Doodle 4 Google winner

The winner of the Doodle 4 Google contest was announced today and the doodle is currently featured on Google's homepage. I've written about the Doodle 4 Google contest in a couple posts. Here's the final doodle:

Congratulations to second grader Dylan Hoffman of Caledonia, Wisconsin! Here is his description of his doodle: He would travel back in time and "sail a pirate ship looking for treasure, have a colorful pet parrot and enjoy beautiful sunsets from deserted islands." Along with his doodle being featured on the Google homepage today, Dylan won 30,000 college scholarship, a Chromebook computer and a $50,000 technology grant for his school. Wow! Go check out his awesome doodle on the Google homepage or visit the Doodle 4 Google page.

Apple announced Q2 earnings for 2012

Apple released its Q2 2012 earnings on April 24th. The company sold over 35 million iPhones in this last quarter, down from 37 million iPhones in Q1 of this year (Q1 report). Apple sold over 11 million iPads, as well as more than 7 million iPods, and 4 million Macs. The sales have decreased a bit from last quarter's earnings, but Apple is certainly still growing. What do you think? What are next quarter's earnings going to look like?

Lion 10.7.4 Update released today

OS X Lion saw an update today: OS 10.7.4. Download the update here, or just open up Software Update on your Mac. (Apple menu  > Software Update)


The OS X Lion v10.7.4 Update includes fixes that:

• Resolve an issue in which the "Reopen windows when logging back in" setting is always enabled.
• Improve compatibility with certain British third-party USB keyboards.
• Addresses permission issues that may be caused if you use the Get Info inspector function "Apply to enclosed items…" on your home directory. For more information, see this article.
• Improve Internet sharing of PPPoE connections.
• Improve using a proxy auto-configuration (PAC) file.
• Address an issue that may prevent files from being saved to an SMB server.
• Improve printing to an SMB print queue.
• Improve performance when connecting to a WebDAV server.
• Enable automatic login for NIS accounts.
• Include RAW image compatibility for additional digital cameras.
• Improve the reliability of binding and logging into Active Directory accounts.
• The OS X Lion v10.7.4 Update includes Safari 5.1.6, which contains stability improvements.

More information and complete details about the latest update can be found in Apple's KB article for the OS 10.7.4 update.

PageRank 2 Blog!!!!

Last week, it was reported that a Google PageRank update was on its way. I'm seeing the effects of that now as The Geek Tech Blog has just been bumped to a PageRank 2!!!! I hope to switch to a .com address pretty soon, so stay tuned.

Thanks to all who are reading and have read my blog!
Matthew D.

Adobe's CS6 begins shipping today

Adobe's latest release of its Creative Suite (CS) began shipping today, after announcing it on April 23th. The latest version has been updated for better performance. Specifically, the applications have been updated to take advantage of the 64 bit processing power. They have also changed the UI a bit to make it more user friendly, as well adding the ability to set custom layouts. Other features include content aware filling, as well as the announcement of two new webapps: Adobe Muse and Adobe Edge. I will do a more in depth post covering all the new features of Adobe's suite later.

Apple releases iOS 5.1.1

iOS 5.1.1 was released today. It isn't a major upgrade, as it just is a bug fix release. Here's what it addresses:

• Improves reliability of using HDR option for photos taken using the Lock Screen shortcut
• Addresses bugs that could prevent the new iPad from switching between 2G and 3G networks
• Fixes bugs that affected AirPlay video playback in some circumstances
• Improved reliability for syncing Safari bookmarks and Reading List
• Fixes an issue where 'Unable to purchase' alert could be displayed after successful purchase

It also addresses three critical Safari vulnerabilities:

• A maliciously crafted website may be able to spoof the address in the location bar
• Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to a cross-site scripting attack
• Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

More information about this update can be found on Apple's website or on the security page for the iOS 5.1.1 update.

Doodle 4 Google followup

I posted about Google's contest Doodle 4 Google in this post. Here's an update on the contest:
The winners from are in! You can view them and vote on them here. The state finalists are listed here. They are great doodles. Check them out and vote on your favorite. Again, the winning doodle will be featured on Google's homepage on May 18, 2012.