It's been two weeks since the last SocialSpark release and the team has been working hard to respond to some great suggestions that came after that release and the free webinar. Thanks to everyone who contacted us with their feedback via email or GetSatisfaction! The next few releases should address...

I'm having a severe problem with my Sims. Everything is fine until a pop-up is required, and then the sims freeze and can't/won't move. You can't X out the action. It started randomly, everything was fine. So they can't get jobs, chance cards, call people from the phonebook anything like that. I che...

My first bug fix is almost complete, it involves a simple off by one if-statement predicate.  The bug description can be found at http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6788327 My goal is to share some of the lessons learned, and do an "after bug review". The hardware and soft...

Filed under: Accessories, Hardware, Portables, Apple History Each year, a crew of Newton users, developers and devotees gathers to celebrate the little green device, discuss projects, share resources and generally have fun. As a Newton owner myself, I've wanted to attend one of these for years. This...

This is what happens when you throw rocks at a wasp nest, as 30 schoolchildren in Australia learned the hard way last week....

We should probably preface this by letting you know that the article that sparked this post is called "Horrific beetle sex: why the most successful males have the spikiest penises." So, why is it that the most successful males have the spikiest penises? A possible answer and a terrifying p...

There are guided instructions on how to install OSX onto the current crop of netbooks. It breaks my heart because the PowerBook Duo line of notebooks actually defined the executive sub-notebook (they also defined the PDA/PIM with the Newton and dropped that ball, too), Why Apple must do a Netbook no...

Madeline and I beat Sam and Oliver home today. When we came in, I asked Madeline to take her shoes and socks off outside in the garage so she didn't get sand everywhere. After she did that, I asked her to hang up her backpack and jacket in the mudroom, and then I asked her to put her lunchbox in...

Protagonista del primo appuntamento di Bugged Out a Torino, che si svolgerà al Jam Club , il dj/produttore inglese Riton, affiancato dai dj set di Giorgio Valletta (Xplosiva), Guido Savini (Xplosiva) e Xanax party.  Continua a leggere Bugged Out: domani sera, venerdì 27 febbraio, al Jam...

Yesterday I downloaded a copy of Safari 4 Beta for Windows, and I have to say that the speed increase was obvious. Just a little playing around with the browser [especially in developer mode] tells me that Apple has something good. Real good. However, my experience when installing the Safari4.0BetaL...