Soon after the death of Stan Flack, Stan's family decided to stop operating MacMinute. Initially they decided to close the site down but at the last minute were able to keep the archives of the site available as well as keep the forum running. I doubt the forum will continue to remain as popular now that Stan is gone.

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Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard / Leopard) specifications seen at Moscone center reveals the following requirements:
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iPhone doesn't natively support Java / J2ME. However as a J2ME developer there are two good ways to develop iPhone applications using Java / J2ME. Read below for details and also to know how you can upload, compile and run Java applications on iPhone.

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Phanfare unveiled a new camera application for the iPhone that allows users to easily share photos on the web. Phanfare provides 1GB of free online storage for photos (without advertisements) with paid option for unlimited storage.

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In JavaOne 2008 I noticed something I least expected - an abundance of Mac laptops (Macbook, Macbook Pro & Macbook Air) in not just developers hands but also press / analysts and presenters. I didn't conduct a formal survey but anyone there can attest to the fact that around 60-70% of the laptops were Mac with Dell being a distant second. Obviously there must be good reasons for it. So I started asking the software developers. I found 5 good reasons for software developers to use a Mac laptop:

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1. Login to the Admin account (not the normal account)
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Today I was introduced the nice (as I hear) Web 2.0 application which enables 1-click uploading of images. It sounded great and it was a public beta, so I didn't think twice (my mistake) before signing up for it. I activated by email and I was raring to go… and then disaster struck.

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Engadget and few other sites are sporting a creative Mac ad utilizing both the leaderboard and vertical sidebar space to make fun of Vista (again). Check the video.

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iPhone Elite hackers have finally posted ways to un-brick your iPhone (make it usable again) after it has been rendered useless by Apple's iPhone firmwire upgrade 1.1.1. Any iPhone which was modified (software) to unlock the SIM card to use it without AT&T subscription or switch to a different provider were affected by the upgrade. Now you can make your iPhone usable again in four simple idiot-proof steps.

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iPhone Magic

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