Filed under: Software, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch
We've had lots of giveaway goodness going on at TUAW lately. We had the MacHeist bundle giveaway, and now we're giving away 20 copies of Wunder Radio 1.6 (click opens iTunes). Wunder Radio is from the smart folks at Weather Underground, and it's an impressive app for listening to over 30,000 radio stations worldwide. The new version 1.6 has a new, more aesthetic design, and an internal web browser has been added for surfing while you're soaking up the tunes. Wunder Radio is now localized in Spanish, German, Italian, French, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and Brazilian Portugese.
Despite the global reach of Wunder Radio, our contest is limited to readers from the US (sorry, promo codes only work in the US). Read the rules below for details, and good luck.
- Open to legal US residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 and older.
- To enter leave a comment telling us which radio station you want to listen to using Wunder Radio.
- The comment must be left before April 8, 5:00PM Eastern Time.
- You may enter only once.
- Twenty winners will be selected in a random drawing.
- Prize: one license code for Wunder Radio ($5.99 value)
- Click Here for complete Official Rules.
TUAWIt's a wunder-ful day: win a copy of Wunder Radio 1.6 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
New Xserve
As expected in our previous news when the AppleStore was closed, Apple released the new Nehalem-based Xserve.
Models are available in 4 or 8 core CPU as for the Mac Pro. As we were reporting it earlier, Apple offers the option to have 128 GB SSD as storage unit. The PSU is tagged as 80 + Gold, with an expected yield of 89%, top notch figures.
However, there is something strange. Apple announces 12 memory slots for a maximal capacity of 12 GB for the single CPU model and 24 GB for Dual CPU model. This is really low RAM level for a server. Even if you select the 4 GB RAM modules option, you can not take more than 6 modules... this is weird, we need to find out if there is a typo or something very limiting for those new Xserve.
Over 100 fixes in 10.5.7; Security Update 2009-002 in testing
Another week has passed and another beta of Mac OS X 10.5.7 has fallen into the hands of Apple developers. Separately, Apple is also beta testing its second security update of the year for certain Mac OS X distributions.
Apple introduces Nehalem-based Xeon Xserves
As expected, Apple on Tuesday announced an updated family of Xserves that deliver an 89 percent improvement in performance per watt and up to twice the overall performance of the previous models by tapping Intel's "Nehalem" Xeon processors and a next generation system architecture.
Computerworld: Will Apple kill satellite radio?
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, iPhone, App Store
ComputerWorld has an interesting item this morning by Mike Elgan. It speculates about new features in the anticipated iPhone coming this summer, including an FM transmitter to send iPhone audio to a car radio. It's also thought that the new 3.0 software will enable stereo bluetooth streaming to a car suitably equipped.There's no doubt that these features might convince many to either skip satellite radio, or to not renew current contracts.
All that is bad news for Sirius/XM, but the newly merged companies have done plenty to shoot themselves. Many subscribers think the merger was badly done, and many favorite channels were killed with no notice. As an XM subscriber I experienced that first hand when no heads up was given to customers about massive channel changes until the day of the switch last fall. For a communications company, that's pretty poor communications.
With an iPhone that can stream stereo Bluetooth, services like Pandora, LastFM, AOL Radio, and Simplify Media become more mobile in the car. I'd have to think twice about renewing XM or Sirius. Although new car sales are in the dumper, a great many new vehicles are delivered with iPod adapters, giving even more impetus for users to take their own music with them rather than to be stuck with a costly, and seemingly diminishing satellite radio service.
The whole theory behind Sirius/XM was to get radio worth paying for. To a degree, the iPhone and iPod have changed that equation, because you can take your favorite music with you, either your own or music from the new streaming music services. But getting the music into your car audio system was a chore if you weren't pre-wired for it. If indeed Apple makes the integration of the iPhone into the car easier, I think satellite radio will have to re-think its business plan, a plan that is already in tatters.
