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Adobe Systems make programs that allow computers to “read” graphics. Back around 2000, Adobe Acrobat was a popular program, and deserved to be. You could download it free from many web sites. It worked well. The pictures usually came through quickly and looked good.

What a switch to find obnoxious ads for Adobe software popping up, repeatedly, here on AC. I don't know whether AC is responsible for allowing this, or aware that it's been done. I don't know whether Adobe Systems is. I do know that products worth buying don't have to be “sold,” so whenever anyone takes a lot of time and trouble to push a product at me, I know it's not a product I want.

Internet software used to include “pop-up blockers.” I looked for that function on the computer I'm trying to use during the limited time I have today to try to catch up with my favorite ACers' latest work. Possibly because Internet Explorer, on this computer, goes straight to Yahoo rather than a system the owner would have to pay, I don't see anything about “pop-up blockers.”

However, are “pop-up blockers” an adequate way to transmit a badly needed message to companies that advertise their products in truly obnoxious ways? I think not. I think it's time to boycott all Adobe products until the company sees the error of its ways.

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We’ve been keeping an eye on the Apple Store all morning, and sure enough it’s been taken offline for “updating”.  There’s been no shortage of rumors and leaks regarding what we can expect to see lining the shelves later on today, but most likely are updates for the Mac Pro and iMac.

Both are expected to get a new range of processor options, with a high-end hexacore Intel Core i7 for the Mac Pro and a new, entry-level Core i3 option for the iMac.  Obviously the middle-ground will be populated with various Core i5 and i7 chips too.  There’s also talk of USB 3.0 and some form of faster FireWire, though still no Blu-ray.

Slightly less likely, perhaps, is the talk of a touchscreen iMac which could dual-boot into iOS; that’s been tipped as the ideal way for iPhone and iPad developers to code and test new software, but we’d expect something as significant as that to get a full press event rather than be slipped into the store.  Finally, there’s the Apple Magic Trackpad, which has also been tipped for an imminent release.

I tried cracking the pkg file and manually installing the components to enable the 3-finger dragging on my early 2008 mbp, but i just ended up disabling my trackpad and keyboard completely. i remembered when snow leopard wasnt out yet and “hackers” managed to enable 3- and 4-finger gestures on my mbp by using the multi-touch kexts from newer models.

Perhaps, if someone uploads their AppleMultitouchDriver.kext, AppleUSBMultitouch.kext (both found in ~/System/Library/Extensions) and the Trackpad.prefPane (found in ~/System/Library/PreferencePanes) AFTER installing this new update, I could try to modify them and make them work on older models (aka Early 2008 MBP).. All we need is a generous soul to read this comment.

Just to be clear, I know inertial scrolling works on older models with this update, but Apple (for some stupid reason) chose to disable the 3-finger dragging.

Anyone wanna help?