Apple retailer ClubMac's 500 GB Time Capsule page is currently displaying an image (shown above) of a 2 TB Time Capsule retail box in its "Product Detail" section. Apple's Time Capsule combination wireless router and network-attached storage...
Last protected music simply disappearing from iTunes?
While Apple's move to remove copy protection from iTunes songs has been welcomed, shoppers have found that some protected songs have been pulled outright with no immediate signs of iTunes Plus replacements.
iTunes updated
Apple released an update of iTunes 8, aka version 8.1.1. According to Apple:
iTunes 8.1.1 adds support for renting HD movies and provides a number of bug fixes, including addressing issues with VoiceOver and syncing with iPhone or iPod touch.
Six Core Xeon by Year End
The Japanese website PC Watch was invited to a technology presentation delivered by Intel about its Nehalem CPU. Beside the information already published and already commented regarding the Xeon Nehalem powering the new Mac Pro, Intel unveiled some additional details.
By the end of the year, the engraving process for the Xeon will move to 32 nm and it should decrease power consumption and/or allow the founder to offer model with higher clock-speed. It will also allow Intel to launch 6 core Xeon, currently known as Westmere. The cache will move from 8 GB today to 12 GB. The socket and motherboard should remain identical to the current one, and should give Apple the opportunity to upgrade its Mac Pro models before 2010.
Some information have bee released concerning the Xeon EX, expected to be launched for Q3 2010:
This processor will be Intel's flagship for this class of processor, with 8 physical cores, 15 logical cores, 24 MB of cache, 4 PQI links, 4 memory channel... It will however required a dramatically different architecture, and might open a new class of product, definitely targeting higher-end hardware than the current Xeon and its associated hardware models. towards a super workstation category? Will Apple follow with a super Mac Pro?
Apple Updates iTunes to 8.1.1
Apple has released a new version update for iTunes today that brings the application up to version 8.1.1.
iTunes 8.1.1 adds support for renting HD movies and provides a number of bug fixes, including addressing issues with VoiceOver a...
Image hinting at 2TB Time Capsule likely an oversight
While it's inevitable that Apple will at some point this year boost the capacity of its Time Capsule backup appliances, promotional images showing packing for a model with twice as much storage appear to be an oversight dating back to the release of dual-band models a month ago.
Apple Launches Audi Le Mans Driving Challenge Application
The application challenges iPhone and iPod touch players to monitor fuel use and tire wear just as Audi Le Mans teams do during races.
ShoveBox for Mac and iPhone
Filed under: Software, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch
ShoveBox's main advantage is its very simple interface. The little ShoveBox icon sits in your menubar waiting for you to drop something on it: URL, text, images, etc. Without any fuss the box opens and accepts your newest shove, ready to be accessed at some later time. My impression is that ShoveBox is best not so much for things you want to keep in the long run (though it will do that), but perhaps more as a scratchpad or an updated and more advanced URLwell.
The iPhone companion app does exactly what you'd expect, giving you access to your notes, etc. on the go. One particularly nifty function is a bookmarklet that allows you to import a website on both the desktop version (from Safari) or the iPhone version (from mobile Safari). So if you're reading something on the go, but want to make sure you save it for later as well, this looks like a great feature.
ShoveBox for Mac is $24.95 and a demo is available; the iPhone version is $3.99 from the iTunes App Store.
TUAWShoveBox for Mac and iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Illusion Labs Demonstrates iPhone Games on a Large Multi-Touch Table
The potential of multi-touch technologies generate a lot of attention here at MacRumors. Apple has clearly invested in multi-touch and we expect that they will slowing introduce more advanced versions of the technology over time. One possibility th...
Grand Tour for the iPhone is a grand exploration of the solar system
Filed under: Cool tools, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch
I admit I have a real love for astronomy and other science apps. Mike Smithwick, the creator of Distant Suns [App Store link] has come up with another winner for the space minded. Grand Tour [App Store link] is a $4.99US application that will let you tour the solar system in very smooth and realistic animations. Named after the NASA Voyager missions* of the '70s that explored the outer planets, Grand Tour will let you move to Mars, explore its two moons, and then shuffle off to Jupiter, Saturn and beyond. The program beautifully renders the starry background accurately, as well as presenting the Milky Way. The app is loaded with information about the planets and moons, and with a flick of your finger you can rotate the planets and see their relationship to the sun and their satellites in real time. You can also speed up or reverse time, illustrating the orbits of the planets and their smaller companions.
Another nice touch is when you look at the earth, the images of the clouds are in real time (updated every 3 hours) so you are pretty much seeing the real thing in the palm of your hand.
I still marvel at how esoteric iPhone apps are getting. There is truly something for everyone, and the ability to hold a scale model of our solar system and interact with it would have seemed like science fiction a few years ago. Thank goodness Apple decided to bless real apps last year. The experience offered by programs like Grand Tour would really have been lame as a web app.
Grand Tour runs on the iPhone and iPod Touch with OS software 2.1 or greater.
* One of our readers correctly points out that the original NASA Grand Tour missions never happened, because of deep budget cuts. Many of the ideas from the mission were incorporated into the Voyager missions. Thanks for the clarification Mark.
Check out the gallery for some screen shots.
TUAWGrand Tour for the iPhone is a grand exploration of the solar system originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Image of 2 TB Time Capsule Box?