How about you? Do you subscribe to Sirius/XM now? Has the economy changed your plans? Would new options to get iPhone audio on your car make you think again about that costly subscription plan?
TUAWComputerworld: Will Apple kill satellite radio? originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Prepare for ludicrous speed: Ars reviews the 8-core Mac Pro
What has two "Nehalem" Xeon processors, eight cores, a non-workstation class graphics card(?!), and a positively stratospheric sticker price? The answer is, of course, Apple's new Mac Pro tower, an aluminum-clad whale of a machine that art director Dave Girard put through its media-creation paces in this massive review.
Win one of 25 Macheist bundles
Filed under: Software
Yesterday Macheist raised over $500,000 for charity and unlocked the final two applications in the bundle. Today, from 9am to 5pm EST, you'll have a shot at winning one of 25 bundles. Currently the total bundle value stands at $981 but sells for $39. In the coming months we'll take a look at each of the programs featured in the bundle, but for now, check out the videos and descriptions on the Macheist website to get a taste of what's included. There's a little something for everyone, especially now that everything has been unlocked.
To enter, you'll need to tell us which application you want the most. Also, once again we'll need to limit the winners to the US and Canada (except Quebec, as our French is really rusty). Comments will close today, April 7 at 5pm on the East Coast, so enter while you can!
- Open to legal US residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are 18 and older.
- To enter leave a comment telling us which application in the bundle you prefer.
- The comment must be left before April 7, 5:00PM Eastern Time.
- You may enter only once.
- Twenty-five winners will be selected in a random drawing.
- Prize: one Macheist bundle including iSale, Picturesque, SousChef, World of Goo, PhoneView, LittleSnapper, Cro-Mag Rally, Acorn, Kinemac, WireTap Studio, BoinxTV, The Hit List, Espresso, Times (cost of bundle is $39).
- Click Here for complete Official Rules.
TUAWWin one of 25 Macheist bundles originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
It's a wunder-ful day: win a copy of Wunder Radio 1.6
Filed under: Software, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch
We've had lots of giveaway goodness going on at TUAW lately. We had the MacHeist bundle giveaway, and now we're giving away 20 copies of Wunder Radio 1.6 (click opens iTunes). Wunder Radio is from the smart folks at Weather Underground, and it's an impressive app for listening to over 30,000 radio stations worldwide. The new version 1.6 has a new, more aesthetic design, and an internal web browser has been added for surfing while you're soaking up the tunes. Wunder Radio is now localized in Spanish, German, Italian, French, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and Brazilian Portugese.
Despite the global reach of Wunder Radio, our contest is limited to readers from the US (sorry, promo codes only work in the US). Read the rules below for details, and good luck.
- Open to legal US residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 and older.
- To enter leave a comment telling us which radio station you want to listen to using Wunder Radio.
- The comment must be left before April 8, 5:00PM Eastern Time.
- You may enter only once.
- Twenty winners will be selected in a random drawing.
- Prize: one license code for Wunder Radio ($5.99 value)
- Click Here for complete Official Rules.
TUAWIt's a wunder-ful day: win a copy of Wunder Radio 1.6 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
New Xserve
As expected in our previous news when the AppleStore was closed, Apple released the new Nehalem-based Xserve.
Models are available in 4 or 8 core CPU as for the Mac Pro. As we were reporting it earlier, Apple offers the option to have 128 GB SSD as storage unit. The PSU is tagged as 80 + Gold, with an expected yield of 89%, top notch figures.
However, there is something strange. Apple announces 12 memory slots for a maximal capacity of 12 GB for the single CPU model and 24 GB for Dual CPU model. This is really low RAM level for a server. Even if you select the 4 GB RAM modules option, you can not take more than 6 modules... this is weird, we need to find out if there is a typo or something very limiting for those new Xserve.
