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While reading through this mornings RSS feeds, I came across this quite hilarious post on TUAW. A MacBook Pro user was having trouble getting OS X Tiger to install and noticed the units temperature was getting up there. He came up with the plan to stick the MacBook Pro into his refrigerator.
According to the article 45 minutes later OS X Tiger had installed itself and the MacBook Pro was much cooler!
“The Internet Archive is a 501©(3) non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library, with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format. Founded in 1996 and located in the Presidio of San Francisco… In late 1999, the organization started to grow to include more well-rounded collections. Now the Internet Archive includes texts, audio, moving images, and software as well as archived web pages in our collections. “
I know Blizzard just recently updated World of Warcraft but they’ve gone ahead and released another patch. This patch just fixes some disconnection…
This past Tuesday, Hulu unveiled a new premium streaming service called Hulu Plus. This $9.99/mo. subscription plan offers users an extensive library of…
We currently have inventory of some used Original 802.11b Airport Cards. These could be used in G3 iBooks, many G3 and G4 iMacs,…
You may have heard that yesterday, Google acquired “*Nest,*”:https://nest.com the company most known for its smarter, simpler thermostat design. Reactions to the sale have been largely negative, at least according to “*fans of Nest on Facebook.*”:https://www.facebook.com/nest/posts/10152167824360681 What would this mean for your privacy? For device support (especially non-Google devices such as iPhone)? ARE WE ALL GOING TO BE WATCHED IN OUR HOMES?
I’ve been intrigued by Nest’s thermostat design since it was developed by Nest Labs in 2011, and still believe that it has set a standard for innovation and what it means to have a “connected home” — a term that has proven to be highly sought after in the past few years. I mean, you can leave the over-the-top “smart” tech products at CES (except for the WeMo-enabled “*Belkin Crock-Pot*”:http://www.macrumors.com/2014/01/07/belkin-slow-cooker/ … I think I’d love that guy), but Nest makes a lot of sense for the average home.
Recently, Nest Labs introduced a smarter “*smoke and carbon monoxide detector,*”:https://nest.com/smoke-co-alarm/life-with-nest-protect/ taking on another mundane household staple that they determined significant improvement (for the annoyance factor alone). That brings the total number of products to two. Two. For which Google paid 3.2 billion! Obviously, they were viewed as game-changers.
So, what do you think Google plans to do with Nest? We’d love to hear your thoughts!
More on the acquisition “*here.*”http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303595404579318952802236612
More on the Facebook backlash “*here.*”:http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/most-nests-facebook-fans-dislike-google-deal-154974
The latest in Google’s quest for world domination is a product called Google Voice. As with most of Google’s offerings, it’s free and…