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  23. <title>Whats your password?</title>
  24. <link>https://www.extremesurf.com/blog/technology/whats-your-password</link>
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  27. <dc:creator><![CDATA[David]]></dc:creator>
  28. <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 15:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
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  33. Are you doing your passwords wrong?<br />
  34. How to make your passwords uncrackable!<br />
  35. We been warning our clients, friends, and relatives for years about their shoddy password practices. Either they use easily-hacked passwords and/or forget the passwords they&#8217;ve created (which results in many password resets).<br />
  36. So we thought since today is Password Day (yes, apparently May 7th is Password Day) that we would do a brief blog on passwords. Look at this statement from McAfee&#8217;s Robert Siciliano: &#8220;74% of Internet ...]]></description>
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  38. </a>Are you doing your passwords wrong?</h1>
  39. <h2>How to make your passwords uncrackable!</h2>
  40. <p>We been warning our clients, friends, and relatives for years about their shoddy password practices. Either they use easily-hacked passwords and/or forget the passwords they&#8217;ve created (which results in many password resets).</p>
  41. <p>So we thought since today is<strong> Password Day</strong> (yes, apparently May 7th is Password Day) that we would do a brief blog on passwords. Look at this statement from McAfee&#8217;s Robert Siciliano: &#8220;74% of Internet users use the same password across multiple websites, so if a hacker gets your password, they now have access to all your accounts. Reusing passwords for email, banking, and social media accounts can lead to identity theft and financial loss.&#8221;</p>
  42. <p>How do we fix this? Well it&#8217;s easier than you might think. For starters, head to <a href="http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security/passwordwin.html">Intel&#8217;s Password Grader</a> to see just how easily cracked your current password is. (The site promises not to retain any information, though still recommends that you not use your actual password&#8211;so maybe just use somethings similar.)</p>
  43. <p>If you continue to scroll down you will see a simple step-by-step process for making your &#8220;weak and hackable&#8221; password &#8220;strong and uncrackable.&#8221; (There&#8217;s a longer and more informative version of this infographic on <a href="http://blogs.mcafee.com/consumer/password-day">Sicilian&#8217;s blog</a>&#8211;and it doesn&#8217;t require you to use the Password Grader if you&#8217;d prefer not to.)</p>
  44. <p>The thing to takeaway here is to avoid the usual mix of letters, numbers, and punctuation that we are often advised to use, and instead opt for an easier-to-remember pass-word-phrase.</p>
  45. <p>As an example, if your password is something like &#8220;P4ssW0rd,&#8221; you&#8217;d actually be better off with &#8220;This is my password!&#8221; (just an example). Sounds crazy, but as McAfee and Intel show, it&#8217;s not really about complexity, it&#8217;s about length. So you can employ simple phrases that are easy to remember and at the same time unhackable.</p>
  46. <p>And you could adapt a similar pass-word-phrase for all the other sites you like to visit: &#8220;I Enjoy Looking At Pinterrest!&#8221;, for example, and so on. This way you have both diversity and simplicity on your side. Now be aware there are some sites won&#8217;t allow you to use spaces, and others that may limit password length. The work around would be to remove the spaces for the one, and limit the length of the other.</p>
  47. <p>So put this simple and practical idea to use, and hopefully you will never get hacked!</p>
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  56. <title>RIM Crumbles</title>
  57. <link>https://www.extremesurf.com/blog/apple/rim-crumbles</link>
  58. <comments>https://www.extremesurf.com/blog/apple/rim-crumbles#respond</comments>
  60. <dc:creator><![CDATA[David]]></dc:creator>
  61. <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
  62. <category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
  63. <category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
  64. <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.extremesurf.com/blog/?p=198</guid>
  65.  
