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Gently Used iPod for Sale, Comes Complete With Military Secrets

Written on January 27, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 3 people have commented

It’s a good thing we’re on friendly terms with New Zealand, because one of the residents of that green, hilly island recently acquired 60 pages of sensitive U.S. military data. Total cost of national secrets? $15. Which would’ve been great if that’s what the man who bought it was in the market for, but he [...]

The Secrets Are Out Thanks To BlackTree

Written on July 07, 2008 by Bob Rudis and 2 people have commented

(Let me preface this post with a warning that tweaking unpublished settings can break your system and applications.)
While I am a fan of the Terminal, sometimes remembering (or Googling for) the proper “defaults write …” undocumented setting to tweak a feature on a new build or a friend’s machine gets a bit annoying (mostly due [...]