MacRabbit has introduced the first version of Espresso, an editing tool for web developers. The app is specifically intended for manual coding, and organizes the editing of HTML, XML, CSS, PHP and JavaScript into a single interface. The software is normally structured around a single window, but allows tabs to be dragged off into separate panes....
2 TB in a Time Capsule
After waiting for weeks, we finally and successfully put our hands on a sample of the 2 TB Western Digital HD (thanks to our partner Macway).
Green HD series from Western Digital are probably the perfect unit for network storage, and we installed it in our time Capsule, replacing the 1 TB unit we installed about a year ago.
Once formatted, the HD is perfectly recognized by Time Capsule.
As usual, from the announced 2TB, only 1.8 TB really remains available. You will find the procedure to exchange the HD of your Time Capsule in a previous article we published last year: http://www.hardmac.com/articles/79
Last but not least, this HD swapping is not currently economically interesting. The 2 TB Green HD from WD is hard to find, without competing models, and its price around 300 Euro, about 3 times more than the 1 TB Green HD from the same manufacturer. However, in couple of months, if Apple does not update specifications of its time capsule it might be a rather financially attracting solution to get a large network storage unit.
6GB iPhone plans disappearing from Rogers accounts?
Some Canadian iPhone subscribers are suddenly finding themselves overcharged for their data usage, a customer complaint received by MacNN suggests. The customer notes that as with a number of Canadians, he signed up to Rogers Wireless' initial data plan for the iPhone 3G, which cost $30 per month for 6GB. Several months later however a bill for "hundreds of dollars" was received, a result of the...
New SSD Models, but They All Look the Same at the End...
There are currently 2 type of SSD on the market, high-end models sporting a controller associated with a large cache memory allowing high-level of performance especially in writing mode, and entry level models, based on cache-free controller from JMicron, with performance levels quickly and greatly compromised when several requested are sent to the SSD.
Hardwarecanucks tested on of the latest category, the GSKIL Titan offering 256 GB.
As expected in some conditions, as soon as the controller is saturated by requests, its small internal cache is overloaded, and performance in writing mode dramatically dropped.
Of course, in conditions where the controller is not saturated, this entry level SSD remains competitive, at least from its target price. If you are looking for a better balance between price and performance, or for the cheapest SSD possible, you will have to wait couple of months, with the release of new controllers offering better performance, and opening the door to competition between controller manufacturers.
More Details on Next-Generation iPhone? 3G Netbook Due This Summer?
Boy Genius Reports reports on a source "pretty high up in AT&T's food chain" who reportedly shared several tidbits of information about the next-generation iPhone. While short on details beyond the addition of an iPhone application to control AT&T's...
Vuze now converts and transfers to iTunes, PS3, Xbox
Vuze has released an update to its BitTorrent client and media player. Version 4.2 can now be used to automatically convert videos to formats required for the iPhone, iPods, Apple TV, PS3 and Xbox 360. iTunes, PS3 and Xbox 360 are each auto-detected, showing up under a list of devices in a new sidebar. Video files can then be dragged and dropped from the library or desktop and onto the appropriate...
Vonage Companion now available for Mac users
Filed under: Software, Internet
Vonage, the international VoIP provider, has just released its Vonage Companion software for OS X. Vonage Companion is available to users who subscribe the the Vonage Pro plan and it basically allows users to use their laptops or desktops to make or receive phone calls. Think of it as Skype but for your Vonage account.You can use Vonage Companion to record calls, set-up conference calls (or separate conference calls into separate phone calls), selective call block, call transfers and more.
I don't have a Vonage Pro account, so I wasn't able to check out the features firsthand, but flipping through the manual (PDF link) it looks pretty powerful. The biggest benefit to a service like this is the ability to make and receive calls from the road, using your Vonage number and account credentials.
Vonage Companion is free for Vonage Pro customers (existing Vonage users will need to upgrade to a Vonage Pro account) and it works with OS X 10.4.11 Tiger and OS X 10.5 Leopard, though Vonage strongly recommends having the latest security updates and latest OS updates installed. You can download Vonage Companion here (direct .DMG link)
TUAWVonage Companion now available for Mac users originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
DealNN: FD 1TB hard drive, OmniVibe, MacBook, more
Today's featured deal of the day from DealNN is on the Fantom Drives G-Force 1TB external hard drive. This hard drive is priced at $109.99 which is $14.96 off the list price of $124.95, and for a limited get an additional $20 off with a mail in rebate offer that drops the final price down to $89.99. This drive provides data transfer rates of up to 60MB per second and features an aluminum casing...
New iPhone for Mid-June
According to Boygenius, specialized in information collected from AT&T sources, a new iPhone model hould be released around mid-June:
- Faster hardware.
- A new application will transform the iPhone in a remote control for many house devices.
- It will support the 3G HSDPA at 7.2 Mbits/s network, etc.
With such news released 3 months in advance, Mac users will have time to discuss about it on our forum.
LaCie launches Blue Eye Pro monitor calibration tool
LaCie on Monday announced the release of its LaCie Blue Eye Pro Proof Edition monitor calibration and profiling tool for graphics professionals. Meant for use with LaCie's 300/500 Series monitors, it will automatically set the hardware to a user's target colorimetric settings, and can create and activate an ICC profile that maintains consistency throughout. This then allows new monitors to be matc...
