Archives for February 2008

February, 21st February 2008

• Mossberg: Lenovo X300 Has More Features than MacBook Air, Less Sexy

  The grand poobah of tech journalists, Walt Mossberg, has spoken: Lenovo's subnotebook ThinkPad X300 has more features than Apple's MacBook…

• CNN Money Makes Much Ado About MacBook Air Batteries

  Sales of Apple's new MacBook Air ultra-thin laptop could be limited because of the lack of a user-replaceable battery, according…

• Quick-send Text with Mail’s Send Selection Service

  Mac OS X has a very powerful yet generally unknown feature called Services. One of the many useful things you…

February, 20th February 2008

• PCMAG: Leopard is Best Consumer OS Ever Written

  Mac OS X 10.5 is the best OS ever written for the vast majority of consumers, according to Edward Mendelson…

• BRU Backup Solution 1.3.1 Gets New Interface

  The Tolis Group announced the release of BRU LE version 1.3.1 on Thursday. The update features a re-designed user interface…

• Microsoft Claims to Embrace Openness and Interoperability

  Microsoft held a special press conference on Thursday morning to announce that it is embracing openness and interoperability between its…

• Microsoft Preps for Big Non-Yahoo Announcement

  Microsoft is preparing to make what it calls a "significant company announcement" on Thursday morning. The press conference -- which…

• Relationship 1.1 Gains Leopard Compatibility

  Jumsoft announced the immediate availability of Relationship 1.1 on Thursday. The updated version of the costumer relationship management application added…

• DeIMG 4 Adds CSS Style Sheet Support

  The Daily Grind announced the immediate availability of DeIMG 4 on Thursday. The HTML table generator for images added the…

• OmniPlan 1.5 Improves Import/Export

  The Omni Group announced the immediate availability of OmniPlan 1.5 on Thursday. The update for the project management application improved…

• HP calculators live (on your iPhone)!

  The HP-11C and HP-15C calculators are, quite simply, the best single-line display calculators ever created. If you don't absolutely need…

February, 19th February 2008

• Motley Fool: Microsoft’s Yen for Yahoo! Damaged Both Companies

  Speaking to the proposed acquisition of Yahoo! by Microsoft and a possible hostile takeover, the damage to both companies has…

• Intel’s Mobile Penryn, Montevina to be Coined Centrino 2

  In order to clear up confusion about its product line and punctuate an advance in technology, Intel will rename the…

• iPresentee Presents Keynote Animations

  iPresentee has created a pack of 50 easy-to-use, humorous, and attractive Keynote animations to enhance presentations. The QuickTime animations span…

• YML: Wall to Wall Pundits (including Andy Ihnatko)

  Your Mac Life (YML), with Shawn King, which airs every Wednesday night, will chat with three Apple pundits: Andy Ihnatko,…

• HandBrake 0.9.2 Updated for Leopard

  HandBrake version 0.9.2 was updated on Tuesday. The new version is Leopard only, adds Dolby Digital 5.1 sound in MP4…

• Registration Opens for FileMaker Developer Conference

  Apple subsidiary FileMaker, Inc. announced Wednesday that registration has been opened for the 2008 FileMaker Developer Conference. The even takes…

• Print Window 4 Adds Excel Export

  Searchware Solutions announced the immediate availability of Print Window 4.0 on Wednesday. The new version of the enhanced Finder window…

• Optimism Offers Health Tracking

  Crackatonic Projects announced the immediate availability of Optimism 1.0 on Wednesday. Optimism is a health and wellness planning application that…

• TypeIt4Me 4.0 Adds Spelling Auto-correct

  Ettore Software announced the immediate availability of TypeIt4Me 4.0 on Wednesday. The new version of the text auto-expander added the…

• Firmware Update Fixes Missing Keystroke Issue on MacBook, MacBook Pro

  Apple released MacBook, MacBook Pro Keyboard Firmware Update 1.0 on Tuesday. The update addressed an issue where the first key…

• Shaw Wu: Apple Well Positioned to Weather Current Economic Storms

  American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu took note of Apple's price cut for the iPod Shuffle on Tuesday and stated…

• Google Images: When Free Isn’t Always Free

  Most people get how companies like iStockphoto work: You find an image you like, and then you pay to use…

February, 18th February 2008

• TCBuild Helps Fortran 90 Coders with Dependent Builds

  When working on large projects with many files in Fortran 90, the code dependencies can become a problem, and there…

• NAND Flash Memory Prices Drop with Lower Demand from Apple

  NAND flash memory prices are under some downward price pressure due to Apple's historic demand levels not rebounding, according to…

