Archives for March 2008

March, 11th March 2008

• GrandVJ to Replace ArKaos VJ

  ArKaos unveiled GrandVJ, its replacement for ArKaos VJ, on Wednesday. ArKaos claims that the new application will build on its…

• Apple Rolls Out AirPort Utility 5.3.1 for Leopard

  Apple released AirPort Utility 5.3.1 on Tuesday as part of its AirPort Base Station Update 2008-001. The update requires Mac…

• Apple Q2 Earnings Report Scheduled for April 23

  Apple will conduct its second quarter 2008 earnings conference call on Wednesday, April 23 at 2PM pacific time. The event…

• Finder: The Joy of Undo

  Anyone can make a mistake, and if that mistake happens to be in the Finder, there's a good chance you…

March, 10th March 2008

• EagleFiler 1.3 Adds Capture, QuickLook Functions

  Michael Tsai released EagleFiler 1.3 on Tuesday. The new version added "capture with options," batch change, uses QuickLook to display…

• Microsoft Posts Security Patches for Mac Office 2008

  Microsoft posted the first update v12.0.1, for Office 2008 on Tuesday. The update addresses issues related to security, stability and…

• MacBook Air Disappears Into, Well, Thin Air

  Steven Levy, technology columnist for Newsweek, lost his new MacBook Air. One theory is that it got mixed in with…

• Mozilla Releases Firefox 3 Beta 4

  The Mozilla Project announced on Monday the release of Firefox 3 Beta 4. The new version has over 900 big…

• TimeTable Tracks Time from iCal

  Steven Riggs announced the immediate availability of TimeTable 1.0 on Tuesday. TimeTable is an application that tracks the time for…

• Ecamm Unveils Huckleberry 3 for MacBook, MacBook Pro

  Ecamm Network announced the immediate availability of the Huckleberry 3 mirror for the MacBook and MacBook Pro on Tuesday. The…

• TRAKTOR SCRATCH 1.2 Improves Vinyl Tracking

  Native Instruments announced the immediate availability of TRAKTOR SCRATCH 1.2 on Tuesday. The update for the digital DJ application optimized…

• Apple Releases MacBook Air SMC Update 1.0

  Apple rolled out MacBook Air SMC Update 1.0 Monday evening to fine tune the speed and operation of the ultra-light…

• Mac Geek Gab #145: Apple Hardware MGGstravaganza

  John and Dave talk about the new Apple hardware they've been using: Penryn-based MacBook Pro, Time Capsule, and Apple TV…

March, 09th March 2008

• Apple Posts Radeon HD 2600 XT Update for Mac Pros

  Apple posted an update for Mac Pros with 10.5.2 and the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT graphics card on Tuesday.…

• Enterprise Security for iPhone has Many Elements

  Now that the iPhone's enterprise capabilities are starting to appear on the radar of corporations, an understanding of just what…

• Intel Prepares to Launch its own SSDs

  Intel has announced plans to enter the market for Solid State Disks (SSD), a market currently dominated by Samsung, Toshiba…

• Microsoft Acknowledges Yahoo! Merger Issues

  Noting that Microsoft and Yahoo! have two very different cultures and internal technologies, Microsoft's Ray Ozzie said that Microsoft would…

• MacBook Air Stymies TSA

  Michael Nygard, a frequent flyer who takes great pains to make his flights less of an ordeal, missed his flight…

• Northern Softworks Releases LockDown 1.0

  Northern Softworks has announced the release of LockDown 1.0. LockDown uses the cryptography libraries of OpenSSL to make six industrial…

• Tidy Up! 1.3.4 Improves Leopard Support

  Hyperbolic Software announced the immediate availability of Tidy Up! 1.3.4 on Monday. The update for the duplicate file and package…

• Sun VP: Java for iPhone Coming

  Sun Microsystems has taken an interest in Apple's iPhone and has plans to develop a version of its Java Virtual…

• PopChar X 3.4 Improves Character Searching, Leopard Supports

  Ergonis Software announced the immediate availability of PopChar X 3.4 on Monday. The updated version of the special character locating…

• Calculator: More Than Meets the Eye

  Apple's Calculator application is pretty handy for basic mathematic calculations, but by default it doesn't do much for the scientific…

• Apple Weekly Report #118: iPhone Enterprise & SDK Special Report

  Apple finally updated the MacBook Pro, Microsoft was hit with another hefty EU fine and published an open letter to…

March, 06th March 2008

• iPhone SDK: More pros than cons

  Apple's iPhone media event ended just minutes ago. So this is a very rough first take of my reaction. And…

