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Chris Dolan

Member since: Jun 3rd, 2005

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Apple releases slew of AirPort security updates (TUAW.com)

Sep 21st 2006 10:01PM What about the iBook? The update descriptions conspicuously avoid mention of the iBook...

Poll results: Will you buy a Blackbook? (TUAW.com)

May 17th 2006 9:57PM Dave Caolo wrote:

I'm with the majority on this one.

But there was no majority consensus in the poll (the highest result was 48%). I think Dave meant that he's going with the plurality.

Sorry for the nitpick...

Prolonging your iPod's battery life (TUAW.com)

Apr 27th 2006 11:37AM Dave, your mixing up two battery problems. One is the charge longevity and the other is the battery longevity.

The linked article is all about prolonging the charge (measured in hours). The battery longevity (measured in months) is a constant for Li-ion batteries. There's nothing you can do about that because Li-ion batteries wear out whether they're in use or not. That's why people sometimes recommend against buying refurbs or long-shelved products that have Li-ion batteries. We can all hope that the next generation overcomes the current limitions of Li-ion batteries.

Firefox 2.0 alpha release uploaded (Download Squad)

Mar 19th 2006 10:35PM You jumped the gun. According to Asa Dotzler, the QA leader for the Mozilla corp, the alpha is not yet ready (http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/2006/03/releases_1.html).

Firefox 2.0 alpha released (TUAW.com)

Mar 19th 2006 10:24PM No, 2.0 alpha has not yet been released. According to Asa Dotzler (http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/2006/03/releases_1.html) the release has not yet happened. You'll probably see it on Mozillazine (http://www.mozillazine.org/) first when it happens.

Apple and Intel weren't kidding about "low power" (TUAW.com)

Feb 21st 2006 2:21PM Many are noting the difference between the max of 120 and the actual of 95. Note that the machine must also be able to provide power via FW/USB/DVI to external hard drives, scanners, iPods, speakers, external monitors, etc. I'm sure that overhead of 25 watts was carefully chosen. I do not believe this is a case of Apple exceeding any specs.

Mac mini Home Media Center Design Concept (TUAW.com)

Feb 21st 2006 10:28AM Last month, I created an RSS feed for the applele.com site by downloading and parsing his HTML once per week. Feel free to subscribe to my feed if you like:

http://www.chrisdolan.net/rss/applele.rss

Widget Watch: iTunes Estimator (TUAW.com)

Feb 8th 2006 5:35PM I created a Firefox Greasemonkey user script that makes it dramatically easier to submit entries to this contest. I explain how to install and use it in my blog:

http://www.chrisdolan.net/talk/index.php/2006/02/07/firefox-extensions-greasemonkey/

iPods will gain in battery life with new Wolfson audio chip (TUAW.com)

Jan 17th 2006 12:30AM I agree with the above. The hard drive is almost certainly the biggest power consumer in the iPod, not the DSP.

Firefox 1.5 G5-optimized Version (TUAW.com)

Nov 30th 2005 2:07PM Thomas: The Nov 17 date is expected. The official FF 1.5 was compiled Nov 11, and the G% version was compiled after that.