Add Inserted CDs and DVDs to Your Desktop with Disctop [Featured Mac Download]
Add Inserted CDs and DVDs to Your Desktop with Disctop [Featured Mac Download]
Mac OS X only: Freeware Mac application Disctop Pro displays the currently inserted CD or DVD on your Mac desktop, complete with album artwork. The app animates your disc insert and ejection and gets great marks in the looks department, but it also has its useful features, too. When you’re playing back a CD, you can skip or pause tracks from the floating CD, and the app customizes its behavior for the Mac you’re using, from iMacs to MacBooks to Mac Pros. Disctop Pro is freeware, Mac OS X only.
MacBook Air: 360 Degrees of Video [Apple]
Want a sense of how thin the new MacBook Air really is? Here is full rotation of the MacBook suspended in Air, showing you all sides, and providing a perfect visual reference to how surprisingly thin the computer is. [Full MacBook Air Coverage on Gizmodo]
All Systems Go: 700MHz Auction Rules and Bidders Stamped in Stone [700mhz Auction]
I know I’m a geek because I’m almost as giddy for this as I am for MacWorld: The rules and bidders (214 of ‘em) for 700Mhz spectrum auction, which starts on Jan. 24, have been finalized. No surprises here—the heavies like AT&T, Verizon and Google have their shit in order and the C block fireworks look good to go. [Ars]