  66. <description><![CDATA[It is hard to believe that the once mighty technology leader could plunge so fast. It seems to be the way with technology companies, that unless they continue to invest heavily in R &#38; D and keep coming up with leading edge ideas, that the end is just around the corner. Timing is everything as they say. No one wants yesterdays technology, and because of that, delays in product cycle spells doom.<br />
  67. The blame obviously rests in the upper echelons ...]]></description>
  68. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.extremesurf.com/blog/apple/rim-crumbles/attachment/rim-canada-flags" rel="attachment wp-att-199"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-199" style="margin: 20px;" title="rim-canada-flags" src="http://www.extremesurf.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/rim-canada-flags-550x412.jpg" alt="" width="550" height="412" srcset="https://www.extremesurf.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/rim-canada-flags-550x412.jpg 550w, https://www.extremesurf.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/rim-canada-flags.jpeg 620w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></a>It is hard to believe that the once mighty technology leader could plunge so fast. It seems to be the way with technology companies, that unless they continue to invest heavily in R &amp; D and keep coming up with leading edge ideas, that the end is just around the corner. Timing is everything as they say. No one wants yesterdays technology, and because of that, delays in product cycle spells doom.</p>
  69. <p>The blame obviously rests in the upper echelons of the corporation, where their first concern is to fill their own bank accounts &#8220;lets make the year end numbers and collect our bonuses&#8221; and have no vision for the future of the company. Sadly this is the way it is in many companies today. It is an &#8216;every man for himself&#8217; mentality, nobody expects to stay with the same company for too long and as a result there is no loyalty to the business. Companies use people as things, and people use their position and experience as a stepping stone to a better job.</p>
  70. <p>As a Canadian, RIM was a company we could be proud of. I sincerely hope that things will turn around for RIM and that it will make a strong comeback. Financial analyst predict that RIM will be sold, which may be a good thing given the circumstances. In the mean time my heart goes out to all of the employees (and their families) that will find themselves out of work in tough economic times.</p>
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  79. <title>Google Nexus 7</title>
  80. <link>https://www.extremesurf.com/blog/apple/google-nexus-7</link>
  81. <comments>https://www.extremesurf.com/blog/apple/google-nexus-7#respond</comments>
  83. <dc:creator><![CDATA[David]]></dc:creator>
  84. <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
  85. <category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
  86. <category><![CDATA[Tablets]]></category>
  87. <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.extremesurf.com/blog/?p=188</guid>
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  89. <description><![CDATA[<br />
  90. Wow! Just when you think the tablet wars are over along comes Google with the Nexus 7. Many think that it will not be a serious contender to Apple&#8217;s iPad which currently owns 60% of the market, but only time will tell. It is smaller, and it does lack a rear facing camera, however it is also much cheaper. Affordability in a tight economy can make a huge difference for a lot of consumers.<br />
  91. The other thing to consider ...]]></description>
  92. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.extremesurf.com/blog/apple/google-nexus-7/attachment/nexus7" rel="attachment wp-att-189"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class=" wp-image-189 alignleft" style="margin: 8px 20px;" title="Nexus 7" src="http://www.extremesurf.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/nexus7.jpg" alt="Nexus 7 Tablet" width="257" height="196" /></a></p>
  93. <p>Wow! Just when you think the tablet wars are over along comes Google with the Nexus 7. Many think that it will not be a serious contender to Apple&#8217;s iPad which currently owns 60% of the market, but only time will tell. It is smaller, and it does lack a rear facing camera, however it is also much cheaper. Affordability in a tight economy can make a huge difference for a lot of consumers.</p>
  94. <p>The other thing to consider is that it is no longer just about the hardware. There is an entire eco system behind each of these tablets. Amazon&#8217;s Kindle Fire has all the books, movies, music, etc., fuelling sales of its tablet, iPad has the iTunes store, and a host of inter-connected devices. And now Nexus 7 has the world of Google with an amazing array of apps, books, movies, magazines, and other services behind it.</p>
  95. <p>With a company of the magnetude of Google behind this product, it will certainly be a serious contender in the tablet market regardless of what the nay-sayers think. There is so much value add to purchasing a Google product that the hardware it self is only half of the equation. Google&#8217;s marketing may not be as cool, slick, or as hip, as Apple, but the launch of a high-end tablet, at less than half the price of an iPad, in a difficult economy, is pretty smart I think. In fact, at that price I may even buy one myself!</p>
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  104. <title>Joomla 2.5 Release Changed to January 24th</title>
  105. <link>https://www.extremesurf.com/blog/cms/joomla-2-5-release-changed-to-january-24th</link>
  106. <comments>https://www.extremesurf.com/blog/cms/joomla-2-5-release-changed-to-january-24th#comments</comments>
  108. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam]]></dc:creator>
  109. <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
  110. <category><![CDATA[CMS]]></category>
  111. <category><![CDATA[joomla]]></category>
  112. <category><![CDATA[open source]]></category>
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  114.  
