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Capture commands that launched processes

If you know the name of a running command line process, but don’t know the precise command line with which it was invoked, you can run a command such as this one to return the complete command:

ps -axwwo command | grep lame | grep -v grep > ~/Desktop/lame_command.txt

This example would save a file to your desktop containing the commands that initiated running processes which included the term lame, for example.

1TB quad-interface storage solution debuts

Newer Technology has released the miniStack v3 ‘Quad Interface’ powered hub storage solution with up…

If it’s Friday, it must be iPhone-iPhone-iPhone-iPhone (and 50 YouSpoofs)

Yawn. It’s Friday’s IT Blogwatch: which is (predictably) all-iPhone, all the time. Not to mention the top 50 YouTube spoofs…

Gregg Keizer rolls his eyes :

After five months, 20 days and some odd hours of increasingly surreal hype, tomorrow’s coming-out party for Apple Inc.’s iPhone will be anticlimactic. It has to be. The hunt for clues will be over, all the guessing will be over and done, and all that will remain will be hard reality. Sink or swim? Home run or foul tip? Best damn piece of consumer electronics gear ever or just another phone?
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This launch will undoubtedly be rehashed in college marketing classrooms and will certainly add to the story arc of Apple and its CEO, Steve Jobs. Not that Jobs didn’t contribute to the narrative himself. When he unveiled the iPhone in January, he called the new device — a combination cell phone/video iPod/Internet device — "revolutionary."

AppleScripting Google Desktop

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

Posted by Dave MacLachlan, Mac Software EngineerMost people aren’t aware that Google Desktop has a simple, but powerful, AppleScript interface. You can use this interface to write scripts that search with Google Desktop. The most basic script allo…

1TB quad-interface storage solution debuts

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

Newer Technology has released the miniStack v3 ‘Quad Interface’ powered hub storage solution with up to 1.0TB of storage capacity. It features an integrated powered hub with four interfaces: FireWire 800/400, USB 2.0, and eSATA. Specifically, the hub has one eSATA, two FireWire 800, one FireWire 400, and three USB 2.0 ports, The miniStack v3 utiliz…

16,000 users served from Mac mini

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

CommuniGate Systems has announced that in an experiment conducted in-house, the company was able to serve 16,000 users — for services including email, calendaring, VoIP and voicemail, and IM — from a single Mac mini. The demonstration was conducted using the new Pronto! product, which employs Adobe Flash and Adobe Flex 2 technology. The tool allo…

Sunbird 0.5: standalone calendar app

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

mozilla.org has released Sunbird 0.5, a new version of its standalone calendar application. The new release has a much more polished user interface in the calendar views. It also re-adds working hours and automatic migration of data in Sunbird 0.2, iCal.app, and Evolution. The printing functionality has been improved, and there is support for Googl…

Creative Notes: A closer look at Lightroom 1.1

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

Adobe just released Version 1.1 of Lightroom, and we take a look under the hood at some of the new enhancements and changes found in the update.

Wall Street Journal Q&A With Steve Jobs [Updated]

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

On the eve of the iPhone’s debut, The Wall Street Journal posts a Q&A with Apple CEO Steve Jobs and AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson (paid subscription required). Update: Samples from a USAToday interview have also been included.

Iconfactory updates IconBuilder to 8.5.1

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

Iconfactory today announced the release of IconBuilder 8.5.1 for Mac OS X…

News: iSkin revo iPhone case repels microbes

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

iSkin is introducing the revo, a case for the iPhone that contains an anti-microbial agent.

News: Nonprofit garners support with NYC iPhone vigil

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

A New York nonprofit is using its place in line for the iPhone to raise money for children with AIDS in Africa.

Briefly: review, AT&T iTunes gift cards

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

In brief: MacNN has reviewed Data Backup 3, AT&T plans to begin selling iTunes Gift Cards starting June 29th, Apple Expo is set to take place between September 25-29th this year at Porte De Versailles in Paris, the Jaman movie download service is offering Apple TV owners a taste of high-definition entertainment, and ShaggyMac has added a cleaning s…

Jobs explains thinking behind iPhone

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

During Apple’s town-hall meeting earlier today, company CEO Steve Jobs outlined his beliefs on how the iPhone will permanently change the mobile phone business. The executive also described the iPhone as the third leg to a chair — signifying Apple’s overall business — with the two existing legs consisting of the iPod+iTunes business and the compa…

Talkety to provide iPhone VOIP services

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

The VOIP service Talkety states that it is now supporting the iPhone without special software, as required by other VOIP providers such as Skype. After signing up for one of Talkety’s service plans, callers can simply visit talkety.com from their iPhone, and after logging in, the site will display Talkety contacts in a scheme similar to the iPhone…

MacPractice develops iPhone apps for Physicians, more

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

MacPractice, developer of MacPractice MD for physicians, MacPractice DDS for dentists, MacPractice DC for chiropractors, and MacPractice 20/20 for optometrists, today announced that it is developing applications to integrate with MacPractice software for the iPhone for doctors and patients…

News: Sprint’s ‘whyPhone’ and other vendor responses

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

Sprint and other cell phone carriers are switching to attack mode in their marketing when it comes to the iPhone.

AT&T offers list of iPhone accessories

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

AT&T is planning to offer an assortment of Apple branded and third-party accessories alongside the highly anticipated iPhone launch slated for tomorrow evening, according to AT&T documents obtained by MacNN. Various accessories will be available in AT&T Stores as well as online via its eStore, but the carrier warns that selection may vary by locati…

Apple Store iPhone availability tool active

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

Although an Apple press release stated that the function would not be ready until 9 PM, an iPhone availability locator for Apple retail stores is already working. The mechanism displays a green indicator for stores that are carrying the iPhone (which, at this point, appears to be every Apple retail store in existence) and a red light for stores tha…

iPhones Arriving and Being Unpacked (Photos)

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

So, it seems iPhone deliveries have started arriving to retail stores. A forum user posted these images:

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