Apple Computer increased the combined storage of its .Mac e-mail and iDisk services to 250 megabytes on Wednesday, following a trend by Yahoo and Google in recent months to increase storage capacity of free and fee-based Web-based e-mail and storage services. The default storage for e-mail will now be 125MB, but users can configure their…
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Frame Line: HD Production: 24 Days in the Valley, Part I
24 Days In The Valley: The Life And Times Of An HD Production In South Texas If you have ever spent any time in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas during August, you know that we are few soldiers of salty blood; and I am sure you have felt the pain that the area serves…
DV Dailies - Blackmagic Releases Device For Viewing HD On DVI Monitors
Blackmagic Design is now shipping the Blackmagic HDLink. The Blackmagic HDLink is a device designed for viewing HDTV video on a DVI-D based computer monitor. The device supports both SDI and HD video signals with full color detail and resolution. According to Blackmagic Design: Blackmagic HDLink™ is the exciting way to get low cost true…
Air France Adds iPod mini Promotion
Travel must be completed by January 15, 2005. Additional restrictions apply. Once travel is completed, passengers mail their information to an Air France address and will recieve an iPod mini within six to ten weeks. Air France is a major global airline with service to more than 198 cities in more than 83 countries. The…
Adobe Proposes New Universal Photo Format
Adobe Systems announced Monday a new format for digital photos that offers higher-quality, raw images in the hopes more digital camera makers and software companies will support the new standard. Adobe is proposing that its new Digital Negative Specification, or DNG, become a universal standard for a raw format to save digital images. With DNG,…
Adobe Updates Photoshop CS Plug-In; Supports Added Cameras
The Camera Raw 2.3 Plug-in builds on the raw file functionality already available in Photoshop CS, adding new support for the latest digital cameras from leading manufacturers, such as Canon, Epson, Fujifilm, and Nikon. The new plug-in is a free download from Adobeis Web site. The new cameras supported by the Camera Raw 2.3 Plug-in…
EarJams for Your iPod Earbuds, PodPod for the Car
Griffin Technology has quietly released two new products for the iPod, EarJams and the PodPod. Griffin EarJams are attachments for the earbuds that ship with all iPods, while the PodPod is an iPod carrier designed to fit in your car’s cupholder. The description of EarJams from Griffin: EarJams snap onto your existing iPod Earbuds and:…
CD Rental Service Offers Free iPod for Charter Membership
A new service called Ongo Bongo is offering a free iPod mini to people who sign up as charter year-long members. Ongo Bongo is a Netflix-style music CD rental service that allows you to rent up to four music CDs at a time, and to keep them as long as you wish, and as long…
Time & Budgets Gets Outlook Connectivity
Other new features include new tools for data export and MYOB integration, as well an upgraded CORE report engine. With this release, tracking and billing for time is now as simple as keeping your appointment book up-to-date, with no additional software required. Time and Budgets enables users to seamlessly convert their appointment calendars to dollars…
Unhappy Customers Slam FreeiPods.com; Owners Blame Apple
freeiPods.com and its parent company, Gratis Internet LLC, told Wired News their business is very successful and that while they are shipping iPods, they canit get enough from Apple. “The wait is 100 percent due to Appleis manufacturing,” said Gratis co-founder Peter Martin. “Apple is on back order. The delay is three weeks plus. They…
TMO Reports - IDC Sees Pressure on Apple's iPod Dominance; Flash Player From Apple?