  115. <description><![CDATA[Quick Update:  Joomla has just released Beta 2 of version 2.5, one day after it&#8217;s original anticipated GA (general availability) release date.  This will allow some additional time for bug testing and upgrade testing from version 1.7 to 2.5.  This will also give extension developers a bit of extra time for plugin development and update testing.<br />
  116. Just as a reminder, beta releases are not suitable for production sites.  The GA release date is now going to be January 24th, 2012.<br ...]]></description>
  117. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Quick Update:  Joomla has just released Beta 2 of version 2.5, one day after it&#8217;s original anticipated GA (general availability) release date.  This will allow some additional time for bug testing and upgrade testing from version 1.7 to 2.5.  This will also give extension developers a bit of extra time for plugin development and update testing.</p>
  118. <p>Just as a reminder, beta releases are not suitable for production sites.  The GA release date is now going to be January 24th, 2012.</p>
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  127. <title>Joomla 2.5 to Replace Version 1.8</title>
  128. <link>https://www.extremesurf.com/blog/cms/joomla-2-5-to-replac-version-1-8</link>
  129. <comments>https://www.extremesurf.com/blog/cms/joomla-2-5-to-replac-version-1-8#comments</comments>
  131. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam]]></dc:creator>
  132. <pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
  133. <category><![CDATA[CMS]]></category>
  134. <category><![CDATA[joomla]]></category>
  135. <category><![CDATA[open source]]></category>
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  139. Joomla has announced Joomla 2.5 Beta 1, with a stable GA (general availability) release coming January 10, 2012 (give or take a few days, depending on availability of the fine people who donate their time and energy).  The decision has come based on a poll Joomla released called Vote for the Version. And it only makes sense really, with 1.0 being the intital release, and 1.5 being the next &#8216;long term release&#8217;, that 2.5 would be the replacement long ...]]></description>
  140. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&nbsp;</p>
  141. <p><a title="Joomla" href="http://www.joomla.org/" target="_blank">Joomla</a> has announced <a title="Joomla 2.5 Beta 1" href="http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5397-joomla-25-beta1-released.html" target="_blank">Joomla 2.5 Beta 1</a>, with a stable GA (general availability) release coming January 10, 2012 (give or take a few days, depending on availability of the fine people who donate their time and energy).  The decision has come based on a poll Joomla released called <a title="Vote for the Version" href="http://community.joomla.org/blogs/leadership/1472-vote-for-the-version.html" target="_blank">Vote for the Version</a>. And it only makes sense really, with 1.0 being the intital release, and 1.5 being the next &#8216;long term release&#8217;, that 2.5 would be the replacement long term release following 1.6 and 1.7.</p>
  142. <div id="attachment_176" style="width: 304px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-176" class="size-full wp-image-176" title="Joomla 2.5" src="http://www.extremesurf.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/joomla-2.5.jpg" alt="Joomla 2.5" width="294" height="290" /></p>
  143. <p id="caption-attachment-176" class="wp-caption-text">Joomla 2.5</p>
  144. </div>
  145. <p>Anyone who is currently running version 1.7 will have no trouble updating to 2.5 with the new update feature built into the extension manager.  Everyone else will have to upgrade using the <a title="jUpgrade" href="http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/migration-a-conversion/joomla-migration/11658" target="_blank">jUpgrade component</a> (and hope for the best).  Make sure you do a full backup of your files and database before attempting!!  You&#8217;ve been warned.</p>
  146. <p>Joomla 1.5 will reach end-of-life with no further security updates after April 2012, and the next version of Joomla (Joomla 3.0) will follow shortly after in July 2012, followed by 3.1 in January 2013, and the next next long term release version 3.5 in July 2013.  Maintenance and security releases will still follow the same version structure (ie 2.5.1, 2.5.2) as required/necessary.  Our recommendation for sites running 1.5 will be to upgrade to version 2.5 by April 2012 or shortly there after.  This will probably not be easy, and certainly not without some planning.</p>
