Briefly: Apple Expo, Apple TV at Costco, Ballmer on iPhone

April 30, 2007 on 1:00 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments Off

The dates are set and pre-registration has opened for the annual Paris-based Apple Expo and conference. Meanwhile, Apple TVs have turned up at Target as well as at another popular discount chain. And Microsoft headman Steve Ballmer is running his mou…

News: Slingbox TV streaming device comes to Mac

April 30, 2007 on 10:56 am | In Uncategorized | Comments Off

Sling Media has released SlingPlayer for Mac, software that lets Mac users operate Slingbox “placeshifting” devices that let you watch your TV or control your home entertainment system from anywhere on the Internet.

Samsung ships 16Gb flash chips

April 30, 2007 on 10:05 am | In Uncategorized | Comments Off Samsung on Monday began shipping the world's first ever 16 gigabit flash memory. Originally sampled in March, the new memory is built on a 51 nanometer process that shrinks the storage enough to allow 16 gigabytes on a typical memory card. The shortened traces combined with processing data in larger chunks also greatly speeds up transfers compare...

Apple ProCare service revamp to offer less bang for buck

April 30, 2007 on 10:00 am | In Uncategorized | Comments Off Mac users mulling an Apple ProCare license may want to buy into the extended training and repair service within the next 48 hours, as changes due later in the week will effectively double the cost of today's offerings. According to people familiar...

Entrance generates Access-like charts

April 30, 2007 on 9:45 am | In Uncategorized | Comments Off An avid Mac developer has released Entrance, a new MySQL browser that generates Access-like charts based on data in MySQL databases with a "match box" search facility that works like Apple's Spotlight technology for database tables. Charts are interactive with pan and zoom capability, allowing users to select data or answer important questions by d...

SlingPlayer Mac gives Apple TV control

April 30, 2007 on 9:25 am | In Uncategorized | Comments Off Sling Media today launched the finished 1.0 version of SlingPlayer for Mac, a new version which adds controls unique to any version of the software. Designed to play content on a computer streamed from a Slingbox attached to a TV, the finished Mac version includes not only support for controlling cable boxes, DVRs, and other general media receiver...

Review: Core Cases Swivel Aluminum Case

April 30, 2007 on 9:15 am | In Uncategorized | Comments Off I recently acquired a new iPod and immediately set to the task of picking out just the right case. I waited too long to case up my 60GB iPod photo and it had a few small scratches before it was safely ensconced in a protective cover. Not wanting to make the same mistake with my precious black 80 GB iPod video, I decided to put a case on it immediat...

PulpMotion 1.1 improves timing control

April 30, 2007 on 9:05 am | In Uncategorized | Comments Off Aquafadas today released PulpMotion 1.1, adding roughly 20 new features to the slideshow and presentation tool. The update improves control over timing, allowing users to choose whether the embedded videos play in full length. The latest release also optionally exports movies with the video soundtracks mixed into the background music. PulpMotion 1....

News: PulpMotion presentation software adds 20 features

April 30, 2007 on 8:57 am | In Uncategorized | Comments Off Aquafadas has released an update to PulpMotion, its slideshow and presentation tool for Macs, now with new features and a new theme.

Apple’s Mac share inches upwards during first quarter

April 30, 2007 on 8:30 am | In Uncategorized | Comments Off Data just released by market research firm IDC indicates that Apple's share of the worldwide personal computer market rose slightly during the first calendar quarter of the year, despite the simultaneous launch of Microsoft's first major operating sy...