Scuba Steve

As we all know Apple’s big event is next week (January 27th 2010), so below I am listing my thoughts on what we will see released / announced.

-Announcement of iSlate (Apple Tablet)
-Macbook Pro with Quad Core Processor
-iWork / iLife ‘10
-iTunes with cloud support and online listening of own library
-iPhone / iPod Touch 4.0 software
–Multi tasking is one feature I hope to see
-MacPro with 6Core Processor
-24″ iMac with Touch Screen

What are your thoughts for the event? Let me know in the comments!

ScubaSteve

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I have a bunch of google wave invites available and would love to give them out! All you need to do is tweet the following message and add your email address!

Click this link or Copy and paste this tweet and insert your own email address:

RT @srmorris2 Google Wave Invites available >> http://is.gd/53E8o >> (EMAIL ADDRESS)

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Yes, that is Google Wave and yes its my account! I have no review on it yet, but all I can say is its sweet! If you have Wave, send me one I would love to test with others! srmorris2@googlewave.com

*Won’t give out invites because I am out. Sorry..

Take care everyone!

ScubaSteve

Scuba's Life, Tech

Disclamer: I am personally a Mac guy, but at work we use Windows machines, hints the case I need help with it.

Okay folks, here is my situation:
At my work, we are going to be receiving a new Dell workstation. It is being shipped with XP Pro on it (I chose for the downgrade). I chose this because of possible compatibility issues with Vista. When it does arrive though, I want to drop Vista on it and test our software to see if there are any issues with it. Now Dell isn’t shipping the XP Pro install disc with it, so in their mind once I go to Vista, I can’t go back to XP. Now what I hope I can do is this:
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1. Create an image of the XP drive.
2. Install Vista
3. Test Vista (If it works stop here // If problems go to step 4)
4. Take XP image and drop on to HDD to revert back to XP pro and wait until December and install Windows 7 (I know it comes out in October but I want to wait for bugs to get worked out.)
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First off, is this even possible? And second of all, I am looking for possible directions on how to do all this. I would love for you guys to contact me in any way! Thank you for your help. I will also be looking for help in networking between Vista (to become 7), XP, and Mac so if you have experience with that I would love to hear from you also!

If you can help me, below are ways to contact me. Thanks again!

ScubaSteve
732.497.2822
srmorris2@gmail.com
AIM/iChat/gTalk:srmorris2@gmail.com
yahoo:nufanno1
Skype:srmorris2

Tech

Well today, Apple released that Snow Leopard, (10.6), will be delivered on August 28th, 2009. Be sure to get your preorders in today! If you have not heard about Snow Leopard, come out from under your rock and check out some of the new features included.

Next-generation technologies

-New core technologies in Snow Leopard unleash the power of today’s advanced hardware and prepare Mac OS X for future innovation.
-64-bit support, the next big step for the Mac. All key system applications are now 64-bit so they can take advantage of all the memory in your Mac.
-Grand Central Dispatch, a revolutionary new way for software to get the most from multicore processors.
-OpenCL, a new technology that unleashes the power of graphics processors to accelerate application performance.
Learn more about the new technologies

QuickTime X

-As the next generation of media players, it’s built on new core technologies and advances modern media and Internet standards.
-Watch your videos in a clean, uncluttered interface with the new QuickTime Player.
-Record audio or video using the built-in iSight camera and microphone in your Mac.
-Trim your media to the perfect length.
-Easily publish your media to MobileMe or YouTube.
Learn more about QuickTime X

Out-of-the-box support for Microsoft Exchange

-Mac OS X Snow Leopard delivers built-in support for the latest version of Microsoft Exchange Server, something even Windows PCs don’t have.
-Use your Mac at home and at work and have all your messages, meetings, and contacts in one place.
-Easily set it up using the Autodiscovery feature in Exchange.
-Use Mail, iCal, and Address Book to access your work email, calendars, and the Global Address List alongside your personal accounts.
-Take advantage of powerful Mac OS X features such as Spotlight, Quick Look, data detectors, and more.

Use the links below to learn more, or make your pre-order!
Pre-Order
More Information

Be sure to follow me on Twitter too! @srmorris2

ScubaSteve

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I really don’t know why I am blogging about this, but recently I have been wanting to name all my external storage devices from their stock names. Well today I finally decided that I am going to name them all characters from Spongebob Squarepants tv show! I made a little chart below to show you what I named them all. Do you name your drives? I know @aaronasay and @austinasay named them from the Mr. Messy series. Leave your comments below. I would love to hear how you name your drives.

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Friday, June 26th @140ware released Tweetboard, a way to create a Twitter centered conversation on your personal website.  Right now Tweetboard is in public alpha testing and you can get your free test copy of it by signing up at tweetboard.com.

Tweetboard is a fun and engaging micro-forum type application for your website. It pulls your Twitter stream in near real-time (max 1 min delay), reformatting tweets into threaded conversations with unlimited nesting. -Tweetboard.com

It is amazing to see how every day there is a new technology being developed or released that is centered around Twitter. Twitter was designed to be a way of communicating with others quicker and easier, and it has turned into one of the most widely used online services out there. There are so many different uses for Twitter that have been developed, it makes you think, what’s next?

ScubaSteve

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Today, Twitter launched a new feature to the “tweet” world called Verified Accounts. This will allow all Twitterers to know if an account is actually what it says it is. They are starting this out with “well-known artists, athletes, actors, public officials, and public agencies” (Twitter). This is still in beta, (just like the entire website should be, but we aren’t going to go there today), so they are just in testing stages now with those “celebrities.” Do you want to get your account verified? Well most likely, for now, you won’t be getting the badge on your twitter page. This might change in the future, but for now Twitter plans to only “verify” those accounts that deal with impostor accounts. Will this change in the future? If it does, I don’t think it will for a long time, and honestly, I don’t think it really should. Because we will end up with so many verified accounts that we will have a hard time then believing which is actually a verified account or not. So what do you think of these new accounts? Will they be beneficial to Twitter? Let me know and drop a comment down below! I would love to hear what you think! And if you would like to read more about this, go here to Twitter’s page about the new feature.

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