ImageSynth 2 gets speed boost, more
Dennis Sellers 
Oct 6, 2008 at 2:30pm
Luxology, an independent technology company developing 3D content creation software, has released ImageSynth 2, the newest version of its image processing tool. It offers up to 10 times faster performance, and is now available in both a standalone version and as a plug-in for Adobe Creative Suite 4.
Apokalypse acquires TrackTime from mamooba
Dennis Sellers Oct 6, 2008 at 2:21pm
Mamooba and Apokalypse Software have jointly announced that Apokalypse has acquired TrackTime, mamooba’s in-depth activity tracker for users that wish to have a sophisticated accounting of their computer—or project-based activities.
‘setteB.IT’: UBS cuts estimate and lowers target on Apple
Dennis Sellers Oct 6, 2008 at 1:41pm
By Fabio M. Zambelli
Today UBS cut its estimate on Apple. Analyst Maynard Um wrote: “We are cutting targets and estimates on AAPL, HP, and Dell on PC demand and enterprise IT spending concerns.
Japan’s Softbank Mobile signs major corporate contract for iPhone 3G
Dennis Sellers Oct 6, 2008 at 1:39pm
Japan’s Softbank Mobile has signed its first major corporate contract for the iPhone 3G, reports PC World. The deal, with management and technology consultancy BearingPoint, will see 1,000 of the phones put into the hands of the company’s analysts and workers across the country, the two companies said on Monday.
Intellicore releases ImageTouch for iPhone, iPod touch
Dennis Sellers Oct 6, 2008 at 1:30pm
Intellicore has announced ImageTouch for the iPhone and iPod touch. With it you can use the devices to “beautify your pictures and compose and send amazing compositions to family and friends.”
iKoto for iPhone helps you learn to play Japanese Harp
Dennis Sellers Oct 6, 2008 at 1:00pm
iKoto is a new application for playing Koto (Japanese Harp on the iPhone. Koto is a Japanese traditional stringed musical instrument that can produce oriental tones. it costs US$0.99 and is available at the
Apple App Store
Prince of Persia: The Two Throngs game comes to the Mac
Dennis Sellers Oct 6, 2008 at 12:59pm
TransGaming has released Ubisoft’s Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones for Mac. The US$29.95 game lets you play and master two distinct characters. Here’s how the game is described:
Second edition of EPiServer CMS 5 adds iPhone support
Dennis Sellers Oct 6, 2008 at 12:52pm
EPisServer has introduced new features for content management system, including solutions for mobility and the iPhone.
Aestiva Expense Report gets design tweak
Dennis Sellers Oct 6, 2008 at 12:41pm
Aestiva Software has released Aestiva Expense Report, its Mac and iPhone compatible corporate business travel expense management software product. The latest version of Aestiva Expense Report features a simpler and more utilitarian design.
Code Line offers Color Expert iPhone app
Dennis Sellers Oct 6, 2008 at 12:30pm
Code Line has released Color Expert for the iPhone and iPod touch. It contains tools to help artists and designers identify, translate, capture and showcase color. Color Expert costs US$9.99 and is available at the Apple App Store.
QuickerTek releases MacBook External Battery/Charger
Dennis Sellers Oct 6, 2008 at 12:20pm
QuickerTek has announced the US$449.95 MacBook External Battery/Charger for the 15-inch MacBook Pro and MacBook laptops. It either charges or powers MacBooks with up to 10 additional hours of computing power.
Marware releases new iPod cases
Dennis Sellers Oct 6, 2008 at 12:00pm
Marware has announced several new iPod cases. One is the US$24.95 Glide (pictured) is designed to be a pocket, bag or purse case and works with both the new iPod touch 2G and the original touch.
Scosche Industries unveils line of iPhone, iPod accessories
Dennis Sellers Oct 6, 2008 at 11:30am
Scosche Industries has announced its latest cases, chargers, in-vehicle mounting devices and home integration systems developed specifically for the iPhone 3G and Apple’s newest iPod models. Among the products are a line of protective cases.
Dream Capture for Mac OS X updated to version 2.2
Dennis Sellers Oct 6, 2008 at 11:00am
The Dream Apps has released Dream Capture 2.2, an update to their video recording utility for Mac OS X. The upgrade includes a variety of enhancements and bug fixes.
Study: one in three iPhone buyers switched to AT&T from other carriers
Dennis Sellers Oct 6, 2008 at 10:39am
According to a new report from The NPD Group, which does research for the wireless industry, 30 percent of U.S. consumers who purchased Apple’s iPhone 3G from June through August switched from other mobile carriers to join AT&T, the exclusive mobile carrier for the iPhone in the U.S.
