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O'Reilly Media Events at Macworld SF 09

By Derrick Story
Jan 03, 2009 | Comments: 0

We've put together a killer line-up of speakers for this year's Macworld Expo in San Francisco. Here's an overview of the things you can do with just an Expo pass. And don't forget that great library of O'Reilly books to browse.

Bat Utility Belt #1: Save Your Ears for $20

By David Battino
Jan 02, 2009 | Comments: 0

Ya gotta love gadgets. As a tech reviewer, I get to check out quite a few, but in this new blog series, I'll highlight some of the gear I've bought — with my own money — that's performed especially well. Following a utility-belt theme, I'll focus on gadgets under $100. The first item in my list, though perhaps too big...

Defining legal input characters

By Erica Sadun
Jan 02, 2009 | Comments: 3

I sometimes use a little trick to ensure that a UITextInputField only accepts a certain subset of characters. Say for example, you want to ensure that a user enters only letters and spaces. A UITextField delegate can catch each character as its typed and decide whether to add items to the active text field. Here's how.

What Will Change Everything?

By Brady Forrest
Jan 01, 2009 | Comments: 10

Regular Radar contributor Linda Stone sent this in to be posted today. What game-changing scientific ideas and developments do you expect to live to see? The Internet, television, antibiotics, automobiles, electricity, nuclear power, space travel, and cloning - these inventions were born out of dreams, persistence, and imagination. What game-changing ideas can we expect to see in OUR lifetimes? As...

MadTux Closes Its Doors

By Caitlyn Martin
Jan 01, 2009 | Comments: 13

After eight years in business California-based MadTux, an online retailer specializing in systems preloaded with Linux, has closed.

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