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The Morning Reboot:
- Apple has released the software necessary for unlocking the 802.11n wifi features of recent Macs. The upgrade is called “802.11n Enabler for Mac” and costs $1.99 at the Apple Store.
- The end of the floppy. Sniff. PCWorld UK has announced it will stop stocking floppy disks when current supplies run out.
- A Canadian researcher says that bloggers live in “a world where emotions may be real but everything else is make-believe.” He goes on to conclude that bloggers are “a lonely bunch.” Not to be overly defensive (or offensive), but “Canadian Researcher” doesn't sound like a hotbed of meaningful social interaction either. [via Micro Persuasion]
- Old school Flickr users are mighty unhappy about merging their Flickr accounts with their Yahoo Accounts. I went ahead and merged my account last night when I got the email and didn't have any problems, but some people report losing contacts, tags and other nightmares. YMMV.
- Performancing has an article on why the annoying Snap Preview Anywhere widget on your blog is pissing people off. Like me. I'm looking at you Techcrunch. For those that would like to disable the feature in your browser, Snap claims to have a cookie that does the job, but it didn't work for me in Safari (on Firefox it does though).
- This isn't software but it's pretty sweet: Buy.com is offering a free 2 GB SD memory card. The card is $50 with a $50 mail in rebate. What makes it even better is that if you're not already signed up for Google Checkout, you can use Google Checkout to get $10 off your purchase, which means you actually make about $7 on the deal (after taxes). Of course I can't vouch for the quality of the card, nor could I find any write speed specs, but no matter how slow it is a free back-up card is never a bad thing. [via CNet]
