Tuesday, 13 May 2008
WWDC: Steve Jobs' keynote announced
Jonny Evans
Apple has confirmed Steve Jobs and a team of Apple executives will provide the keynote speech at WWDC 2008 on 9 June.
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
Record sales for Office 2008
Jonny Evans
Microsoft announces that the Office 2008 for Mac suite has been the biggest-selling version of Office for Mac in 19 years.
Wednesday, 14 May 2008
FileDefense 1.5 from SubRosaSoft
JOnny Evans
FileDefense lets you protect critical files from internet borne viruses and malware, now easier to use than before.
Wednesday, 14 May 2008
The Tube shares live TV via iChat
Peter Cohen, Macworld.com
Equinux has updated its TV on Mac watching software, offers extra features such as streaming of shows through iChat.
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
Aspyr updates Guitar Hero III Mac
Jonny Evans
Newly-updated Guitar Hero plays better on lower-spec Macs and implements new support for laptops, including battery charge metre.
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
Google's Vidink makes YouTube personal for Macs
Jonny Evans
Google ships application to allow Mac users to record video clips using iSight or another Mac-connected video camera, trim and tag the clip and upload to YouTube
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
BECTA slams Microsoft, files EU complaint on Office
Peter Sayer
UK government agency, the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA), has complained to the European Commission about Microsoft's lack of commitment to software interoperability.
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
Toon Boom, Automatic Duck, ship FCP pro solution
Jonny Evans
Toon Boom Storyboard Pro-Pro Import FCP bundle lets Final Cut editors import animations into their projects, with automated relink of video files and unlimited audio tracks.
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
iPhone to Mac access app ships
Jonny Evans
Much-updated remote access tool that enables iPhone users to access data held on their Mac using the internet ships, iGet Mobile 2.0
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
Mozilla slates Firefox 3.0 RC1 for late May
Gregg Keizer ComputerWorld
Mozilla takes milestone step toward release of the final version of Firefox 3, with developers addressing reported bugs and freezing the code.
Friday, 09 May 2008
Creative Manager Pro becomes Workamajig
Jonny Evans
Creative Manager Pro has been given a new identity, company and products now termed Workamajig.
Friday, 09 May 2008
Softpress updates Freeway software
Jonny Evans
Freeway 5.1 adds RSS publishing support, bug fixes and SVG import to WYSIWYG website editor
Friday, 09 May 2008
Elgato ships EyeTV 3.0.2
Jonny Evans
EyeTV now fully supports digital television H.264 broadcasts in standard TV and HDTV resolutions.
Friday, 09 May 2008
Hamrick Software issues VueScan update
Jonny Evans
Latest iteration of VueScan lets users scan multi-page documents even using low-end scanners that don't do this natively
Thursday, 08 May 2008
OpenOffice 3 beta ships, adds native OS X support
Jonny Evans
OpenOffice 3 beta finally offers native support for Mac OS X, using an Aqua interface rather than depending on X11.
Thursday, 08 May 2008
Mozilla shipped Firefox plugin with malware attached
Robert McMillan
Mozilla has admitted shipping a Firefox plugin that had virus-infected code in it. Mozilla said that a malicious program inserted adware code into a Firefox plugin that has been downloaded thousands of times over the past three months.
Thursday, 08 May 2008
Free data rescue/back-up Mac tool ships
Jonny Evans
Paragon Software Group (PSG) has introduced a free back-up and rescue utility for Macs, Rescue Kit for Mac OS X - Lite.
Thursday, 08 May 2008
Apple Design Awards deadline looms
Jonny Evans
12 May Apple Design Awards deadline beckons, developers have a few hours left to submit their applications for an honour.
Thursday, 08 May 2008
Mac home control software updated
Jonny Evans
Use your Mac or iPhone to control everything in your home, set lights, temperature and more from anywhere you happen to be
Thursday, 08 May 2008
IE-only marketing campaign skewed Firefox, Safari numbers
Gregg Keizer, Computerworld (US online), Macworld edit
An "extremely large" marketing campaign among a small number of sites that targeted only users of IE was responsible for aberrant market share numbers, says NetApplications












