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iPhone YouTube Troubles

When I have problems with software or hardware, I usually start by searching on Google and finding dozens of solutions on different blogs and forums. Of course, in each forum there about a dozen solutions that you have to try for yourself also. I have an iPhone unlocked using SimFree 1.7 and here is the simple solution to activating YouTube on your unlocked phone after receiving this message: “You must first connect to iTunes with an internet connection to enable YouTube.”
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Mac OS X Leopard: Web Sharing Troubles: “Forbidden”

If you’ve installed Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 already and you use the built in apache server “Web Sharing” you will need to follow these steps before your web server works again. If you’ve tried to visit a page on your local server, you will be greeted by this message: Forbidden (403) You don't have permission to access /~danielerrante/ezslide/ on this server. Leopard fails to copy the settings from apache in Tiger to apache2 in Leopard. Therefore, you will need to follow these simple steps to get your server up again.
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Mac OS X Leopard 10.5: READ THIS BEFORE INSTALLING

I just installed Leopard. It’s awesome. Installing the actual operating system took about an hour and Time Machine is updating the computer as we speak. All the new features are amazing and remind me why I switched to mac in the first place Of course, installing a new operating system is always a royal pain for me. Leopard only had a few hiccups…
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Facebook - The New Windows

Facebook is the new Microsoft Windows. Why? Before my time, Microsoft introduced Windows as a revolutionary new platform for developers make everyone’s lives easier. Apple came out with their aesthetic, remarkably easy interface that made (almost) everyone want a new Mac. It wasn’t long before these big companies like IBM, Xerox, Microsoft, HP and of course Apple knew what was coming down the train tracks. These revolutionary new personal computers were going to change everyone’s life. And they did. Bill Gates became the richest man in the world and Steve Jobs continues to lead...
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Why Apple is So Cool

They make your iLife simple. “Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works. ” - Steve Jobs They understand the engineer’s dilemma. Take a normal television remote control. All you really need to use is the power button, channel and volume buttons, and maybe a few others. So why are there 50 more buttons on the remote besides these essential ones? There was too much unused real estate on the remote control of course! When Apple makes a product they strip the functions down to their necessities. Take the iPhone. They took what was already there...
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Thirty Day Challenge Update…

This looks like it will be good. The challenge starts on Wednesday, August 1st, 2007. So far, I have learned about some great new tools for your website, some I haven’t even heard of before. If you haven’t already, sign up now! Catch up on the blogs, podcasts, video podcasts, and do a little research on the websites he mentions in the videos such as Facebook, Technorati, Twitter, StumbleUpon, Digg, delicious, and Flickr. I don’t know how to use every one of them to their full advantage, but I think everyone’s in for a treat on Wednesday! Thirty Day Challenge Sign Up
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