How to: Access Spotify from Anywhere!
Spotify is that hot new startup that everyone’s talking about. But you can only access it if you’re in the UK, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Spain and France. Not anymore!
Spotify is also currently blocking Proxies accessing its site, so even if you used a proxy to sign up, and download the program, it’ll give you 14 days to go back to a UK, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Spain or France based IP address.
Well, here’s the answer: Use a VPN (aka Vitual Pivate Network). There’s no VPN for free really (unless it’s a scam), but one the most well known VPN service, called Ivacy, is offering an EXCLUSIVE trial to Josh’s Blog readers. Click here to get your trial!
You’ll get unlimited time restrictions to use 1 GB of secured traffic with every new account. No credit card required, signup takes a couple of seconds, and you may start using Ivacy right away!
FAQ
1 GB? That’s not much?
Wrong actually! That’s a damn lot! I’ve been using Ivacy to connect Spotify to the Internet.. and I haven’t even used much yet! It still says 0.99GB remaining. And if you DO run out, Ivacy’s prices are not that expensive.. it’s 0.5 Euros per 1 GB. Not bad at all.
How do I setup?
After you signed up, go to this page (shown below): https://pr.ivacy.com/en/tools/options
Make sure you select UK as the option for your Country IP selection.
Anymore questions? Ask them in the comments 
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Mac OS on a netbook? Here’s the compatibility list.
Who needs Psystar?
Apple says it’s had “pretty interesting ideas” for a Mac netbook, but it’s everyday users who’ve already taken action. Due to their similar technical underpinnings, most of the popular netbooks can run OS X, but there are plenty of caveats: non-functioning components which lack drivers and need to be replaced—or which simply can’t be gotten to at all.
Unfortunately, the Googles are choked with info, and much of it’s out of date. I’d like to maintain a one-look chart to help people figure out out if their netbook (or one they’ve got their eye on) will run it well enough to their needs.
The short answer: get an MSI Wind or Dell Mini 9. Thanks to new WiFi drivers (direct download), the Wind runs the whole show out the can. 
Now, I’m 100 percent sure this first version has errors and omissions: post updates and corrections to the comment.
If you’re thinking about making yourself a Hackintosh, know that it’s still not a no-brainer. For starters, standard OS X disks won’t work: you’ll need to grab a hacked version of it from the tubes. This contravenes Apple’s EULA, even if you own a legal copy. The following guides also generally require an external DVD drive and familiarity with the terminal.
How To Guides:
Running Mac OS X on a Netbook: Guide, Tips, Tutorial, Walkthrough [Ditii]
Run Mac OS X on an Eee PC [Wired]
Installing OSX on Eee 1000h [Wikidot]
OS X For the Eee PC 901 and 1000H [Mac Eee]
Install OS X on the MSI Wind [Make]
Guide to Installing OS X on a Lenovo Ideapad s10 [Netbook Tech]
OSX on a Samsung NC10 [Wired]
Again, corrections and updates are most welcome!
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How to: Use multiple Windows Live ID’s in Messenger
Many of you will have several WLIDs, and want to sign into Messenger with more than one of them. Until now you had to seek refuge in a patch or add-on to be able to do so. Not anymore! Microsoft’s John Weisenfeld just shared a little trick with me to enable this, which I’m going to share with you.
The trick involves registry editing, so please follow these steps very carefully:
1. Start regedit (admin)
2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Live
3. Right click Messenger and create a new DWORD called MultipleInstances
4. Right click the newly added registry key and choose Modify
5. Set the Value data to 1
6. Close regedit
All done! Now you can launch Windows Live Messenger as many times as you want, and sign in with as many WLIDs you want, on one computer. Just don’t try to sign in with the same WLID more than once on one computer or it will throw error 80071392 at you!
Josh’s Verdict: Now I can use my 6,900 accounts, all together!
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How to: Integrate Facebook Connect with your Blog in 8 minutes
Now that Facebook Connect has been released to the public, you’ll want your blog to be like TechCrunch too with their Facebook Connect Integration into their comments system. So how? This video from Facebook Developers will show you how.
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How to: Spot a Xbox 360 "Jasper" unit
Okay, for the noobs: a Falcon unit has a 65nm CPU, 90nm GPU while a “Jasper” unit, the new one, still has a 65nm CPu but a nice, shiny 65nm GPU!
So, how do I buy the newer one then?
Old 90nm GPU for reference.
The CPU hasn’t changed much from the Falcon.
I’ll do some heat tests with this unit once I inevitably slap it into an Xbox 360 laptop. Now let’s move onto how you can spot one of these new units in the store!
The Xbox 360 box has a hole at the top of it where the bar code of the console is visible. Clerks usually scan this when you buy one. What you need to do it look at the lower left corner of this box. If you peer closely you can make out at least half of the voltage/amperage rating of the unit. The # of amps used by the 12 volt rail is the key to determining which console it is. The photos below show this in detail.
