Archives for August 2007

August, 23rd August 2007

• X-Rite Buys Pantone

  X-Rite announced on Friday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to buy Pantone for US$180 million. X-Rite is…

• Forklift 1.1 Adds Droplets

  Binarynights Software announced the immediate availability of Forklift 1.1 on Friday. The updated version of the FTP client application added…

• FotoMagico 2.1 Adds iPhoto ‘08 Support, More

  Boinx Software announced the immediate availability of FotoMagico 2.1 on Friday. The updated version of the digital slideshow application added…

• macProVideo Releases Aperture Tutorial Video

  macProVideo announced on Thursday the immediate availability of their video tutorial, "Aperture 101: Mastering Aperture."

• Macgamestore Releases Hidden Expedition: Everest

  Macgamestore announced the immediate availability of Hidden Expedition: Everest on Friday. The game puts players in the roll of a…

• iWork ‘08, AppleWorks…and the New iMacs

  iWork '08 is out. The addition of a spreadsheet has led to an obvious question: How well does iWork stack…

August, 22nd August 2007

• Smart Scroll Adds Support for Carbon Apps

  Marc Moini announced on Thursday that Smart Scroll has added support for many Carbon Applications and has been updated to…

• OWC Lowers Blu-ray Drive Prices

  Other World Computing announced on Thursday that it has reduced the price of its Mercury Blu-ray external and internal drives.…

• Skype Gives Paying Customers a Free Week

  Following the unexpected two-day service outage many Skype users experienced last week, the company on Thursday announced that it will…

• iMovie 7.0.1 Improves Web Gallery Support

  Apple released an update for the new version of iMovie that is included with iLife '08 on Wednesday. iMovie 7.0.1…

• Apple, The Enterprise, and Moral Obligations

  A Blogger, Anil Dash, came close to suggesting that Apple has a moral obligation to serve the enterprise market. That…

August, 21st August 2007

• Sonnet Introduces Memory Card Reader ExpressCard/34

  Sonnet Technologies announced the immediate availability if its new 21-in-1 Multimedia Memory Card Reader for ExpressCard slots on Wednesday. The…

• YML Tonight: Storage Robots and the Perfect Keyboard

  Your Mac Life (YML), with Shawn King, which airs every Wednesday night, will feature a chat with Geoff Barrall, CEO…

• Fortune: Apple’s Hottest Product is Computers

  Apple's computers are emerging as the hottest part of the company's product profile, according to Fortune Magazine on Wednesday. That…

• Seattle Apple Store Loses Laptops, iPhones in Break In

  Mac laptop owners that left their computers at the University Village Apple Store in Seattle got a rude awakening on…

• Google Earth 4.2 Looks to the Sky

  Google introduced a new version of its Google Earth application on Wednesday that does more than show what's below your…

• TidBITS Unveils AutoCorrect Dictionary for Typinator

  Ergonis Software and TidBITS Publishing announced the immediate availability of the TidBITS AutoCorrect Dictionary for Typinator on Wednesday. The dictionary…

• YouTube Launches In-video Ad Program

  YouTube entered the commercial age on Wednesday by adding in-video advertisements to some of the offerings on its Web site.…

• Aquafadas Releases iDive v. 1.8 Video Librarian

  Aquafadas announced the release of version 1.8 of its digital video cataloging program on Tuesday. The new version includes a…

• Analyst: iPhone, Mac Sales Going Strong

  American Technology research analyst Shaw Wu has been watching Mac and iPhone sales, and the numbers he sees indicate that…

August, 20th August 2007

• Apple, Microsoft, Dell Caught Revising Wikipedia

  Apple, Microsoft, and Dell amongst many others have been identified by a new program, Wikipedia Scanner, as having edited or…

• Apple Notebook Sales Soaring, Ominous News for Dell

  A ChangeWave Research survey reveals that Apple's notebook computer sales are soaring and that there is ominous news for Dell…

• Steve Jobs Inducted into California Hall of Fame

  Apple CEO Steve Jobs has another feather to add to his cap: he has been inducted into California Hall of…

• Flash Player to get H.264 Support

  Adobe announced on Tuesday that it is adding support for the H.264 video codec to its Flash Player 9 software.…

• Keynote Themes FX 2.0 Adds New Themes

  Jumsoft announced the immediate availability of a new version of its Keynote Themes FX on Tuesday. Keynote Themes FX 2.0…

