Nov 30
Whilst IE and Firefox duke it out for space in the desktop browser market, there’s a browser subculture subsisting on the appetites of smart-phone users, and a new edition to one of the favorites just broke surface: Opera Mini 3.0.
If you can believe it, with Opera Mini 3.0 one can read RSS feeds as gracefully as the actual web browsing experience is with the program; a treat in existence since its release in August of 2005. It’s come a “long, long way, baby”, and it’s been impressing mobile web users the world over with its web page conversion speeds. And, well, just the sheer utility of it. Nothing beats it, nothing on the horizon is talking any talk, and pretty much everyone is a-okay with that – as long as Opera’s developers keep making it even more super cool, of course.
You can’t expect to do everything with Opera Mini, and it doesn’t take long to find a page that it’ll be doing dry heaves over, but who goes to glitzy flash pages when walking down city sidewalks en route to work or the neighborhood café anyway? You do? For shame!
If you haven’t tried Opera Mini out for yourself yet, get to it, it’ll change your life. You’ll need to find out if your phone is equipped with or supports Java Mobile Edition. Find out more about Java ME here.
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Nov 30
Filed under: Humor, iPod Family, iTS, Cult of Mac, iTunes, Apple
Reader Stephen Flynn pointed us to the John Swerden collection of Macintosh-themed songs in the iTunes store. The songs, whose highlights include “Poor Sad Mac” and “Quickdraw Bill”, are in a folk style which may or may not be to your taste.
This inspired me to see whether I could track down other Apple-themed songs in the iTunes collection. Hint. “Fleetwood Mac” and “Fiona Apple” are not Apple related. “iPod” turned out to be the easiest term to search for. Here’s what I found.
I Love My iPod by Daphne Kalfon
Bubbly pop.
iPod by Serengeti
Electronic/Hip-Hop.
iPod by Mo-b & Simple from the Sandpeople Present
Hip-Hop.
Bruce Smirnoff’s iPod Joke by Andy Vastola
Spoken Humor.
I Love My Computer by Bad Religion
Rock. Okay, this isn’t technically about Apple. But it’s fun.
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Nov 30
Do you hate it when you need to give away your “valid email address” to get that so called freebies? I hate that too, because this means that I am going to get more and more follow-ups from them, which I don’t really need at all. And when I found out about 2Prong, I immediately fell in love with the concept of this anonymous based email service. The design of the website is amazingly simple. The page will refresh and automatically - in a matter of seconds - you will receive your email.
But too bad, you can only receive email with it, there’s no way for you to reply. Though it’s a good thing at the same time, because otherwise the service would have definitely been used by spammers. What’s even more interesting about this email service from 2Prong is the domain name will constantly be changed. And you have an option to keep the domain of your email address if you pay the creator, Mark Percival a small amount of $20. And that comes with the chance of a 48 hours exposure of your website on 2Prong frontpage.
So, do you wonder how it works? All you need to do is simply visit 2Prong, and you will be given an email address automatically, which will be copied to your computer’s clipboard. You can even customize the email address using any name you like with a click of a button, all for free. Just how cool is that? You tell me.
Avoid Spam Using 2Prong’s Registration Service
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Nov 30
Filed under: Accessories, iPod Family
According to Wired News, the iPod + the Nike sports kit == Big Trouble if you’re a spy. A University of Washington reports that “tech-savvy stalkers, thieves and corporations” can possibly track your movements when using the Nike/iPod kit.
The iPod/Nike mashup allows you to track your training progress with a special pair of Nike sneakers that transmits workout data to your iPod nano. The RFID device in the shoes essentially turns your sneakers into a portable radio station, transmitting your location as well as your jogging stats.
The signal can be picked up up to 60 feet away and can apparently be tracked by any Nike+iPod receiver. Since your sneaks give out a unique ID, your signal can be differentiated from other people and you alone can be targeted for surveillance.
In other news, fluoridated water allows mind control of the masses.
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Should taxes introduced on analog cassette tapes in the 1960’s affect digital media players in the 2000’s? That’s the question before the European Commission, which is due to decide whether iPods should carry a copyright tax. A Dutch industry group postponed imposing the tax, waiting for the commission results.
