For heavy MacBook and MacBook Pro users, a burning feeling around the knees after a couple of hours of use is something usual. I have wondered for a long why didn’t Pro’s fans kick in sooner, even when some surfaces were getting so hot that you could not lay a finger on them, but it now seems clear that Apple chose low noise over …

Today I received an email with some technical specs I was supposed to review, but the document came in OpenOffice Write format (.odt), and since on my MacBook I only had Office installed, there was no way to open it. Checking the OpenOffice.org site, it appeared a version was available for OS X, but in the traditional open sourc…

It’s not a  native application  (getting to know XCode is going to be harder!), but a so-called “web application” for the iPhone . A few times I’ve been at RTAs involving trucks carrying hazardous chemicals, and other times it’s out of curiosity that I would like to know what exactly is the well-protected container wrapped in warn…

Is not easy! I upgraded my 17″ MacBook Pro to a 200GB 7200rpm drive, which gave me TONS of space, and it didn’t really matter what applications I installed or how much stuff got added in the form of data. The second part is not as easy to solve and it largely depends on what you do - an accountant may be generating tons of Excel w…

The first  day with my shiny new  iPhone  unlocked to work on Vodafone’s network - so far so good, pretty much loving it. Until I looked at the Bluetooth specs. Basically, this thing is only useful for mono headsets and car kits, and that’s it. The iPhone has been certified under Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR,  as can be seen in the BBQ d…

Reading an  article in The Register by Bill Ray , he thinks the Apple iPhone will fail, actually, fail badly. I somewhat doubt his conclusions. The main argument to support his analysis is that since network operators have to like the phone, then Apple has to do a good job convincing them.  Remember the ROKR ? It was rather a fai…