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  • Colonel
    Since MacWorld in January, rumors have been floating around about another Apple Event... one that would bring the new version of Mac OS X, "Leopard," into the world along with the introduction of iLife '07 and iWork '07. Several rumors claiming that Apple would hold an event in February turned out to be a hoax. Now Apple itself is announcing a special event in April, at which Apple may introduce Leopard, iLife 07, iWork 07, Final Cut Pro 6, and possibly new displays. It's more likely, however, that major introductions of hardware and Leopard will take place at WWDC in June. MacWorld has the scoop on Apple's NAB event.


    Apple will hold a special event at the N ational A ssociation of B roadcasters (NAB) trade show on Sunday, April 15. While no details were available on what, if anything, will be announced at the event, Apple has used such events in the past to launch significant product releases.
     
    In 2005, the company used an event at NAB to launch Final Cut Studio and Soundtrack Pro. A similar event was used to launch Motion in Las Vegas.
     
    Apple will also have a large booth at the show. Typically the first booth in the South Hall, Apple has moved the booth this year to accommodate the larger size.
  • Colonel
    Yesterday, VMware released the second beta of VMware Fusion for the Mac. The beta contains some new features such as DirectX 8.1 support and support for 64-bit guest OSes. Some of the existing features have also been improved such as improved snapshot support and an improved hardware editor. VMware provides us with details about the new update.


    New and Improved Features in Beta 2
     
    This Beta 2 release of VMware Fusion for Mac includes the following new features and feature improvements: Experimental 3-D graphics support - Play a selection of DirectX 8.1 games in Windows XP Service Pack 2 virtual machines. Snapshot feature - Roll back your virtual machine to a known good state when something goes wrong in your virtual machine - for example, when your virtual machine picks up a virus, or when a software upgrade causes problems. Improved networking - Automatically bridge to the computer's primary network interface.
    Full support for Airport wireless networking, including virtual machines behind a NAT firewall and bridged to the local Airport network.
    Support for up to ten virtual network interfaces Improved Microsoft Vista support - Support for Microsoft Vista Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions.
    Complete VMware Tools support for Microsoft Vista including copy/paste, dragging and dropping files, shared folders, and screen resizing. Improved hardware editor - Add additional virtual hard drives to a virtual machine for needed capacity.
    View the physical computer's battery status in the virtual machine. Improved full screen mode - Support for plugging and unplugging displays while virtual machines are in full screen mode.
    Improved usability: an on-screen tip shows how to enter and exit full screen mode easily. Experimental support for Mac OS X Leopard - You can now install and run VMware Fusion on Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). Support is experimental because Mac OS X 10.5 is not yet released. Fusion will support the release version of OS X 10.5 in the final VMware Fusion release.
    The VMware beta can be obtained free of charge from VMware Fusion's product page on the VMware website.
  • kevin_4e
    Even though Parallel's latest release is nameless and version-number-less, we can nevertheless recognize that it's a step out of beta and into a final version. Accordingly, Parallels "wanted to get Coherence out there as a final version as soon as we could." With the shift out of beta, the new update includes:
    Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard as the host OS Windows Vista as a guest OS Coherence: the Windows desktop becomes invisible and Windows applications live on the Mac desktop and in the Dock Running from a Boot Camp partition Full USB 2.0, built-in iSight, and DVD/CD writer support True drag and drop Transporter tool for moving an existing Windows installation into Parallels' virtual world For those of you unfamiliar with one of their newer features, Transporter, here's what Parallels has to say about it:

    Transporter is particularly important for users switching from Windows to OS X because it allows them to keep the "security blanket" of their familiar Windows PC while they learn how to leverage the power of their new Macs. It also eliminates the hassle of having to "start from scratch" with a new Windows installation, which for many non-technical users can be a daunting experience. The new release is currently free to existing users and can be purchased for US$79.99 at Parallel's download page.
  • kevin_4e
    With 18 seconds worth of soundless video, not much is known. When we see a 5th generation iPod video with coverflow on it, well, a firmware update is expected. With no more known information, you be the judge of YouTube’s latest leaked iPod video and tell us what you think.
  • Colonel

    Black iMacs Soon?

    By Colonel, in OSx86,

    After the introduction of the black MacBook last May, speculation began that the other Macs in the Apple product lineup might also be seeing black editions. Well, the rumor mill is still a 'churning, cranking out rumors of a new black (exclusively 24-inch) iMac model somewhere in the works. MacScoop has more info on the "Blackintosh" rumor:


    The only specific information MacScoop has recently obtained from sources regarding Apple's forthcoming hardware releases is that a black version of the iMac could make its way with the next update of the company's all-in-one consumer desktop Macs. Sources also told us that - as it is currently the case for the MacBook - the black color could be available only on the high-end 24 inch iMac and possibly the 20 inch as well. Might this be Steve's next "one more thing?"
     

