Category: Apple Computing
Apple Products from the current generation of items.
A new trailer on you tube this shows a well known NASA clip from the moon walks of the 1970’s, in which one of the astronauts is preparing to launch a bird and the other one guiding him. It is a hilarious intro for the global announcement of the App coming on March 8th at 10am EST.
Apple has released an EFI Firware update for the following 2011 machines: Mac Mini iMac MacBook Pro MacBook Air The update addresses issues with HDCP Authentication as well as USB Hot Plug recognition in relation to Boot Device Selection. You can download the updates by going to Software Update under the Apple menu on you machine.
Proview, the China based bankrupt company which supposedly owns the iPad name is now suing Apple in California. The company is still embroiled in a battle in mainland China, but no decision has been made there. Proview is now accusing Apple of using deceptive practices in their purchase of the iPad name, thereby denying Proview fair value on the name. In China, Proview is denying the name was sold for mainland China operations. Source: Reuters
The Apple iTunes App Store, long a point of pride with Apple is now reaching the 25 billion App download mark since it’s inception. For one lucky user, that 25 Billion mark equals $10,000 USD in downloads from the store as a reward for downloading the 25 billionth download. For the rest of the users, it just means that we love our iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad enough to keep downloading apps at a high rate and as the number…
Don’t Run With a Plasma Sword (DRWAPS for short) is a high paced action game in which you are out to save the world from the alien invaders. You jump, slide, dive and run through the levels, gathering stars, killing the aliens, and avoiding the pitfalls of running on a path which is not conducive to running. While this game is not only addicting and invigorating, the sounds from the game make it as thrilling as any B science fiction…
The Beatles, the most popular band of all time, is now on your ringtone. That is that you can now download the ringtones from the iTunes store. According to the release statement, the ringtones will be available globally. The Beatles made their albums available in September 2011, quickly shooting to number one on the charts around the world. Now the Ringtones for your favorite Beatles is also available. Ringtones currently available on the iTunes store include: 1. “Love Me Do”…
A photo on the Daily, a news site covering a variety of topics, claims to be the next generation Microsoft Office Suite for the iPad. While not all that far fetched since One Note was released for the iPad, the fact that Microsoft would want to go beyond the On Live concept with their iPad based application seems a bit preposterous. With On Live, the control is all in the network, however, with an actual App, Microsoft loses all control…
Twitter has updated their App for iOS to version 4.1. The new version moves the App in line with the direction the website has been moving in recent months, adding more functionality including: Swipe shortcut Copy and paste for tweets and profiles Press and hold actions on links in tweet details Font size settings Direct Message improvements Confirmation alert for Find Friends Improved start-up time and general performance improvement Improved image quality in tweet detail Accessibility improvements Profile shows whether…
The latest version of the open source FlightGear flight simulator has been released. Version 2.6.0 includes a number of improvements primarily in the handling of AI type aircraft, making load times faster as well as the CPU cost per AI aircraft much lower. FlightGear Version 2.6.0 is available for free download and is available for all of the Major computing platforms. You can download the version for your machine from the FlightGear Website at: http://www.flightgear.org For information about the other…
Apple has released an update for the Printer and Scanner Software for Mac OS X Lion and Mac OS X V.10.6 based systems. The update has fixes and patches for printers from: Apple Brother Canon Epson Fuji Xeron Gestetner HP InfoPrint Infotec Lanier Lexmark NRG Ricoh Samsung Saving Xeron, Tektronix You can download the driver update for your particular printer by running the Software Update app under the Apple menu or by going to the driver website at: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3669
Program: AirServer Mac Cost: $7.99 Platform: Mac OS X 10.7.3 System: Mac Mini URL: http://www.airserverapp.com This month’s review is one of the more useful utilities we have found in a while. Not exactly new or the latest and greatest, however, the App does what it claims to do and we figured this one deserved a closer look. Over the past two months, we have used a number of devices trying to emulate the capabilities of AirPlay to Apple TV. Nothing…
Apple Inc. is giving users a bit of an advanced look at what the next version of Mac OS X will look like. The Mac OS X Mountain Lion Website gives a few hints and also allows members of the developers program to download beta versions of the OS. The Developers Program login requires membership in Apple’s Developers Program, a paid service of Apple Inc. The latest version of the Mac OS X Family will include a closer integration of…
While the preparations for Apple’s next major OS upgrade have gone on quietly for some time now, the way Apple is treating its latest addition to the Apps of Mac OS X is anything but quiet. Messages is Apple’s new app which allows users to “send messages to any Macintosh, iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch.” The app almost looks like something of a twitter clone, with some distinct differences. Messages replaces your iVhat client and it allows you to make…
ThinkGeek now has a new item in their store which will fit right into those hands of the retro gamers. The new 8-Bitty is a wireless hand controller which has Nintendo Entertainment System style D-Pad controls and multiple buttons for those games requiring more than the usual A or B button. The item was announced yesterday and is already out of stock with no ETA on new stock being delivered. Some of the fesatures of the 8-Bitty include: Classic retro-styled…
Do you have a spare iPhone 3GS sitting around that you have no idea what to do with it? Well there are a number of things that can be done these days including producing your next album with the out of date machine. One Like Son, a power pop band led by one Stephen Poff, has created their entire album on an iPhone 3gs. According to their website, “Start the Show was recorded on the iPhone 3GS using GuitarJack,…
Mozilla has released an update to the Firefox Browser that they have classified as a critical update. The update, Version 10.0.1, fixes a security flaw in version 10.0 as well as a Java freezing problem that was in previous versions of the browser. New items in the update include Most add-ons are now compatible with new versions of Firefox by default The forward button is now hidden until you navigate back Anti-Aliasing for WebGL is now implemented CSS3 3D-Transforms are…
Mac DVDRipper Pro, the shareware package which allows users to rip their DVD’s onto their Macintosh has been upgraded. Produced by DVDSuki Softwares Inc, Mac DVDRipper Pro is a shareware program which is normally $24.95 for the fully unlocked package. They currently have the program for sale for $19.95 on their website. They also have a free trial version which will work uninhibited for the first five DVD rips. The latest version, 3.1.1 includes the following updates: Support for very…
Program: Pinball Arcade Version: 1.0.8 Size: 17.5 MB Language: English Seller: FarSight Studios URL: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pinball-arcade-free/id497189134?mt=8 After months of being hyped by many in the media, the biggest bust of the year must be Pinball Arcade by Farsight Studios. I was totally looking forward to playing some of the pinball games from over the years that have long left arcades everywhere for pinball graveyards. However, one should have been forewarned by the name of the publisher, which leads right into the…
Apple Inc. has posted an update to the EFI firmware in the mid-2010 models of the iMac. Version 1.8 of the iMac EFI Firmware allows Lion Recovery from a network connection. You can download the update from the Apple website at: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1493
While there are many agencies and groups which take a hard line against any kind of piracy, including the SBA, RIAA, amond others, there seems to be one company now that actually thinks it is a good thing to some extent. Rovio, the maker of the popular game Angry Birds seems to be taking a page from the MS-Dos 1.0 book and saying that the piracy is actually growing their business more than it is hurting it. According to Rovio…
