Archives for June 2008

June, 15th June 2008

• Nolobe Unveils Iris Image Editor

  Nolobe announced the immediate availability of Iris 1.0 on Monday. Iris is a digital photo and image editing application for…

June, 12th June 2008

• iPresentee Releases Five iWeb Themes for Small Businesses

  iPresentee announced Friday five themes for Apple's iWeb Web design software that are intended for small businesses. The company said…

• NewerTech Intros "Green" RAID

  NewerTech announced the immediate availability of the Guardian MAXimus eMAX external RAID-1 mirrored hard drive on Friday. The company called…

• Yahoo Strikes Ad Deal with Google

  Following Yahoo's news that it has formally ended buyout discussions with Microsoft, the Internet search company has now revealed that…

• Apple Releases Xsan Admin, Xsan Filesystem Update 2.1

  Apple released Xsan 2.1 Admin Update and Xsan Filesystem Update 2.1 on Thursday evening. The updates provide reliability and compatibility…

June, 11th June 2008

• Yahoo! Formally Ends Acquisition Talks with Microsoft

  Yahoo! formally ended discussions with Microsoft regarding Big Redmond acquiring all or part of the search portal, and lest there…

• ToThePoint Intros Resourcery

  ToThePoint Software announced the immediate availability of Resourcery 1.0 on Thursday. Resourcery is an application that helps track all of…

• Apple Announces 2008 Apple Design Award Winners

  Apple hosted its 2008 Apple Design Awards event at the World Wide Developer Conference Wednesday evening, and for the first…

• Icahn’s Yahoo Takeover Plan Going South

  Billionaire investor Carl Icahn's plan to take over Yahoo in a proxy battle and force a Microsoft buyout may be…

• Take Control Announces Screen Sharing, Back to My Mac Titles

  Take Control and TidBITS announced the immediate availability of Take Control of Screen Sharing in Leopard and Take Control of…

• Apple Releases AirPort Utility 5.3.2 for Tiger, Leopard

  Apple released AirPort Utility 5.3.2 for Mac OS X 10.4 and Mac OS X 10.5 on Wednesday. Apple's release notes…

• Macgamestore Intros The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes for the Mac

  Macgamestore.com announced the immediate availability of The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes for the Mac on Thursday. The game teams…

June, 10th June 2008

• MacPractice Releases Direct-to-USB Intraoral Camera for Dentists

  MacPractice announced Wednesday the release of DocPortMacro-U, a direct-to-USB intraoral camera for the dental market that works on the Mac.…

• Native Instruments Releases Deep Transformations & FM8 Transient Attacks for Kore 2

  Native Instruments released Wednesday Deep Transformation for Kore 2 and Kore Player, as well as FM8 Transient Attacks for FM8…

• Toshiba Goes to 5400RPM with 1.8-inch 160GB Hard Drive

  Toshiba gave the portable hard drive market a speed boost on Wednesday with the introduction of its new MK1617GSG 1.8-inch…

• Apple Updates iMovie, iDVD with Compatibility Fixes

  Apple released iMovie 7.1.2 and iDVD 7.0.2 on Tuesday. The company isn't offering much in the way of details other…

June, 09th June 2008

• Apple Says Steve Jobs Had Bug, Didn’t Want to Miss WWDC

  For those concerned about Steve Jobs' health after his thinner-than-usual appearance at the WWDC, Apple said he had been suffering…

• Adobe Announces Project to Port Java SWT to Cocoa

  Scott Kovatch, Senior Computer Scientist of Adobe Systems, announced on Tuesday at WWDC that he will be leading a project…

• Apple Ranked #10 Internet Brand in May by Nielsen Online

  Apple is the #10 online brand according to a report from Nielsen Online. The ranking was based on the number…

• MacHeist Adds Three Apps to MacHeist Bundle

  MacHeist announced Tuesday that it has added three apps to the MacHeist Bundle. The company added VectorDesigner, TextExpander, and SoundStudio.

