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iPhone stand

Posted on July 8, 2011 - April 24, 2017 by vrpc

The simplest and most portable design I found is done from a business card. (This one requires some work Smile )

Here is the link: http://www.instructables.com/id/Simple-b…Pod-stand/

My second choices:
BatRest iPhone folding stand I found on thinkgeek is listed as a iPhone 3G compatible but after talking to the customer support I was assured it works with iPhone 4.
I will update after I test it out myself. here is the link: http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/cellphone/b6f5/

There are couple more choices but the two first choices I listed are the same size as a business card and will easily fit in my compact wallet.

other options:
http://www.myibend.com/
http://www.seskimo.com/index.php

Remove Mac Malware

Posted on June 14, 2011 - April 24, 2017 by vrpc

Remove Mac Malware (Fake Defender etc.)

Apples official removal steps: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4650

Start spotlight (using keyboard “command” key + “space bar” key)
type Activity Monitor and press return.
After the Activity monitor opens only “My Processes” list is displayed and need to be changed to “All Processes” from the drop down menu in the middle/ upper right corner of the Activity monitor window.

Depending on the malware variant name you are removing you need to find it and select it under the “Process Name” column.
Once selected click the red stop sign “Quit Process” button which is located on the upper left corner of the Activity Monitor window and click on “Force Quit”

Open Finder and go to the Applications folder.
Again depending on the malware name locate it in the Applications folder and drag it to the trash. (make sure to empty the trash once done)

Aditionally you should remove the malware from the Login Item list which is located in the user accounts under System Preferences.

Using spotlight type accounts and press return.
Click on the Login Items button.
Select the coresponding malware name you are removing and click on the minus button located below the list of Login Items.

Make sure to install all available updates from the Software Updates under the apple menu.

Consider getting antivirus. Smile

Another good website with removal information: http://blog.macguy.info/2011/05/malware-on-mac.html

Apple unlocked iPhone 4 in the US

Posted on June 14, 2011 - April 24, 2017 by vrpc

Apple unlocked iPhone 4 in the US

Will this happen on Wednesday 6/15/11 ?
update: Apple Store
unfortunately it is only GSM phone with the limitations listed below.More and more sources are reporting this info about factory unlocked iPhone.
Already many countries around the world sells unlocked iPhone and the closest one is Canada.The bad news would be high price ~ 600 additionally there is no information indicating if the phone would be both GSM and CDMA as well as no indication about including 1700mhz frequency which is missing for 3G usability on the t-mobile network in the US.The good news would be for the GSM version of the phone there is no need for contract on ATT, usable as a phone around the world without the hustle of software/ hardware unlock.http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/unlocked-i…ag=nl.e550
http://www.amazon.com/Apple-16GB-Quadban…769&sr=8-2
https://vrpc.com/att-vs-t-mobile-frequency/

Video Media Center

Posted on June 10, 2011 - April 25, 2017 by vrpc

Quick and easy way to turn you computer connected to the living rooms flat screen TV is to use boxee software.
http://www.boxee.tv/
Easy to install and configure plus it is available for Linux, Mac and Windows.
Here is a link to work around for ubuntu 11.04: http://maxolasersquad.blogspot.com/2011/…natty.html
They have nice boxee app for iPhone as well which acts as your remote.Other nice option is XBMC which has even more options for installation: Linux, Mac, Windows, Apple TV and Live CD boot disk.

Cell Towers

Posted on June 10, 2011 - April 24, 2017 by vrpc

It is not always easy to know the location of nearby cell towers.

If you need this info here is one link which can help:
All US cell carriers:
http://www.cellreception.com/towers/or one for T-Mobile towers:
http://t-mobiletowers.com/towersearch.as…&zip=90025

Photo Online Slideshow Presentation

Posted on June 10, 2011 - April 25, 2017 by vrpc

PowerPoint or Keynote are great for creating presentations and slideshow on your windows or apple computer.

Here are some options if you need to create presentations or slideshow online:

1. http://prezi.com/
2. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/web-ap…_id=SEARCH
3. http://picasa.google.com/features.html

One mac many OSes

Posted on June 10, 2011 - April 24, 2017 by vrpc

One mac many OSes

With a single mac computer there is no need to have multiple machines in order to boot windows, mac and linux.

Good place to start: http://lifehacker.com/5531037/how-to-tri…p-required

This solution is great if native OS is needed in order to use hardware to the full potential or if the software virtualization solution is not sufficient for other reasons.

For the software virtualization solution my choise would be:
1. open source VirtualBox
or paid solution :
2. Parallels

3. VMWARE Fusion

Cooling the datacenter

Posted on June 10, 2011 - April 24, 2017 by vrpc

If you had to work in air-conditioned datacenter and or directly next to it you know how much noise all the machinery can generate.
To be green it would be nice to setup datacenter with low energy consumption servers with passive cooling as well as no air-conditioning.

this solution should help with the no air-conditioning cooling part: http://arstechnica.com/business/news/201…nology.ars

And this is Facebook approach: http://www.matternetwork.com/2011/4/face…server.cfm