MobileMe is finally PUSHING again

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When it comes to Cloud computing, we are definitely Google Apps fans but many people who have a better eye for design than us are MobileMe’ers.  To them, Apple sent a warm email (cut below) this week announcing that MobileMe is finally able to Push email, calendar, etc. services out.  It has been a long recovery since the original MobileMe launch last year but it seems like everything is coming around.  Maybe we’ll consider migrating from Google Apps?  Nah!

 

Faster syncing with Mac and PC. Changes you make to contacts and calendars on your Mac (Address Book and iCal) or PC (Microsoft Outlook) are now automatically pushed up to the cloud every time you make an update. Likewise, changes you make on me.com, iPhone, or iPod touch are automatically pushed to your Mac or PC. As a result, your contacts and calendars update faster across all your devices. To take advantage of faster syncing, be sure you’re running Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.6 (Mac) or MobileMe Control Panel 1.3 (Windows).

via Giz

Hackintosh starts at $199

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Update: The Dell deal is over, but as far as Netbooks go, we’d reccomend the Hackintosh friendly ASUS 1000HE which you can grab at Amazon for $374 with 1GB of RAM and a 160GB HD or $399 with 2GB of RAM.

If you were thinking about Hacking up a Dell or just riding with the more than useful Ubuntu Linux installed and wanted to get it at a Recession-friendly price, now is your chance.  From the Toys section:  Dell Home is selling the Hackintosh – friendly Mini 9′s in base configuration for $199 – for one day only.  That’s $100 off.  You’ll need to juice up the specs to at least 1GB of RAM and 16GB of Flash to have a respectable Hackintosh though.  Also of note, Amazon is selling the sleeker, thinner HP 1000 Mini series starting at $279 – which doesn’t have working audio drivers yet for Mac OS (you can use USB).

This Dell price point is significant, not only for us cheap bastards, but also because it is the same price as Negroponte’s OLPC.  Why not give a really sweet Ubuntu laptop with a video camera to a kid in a poor country.  Capitalism!  You win again!

 

Airphones turns your iPhone or iPod Touch into a wireless headset

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A new app just hit the App Store that brings some pretty interesting funtionality to Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch.  Airphones (iTunes link) takes any sound that would be coming out of your computer and streams it to your iPhone or iPod touch and let’s you hear the sound through the built in speakers or headset.   That is as long as you are on the same wifi network.

Easy and simple, right?  It seems to get good ratings from overall happy customers.  We like.  Anyone want to report back on how well it works?

From the developer:

is the next-generation solution to wireless headphones.  Now use your iPhone or iPod Touch to listen to any audio from your computer via Wi-Fi.   Experience DVD’s, desktop TV, web videos & radio, audio books, shared iTunes playlists and podcasts; from across the room, throughout the office or around the house.

Via Wired

CBS Interactive unveils TV.com for iPhone

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Content providers are moving their content directly to the iPhone these days, bypassing iTunes and the other "middlemen".  The latest but certainly not the last to do this sort of thing is CBS Interactive with their aptly named TV.com application.  Right now the content is a little thin(selected full episodes from the CSI series, NCIS, Berverly Hills 90210, Star Trek: The Original Series, and MacGyver), but it isn’t hard to see all of CBS’s content ending up available on the iPhone. 

The free app is availalbe in the App Store for both iPhone and iPod touch.

From the developer:

 

The TV.com application allows you to search and access millions of videos no matter where you go.

It’s personalized TV, brought right to your iPhone and it works across Wi-Fi and 3G Networks – all for free!

Your use is subject to Terms of Use, Mobile User Agreement and Privacy Policy. See link below.

* Browse through our vast list of featured shows or view by channel
* Catch FULL EPISODES of your favorite shows from CBS
* Add keywords to create your own “feed” – a custom list of videos based on your favorite shows, channels or topics
* Start typing a search from anywhere in the app and instantly see search results
* Get video updates on sports, news, entertainment and more
* Let CNET’s experts show you the latest gadgets and technology products
* Save shortcuts to your favorite videos to watch anytime
* Shake-to-shuffle and get a video selected at random

Note: for highest quality videos use TV.com on Wi-Fi

Users with limited network connectivity may experience difficulty loading application pages or videos.

Bernie Madoff: Mac User, still a-hole

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The news you didn’t want to hear.  Yes, Bernie Madoff is one of us.  A Mac user.  The Wall St. veteran turned Ponzi scheme crook is now being followed 24×7 by the paparazzi.  ABC’s 20/20 had their zoom lenses focused on his apartment this week.  And of course they find him at home (hopefully soon to be jail) on his Mac.  Zooms Below.

Via Macenstein – Why can’t you stick to good looking movie stars with Macs?!