• Apple Posts MobileMe Guided Tour Video

  Apple announced its replacement for .Mac on Monday, and now the company has an online tour available to show off…

• HP Announces DreamColor Color Critical Display

  HP announced the immediate availability of the DreamColor LP2480xz professional display for color critical work on Tuesday. The LED-backlit display…

• Apple Posts WWDC 08 Keynote Video

  Apple posted the Steve Jobs keynote presentation from the 2008 World Wide Developer Conference on the company's Web site on…

• AAPL Regains Lost Ground, Rises 2.58%

  Shares in Apple Inc. rose 2.68% in early afternoon trading Tuesday, regaining lost ground following the company's announcement on Monday…

• iPhone 3G: Great news and yet another delay

  It's official. The iPhone 3G is here. Sort of here. Almost here. It's a dizzying and exciting time for iPhone…

• Mac Geek Gab #155: WWDC, Kindle, Screen Sharing, and Windows

  Dave's out at WWDC, John's manning the fort, and they have made the bandwidth stars align to bring you this…

June, 08th June 2008

• Apple Releases QuickTime 7.5 - Security Fixes, Compatibility Improvements

  Apple released QuickTime 7.5 late on Monday, an update that appear to focus on security issues and compatibility improvements, despite…

• Koingo Announces AirRadar

  Koingo Software announced the immediate availability of AirRadar 1.0 on Monday. AirRadar is a an application that scans for Wi-Fi…

• Apple Announces Mac OS X Snow Leopard

  San Francisco - Apple quietly announced Mac OS X, code named Snow Leopard, following the Steve Jobs keynote address at…

• Plum Announces iPhone Golf, Audio Recording Apps

  Plum Amazing announced on Monday that it Plum Caddy and Plum Record for the iPhone and iPod touch through Apple's…

• Rumor: Apple to Launch Mac Fusion

  Apple's World Wide Developer Conference keynote presentation is almost here, and the latest rumors say that the company will introduce…

• Australia’s Sydney Apple Store to Open June 19

  Apple's first retail store in Australia is set to open on June 19 in Sydney. The doors to the three-story…

• Twitter Gears Up for WWDC 08

  Twitter may have its ups and downs, but the company is hoping that it has done what it takes to…

• Amuse Intros Serene Saver Pro

  Amuse announced the immediate availability of Serene Saver Pro on Monday. The video desktop application replaces Serene Saver 2 HD…

• Apple Store Offline Ahead of WWDC Keynote

  Apple's online retail store was replaced early Monday morning with the familiar "We'll be back soon" message. The store's status…

• PGP Announces Whole Disk Encryption for Mac OS X

  PGP unveiled its Whole Disk Encryption product for Mac OS X on Monday. The encryption system works at the pre-boot…

• Apple Announces MobileMe, Will Replace .Mac

  San Francisco - Apple is giving it's .Mac service a major overhaul and rebranding it as MobileMe. The service will…

• TMO Live Coverage: WWDC 08

  TMO will be on location at Apple's World Wide Developer Conference Monday morning and throughout the week with event coverage.…

• APPL Drops Following WWDC Keynote

  Apple's stock price didn't rise along with the spirits of the developers at the company's World Wide Developer Conference keynote…

• WWDC Feels All New Again

  WWDC has had pretty much the same flavor for the last 15 years, having been mostly about the Mac. This…

• Beginner Web Design with Freeway Express

  Nancy Carroll Gravley offers up a passel of tips on beginning Web design, and explains why Freeway Express 5 is…

June, 06th June 2008

• Particle Debris, WWDC and Sporks!

  Have you ever wondered what computers are good for? Jackie Mason knows. In his hilarious video blog, he tells us:…

June, 05th June 2008

• MacMinute Will Live On at MacTech and Macsimumnews

  MacTech Magazine and Macsimumnews.com jointly announced on Friday that MacMinute's tradition will be preserved with two new news options: MacTech's…

• Apple Promotes Two Executives and Updates Company Profiles

  Apple's Scott Forstall has been promoted to Senior Vice President of iPhone Software and Bob Mansfield has been promoted to…

• Icahn, Yahoo Still Sparring over Microsoft Buyout

  Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is still working to railroad a deal where Microsoft buys out Yahoo, and his latest written…

• NYT: FTC Launches Antitrust Investigation of Intel

  The Federal Trade Commission has started an antitrust investigation against Intel for anticompetitive conduct, according to the New York Times…

• Toon Boom Intros Pencil Check Pro

  Toon Boom Animation announced the immediate availability of Toon Boom Pencil Check Pro on Friday. Pencil Check Pro is a…

• Bluelounge Opens the Lid on CableBox

  Bluelounge Design announced its new CableBox cable management system on Friday. CableBox is container designed to hold the power strip,…

• Pre-show in Pictures

  Apple's World Wide Developer Conference is set to kick off on June 9 with the rumored launch of the second…

June, 04th June 2008

• LaCie Introduces Network DVD Burning

  LaCie announced on Thursday its Remote Burn software for Mac OS X. The software, exclusive to LaCie, enables users to…