Eamon Deluxe 5.0 Beta Ships to Beta Testers

January 27, 2012 | Author: admin

The latest incarnation of the Eamon Adventurers franchise, Eamon Deluxe 5.0 has been shipped to beta testers.  Thus far, the program is only available in Win32 format, however, other formats including Mac OS X versions will be released in the coming days. Thus far, there are 20 beta testers with room for 10 more on the team.

Frank Kunze, author of Eamon Deluxe has been continuing work on the system and also on the conversion of the older Eamon adventures.  Thus far, the number of adventures remaining to be converted is 95.

Also a major update of the Eamon Adventurers Guild Online is forth coming.  There have been some updated materials provided by Frank Kunze which will be going into the update.  For more information, check out the Eamon Adventurers Guild website and also the Eamon Adventurers Guild Blog.

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Apple stock off slightly in morning trading

January 27, 2012 | Author: admin

Apple Inc. (AAPL) stock is off by $1.11 at $443.52 as of 9:01 AM EST, dropping nearly a dollar in the last hour of morning trading.  While some of the morning trading has some push back, it would appear that there is some profit taking going on after the stocks $30.00 rise this past week.

Analysts have projected a big rise in the stock over the coming months but so far, there is so much negative news after the record profit announcement that may be having an effect, weighing the stock down slightly.

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Apple OLED TV Controlled by Siri Coming in April?

January 26, 2012 | Author: admin

An article posted in TechBuggalo is suggesting that Apple is working on a new television based on Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) technology.  The TV would be controlled by an enhanced version of Apple’s Siri voice control as well as iOS based apps on the TV.  Supposedly it will be released sometime in APril or May according to the report

Source: Tech Buffalo

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Age of Reason BBS Down Due to Power Spike

January 26, 2012 | Author: admin

The Age of Reason BBS which runs on a real Apple //e is down at the moment.  This week, Washinton state has several back to back storms causing power outages throughout the western part of the state.  A power spike sent the machine into oblivion and in talking with Gene Buckle, the curator of the BBS, he still doesnt know exactly what is wrong with it.  Age of Reason runs on GBBS Pro, a BBS package written by Greg Schaefer in the 1980′s.

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Building an Analog Joypad for the Apple //c

January 26, 2012 | Author: admin

Kevin Dady is known for his strange hacks over the years, but this one is actually useful to Apple //c Owners.  Not wanting to purchase an Apple //c joystick, Kevin set out to build himself one, using a thumb controller from an XBox controller.  The result of that and a few parts from Radio Shack is a game controller that looks every bit the modern piece of equipment except for the old 9 pint //c connector.

Kevin has posted a step by step outline of how to build the controller complete with all of the pictures of his process on the Hack-A-Day Website.

Source:  Hack A Day

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Apple Stock Pushes Downward Slightly

January 26, 2012 | Author: admin

Apple Inc (AAPL)  took a small dip after a fairly rambunctious morning trading session.  With no clear definition in the market prior to 10am, trading stayed in the $447 USD a share range.  However, with the start of MacWorld today and no Apple presence, the stock began to take s slow downward spiral until stabilizing in the $444 USD range.   The stock closed the days regular trading at $444.63 USD a share and is now up clightly in the After Hours Market at $444.99 USD at 7:05 pm EST.

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Karelia Releases Sandvox 2.5

January 26, 2012 | Author: admin

Karelia Software has released an update to their Sandvox Website Creator.  Sandvox is an easy to use website creation package which allows users to create entire websites within a matter of minutes rather than days and weeks. Sandvox 2.5 has included some automatic features allowing notifications to be sent to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and even email.  Also included in this version are the following changes:

  • Brand new Slide Show index
  • Photo Grid supports displaying captions derived from each page
  • Improved compatibility with .m4v files
  • Amazon List supports Italian, Chinese and Spanish stores
  • Corrects position of RSS badge icon in some configurations
  • Improves layout of Contact Form labels
  • Placeholders:
  1. Corrects appearance of YouTube when no video has been chosen
  2. For certain websites that do not support being embedded in other websites, Sandvox displays a placeholder
  3. Corrects appearance of Raw HTML placeholders
  • Fixes a crash choosing a file to insert
  • Overhauled publishing engine for speed and reliability
  • If added to the home screen on an iPhone or iPad, home pages display their thumbnail as specified in the Page Inspector
  • Publishing Transcript is more readable and can be included when sending feedback, to help us track down problems
  • Resolves a crash during publishing

Version 2.5 requires a minimum of Mac OS X 10.6.and now has Full screen mode.  In addition to that, theDocuments are automatically saved for you, and previous versions can be browsed, making Sandvox a nearly no document loss system. Upon quitting and relaunching,the windows restore exactly in the same stat you left them.  You can download the program from the Karelia website at:

http://www.karelia.com/

 

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Apple Employees Getting New Discounts

January 26, 2012 | Author: admin

Yesterday, Tim Cook held a town hall meeting with employees of Apple Inc.   While there were several items discussed, perhaps the biggest surprise was the new employee discounts that Apple employees will get.   Each employee will get $500 off Mac Purchases and $250 off iPad purchases, once every three years.  The discounts will begin in June 2012 and it is only available to employees who have been with the company for more than 90 days.  It is also not applicable to the Mac Mini.  Employees already get a 25 percent discount on purchases of Macs.

Source: 9 to 5 Mac

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Motorola files lawsuit against Apple for iPhone 4S and iCloud

January 25, 2012 | Author: admin

Motorola files a lawsuit against Apple claiming infringement of 6 patents.  The lawsuit came with the full permission of Google who has been going after Apple in a proxy war to claim more of the pot of gold.   The lawsuit filed today asks the courts for an injunction against the iPhone 4S and Apple’s iCloud service saying that they are infringing upon the following patents:

  • U.S. Patent No. 5,710,987 on a “receiver having concealed external antenna”
  • U.S. Patent No. 5,754,119 on a “multiple pager status synchronization system and method”; Motorola is asserting the European equivalent of this patent against Apple in Mannheim, with a decision (that will likely be favorable for Motorola) scheduled for Friday of next week (February 3, 2012)
  • U.S. Patent No. 5,958,006 on a “method and apparatus for communicating summarized data”
  • U.S. Patent No. 6,101,531 on a “system for communicating user-selected criteria filter prepared at wireless client to communication server for filtering data transferred from host to said wireless client”
  • U.S. Patent No. 6,008,737 on an “apparatus for controlling utilization of software added to a portable communication device”
  • U.S. Patent No. 6,377,161 on a “method and apparatus in a wireless messaging system for facilitating an exchange of address information”

This lawsuit was filed in the state of Florida where Motorola already has an ongoing battle with Apple.  The reason for this second lawsuit appears to be that it was told by the judge in the first case that it could not add these infringements to the ongoing case but were free to file a new lawsuit is so desired.

Source: Foss Patents

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Apple Stock Pulls Back Slightly

January 25, 2012 | Author: admin

Apple, Inc. (AAPL) soared to more than 455 USD yesterday, however today, it is trading down ad 446.50 as of 5:14pm EST.  Apple’s stock price shot up more than 30 dollars a share immediately after first quarter profits for 2012 were announced on the 24th. The stock traded mostly flat on the day as several analysts projected that Apple stock will go through the $650 mark specified by  Rob Cihra of Evercore Partners.  Analyst comment from Wedbush Securities gave the stock an Outperform rating and raised the target price from $540 a share to $585 a hare.

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