Posted on July 29, 2008 at 8:00 pm
With the release of the iPhone 3G, we were excited to read Walt Mossberg’s review of the new and improved hardware and software offerings from Apple. As he has with so many other new releases, Walt praised the iPhone in general and the App Store specifically, but we wanted more.I mean, look at his [...]
Posted on July 27, 2008 at 6:34 am
Every Sunday1 we publish a list of inFrequently Asked Questions and answers to help
you, the Crazy Apple user, get more out of your Crazy Apple products.
Today: The person who just installed our carpet2 answers your questions about using DSL to connect a Mac to the internet.
Q: I’ve heard that cable is faster than DSL, is [...]
Posted on July 24, 2008 at 11:30 am
Microsoft has launched the first wave of their $300 million+ advertising campaign set to counter the “I’m a Mac, I’m a PC” ads in an unlikely form.
“How’s that game playing going, Mac freaks?” asks Steve Ballmer in a form letter sent to every “@apple.com” email address. “Oh, and Squeak? Your Open Source software sucks! I [...]
Posted on July 18, 2008 at 4:58 pm
This is just a little note to tell you that the only-slightly-sane Ruby Ninja Androids upgraded CANS to WordPress 2.6 today. Let us know if you see any little bugs. But not big bugs. Those scare us.
Posted on July 18, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Every Friday we publish a list of inFrequently Asked Questions and answers to help you, the Crazy Apple user, get more out of your Crazy Apple products.
Today: High-school goth poets answer your questions about Microsoft Office 2008.
Q: Excel 2007 has this cool feature on Windows where you can just set a range of colors for [...]
Posted on July 15, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Apple took iDisk in a new direction with the release of Mobile Me.
For years, the iDisk icon has been the now-all-too-familiar “some kinda network-magic-ball” on a hard disk, suggesting that an iDisk is, well, a hard drive on the network (or possibly the other way around. I’m not sure.) Now, however, the iDisk icon [...]
Posted on July 12, 2008 at 11:30 am
As an apology for not posting the Friday iFAQ on Friday, I present to you: Vista Bullying
In a widely reported move,1 Microsoft has announced that the “Vista Bullying stops here”. And we here at CANS think it’s about time, too. I mean, look at poor little Microsoft, barely making enough money to keep every single [...]
Posted on July 12, 2008 at 7:38 am
Every Friday1 we publish a list of inFrequently Asked Questions and answers to help you, the Crazy Apple User, get more out of your Crazy Apple products.
Today: Boot Camp.
Q: So, like, can I boot into a Linux partition using Boot Camp?
A: TEN-HUT! Would you care to rephrase that question, soldier?
Q: Er, can I boot into [...]
Posted on July 9, 2008 at 11:30 am
All around the world, people are already standing in line, hoping to be the first to use Mobile Me, Apple’s latest revision of its online storage and synchronization tools.
Which is odd, because they can just buy a .Mac membership and it will work when Mobile Me is launched possibly later tonight. But still they line [...]
Posted on July 4, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Every Friday we publish a list of inFrequently Asked Questions and answers to help you, the Crazy Apple User, get more out of your Crazy Apple products.
Today’s Feature: RSS
Q: It’s the 4th of July, and I live in America. Is there a way I can make my screen saver on my Mac look like a [...]