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Giant Macworld News Round-Up: Day 1January 6

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While Steve Jobs may not have been in attendance, it was still a huge news day for the annual Macworld Conference & Expo. Here are the highlights..

Apple News:

A Look at EvernoteJanuary 2

With their tag line “Remember Everything”, Evernote promises to help you store and access your information, anywhere you might be. Evernote is a stunning service with a desktop client, web client, numerous Mobile apps, and an iPhone app. Inputting information is simple, and retrieving it is just as trivial.
The Desktop client, available for Windows and Mac OS X, allows you to take screenshots, type text notes, take an iSight snapshot, or drag-and-drop files into an evernote “note” - which is then stored on the internet. On the iPhone, you could jot out a text note, take a snapshot, or even record a voice note.

You can organize your notes by tags and notebooks. While tags and notebooks provide for easy organization, search is quite possibly the coolest feature in Evernote. For starters, pictures are translated to text, which allows you to simply search through handwritten notes and clippings without having to add any computerized data. For instance, you could take a picture of a napkin in which you scribbled out a business plan. Then, do a search for a word you wrote down - and that napkin picture would show up.

Evernote has certainly not slowed down the

2008: Year in ReviewDecember 31 2008

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2008 was a huge year for Apple and Apple News. Here’s a look back at the releases, events, and news from 2008:

Apple Releases:
1.    Quad-Core Penryn Mac Pro
2.   Penryn XServe
3.   Time Capsule
4.   iTunes Movie Rentals
5.   Apple TV 2.0
6.   Macbook Air
7.   16GB iPhone/32GB iPod Touch
8.   Aperture 2
9.   XSAN 2
10. Penryn + MultiTouch Macbook Pros
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iPhone App Spotlight: ClassicsDecember 30 2008

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With the growing phenomenon of e-book readers, many iPhone developers have developed their own apps to turn the iPhone, or iPod touch, into a mobile reading device. One of the flashiest of such apps is Classics, a $0.99 reading application from Andrew Kaz and Phill Ryu.

What makes Classics stand out from the other ebook readers is the interface. Upon opening the app, you’re greeted with a shelf filled with classic books. The shelf is beautifully designed, and the actual reading experience is flawless. To start reading, you tap the cover of a book and read. It’s that simple. A simple swipe of the finger from right to left triggers a page turn. Page turns in Classics are also executed beautifully, for it simulates the physical turning of a page in a book.

Whenever you stop reading, whether to go back to your shelf or exit the application, a bookmark is placed on top of the virtual page. When you want to continue read

Updating to Mac OS X 10.5.6December 19 2008

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This has turned out to be a help post as well as a help me post. I’ll deal with the help part first since it’s the easiest.

Have you tried to update your OS X to the latest version (10.5.6) through system update and found yourself staring at a non-moving progress bar forever? Many have had the same issue, me being one of them. There’s an easy fix (for most). Just download the Combo Pack and run it locally. Works like a charm (again, like I said… for most).

This brings me to the second part of this post…

After performing the previously mentioned task (twice, in one attempt to fix the issue below), I find myself with a fully updated MBP that has convinced itself that I have seven (7) displays attached. Now, not only do I not have any connected nor did I have any at the time of upgrade, but I can’t even think of how I would attach 7 displays to this thing. As cool as this looks, it’s not the case and I want it to go away. My system is creepy slow now. There’s gotta be something I can do. Any help? Everyone I have connected with tonight says a resounding “wow, I’ve never even heard