• iPhoto Library Manager 3.3 Adds iLife ‘08 Support

  Fat Cat Software announced the immediate availability of iPhoto Library Manager 3.3 on Tuesday. The updated version of the multiple…

• EUCLIB Releases C++ 2D Graphics Library for Mac OS X

  EUCLIB released its EUCLIB C++ 2D geometry library on Monday. The highly optimized library contains over 500 functions and is…

• Mac Geek Gab #116: Fonts, Follow-ups, and Finding Disappearing Folders

  John and Dave answer your questions about Fonts, Clicks, and Database as well as continuing on with existing topics including…

August, 19th August 2007

• RBC Analyst: Mac and iPhone Sales Will be Strong

  RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky predicted on Friday that Apple will report strong sales for Macs and iPhones in…

• Apple Retail Stores Making Major Contribution

  Apple's retails stores have been making a major contribution to Apple's revenues since 2005, according to ifoAppleStore. While the retail…

• Roxio Launches Popcorn 3

  Roxio has announced Popcorn 3 for Mac OS X. Version 3 adds many new features including TiVoToGo support (Series 2),…

• Former Apple Exec Joins SoonR

  Apple Inc. alumni Patrick McVeigh removed one degree of separation between himself and the iPhone by taking on the CEO…

• QuickerTek Unveils External 802.11n Base Station Antenna

  QuickerTek announced the immediate availability of the QuickerTek N Antenna Upgrade for Apple's AirPort Extreme 802.11n Base Station on Monday.…

• Amadeus Pro 1.1 Improves AU, VST Plug-in Support

  HairerSoft announced the immediate availability of Amadeus Pro 1.1 on Monday. The updated version of the multitrack audio editing application…

• Apple to Open UK Buchanan Street Store Saturday

  The United Kingdom will have another Apple Store when the Buchanan Street store in Glasgow officially opens at 9:00 a.m.…

• Aspyr Launches Virtual Villagers: A New Home for the Mac

  spyr Media announced the immediate availability of Virtual Villagers: A New Home on Monday. Virtual Village is a simulation game…

• EA Comes to the Mac For Real

  Electronic Arts promised to bring its video games to the Mac, and the company finally delivered. Battlefield 2142, Need for…

• AirPort Equivalent Network Passwords

  Entering the network password for an AirPort Base Station isn't a big deal for Mac users. When you see the…

August, 18th August 2007

• Apple Weekly Report: Steve Jobs Stock Options, John Lennon, and Phantom iPhone Clones

  Steve Jobs scored some serious Apple stock this week, and John Lennon joined the iTunes Store, but it's still too…

August, 16th August 2007

• Former PC Magazine Editor-in-Chief Sours on Vista

  Jim Louderback, the former editor-in-chief of PC Magazine, after using Vista for nine months, has soured on the OS.

• Woz Goes D-List

  Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is always up for a good laugh, so maybe it's only fitting that he was recently…

• OWC Offers 3GB Upgrade for Mac mini

  Other World Computing announced the immediate availability of its 3GB RAM upgrade for Apple's Core 2 Duo Mac mini on…

• EyeTV 250 Plus Combines TV Viewing, Video Converter

  Elgato announced the immediate availability the EyeTV 250 Plus combination TV tuner and video converter on Thursday. The successor to…

• iWeb 2.0.1 Improves iWeb 1 Support

  Apple released iWeb 2.0.1 Thursday evening with fixes for a problem with upgrading and publishing iWeb 1.x Web sites. The…

• Soggy Waffles Releases Paintbrush 1.0

  Soggy Waffles released version 1.0 of Paintbrush on Thursday. Paintbrush is a Cocoa-based program similar to Microsoft Paint and the…

• Pogue: New iMovie an "Utter Bafflement"

  Apple made some great improvements with the new versions of iPhoto, iWeb, and GarageBand in iLife '08, but David Pogue…

• Find Image Dimensions with Safari

  Safari is more than just a Web browser and RSS reader. This little Swiss-army-knife application can also show you the…

August, 15th August 2007

• ProTouch keyboard protector

  I admit to being somewhat of a clean freak, so products like the iSkin ProTouch keyboard protector naturally appeal to…

• Mossberg: iWork ‘08 Nice, Innovative, but Numbers Wimpy

  Apple's new iWork '08 is a nice product, has some refreshing innovations, but Numbers is wimpy compared with Microsoft Excel,…

• BW: Apple Masters Teen Marketing

  Apple has mastered the art of reaching teenagers, and other companies could learn some lessons on how Apple does it,…