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Enable “Click to Play” for Plug-ins & Flash in Google Chrome Web Browser

Jun 3, 2011 - 6 Comments
Click to Play plugins like Flash in Google Chrome browser

Rather than disabling Flash completely in Chrome, an excellent option is to enable a hidden “Click to Play” feature that prevents that plugin and all others from automatically loading. With Click To Play turned on, if you want Flash or another browse plug-in to run and load, you simply click on it to play or … Read More

Get DNS Server IP Addresses from the Command Line in Mac OS X

Jun 3, 2011 - 6 Comments

You can quickly retrieve active DNS server IP addresses on any Mac by using the networksetup utility. This is done from the command line, so launch the Terminal app and type one of the following command strings, dependent on the version of OS X that is running on the Mac.

Teenager Sells His Kidney to Buy an iPad 2

Jun 2, 2011 - 15 Comments
Kidney iPad 2

Some stories are so outrageous they are hard to believe, and this is a big WTF: a 17 year old boy in China sold his kidney to an organ broker so that he could buy an iPad 2. As if this story didn’t sound bad enough, now comes the extra bad part; the hospital that … Read More

Upgrade Any Mac OS X Lion Installation to Lion Server via Mac App Store

Jun 2, 2011 - 6 Comments
Lion Server Help Search DP3

Update: Yes, you can upgrade any existing OS X Lion installation to Lion Server by downloading OS X Lion Server from the Mac App Store and installing it on top of a Mac already running 10.7. A post on HardMac suggests that any Mac OS X Lion installation will be upgradeable to Lion Server via … Read More

How to Check if your Mac Malware Definitions List is Updated

Jun 2, 2011 - 10 Comments
Check if your Macs Malware Definition List is Updated

The malware protecting Mac OS X Security Update will automatically download and update it’s malware definitions list from Apple, but if you’re like me you probably want to know how to manually check if the malware list is updated or not. We’ll show you where the malware list is located on Mac, and how to … Read More

6 Features that iOS Needs from Windows 8

Jun 2, 2011 - 28 Comments
6 Things that iOS Needs from Windows 8

Putting on my bullet proof vest here, dare I say there’s some features shown in the Windows 8 demo video that iOS and even Mac OS X would greatly benefit from? Regardless of how you feel about Windows, Microsoft, and Apple competition, you have to admit there are some good ideas shown in the first … Read More

Windows 8 Demo Video Shows Impressive Competition for Apple

Jun 2, 2011 - 14 Comments
Windows 8 Split Touch Keyboard

Competition is heating up as everyone races to catch up to Apple’s runaway success with iOS. Now Microsoft is throwing it’s hat into the touch and tablet ring with their first video demo of Windows 8. Clearly influenced in part by the iPad but still adding a unique twist to touch interfaces, Microsoft’s demo video … Read More

Mac OS X Lion to be “Aggressively Priced” and Include Free iCloud Services?

Jun 1, 2011 - 9 Comments
Mac OS X Lion to be cheap and include some iCloud services, maybe

A new report indicates that Mac OS X 10.7 Lion will be “aggressively priced” and include free access to some of the expected iCloud features and services as an added incentive for Mac users to upgrade. Lion to Include Free iCloud Features? Providing a substantial reason for Mac users to jump to Lion, Apple may … Read More

Possible iCloud Feature List

Jun 1, 2011 - 9 Comments
Possible iCloud Features

Not much is known about iCloud other than that Apple will officially unveil the service next week at WWDC alongside Mac OS X 10.7 Lion and iOS 5. The most obvious aspect of these three products launching alongside one another is that they’ll all be deeply integrated, but what does that mean? What is iCloud … Read More

Disable Automatic Downloading of Malware Definitions List in Mac OS X

Jun 1, 2011 - 3 Comments

A recent anti-malware Mac OS X security update was released that defaults to automatically downloading and maintaining an active definitions list of known Mac OS X malware threats. This list comes from Apple and is likely a very small file that is transmitted to your Mac, imposing minimal bandwidth usage. For 99.99% of users, you … Read More

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