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Safari 4 Public Beta Web Inspector

A nice new feature addition to Safari 4 Public Beta are the developer tools built in, especially the UI of the style inspector: Despite the serious flaws in the overall UI of the application that do not adhere to Apple’s UI principles, this aspect is actually quite nice. Its integration into the main page is very [...]

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Safari RSS Reader feature on the iPhone

I’m not sure how many people are aware of the local RSS feed reader in Safari on the iPhone/iPod touch. This service sort of lags from the old .Mac service, and I have no idea why Apple has not yet updated it to reflect and integrate with the MobileMe service. Selecting a .xml RSS feed in [...]

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The Quantum Byte is now iPhone-friendly!

I’m in the long process of properly establishing this blog, and one of the most important steps for me was making it iPhone-friendly. This is thanks to the WPtouch plugin. Visit TheQuantumByte.com on your iPhone or iPod touch and the sleek new interface will greet you! Thanks. Hope you enjoy this!

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Apple preps Mac OS X 10.5.7

“Apple yesterday seeded Mac OS X 10.5.7, the next maintenance release for Leopard, to developers. Apple is requesting that developers focus their testing on over twenty areas of the new seed, which is termed Build 9J22,” Eric Slivka reports for Mac Rumors. “Developers familiar with the new build report that Apple has made nearly 70 changes [...]

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High-powered, jet-mounted laser one step closer to flying the terrifying skies

The jet-mounted laser anti-missile system, brainchild of Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Boeing and the US Air Force, has been an ongoing project for quite some time. Well, it’s progressed into a final test phase, as evidenced by a new video, which shows the plane strapped with a pilot-controlled laser which is able to intercept missiles [...]

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Email: An important service message for MobileMe members.

I just received this email from Apple: Dear MobileMe member:  Over the past few months, we have been working hard to make MobileMe the best service it can be. Here is a summary of the improvements and performance enhancements that have recently been completed.  Easy file sharing. iDisk now makes it even easier to share files that are too [...]

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Google Search Applet

This is a simple AppleScript Application bundle that starts a search in Google. I recommend that this script is assigned to a keyboard shortcut or mouse button (if you’ve got a Mighty Mouse) in System Preferences. Add this icon to your dock, and every time the shortcut is pressed, a Google search is just a [...]

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MobileMe login page sports a new look

MobileMe login page sports a new look: Filed under: .Mac, MobileMe After a brief overnight outage, the MobileMe services are back this morning — and sporting a new look on the login page. Aside from the recently revealed file sharing feature, we don’t know of any other changes behind the scenes, but putting on a fresh coat [...]

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Happy Birthday Steve Jobs!

It is Steve’s 54th birthday today, Feb 24. I wish him all the best of luck combating the health issues ailing him at the present time, and hope for his speedy recovery. Hope to see you back at Apple soon, Steve! We miss you!

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Apple releases public beta of Safari 4 browser

Apple on Tuesday announced the public beta of Safari 4, which the company has billed “the world’s fastest and most innovative web browser for Mac and Windows PCs.” Download Here Dubbed “Nitro,” the engine in Safari 4 is said to run JavaScript 4.2 times faster than Safari 3. Other new features include Top Sites, for a visual [...]

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