The Snow Leopard ship date has been pushed ahead to 28th August, instead of the original September release date announced at WWDC 09. However, there is still no word on which is the final build (10A435 or 10A432). A launch party should be in place though, as with all Mac OS X launches. Get the… Continue reading Snow Leopard out of the cage early!
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Excessive Profits – Consumer Rip-off?
If a company makes excessive profits, does it truly mean that the consumer is being ripped off? In the short run, it may definitely seem so, but in the long run, excessive profits can actually mean higher consumer welfare. How does this work? It’s this little thing called incentive. With a high profit margin, companies… Continue reading Excessive Profits – Consumer Rip-off?
ALS will be available for download sometime soon (hopefully)
The title says it all. I realized that it is going to be quite a major task to get ALS ready for download again because: I have not worked on ALS for the past 1/2 year and I have completely lost track of which version is the most stable build. (For your info, I have… Continue reading ALS will be available for download sometime soon (hopefully)
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I am a big fan of search as you type, where search results are delivered on the fly as you type. This often means that you do not have to type out the full query string before you get the desired results, hence driving efficiency on the computer. As such, I am glad to stumble… Continue reading Keyboardr
Spotlight on iPhone
Even though it has been over a month since iPhone 3.0 was released, I had always wanted to write a piece on the Spotlight feature in the updated firmware. Spotlight is the universal search for iPhone, much like Spotlight for Mac. And I love it. While Spotlight on Mac never gives the fast response of… Continue reading Spotlight on iPhone