iPod touch, MacBook Air do well in Most Memorable New Product Launch survey
Dennis Sellers 
Nov 19, 2008 at 6:00am
For the second year in a row, technology products featured prominently on the Most Memorable New Product Launch survey (MMNPL), conducted by Schneider Associates, Mintel International and IRI. The Wii Fit and iPod touch were numbers one and two, respectively, and MacBook Air and Rock Band were represented in the top 10 memorable launches.
Mac sales rise 28 percent
Dennis Sellers Nov 19, 2008 at 5:30am
According to data from market research firm NPD, a slowing global economy had little impact on Apple’s computer business last month, as consumers willingly plunked down their cash for the company’s new MacBook offerings, helping to drive Mac sales up more than 25 percent year-over-year (as reported by AppleInsider).
Introducing ‘Macsimum Top 10 Hot Articles’
Dave Merten Nov 19, 2008 at 1:13am
Recently, we installed new Web traffic-monitoring software to track various statistics concerning Web traffic to Macsimum News. The software is still in beta, but does a phenomenal job in breaking down statistics in real-time. We can actually watch readers entering Macsimum News on a world map (see demo below) and tell exactly what part of the world they are from—including country, state and even the city.
Judge rejects Psytar’s claims in ongoing legal brouhaha
Dennis Sellers Nov 18, 2008 at 6:55pm
A California judge has granted Apple’s motion to dismiss counterclaims on the part of Mac clone maker Psystar, who charged the Mac maker with violating antitrust laws through its attempts to block third parties from selling rival Mac OS X-based computers, reports AppleInsider.
Digieffects ships Simulate: Camera
Dennis Sellers Nov 19, 2008 at 11:00am
Digieffects, a developer of visual effects software plug-ins, is shipping Simulate: Camera, an US$99 plug-in package offering a specialized collection of effects for mimicking camera and projection artifacts. All Digieffects plug-ins support Adobe CS4.
Review: ‘skinnable’ feature adds some fun to morespace Portable
Dennis Sellers Nov 19, 2008 at 9:30am
It’s not usual to describe a hard drive as fun, but that’s a fair term for Hammer Storage’s morespace Portable, a compact, lightweight portable hard drive that’s Mac and PC compatible. In some aspects, it’s your typical, small hard drive, but it’s also “skinnable.”
‘setteB.IT’: Does Steve Jobs know WALL•E cannot explore the universe without a PC with Windows?
Dennis Sellers Nov 19, 2008 at 9:15am
By Fabio M. Zambelli
Does Steve Jobs know WALL•E cannot explore the universe without a PC with Windows? The Pixar movie is now available at the iTunes Store. But Microsoft Research launched the WALL•E Universe exploration by WorldWide Telescope, a Windows-only rich Internet application.
Ilium Software releases Kings Corners for the iPhone
Dennis Sellers Nov 19, 2008 at 9:00am
Ilium Software has released Kings Corners for the iPhone and iPod touch. It’s available for US$0.99 at the Apple App Store.
Apple patents involve anti-aliasing scan conversion, musical instruments, more
Dennis Sellers Nov 19, 2008 at 8:30am
Several Apple patents have popped up at the US Patent & Trademark Office. They involve anti-aliasing scan conversion, musical instruments and more.
Gamers’ iPhones may emulate Wii devices
Dennis Sellers Nov 19, 2008 at 8:00am
A Palo Alto company has released the first video game that wirelessly connects a personal computer and an iPhone or iPod touch, allowing players to wave the mobile devices like a motion-based controller a la the Nintendo Wii, reports the San Francisco Chronicle.
‘Chinatown’ is iTunes Movie Rental of the Week
Dennis Sellers Nov 19, 2008 at 7:00am
Chinatown is the 99 cent “Movie Rental of the Week” at the iTunes Store. It’s the 1974 classic directed by Roman Polanski and directed by Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway and John Huston.
The Mac Night Owl: ‘Can Apple withstand the recession?’
Dennis Sellers Nov 19, 2008 at 5:00am
On today’s commentary, Gene “Mac Night Owl” Steinberg asks, “Can Apple withstand the recession?”
GigaTribe announces Web 2.0 file sharing service in the U.S.
Dennis Sellers Nov 19, 2008 at 4:00am
GigaTribe, a free Web 2.0 file sharing software community. has launched in the U.S. market. A free software community, GigaTribe lets you share entire file folders of photos, videos, music, and other files with your “tribe” of friends, family, and coworkers in a private, completely encrypted peer to peer (P2P) environment.
Macsimum iPhone Video: Review of the iHome iH5 Clock Radio for iPod
Dave Merten Nov 19, 2008 at 3:18am
Today’s Macsimum iPhone video consists of a review of iHome’s iH5 Clock Radio by MacOSG member Scot Forester. Although the iH5 is one of iHome’s original clock radio models and no longer in production, it can still be bought on eBay for under $50.00. It originally retailed for $99.99.