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  155. <title>RIM&#8217;s PlayBook: Victim of Unfortunate Timing?</title>
  156. <link>https://www.extremesurf.com/blog/tablets/is-rims-playbook-a-victim-of-unfortunate-timing</link>
  157. <comments>https://www.extremesurf.com/blog/tablets/is-rims-playbook-a-victim-of-unfortunate-timing#comments</comments>
  159. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam]]></dc:creator>
  160. <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
  161. <category><![CDATA[Tablets]]></category>
  162. <category><![CDATA[Kindle Fire]]></category>
  163. <category><![CDATA[PlayBook]]></category>
  164. <category><![CDATA[RIM]]></category>
  165. <category><![CDATA[tablets]]></category>
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  169. No one is going to contest that Research in Motion has had more then it&#8217;s share of woes recently, and certainly they are far from over.  And then if their October extended service outage wasn&#8217;t enough to infuriate a more then a few customers, likely the drunken inexcusable behavior of a couple of executives that grounded an Air Canada flight from Toronto to Beijing will add a few more.  Then we have the BlackBerry officials in Indonesia who could ...]]></description>
  170. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-121" title="Blackberry PlayBook" src="http://www.extremesurf.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/playbook-550x412.jpg" alt="Blackberry PlayBook" width="550" height="412" srcset="https://www.extremesurf.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/playbook-550x412.jpg 550w, https://www.extremesurf.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/playbook.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></p>
  171. <p>No one is going to contest that Research in Motion has had more then it&#8217;s share of woes recently, and certainly they are far from over.  And then if their October extended service outage wasn&#8217;t enough to infuriate a more then a few customers, likely the drunken inexcusable behavior of a couple of executives that grounded an Air Canada flight from Toronto to Beijing will add a few more.  Then we have the BlackBerry officials in Indonesia who could face charges related to a stampede over a sale.  Then today a National Bank Financial analyst cut his target price on RIM shares to just $10 — a horrific outlook for a company whose shares where over $70 in February.  Also today a group of computer hackers announced they have &#8220;jail-broken&#8221; the PlayBook tablet, gaining root access to operating system files, which is raising questions about the security of the very devices it&#8217;s pitching to corporate and government clients.  And to throw a little more fuel on the fire, the company has announced it no longer expects to meet its full-year earnings forecast, bringing us to our topic of conversation: The write down on inventories of the PlayBook tablet.</p>
  172. <p>Most folks speculated that it was the lack of PlayBook sales that caused RIM to announced it was slashing the prices.  Some figured the lack of sales were due to high cost, but now speculation is that it is actually because of the release of the <a title="Amazon Fire" href="http://www.extremesurf.com/blog/tablets/amazon-announces-new-tablet">Amazon Fire</a>, which is around $300 cheaper than the basic PlayBook.  Analyst Shaw Wu has been quoted saying “Our understanding is that RIM was blindsided by Amazon pricing its Kindle Fire aggressively at $199.”  Amazon is reportedly loosing money on every <a title="Amazon Fire" href="http://www.extremesurf.com/blog/tablets/amazon-announces-new-tablet">Amazon Fire</a> they sell; however, RIM’s price cuts mean that it too is losing between $50 to $75 for every PlayBook sold, begging the question: <strong>Is RIM&#8217;s PlayBook a great product that is simply a victim of unfortunate timing?</strong></p>
