Miglia, Elgato Intro USB TV Stick Called TVMini

EyeTV enables users to time shift live, over-the-air European TV by pausing, rewinding or fast-forwarding it, much like a TiVo unit can. They can also use the software to edit recordings and archive them to DVD, SVCD or VideoCD, as well as export content to iMovie HD, iDVD, Final Cut Pro/Express HD or DVD Studio…

Winners of the Unity Dashboard Widget Challenge Announced

Grand Prix of the Jury, which was selected by a panel of OverTheEdge employees, went to OverWhelmed Arena, while the runner-up was Isle of the Towerguard. Finally, The Project Files of Deep Wisdom award went to games whose source code was released to the community. The winner in that category was SpaceDoc and the runner-up…

Apple, ATI, Others Sponsor Kids' Car Design Contest

Apple, ATI, Group Lotus and Cosmic Blobs are sponsoring the “Blob Master” design competition, which is open to kids between the ages of 7 and 18. Through Oct. 15, contestants are encouraged to use Cosmic Blobs software to create a concept car and enter it in the competition. All the entries will be judged by…

IDG World Expo Cancels Macworld Boston

The East coast Macworld show started in Boston but later shifted to New York City. Two years ago, it moved back to Boston, but Apple declined to follow suit. Macworld forged on without Appleis presence, but IDG World Expo spokesman Mike Sponseller told Mr. Dalrymple: “The marketplace and our own research have made it clear…

Apple to Benefit from HD Post-Production Transition in Europe

His latest research report, a copy of which was obtained by The Mac Observer, explains that he surveyed 15 post-production and 15 broadcast facilities to glean a sense of spending trends for 2006. On the post-production side, Mr. Munster wrote: “The key takeaway from our survey was that we are still in the first half…

Bill Gates Talks Apple, Google, Security

"At any point in our history, weive had competitors who were better at doing something," said Mr. Gates in response to a question about Apple and Google. "Novell was the best at file servers. Lotus was the best at spreadsheets. WordPerfect was the best at word processing." He continued, "Right now, because of the breadth…

Just a Thought - Conversations With Steve: No, No Nano

"So, I hear you are coming out with some new iPod products." Steve Jobs shifts in the comfortably padded seat and studies the man sitting across from him. He wonders how much this guy knows, and how much he should tell him. Trust is not an issue; Steve has known the man for: How long…

The Slacker's Guide - Freeciv

Friendly Efforts Toward Global Domination It began innocently enough, like anything else. At the beginning of my junior year in college, I moved in with a new roommate, who pointed the game out to me, mentioned that he’d been playing for a while, then went on about his course work. Granted, this was the same…

iTunes-Ready ROKR "Underwhelming", BW Says

In a story entitled Appleis Phone Isnit Ringing Any Chimes in its September 19 issue, lead reporter Peter Burrows seemed less than enthusiastic about the new phone, suggesting that Apple limited the features and number of stored songs on the phone on purpose to not hurt sales of its iPod product line. “(Mr.) Jobs seems…

ROKR: No Big Deal

This phone is a watered downed version of something that could have been so impressive and really left Appleis mark on a new line of products and services. Instead, Mr. Jobs has stolen what could have been a great customer experience for consumers. Heck, this phone wonit even sync with my Mac to keep my…

The Slacker's Guide - Descent 2 Soars Again

It began almost 10 years ago in high school and escalated from there. Three of my best friends (hefty and profitable contributors in terms of damage done for the psychiatric community) became involved in a blood feud via a new 3D point-of-view fighter/maze/science fiction game called Descent. As high school progressed, the days were filled…

Fortune Reprints Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech

Mr. Jobs addressed Standford University graduates on June 13 of this year, as previously reported by The Mac Observer. Fortune editors prefaced the transcript of the speech, saying his address and three life lessons “struck a powerful chord — not only with Stanfordis graduating class but also with tech cognoscenti in Silicon Valley and beyond,…

Motley Fool: Apple is Good Candidate for Buying Six Flags

"Apple Computer has the greenery on its balance sheet to make an all-cash buyout happen," he wrote. "Given its volatile share price, though, Apple would be taking a real gamble if the market interpreted the acquisition as misguided — even though it wouldnit be." He continued, "From digital delivery of onboard photographs to podcast updates…

Apple Computer, Freescale Enter Into Purchase Agreement (UPDATE)

Apple said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that under the terms of the agreement, Freescale must supply its microprocessors for orders placed by Apple through Dec. 31, 2008 — full year after the date when the company plans to move its Macintosh computer line from PowerPC to Intel processor. Apple said…

Apple Wins Two PC Magazine Reader's Choice Awards

The venerable magazine surveyed nearly 14,000 of its subscribers, who rated more than 26,000 PCs as well as over 19,000 printers. Readers were asked to respond in six different areas: overall satisfaction, product reliability, quality and frequency of repairs, initial setup experience, hardware and software reliability and technical support, including the tech support professionalis ability…

Unity 1.1 Enables Game Publishing on Windows

Other additions to Unity include new render-to-texture effects, virtual displacement mapping, a 30-page scripting tutorial and a new C/C++ plug-in SDK (software development kit) for interfacing with hardware or software that Unity doesnit already support. Other improvements and bug fixes have also been made. This is a free update for existing users. Unity 1.0 was…

Just a Thought - Keeping the Apple Smelling Sweet

The Sweet Smell of Success I’m an realistic optimist; that means that I know crap happens, but I smile because I also know that it relieves constipation. I’m also a strong proponent of Change: It’s gonna happen regardless of what we do or don’t do. The good stuff happening with Apple at the moment can’t…