AOL cutting off uncut video service
Dennis Sellers Nov 19, 2008 at 3:00am
AOL, as part of its efforts to trim the non-core and no-revenue-generating parts of its portfolio, is closing down the AOL Uncut online user-gen video service, after 2.5 years of trying to compete in the space, reports Forbes.
Zenbe launches web-based email client
Dennis Sellers Nov 19, 2008 at 2:00am
Zenbe has announced general availability of its web-based email client. Zenbe is designed to help users manage many aspects of their online world from a single service. For instance, it lets you manage email messages, files and attachments.
Intel kicks off Mass Animation project
Dennis Sellers Nov 19, 2008 at 1:00am
Intel has announced the start of Mass Animation, a collaborative, worldwide effort to produce a computer-generated animated short film for theatrical release. Artists around the world are invited to animate the shots of a five-minute, CGI-animated short film titled “Live Music,” which is produced and directed by Yair Landau, former president of Sony Pictures Digital.
King’s Cup 1.0 Card Game available for the iPhone, iPod touch
Dennis Sellers Nov 19, 2008 at 12:00am
Bobby Cronkhite Software has released King’s Cup 1.0, a new party card game created for the iPhone and iPod touch by Bobby Cronkhite and Sam Dominguez is now shipping. It’s available at the Apple App Store for US$2.99.
MacBU offering Office 2008 for Mac discounts
Dennis Sellers Nov 18, 2008 at 11:00pm
Microsoft’s Macintosh Business Unit is offering savings on Office 2008 for Mac. Shoppers can save 50 percent off Office 2008: Special Media Edition, a gift bundle, combining the productivity software with Microsoft Expression Media, a digital asset management tool.
Line 6 ships LowDown bass amps
Dennis Sellers Nov 18, 2008 at 10:00pm
Line 6, which makes modeling technology for music products, is shipping the LowDown LD400 Pro 2×10 combo, and HD400 and HD750 heads, the newest additions to the LowDown family of bass amplifiers.
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Gaming computer market bigger than previously thought
By Dennis Sellers 
Nov 19 at 6:00am
There’s speculation that the next rev of iMacs will use the new Intel Core i7 processors. I have no idea if that will be the case or not (though I’d love to see at least a high-end model with such a processor), but it might make sense as the gaming computer market is big and getting bigger.
Macsimum Poll
Macsimum Top 10 Hot Articles
- Is it time for ‘Macsimum News’ to change its name?
- MacOSG: Weak display hinges in new MacBook Pros
- MiV: How to install RAM in a MacBook Pro (Late 2008)
- Federal judge orders Papermaster to stop work at Apple
- Review: Bento packs a lot of database bang for the buck
- Next-gen iMac to use Intel Core i7 chips?
- Apple patent involves docking a portable device
- 1394 Trade Association says FireWire is doing just fine
- Consumer spending plans decline, but Apple still looks to do well
- Apple releases fix for MacBook glass trackpads
Recent Articles
- Wednesday 19, 2008
- Digieffects ships Simulate: Camera
- Review: ‘skinnable’ feature adds some fun to morespace Portable
- ‘setteB.IT’: Does Steve Jobs know WALL•E cannot explore the universe without a PC with Windows?
- Ilium Software releases Kings Corners for the iPhone
- Apple patents involve anti-aliasing scan conversion, musical instruments, more
- Gamers’ iPhones may emulate Wii devices
- ‘Chinatown’ is iTunes Movie Rental of the Week
- iPod touch, MacBook Air do well in Most Memorable New Product Launch survey
- Gaming computer market bigger than previously thought
- Mac sales rise 28 percent
- The Mac Night Owl: ‘Can Apple withstand the recession?’
- GigaTribe announces Web 2.0 file sharing service in the U.S.
- Macsimum iPhone Video: Review of the iHome iH5 Clock Radio for iPod
- AOL cutting off uncut video service
- Zenbe launches web-based email client
- Introducing ‘Macsimum Top 10 Hot Articles’
- Intel kicks off Mass Animation project
- King’s Cup 1.0 Card Game available for the iPhone, iPod touch
- Tuesday 18, 2008
- MacBU offering Office 2008 for Mac discounts
- Line 6 ships LowDown bass amps
'setteB.IT': Does Steve Jobs know WALL•E cannot explore the universe without a PC with Windows?
Said:
Good thing there’s VMWare & Parallels!
Consumers want quality cameras on mobile phones
Dennis Sellers Said:
Lachlan, that should be megapixel. I’ve made the correction. Thanks.—Dennis
Arcade Hoops game comes to iPhone, iPod touch
Said:
Totally addictive. Terrific graphics, sounds and game play. You can really tell it was done by “Pros”. Great game and great price ($1.99)!