Fretlight Interactive Guitar Learning System for the Mac is released
Dennis Sellers Oct 6, 2008 at 9:00am
Optek Music Systems, a company dedicated to the development of interactive musical instruments and software, has announced a solution for Mac users that are also struggling guitar players. The company has released a version of the Fretlight Lesson Player software for the Mac.
TopXNotes 1.3.2 Universal released
Dennis Sellers Oct 6, 2008 at 8:30am
Tropical Software has released the latest version of TopXNotes, the US$35 note organizer for Mac OS X 10.5 (“Leopard”). TopXNotes 1.3.2 Universal has built-in iPod class support, over 100 templates and samples, and a built-in “Check for Update” feature.
Sequence for Leopard can now record sound coming from your Mac
Dennis Sellers Oct 6, 2008 at 8:00am
app4mac has updated Sequence for Mac OS X 10.5 (“Leopard”) to version 1.1. The offers a way to capture and save an image or a movie of your screen to your computer’s clipboard, or a file in an image format of your choice. Version 1.1 can now record the sound coming from your Mac.
Review: BodyGuardz offers clear benefits for iPod touch 2G protection
Dennis Sellers Oct 6, 2008 at 8:00am
The benefit of NLU’s BodyGuardz for the 2G iPod touch(US$24) is that it’s a transparent skin that protects your device while allowing its beauty to (pretty much) shine through.
The Mac Night Owl: ‘Is Apple finally learning how to listen to you?’
Dennis Sellers Oct 6, 2008 at 6:19am
On today’s commentary, Gene “Mac Night Owl” Steinberg asks “Is Apple finally learning how to listen to you?”
Macsimum Opinion
Consumer study finds demand for control, networking of digital devices, services
By Dennis Sellers 
Oct 7 at 5:00am
A global study released by Accenture shows that tech-savvy consumers would prefer a single-networking solution to link all their portable, home and automobile digital devices, which presents a major challenge—and opportunity—for communications carriers. Apple to the rescue, perhaps?
Macsimum Poll
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i.TV launches movie, TV guide for iPhone, iPod touch
Said:
Thank you for the great post, Dennis! If any of your readers have feedback or suggestions, be sure to send us an e-mail at , or add feature requests on our UserVoice page: http://itv.uservoice.com
Poll: How do you get your Internet access?
Said:
this site is gay doesnt help shitt
Plenty of room for growth, innovation in Apple's current product lines
Said:
I’m starting to think that, for now, Apple has a limit to how many things it can drive forward at a single time. This results in a very coherent product line and high compatibility.... but it means that they can spread themselves too thinly if they’re not careful.
If that wasn’t true I’d be happy to see Apple expand… but there is so much they can do in the existing product lines that it’d be a shame to miss that.
Poll: when do you plan to purchase your next Mac?
Said:
I’m waiting for something significant to change. On the hardware side that’s the Nehalem architecture that should hit the MacPro in January and other models throughout 2009. On the software side it’s Snow Leopard which is due in summer/fall of ‘09.
Because Apple will probably never make another expandable desktop under $2000, I am left with three choices, none of them very appealing:
1. pay through the nose for a MacPro,
2. buy multiple external hard drives and an iMac and try to accept that I’m going to have to throw away a perfectly good display in a few years when the computer inside it needs replacing.
3. build a hackintosh and hope it works properly.
The current trend toward notebook computers (and all-in-ones like the iMac) is great for the computer companies, but poor for consumers and terrible for the environment. I refuse to be held hostage and told I have to throw away a perfectly good display when my computer gets out of date. The 17” LCD my daughter uses has been hooked up to 3 different computers and will definitely be connected to at least one more before I retire it (unless it dies before that). I also resent the fact that changing the hard drive in an iMac (the only part that physically wears out) requires near complete dismantling which adds cost and/or destroys the warranty and introduces a totally unnecessary risk of breaking something in the process.
Poll: when do you plan to purchase your next Mac?
Said:
When is not in time, but when the product is developed and available to purchase. Boosting a little power within existing product doesn’t produce sales in this economy.
A 36” wifi Apple Display with built in AppleTV would do it for me. No more cords to the desk from my MacPro.
Poll: when do you plan to purchase your next Mac?
Said:
Remember when polls actually had a point to them?
Poll: when do you plan to purchase your next Mac?
Said:
I voted for MWSF but I’m actually planning for next June or thereabouts depending on when new product is released. That will be three years since my last purchase.
