Archives for June 2007

June, 21st June 2007

• Apple Hot Deals Update For B&H, Sweetwater Sound, Developers

  Apple Inc. has updated the Hot Deals pages for B&H Photo Video, Sweetwater Sound, and Mac developers at the Macintosh…

• Snapz Pro Now Universal, Leopard Compatible

  Ambrosia Software announced on Thursday that its screen recording software, Snapz Pro, has been updated to version 2.1. The new…

• Star Watching, Dashboard Style

  I enjoy watching the night sky, but I don't always feel like turning to a full fledged astronomy application like…

June, 20th June 2007

• No More Illusions: WWDC Adjustments Needed

  John Martellaro, an experienced WWDC attendee, takes a look at some of the historical illusions perpetuated at WWDC and finds…

• Big Improvements to Mac Development Coming

  Mac OS X is a platform that affords development in many languages. However, the most influential branch, and the one…

• Adobe Launches Premiere Express

  Adobe launched its new Adobe Premiere Express online video editing system on Thursday. The Web-based video remix and editing tool…

• MaBaSoft Updates World Clock Deluxe

  MaBaSoft updated World Clock Deluxe on Thursday to version 4.4.7. The new version adds 95 new cities to the database.

• Big Nerd Ranch Announced OpenGl BootCamp in Germany

  Big Nerd Ranch Europe announced on Thursday that it will be offering a five day OpenGL Bootcamp in Germany this…

• TechRestore Offers Overnight MacBook 250GB HD Upgrades

  TechRestore announced the immediate availability of overnight high capacity hard drive upgrades for Apple's MacBook and MacBook Pro on Thursday.…

• FileWave 3.0 Improves Administrator Support, More

  FileWave announced version 3 of its flagship product, also named FileWave, on Thursday. The new version of the networked application…

• Excel Software Releases MacA&D 2.2

  Excel Software announced on Wednesday that it has released version 2.2 of MacA&D, its software modeling tool. The new version…

June, 19th June 2007

• Mac OS X 10.4.10 Released for PPC and Intel

  Apple released Mac OS X 10.4.10 update for both PPC and Intel on Wednesday. Improvements are in the areas of…

• Apple Poised to be $42B Company by 2009

  In the days before the iPhone becomes available, there is considerable buzz. No one knows if the AT&T stores will…

• Computerworld: 17-in MacBook Pro Worth Every Penny

  The list of superlatives for the new 17-inch Mac Book Pro with the hi-rez screen went on and on. The…

• CNN Money: Forget Joost

  Joost has received a lot of buzz lately. However, Joost is limited to content formally licensed with providers. Dmitry Shapiro…

• Gefen Announces Two New HDMI Converters

  Gefen announced two new connectivity solutions on Wednesday that convert component video and audio to the HDMI protocol. One handles…

• SpaceNavigator Get Poser 7 Support

  3DConnecion announced on Wednesday that the SpaceNavigator 3D mouse now offers Poser 7.2 support. The SpaceNavigator can be used to…

• LaCie Bumps d2 SAFE HD to 1TB

  LaCie announced the immediate availability of a 1TB version of its d2 SAFE hard drive on Wednesday. Just like its…

• IAA Introduces PocketMac Remote for PowerPoint, Keynote

  Information Appliance Associates announced the immediate availability of PocketMac Remote on Tuesday. PocketMac Remote is an application that allows Intel-based…

• Analyst: June Quarter iPod Sales Could Hit 10M

  Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster took a look at the numbers, and he estimates Apple could sell as many as…

• Finding Duplicate Tracks in iTunes

  iTunes is great for managing you music library, but it still occasionally ends up with duplicate tracks. It can find…

June, 18th June 2007

• BuZZdex Resource Available for Video Professionals

  The Digital Production BuZZ site has announced the BuZZdex, an index of articles, tutorials and resources for video professionals.

