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Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Theme Song

edwkl024 — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:57:40 +0000

Olympic theme song sang by British Soprano Sarah Brightman and Chinese singer Liu Huan, its name is “You and Me”. Most touching Olympics theme song ever (IMO). Enjoy!

我和你，心連心，同住地球村，
為夢想，千里行，相會在北京。
來吧！朋友，伸出你的手，
我和你，心連心，永遠一家人。
You and me
From one world
We are family
Travel dream
A thousand miles Meeting in Beijing
Come together
Put your hand in mine
You and me
From one world
We are family

來吧！朋友，伸出你的手
You and me
From one world
We are family

Apple comfirmed MobileMe transition complete

edwkl024 — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:25:41 +0000

Apple has finally completed restoring Mail service, including historical messages, to all of the 1% of affected members. If you are still afffected by this issue and are still having problems, they have set-up a dedicated chat line to reach MobileMe Mail specialist for help.

Adobe Releases Photoshop Lightroom 2 (64bit)

edwkl024 — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:35:44 +0000

Adobe has announced Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2, their application for managing, adjusting and presenting galleries of digital photos.

Apple releases minor Aperture update to 2.1.1

edwkl024 — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:22:22 +0000

Apple “This update supports general compatibility issues, improves overall stability, and addresses a number of other minor issues.” Download here

Mozilla releases first Firefox 3.1 alpha

edwkl024 — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:22:56 +0000

Mozilla has announced that the first Firefox 3.1 alpha is now available for download. This release, which is codenamed Shiretoko, includes Gecko 1.9.1 and adds a handful of new features.

Web standards improvements in the Gecko layout engine
Text API for the
Support for using border images
Support for JavaScript query selectors
Several improvements to the Smart Location Bar
A new tab switching behavior

For details, see the official release notes .

Copy and Paste for iPhone (Sort Of)

edwkl024 — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:41:54 +0000

MagicPad, a new application from Proximi that is currently waiting for approval on Apple’s App Store, is finally making copy and paste a reality on the iPhone. View the video demo here… http://www.vimeo.com/1424256?pg=embed&sec=1424256

Cocoa Multi-Touch Framework for Mac OS X

edwkl024 — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:16:23 +0000

It’s using your iPhone as multi-touch input device. It really looks promising.

Apple’s next-gen Macs to have something special under the hood

edwkl024 — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:48:31 +0000

A new generation of personal computers on the way from Apple Inc. may sport some of the most significant architectural changes since the Mac maker made the jump from PowerPC processors to those manufactured by Intel Corp., AppleInsider has learned. Read More

Checking iPhone availability

edwkl024 — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:18:41 +0000

If you are in the market of buying a new iPhone 3G. You might want to check the availability before heading out to Apple Store. It’s updated daily after 9:00 p.m. http://www.apple.com/retail/iphone/availability.php

Ex-Googlers launch Cuil.com (pronounced “cool”)

edwkl024 — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:39:10 +0000

Yet another new search engine on the block, but this time, it’s being ballyhooed as an actual challenger to Google. Cuil.com (pronounced “cool”) made its public launch today and already calls itself the “biggest search engine on the web.”