Month: March 2011
For the second time this week, Apple has released a new version of their iTunes software. 10.2.1 was made available for download but the documentation of the changes in the program has not been mad available on the Apple website. This is the second update this week, and with the impending release of iOS 4.3 on March 11th looming ever larger in the windshield, Apple is obviously trying to cover all the bases with a slew of updates before hand….
Rovi Corporation announced the release of their latest version of the Roxio Toast DVD burning software. Version 11.0 which is now available on the Roxio website, with the pro version 11.0 including such new features as: Adobe® PhotoShop® Elements 9 – the latest, full-featured version of the #1 selling consumer photo-editing software for the Mac. The application delivers powerful options that make it easy to create extraordinary photos, quickly share your memories in online albums and unique print creations, and…
Nest buy squashed the The initial rumor meant that Best Buy would have been purchasing nearly 200,000 units just for their employees. This glut of machines would have likely meant very few machines for actual retail customers. According to the article in the Wall Street Journal (http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/03/07/best-buy-considers-tablets-for-salespeople/?mod=WSJBlog&mod=), they are looking into other alternatives and other tablets but it is highly unlikely now that they will ever give iPads to all their employees.
Mike Maginnis, curator of the Apple II Scans website, announced the availability of the second edition of Open Apple, the podcast with he and Ken Gagne. Join them as they delve into their blast from the past and their favorite software from yesteryear. According to the releases on CSA2, “This time, Mike and Ken are joined by Ivan Drucker: two-time KansasFest alumnus, Juiced.GS staff writer, and Mac consultant based out of New York City. News this month includes a look…
This is largely a repeat of an article in an earlier issue of the magazine. It works across all forms of *NIX (including OS X) and in a limited way Windows as well. Most professional *NIX people don’t recommend it. The reasons escape me at the moment. One thought some network analysts had a couple of years ago as to the slow loading of web pages was due to mis-configured or slow ad servers. Visiting some pages with numerous popups…
The FAA has approved the iPad as a replacement for paper maps in the cockpits of commercial aircraft. Traditionally, airline pilots have carried reams of the maps of the airports they were flying into and out of, in a specialized flight suitcase. Now they will really only need their iPad complete with the appropriate maps application such as the one from Jeppesen. According to an article in Bloomberg (http://bloom.bg/fFwLkH), Delta Airlines is one of the major players in the push…
The Apple II Scans website, managed by Mike Maginnis, has announced that they have added the follow on book to Gary B. Little’s Inside the Apple //e. Inside the Apple //c was based on the initial Apple //c and covers the machine in its entirety. Unfortunately, it is lacking in information about the second generation Apple //c as well as the Apple //c Plus which came out later. Still the book is a wealth of information for the user who…
Apple announced their new Garageband App for the iPad. Complete with Touch instruments, recording studio and and Smart Instruments, the app not only makes the iPad a complete musical instrument but also gives musicians the ability to work on their tracks while they are on the go. The program features Drums, Drum machines, Synthesizers, and Keyboards as well as Guitars and other modern musical instruments. The multi-touch ability allows the iPad to be played as if playing the original instrument,…
Snippetspace, the company known for it’s eazy to use iPhone App framework, has released a preview of it’s next version of the package. iWebkit has been one of the most widely used frameworks for building iPhone Apps and iPhone compatible websits during the past few years. Its author, Christopher Plieger, is also taking dontations for the purchase of an iPad so that he can begin building a version of the iWebkit framework for the iPad. According to the release on…
Over the past few months, I have been watching and waiting for someone to take an iPod (yes the small 6th gen Nano) and turn it into a usable wristwatch. Many of my cohorts commented on the same idea in January and February with the first articles appearing about it this past 2 weeks or so. No it seems that everyone is jumping on the band wagon including us. Having had a computer on my wrist since the early 1990’s…
These tips can be used with the OS X terminal, iTerm, and most Linux shells. I have also verified the history works with the Windows “DOS Prompt”. It’s nice when things work out in a consistent cross-platform way. 😉 The history feature is useful when a programmer wishes to perform similar commands over again. In the past the process used to be more complex. Now it’s as simple as using the up arrow key. The down arrow key works to…
The ActiveGS Plugin has been rolled back to version 3.3.201 due to a bug which was discovered to be causing the Safari version of the plugin not to work. Work is ongoing and a fix is expected soon. In the interim, if the plugin is not working in your browser when you visit the Virtual Apple ][ website, we recommend uninstalling the plugin and re-visiting to re-install the older version of the plugin. If your broswer is working fine with…
There is a story running in a Forbes Blog (http://blogs.forbes.com/elizabethwoyke/2011/03/04/is-best-buy-planning-to-give-ipads-to-all-its-sales-associates/) by Elizabeth Woyke that Best Buy is planning on giving all of it’s 180,000 retail employees an iPad to help them become better sales people. If proved true, it could be a huge gamble for the retailer which is struggling as of late, but it could also have a huge payoff since Best Buy is an Apple sales partner. Best Buy may be counting on their employees becoming better educated…
Conan O’Brien has been known for his ability to have the latest and greatest in Apple gadgets and to poke fun at them at the same time. While his iPhone skit was quite funny a while back, his new iPad2 commercial is absolutely brilliant in the manner it parodies the launch. Stating “Apple is getting a bit cocky” in his monologue, he then turns to the following commercial to take the joke home.
Many eons ago, or maybe it just seems like that, a man named Lord British (A.K.A. Richard Garriott) released a software package to the world which forever changed the manner in which computers and games were thought of. That game from so long ago (actually 1978) was Akalabeth, the predecessor to the now famous Ultima series of adventure role playing games. Now, when it seemed safe to emerge from the darkness safe from the threat of attack by an Orc,…
Brutal Deluxe Software, know for its contributions to the Apple community over the years both in Software and in vintage item reviews and documentation, has once again dug up a few golden items for the community to enjoy. Three vintage French videos are once again viewable. They are as follows: – Le club Apple, 1986 A French-speaking video from Apple France, which introduces its users’ club and after sales department. – Un Apple pour tous, 1987 A French-speaking video from…
Oliver Goguel, author of the ActiveGS App announced that he was pulling the latest version of his app from the App Store. Version 1.21 had been submitted and was ready to be released when a bug was discovered in the app which would cause the iPad to freeze. The bug was discovered after a beta tester used the zoom lock feature and the entire machine froze. ActiveGS has been used for many years now on the Virtual Apple ][ website…
This morning I was dismayed to find that the Opera web browser download was causing a warning when downloading the browser from the Apple website (http://www.apple.com). Restricted — Ages 17+. I didn’t want to believe it but it’s true folks and quite frankly it seemed totally inappropriate. Visiting the Apple App Store even as I write this shows the warning is still there. The warning made me wonder at first they decided this particular application needs to be restricted? Pornographic…
In obvious preparation for next weeks release of the iPad2, Apple has released the iOS 4.3 Gold Master to its developers. With the new technologies implemented into the new iPad2, Apple is hedging its bets that one week will be enough for most developers to catch up on the Apps and get the new Apps into the App Store prior to the release of the iPad. There are sure to be a ton of new apps utilizing the cameras and…
Everyone has probably had one or two programs over the years that they had during the early days of Macintosh that they wished there was a modern equivalent to. While most of us only dream of those retro packagers, one early mac user, Scott Baret wrote an interesting post on just such a list of items he wanted over at the 68K Macintosh Liberation Army Website about his list of items complete with his equivalent finds in the computing world…
