Archives for October 2006

October, 25th October 2006

• Miglia Announces Dual Digital Tuner for the Mac

  Miglia Technology announced its dual digital tuner, the TVDuo, for the Mac on Thursday.

• TMO’s Jeff Gamet Speaks on Tiger’s Spotlight

  TMO's morning editor, Jeff Gamet, is presenting a seminar Thursday evening on effectively using Tiger's Spotlight feature.

• DVD-RAM Reconsidered: Version 2.0

  Several months ago, I wrote a column describing the advantages of DVD-RAM discs -- the most significant one being that…

October, 24th October 2006

• AMD: Merger With ATI to Include CPU, GPU Merger

  Now that Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has completed its merger with video card maker ATI, the company said that a…

• ProScope HR Microscope Captures Video, Stills

  Tokyo's Scalar Corp. has teamed up with Oregon's Bodelin Technologies to launch ProScope HR, a handheld USB microscope with a…

• NEC Intros Widescreen LCD

  NEC has introduced a new 19-inch widescreen LCD monitor, featuring 1440 x 900 resolution, a 700:1 contrast ratio, a 5-millisecond…

• My Money Minder 1.9 Gets Intel Mac Support

  Ben's Software announced the immediate availability of an updated version of the personal financial management application, My Money Minder 1.9,…

• Peachpit Launches "Name the Bunny!" Contest

  Peachpit Press has launched a contest to name its Visual QuickStart Guide bunny, found on the cover of every Visual…

• Adobe Offers Flex Builder 2 Beta for Mac

  Adobe is offering a public beta of Flex Builder 2 for Macintosh.

• Apple Plans Third Manhattan Store

  Apple has swung a deal to build a third retail store in New York City.

• SoCal MacFair to Offer Recycling

  The Southern California MacFair 2006 announced on Wednesday that it is teaming up with ease e-waste to offer free recycling…

• Firefox 2.0 Officially Available

  After a false start earlier this week when unofficial links to Firefox 2.0 surfaced, Mozilla officially released the Web browser…

• Drag-and-drop Playlists in iTunes

  In true Mac fashion, there's more than one way to build Playlists in iTunes. One slick way to create new…

October, 23rd October 2006

• An Examination of Executive Power at Apple, Part I

  Each day, we are exposed to the effects of Executive Power. At times, we are tempted to draw rather simple…

• iTunes 7

  With the release of iTunes 7, Apple made it very clear that its music management application was now a full-fledged…

• San Luis Obispo, Calif. Apple Store on Hold

  Apple had plans to put one of its stores in downtown San Luis Obispo, Calif., but "momentum has slowed to…

• Sony: Sorry About the Batteries

  Sony executives publicly apologized on Tuesday for the manufacturing issues that led to a massive recall of laptop batteries the…

• Apple Offers MagSafe Airline Power Adapter

  Along with the updated MacBook Pro, Apple introduced a new MagSafe Airline Power Adapter on Tuesday.

• WatchMouse Updates Web Site Monitoring widget

  WatchMouse announced the immediate availability of version 2 of its WatchMouse Site Monitor Web site performance monitoring widget on Tuesday.

• Apple Introduces Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro

  Apple upgraded the MacBook Pro on Tuesday. The new version sports an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, and adds FireWire…

• Otay Ranch Apple Store Opens Oct 27

  The grand opening of Apple's retail store at Otay Ranch in Chula Vista, California, will be at 10:00 a.m. on…

• Apple Store Goes Offline

  Apple's online store went offline Tuesday morning, and now displays the traditional "We'll be back soon" note. Rumors have been…

• PDFPen Pro 3.0.2 Improves Editing

  SmileOnMyMac announced the immediate availability of PDFPen Pro 3.0.2 on Tuesday.

