EyeTV 2.3.1 improves GUI, more

August 31, 2006 on 5:15 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments Off

Elgato has released a maintenance update to its Personal Video Recorder (PVR) software: EyeTV 2.3.1, the software for its EyeTV hardware devices (and some third-party devices), allows users to record TV/cable, pause any video feed, organize/edit cli…

Foxconn’s parent reports 43% profit jump

August 31, 2006 on 4:55 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments Off

Hon Hai Precision Industry, the parent company of Apple’s iPod manufacturing partner Foxconn, achieved a 43 percent gain in second quarter profit on demand for music players and mobile phones. Bloomberg says that new income climbed to NT$12.8 billion…

Mac Word: Irrational Google exuberance

August 31, 2006 on 4:47 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments Off

Rick LePage says that while Eric Schmidt’s addition to the Apple board is intriguing, it doesn’t mean an Apple-Google marriage is in the offing.

The iPod Blog: DRM’s merry-go-round madness

August 31, 2006 on 4:46 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments Off And so we take another turn on the copy-protection merry-go-round. Tired of the ride? Maybe that's the point.

mProjector 2R10 offers Intel playback

August 31, 2006 on 4:40 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments Off Screentime Media today announced mProjector 2R10 for Mac OS and Windows, its tool for fast, powerful application development in Flash. The company says it is the only way to create applications with "Flash Shaped" windows: mProjector extends the powe...

News: CrossOver virtualization software public beta offered

August 31, 2006 on 4:21 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments Off

CrossOver Mac — a virtualization software that lets Intel Macs run Windows software without having Windows installed — is now available as a public beta.

News: Blu-ray brings Hollywood to Berlin

August 31, 2006 on 4:06 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments Off

Key backers of the new Blu-ray optical storage technology turned out in force at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin.

Briefly: Apple Event, Mac Pro RAM

August 31, 2006 on 3:40 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments Off

In brief: Apple has confirmed plans to hold a special event on September 14, coinciding with rumors of an Apple movie store launch in that time period…. Other World computing has announced price reductions on its Mac Pro RAM kits now starting at $5…

Apps: ToDo X, UltraToolBar, BookSmart

August 31, 2006 on 3:15 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments Off

ToDo X 2.1 ($15) is a “todo” list application which supports multiple to-do lists and allows a to-do item to appear in more than one list; it also supports unlimited attached notes including clickable URLs, items can which can copied, linked or moved…

CrossOver beta released for Mac

August 31, 2006 on 3:00 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments Off

Codeweavers has released a free beta of CrossOver for Mac, its utility for Windows application ‘emulation’ within Mac OS X. The utility allows Windows application to run independently inside of Mac OS X without using Windows itself, i.e., users of Co…