Everybody has their good days and bad days, right? Well, yesterday was a bad day - especially for our faithful forum family. Due to a series of unfortunate events that were enough to make us pull our hair out (yes, we're all bald now, even the ladies), the QJ.NET Forums have been down for the last 24 hours.  After a year of uninterrupted  service on our forums, it was bound to happen eventually. Despite the rumors, this was nothing more than miscommunication with our server hosts - nothing malicious or diabolical about it at all. Just a Grade-A snafu.

Nevertheless, the forums are now back online and everything is as it was. Just in case you've forgotten how to get there (a common withdrawal symptom), here's a direct link back to the QJ.NET Forums Directory where you'll find forum categories for each and every one of the QJ Blogs. And in case some of you have never visited the Forums, here's some highlights that you should check out - especially if you're a new 1.50 PSP user looking to get into homebrew!

PSP:

• FAQ's, Guides, and Tutorials - Your one stop shop for details on how to do just about anything with (or to) your PSP!
• PSP Homebrew and Hacks Help - If the Tutorial section doesn't answer your question, one of our many helpful and knowledgeable PSP experts will!
• PSP Development Forum - Find out what homebrew developers are up to - they're cranking out new stuff everyday!
• Official eLoader Forum - If you're sticking with 2.0 - 2.60 Firmware, this is the place to be!

Next-Gen:

• Xbox 360 Forums - Talk about all the latest that Microsoft is offering!
• PS3 Forums / Wii Forums - Plenty of rumors and excitement going on waiting for these two systems to be released!

Nintendo DS:

• NDS Homebrew - No reason the PSP should have all the fun!
• NDS WFC & Games - Join up with our community and play with your friends online! A great place to exchange friend codes!

Consumer:

• Apple Forums - One of our newer and fast growing forums, take a bite out of the Apple!
• Gadgets and Electronic Forums - Another new community here at QJ.NET but quickly on the rise! Get in on the fun!

QJ.NET:

• QJ.NET News and Help - This is where you'll find out about what's new with the QJ.NET Forums! If you've got a question, comment, problem, or suggestion about the site, this is where to go!

Plus so many more forums! Again, we sincerely apologize for the unscheduled downtime - if it happens again, we'll eat our hats... which we now need to keep our hairless heads warm!

You and Tom Kim both. And apparently, dozens more of Mac users. Some of the problems that Tom cited on his machine were some sort of static-looking borders around the popup menu, a weird color band that runs across the top of the desktop picture and degradation on the Dock bar.

There are a lot of theories circulating on why this could be happening for the Mac's screen. Rumors range from rendering of shadows to a problem with the video card to using secure virtual memory. But one point that they all agree on is that this happens when you're really taxing your system. The solutions are just as varied as the possible causes. Some suggest to disable the virtual memory or to install the latest firmware upgrade, claiming that this has done the job for them. Rumor has it that Apple is well aware of the problem and is working on a remedy that will be included in 10.4.8.

Improve your Mac's Bluetooth performance and reliability issues with this update from Apple. When you begin installation after downloading this firmware update, the Bluetooth Firmware Updater Application will automatically be launched. Just follow the directions on the screen needed to update your Bluetooth Firmware. But if you were able to successfully install Bluetooth Firmware Update version 1.2, this update is not needed.

Should any under circumstances, that this update will not install properly, just shut down your computer and run it again. Take note that you should shut it down instead of just giving your computer a restart.

Download: [Bluetooth Firmware Update 1.2.1]