Honorable Mention #1

So here is a new feature, where, every now and then, someone gets an honorable mention for something. It could be anyone in the whole world. But this time, it's one of my readers. Well, that's just narrowed it down from 6.4 billion to about 4. Anyway, this person, whose initials are JR, but whose full name I won't mention in case they don't want me to, introduced me to Mount Eden Dubstep this week, which is fast becoming one of my favourite artists. Dubstep is a genre that I haven't seen (or rather heard) so much of, but Mount Eden are definitely the best of what I've heard. So, why does pointing out one pretty good artist diserve an honorable mention? What makes Mount Eden so amazing? See for yourself below.

The day of reckoning :)

Apple has surpassed Microsoft’s market capitalization on Standard & Poor’s S&P 500 index, a move that makes Apple the second-largest company on that index behind only energy giant Exxon Mobil—or so claims an article published today on the Marketwatch.com Website. According to MarketWatch, Apple’s market capitalization as calculated by S&P rose today to  $241.5 billion, thus topping Microsoft’s, which stood at $239.5 billion.

From Yahoo News:

Macifying my Vista: Update

Sorry for no post for a couple of days, been busy and stuffs. Anway, the more Mac-y of you would have notived that pretty much the only thing holding back my Macified Vista was the right-sided buttons. After struggling through the registry to find the DLL file for where the close buttons are positioned (and failing), I found a program that does it for you. Leftsider, a very small but clever program, simply swaps the window name and the close buttons. So, here's what it looks like:

So, that's the last problem solved. Any Mac users who notice anything else I could improve, please do e-mail me.

I'm a PC, but I can at least try to be a Mac :)

I love Macs, there's no denying it. I don't care about the minuscule linux-like market share that they have compared to Windows. The hardware is all manufactured and assembled by Apple, so they rarely break down. But its not just the quality. They are beautiful :). There is no denying that only the most expensive Sony VAIO Windows laptop can get close to a Mac in a beauty contest, then lose to the Macbook. Most of all, however, I love the Mac OS. It has incredible usability, power, beauty and security. What more do you want from an OS?
Only problem is... I don't have one. They are too expensive :(. A survey of Windows users showed that 70% would switch to Mac if they were cheaper. It is true that every movie, TV show, or program that anyone cares about almost cretainly was made on a Mac, either programmed or edited on a Mac. Even Windows 7 was coded on a Mac Pro because Vista couldn't handle it! Also, whenever you see a computer in a movie or TV show, its always a Mac. I counted 17 separate Macs in the recent movie Kick Ass, which is a great movie by the way. So, since I can't afford one, I decided see how hard it was to install Snow Leopard on a non-Mac. The answer is: Very Hard! It goes against Apple's EULA, so they've made it as difficult as possible. So I went for the next best thing; making my Windows Vista look as much like a Mac as possible. Here are the results:

 The desktop. Yes this is a PC. Pretty good job I did huh?

 The fully functioning dock.

 The fully functioning spotlight search.

 The fully functioning Finder bar.

Yes... an ABOUT THIS MAC window... on a PC.

 Start Menu

A Firefox window.

My Computer window.

So, what do you think. Not bad for a day's work. Hopefully Apple see my handywork and give me a free Mac. I can keep hoping!

Apple iPhone OS 4

As a follower of all matters technological, as well as an owner of two iPods and Mac fan, I was overjoyed when Apple released OS4 for iPhone and iPod touch. But, as with everything else Apple have ever made, there's a catch... OS4 only runs all its features on iPhone 3GS and the newest generation of iTouches. Not much of a problem for me since I have a 32GB 3rd gen iTouch, but a deffinite put-off for some. Some older devices can run it, but without some key features.
Despite the great range of features that they have added in this, the newest iPhone OS, I can't help feeling that some of this stuff should have been there from the start. Things like custom wallpapers, something easy to implement yet functional and fun, or the App Icon Folders that help anyone who, like me has around 200 apps on at any one time, organise them. These things are great additions to iPhone OS's many features, but it really feels that they are simple enough for Apple to have been able to incorporate them into OS 1. That said, OS4 promises some great new features like Game Center, like XBox Live, with achievements and the like, but most importantly, Multitasking! As a PS3 fan, I'd have rather they based the social gaming network feature (Game Center) on the PSN, but with the iPhone's somewhat limited features compared to XBox 360 and PS3, it will be pretty similar to both... But by far the most important update is Multitasking, which propel both the iTouch and the iPhone into their own league of pocket computing. Something that the iPad should have had from the start but will have to wait till Autumn for, Multitasking is the last thing that devices running iPhone OS needed to become computing ledgends.
And all I can say is... I CAN'T WAIT!
iPhone OS4 is released in Summer for iPhone and iTouch and Autumn for iPad. Head over to the Apple website to watch Steve Jobs' keynote speech.