Sunday, March 29, 2009

Quark's XML Author 3.0 adds support, improvements

Quark's XML Author 3.0 adds support, improvements
Quark has announced XML Author 3, the latest version of its XML authoring tool that enables users to create XML content within Microsoft Word. Standing as a core component of Quark Dynamic Publishing software, the application provides both creation and editing tools for making XML content. Features in the update add support for Microsoft Word 2007 and Windows Vista, toolbar improvements, and new i...



MonsterQuest puzzle game debuts for Mac
Macgamestore has announced MonsterQuest for the Mac, a mystery and puzzle game developed by Canopy Productions and digitalBrandplay. During play, users take control of an investigative team required to determine if monsters are real, fantasy, or a hoax. Featuring five different monster cases, players must investigate eyewitness reports, examine hundreds of clues in photo realistic environments, an...



Briefly: iMac discount coupons to expire
Just a heads up for those readers who may be scouting out the lowest possible net price on one of Apple's new iMac models introduced earlier this month.


Apple to Go Full Biometric?

When looking at patents filed by Apple, one can identify one dealing with recording, storing and checking biometric information. Planned to be integrated in any devices, from the iPod to the computer, patent claims are broad enough to cover all type of biometrics, from the digital prints to voice signature, including face recognition, hand palm identification, etc. 


Even though it is not new, and other computer manufacturers such as HP have already integrated digital prints recognition to some of their notebooks, the patent describes also other technologies and parameters such as the way and the speed with which a password is typed on the keyboard, as a signature too. If you are willing to learn more about this patent, visit the article published by Macnn.



Apple uses a jailbroken iPhone in patent application
Uh oh Apple -- it looks like even your attorneys are dirty, thieving jailbreakers.The images from the iPhone biometric security patent application show a jailbroken phone, complete with Installer.app, SMBPrefs, and the iWood Realize theme from the iSpazio repository

Equinux integrates SongGenie, CoverScout in update
Equinux has launched updates to both its SongGenie and CoverScout applications, and furthered their integration. SongGenie 1.1 adds the ability to apply all identified track information at once, instead of having to work on individual tracks, and features both a new mode that enables the program to try and identify and analyze track information automatically, and a function for people who keep mus...



NEC backs out of PCs beyond Japan
NEC this weekend said that it would quit selling PCs outside of its native Japan. The departure takes effect in July and follows similar plans for Africa, Europe and the Middle East announced last month. NEC is making the withdrawals following a predicted $2.96 billion loss for the past fiscal year and after it was concerned that cutting 20,000 jobs worldwide would not completely address its con...



The Perfect MacBook Mini: Leak, Concept, or Fake?
I don't know what this is and I don't care. It may be a MacBook Mini concept. Or a crazy leak. Or just a perfect fake. Whatever it is, it's beautiful. I want one badly.

Quark's XML Author 3.0 adds support, improvements
Quark has announced XML Author 3, the latest version of its XML authoring tool that enables users to create XML content within Microsoft Word. Standing as a core component of Quark Dynamic Publishing software, the application provides both creation and editing tools for making XML content. Features in the update add support for Microsoft Word 2007 and Windows Vista, toolbar improvements, and new i...



MonsterQuest puzzle game debuts for Mac
Macgamestore has announced MonsterQuest for the Mac, a mystery and puzzle game developed by Canopy Productions and digitalBrandplay. During play, users take control of an investigative team required to determine if monsters are real, fantasy, or a hoax. Featuring five different monster cases, players must investigate eyewitness reports, examine hundreds of clues in photo realistic environments, an...



Briefly: iMac discount coupons to expire
Just a heads up for those readers who may be scouting out the lowest possible net price on one of Apple's new iMac models introduced earlier this month.


Apple to Go Full Biometric?

When looking at patents filed by Apple, one can identify one dealing with recording, storing and checking biometric information. Planned to be integrated in any devices, from the iPod to the computer, patent claims are broad enough to cover all type of biometrics, from the digital prints to voice signature, including face recognition, hand palm identification, etc. 


Even though it is not new, and other computer manufacturers such as HP have already integrated digital prints recognition to some of their notebooks, the patent describes also other technologies and parameters such as the way and the speed with which a password is typed on the keyboard, as a signature too. If you are willing to learn more about this patent, visit the article published by Macnn.



Apple uses a jailbroken iPhone in patent application
Uh oh Apple -- it looks like even your attorneys are dirty, thieving jailbreakers.The images from the iPhone biometric security patent application show a jailbroken phone, complete with Installer.app, SMBPrefs, and the iWood Realize theme from the iSpazio repository

Equinux integrates SongGenie, CoverScout in update
Equinux has launched updates to both its SongGenie and CoverScout applications, and furthered their integration. SongGenie 1.1 adds the ability to apply all identified track information at once, instead of having to work on individual tracks, and features both a new mode that enables the program to try and identify and analyze track information automatically, and a function for people who keep mus...



NEC backs out of PCs beyond Japan
NEC this weekend said that it would quit selling PCs outside of its native Japan. The departure takes effect in July and follows similar plans for Africa, Europe and the Middle East announced last month. NEC is making the withdrawals following a predicted $2.96 billion loss for the past fiscal year and after it was concerned that cutting 20,000 jobs worldwide would not completely address its con...



The Perfect MacBook Mini: Leak, Concept, or Fake?
I don't know what this is and I don't care. It may be a MacBook Mini concept. Or a crazy leak. Or just a perfect fake. Whatever it is, it's beautiful. I want one badly.

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