CNN:
Lawmakers told BP Chief Operating Officer Tony Hayward on Thursday that they intend to grill him on what they believe to be cost-cutting measures adopted by the oil giant that compromised the safety of the Gulf of Mexico well.
“After learning of risks, BP made a decision to ignore them,” said Rep. Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, citing documents and confidential e-mails obtained by investigators.
One of the best tools for Apple technicians and Mac nerds is the Combo Update — a package that Apple makes available for download that can update a system to the latest version of its OS with a single installation. For example, updating from 10.6.1 to 10.6.4 without stopping and saying hello to 10.6.2 or 10.6.3.
These updates can also solve many issues. Since they include all previous updates, they can often jumpstart a Mac that hangs at boot or suffers from frequent application crashes. They are a great step before jumping to the rarely-needed Archive and Install.
Most impressive, but the need for a special tool to loosen the logic board is lame. I suppose it’s better than tearing into the Mac mini with a set of putty knives.
John Gruber has addressed (once again) why his ever-popular site Daring Fireball doesn’t have comments:
What makes DF an efficient and effective soapbox is exactly that it is not noisy. My goal is for not a single wasted word to appear anywhere on any page of the site.
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Comments, at least on popular websites, aren’t conversations. They’re cacophonous shouting matches. DF is a curated conversation, to be sure, but that’s the whole premise.
The hack isn’t super complex, but it will require a little work (including soldering). You can’t just plug the MiFi in, unfortunately, but this hacker figured out all the little quirks and fixed them fairly easily. He hooked the MiFi up directly to the iPad’s battery for power, removed the power button (which turns the MiFi off after 30 minutes of inactivity) and replaced it with his own, small on/off switch, accessible from the SIM card slot. You’ll also have to remove half of the speaker set within the iPad to fit the oddly-shapped MiFi in.
My guess is that the HDMI port requires some fancy drivers not in the normal builds:
Lots of goodies in this one.
Problems arose on Apple’s website with the eligibility check for existing AT&T customers. Many who attempted to pre-order iPhone 4 on Tuesday morning encountered a screen that read “Your request couldn’t be processed. We’re sorry, but there was an error processing your request. Please try again later.”
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Issues even extended to AT&T’s website, where error messages informed customers that the site was not currently available. AT&T is the exclusive wireless carrier of the iPhone in the U.S. The company’s online site, along with Apple’s, was also plagued by slow speeds due to high demand for iPhone 4.
The removal bottom panel reminds me a lot of the iMac G4. The days of cracking these things open with putty knives are over.
Update: Engadget has a hands-on. The new Mac mini doesn’t look much bigger than Airport Extreme.
Robert Scoble snagged this photo of the new iPhone’s display with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II during Apple’s hands-on event at WWDC last week. It looks amazing — be sure to view the original 5616 x 3744 shot.
Taking advantage of the Dropbox API, Habilis has created a simple service that lets you email files to a personalized address and have them appear in your Dropbox.
Brilliant, and a must-have for any iPad owner with a Dropbox account.
Shawn Blanc has put together a great chart showing what Apple device he prefers for different tasks throughout his day:
Looking at how regularly I reach for my laptop, and how well it handles nearly everything I do all day, it would seem as if my iPad were simply a luxury. Quantitatively, yes. But qualitatively, it’s a different story. Because the scope and feature checklist of the iPad (and iPhone) alone do not accurately convey the value added.