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This article was written on October 29, 2008 by CyberNet.

April was a big month for us. Some of you may recall that it was then that we took the plunge and bought MacBook Pros. Thinking back, our first week was a bit painful. It took time to “re-train” our brains to think differently. Both Ryan and I are keyboard shortcut aficionados, meaning that we’re big fans and use them often. When switching between a Mac and PC, keyboard shortcuts are definitely different, and caused us some frustration.

By the end of May my brain had just about fully adjusted to the changes in operating systems and my fingers naturally seemed to do what they were supposed to do on a Mac. When I needed to copy something, I automatically pressed command + c instead of pressing ctrl + c out of habit. Life as far as computers was concerned, was going pretty well.

This all changed for me when I started my new job. The laptop I was issued has Vista installed and while I am excited that it is Vista and not XP (nothing against XP, I just enjoy Vista), it sure causes some brain confusion! Some of you probably know what I’m talking about if you have a Mac at home and a PC at work or visa versa. It gets confusing, doesn’t it? I can easily remember the shortcuts for each, it’s just that my brain can’t seem to remember which computer I’m on and allow my fingers to press the appropriate keys.

Even as I write this article (on a Mac) I have found myself with “brain confusion,” pressing fn + c to copy something instead of command + c (the fn key is in the same location as the ctrl key is). Other examples include pressing the Windows key and the spacebar on my Vista laptop expecting that the Start menu will appear and I’ll be able to start searching (Spotlight on a Mac – Command + Spacebar) .

Oh, and then there’s the issue of differences between applications. I use Office 2007 on the Vista laptop and Office 2008 on the Mac. They are very different from one another. Yet another example is with my screenshot software. On the Vista laptop I use SnagIt which uses completely different shortcuts than Skitch which I use on my Mac. I find myself trying to drag images from SnagIt, into applications like I do with Skitch, and of course, it doesn’t work.

To those of you who switch daily between a Mac and Windows, do you find yourself confused? Please tell me I’m not alone.

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So what if Apple looks set to abandon OmniVision in favor of Sony with its next round of portable device cameras? The company that currently provides the none-too-shabby 5 megapixel imager inside the iPhone 4 has just announced a new 12 megapixel sensor and it’s a bit of a beast. The OV12825 pairs the goodness of backside illumination with the ability to shoot RAW stills and 1080p video at a bodacious 60fps. Funnily enough, neither feature is a novelty for OmniVision, which has already given the world the option to shoot RAW and to crank Full HD video at 60fps, but nobody has yet been willing to maximize the previous sensors’ capabilities. Now that we’re finally seeing efficient dual-core solutions making it to smartphones, maybe the time has come? After all, there’s gotta be something else to look forward to after 1080/30p, right? OmniVision is offering samples to interested companies right now and expects volume production in the second quarter of the year. Full PR after the break.

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This article was written on August 04, 2006 by CyberNet.

There’s so much going on in the land of portable music devices. First there’s lots of buzz about Microsoft’s Zune with rumored features and a release date. Now there’s additional buzz with a rumored Touchscreen iPod release date.

According to Gizmodo, their “secret source” says to plan for a November debut of the highly anticipated Touchscreen iPod. We wrote about the idea of a touchscreen to replace the click wheel back in February when a patent application made by Apple showed the new iPod.

If the rumors end up being true, November could be one heck of a showdown with Zune rumored to be launched around the same time. I’ll be in line waiting for my front row seat; this ought to be a good one!

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This article was written on January 06, 2006 by CyberNet.

With ReplayTV using computers as their device to control TV, Tivo is has something up their sleeve also. At CES Tivo displayed the Series 3 model which will include 6 TV tuners with it: ’2 cable tuners, 2 ATSC tuners (for high definition over the air) and 2 regular old NTSC tuners’. It will also be easily upgradeable by allowing users to add external SATA Hard Drives, which means you won’t have to do the ‘hacking‘ any more to get that additional room!

News Source: Broadband Reports

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Smartphone apps are great for controlling things like GPS and cameras, but what if you need to add a bit of gear that isn’t built into your handset? Enter the IOIO (pronounced “yoyo”). This little board lets Android developers interface with any number of electronics components through Java, the language used to write Android apps. Think of it like an Arduino for your cell phone: it makes it possible to control anything connected to the little board using an app on the phone. It doesn’t even require any modification to the phone’s hardware or firmware. Your warranty remains intact if you want to tinker around with homemade phone accessories.

Created by DIY-er Ytai in Tel Aviv, the device is coming to the online retailer Sparkfun soon. When the board ships, Ytai has promised to open source the hardware and software behind it with a “very permissive license,” so if you decide to monetize your weekend project, it might not be out of the cards. It’ll be absolutely fascinating to see what inspired developers do with this board if it has anywhere close to the same impact as the Arduino. And hardware hackers, if you’re listening, an iCade for Android would be pretty nice.

[via Make, Ytai]