DL.TV

episode 189 (1x189)

Air date: Aug 07, 2007

STUFF • Steve Jobs announced Apple's new revamped iMac. According to reports the three models will come in 20" and 24" models and range in price from $1199, $1499, and $1799. • Robert discussed his trip to DEFCON 15. We also made mention of the Dateline NBC producer who was undercover at the event in an attempt to record an individual admitting to a crime and uncover law enforcement officials attending the event. • Showed how to turn a Blackberry Pearl into a Bluetooth modem for OS X. The actual steps while involved aren't really that hard. The key is to get script which thankfully easy thanks to Fibble.org and the author of the script, Ross Barkman. Be sure to checkout his pintware concept. Once you get the modem link going you'll be surfing wirelessly at slightly faster than dial-up speeds. I mean EDGE networks aren't known for their speed, but hey sometimes you got use what ya got. The best part is if you don't have a Blackberry Ross Barkman has written plenty of other OS X scripts for other cellphones and providers. • Robert updates the Folding@Home effort with some helpful tips for dual-core or hyper-threading owners who want to join. Plus don¹t forget to check the updates on the DL.TV Folding@Home page. • Viewers Vince and Scott wanted to know about any potential pitfalls about moving from a purely PC computing lifestyle to including a Mac OS X one as well. The biggest is the interface. While some things might seem similar others might come across as alien especially OS X's security habit of asking for passwords on everything that might effect the machine in a crucial way (ie. Program installation, security changes, user permissions) you know like Windows suppose to do but doesn't quite manage as simply. Other things to remember is that file structure is BSD based so a folder tree will look more familiar to Linux/Unix users than a Windows only user. Finally getting applications will be the big one. Unless you run Parallels or Boot Camp you'll n