iProduct Placement: Sandra Bullock Goes Rogue in “The Proposal”

Posted by on November 20, 2009 in Apple intelligence

In “The Proposal,” Sandra Bullock plays a Canadian-born, bulletproof book editor who finds herself stuck in Sitka, Alaska while waiting to marry her assistant to get a green card. After her cell phone gets stolen by an eagle, she picks up a replacement at the town general store — what could be more Alaska? — and

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Hackers Re-Enable Atom Processor For Mac OS X 10.6.2

Posted by on November 20, 2009 in Apple intelligence

Hackers have bypassed Apple’s desire to remove support for Intel’s Atom processor from Mac OS X 10.6.2, allowing the increasingly popular netbooks to run Cupertino’s latest operating system. The complicated hack replaces the Mac OS X kernal, according to reports. The low-powered Atom processor from Intel is often used by low-cost netbooks.

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Pogoplug Personal Storage Cloud Updated: Now With More Multimedia

Posted by on November 20, 2009 in Apple intelligence

The Pogoplug is a fantastic little gizmo that turns any USB hard drive into your own little cloud server accessible over the Internet. We gave it a very enthusiastic review. Now the company behind the device has issued version 2 — updating both hardware and software — and it’s all about multimedia. Sporting a new design, the

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