Apple

Encryption

Looks like the government is at it again now that Apple has come out stating that they are not going to roll over and provide a master key to their iPhone software. Really NSA? How about the part where the terrorist didn’t use encryption in these attacks. European media outlets are reporting that the location of a raid conducted on a suspected safe house Wednesday morning was extracted from a cellphone, apparently belonging to one of the attackers, found in the trash outside the Bataclan concert hall massacre.

Upgrading a Mid-2010 mac mini with a SSD

I was fortunate enough recently to get a fancy pants amazon gift card for some hard work put in the off hours at work. Mainly, 5 tests earning myself 2 certifications and several “specialist” designations over the past 6 months. What did I do with this new gift card, of coarse spend it as soon as I could on something totally geeky. And here it is, a new OCZ 120GB Solid State drive for the mac mini which is my home dev machine.

Replacement Nano?

Apple has recently announced a iPod nano (1st generation) Replacement Program. While this is great that they are being proactive and replacing iPods with bad batteries. I have to ask the question…how many of these owners have already moved on to other iPod devices? Share this: <div class="sd-content"> <ul> <li class="share-facebook"> <a rel="nofollow" data-shared="sharing-facebook-1555" class="share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text" href="http://usrlocal.com/2011/11/replacement-nano/?share=facebook" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Facebook"><span></span><span class="sharing-screen-reader-text">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)</span></a> </li> <li class="share-linkedin"> <a rel="nofollow" data-shared="sharing-linkedin-1555" class="share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text" href="http://usrlocal.

The Crazy Ones

The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do. – Think Different! RIP Steve. Share this: <div class="sd-content"> <ul> <li class="share-facebook"> <a rel="nofollow" data-shared="sharing-facebook-1530" class="share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text" href="http://usrlocal.com/2011/10/the-crazy-ones/?share=facebook" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Facebook"><span></span><span class="sharing-screen-reader-text">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)</span></a> </li> <li class="share-linkedin"> <a rel="nofollow" data-shared="sharing-linkedin-1530" class="share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text" href="http://usrlocal.com/2011/10/the-crazy-ones/?share=linkedin" target="_blank" title="Click to share on LinkedIn"><span></span><span class="sharing-screen-reader-text">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)</span></a> </li> <li class="share-google-plus-1"> <a rel="nofollow" data-shared="sharing-google-1530" class="share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text" href="http://usrlocal.

iPhone 4S – Siri

I’m not completely sold on how useful this will be. But I’m looking forward to the big boss getting hers so I can play with the Siri app. This looks pretty damn awesome. If it does a HAL voice, I may have to upgrade early 😉 Check out more information about Siri on Apple’s website. Share this: <div class="sd-content"> <ul> <li class="share-facebook"> <a rel="nofollow" data-shared="sharing-facebook-1526" class="share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text" href="http://usrlocal.com/2011/10/iphone-4s-siri/?share=facebook" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Facebook"><span></span><span class="sharing-screen-reader-text">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)</span></a> </li> <li class="share-linkedin"> <a rel="nofollow" data-shared="sharing-linkedin-1526" class="share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text" href="http://usrlocal.