You can find them with PC’s.
Billions: Maybe in YOUR workplace, Apple seems to be ignoring you – but in advertising, design, video and audio, it’s always been a professional option, and often, the only professional choice.
streak: It’s my opinion Apple focuses on what Steve Jobs knows. The company dabbles in other areas, but if Jobs doesn’t understand the market, then he’s not going to feel in charge, and consequently that part of Apple won’t get the same attention or receive as many dollars for R&D and marketing.
neodorian: Because when you need to buy a whole bunch of workstations, it doesn’t make much sense to spend the extra money for a more aesthetically pleasing form factor.
ars3n: Apple is going to first take over your home and then when you get to work, you’re going to say “Why can’t I use Mac…I use Mac at home…I am comfortable with working in a Mac environment….I used to have a PC but it was wack…why is my company wack like my old PC” and everyone’s going to want to use a Mac at work.
archer75: Would be nice if they’d put some focus on gaming, support more video cards and provide a system for the home user that has upgradable video cards.
dimitrisokolov: It’s the same ass clowns in “The Enterprise” that keep buying expensive EMC storage for millions when they could have just bought 1 petabyte of xRaid storage for less?
Big corporations are really stupid when it comes to IT purchases. They waste money on software and hardware. They buy software like SAP, Siebel, Oracle, Weblogic and have the time they have no clue how many licenses they even need or are using.
bryanyeager: I wouldn’t exactly call the creative or graphic arts industry “non-enterprise”. more and more of those companies are getting into digital asset management and a number of other server-intensive, enterprise solutions to add to their businesses. and what’s running a lot of these services? Xserve. most Xinet installs run on an Xserve (and run very well), as well as a slew of other solutions. remember, xinet not only serves companies, but (very large, very important) clients as well.
with the decline in AppleTalk use and prevalence of SAMBA (for file serving) and CUPS (for printing), running Mac servers to serve both Macs and PCs is as easy as ever.
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“iTunes is giving you an effortless way to keep your friends up-to-date with your favorite music, TV shows, movies, and more. My iTunes widgets are self-updating add-ons for your web page, social-networking profile, or blog. Use My iTunes to share your top reviews, favorite artists, and new music, movies, and TV shows from the iTunes Store.”[...] Thanks to jakejarvis for providing this nice story on Digg (more than 29Diggs).
What other users say about this:
mmilian: The widget only counts downloads you purchased from the iTunes Store — not a competitor to iLike or Last.fm. It’s pretty worthless to me, considering I only get things from iTunes when it’s free, like the Pepsi cap program or the free songs that come with Ticketmaster purchases.
MuntrealCanada: Man, beat me to it! By ten minutes!
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Also included is the old school mouse![...] Thanks to ilkeryoldas for providing this nice story on Digg (more than 43Diggs).
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SouthernDigger: I’ll bet this will give the Mac fanboys a woody.
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Universal, the world’s biggest music conglomerate, said it would offer albums and songs without the software, known as digital rights management, through existing digital music retail services…But the music will not be offered D.R.M.-free through Apple’s iTunes[...] Thanks to noradbase for providing this nice story on Digg (more than 17Diggs).
What other users say about this:
geoken: For some reason I chuckled when I read “Steven P. Jobs”.
darkalias: Actually now is the time to STOP buying Universal’s music at all – to send a clear message that leaving out iTunes Music Store doesn’t sell. At all.
dasunst3r: Now is the time to buy Universal’s music via iTunes — to send a clear message that DRM-free music sells.
scoobycarolan: I’m for it all the way. The more people pay for better music, the less horrible I feel for stealing it! Yeah capitalism!!
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