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  • Spiderweb Software announces Avernum 6

    Spiderweb Software has announced Avernum 6, the final game in its role-playing series. Set in the world of Avernum, the game takes players to an underground world where a nation of people live inside large tunnels and caverns far below the planets surface. The final chapter has the world of Avernum in chaos, where the mushrooms have withered and died and the people are suffering from hunger. In th... - 8 hours ago

  • MS Silverlight 3 touts GPU use, smooth HD

    Microsoft tonight launched the public version of Silverlight 3, its animation and video plugin for the web. The rival to Flash is the company's first to use hardware graphics acceleration both for 3D and for offloading the work of decoding video from the main processor. Regardless of graphics power, the update is also the first to promise a near-seamless HD video experience: a "smooth streaming"... - 9 hours ago

  • GenArts announces Sapphire plug-in rental option

    GenArts has announced a monthly rental option for its flagship plugin effects, Sapphire. The plugins can be rented for $170 per month; far less than the $1699 purchase cost of the plug-in for After Effects or Final Cut Pro. This option is designed to allow artists who work on a project basis to avoid purchasing the costly full license of the Adobe After Effects plug-in or an Apple Final Cut Pro Fx... - 12 hours ago

  • New iXBrowser for Web to offer full HTML 4 support

    Newmium has announced yet another internet browser, the Newmium iXBrowser. The browser boasts compatibility with all versions of HTML 4 defined by the World Wide Web Consortium. Offering platform-independent compatibility with all versions of HTML 4 allows website developers to create more consistent cross-platform designs. The Newmium iXBrowser offers compatibility with various operating systems ... - 12 hours ago

  • iPhone speech recognition SDK offered to developers

    Creaceed has released the CeedVocal SDK, which allows developers to build speech recognition into their iPhone applications. The CeedVocal SDK is based on acoustic models developed in English, French and German, providing voice activity detection for each of those languages. The software development kit includes a "phonetizer" that recognizes many common words and up to 5000 developer-defined word... - 13 hours ago

  • MacFamilyTree 5.6 updates family charting software

    Synium has released its newest version of MacFamilyTree. The application enables users to research their lineage and create family trees that can be displayed in a variety of styles. Version 5.6 improves performance by using multiple processors or cores to complete tasks faster. MacFamilyTree 5.6 also includes a new subtree viewing feature, which shows partial subtrees within a database.... - 13 hours ago

  • Accelerometers becoming mainstream, driven by iPhone

    Over one-third of mobile phones are expected to integrate accelerometers by 2010, according to the research firm iSuppli. Widespread adoption of the Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) sensors is being driven by popular devices such as Apple's iPhone and the recently-launched Palm Pre. Although the trend continues to develop in the smartphone segment, the technology is also being used in simpler... - 13 hours ago

  • iPhone apps: Zensify, Pocket Fish, Pocket First Aid

    Zensify (free) collects information from all of a users social networks into a single feed. The application features options for posting and viewing information from popular social networking sites, including, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, Digg, Delicious, Photobucket and 12seconds. Zensify also includes a built-in search function which allows users to keep track of conversations and topics ... - 14 hours ago


Apple Hot News

  • 15-inch MacBook Pro “the best laptop money can buy”

    Saying it’s “primped and primed for Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Windows 7, and professionals of all stripes,” Tom Yager (inforworld.com) lavishes the new 15-inch MacBook Pro with praise. “A five-year machine, by design and track record,” the “newest, fastest 15-inch MacBook Pro is also the coolest (in temperature) and quietest notebook I’ve used.” It is, Yager concludes, “the best of the tier-one commercial notebooks, full stop.” - 18 hours ago

  • Digital Kitchen: Creativity in the Blood

    Digital Kitchen has a history with vampires. The agency created the opening credits for HBO’s runaway hit True Blood. And as an encore, it produced “a series of fang-in-cheek” promotional ads. “The True Blood campaign is done on software and hardware that you can get at the Apple Store,” says Mark Bashore, Digital Kitchen’s creative head. “The tools are easily accessible and easy to learn, which allows us to focus on being creative. That’s why we use the Mac.” - 18 hours ago

