While the iPhone isn’t technically available here in Malaysia, many of us already have it. One of the most common questions for ‘unsanctioned’ iPhone users is how to unlock their iPhones for use with the local celcos.
It’s a daunting subject, especially with the threat of having your precious iPhone becoming ‘bricked’, or disabled. Some “iPhone [...]
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Malaysia’s largest Apple reseller chain, Switch a.k.a. CG Computers, is doing its bit for the environment.
The premium reseller announced on its website that it would be getting rid of plastic bags in its stores and using only paper bags. They also share some tips on how you can recycle its printed paper bags. CG Computers [...]
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Apple released a new Get a Mac ad sometime ago. It’s a great ad but if you know the back story its even funnier. I thought everyone knew it but my colleague didn’t when I showed it to her today, so I thought I’d share it here too.
Here’s the new ad, and the back story [...]
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The new aluminium MacBooks introduced by Apple earlier last week has been getting mixed reviews. On the one hand, critics are raving about its aluminium body and graphics card, while Apple’s discussion forums have been filled with upset Mac users complaining about a range of topics.
So what’s the big deal about? Here’s a look at [...]
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We’ve got the new prices for the new Macbooks from machines and they are as follow:
MacBook 2.0GHz- RM4,799
MacBook 2.4GHz- RM5,899
MacBook Pro 2.4GHz- RM7,199
MacBook Pro 2.53GHz- RM8,999
Also, you’ll notice that the prices on the old MacBooks and MacBook Pros have [...]
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A few years back when the internet penetration rate is still low in Malaysia, I’d invite a few of my geeky friends to a nearby Starbucks and have a cuppa while waiting for the Apple events to start. We kept hitting the F5 button (I was using Windows that time) on Macrumors, Gizmodo and [...]
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Get ready your credit cards, because it is that time again. It’s yet another Apple special event. This time the spotlight are on notebooks.
All the rumors site and blurry spy shots photos are spot on this time. Apple revamp their notebook line just as expected.
Here is a recap of what went down over at Apple’s [...]
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So you think that you going to get yourself one of those MacBook or MacBook Pro to replace your old iBook or PowerBook. Well hold that thought!
This just in, from Engadget, Apple is staging an invitation only Town Hall event in San Fancisco on October 14th. By the looks of it, it is going to [...]
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Even with the powerful (sometime troublesome) auto-correct dictionary of the iPhone OS, we tend to change our mind pretty quick. Maybe we want to rephrase the SMS, spotted an error, or decided not to send it after-all. But there’s no cancelation once you clicked the send button. Here’s a dirty trick that sort of works [...]
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When Google launch its web browser, the Google Chrome, they introduce the concept of multi-process web browser. Each tap on each window is its own process. Unfortunately as to this date there is still no official Google Chrome for Mac OSX.
The folks over had Mesa Dynamics had created Stainless, yet another Webkit based browser, but [...]
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