By Greg Mills
When I was a kid I got in trouble on many occasions for taking things apart. It drove my father to distraction and got me a number of lickings with his belt, along with a serious brow beating. I remember his taunting statement, “how arrogant of you to think you could improve something an engineer designed”!
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Posted by Greg Mills
Jail breaking the iOS before the system is even released, is a sign of the times. There is a certain arrogance in the soul of those who “JailBreak” Apple devices. Allowing a device to do things they weren’t designed to do has an appeal when there is a valuable feature that is locked out by Apple strictly to protect Apple’s income. But often what is jail broken is really the security that is part of what makes the device so attractive in the first place.
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I expect we’ll see OS X Lion begin to prowl no later than Friday, July 15. According to various reports/rumors, it’s reached “Golden Master” (the final version before release).
Normally, there’s a two-week period between software reaching Gold Master release and Apple software reaching consumers. However, Lion is being released through the online Mac App Store, so it could happen quicker than usual. In fact, I won’t be shocked if Lion were unleashed any day now.
Read MoreThe new MacBook Airs are due any day now, and I’m excited about them, especially if reports are true about some high-end tech they’ll be using.
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A new Apple patent (number 7975134) at the US Patent & Trademark Office involves a macroscalar processor architecture.
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