Archives for April 2008

April, 30th April 2008

• Karelia iMedia Browser 1.1 adds Adobe Lightroom Support

  On Thursday, Karelia Software announced the release of its iMedia Browser, v1.1. The new version adds support for Adobe Lightoom…

• Icontraband Releases Margin 1.0 Mac OS X System Icon Replacement Set

  Icontraband announced this week Margin 1.0, a new system icon replacement set for Mac OS X. The set also comes…

• equinux Unveils USB HDTV Receiver, TubeStick hybrid for Mac

  equinux has announced the immediate availability of their new USB-based HDTV receiver, the TubeStick hybrid. When combined with an antenna…

• Ballmer Still Undecided on Yahoo, Could Raise Bid

  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is still undecided on what tactic to use in his company's attempt to buy out Yahoo.…

• Mesa Dynamics Intros Gabtastik Web Chat Tool

  Mesa Dynamics announced the immediate availability of Gabtastik on Thursday. Gabtastik is a WebKit-based Web chat client application for services…

April, 29th April 2008

• Talking to yourself on the Web

  As is evident by what you are now viewing, I write blog entries. I also occasionally post reader comments to…

• Quad-Core CPUs Fill Gap Left by Apple

  Quad-core PCs are starting to appear as prices come down and vendors seek to differentiate their new PCs from previous…

• Looking at What Vista Lacks Compared to Leopard

  Microsoft is often accused of copying other OSes, but there is a healthy list of eighteen features that Windows should…

• Hyperedit 1.6 Adds Safari 3.1 Web Inspector Support

  Tumult Co. announced the immediate availability of HyperEdit 1.6 on Wednesday. The update for the HTML and PHP editor added…

• Apple Extends WWDC Early Registration Deadline

  Apple announced on Wednesday that it is extending the early registration deadline for its World Wide Developer Conference to May…

• Microsoft May be Ready to Make a Proxy Move on Yahoo

  Microsoft's next move to take over Yahoo may come as early as Wednesday. The Redmond-based company has remained silent about…

• Stox 1.1 Adds New Charts, Email Notifications

  JoeSoft announced the immediate availability of Stox 1.1 on Wednesday. The update for the stock portfolio management application added new…

• EA Announces Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince for Mac

  On Wednesday, Electronic Arts and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced that the "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" game will…

• Leopard: Quick Look Package Contents

  Apple offers a way to look inside installer packages via contextual menus, but it can be even easier than that.…

• Mac Geek Gab #150: Random Questions, Cool Stuff Found, and Wacky Problems

  The question queue is overflowing, and John and Dave dive in headfirst with some tough questions about audio, mail, and…

• Talking to yourself on the Web

  As is evident by what you are now viewing, I write blog entries. I also occasionally post reader comments to…

April, 28th April 2008

• Apple Posts Java Update 1 for Leopard

  Late on Tuesday, Apple posted a Leopard only Java for Mac OS X Update 1. The update adds Java SE…

• Computerworld Showdown: SSDs Fail to Outperform Trusty HDD

  The Solid State Drives, known to Apple customers as a very expensive replacement option on the MacBook Air, have no…

• Pooch Cluster Software for Mac Adds OpenMPI Support

  Dauger Research announced on Tuesday that their Pooch Pro clustering software version 1.7.6 now taps the OpenMPI implementation that shipped…

• Microsoft Releases Messenger for Mac 7

  The Microsoft Mac Business Unit (Mac BU) announced on Tuesday that they have released Microsoft Messenger for Mac 7 for…

• Microsoft Delays Windows XP SP3

  Microsoft has delayed the Web release of Windows XP SP3, scheduled for today, due to an incompatibility found with Microsoft…

• PhoneValet Message Center 5.4 Improves Audio Compression

  Parliant announced the immediate availability of PhoneValet Message Center 5.4 on Tuesday. The update for the Mac-based multi-line phone management…

• Renamer4Mac 3 Sports New Interface

  Dare to be Creative announced the immediate availability of Renamer4Mac 3.0 on Tuesday. The new version of the batch file…

• Adobe Officially Kills GoLive

  After moving GoLive out to pasture after the release of Creative Suite 3, Adobe finally moved the Web site design…

• iMac ATI Update Improves Stability

  Apple released the iMac ATI Radeon 2600/2400 1.0.1 firmware update for iMacs with either ATI Radeon 2600 Pro or ATI…