  • App Store Pick of the Week: Postcard Express

    We’ve been sending one another postcards for nearly 150 years, and thanks to frog design, we now have a thoroughly modern and eminently mobile way to send them. Using Postcard Express, you can snap a geo-tagged photo at your favorite vacation hotspot, add a personal note, then send your digital postcard to friends and family around the world. With no postage or MMS fees. - 2 days ago

  • Turning an iPhone app into a brick-and-mortar business

    City Slicker has four travel apps on the App Store, each offering step-by-step tours of popular tourist destinations. But to promote it’s very first app — Charleston City Slicker — the developer did something truly different. As Jim Dalrymple (loopinsight.com) explains, City Slicker just opened a brick-and-mortar location to promote the app to Charleston visitors. - 2 days ago

  • “13-inch MacBook Pro packs a punch”

    In his Computerworld review, Ken Mingis takes us through all the great features in the new 13-inch MacBook Pro. That includes faster processors, “a major improvement in battery life, an SD card slot, a FireWire 800 port, a better LED screen and, debuting in the entry-level version, Apple’s highly regarded backlit keyboard.” For Mingis, its light weight and small size also makes it “perfect for toting around in a backpack on campus or at work.” - 2 days ago

  • New “MacBook Pro lineup offers the best displays for photographers”

    Praising the “superb colour-accurate displays” found on the new MacBook Pro computers, Rob Galbraith (robgalbraith.com) indicates that the revamped lineup “offers the best displays for photographers we’ve ever seen from Apple.” Singling out the 13-inch MacBook Pro, he adds it “could well be the more enticing option,” a great choice “for Mac-based photographers wanting to pay less and carry less.” - 8 days ago

  • Enjoy films, webcasts, and podcasts from the Library of Congress

    The largest library in the world, the Library of Congress has “millions of books, recordings, photographs, maps, and manuscripts in its collection.” And now you can enjoy part of that vast collection on iTunes U. Watch early films from Thomas Edison and Westinghouse. Hear the oral histories of African Americans who served as slaves. Enjoy lectures from researchers exploring the links between music and the brain. - 8 days ago

  • Julie Schablitsky: Historical archaeology, from shards to stories

    For archaeologist Julie Schablitsky, the MacBook is a perfect storytelling tool. “The Mac is what I put my experiences and interpretations into,” she says. “It receives all of my thoughts, all of the stories that are given to me by the artifacts. I use it to turn those stories into visual representations that I can show people, the public, and academic colleagues. You can help people time travel with the Mac.” - 8 days ago

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Apple Downloads

  • Alarm Clock Pro 9.1.2

    iTunes-enabled alarm clock which can play video, launch files, sites, send emails, and more. - 28 hours ago

  • Amadeus Pro 1.4.2

    Multitrack sound editor/recorder with MP3 and MP4 support. - 28 hours ago

  • OverSite 3.0

    OverSite lets Web and software designers and developers rapidly define their application structures and create wireframes. - 28 hours ago

  • Code Collector Pro 1.3.5

    Code snippet storage and organisation. - 28 hours ago

  • ParseProGo 1.0

    Desktop-application for creating and editing PHP-files with integrated preview. - 28 hours ago

  • MacFamilyTree 5.6

    Modern genealogy for your Mac with many advanced features. - 28 hours ago

  • Colored Folder Creator Extreme 10.0

    Create folders with colors and sound effects to share. We supply 350+ images and allow you to draw your own with our Creator. - 28 hours ago

  • EasyFrame 2.3.2

    Easily add a frame or border to your photos, giving them the finishing touch they deserve. - 28 hours ago

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  • MacBook Pros suffer 7,200rpm drive issue; Korea iPod nano recall

    Owners of new MacBook Pros configured with faster, 7,200rpm hard drives are paradoxically facing slowdowns as the disks occasionally pause -- and often make unwanted noise in the process. Simultaneously, Apple is recalling the first-generation iPod nano in South Korea due to battery fires. - 14 hours ago

  • Intuit says new Quicken for Mac delayed to 2010

    Looking to quash rumors that it will may never get around to releasing a once publicized overhaul to Quicken for the Mac, Intuit announced Thursday that the latest iteration of its financial management software will finally arrive in February of 2010. - 16 hours ago

