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A configuration file reveals iMacs and Mac minis with NVIDIA chipset

Cotton does not fool: We found a configuration file in versions of Mac OS X from the new Apple laptop, which reveals that the next iMac and Mac mini will have the chipset NVIDIA already met last October 14 (CFG_MCP79 model).

Specifically, the file shows the models’ MacMini3, 1 “and” iMac9, 1 “, models that do not yet exist, because right now the version of the iMac is the 8.1 and the Mac mini is 2.1. It is rumored that the new versions will appear in the next Keynote of the day on January 6.

The introduction of the NVIDIA chipset in models of Apple’s desktop that they would also be ready for the departure of Snow Leopard, and OpenCL its technology, which has to represent a good step forward in terms of the graphics performance of Apple computers.

For the curious, you can find information on System -> Library -> IOPlatformPluginFamily.kext -> Contents -> PlugIns -> ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin.kext -> Contents -> Info.plist

DIY iPhone: the phone retro! (video)

In the vast series crafts iPhone, here is a realization that we had not had time to post, which combines retro and high tech to propose an iPhone ‘original’.

It is to transform our old phones of the last century, for those who have yet to incorporate an iPhone.

The docking station thus created enables reloading of the iPhone and Michael fonejackerhacker site, said ‘the Builder’, plans to incorporate a microphone in the handset and link this to an iPhone to really be able to call.

Here is the video of the execution (check out iPhone / iPod Touch):

WordPress Notifier available for Mac OS X

WodrPress Notifier is a small free application launched by the WordPress team tells us that the new comments on our blog.

Like Google Gmail Notifier or alternative Notifr we Salva said Castro, conducts periodic checks at intervals of time that we establish as we wish. Thereby avoiding having to enter repeatedly to see if there are new comments. It is installed in the menu bar and integration with Growler.

While it is true that we can configure our blog with WordPress to send a mail with every new comment that solution does not strike me as bad as it avoids over-mails. Something that will value those who receive many daily.

WordPress Notifier is a universal binary and runs on both Mac OS X 10.4 and Leopard, but requires version 2.7 or higher for WordPress but you can not make use of it. It also works on blogs hosted on wordpress.com and promises to future developments such as the elimination of spam, comments and reply directly supports several blogs.

There will be a Macworld 2010, but the Apple Expo in Paris is canceled

After the devastating news yesterday about Apple’s abandonment of its presence at the Macworld, the blogosphere has been awash with elucubraciones and assumptions about the relationship of this news with the current global economic situation, state of health of Steve Jobs or state fairs exhibitions. As to the latter many are pessimistic, and it seems that this time we have right.

And is that the hand of Macworld comes the news that the Apple Expo in Paris, an event that is usually held every September, was canceled. Looking to the past, Apple made his last keynote at the event in Paris in 2004 to introduce the iMac G5, and reported that it would no longer be present in it for almost half a year.

It is quite similar to what is happening with the Macworld Expo, so we can say that history repeats itself. However, the Macworld seems to be in better health since we already know that there will be a Macworld 2010.

Paul Kent, vice president of the event, the general public has expressed its “disappointment” after knowing the decision to stop Apple from hold Keynotes at Macworld, but is optimistic and expects many more years of successful Macworld. ” We hope so, although the absence of Apple could well influence the number of visitors.

The Macworld 2010 was held from 4 to January 8 of that year, and “will continue to provide product demonstrations and focus on the ways in which people are using Apple products to facilitate their efforts.”