I’m looking forward to thinner, brighter, possibly larger displays (bigger than 17 inch), probably a 4 core GPU. Any other goodies are gravy; faster FireWire, better speakers, larger HD, Snow Leopard benefits, mystery features.
Poll: when do you plan to purchase your next Mac?
Said:
Bring on the october fruit!
Poll: when do you plan to purchase your next Mac?
Said:
When the new MacBook Pro’s are released. Look’s like mid October
Bob
PowerBook G4 12”
Poll: when do you plan to purchase your next Mac?
Said:
I am curious to see the new lineup of portable coming out soon, then I will make a decision.
Analyst: Apple can carry on fine if Jobs should step down
Said:
While that may be true, expect a 20% haircut (minimum) if Fearless Leader were to put himself out to pasture. You would not want to go into that fateful day in margin or options, since you would be getting hammered.
Vancouver Island school vs. Apple in logo dispute
John Said:
Long time Apple user (since the days of the Mac 512), who was completely behind Apple when they had issues with Apple Corp over the an apple logo… but this ridiculous.
If someone was using an identical or nearly identical symbol, then yeah, but the only real similarity here is an apple silhouette that both are derived from.
Is Apple trying to lay total claim to the apple as it’s brand symbol? No way, there’s too much prior art. During the last go around with Apple Corp, I did a little online research (for obvious prior art ammo that could be used against Apple Corp) at federal website, and came away with over 200 U.S. companies using an apple symbol as a trademark/logo.
Poll: when do you plan to purchase your next Mac?
Said:
I plan to buy in mid-october
AOL Hometown/FTP is closing Oct. 31
Said:
Someone has to ask the question?
Why are you doing this?
The present program justy needed an up date to get it working better. It has been an editing problem for a while. Yiou did not ask us for some extra $$$.
There is no explanation… just an abrupt cut off date and some idea about saving the work which I will try to do by adding all the contacts to my favorite places and let go of my personal work. Especially with http://www.armmat.org The rest --- well good by.
Wow. I have been using these web pages linked to AOL for many years and now I will lose them. As an artist, activist, business owner, and volunteer, the nature of my work and my life helping others will be uprooted from the web on October 31, 2008. The hours I have worked on these sites will be gone. What a shame. riveredgeredord.org, armmat.org, http://hometown.aol.com/nlinsurance/index.html etc.
I will embrace the change.
AOL Thank you for these many years of service.
I was going to be one of those who just drops my membership.
I am not going to do that. Been with you too long.
Your friend:
George
The Mac Night Owl: 'Is Apple finally learning how to listen to you?'
Harvey Said:
It may be a coincidence, but the day before they offered the $100 credit, I called up Apple. In the conversation, I sympathized with the business need for cutting the price, but reminded the person I was talking to that Apple had just ticked off a million customers who serve as their sales and support staff and work for free. You have high margins, I said, and that means you could give us something that is very valuable to us, but doesn’t cost you very much at all. The person on the other end of the line got very excited. He said he was going into a meeting right after our phone call and that he’d bring it up--he said it several times.
So maybe Apple listens to its customers even better than you think!
Macvide announces FlashVideo Converter 2.0 for Mac OS X
John Said:
This sounds like a great app if, like me you can’t stand the insane profusion of video formats, and you prefer dealing with video files in just format… say QT.
However, I don’t consider myself a cheap person (after all I’m a Mac user), but.. $99 for a conversion app, even this one, is just a bit steep.
Plenty of room for growth, innovation in Apple's current product lines
Said:
I always consedered Apple to be the most innovative company, but on their established product lines, I must admit I am starting to think that are getting lost with telephones and iPods and other gadgets and loose out to come up with serious Pro Computer stuff. Is my feeling right or do I want to much?
RingtoneFeeder Plus offers unique archive of iPhone ringtones
Said:
Again, lovely ringtones, but at a subscription. I would rather get them from a free site like http://ringtoneyouriphone.blogspot.com where they are free (though the page is advertiser driven, thus costing the end user nothing).
MyWeather Mobile responds to user feedback with new release
Said:
I’m sure it’s a lovely app, but, I’m not about to pay $10 for it. Maybe 99 cents like most of the other apps, but, not 10. This isn’t the only weather app out there and I think he would make much more money just by charging a bit less.
AOL Hometown/FTP is closing Oct. 31
Said:
AOL, as usual, won’t help anyone so here’s a site on how to move a website.
http://www.empoweradvertising.com/35/move-website-to-new-server.html
You can also, on each page of your site, right click/view source and copy/paste the content to notepad and save.
Greed is destroying AOL just like it’s destroying our whole country!