  • Apple looks to do more with face detection, improved video chat

    Additional filings pouring out of the United States Patent and Trademark Office this week reveal that Apple may be planning face-detection components for its Mac and iPhone operating systems, in addition to working on ways to netter the quality of video conferences conducted via iChat. - 19 hours ago

  • Published: LSD inventor's letter to Apple CEO Steve Jobs

    In an offbeat but somewhat fascinating article published by the Huffington Post this week, it's revealed that LSD inventor Albert Hofmann penned a letter to Steve Jobs shortly before his passing, in which he asked the Apple co-founder for help in transforming his problematic psychedelic into a "wonderchild." - 21 hours ago

  • Apple filings detail ID app, other potential iPhone enhancements

    A half dozen new patent filings published this week from Apple detail various advancements that could find their way into future iPhones, such as a new "ID App" for identifying objects in a user's surroundings, an interface for managing outgoing voicemails, a method by which customers could receive new iPhones and iPod touches pre-populated with apps and media items they select, and more. - 23 hours ago

  • Apple launches HTTP Live Streaming standard in iPhone 3.0

    One of the more overlooked features of the new iPhone 3.0 is support for a new open standard for live video streaming over HTTP, which promises to open up standards-based video broadcasting to a wide audience while giving mobile users an optimized picture as they roam between WiFi and mobile networks. - 36 hours ago

  • Chrome OS may push Google CEO off of Apple's board

    Apple and Google have had a warm relationship for years, but the unveiling of Chrome OS on Wednesday may leave Apple with no choice but to oust Google chief Eric Schmidt from its board due to a conflict of interest. - 2 days ago

  • Nearly half of prospective smartphone buyers to choose iPhone

    Even amid turbulent times, smartphone adoption continues to rise, with a new study revealing that nearly half of those consumers who plan to make a new smartphone purchase in the next three months will buy an iPhone. - 2 days ago

MacRumors

  • Apple Pushes Snow Leopard Build 10A402 to Developers

    Apple has seeded developers with another incremental update to Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard). The latest update reportedly brings software up to Build 10A402. This Snow Leopard Developer Preview Update is recommended ... - 12 hours ago

  • Apple Recalls First-Generation iPod Nano in South Korea

    The Korea Herald reports that Apple has agreed to recall first-generation iPod nanos sold in South Korea following four reports of the device's batteries overheating or exploding. The recall comes several weeks after a request from the Korean govern... - 15 hours ago

  • New Apple iPhone Patent Applications Surface: Object and Facial Recognition, Messaging, Voice Modulation

    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published several dozen Apple patent applications this morning, and Unwired View highlights one group of them primarily related to iPhone software. The patents cover object and facial recognition, messaging, and ... - 22 hours ago

  • Apple Releases Safari 4.0.2

    Apple today released Safari 4.0.2, now available on Apple's Safari download page or through Software Update. According to the support document associated with the release, the update addresses two security vulnerabilities that could be exploited by ... - 2 days ago

  • Apple's Disclosures Regarding Jobs' Health Remain Under Scrutiny by SEC

    Bloomberg reports that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is continuing to investigate Apple's disclosures regarding Steve Jobs' health during the early January period leading up to the announcement that Jobs would be taking a six-month medi... - 2 days ago

  • Google Announces Google Chrome Operating System

    Google announced that it is getting into the operating system business with Google Chrome Operating System. The new OS is described as Google's attempt to "re-think" what operating systems should be. Google Chrome OS will be an open s... - 2 days ago

  • Next Generation 3,1 iPod Model Detected in Logs

    PinchMedia announced that they had started detecting the "iPod 3,1" version number in their analytics reporting from App Store applications. The details are as follows:- the first time an application using Pinch Analytics was run b... - 2 days ago

  • Apple to Build $1 Billion Server Farm in North Carolina

    Apple's plans for a $1 billion server farm in North Carolina has been officially announced.:“This opportunity is… fabulous,” Catawba County Economic Development President Scott Millar said at a joint meeting of county commissioners a... - 3 days ago

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