Over 100 fixes in 10.5.7; Security Update 2009-002 in testing
Another week has passed and another beta of Mac OS X 10.5.7 has fallen into the hands of Apple developers. Separately, Apple is also beta testing its second security update of the year for certain Mac OS X distributions.
Apple introduces Nehalem-based Xeon Xserves
As expected, Apple on Tuesday announced an updated family of Xserves that deliver an 89 percent improvement in performance per watt and up to twice the overall performance of the previous models by tapping Intel's "Nehalem" Xeon processors and a next generation system architecture.
Computerworld: Will Apple kill satellite radio?
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, iPhone, App Store
ComputerWorld has an interesting item this morning by Mike Elgan. It speculates about new features in the anticipated iPhone coming this summer, including an FM transmitter to send iPhone audio to a car radio. It's also thought that the new 3.0 software will enable stereo bluetooth streaming to a car suitably equipped.There's no doubt that these features might convince many to either skip satellite radio, or to not renew current contracts.
All that is bad news for Sirius/XM, but the newly merged companies have done plenty to shoot themselves. Many subscribers think the merger was badly done, and many favorite channels were killed with no notice. As an XM subscriber I experienced that first hand when no heads up was given to customers about massive channel changes until the day of the switch last fall. For a communications company, that's pretty poor communications.
With an iPhone that can stream stereo Bluetooth, services like Pandora, LastFM, AOL Radio, and Simplify Media become more mobile in the car. I'd have to think twice about renewing XM or Sirius. Although new car sales are in the dumper, a great many new vehicles are delivered with iPod adapters, giving even more impetus for users to take their own music with them rather than to be stuck with a costly, and seemingly diminishing satellite radio service.
The whole theory behind Sirius/XM was to get radio worth paying for. To a degree, the iPhone and iPod have changed that equation, because you can take your favorite music with you, either your own or music from the new streaming music services. But getting the music into your car audio system was a chore if you weren't pre-wired for it. If indeed Apple makes the integration of the iPhone into the car easier, I think satellite radio will have to re-think its business plan, a plan that is already in tatters.
How about you? Do you subscribe to Sirius/XM now? Has the economy changed your plans? Would new options to get iPhone audio on your car make you think again about that costly subscription plan?
TUAWComputerworld: Will Apple kill satellite radio? originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Prepare for ludicrous speed: Ars reviews the 8-core Mac Pro
What has two "Nehalem" Xeon processors, eight cores, a non-workstation class graphics card(?!), and a positively stratospheric sticker price? The answer is, of course, Apple's new Mac Pro tower, an aluminum-clad whale of a machine that art director Dave Girard put through its media-creation paces in this massive review.
Win one of 25 Macheist bundles
Filed under: Software
Yesterday Macheist raised over $500,000 for charity and unlocked the final two applications in the bundle. Today, from 9am to 5pm EST, you'll have a shot at winning one of 25 bundles. Currently the total bundle value stands at $981 but sells for $39. In the coming months we'll take a look at each of the programs featured in the bundle, but for now, check out the videos and descriptions on the Macheist website to get a taste of what's included. There's a little something for everyone, especially now that everything has been unlocked.
To enter, you'll need to tell us which application you want the most. Also, once again we'll need to limit the winners to the US and Canada (except Quebec, as our French is really rusty). Comments will close today, April 7 at 5pm on the East Coast, so enter while you can!
- Open to legal US residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are 18 and older.
- To enter leave a comment telling us which application in the bundle you prefer.
- The comment must be left before April 7, 5:00PM Eastern Time.
- You may enter only once.
- Twenty-five winners will be selected in a random drawing.
- Prize: one Macheist bundle including iSale, Picturesque, SousChef, World of Goo, PhoneView, LittleSnapper, Cro-Mag Rally, Acorn, Kinemac, WireTap Studio, BoinxTV, The Hit List, Espresso, Times (cost of bundle is $39).
- Click Here for complete Official Rules.
TUAWWin one of 25 Macheist bundles originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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