Apple retailer ClubMac's 500 GB Time Capsule page is currently displaying an image (shown above) of a 2 TB Time Capsule retail box in its "Product Detail" section. Apple's Time Capsule combination wireless router and network-attached storage...
Last protected music simply disappearing from iTunes?
While Apple's move to remove copy protection from iTunes songs has been welcomed, shoppers have found that some protected songs have been pulled outright with no immediate signs of iTunes Plus replacements.
iTunes updated
Apple released an update of iTunes 8, aka version 8.1.1. According to Apple:
iTunes 8.1.1 adds support for renting HD movies and provides a number of bug fixes, including addressing issues with VoiceOver and syncing with iPhone or iPod touch.
Six Core Xeon by Year End
The Japanese website PC Watch was invited to a technology presentation delivered by Intel about its Nehalem CPU. Beside the information already published and already commented regarding the Xeon Nehalem powering the new Mac Pro, Intel unveiled some additional details.
By the end of the year, the engraving process for the Xeon will move to 32 nm and it should decrease power consumption and/or allow the founder to offer model with higher clock-speed. It will also allow Intel to launch 6 core Xeon, currently known as Westmere. The cache will move from 8 GB today to 12 GB. The socket and motherboard should remain identical to the current one, and should give Apple the opportunity to upgrade its Mac Pro models before 2010.
Some information have bee released concerning the Xeon EX, expected to be launched for Q3 2010:
This processor will be Intel's flagship for this class of processor, with 8 physical cores, 15 logical cores, 24 MB of cache, 4 PQI links, 4 memory channel... It will however required a dramatically different architecture, and might open a new class of product, definitely targeting higher-end hardware than the current Xeon and its associated hardware models. towards a super workstation category? Will Apple follow with a super Mac Pro?
Apple Updates iTunes to 8.1.1
Apple has released a new version update for iTunes today that brings the application up to version 8.1.1.
iTunes 8.1.1 adds support for renting HD movies and provides a number of bug fixes, including addressing issues with VoiceOver a...
Image hinting at 2TB Time Capsule likely an oversight
While it's inevitable that Apple will at some point this year boost the capacity of its Time Capsule backup appliances, promotional images showing packing for a model with twice as much storage appear to be an oversight dating back to the release of dual-band models a month ago.
Apple Launches Audi Le Mans Driving Challenge Application
The application challenges iPhone and iPod touch players to monitor fuel use and tire wear just as Audi Le Mans teams do during races.
ShoveBox for Mac and iPhone
Filed under: Software, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch
ShoveBox's main advantage is its very simple interface. The little ShoveBox icon sits in your menubar waiting for you to drop something on it: URL, text, images, etc. Without any fuss the box opens and accepts your newest shove, ready to be accessed at some later time. My impression is that ShoveBox is best not so much for things you want to keep in the long run (though it will do that), but perhaps more as a scratchpad or an updated and more advanced URLwell.
The iPhone companion app does exactly what you'd expect, giving you access to your notes, etc. on the go. One particularly nifty function is a bookmarklet that allows you to import a website on both the desktop version (from Safari) or the iPhone version (from mobile Safari). So if you're reading something on the go, but want to make sure you save it for later as well, this looks like a great feature.
ShoveBox for Mac is $24.95 and a demo is available; the iPhone version is $3.99 from the iTunes App Store.
TUAWShoveBox for Mac and iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Illusion Labs Demonstrates iPhone Games on a Large Multi-Touch Table
The potential of multi-touch technologies generate a lot of attention here at MacRumors. Apple has clearly invested in multi-touch and we expect that they will slowing introduce more advanced versions of the technology over time. One possibility th...
Grand Tour for the iPhone is a grand exploration of the solar system
Filed under: Cool tools, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch
I admit I have a real love for astronomy and other science apps. Mike Smithwick, the creator of Distant Suns [App Store link] has come up with another winner for the space minded. Grand Tour [App Store link] is a $4.99US application that will let you tour the solar system in very smooth and realistic animations. Named after the NASA Voyager missions* of the '70s that explored the outer planets, Grand Tour will let you move to Mars, explore its two moons, and then shuffle off to Jupiter, Saturn and beyond. The program beautifully renders the starry background accurately, as well as presenting the Milky Way. The app is loaded with information about the planets and moons, and with a flick of your finger you can rotate the planets and see their relationship to the sun and their satellites in real time. You can also speed up or reverse time, illustrating the orbits of the planets and their smaller companions.
Another nice touch is when you look at the earth, the images of the clouds are in real time (updated every 3 hours) so you are pretty much seeing the real thing in the palm of your hand.
I still marvel at how esoteric iPhone apps are getting. There is truly something for everyone, and the ability to hold a scale model of our solar system and interact with it would have seemed like science fiction a few years ago. Thank goodness Apple decided to bless real apps last year. The experience offered by programs like Grand Tour would really have been lame as a web app.
Grand Tour runs on the iPhone and iPod Touch with OS software 2.1 or greater.
* One of our readers correctly points out that the original NASA Grand Tour missions never happened, because of deep budget cuts. Many of the ideas from the mission were incorporated into the Voyager missions. Thanks for the clarification Mark.
Check out the gallery for some screen shots.
TUAWGrand Tour for the iPhone is a grand exploration of the solar system originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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