Review: Apple Mail 6 features better search, VIP email treatment

Macworld

Whereas the previous version of Mail (included with OS X Lion) looked radically different from its predecessors, the new Mail 6 that comes with Mountain Lion seems nearly identical. In this case, looks aren’t even remotely deceiving. With the exception of…

16 October 2012

Send SMS to Messages and run commands with AppleScript

MacOSXHints.com

It is possible to send an SMS command to your Mac using an AppleScript. I've made one which takes a picture when I send the command /photo to iMessages on my Mac. The script is very simple; it must be set up Messages' Alerts preferences. Choose Event >…

16 October 2012

How Apple's iPhone 5 website works

TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Apple is full of incredibly clever people who not only develop the devices that we know and love, but some who also have amazing tricks up their sleeves for making sure that Apple websites are viewable on a variety of devices. @dbloom posted a website…

16 October 2012

Introducing Supersonic Query Engine

Google Open Source Blog

The latest news from Google on open source releases, major projects, events, and student outreach programs.

15 October 2012

Everything cool about Curio just got better

TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Curio, one of my long-time favorite brainstorming and project management applications, has received a massive update with version 8. If you've never seen Curio, it's a highly visual environment for collecting information, lists, mind maps, websites, PDFs,…

12 October 2012

Merging git repositories

Planet KDE

Since a couple of months Aleix, Heena and I have been working on PTedit, a new theme editor for Pairs. Now that it is almost finished we decided to put it in the same repository as Pairs. Since we are not still sure to be able to release it with the KDE…

12 October 2012

The ultimate iPhoto workflow

Macworld

A growing number of enthusiast photographers are traveling with iPads instead of laptops. The lighter weight, thinner body, and WiFi + Cellular connectivity of an iPad (if you go that route) makes for a good companion on the road. But just because you…

12 October 2012

Change default Calendar alert and time

MacOSXHints.com

You can change the default calendar event sound and all day event time. These settings are stored as part of each individual calendar. Locate and open in TextEdit: ~/Library/Calendars/UUID.calendar/LocalDefaultAlarms/EventAllDayAlarms.icsalarm…

12 October 2012

Google's Speed Tools for Apache Web Server Hit 1.0

Wired Top Stories

The very best basketball free throw shooters can sink the ball about 90 percent of the time. What would it take to get to 95 percent? WIRED's Robbie Gonzalez steps up to the foul line with top shooter Steve Nash to find out.

11 October 2012