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Run your MacBook without a battery and throttle the performanceYesterday

I am still trying to get my head around this article on Gearlog that points out that Apple notebooks throttle the CPU performance if you run them plugged in without a battery installed.  They discovered this "feature" by accident while performing benchmarks with different types of RAM.  They kept seeing different results and then figured out that the benchmarks run on the MacBook Pro while plugged in but without the battery installed consistently clocked in with 37% lower performance.

You may want to read that last sentence again.  If you pull the battery out of your MacBook Pro and run it while plugged into the power outlet your MBP will slow down almost 40%.  This intrigued the Gearlog folks so they went digging and found a discussion on the Apple support document that describes what is going on:

If the battery is removed from a MacBook or MacBook Pro, the computer will automatically reduce the processor speed. This prevents the computer from shutting down if it demands more power

Screenium adds PIP input to Mac screencastsYesterday

FolderShare becomes Windows Live Sync. So what about Live Mesh?Yesterday

It's hard not to ask the question that many folks are already asking over on the Windows Live FolderShare Team blog. In reaction to an announcement that FolderShare is going away and getting replaced with Windows Live Sync, the obvious question is: why Live Sync and not Live Mesh? It's a fair puzzle to be perplexed over and it echoes the same sentiment we've had for a few years now: why have all of these overlapping tools in the Windows Live world?

I'm sure there are very good technical or platform reasons that these overlaps exist. Perhaps too much time, effort and money have been thrown at some solutions and therefore, it's not yet cost-effective to morph similar ones together or summarily just end some. But the situation keeps repeating itself and it brings one key element to mind: Microsoft either doesn't yet have or can't effectively communicate precise, long-term consumer service strategies. I'm not a Mobile Me customer, nor would I say that the platform is the best solution out there. But comparing the two, it does emphasize the simple and communicative

Share Google Docs with a quick drag and drop in GmailYesterday

Folks living in the browser will appreciate this quick-and-easy tidbit of a feature shown over at Digital Inspirations. You can now share a Google Doc simply with a drag-and-drop right in Gmail. First, you'll need the Google Doc gadget that we mentioned back in October so that your Docs will appear in your Gmail sidebar.

Once you have it there, simply drag the document link into an e-mail and you've got an active hyperlink that will share the doc with your e-mail recipient. It's a small touch, but definitely handy for sharing docs. Note that you could already search for docs in the gadget prior to this update. Also, this saves on bandwidth since it simply puts a link to the shared document, it doesn't attach the full doc to your e-mail.

Blackberry Storm just $99 at Verizon with New every TwoYesterday

I just visited the Verizon Wireless web site to see if I would qualify for the $199 price that is appearing everywhere.  This is basically a $249 price less a $50 mail-in rebate.  What I found online really surprised me, after inputting my account information they gave me the $199 price and took another $100 off for the "new every 2" discount.  I didn't buy one but it sure is tempting at just $99.