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iPod touch to iPod video UI hack attack

via Engadget by Ryan Block on 12/20/07

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video

Got a 5 or 5.5G iPod video that you don't want to give up, but you do want to make look a little more like your pal's iPod touch? Well, good news for you comes by way of iPodHacking's new iPod touch to iPod video interface, which will help you stave off a painful, costly upgrade that much longer -- especially since hear it even makes your old iPod touchscreen capable. Psych.

[Thanks, Aaron H]

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Mac OS X 10.5.2 is packing hefty fixes, due January-ish

via Engadget by Paul Miller on 12/19/07

Filed under: Desktops, Laptops

As much love as Apple's Mac OS X Leopard has received in the press and from users, there are still plenty of bugs that need ironing out. Lucky for those users and those not-easily-embarrassed members of the press, Apple seems to be addressing most of those remaining bugs with its 10.5.2 update, which it just seeded to developers. There are apparently 76 fixes listed in the release notes, ranging from fan-faves like MacBook AirPort funkiness to obscure gems like Rosetta PowerPC compatibility memory leaks. This is just the first distribution of the update, and a release to users is rumored to hit mid-January, coinciding with new hardware at Macworld.

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Keep Windows Up to Date Quickly with Appupdater [Featured Windows Download]

via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on 12/19/07

Windows only: Install and remove programs, update all your applications at once and build your own Linux-style repository for Windows with AppUpdater, an unassuming but powerful free program for Windows. Similar to the Apt or Yum applications in Linux, AppUpdater saves you browsing time and guess work while installing from a big list of programs, including a number of Lifehacker favorites—but you can roll your own repository of programs as well. But Appupdater is more than just a low-tech installer—its real power lies in two simple commands.

Once you've got a good set of programs installed, you simply run (or schedule an automatic process to run) two lines from the Windows command prompt to make sure you've got the latest of everything:

appupdater --update
appupdater --upgrade

Like its Linux parents, Appupdater has a large number of switches for advanced functions, but its basic features are real time savers. Appupdater is a free download that works with Windows 98 and later systems.

Appupdater [via Hackosis]