• Xserve RAID Missing Following Xsan 2 Launch

  Apple's Xserve RAID quietly and unceremoniously disappeared from the company's Web site and online store following the launch of Xsan…

• Apple Introduces Xsan 2

  Apple announced the immediate availability of Xsan 2 on Tuesday. The new version of the enterprise-class Storage Area Network system…

• ArtOptimizer 2 Gets Leopard Support

  Zevrix Solutions announced the immediate availability of ArtOptimizer 2.0 on Tuesday. The new version of the Illustrator file size optimizer…

• Page Control 2.0 Adds Rotating Pages, Vertical Spreads

  DTP Tools announced the immediate availability of Page Control 2.0 on Tuesday. The new version of the multiple page size…

• Apple’s Tuesday Ritual: Online Store is Down

  In what appears to be part of Apple's weekly schedule now, the Cupertino company's online store went down on Tuesday…

• Neverwinter Nights 2 for the Mac Ships Next Week [Updated]

  Aspyr Media announced on Tuesday that Neverwinter Nights 2 for the Mac has been declared gold and will begin shipping…

• Wheel of Fortune Deluxe Available at Macgamestore

  Macgamestore.com announced the immediate availability of Wheel of Fortune Deluxe as a digital download on Tuesday. Previously, the game was…

February, 17th February 2008

• Takahashi: Apple Keeps Moving Forward, Microsoft Backward

  The new MacBook Air emphasizes the important fact that Apple keeps moving forward. However, Microsoft took a step backward with…

• Leopard Graphics Update 1.0 Provides OpenGL Speed Boost

  Macs Only! conducted some performance testing on the Leopard Graphics Update and found substantial improvements in OpenGL performance, according to…

• HyperPort Rescues old HyperCard Stacks

  Danny Goodman has released HyperPort, itself a Classic program that migrates data from old HyperCard stacks and makes them accessible…

• IW: Time to Dump Windows?

  InfoWorld's Galen Gruman asked the questions on Sunday: Can it be done? Is this the right time? He explored what…

• Leopard Wins PC Magazine’s OS War 2008

  PC Magazine's March issue pitted Mac OS X 10.5.1 against Windows XP, Vista, and Ubuntu Linux 7.10 in every imaginable…

• MacHEADS: The Movie Trailer Posted

  MacHEADS is producing a documentary about the Apple user community and their enthusiasm for Apple's products. A trailer for the…

• PTHPasteboard Pro 4.4 Adds New Filters

  PTH Consulting announced the immediate availability of PTHPasteboard Pro 4.4 on Monday. The updated version of the multiple clipboard application…

• Secret Folder ‘08 Sports New Visibility Options

  Apimac announced the immediate availability of Secret Folder '08 on Monday. The new version of the folder and document hiding…

• Mac Geek Gab #142: Geek Advice, Hybrid Wireless Networks, & Syncing Macs

  First John and Dave start off with some general advice to help keep your geek status in good standing. Then…

February, 16th February 2008

• Apple TV, Take Two follow-up: AirTunes

  In my previous blog entry, I described the three features I liked best in the new Apple TV "Take Two."…

February, 15th February 2008

• AllTop + Fluid = A Tasty News Drink

  It's no secret that I'm something of a news junkie, and I like to be an efficient news junkie, too.…

February, 14th February 2008

• MCE Unveils QuickStream Portable DV Hard Drive

  MCE announced the immediate availability of its new QuickStream portable hard drive for DV/HDV video recording on Friday. The hard…

• Barcode Producer 4.7 Improves Music Barcode Support

  Intelli Innovations announced the immediate availability of Barcode Producer 4.7 on Friday. The update for the barcode design application improved…

• HP Wraps Up NYT, BusinessWeek Pretexting Suits

  Hewlett-Packard finally settled with The New York Times and journalists from BusinessWeek over the lawsuits against it for spying on…

• MaxUpgrades Updates MacConnect for 2008 Mac Pro

  MaxUpgrades announced the immediate availability of its MaxConnect optical bay hard disk expansion system for the 2008 Mac Pro on…

• Open Reel Software Introduces Aether Ham Radio Logger

  Open Reel Software announced the immediate availability of Aether 1.0 on Friday. Aether is a ham radio logging application, organizing,…

• DiskLibrary 1.7.3 Improves Search Support

  Obvious Matter announced the immediate availability of DiskLibrary 1.7.3 on Friday. The updated version of the media cataloging application added…

• Leopard: The Return of the Usable Dock

  Apple giveth, and Apple taketh away... and sometimes Apple giveth back again. In this case, Apple took away some Dock…