• Seeing Red: Safari on Windows

  Safari on Windows is, well, Safari and doesn't change the Web browsing rules or experience on Windows. But one thing…

• QuikerTek Announces 802.11n Card for PowerBook

  QuickerTek announced its new nQuicky 802.11n wireless networking card for Apple's PowerBook on Tuesday. The PCMCIA-based card will allow PowerBook…

• Adobe Unveils Digital Editions eBook Reader

  Adobe introduced a new eBook reader application on Tuesday dubbed Adobe Digital Editions 1.0. The application supports PDF and XML-based…

• Groupcal 3.90 Improves MarkSpace Support

  Snerdware released Groupcal 3.90 on Tuesday. The updated version of the Microsoft Exchange plug-in for iCal added improved support for…

• Cocktail 3.8 Improves Spotlight, Network Support

  Maintain announced the immediate availability of Cocktail 3.8 (Tiger Edition) on Tuesday. The updated version of the Mac OS X…

• Mac Geek Gab #108: Installing, IP Addressing, IR and iTunes

  Back from WWDC and in the groove again, Dave and John talk through your questions and tips about upgrading your…

June, 17th June 2007

• Tripods

  If you thought the world of post processing software is vast, wait until you take a peek at all of…

• WWDC Stock Curse Repeats

  In the past, Apple stock held during WWDC has lost money. The effect continued again in 2007, according to Blackfriars'…

• Volitans Software Introduces SMART Utility

  Volitans Software announced the immediate availability of the hard drive status monitoring application SMART Utility on Monday. In addition to…

• BeLight Offers Retail Version of Art Text

  BeLight Software announce the immediate availability of a retail version of Art Text on Monday. Art Text is an application…

• GoGoalSoft Introduces goSecure

  GoGoalSoft announced the immediate availability of goSecure 1.0 on Monday. goSecure is a file encryption application that runs natively on…

• Analyst: iPhone Will Succeed Despite Drawbacks

  Apple's iPhone will hit store shelves on June 29, and American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu expects it will be…

• Apple Stock Rebounds After WWDC Slump

  After an up and down ride during the World Wide Developers Conference, Apple's stock rebounded on Monday. The Mac and…

June, 15th June 2007

• Apple Report: AWR 2007 -06-16: iPhone Apps, Safari 3, and WWDC Wrap Up

  The Steve Jobs keynote at Apple's World Wide Developers Conference may not have been all that inspiring, but it certainly…

June, 14th June 2007

• WWDC Keynote Makes My Brains Go Boom

  If you listen to some folks who attended Apple's World Wide Developer's Conference, you'd think that Steve Jobs didn't live…

• OWC Releases 4GB Memory Upgrade Kits for Latest MacBook Pros

  Other World Computing (OWC) announced Friday 4GB memory kits for the latest generation of 2.2 GHz and 2.4 GHz MacBook…

• BaseElements 1.2 Improves variable Tracking, More

  Goya Pty Ltd announced the immediate availability of BaseElements 1.2 on Friday. The updated version of the FileMaker developer analysis…

• Adobe Stock Photos 1.5 Improves Bridge CS3 Support

  Adobe released an update to its Stock Photos image download service on Thursday. The version 1.5 update enabled Adobe Bridge…

• Day #4 Observations

  Each year, WWDC changes in subtle ways. Some changes are driven by growth, and that can be both good and…

• Macgamestore.com Releases Escape From Paradise for the Mac

  Macgamestore.com and Big Fish Games announced the immediate availability of Escape From Paradise for Mac OS X on Friday. Players…

• Busting Internet Hoaxes

  Believe it or not, some of the emails I get are of no value to me. Others are the same…

• Tip Time: MacBrickout, Spotlight, Batch Processing, More

  Nancy Carroll Gravley has put together a new tips column, including a great Mac OS X game, tips on using…

June, 13th June 2007

• Internet Radio And The CRB: A View From Indie Labels

  Millions of people listen to Internet based radio stations. With technologies available that make listening to Internet-based radio and services…

• HDMI Group Buys Miglia, to Expand Products to Windows

  HDMI Group announced Thursday that it was buying Miglia, the maker of Mac TV, video, and storage products. Pocket-Lint reported…

• Safari for Windows Top One Million Downloads in 48 Hours

  Apple Inc. announced Thursday that the beta release of Safari 3 for Windows was downloaded more than one million times…

• Conoa Video Effects Now Universal Binary

  Conoa announced on Thursday that it has updated its entire product line for Intel-based Macs. Conoa develops video effect and…

• Apple Releases Security Update for Windows Safari Beta

  The Windows version of Apple's Safari 3 public beta Web browser received its first update only three days after it…

• MaxProtect Sleeve for New MacBook Pro Available

  MaxUpgrades announced the immediate availability of new MaxProtect sleeves on Thursday. The new models are designed to fit Apple's recently…