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  • kevin_4e
    Finally! A universal Carbon Copy Cloner now available for beta testing. Loaded with several new features, including advanced scheduling features, this one might rival the highly acclaimed SuperDuper!... Now that you've just added one more universal app to your collection, why not trim down the file size with TrimTheFat. TrimTheFat is a free drop-launch application used to remove the unnecessary architecture (PPC/Intel) in order to save a few MBs here and there... Novell's latest project, Mono, certainly seems to be promising. Accordingly, "Mono provides the necessary software to develop and run .NET client and server applications on Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, Windows, and Unix"... Mexican airlines are now trying to make your flight complete in every way. With the complimentary drinks and peanuts, why not throw an iPod in there too? The airlines are expected to rent out 30GB iPods loaded with popular music and TV shows of both American and Mexican interest. All yours for just US$5... At last, an end to the Apple-Cisco "iPhone" fiasco. Under the agreement, both companies are able to freely market the "iPhone" with no trademark issues. The specific details on what it cost Apple are still confidential...
     
    How fast is your internet connection? Let us know at the SpeedTest.net thread... Looking for
    your neighbor won't be able to match? Well, Christmas is only 302 days away...
  • Alex Oughton
    The enterprising (and brave) people over at Hardmac have discovered a method of enabling 802.11n support on Core Duo-based MacBooks and MacBook Pros.
     
    The original series MB and MBP shipped with an Airport Extreme card supporting 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g, but not the new 802.11n draft spec employed by the new Airport Extreme base station, providing increased range and bandwidth.
     
    Hardmac's method employs the Airport Extreme card available for the Mac Pro (available from here), which features the same bus connection and number of aerial connections (two) as found in the Core Duo Apple laptops. The method is not compatible with the card found Core 2 Duo Macbook and MacBook Pro, which uses three aerial links.
     
    Once installed, 802.11n can be enabled by using Apple's official 802.11n enabler utility.
     
    Instructions
  • kevin_4e
    With the release of Democracy 0.9.5, there is no reason not to give it a try. Bringing competition to some other favorites like VLC and Mplayer, this player takes it up a notch with many new Internet-integrated features... Make your favorite search engines accessible with Monocle, which allows users to search Google, Wikipedia, and other search engines through a simple menu bar icon... If you happen to have a toddler with a sharpie near your Power Book, take this guy's experience as a warning. Thank goodness for the invention of nail polish remover... Got an old G3 lying around? Take the incentive these guys did to throw it off a 45-foot cliff. What for? Who knows?... Looking for a way to keep full functionality of an iPod with a waterproof case... without the case? Take a look at SWIMAN's near 100% water-proof iPod Shuffle...
     
    Everybody, welcome back BonziBuddy! With "the return of the purple nightmare," go ahead and grab the BonziBuddy OSX widget... If you haven't ever seen the introduction of Steve Balmer into the music industry, take a look at his very own "
    " music video...
  • Colonel

    Multiple Updates Available

    By Colonel, in OSx86,

    Today, Apple released multiple updates for Mac OS X including Security Update 2007-002, a Daylight Savings update, several Java updates, an update for Final Cut Pro, and a WebObjects update.
     
    The Security Update 2007-002 is "is recommended for all users and improves the security of the following components:"
    CoreServices iChat UserNotificationCenter Apple's Daylight Savings Update (for Tiger only) fixes several issues with the dates which daylight savings occur on this year. Apple gives us info on the update.

    The Daylight Saving Time Update for Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server addresses recent changes in the way Daylight Saving Time will be observed in the U.S. and Canada beginning in March 2007 and includes the latest time zone information for the rest of the world. The two Java updates for Mac OS X 10.3 and Mac OS X 10.4 are a part of the fix for the Daylight Savings issue and are highly recommended. The 10.3 Java release also addresses an issue in which some Java applications might not open after installing QuickTime 7.0.4 or later and the release for 10.4 improves reliability of the SWT_AWT bridge implementation first released in the SWT Compatibility Libraries for Release 4, and is now installed as a standard part of J2SE 5.0.
     
    A WebObjects update has also been released. The update is another part of the Daylight Savings issue and is recommended for all WebObjects users.
     
    And finally, a Final Cut Pro update has been released. The update upgrades Final Cut Pro to version 5.1.3 and fixes several bugs.
     
    All of the updates are available from Software Update.
  • Swad

    Intel reveals 80 core processor

    By Swad, in OSx86,

    Taking a look into the not-too-distant future, Intel is raising the consumer-processor-bar pretty high with its display of raw 80 core power today. The International Herald Tribune has the scoop:


    SAN FRANCISCO: Intel will demonstrate an experimental computer chip Monday with 80 separate processing engines, or cores, that company executives said provided a model for commercial chips that would be used widely in standard desktop, laptop and server computers within five years.
     
    While the chip is not compatible with Intel's current chips, the company said it had already begun design work on a commercial version that would essentially have dozens or even hundreds of Intel-compatible microprocessors laid out in a tiled pattern on a single chip.
     
    Already, computer networking companies and the makers of PC graphics cards are moving to processor designs that have hundreds of computing engines. For example, Cisco Systems now uses a chip called Metro with 192 cores in its high-end network routers. In November, Nvidia introduced its most powerful graphics processor, the GeForce 8800, which has 128 cores.
     
    The Teraflops chip, which consumes just 62 watts at teraflop speeds and is air-cooled, contains an internal data packet router in each processor tile. It can move data between tiles in as little as 1.25 nanoseconds, making it possible to transfer 80 billion bytes a second between the internal cores. I just want to see how Intel will name the thing. Intel Core 92 Tera?
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