ajb{log}: learn something new each day

I can’t get enough of these funny Mac ads

–aj

If you’re one of those few people that are interested in using Safari on Windows, then you’ll probably be interested to know that the Beta has been updated. The update is up to version 3.0.4 and you can now resize the window from any side, and there are new hot key settings and font smoothing options.

News source: AppleGazette

–aj

If you have $150, what would you buy? A 30GB Zune or a 4GB iPod Nano?

Still a tough choice huh? Hint: #2.

–aj

Head over to Apple.com for the new Mac Ads. As usual, they’re funny as hell.

–aj

ADrive is offering 50GB (note: gigabytes not megabytes) of free online storage and backup. On their website, their upload can accomodate 2GB at a time (haven’t tried it).

MozyHome Free has offered only 2GB of free backup storage over the past year. However, they have a very slick upload software tool that is both available for the Windows and Mac users.

ADrive on the other hand still has to offer at least one upload client.

ADrive website seems to be still bare and the web app doesn’t yet have help tips and FAQs in place. Even the About page doesn’t clearly say who they are. That is sometimes a limiting factor to trust where your uploaded files go.

Anyways, why don’t you go and try it out.

–aj

Yahoo! Messenger team is on a roll as they release updates for Windows and Macs. The new Yahoo! Messenger for windows now has the features:

• More contact options. When you hover over a friend in your contact list, you’ll see you can send an instant message, launch a voice call, or text message your friend’s mobile phone with one click. You’ll also note we’ve integrated Yahoo! Address Book so you can view, contact, and edit friends from your contact list. Got a lot of friends? We’ve added a search bar to help you track someone down quickly.
• Monitoring your mood. You can personalize your Messenger windows with the skin of your choice and include emoticons in your status message so that friends and family know your mood – good or bad – all the time.
• Get your media in-line. Sharing images, videos, maps and more is a whole new experience. Just send a link to a video and the in-line player will show it right in the conversation window for both you and your friend to see. So, when your friend asks for directions to the movie theater you’re meeting at that night, send a map that displays right in the IM window.
• More fun with Flickr. If you use Flickr, we know you love to share. So now you can easily share photos from your Flickr photostream right in the IM window.
• Express yourself. Remember our “Emoticontest” from June? Today’s new Messenger features our six attitude-filled emoticon winners: “thumbs up,” “thumbs down,” “rock on,” “it wasn’t me,” “don’t want to see it,” and “hurry up.”
• Global ties. It’s not just the features we’ve enhanced in this newest version of Yahoo! Messenger. We’ve also expanded into six new markets with localized versions for Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, India, and Vietnam..

Get them while they’re hot!

–aj

The fastest Windows Vista notebook we’ve tested this year is a Mac. Try that again: The fastest Windows Vista notebook we’ve tested this year–or for that matter, ever–is a Mac. Not a Dell, not a Toshiba, not even an Alienware. The $2419 (plus the price of a copy of Windows Vista, of course) MacBook Pro’s PC WorldBench 6 Beta 2 score of 88 beats Gateway’s E-265M by a single point, but the MacBook’s score is far more impressive simply because Apple couldn’t care less whether you run Windows.

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