[Various points of data showing how iPhone OS app, iTeleport generates a ton of revenue despite being priced at $25 snipped...] We also hope this demonstrates that you can build a business on the App Store. That doesn’t mean it’s easy, or that you’ll automatically make more money if you raise your price, or that [...]
gfxCardStatus is n open-source menu bar application that keeps track of which graphics card your dual-GPU (late 2008/2009 w/ 9400M/9600M GT, or 2010 i5/i7 w/ Intel HD/330M) MacBook Pro is using at any given time, and allows you to switch between them on demand. via gfxCardStatus: menu bar gpu status monitor for os x / [...]
thanks to Nemoder for the graphic and Phoronix for ragging on Steam + Linux + UT3 non-stop.
April 12, 2010 – 12:50 pm
I wandered up to Scott, who was leaning against a table showcasing the new device, introduced myself, and got right down to business. “Why’s the time changed? Heck, why does the iPhone show 9:42 in the first place?” Scott looked around conspiratorially, and then chuckled. “You want to know the real reason for that time?” [...]
Date Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:30:41 +0100 From Paulo Marques <> Subject Performance disparity, problem found Hi, all I have two machines that show very different performance numbers. After digging a little I found out that the first machine has, in /proc/cpuinfo: model name : Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor 1.00GHz while the other has: model [...]
March 24, 2010 – 10:47 pm
In the Dark Carnival campaign of Left 4 Dead 2, you can win a garden gnome at the fairground near the start – and there’s an achievement for carrying it all the way to the end. It is, in fact, the same goddamn gnome I carried through Episode goddamn Two, for the same goddamn reason: [...]
October 8, 2009 – 12:32 am
Rocketcat Games has been running a pre-release adhoc beta of Hook Champ. It is an 8-bit style side-scroller with very simple touch controls. You’re an infamous adventurer that starts each mission by swapping out a fancy idol for a fake one, of course it never works and you’re left to run away with your treasure. [...]
August 28, 2009 – 1:25 am
The amazing Slackware project has released version 13.0. This is the very first version to include x86_64 support, among a variety of other changes and upgrades. You can get slacked from the usual places.
8Bitone is an iPhone synthesizer and sequencer of impeccable taste. If you have some time on your hands, check out the excellent tutorials posted on the author’s site.
Thanks to intrepid field reporter Joshua Kleiner, we have this exclusive screenshot of the Palm Pre (temporarily exclusive to Sprint) advertising T-Mobile in the Accuweather Weather app:
Vimperator is a free browser add-on for Firefox, which makes it look and behave like the Vim text editor. It has similar key bindings and you could call it a modal web browser, as key bindings differ according to which mode you are in. via Vimperator – vimperator labs.