There has been a lot of discussion about lot #’s, power supply ratings, and things of that nature being used to find Jaspers. I have found those to be unreliable. For instance, this Jasper was lot #0842X. However at Circuit City today I saw a 0843X Arcade unit, but it was 14.2 amps.
Also this particular Jasper came with a 175W power supply (like the Falcons used). They are probably trying to use up all the older PSU’s and thus it was packed with the unit. Keep in mind that even if this Xbox only needs 150W it’s not a issue to power it with a 175W supply, just like people who put 700W PSU’s in their PC’s for no apparent reason.
Above we see the power port of the Jasper 360. Note how it has a slit in the middle of the top plastic bar. The plugs on the PSU’s are designed in a way to be forwards not backwards compatible. That is, an original 203W PSU will fit in any Xbox 360, but because of these ‘keying”, a new 150W PSU will only fit in an Jasper. Likewise a Falcon PSU will fit in a Jasper but not vice-versa.
So yes, check the amperage rating of the unit at the back — it’s the most sure-fire way to find a Jasper from what I have seen.
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How to: Use AT&T 3G with your HP Mini 1000
When we got comfy with the HP Mini 1000 last month, there was talk of a full 3G spec’d version coming in December. Lo and behold we’re not even out of November yet and one owner has managed to get online with his brand spankin’ new 1000. User dplxy over at the Pocketablesforum put in some quality time with customer support from both HP and AT&T to figure out how, saving you some minutes by describing the how-to. Full instructions are at the read link, but the gist of it is you need to download a WWAN driver from HP, manually extract and install it, and then slot your SIM card into the battery compartment. Speeds are reported to be solid but, with the lowly three cell battery struggling to keep the thing broadcasting, you’d better hurry up and find what you’re looking for. It’s unlikely this will work with older versions of the Mini 1000, which are believed to lack the hardware internals, but give it a shot and let us know what you find, yeah?
First you’ll need to download HP Multi-WWAN Driver Installer
Here’s the link: ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp41001-41500/sp41365.exe
Once you finish download you will see sp41365.exe on your desktop
DO NOT INSTALL THIS
Unzip it with WinRAR instead
Once you unpack you will see the picture below
Double click Swisetup and install the driver
After installing, you’ll need to turn off your Mini and remove your battery. Insert your SIM card as shown.
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How to: Enable Street View on a iPod Touch v2.2
Apple has a history of crippling the iPod touch firmware in order to artificially distinguish from the more profitable iPhone, starting with the company’s removal of the ability to add Calendar events in early iPod touch firmware versions, but the iPod touch modding community has always been quick to correct Apple’s faux-oversights.
1. get this file via ssh: /System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/N45AP.plist
2. convert to xml at http://iappcat.com/plist/bin2xml
3. add
underneath
4. save then using that website again reconvert to binary Hopefully someone can patch the frameworks or springboard which wouldnt require this to be done! Anyway if you’re desperate to try it out, thats all that needs to be done theres nothing wrong with stability or anything so you’re not going break anything permanately trying this out.
5. rename original file N45AP.old
6. copy new N45AP.plist in (make sure permissions are 644)
7. reboot ipod
all new Maps features work however you get a searching for service (replaces the word ipod in the top left) and waiting for activation message that pops up occassionally also music slot in prefs disappears
enjoy
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How to: Enable 4 Finger Gestures on pre-October 2008 MacBooks
I can confirm the four finger gesture is possible on pre-October 2008 laptops, and I currently have four finger Exposé and Application Switching working on my January 2008 MacBook Air.
(This required hacking Apple’s installer to ignore machine checks to avoid the “Mac OS X cannot be installed” obstacle. The method to do that is here: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=371302 )
This got the latest, slightly updated 10.5.5 system (with the energy efficient bulb in the System Preferences) on my first generation Air.
However, I was disappointed it didn’t show “Four Finger gestures” in the Trackpad system preference, just the old standard gesture. I had a hunch it was possible though, so…
I then examined the kernel extension “AppleUSBMultitouch.kext” (the one installed with the new 10.5.5 unibody OS X).
This Info.plist of this kext contains several entries for what looks like different makes of trackpads. I noticed that some of them had two keys that the others did not:
I didn’t know which model trackpad my Air has and it didn’t really matter, as I copied those keys to all entries.
Once the AppleUSBMultitouch.kext was modified (and permissions restored), I rebooted and, hey presto!, there is the Four Fingers entry in the System Preferences.
Four finger Exposé on my January 2008 MacBook Air now works just as it does on the unibody MacBook.
(Secondary click, where you click the bottom right corner of the trackpad to get a right-click, is also there, but only seem to work in combination with the Air’s physical button – haven’t worked that one out yet, and don’t really care as I am used to soft two finger clicking for right-click.)
I suspect this would work on all later model multitouch trackpads.
Source: MacRumors Forum
