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  • Alex Oughton

    InsanelyMac At Mac Expo

    By Alex Oughton, in OSx86,

    Next week, MacExpo 2006 will be taking place at London's Olympia, and InsanelyMac will be there!
     
    "The UK’s leading exhibition and conference for the Mac community. With its doors open to both creative professionals and the public the show is the annual celebration of everything Mac and iPod."
     
    I will be there on Saturday the 28th, with cameraman in tow, so look forward to lots of great in-depth coverage from this year's show.
     
    Check out Mac Expo's site and join us next week!
  • sHARD>>
    ThinkSecret is reporting that Apple's upcoming Mac OS X 10.5 may support both the HD-DVD and Blu-Ray disk formats. After taking the Blu-Ray path, this would represent a shift in Apple's Hi-Def strategy. Is this Apple's way of making sure they choose the winning format, or is this another example of excellent pro user support? Being the only major pro media development system to support both formats could offer a world of Apple switchers. Futher evidence of this distinct advantage is found in future Final Cut Pro versions, which are also said to support both formats.
     
    Of course, from a consumer prospective supporting both formats is great. Don't want to deal with the format wars? Pop a Hi-Def disc into your Mac Pro and stream it through your gigabit network over to your iTV. Perhaps that's for the distant future, but the Hi-Def world looks great indeed.
  • sHARD>>
    Our friends at Engadget are reporting that some of the new 5.5G iPods have been shipped to consumers with an unexpected bonus feature: the RavMonE.exe Windows virus. Oops. It seems there was a screwup at the factory which lead to some unplanned virus deployment. Instructions for removing the virus are on Apple's website.
     
    Perhaps another reason to switch to OS X?
  • Colonel
    Just days after the release of the new red (RED) iPod, rumors have begun forming about red (RED) MacBooks and iMacs. Think secret has the scoop:


    While sources were unable to explain exactly why, Apple CEO Steve Jobs is said to have had reservations about billing the player as simply the iPod nano (RED), despite Bono's desire to keep the naming convention consistant with other (RED) products.
     
    Sources say the iPod's name was the final point of consideration in negotiations to bring the (RED) iPod to market.
     
    Still unknown is whether Apple will be bringing more products to the (RED) campaign, although that answer is likely to lie at least partially with how well the iPod nano sells. Sources have reported that Mr. Jobs and Bono have discussed bringing a (RED) iMac and (RED) MacBook to market, as well. Red Macs that are now capable of the Blue Screen of Death... and (according to environmentalists) aren't very green. Anyone else want to stick with white?
  • kevin_4e
    Starting off this weekend's links is another great little widget: Sophiestication’s iTunes Artwork 1.4 widget displays the artwork for the song playing and allows full iTunes control... If you feel the need for a screen saver on your 5G iPod, check out TUAW’s short guide to making your own... If you’re not afraid to edit a few .kext files on your MacBook Pro to reduce temperatures by 5-10c, spend a few minutes looking at Rokem’s guide... A current Apple employee has begun anonymously blogging while “under a mask” and is about to "join the conversation"... As a result of the release of the Red Nano, the Fifth Avenue Store has decided to make a couple of their own changes as well...
     
    In our Design forum, a hot topic as of late has been one discussing annoying design trends on the web - be sure to let your voice be heard... Another interesting thread is based on a Wired article from the 90's entitled 101 Ways to Save Apple, and when looking at all 101 suggestions, you might be amazed at how many were used... A new 10.4.8 OSx86 release is apparently working on AMD machines... And finally, if you were ever suspicious that your Computer Science 101 prof was strung out on a little more than Java (tee hee), check out this video to confirm your worst fears.
  • Alex Oughton
    According to AppleInsider, Transmeta have filed a lawsuit against Intel, which could threaten the supply of processors for Macintosh products.
     
    The lawsuit reportedly regards no less than 10 violations of Transmeta's patents covering processor design and power efficiency technologies.
     
    Transmeta are seeking damages, royalty payments, and an injunction preventing Intel from selling infringing processors such as both the Core and Core 2 processors, as found in Apple's current line of Macs, after the two companies failed to agree to licensing terms, according to Transmeta's President and Chief Executive Officer Arthur Swift. AppleInsider:


    Nine of the 10 Transmeta patents invoked in the lawsuit cover basic processor functions like scheduling and addressing instructions on the chip, according to InfoWorld. The tenth patent reportedly relates to Transmeta's LongRun technology, which is used to adjust the voltage of the processor, depending on its workload.
     
    If granted, an injunction could prevent further shipments of Intel's Core 2 Duo to Apple, which would halt the roll-out of Core 2 Duo-based MacBook and MacBook Pro systems due a little later this year. It would also freeze production of Apple's other Intel-based systems.
  • Alex Oughton
    Microsoft have (again) released an update to Microsoft Messenger for Mac.
     
    Version 6.0.1 is available for download from here.
     
    This time there are no obvious changes, so (again) here is the low-down on the current version:
     
    * Chat with Yahoo! Messenger contacts
    * Add a status message that your personal contacts can see
    * Share what you are listening to in iTunes with your personal contacts
    * Create, send, and receive custom emoticons with personal contacts
    * Send and receive custom animated emoticons with personal contacts
    * Search for conversation histories using Spotlight
    * Check the spelling in your instant messages
     
    Our forum's very own 'curlyboy' points out that the new download may solve sign-in issues.
     
    If you spot anything else new, please let us know in the comments!
  • Colonel

    Red iPod Nano Released

    By Colonel, in OSx86,

    Apple has just released a new Red model of the 4GB iPod Nano. The iPod is identical to all of its other Nano siblings, but it comes in a shiny, bright red... oh yeah, and $10 of every sale is donated to The Global Fund to fight AIDS in Africa. We've been predicting this iPod for a while now and it appears that we were correct. Here's how Apple describes the new iPod.


    Sleek, lightweight, and just $199, the 4GB(2) iPod nano (PRODUCT) RED delivers everything you’d expect from the world’s best-selling digital music player. I would buy one. Would you?
  • sHARD>>
    LoopRumors has new speculation that Leopard will be fully unveiled and released for purchase at the '07 MacWorld Expo in San Franscisco. With the expo starting on January 8th, this would have Leopard arriving early, almost breaking it's speculative release date of Q1 2007.
     
    They also note that this may be in response to Microsoft's Windows Vista release around the same period. With Vista being criticized as a rush job, would it be wise for Apple to take the same route? Only Jobs knows, and he sure isn't telling.
  • Swad

    New Leopard Seed Released

    By Swad, in OSx86,

    We heard whispers about this a few hours ago but, thanks to the vagaries of US law, we had to sit on it until someone else broke someone else's NDA. So, without further adieu...
     
    Apple today released a new seed of their upcoming Leopard operating system, build 9A283. It requires a fresh installation, so upgrades aren't possible at the moment. There are also a host of known issues.
     
    New features:
     
    - New Parental Controls preference pane allows you to limit access to the
    system and apps, adjust content filters and enforce curfews
    - iCal has significant UI changes
    - VoiceOver screen reader includes 3D audio cues to indicate the location of
    items on the screen.
    - Live Previews in the Print Panel
    - Preview now supports basic editing
    - Audio via the headphone/lineout jack plays at the normal volume again
    - Input Method Frameworks have been updated
    - Groups and subgroups in AddressBook can be restored with Time Machine  
     
    Spotlight
    - Quick Look supports PDF, HTML, Web Archives, Text, QuickTime
    movies and sound
    - Time Machine snapshots are searchable through Spotlight
     
    iChat
    - Spotlight Previews can be streamed in iChat Theater mode
    - Replace Background video effect now available
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