Below are posts from July 2008
Hitachi recently released their 500gb laptop drive, which is a perfect fit in the Macbook Pro, coincidentally. Here are five reasons you should consider an upgrade.
It’s cheap. The drive is currently only $229 from TigerDirect!
It’s easy. Using this guide as a reference, you can have the drive installed within half an hour. If you are installing in a different Mac, navigate the iFixIt site to find your specific computer – they have dozens of upgrade guides available.
It’s big! The drive is almost double the size of the largest …
I love opportunistic software vendors, sigh.
Not only Macs are at risk from malware; now that users can install applications on the iPhone and iPod touch, these devices are open to attack as well. Intego, the Macintosh security specialist, today announced the release of VirusBarrier X5 10.5.3, an update to its acclaimed antivirus software that Macworld calls “the gold standard”. This new version adds the ability to scan the iPhone and iPod touch for malware. VirusBarrier X5 is the only antivirus software that can eradicate malware from the iPhone and iPod touch.
Now that Apple has made it possible …
Kedisoft is proud to announce Invoice 3, their scriptable invoicing application for Mac OS X. Designed from scratch to leverage the power and beauty of the Mac OS, Invoice is an easy-to-use, yet full-featured invoice application for the busy SOHO business owner.
Version 3 is a complete rewrite of Invoice 2. Among several new, unique and incredibly useful features, Invoice 3 now offers Smart coloring of invoices, which are helpful to see the status of each invoice at a glance. And since Invoice 3 supports full Drag & Drop support, it is much easier to create and arrange invoices …
Macgamestore today announced the release of Jewel Quest III, the next installment in the extremely popular Jewel Quest series. The game is published by iWin.
Rupert and Emma have finally settled down and opened a Museum to display their many newfound artifacts. While playing with a mysterious jewel board, their daughter Natalie unknowingly pops open a secret compartment. Suddenly, the air is filled with a cloud of spores, and Natalie’s vision begins to fade. Desperate to save their daughter’s sight, Rupert and Emma embark on a race across the globe in search of the fabled Golden Jewel Board, rumored …
According to this Twit from 1Password, the iPhone version has been submitted to the Apple store, meaning we could see it anytime. Huzzah!
1Password is, of course the greatest Mac app ever written. Just sayin’.
UPDATED!
Check out this blog post that has MANY more details and several images about the pending release.
Apple has issued a press release indicating that due to the numerous problems with MobileMe, they will extend membership by 30 days, free of charge.
We have recently completed the transition from .Mac to MobileMe. Unfortunately, it was a lot rockier than we had hoped. Although core services such as Mail, iDisk, Sync, Back to My Mac, and Gallery went relatively smoothly, the new MobileMe web applications had lots of problems initially. Fortunately we have worked through those problems and the web apps are now up and running.
Another snag we have run into is our use of …
As in, ‘hope you have time to stand in line for half an hour to buy a case for your iPhone’.
I, personally, did not.
Seriously, what the hell, Turk? The 3g has been out for 5 days and there is still a freaking line? The one on the left is the iPhone line – the one on the right is the line to get in the store to buy other items, like cases, accessories and, oh, maybe a computer.
Oh, that’s right, they aren’t a computer company anymore.
Mobile PDA and Smartphone market leader, WebIS Inc., has announced that it will be releasing its incredibly popular PIM, Pocket Informant, for the iPhone and iPod Touch in Fall 2008. Pocket Informant is the next generation in Personal Daily Management for the iPhone, and Windows Mobile. This new release will leverage eight years of mobile experience to bring a fresh perspective to the iPhone user.
Pocket Informant was the first full PIM (personal information management) for Windows Mobile in 2000, and listed at number 6 of all sales for WinMobile apps. “We have a long history of creating powerful …
The first ‘official’ VNC application has been released on the App Store. ‘Mocha VNC Lite’ is the free version of what is is presumably an upcoming full version of the VNC client Mocha, which, according to the MochaSoft website indicates it will cost $5.99 USD.
In preliminary testing, it appears to be a fairly full featured client that works well over both Edge and 3g networks. Features include pinching to zoom, full keyboard access including command/control and fast redraws of the screen itself.
Below are some screenshots of the app in action.
You can download Mocha VNC here: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=284984448&mt=8…
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