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Mac OS X Snow Leopard Has Arrived!

Released today, Apple’s latest version of OS X (10.6) dubbed “Snow Leopard” has arrived. While looking at it from first glance, you can’t tell many differences from your old Mac running the plain cat (Leopard). But start poking around long enough and you’ll find… Whoa — fast, small, sexy. Apple delivers and no matter what [...]

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6 Reasons Why Macs Are Better Than PCs

Sure, there are thousands of articles out there on “Mac versus PC” but I’m going to take it in a different direction and look at the top six reasons why your next computer should be a Mac, and why those Mac owners are just so damn happy with their computer. This won’t be a technical, [...]

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10.5.7 Delta Update

Okay, 10.5.7 is out and available via Software Update.   I wouldn’t get it this way. . . I’d go to Apple’s site and download the package before playing around with.   I can only assume all the tricks they might play with this update, so here’s to whoever might first experiment with it.  Just remember those [...]

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Apple Buying Social Networks?

The rumors are flying around that Apple, Inc. is looking into offering a large amount of cash and stock to social network smash hit Twitter which will more than likely become a part of the MobileMe service. The tech blogosphere is fired up with word from reliable sources that “Apple is in late stage negotiations [...]

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Starbucks Customers: Addicts or Assholes?

When it comes to coffee, I love it. Not just for the caffeine but for the taste. I love coffee so much I drink a ton of it whenever I can — I even enjoy coffee-flavored items such as ice cream, candy, and alcoholic beverages. Needless to say I’m also a big fan of the [...]

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Dim Display like Real Mac when Idle… Kinda

Have your Hack display dim during periods of inactivity, just like the ‘Automatically reduce the display brightness before display sleep’ feature that doesn’t work on all of our Hackbooks.

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Where’s that printer driver?!

Gutenprint – High quality printer drivers for Mac OS X. In many cases, these drivers rival or exceed the OEM drivers in quality and functionality. Gutenprint also allows for installation of network-based printers where the device won’t be auto-detected and have the proper driver install.

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