April, 27th April 2008

• Seeking Alpha: Fire Steve Ballmer

  The Microsoft, Yahoo! deal has Steve Ballmer caught up in internal company politics and is making him look bad, according…

• Safari and .gov Websites: Support Improving

  There was a time when Safari didn't work well with many tax payer supported government Websites. Today, the situation is…

• Psystar Mac Clone Delivered (with video)

  A Psystar customer took delivery of his Open Computing Mac clone and published a video of the startup process to…

• MacUpdate Promo Hits All Milestones, Ends Tuesday

  The MacUpdate Promotional Bundle has hit all its sales milestones and every application has been unlocked. The bundle, worth just…

• Mac Pilot 3 Adds New Features, Leopard Support

  Koingo Software announced the immediate availability of Mac Pilot 3 on Monday. The new version of the system feature control…

• QuickerTek Intros Time Capsule Booster Antenna

  QuickerTek announced the immediate availability of its Dualy Extreme Wi-Fi antenna booster for Apple's Time Capsule on Monday. The external…

• New iMac Tops 3GHz, Gets Video Boost

  Apple announced the immediate availability of new iMac models with faster Intel Core 2 Duo processors and improved graphics on…

• Leopard: Check Out Fonts with Quick Look

  Quick Look is a great addition to Mac OS X 10.5 because it lets you view file without having to…

• Apple Weekly Report #123: Apple 2Q Earnings Report, Europe iPhone Sales, and NAB

  Apple reported another record breaking quarter and bought a chip design company, the iPhone saw price cuts in Europe, Microsoft…

April, 25th April 2008

• Particle Debris from the Week of April 21

  On Monday, I saw that another house had burned down thanks to a faulty power supply in an Xbox 360.…

• The XO Laptop

  As you probably know, the mission of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) organization is to provide their $200 XO…

April, 24th April 2008

• CocoaTech Updates PathFinder for Critical Leopard and Tiger Bugs

  CocoaTech has updated PathFinder to version 4.8.4. The latest version works around an Apple bug introduced in Mac OS X…

• Microsoft Could Walk Away from Yahoo Offer

  The deadline Microsoft gave Yahoo to agree to its buyout offer comes on Saturday, and there is some speculation that…

• Apple Posts Common Criteria Tools for Leopard

  Apple has posted its Common Criteria Tools for Mac OS X 10.5, Leopard. Heretofore, the tools worked on on Mac…

• Remote Buddy 1.10 Adds iTunes Streaming to iPhone

  IOSPIRIT announced the immediate availability of Remote Buddy 1.10 on Friday. The new version of the remote control application for…

• CheckUp 1.1 Adds Uninstaller Tool

  app4mac announced the immediate availability of CheckUp 1.1 on Friday. The updated version of the Mac monitoring and maintenance application…

• Marware Intros Sportfolio Duo for MacBook Air

  Marware announced the the immediate availability of the Sportfolio Duo sleeve for Apple's MacBook Air on Friday. In addition to…

• Leopard: Tracking Down Login Items

  I've previously mentioned that Mac OS X 10.4 includes a clever feature that shows exactly where each of the items…

April, 23rd April 2008

• Apple Updates Boot Camp for Windows XP & Vista 32/64

  Apple has updated Boot Camp to version 2.1 for Windows XP and both the 32 bit and 64 bit versions…

• iBlendIt asks "Will it Blend?" on the Mac Desktop

  Everyone has seen the "Will it Blend?" demos of an iPhone in a real blender. For those who would like…

• More Insight on Apple and P.A. Semi

  Just what Apple is up to with the P.A. Semi acquisition is causing heated debate. It's actually the low power…

• URL Spoofing Issue Found in Safari 3.1.1

  Secunia posted a security advisory regarding Safari 3.1.1 for Mac and Windows on Thursday. A maliciously crafted URL could display…

• VMware Fusion 1.1.2 Adds Time Machine Support, More

  VMware announced on Thursday that Fusion 1.1.2, a free update, has added improved support for MacBook Air, enables Time Machine…

• Parallels: Desktop Product Sales Have Surpassed One Millon

  On Thursday, Parallels announced that its Parallels Desktop application for Macs has sold more than one million copies to date.…

• Safari Prairiefire 1.3 Finds Bookmark Duplicates

  Balooba software announced the immediate availability of Safari Prairiefire 1.3 on Thursday. The updated version of the Safari bookmark management…