  173. <p>Despite the fact that the PlayBook is beginning to look like the worst and most expensive decision that RIM has ever made, from a consumer standpoint, the answer is yes &#8211; it&#8217;s a great buy.  There is incredible value in this great device, which right now is without doubt a deal to be had.  From a corporate standpoint, the answer is no.  This latest $485 million writeoff in value means that the PlayBook, which has generated at absolute most 2% of RIM&#8217;s revenue, has swallowed up $1.5 billion of cash and forced it into straitened circumstances.  But if you are a tablet fan, or a Blackberry fan, then Christmas came early!  RIM is have a holiday fire sale, and has slashed PlayBook prices by $300 across the board (for a limited time, the tablet starts at $200 for the 16GB version).  But now RIM employees are getting an even better deal: $99 for the 16GB, $150 for the 32GB and $200 for the 64GB.  Suddenly the tablet is now hard to keep on the shelves.  Best Buy sold out on Monday, and we expect more shortages could easily follow &#8211; the same thing happened earlier this year with HP&#8217;s TouchPad.  If it keeps up, RIM&#8217;s employees will have the only tablets left!  More then likely a lot of employee&#8217;s will be trading their employee-discounted RIM PlayBook for a Christmas bonus courtesy of eBay.  Keep your eyes peeled, there are deals to be had on RIM&#8217;s tablet, and at these prices you won&#8217;t be disappointed.</p>
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  182. <title>Amazon Announces New Tablet</title>
  183. <link>https://www.extremesurf.com/blog/tablets/amazon-announces-new-tablet</link>
  184. <comments>https://www.extremesurf.com/blog/tablets/amazon-announces-new-tablet#comments</comments>
  186. <dc:creator><![CDATA[David]]></dc:creator>
  187. <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
  188. <category><![CDATA[Tablets]]></category>
  189. <category><![CDATA[Amazon]]></category>
  190. <category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
  191. <category><![CDATA[computers]]></category>
  192. <category><![CDATA[iPad]]></category>
  193. <category><![CDATA[tablets]]></category>
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  197. &#160;<br />
  198. So far there has been no company that can even come close to the success of Apple&#8217;s iPad. Many have tried and failed (the latest being HP). However there are now some heavy weight contenders that are expected to unveil their own version of a tablet computer. Google and Amazon are two of the most successful companies in the computer world, and are expected to announce the release of their tablets very soon. In fact Amazon is expected ...]]></description>
  199. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.extremesurf.com/blog/tablets/amazon-announces-new-tablet/attachment/amazon-tablet" rel="attachment wp-att-98"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-98" title="amazon tablet" src="http://www.extremesurf.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/amazon-tablet-550x381.png" alt="amazon tablet" width="550" height="381" srcset="https://www.extremesurf.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/amazon-tablet-550x381.png 550w, https://www.extremesurf.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/amazon-tablet.png 800w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></a></p>
  200. <p>&nbsp;</p>
  201. <p>So far there has been no company that can even come close to the success of Apple&#8217;s iPad. Many have tried and failed (the latest being HP). However there are now some heavy weight contenders that are expected to unveil their own version of a tablet computer. Google and Amazon are two of the most successful companies in the computer world, and are expected to announce the release of their tablets very soon. In fact Amazon is expected to make their big announcement today. Like Apple, Amazon has a very successful internet marketing machine. Its proven ability to sell a wide variety of products gives it a distinct advantage over previous tablet  contenders. Along with the financial resources to sell their new tablet below cost, makes this serious competition for the iPad. In fact this may very well be the most serious threat yet to iPad&#8217;s dominance.</p>
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  210. <title>How To Use Spaces in Mac OS X Lion 10.7</title>
  211. <link>https://www.extremesurf.com/blog/apple/how-to-use-spaces-in-mac-os-x-lion</link>
  212. <comments>https://www.extremesurf.com/blog/apple/how-to-use-spaces-in-mac-os-x-lion#comments</comments>
  214. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam]]></dc:creator>
  215. <pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 12:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
  216. <category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
  217. <category><![CDATA[how-to]]></category>
  218. <category><![CDATA[operating system]]></category>
  219. <category><![CDATA[os x]]></category>
  220. <category><![CDATA[user interface]]></category>
  221. <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.extremesurf.com/blog/?p=147</guid>
  222.  
