News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
Amazon is inviting students, educators and researchers to apply for grants that will give them free access to the company's hosted computing services.
Nancy Gohring | Apr 30, 2009
Adobe acknowledged that all versions of its popular PDF software, including editions for Windows, the Mac and Linux, contain at least one, and possibly two, critical vulnerabilities.
Gregg Keizer | Apr 30, 2009
Matrox Video Products Group has announced the CompressHD for Mac, a new PCI Express (PCIe) expansion card that greatly speeds the encoding of H.264 video. It’s coming in May with a suggested retail price of $US495 ($A660).
Peter Cohen | Apr 30, 2009
Who among hasn’t, at one point or another, referred to his or her laptop as a brick—lovingly, of course. Unless you’re referring to the original Macintosh Portable which, at 7kg, came with a free case of back sprain. But that’s still not an actual brick—or, at least, not like the one this customer got.
Dan Moren | Apr 30, 2009
New Twitter users are a disloyal bunch, according to data from Nielsen Online, a metrics firm that measures Internet traffic.
Ian Paul | Apr 30, 2009
On Tuesday night, the Woodside Town Council will consider the issue of whether or not to allow the demolition of Apple CEO Steve Jobs's 17,000 square foot mansion. Despite the property's size, grandeur, and historical nature, Jobs has described it as "one of the biggest abominations of a house I’ve ever seen."
Cyrus Farivar | Apr 29, 2009
Mozilla late Monday released Firefox 3.5 Beta 4, the latest development preview of the company’s next browser, which has been delayed several times and now is tentatively slated to ship before the end of June.
Gregg Keizer | Apr 29, 2009
Apple added several new artist lessons to its GarageBand Lesson Store on Wednesday, bringing the total number of lessons available for purchase to 13.
Jim Dalrymple | Apr 29, 2009
Word on the Internet street has it that Apple is adding to its portfolio of industry experts, this time in the realm of graphics processors. According to his Linked In profile, Bob Drebin has joined the company as a Senior Director.
Dan Moren | Apr 29, 2009
Apple is taking support for its MobileMe online service to the next level. The company announced on Monday a new chat service for MobileMe members.
Jim Dalrymple | Apr 28, 2009
The operator of a technology discussion forum has sued Apple, claiming that the company used U.S. copyright law to curb legitimate discussion of its iTunes software.
Robert McMillan | Apr 28, 2009
As I type these words, I am waiting for Apple's Developer Connection web site to ease up sufficiently for me to download the long-awaited Software Developer Kit for the iPhone (and iPod touch, just by the by). In a way, I hate developer-oriented announcements — "here's a really cool thing we're working on, and it's available now, and hoi polloi can have it in about six months". Actually, it's the six months I hate.
