News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
Intel plans to detail an eight-core Xeon processor at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco next month, offering an early look at what appears to be the company's first eight-core chip.
Sumner Lemon | Jan 30, 2009
Mac, iPod and iPhone users or potential users in the north of Adelaide now have access to another local reseller with the opening of a new MAC Solutions retail store in Mawson Lakes.
David Braue | Jan 29, 2009
You probably think of your cat as a person. He has his own personality and quirks, even if you don't understand them. It turns out iPhoto recognises cats as people too. Well, that is if you consider the face recognition feature to be only for people.
Derik DeLong | Jan 29, 2009
Orbicule has announced Undercover 3, a major new release of its theft-recovery software for Mac OS X. It costs $US49 ($A74).
Peter Cohen | Jan 29, 2009
Google will begin to offer browser-based offline access to its Gmail Webmail application, a much-awaited feature.
Juan Carlos Perez | Jan 29, 2009
Zevrix Solutions has announced the release of Instant Backup 1.0, a back up system for Mac OS X. It costs $US9.95 ($A15).
Peter Cohen | Jan 28, 2009
Back in 2007, Apple announced iMovie ’08 would be totally new from the ground up, due to the amazing work of one of the company’s engineers (who we now know was Apple's Chief Architect of Video Applications, Randy Ubillos). Not everybody was thrilled, though: many users found themselves annoyed at all the features iMovie ’08 lacked compared to its predecessor, iMovie HD 6 (there’s a naming scheme I’m glad Apple deep sixed).
Dan Moren | Jan 28, 2009
It appears that the saga of Mark Papermaster has finally come to an end, as Apple announced on Tuesday that the former IBM vice president would officially be taking his post as Senior Vice President of Devices Hardware Engineering beginning on April 24. Furthermore, Apple said that the court case between IBM and Apple over Papermaster’s employment has been resolved.
Dan Moren | Jan 28, 2009
Western Digital announced Tuesday the first 2 terabyte (TB) hard disk drive, a new addition to its Caviar Green product line. The new 3.5-inch hard drive costs $US299 ($A450).
Peter Cohen | Jan 28, 2009
Briksoftware on Monday announced the release of Snapplr, a new utility that replaces Mac OS X’s built-in screenshot capabilities with a system that emphasises online sharing. It costs €19.99 ($A40); a free trial version is available for download.
Peter Cohen | Jan 27, 2009
Security software firm Intego reports that pirated copies of Adobe Photoshop CS4 may contain a variant of the “trojan horse” malware first reported in copies of Apple iWork ‘09 last week.
Peter Cohen | Jan 27, 2009
Cast your mind back to the golden yesteryear of 2005. George W. Bush had started his second term; Million Dollar Baby had come away with the Academy Award for Best Picture; and the English cricket team won the Ashes. Oh, right, and Apple introduced a brand new kind of iPod, the iPod nano, to replace its previous best-selling model, the iPod mini.
Dan Moren | Jan 27, 2009
App Store developers will now be able to reach customers in 13 new countries, according to an announcement on the iPhone Developer Program news page.