DEVONtechnologies takes part in Give Good Food to Your Mac promo
Said:
It’s a very good promotion. You will find all the software you want.
Apple releases fix for MacBook glass trackpads
Said:
The update worked beautifully for me. It’s a quick download, and it doesn’t even require a reboot.
Consumers want quality cameras on mobile phones
Said:
Hi Dennis - do you mean the Blackberry Storm has a 3.2 inch or 3.2-megapixel camera?
Cheers.
Cydia 2.0 repository hits 400 iPhone/iPod touch apps
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Apple, NBC bury the hatchet (and not in each other's skulls)
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Adobe, ARM accelerate Flash, AIR for ARM platforms
Said:
This is just a stupid rebranding exercise. Because Apple smeared Flash Lite and that Flash couldn’t run well on low-power CPU’s such as the ARM used in the iPhone, Adobe is just rebranding Flash Lite to be just ‘Flash’.
Piper Jaffrary thinks Apple will meet or beat last quarter's record Mac sales
Said:
Apple’s sales will continue to survive because they have seen the value of refurbs. This holiday season, the recycling of products such as iPods will bring the Apple experience to a whole new group of people. I just purchased an iPod for a friend who’s never had one and wants to try it out. I got a steal on an iPod Nano with video for under $80...from Apple no less!
Zeptoliner is new outliner software for the iPhone, iPod touch
Said:
oops - I thought I was posting to the developer’s site - sorry - still a good question, though
Zeptoliner is new outliner software for the iPhone, iPod touch
Said:
A question from a long-time user of MORE. Do you have a product for the Mac?
Demand for iPhone developers skyrockets
Said:
Thanks for sharing this content with your readers. We’ve seen dramatic growth in iPhone demand and we’re glad to be able to share this news—go here for the full details on iPhone developers and stats on jobs and providers (http://www.odesk.com/trends/iPhone). If anyone has any follow on comments or questions, let us know.
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oDesk
MacOSG: How to access your 'iPhone User Guide'
Dave Merten Said:
Frank, here is a user guide.
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iPhone_User_Guide.pdf
Review: Bento packs a lot of database bang for the buck
Said:
I like Bento, but you failed to mentioned some big flaws, There are no reports funtions, it has limited printing options and you can’t password protect a database. So, no using it for passwords. As long a that is okay and you don’t need to print any thing your fine with it as a nice easy database.
Is it time for 'Macsimum News' to change its name?
Said:
Funny, I thought I was the only one who read it as “Mac Sue Me WS”.
How about: “iRDF” ...short for Reality Distortion Field.
MacOSG: How to access your 'iPhone User Guide'
Said:
I just got the i-phone and am haveing a hard time finding out how to use everything. Where can I get a users manual?
AOL Hometown/FTP is closing Oct. 31
Said:
To All:
I posted my first comment without reading all yours above ... I was so excited to finally find something on this situation.
I didn’t know the site was going down until someone else told me. I then checked my email and saw ONLY ONE EMAIL FROM AOL dated Sept 30th (but I didn’t see it till Oct 26th as I was traveling and without my laptop). AOL should have given us at least a 4 months notice with monthly reminders ... NOT 30 DAYS.
I can’t find anyone at AOL to help us. Also, that PeoplesConnection blog they gave us is impossible to post to after the fact. At the very least, AOL should redirect people to our new site - why isn’t AOL following up with us to make sure we’re o.k.??
Not that it’s Google’s fault, but I want GoogleSearch to stop putting up the old site in the seach and start using the new one. It’s 2008 - there has to be a way for this to happen, but I can’t figure out how to contact someone at Google. They have written instructions how to add something to your web page, but we can’t access our AOL web pages to make this happen.
Homestead was recommended to me. I found it very easy to use for approx $10.00 a month for what we need. Believe me when I say I don’t know ANYTHING about building a web page, I don’t. They have excellent learning tools / videos and telephone help. Good luck to all and I want to say God Bless You, Virginia ...
AOL Hometown/FTP is closing Oct. 31
Said:
With AOL shutting us down, I rebuilt our site using Homestead.com, our new site is:
http://www.robertlscottfanclubassociation.com
MY QUESTION: Anyone ‘googling’ Robert L. Scott is still getting the old AOL/HOMETOWN site. How do we get Google to pull up our new site and get rid of the old one?
USB Fever launches Handy Battery Pack for the iPhone 3G
Dennis Sellers Said:
Mark, you’re right. A coding error did bounce the intended hot link back to Macsimum News. However, you raise a good point. While I do think that we should at least mention the release of all new Mac compatible printers, should we quit doing a separate short story on every new software update and return to what we did at one point in time: simply do a daily software roundup? Respond here or drop me a line at —however, we do it, Macsimum News is devoted to covering all companies that make Apple products, not just the big ones..—Dennis