• Microsoft Advises Double Checking Vista/XP for DST Change

  Microsoft has set up a page to assist users with checking their Vista and XP system to make sure they…

• Take Control Introduces Take Control of Permissions in Leopard

  TidBITS and Take Control announced the immediate availability of Take Control of Permissions in Leopard on Friday. The latest Take…

• Macgamestore Releases Rainbow Web 2

  Macgamestore.com announced the immediate availability of Rainbow Web 2 on Friday. The game lets players fight to save the Rainbow…

• Dominions 3: The Awakening 3.15 Fixes Bugs, Adds Spells

  Shrapnel Games announced the immediate availability of Dominions 3: The Awakening 3.15 on Friday. The update for the turn-based fantasy…

• Grabbing Colors with the Colors Pane

  Sometimes the color you want to work with just doesn't seem to be in Apple's Colors pane, but you can…

March, 05th March 2008

• Steve Jobs Introduces the iFund [UPDATED]

  At Apple's iPhone Roadmap event in Thursday, Steve Jobs, in concert with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers introduced the "iFund,"…

• AOL Opens AIM to Developers

  AOL is no longer holding its AOL Instant Messenger network so close to its chest now that has launched OpenAIM…

• Entourage Email Archive X 4 Adds Entourage 2008 Support

  Softhing announced the immediate availability of Entourage Email Archive X 4.0 on Thursday. The new version of the email archiving…

• Apple Releases MacBook Air DVD or CD Sharing Setup

  Apple released DVD or CD Sharing Setup for the MacBook Air Wednesday evening. Like other updates, Apple isn't offering many…

• Oxeye Game Studio Releases Harvest: Massive Encounter

  Oxeye Game Studio announced the immediate availability of Harvest: Massive Encounter on Thursday. The real-time strategy game pits players against…

• Apple Weekly Report #117: New MacBooks, EU Slaps Microsoft with More Fines

  Apple finally updated the MacBook Pro, Microsoft was hit with another hefty EU fine and published an open letter to…

March, 04th March 2008

• Mr. Jobs’ Choices for Successor Say a Lot About Apple’s Future

  [23:15 UTC] On Tuesday, Steve Jobs mentioned some possible candidates to become his successor. Two were Apple COO Tim Cook…

• Detailed Changes to Penryn MacBook Pros Posted

  EveryMac has posted the exact details of the changes from the "Mid-2007/Santa Rosa" MacBook Pro models to the "Early 2008/Penryn"…

• Time Capsule Tear Down Posted

  TechRestore has posted a tear down video of the Apple Time Capsule. Commentary was minimal.

• OmniGraffle 5 is Faster, Gains Better Visio Compatibility

  The Omni Group announced the release of OmniGraffle 5 on Wednesday. The new version has faster layout, greater Visio compatibility…

• iSuppi Reports Apple Worldwide Shipments up 39% Y/Y

  Apple's Macintosh market share in the U.S. has been climbing and is at about 8 percent. On Wednesday, iSuppli published…

• YML: Apple Over-promising and Under-delivering

  Your Mac Life (YML), with Shawn King, which airs every Wednesday night, will talk about how Apple seems to be…

• C|Net Gives Time Capsule Mixed Review

  C|Net UK put an Apple Time Capsule through its paces in a review published on Wednesday. It has a clean…

• MacForensicsLab Publishes White Paper on Mac Malware

  Some users believe that their Macs are absolutely invulnerable to viruses, trojans, and worms. Technical professionals, however, know that all…

• Yahoo Cozies with AOL to block Microsoft Takeover

  Yahoo is in talks with Time Warner to help protect itself from a Microsoft takeover. The two are discussing a…

• BitClamp 1.5 Adds File Mimicking for Security

  Fastforward Software announced BitClamp 1.5 on Wednesday. The new version ads file mimicking, the ability to hide encrypted data inside…

• SecuriKey Offers Multi-Factor Authentication & Encryption for Leopard

  GT Security announced version 2.1 of its SecuriKey system on Tuesday. The new version supports Leopard with multi-factor authentication and…

• Quark Unveils Dynamic Publishing Solution

  Quark introduced its new Quark Dynamic Publishing Solution system on Wednesday. The system includes several components designed to manage and…

• Jobs’s Drive Put Apple, Investors at Risk

  Apple CEO Steve Jobs is credited with turning around the company after his return in 1997 thanks to his drive,…

• Graphicxtras Releases New Shape Packs for Photoshop

  Graphicxtras announced the immediate availability of its new shapes, symbols and designs sets for Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements on…