Market research firm IDC is forecasting Apple Computers dominance in the portable jukebox market of MP3 players with the iPod and iPod mini will see increased pressure in the years to come as prices dive for flash-based players and more competitors produce higher capacity, cheaper and easier to use devices based on one-inch hard drives.…
Allume Systems Releases Stuffit Deluxe 9.0
Allume Systems, Inc. (formerly Aladdin Systems, Inc.), an IMSI company (OTC BB: IMSI), today announced StuffIt Deluxe 9.0, the newest version of its file compression, access, and organization software for Mac OS X. This new version offers faster file compression and decompression, a more intuitive user interface, and enhanced backup features that streamline the process…
OnSync, Evidence Eradicator, KoalaCalc, & More
Antonio Ferraioli has updated his OnSync software to version 1.7. The new version of the OS X contacts manager adds support for Samsung SPH-A680, SCH-A530, SCH-A670, and SPH-A670 phones, updates the compatibility list, and adds some speed improvements. OnSync 1.7 is available now as US$10 shareware. Radon Technologiesis Evidence Eradicator has gotten an upgrade to…
iPontificate: Hot Apple on Apple Action
The topic that everyone seems to be talking about this week is the legal proceedings between Apple Corps and Apple Computer. I suppose I might as well throw in my two cents. Let me make this clear, however: I have no idea what is going to happen between these two companies. That is what makes…
Dr. Mac: Rants & Raves - Good Software, Cheap
Great software doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg. Great-but-expensive programs-like Final Cut, Photoshop, Logic, Dreamweaver, InDesign, FileMaker Pro, and many others-are (excuse the pun) a dime a dozen. Cheap but crappy programs are ubiquitous and worth a penny a pound or less. My favorite programs are the hardest to find: Inexpensive, well-designed…
Troi File Plugin, eMail Bounce Handler, iPod ActionPak, & More
Troi Automatisering has updated its Troi File Plugin for FileMaker Pro 7 to version 3.0.2. The plugin allows you to manipulate files and folders directly from your FileMaker Pro database. Version 3.0.2 is a bug fix update and is available now. Troi File Plugin is available as US$59 shareware. MAX Programming has updated its eMail…
Euro Study Finds Windows Crash 8% of the Time
A study of some 1,285,500 computers in almost one thousand companies across 7 European countries (France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain, England, Italy) found that Windows PCs crashed around 8% per session. In other words, in European businesses, Windows PCs crash almost one out of every 12 times they are turned on. The study was undertaken…
Apple Looks at the Army's New MACH5 G5 Supercluster
E arlier this year, the US Army, in association with the COLSA Corporation, announced that it would use 1,566 Xserve G5 servers clustered together to create a new supercomputer to aid in the study of hypersonic flight. Now, Apple has posted a story about the completed system, called MACH5. The new US$5.8 million supercomputing cluster…
Computing with Bifocals - Announcing Nancy's Hints & Tips Book
Today I am as proud as can be to announce my first book, Tips, Hints, and Solutions for Seasoned Beginners Using Apple Macintosh Computers With OS X. For quite some time I have wanted to put together a handbook for Experienced Beginners who are using OS X. Something that would serve as a repository for…
MacSword, ChartConstructor, Illumination, & More
MacSword has been updated by its author to version 1.1.1. MacSword, based on the open-source SWORD Project, is a bible study program for Mac OS X. The new version fixes bugs, adds a Chinese localization, and adds a few interface tweaks. MacSword 1.1.1 is available now as a free download. Headshack Software has updated ChartConstructor…
Yahoo! Buys Musicmatch To Bolster Online Music Offerings
T he competition arrayed against Apple in the growing online music market is shifting. In a deal valued at US$160 million, Yahoo! announced today the acquisition of one-time Apple partner Musicmatch. Musicmatch makes its self-titled Musicmatch jukebox software that allows Windows users to manage their digital music collections, the same software Apple licensed for its…
Jupiter Research: iPod/iTunes Combo an Advantage for Apple
The Guardian (UK) has published an article looking at the battle between Apple and everyone else in the online music download business. The article particularly focuses on Microsoft’s new Windows Media Player 10 software, which among other things allows Windows users to take their rented music with them on portable media players. The article quotes…
Forbes/NewMediaZero Call Windows Media Open, iTunes Closed
Forbes’ online arm has published an article from a UK online site called NewMediaZero. That article touts “the relatively open nature” of Windows Media 10, which “stands in stark contrast” to Apple’s closed and proprietary iTunes. The article also quotes a broadband content provider who compares the coming platform war between Microsoft and Apple to…
Kanguru Releases First FireWire Flash Drive
At long last, after years of USB having a corner on the flash drive market, Kanguru has announced its Fire Flash FireWire flash drive line. With capacities ranging from 128MB to 1GB, the Fire Flash is the perfect way to carry your data with you, and since they uses FireWire, you won’t be waiting around…