  223. <description><![CDATA[For those who have gotten used to utilizing Spaces since it&#8217;s initial release in OS X Leopard 10.5, don&#8217;t panic when you boot up Lion for the first time.  Spaces is now integrated into the new Mission Control, along with Expose, and has been rebranded with a more idiot-proof name: Desktops.  Mission Control is the new one-stop-shop to access any open applications and widgets.  It also is where you now control Spaces, aka Desktops.  Here you can create as many ...]]></description>
  224. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For those who have gotten used to utilizing Spaces since it&#8217;s initial release in OS X Leopard 10.5, don&#8217;t panic when you boot up Lion for the first time.  Spaces is now integrated into the new Mission Control, along with Expose, and has been rebranded with a more idiot-proof name: Desktops.  Mission Control is the new one-stop-shop to access any open applications and widgets.  It also is where you now control Spaces, aka Desktops.  Here you can create as many desktops as you want (up to a maximum of 18), and gives you the ability to organize your windows based on applications, or by the type of work you&#8217;ll be performing in each Space.  For example, you could keep your web design coding applications in one Desktop, and have your graphic design software in another, and your email in another, etc.  So now that we know the basics, lets look at how this thing works.</p>
  225. <h3>Creating a new <del>Space</del> Desktop</h3>
  226. <p>There are three ways to create a new Desktop.  The <strong>first way</strong>, and likely the most common, is by launching Mission Control by hitting F3, and hovering your mouse over the top left or right corner, where you&#8217;ll see a window appear with a + sign &#8211; clicking it will create a new Desktop for your within Mission Control:</p>
  227. <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-154" title="spaces1" src="http://www.extremesurf.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/spaces1.jpg" alt="Create a new Space, or Desktop" width="550" height="248" /></p>
  228. <p>The <strong>second way</strong> to create a new Desktop space is by enabling full screen mode from the right-hand corner of the title bar:</p>
  229. <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-155" title="spaces2" src="http://www.extremesurf.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/spaces2.jpg" alt="Full Screen Mode" width="550" height="159" /></p>
  230. <p>When you do this, a new Desktop will be created in mission control for the full screen application. All full screen applications automatically get their own <del>Space</del> Desktop:</p>
  231. <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-156" title="spaces3" src="http://www.extremesurf.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/spaces3.jpg" alt="Spaces for Full Screen applications" width="550" height="276" /></p>
  232. <p>The <strong>third way</strong> to create a new Desktop space is by dragging and dropping a currently-open window from the Mission Control section to the top left or right corner until the Desktop icon appears. This automatically creates a new Desktop and moves this application to it.</p>
  233. <h3>Moving Applications and Windows Between <del>Spaces</del> Desktops</h3>
  234. <p>Moving windows between your <del>spaces</del> desktops is as simple as dragging the application you want to whatever Desktop you want to move it to.  This is a great way to quickly organize a busy or chaotic workspace:</p>
  235. <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-159" title="spaces4" src="http://www.extremesurf.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/spaces4.jpg" alt="New Desktop space by dragging window" width="550" height="244" /></p>
  236. <h3>Removing <del>Spaces</del> Desktops</h3>
  237. <p>If you need to get rid of Desktop spaces, just hover your mouse over the top left corner of the Desktop you want to remove in Mission Control and you&#8217;ll see an &#8216;X&#8217; appear (any windows or applications currently in the Desktop you are closing will be shifted to your main Desktop 1):</p>
  238. <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-166" title="spaces5" src="http://www.extremesurf.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/spaces5.jpg" alt="Removing Desktop Spaces" width="550" height="288" /></p>
  239. <h3>Assigning Windows to Specific <del>Spaces</del> Desktops</h3>
  240. <p>You may decide you&#8217;d like to have certain windows always open in certain Desktops.  To do this, navigate to the Desktop you’d like the application to open in and right-click on the application in the Dock (yes, you have to have the application in the Dock) and click Options &gt; This Desktop.  You can also have the application be available to All Desktops or select the default of None:</p>
  241. <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-161" title="spaces6" src="http://www.extremesurf.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/spaces6.jpg" alt="Assigning Windows to Desktops" width="550" height="223" /></p>
  242. <h3>Assigning Keyboard Shortcuts to Move Between <del>Spaces</del> Desktops</h3>
  243. <p>You can actually still move between <del>Spaces</del> Desktops  using your keyboard, but the setting has now moved to the Keyboard section of System Preferences.  Simply open up the Keyboard settings, and select &#8220;Mission Control&#8221; from the list under the &#8220;Keyboard Shortcuts&#8221; tab:</p>
  244. <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-162" title="spaces7" src="http://www.extremesurf.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/spaces7.jpg" alt="Assigning Keyboard Shortcuts to Desktops" width="550" height="497" /></p>
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  253. <title>Apple Sells One Million Copies of Lion on Day One</title>
  254. <link>https://www.extremesurf.com/blog/apple/one-million-copies-of-lion</link>
  255. <comments>https://www.extremesurf.com/blog/apple/one-million-copies-of-lion#respond</comments>
  257. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam]]></dc:creator>
  258. <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 02:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
  259. <category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
  260. <category><![CDATA[operating system]]></category>
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  262. <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.extremesurf.com/blog/?p=85</guid>
  263.  
