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In Windows, there are a zillion ways things can start. The registry can do it, there is a special group in Start Programs that does it. You have to always look carefully to make sure not to be too slow. The Mac OS X isn’t any different. Here are the…

!<http://www.myjones.com/gifs/orangecream2.jpg! People have been talking about customization a la “Cafepress”:http://cafepress.com for mugs and t-shirts, but what about ordinary things like M&Ms: Now “My M&Ms”:http://mymms.com let’s you write messages on the back of the tiny M&Ms themselves. How cool. Expensive at $12 a 7 oz bag, but fun! “My Jones”:http://myjones.com let’s…

!<http://images.appleinsider.com/leopard-preview-time-machine-10.jpg! Until I read this piece, I thought of Leopard (OS X 10.5) mainly as eye candy, now I see that this Time Machine is a truly elegant way never to lose a file. Basically, you stick an extra hard disk into a USB drive and you get a back…

The main bad news is that it relies on an easily closed exploit in Safari, so the next update will close it. At least though there is hope to get to the 1.1.1 feature set. I must say that it looks like Apple is going to win this arms race…

Mac Rumors: Mac OS X Leopard on October 26th? Appleinsider believes that Apple is preparing for announcements late in October, specifically between the 22nd and 27th of the month. They specifically point to October 26th as the likely ship date for Mac OS X Leopard, but don’t rule out the…

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“Downgrading”:http://code.google.com/p/iphone-elite/wiki/DowngradingBaseband your Baseband firmware fixes the bricking of your iPhone. If you upgraded to firmware 1.1.1 and this wiped our your iPhone, this will fix things. Basically, you download the 1.0.2 and reload it onto your iPhone This actually fails because the 1.1.1 upgrade does two things, upgrades the software…

These big LaserJet 4250n take a long time to run out of toner and there are host of remanufactured ones. But if you want the geniune article, there are two choices, the HP 42A (Q5942A) which lists for $150 or the HP 42X (Q5942X) listing for $225 according to “HP”:http://www.shopping.hp.com/supmodel/printing_supplies/LaserJet/LaserJet%2B4250n/1…

this is what tends to happen with sudden shutdowns. The hard disk are cached, so you can really torque them. The fix is to run chkdsk /r from the Windows XP CD. But I can’t even keep the computer up long enough to do that, so need to wait for…