News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
Quark on Monday announced that Quark Publishing System (QPS) is now capable of using both QuarkXPress and its chief rival, Adobe InDesign.
Peter Cohen | Oct 28, 2008
Netflix on Monday will begin rolling out its second generation media player that includes support for Intel-based Macs. The company is also adding support for the Firefox Web browser with this release.
Jim Dalrymple | Oct 28, 2008
NCsoft has announced the release of two new updates to Lineage, its long-running massively multiplayer online game for Mac OS X and Windows. Lineage and its new expansion packs are available for download from the NCsoft Web site. Lineage can be downloaded for $US9.99 ($A16); after seven days, players must pay $US15 ($A24) per month to play the game.
Peter Cohen | Oct 27, 2008
The dream of a $US800 Mac notebook has been deferred. So what are Windows manufacturers going to do about it? Industry watchers predict they will keep cutting prices, but Apple is only part of the reason.
Shane O'Neill | Oct 27, 2008
Apple has made available session videos from its Worldwide Developer Conference, which took place in San Francisco on June 9, 2008.
Jim Dalrymple | Oct 27, 2008
As Apple promised in early October, the company has posted an updated Software Developer Kit (SDK) Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) which allows iPhone application developers to more openly discuss their development plans. In order to facilitate such discussion, Apple has also opened a forum especially for iPhone developers.
Peter Cohen | Oct 27, 2008
In a rare move, Apple has publicly thrown its hat into the political ring. A post on the company’s Hot News page says that Apple is publicly opposing California’s Proposition 8, a ballot initiative that would ban marriage for same-sex couples. The proposition appears on the California ballot for the November 4th election.
Dan Moren | Oct 27, 2008
The fake Internet report posted to CNN's iReport site earlier this month claiming Apple CEO Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack was posted by a teenager who doesn't appear to have posted it to manipulate the company's stock price, Bloomberg News has reported.
Martyn Williams | Oct 27, 2008
Smith Micro has announced the release of ExecutiveSync for the Mac, a new application that helps busy users keep files synchronised between two machines in different locations. It costs $US29.99.
Peter Cohen | Oct 27, 2008
Google has finally solved a problem that kept recent subscribers to its Apps suite from accessing their new Gmail accounts.
Juan Carlos Perez | Oct 24, 2008
The Android Market currently has about 50 applications, but that number should go up next week when Google opens the market to developers.
Nancy Gohring | Oct 23, 2008
Apple’s not the only one whose earnings have been buoyed by strong iPhone consumer adoption. AT&T reported its third fiscal quarter earnings on Wednesday, recording consolidated revenues of $US31.3 billion, up 4.0 percent year over year. AT&T is Apple’s cell service partner in the United States.
Agam Shah | Oct 23, 2008
Myvu has announced that its Crystal video goggles now work with the iPhone. The Crystal glasses require a new cable which costs $US24.95.