  264. <description><![CDATA[Well, if anyone had any doubts about the popularity of Apple&#8217;s highly esteemed OS X, they certainly won&#8217;t any longer.  They sold over one million copies on the day it was released &#8211; online.  One million 3.5 GB downloads in less then 24 hours is really quite something to think about &#8211; 3.5 million GB (3,500 TB) in bandwidth &#8211; in one day! To anyone who knows anything about running web servers this ought to make your your jaw drop.  ...]]></description>
  265. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, if anyone had any doubts about the popularity of Apple&#8217;s highly esteemed OS X, they certainly won&#8217;t any longer.  They sold over one million copies on the day it was released &#8211;<em> online</em>.  One million 3.5 GB downloads in less then 24 hours is really quite something to think about &#8211; 3.5 million GB (3,500 TB) in bandwidth &#8211; in one day! To anyone who knows anything about running web servers this ought to make your your jaw drop.  The popularity of this release has sold faster then any other release in the company&#8217;s history, which definitely lends more weight to Apple&#8217;s &#8220;best OS we&#8217;ve ever made&#8221; statement.</p>
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  274. <title>Apple Lets the Lion Out of it&#8217;s Cage: OS X 10.7</title>
  275. <link>https://www.extremesurf.com/blog/apple/lion-os-x-10-7-released</link>
  276. <comments>https://www.extremesurf.com/blog/apple/lion-os-x-10-7-released#respond</comments>
  278. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam]]></dc:creator>
  279. <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
  280. <category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
  281. <category><![CDATA[operating system]]></category>
  282. <category><![CDATA[os x]]></category>
  283. <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.extremesurf.com/blog/?p=67</guid>
  284.  
  285. <description><![CDATA[<br />
  286. The day as finally arrived &#8211; the much anticipated release of the Lion. Mac OS X Lion 10.7 has finally been released, &#8220;The new king of the desktop&#8221; as Apple calls it. It will power Apple&#8217;s new line of MacBook Air notebooks and the new Mac Mini&#8217;s just released, and  is also now shipping preloaded on all other Apple products.<br />
  287. OS X Lion was first unveiled during the annual Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June 2011 and Apple ...]]></description>
  288. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.extremesurf.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/lion_desktop.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-73" title="lion_desktop" src="http://www.extremesurf.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/lion_desktop.png" alt="" width="550" height="376" srcset="https://www.extremesurf.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/lion_desktop.png 710w, https://www.extremesurf.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/lion_desktop-300x204.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></a></p>
  289. <p>The day as finally arrived &#8211; the much anticipated release of the Lion. Mac OS X Lion 10.7 has finally been released, &#8220;The new king of the desktop&#8221; as Apple calls it. It will power Apple&#8217;s new line of MacBook Air notebooks and the new Mac Mini&#8217;s just released, and  is also now shipping preloaded on all other Apple products.</p>
  290. <p>OS X Lion was first unveiled during the annual Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June 2011 and Apple fans have been eagerly waiting it&#8217;s arrival ever since.  The new operating system represents a leap forward in terms of current operating system development.</p>
  291. <p>&#8220;People have been doing the same things on computers for years. Clicking, scrolling, installing, saving. With OS X Lion, we’ve challenged the accepted way of doing things by introducing new features that change the way you use a computer,&#8221; Apple explains on it&#8217;s <a title="Apple OS X Lion - Learn about the new top features" href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/whats-new/">website</a>.</p>
  292. <p>With 250 new features and 3,000 new developer APIs, OS X Lion is posed to be the greatest Mac OS released to date.  We will be loading it on the Mac&#8217;s we use here in our web design studio in the coming week, so be sure to watch for our initial impressions and complete analysis coming soon!</p>
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