Archives for April 2008

April, 04th April 2008

• Microsoft Gives Yahoo 3 Week Ultimatum

  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer presented the Yahoo Board of Directors a letter on Saturday that in no uncertain terms gives…

• Adobe Revises Photoshop Express Terms of Service

  Adobe announced on Friday that it is revising the terms of service for its Web-based Photoshop Express image editing service.…

April, 03rd April 2008

• Zonet Portable External SATA Hard Drive Case

  A leather covered hard drive case? Is this an oxymoron? The Zonet ZNS8021 Portable External SATA Hard Drive Case is…

• Apple to NYC’s Green Logo: No No No

  Apple Inc. is not at all sanguine about New York City's efforts to go green, at least when it comes…

• Avid Strikes Back to Fend Off Apple

  Avid and Apple have been competing in the video production market, and Avid has had some tough times recently. Now,…

• Pedia 4.2 Apps Add Cover Flow View

  Bruji announced the immediate availability of version 4.2 of DVDpedia, Bookpedia, CDpedia and Gamepedia on Friday. The new versions of…

• PandoraJam 1.3 Adds Twitter Support

  Bitcartel Software announced the immediate availability of PandoraJam 1.3 on Friday. The new version of the Desktop application for the…

• xScope 2.1 Adds Vertical Toolbar, Interface Improvements

  ARTIS Software and The Iconfactory announced the immediate availability of xScope 2.1 on Friday. The updated version of the on-screen…

• TimeTable 1.1 Improves iCal Integration

  Steven Riggs announced the immediate availability of TimeTable 1.1 on Friday. The updated version of the time tracking and billing…

• Adobe Adds Mac OS X 64-bit Support to ColdFusion 8

  Adobe announced the immediate availability of an updated version of ColdFusion 8 on Friday. The update for the Internet application…

• Merging PDFs and Images in Leopard’s Preview

  Preview is a powerful application that can do many things. One of the new features introduced in Leopard is the…

• Apple Weekly Report #121: Apple Lawsuits & Crime, Pwned Macs, & Instinct

  The Apple Lawsuit Zephyr VIP Passenger Car is beginning to get a little crowded, thanks to a new suit over…

April, 02nd April 2008

• Apple Updates Admin Utility for Graphite & Snow Airport Base Stations

  Apple released an update for two two older products Thursday, specifically updating the Airport Admin Utility for both the Graphite…

• Apple Updates Keynote to Version 4.0.3

  Apple updated Keynote to version 4.0.3 Thursday, an update that, "Addresses performance and stability issues when working with large documents."…

• Intel Working on Notebook Anti-Theft Technology

  Intel announced on Wednesday that that they're working on an anti-theft technology that would render a stolen notebook computer useless,…

• LaCie Announces Triple Interface, Designer Hard Disks

  On Thursday, LaCie announced the immediate availability of its Triple Interface hard disks designed by Neil Poulton. The mirror black…

• C|Net Details Dell’s Blunders

  Dell is laying off thousands of employees and plans to close a factory in Texas. The reason may be a…

• SpaceNavigator Gaining Second Life Support

  3Dconnexion announced on Thursday that it is adding support for Second Life to its SpaceNavigator 3D mouse. The company claims…

• Apple Posts WWDC 08 Sessions and Labs Schedule

  On Wednesday evening, Apple posted the schedule for the sessions and labs for the 2008 Worldwide Developers Conference. There are…

• Photoshop Boss: 64-bit Adobe CS4 Coming to Windows First

  Adobe Photoshop product manager John Nack says that a 64-bit version of the Creative Suite is in the works, but…

• Speck Unveils New SeeThru MacBook Air, iMac Cases

  Speck announced the immediate availability of two new SeeThru Hard Shell cases for the MacBook Air and the 20-inch widescreen…

• Front Row 2.1.3 Improves iTunes Compatibility

  Along with its iTunes and QuickTime updates, Apple also released Front Row 2.1.3 Wednesday evening. The update for the Mac-based…

• The demise of the optical drive?

  Last week, I read Dan Frake's intriguing column describing his re-evaluation of the MacBook Air. Essentially, after extended time using…

April, 01st April 2008

• On The Go With Google Docs, N800, And iGo

  I don't own a laptop. I have nothing on which I can create or edit a Microsoft Word document. In…

• Chinese Search Company Hires Exec from Apple China

  Baidu, a Chinese-language search site, has hired Peng Ye away from Apple Inc.'s China business. Mr. Ye served as Apple's…

• Mac Gains Internet Browsing Market Share at Expense of Microsoft

  Over the last year, the percentage of people using a Mac to access the Internet has risen from about 6.5…

• FireFox 3 beta 5 Tweaks Look-and-Feel, Bugs Remain

  The Mozilla Group posted Firefox 3 beta 5 on Wednesday. The latest beta tweaks the look and feel for all…

• Apple Unveils New Get a Mac Ads

  Apple added two new Get a Mac commercials on Wednesday that highlight the shortcomings of Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system…

• Cyndicate 1.2 Adds Twitter Support, More

  Cynical Peak Software announced the immediate availability of Cyndicate 1.2 on Wednesday. The updated version of the RSS and Atom…

• Adobe Introduces Lightroom 2.0 Beta

  Adobe announced the immediate availability of Photoshop Lightroom 2.0 beta on Wednesday. The public beta of the professional image editing…

• Chopper 1.2 Improves Sound Effects, Controls

  Majic Jungle Software announced the immediate availability of Chopper 1.2 on Wednesday. The side-scrolling shooter game added new ambient sound…

• Quick Tabs in Safari 3.1

  Tabbed browsing can save lots of Desktop space if you like to keep several Web browser windows open at the…