Espresso 1.0 attempts to unify hard-coding
MacRabbit has introduced the first version of Espresso, an editing tool for web developers. The app is specifically intended for manual coding, and organizes the editing of HTML, XML, CSS, PHP and JavaScript into a single interface. The software is normally structured around a single window, but allows tabs to be dragged off into separate panes....
2 TB in a Time Capsule
After waiting for weeks, we finally and successfully put our hands on a sample of the 2 TB Western Digital HD (thanks to our partner Macway).
Green HD series from Western Digital are probably the perfect unit for network storage, and we installed it in our time Capsule, replacing the 1 TB unit we installed about a year ago.
Once formatted, the HD is perfectly recognized by Time Capsule.
As usual, from the announced 2TB, only 1.8 TB really remains available. You will find the procedure to exchange the HD of your Time Capsule in a previous article we published last year: http://www.hardmac.com/articles/79
Last but not least, this HD swapping is not currently economically interesting. The 2 TB Green HD from WD is hard to find, without competing models, and its price around 300 Euro, about 3 times more than the 1 TB Green HD from the same manufacturer. However, in couple of months, if Apple does not update specifications of its time capsule it might be a rather financially attracting solution to get a large network storage unit.
6GB iPhone plans disappearing from Rogers accounts?
Some Canadian iPhone subscribers are suddenly finding themselves overcharged for their data usage, a customer complaint received by MacNN suggests. The customer notes that as with a number of Canadians, he signed up to Rogers Wireless' initial data plan for the iPhone 3G, which cost $30 per month for 6GB. Several months later however a bill for "hundreds of dollars" was received, a result of the...
New SSD Models, but They All Look the Same at the End...
There are currently 2 type of SSD on the market, high-end models sporting a controller associated with a large cache memory allowing high-level of performance especially in writing mode, and entry level models, based on cache-free controller from JMicron, with performance levels quickly and greatly compromised when several requested are sent to the SSD.
Hardwarecanucks tested on of the latest category, the GSKIL Titan offering 256 GB.
As expected in some conditions, as soon as the controller is saturated by requests, its small internal cache is overloaded, and performance in writing mode dramatically dropped.
Of course, in conditions where the controller is not saturated, this entry level SSD remains competitive, at least from its target price. If you are looking for a better balance between price and performance, or for the cheapest SSD possible, you will have to wait couple of months, with the release of new controllers offering better performance, and opening the door to competition between controller manufacturers.
More Details on Next-Generation iPhone? 3G Netbook Due This Summer?
Boy Genius Reports reports on a source "pretty high up in AT&T's food chain" who reportedly shared several tidbits of information about the next-generation iPhone. While short on details beyond the addition of an iPhone application to control AT&T's...
Vuze now converts and transfers to iTunes, PS3, Xbox
Vuze has released an update to its BitTorrent client and media player. Version 4.2 can now be used to automatically convert videos to formats required for the iPhone, iPods, Apple TV, PS3 and Xbox 360. iTunes, PS3 and Xbox 360 are each auto-detected, showing up under a list of devices in a new sidebar. Video files can then be dragged and dropped from the library or desktop and onto the appropriate...
Vonage Companion now available for Mac users
Filed under: Software, Internet
Vonage, the international VoIP provider, has just released its Vonage Companion software for OS X. Vonage Companion is available to users who subscribe the the Vonage Pro plan and it basically allows users to use their laptops or desktops to make or receive phone calls. Think of it as Skype but for your Vonage account.You can use Vonage Companion to record calls, set-up conference calls (or separate conference calls into separate phone calls), selective call block, call transfers and more.
I don't have a Vonage Pro account, so I wasn't able to check out the features firsthand, but flipping through the manual (PDF link) it looks pretty powerful. The biggest benefit to a service like this is the ability to make and receive calls from the road, using your Vonage number and account credentials.
Vonage Companion is free for Vonage Pro customers (existing Vonage users will need to upgrade to a Vonage Pro account) and it works with OS X 10.4.11 Tiger and OS X 10.5 Leopard, though Vonage strongly recommends having the latest security updates and latest OS updates installed. You can download Vonage Companion here (direct .DMG link)
TUAWVonage Companion now available for Mac users originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
DealNN: FD 1TB hard drive, OmniVibe, MacBook, more
Today's featured deal of the day from DealNN is on the Fantom Drives G-Force 1TB external hard drive. This hard drive is priced at $109.99 which is $14.96 off the list price of $124.95, and for a limited get an additional $20 off with a mail in rebate offer that drops the final price down to $89.99. This drive provides data transfer rates of up to 60MB per second and features an aluminum casing...
New iPhone for Mid-June
According to Boygenius, specialized in information collected from AT&T sources, a new iPhone model hould be released around mid-June:
- Faster hardware.
- A new application will transform the iPhone in a remote control for many house devices.
- It will support the 3G HSDPA at 7.2 Mbits/s network, etc.
With such news released 3 months in advance, Mac users will have time to discuss about it on our forum.
LaCie launches Blue Eye Pro monitor calibration tool
LaCie on Monday announced the release of its LaCie Blue Eye Pro Proof Edition monitor calibration and profiling tool for graphics professionals. Meant for use with LaCie's 300/500 Series monitors, it will automatically set the hardware to a user's target colorimetric settings, and can create and activate an ICC profile that maintains consistency throughout. This then allows new monitors to be matc...
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