We’re getting very close to releasing 2Large2Email, our file sharing web app. Nigel, our chief web chef, has been whipping the team into a frenzy to have 2Large2Email released and ready to go this July. I should say thanks to everyone who’s already registered their interest in the service. We’re sure it’ll live up to your expectations! OK, we hope it does.

We’ve been busy getting 2Large2Email ready for release, but I have managed to stay abreast of some cool things happening in the tech world. I find the plethora of the iPhone rip-offs quite funny. I saw one in China a couple of weeks ago that was such a bad knock-off it was laughable. But, on the legitimate side of things, there are a few manufacturers who are producing phones with similar functionalities and are reasonable iPhone clones. If you’d like to read about these clones and read some pretty well thought out reviews, check out www.cellphonesgiant.com which is a blog dedicated to comparing and reviewing mobile phones. Interesting!

If you have just bought a new mac or you have upgraded to leopard and are needing a back up solution look no further than Apple for the answer. 

You may have noticed when you installed leopard or started your new machine there was/still is an application called “Time Machine” placed in your dock.

Ever wondered what this was ?

Well it’s the client interface for Apple’s personal back up system. Here is a little explanation about how it works.

First you will need to purchase an external back up device. For example the Apple solution is the “Time Capsule” (pictured above). Then all you need to do is go into your system preferences. click “Time Machine” and select the back up drive. 

From then on Time Machine will do an incremental back up every hour.
It will also store daily backups for a month and Weekly backups until the disk is full.

From then on if you misplace or delete a file just click the time machine icon in your dock and the following screen will open.

Simply use the arrows to view the history of your files. When you have found the time you wish to restore. Just click the restore button and the file and folders will be revert to that point in time.

Note: Time Machine backups can also be used to restore your machine from a fresh install of leopard.

The news about the traps is that facebook is turning into an open source application.

What does this mean for developers…?

Well it means now anyone who has made a facebook application will now be able to take it to other social networking sites when they become compatible… as long the other sites are willing to support the facebook API’s…

What about the rest of the facebook users?

My friends will tell you that I used to be one of the most anti-Mac people in the world. I would tell people that I hate them and that PCs will dominate my world forever. About 2 months ago I got an iPhone. I loved it. I love it more now. And, much to the disbelief of my friends and co-workers, and the utter astonishment of my wife, I just bought a MacBook (2.4 GHz, 2G RAM for the geeks out there). I was on the net in 5 minutes and receiving email in about 6. I couldn’t believe computing could be this easy! But for those Mac users in the world who make up the 10% (and growing) user base for the Mac, it’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking we don’t need to watch out for viruses, spyware, malware, hackers, etc. We do, so keep your eyes open and be sensible. The Mac user base presents itself as a growing target for the hacking world - 10% of the world’s computers totally unprotected by security software. Just watch out, these hackers are pretty smart… (and yes, I’m keeping my Compaq, just in case…)