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‘Chinatown’ is iTunes Movie Rental of the Week

Dennis Sellers — 2008-11-19T11:00:55Z

Posted by Dennis Sellers

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.

iPod touch, MacBook Air do well in Most Memorable New Product Launch survey

Dennis Sellers — 2008-11-19T10:00:43Z

Posted by Dennis Sellers

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...

Gaming computer market bigger than previously thought

Dennis Sellers — 2008-11-19T10:00:20Z

Posted by Dennis Sellers

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...

Mac sales rise 28 percent

Dennis Sellers — 2008-11-19T09:30:52Z

Posted by Dennis Sellers

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).

GigaTribe announces Web 2.0 file sharing service in the U.S.

Dennis Sellers — 2008-11-19T08:00:44Z

Posted by Dennis Sellers

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 — 2008-11-19T07:18:32Z

Posted by Dave Merten

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 — 2008-11-19T07:00:01Z

Posted by Dennis Sellers

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 — 2008-11-19T06:00:30Z

Posted by Dennis Sellers

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.

Introducing ‘Macsimum Top 10 Hot Articles’

Dave Merten — 2008-11-19T05:13:24Z

Posted by Dave Merten

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...

Intel kicks off Mass Animation project

Dennis Sellers — 2008-11-19T05:00:32Z

Posted by Dennis Sellers

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...

King’s Cup 1.0 Card Game available for the iPhone, iPod touch

Dennis Sellers — 2008-11-19T04:00:01Z

Posted by Dennis Sellers

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 — 2008-11-19T03:00:11Z

Posted by Dennis Sellers

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 — 2008-11-19T02:00:51Z

Posted by Dennis Sellers

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.

WOWODC 2008 recordings now available

Dennis Sellers — 2008-11-19T01:00:34Z

MacTI and the WebObjects Community Association are happy to announce the release of the recordings of WOWODC 2008, our annual event about WebObjects, “Apple’s best kept secret.”

Study: economic crisis likely to impact high-flying cellphone industry

Dennis Sellers — 2008-11-19T00:00:11Z

Posted by Dennis Sellers

While the cellphone industry has generally been unaffected by economic ups and downs, this recession may well be very different, reports In-Stat. The current economic slowdown is more widespread and deeper than ever experienced during the history of the cellphone, and has spread through Europe, Asia, and North America, the...

Apple releases fix for MacBook glass trackpads

Dave Merten — 2008-11-18T23:33:25Z

Posted by Dave Merten

Apple has released a software update to address an issue where trackpad clicks would randomly go unrecognized on the new MacBook (Late 2008) and MacBook Pro (Late 2008).

Apple software updates for Nov. 18

Dennis Sellers — 2008-11-18T23:00:25Z

Posted by Dennis Sellers

equinux has updated TubeStick, TV viewing/recording software for Mac OS X, to version 2.9. It now provides detailed TV listings for US and Australian viewers. equinux ha also released TubeGuide US, a subscription-based TV listing service that displays the programming information for both digital and analog TV channels. TubeStick now...

99Games releases Jigsaw Wild for iPhone, iPod touch

Dennis Sellers — 2008-11-18T23:00:18Z

Posted by Dennis Sellers

99Games has released a new puzzle game, Jigsaw Wild for iPhone and the iPod touch. It’s built around a wild safari theme. Jigsaw Wild costs US$1.99 and is available at the Apple App Store.

FontAgent Pro delivers replicated font server

Dennis Sellers — 2008-11-18T22:59:43Z

Posted by Dennis Sellers

Insider Software has announced the immediate availability of FontAgent Pro Server 3, which incorporates what the company says is the industry’s first and only replicated font server technology. In addition, the new release adds advanced directory services integration as well as security and performance enhancements that significantly widen its technical...

Judge rejects Psytar’s claims in ongoing legal brouhaha

Dennis Sellers — 2008-11-18T22:55:13Z

Posted by Dennis Sellers

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.