• Blizzard Delays World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Until January

  Blizzard Entertainment announced Tuesday that The Burning Crusade, the long-awaited expansion for World of Warcraft, will be delayed until January,…

• Analyst: ‘iPod Growth Will Continue Around 30% Year-Over-Year’

  "Despite talk of market saturation, we believe iPod growth will continue at around 30% y/y," Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster…

• Mac Geek Gab #75: Syncing, Sleeping, Spindown and Skype

  This week, it's all about you! Answering your questions and sharing your tips on Syncing, Sleep, Spindown, and Skype, this…

October, 22nd October 2006

• Seasonality 1.3.2

  Depending on your occupation or personal interests, weather tracking can be a necessary task, or an interesting diversion. Seasonality 1.3.2…

• IBM Sues Amazon Over Patents

  IBM on Monday said it has filed a pair of lawsuits against Amazon.com, alleging that the online retailer has infringed…

• Woz, Kawasaki, J. Allard Judge My Dream App Finals

  Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, former Apple evangelist Guy Kawasaki, Xbox and Zune creator J. Allard, Mac OS Finder creator Bruce…

• Skype 2 for Mac Now Available

  Skype officially released version 2 of its online chat application on Monday.

• WiebeTech Introduces New v4 Combo Adapters

  WiebeTech announced the immediate availability of its new v4 Combo Adapters on Monday.

• PDFKey Pro 3.0 Adds File Locking

  Michele Balisteri announced the immediate availability of PDFKey Pro 3.0 on Monday.

• iFizzle Fizzles Out

  The iFizzle Web site, which emulated Mac OS X in a Web browser, has shut down with only a notice…

• ClipDoubler 1.1 Available

  Northern Softworks announced the immediate availability of ClipDoubler 1.1 on Monday.

• iPod Software Updates with iTunes 7

  One of the benefits of iTunes 7 is that it manages software updates for your iPod so that you don't…

October, 20th October 2006

• Weekly Roundup: Corporate Mistakes, an Intro to Podcast Hardware

  This week, a quick look at corporate screw-ups, big and small, from Apple's occasional virus on iPods to Sony's titanic…

October, 19th October 2006

• Pop-A-Tronic

  Big Blue Bubble's Pop-A-Tronic is one of the best pure puzzle games I've played in a long time. Pop-A-Tronic focuses…

• Apple Boston Store Approved

  Apple has received approval from the Boston Redevelopment Authority for the three-story store it wants to put on Boylston Street.

• Typinator 1.5 Adds German Support

  Ergonis Software announced the immediate availability of Typinator 1.5 on Friday. Typinator is a utility that expands custom abbreviations you…

• New Apple Stores in the Works

  If you can't get enough of the Apple Store when you are in Denver or Chicago, you may be in…

• QuickerTek Updates Connect Antenna Software

  QuickerTek announced the immediate availability of Connect 1.5 on Thursday, an update to its Connect wireless antenna configuration application.

• Posterino 1.0 beta 5 Improves Image Browsing, More

  Zykloid Software announced the immediate availability of Posterino 1.0 beta 5 on Friday. Posterino is an application that helps you…

• Rest for Weary Eyes: Switching Your Display to Grayscale

  Long hours working in text editors and word processors can be a strain on your eyes, especially since the bright…

October, 18th October 2006

• Building Websites with Mambo

  There are scads of amazing technologies available to help you build a better Web site. The problem lies in finding…

• Film Director Kevin Smith, Others Set For Macworld SF

  Film director Kevin Smith, best known for his indie breakout hit Clerks, will participate in a Q&A during Macworld Conference…

• NewerTech Adds Retrospect Backup, SpeedTools to miniStack DIY Kit

  Newer Technology on Thursday announced the addition of EMC Retrospect Backup and Intech HD SpeedTools software to its "Add Your…

• Apple Hot Deals Update For CDW Macwarehouse, J&R Computerworld, Sweetwater

  Apple Computer has updated the Hot Deals pages for CDW Macwarehouse, J&R Computerworld, and Sweetwater Sound at the Macintosh Product…

• MaBaSoft Announces Application Wizard 2.0

  MaBaSoft announced the immediate availability of Application Wizard 2.0 on Thursday. Application Wizard is a Universal Binary application that manages…

• GizMac Ships 25U XRackPro2

  GizMac announced the immediate availability of its 25U XRackPro2 server rack mount cabinet on Thursday.

• Dell Losing PC Marketshare

  Dell has long been considered the top computer manufacturer in terms of units shipped, but lately has been losing ground…