Tuesday, September 30, 2008

URLs from 9/30/08

Comparing hard drive reliability
--http://www.pcworld.com/article/129558/study_hard_drive_failure_rates_much_higher_than_makers_estimate.html
--Hard drive reliability survey at the top of the screen (you must register)
--http://www.storagereview.com/

Compressing videos to several formats by dropping it into a folder
--Folder Actions (Mac)
--http://www.simplehelp.net/2007/01/30/folder-actions-for-os-x-explained-with-
real-world-examples/

--QuickTime Pro
--http://www.apple.com/quicktime/
--H264 Scalable Video Format
--http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264

Windows XP Service Pack 3 and AMD processor (beware!)
--http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Windows-XP-SP3,5334.html
--Error opening Powerpoint Documents after SP3 Error Message
"You are attempting to open a file type that is blocked by your registry
policy setting"
--http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922847/

Video Players/Converters Recommended by listeners
--http://www.gomlab.com/eng/
--http://www.videolan.org/
--http://www.avs4you.com/

iPhone App store
--http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080928-apples-app-store-schizophrenia
-driving-developers-crazy.html


Waikiki Apple Store Opening
--http://www.vimeo.com/1830381

Definition of Nanometer
--http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanometre

Sensing Earthquakes with your Mac
--http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/09/25/earthquake.trackers.ap/index.html
?eref=rss_tech

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