In the words of Cédric:
A small message to let you know that I have just received my new MacPro Nahelem Quad 2,66 GHz. I have just tested a set of 3 memory card 2GB OCZ DDR3 PC10600 (FSB of 1333 MHz) NON-ECC. The machine accepted them without a problem. They are recognized as 1066 MHz, the absence of ECC does not create any problem.
Being surprised that this memory functions, we asked him to make a hardware test on his machine. It ran in a normal way without posting any errors. Even though this makes it possible to find less expensive memory, we strongly advise you to use ECC memory that avoids the small risks of hanging related to a corruption of the data on a card.
Talkcast preview: special guest Mitch Wagner from InformationWeek
Filed under: TUAW Business, Podcasts
If you joined us last Sunday night, you heard an unvarnished rant in five-part harmony as Dave, Christina, Mike S., Mel and I all weighed in on the ongoing series of "Laptop Hunters" Microsoft TV ads (yes, there's a third one now: an adorable mother-and-son team of laptop shoppers who shockingly still find time to slag the Mac as a kiddie machine while they browse the aisles) along with MacHeist and the other news of the week. You can download the show from Talkshoe or subscribe in iTunes.
Tomorrow night -- Easter Sunday, 10 pm ET -- we'll be joined by a special guest: Mitch Wagner of InformationWeek, also known (in Second Life, anyway) as the metallic talkshow host Copper Robot. Bring your questions for Mitch about Apple news, virtual communities, social media & the public sector... we'll be covering the entire waterfront.
To participate on TalkShoe, you can use the browser-only interface, or you can stick with the classic TalkShoe Pro Java client; however, for maximum fun, you should call in so we can hear your dulcet tones. For the web UI, just click the "TalkShoe Web" button on our profile page at 10 pm Sunday. To call in on regular phone or VOIP lines (take advantange of your free cellphone weekend minutes if you like): dial (724) 444-7444 and enter our talkcast ID, 45077 -- during the call, you can request to talk by keying in *-8. SIP or Gizmo users can connect directly to Talkshoe by following the instructions here. Talk with you then!
Recording support for the talkcast is provided by Call Recorder from ecamm networks.
TUAWTalkcast preview: special guest Mitch Wagner from InformationWeek originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Steve Jobs Still Involved in Apple, Still Expected to Return in June
The Wall Street Journal reports that despite his medical leave, Steve Jobs has remained very involved in Apple's strategies and planning:
Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook runs the day-to-day operations at Apple, these people say. But...
First Look: Travel organizer Tripit.com offers iPhone app
Filed under: Software, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch, First Look
Do you travel a lot for business or pleasure? If you do, then you'll find the new free iPhone app (click opens iTunes) from Tripit.com to be a great way to organize your trip plans.Tripit.com imports and interprets your itineraries from airlines, hotel chains, ticket outlets, and other travel companies. When you receive an itinerary from one of these providers, you forward it to a special Tripit email address to have it translated into a trip plan automatically (the site supports hundreds of travel providers, and the translation from email into structured itinerary is really quite amazing). You can share your travel plans with friends or colleagues via LinkedIn, and see when your fellow travelers are heading to a city near you or when their plans align with yours.
That collection of trip plans is what you view with the Tripit.com app. The app is linked to your Tripit.com account, and displays a day by day list of flights, car rentals, and other events that make up your trips. Each event can be opened in further detail to show information such as arrival and departure times, confirmation numbers, and more. Links for airport codes bring up Google Maps of the airport vicinity, and other links can check your flight status with a touch.
Since you can always access the mobile version of the Tripit site from a connected iPhone or iPod touch, the big advantage of the native application is that the travel data is cached locally on the phone for offline review (mid-flight, for example). More full-featured apps like the $9.99US TravelTracker or FlightTrack Pro can also store and display your Tripit itineraries via the service's API, and Tripit's developers tell us that they intend to continue supporting third-party application access.
To use the app on your iPhone or iPod touch, all you need to do is sign up for a free Tripit.com account or forward your first itinerary to plans@tripit.com. Take a look at the gallery below for details of the Tripit app at work.
TUAWFirst Look: Travel organizer Tripit.com offers iPhone app originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Road Tested: LaCie iamaKey, the USB flash drive you'll actually use
Filed under: Accessories, Hardware, Peripherals, Road Tested
USB flash drives are a dime a dozen. They've gone from being a "wow" item a few years ago to a throwaway handout item. Many are cheap plastic devices that either come with a neck lanyard attached or with a small loop for attaching to a key ring. More often than not, they end up falling to pieces or getting lost.
iamaKey came with a tiny plastic cap that covered the connector. Of course, after about 15 minutes the cap disappeared. I was concerned about that until finding out that iamaKey uses a gold SIP connector that resists scratches and water. You don't need the cap at all.
So, does it still work after almost two months of riding around in a pocket with a bunch of other keys and change? Absolutely! It's been dropped multiple times, it's gotten soaked in the pocket of a pair of jeans I was wearing during a sudden downpour, and it's put up with winter cold while I've been out walking. iamaKey is rugged and fast, with up to 30 MB/s read rates and 10 MB/s write speeds.
iamaKey comes in 4 GB (US$19.99) and 8 GB (US$29.99) flavors. LaCie also sells the less rugged and larger itsaKey, which retails for US$3 less than iamaKey.
TUAWRoad Tested: LaCie iamaKey, the USB flash drive you'll actually use originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
TUAW giveaway: WeightBot and ConvertBot
Filed under: Software, iPhone, iPod touch
TUAW would like to help take away a bit of the sting of tax week by giving away something for free. That's why we've teamed with Tapbots to give ten lucky US readers licenses for WeightBot and ConvertBot.Although you'll probably be a lot lighter after the IRS empties your wallet, you may want to lose some weight. That's where WeightBot comes in handy. It's a great-looking and very functional weight tracking app for iPhone that has been featured on TUAW in the past.
Should you decide to skip the country in order to avoid paying taxes [which we do not recommend --Ed.], you might find ConvertBot's ability to convert units of measure and currency to be a big help! If you're not one of the giveaway winners, these apps are available for US$0.99 (ConvertBot) and US$1.99 (WeightBot) respectively.
Tapbots has won accolades for their innovative design of iPhone apps, and we'd like to help them come out with another really cool app. To enter the giveaway, write a comment with your idea for the next Tapbots app.
Here are the rules and a link to the obligatory legal statement:
- 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 with an idea for a new Tapbot iPhone app.
- The comment must be left before Monday, April 13, 05:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time.
- You may enter only once.
- Ten winners will be selected in a random drawing.
- Prize: One license each for ConvertBot and WeightBot (US$3 value)
- Click Here for complete Official Rules.
TUAWTUAW giveaway: WeightBot and ConvertBot originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 12 Apr 2009 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
New shuffle gets an update
Filed under: iPod Family, Software Update, ipod shuffle
Got a new iPod shuffle? Hook up to iTunes and check Software Update, because there's a holiday surprise waiting there for you. The revised VoiceOver Kit 1.0.1 corrects artist name pronunciations and includes a few other fixes.If you've downloaded the update let us know how it's working for you.
[via Macworld]
TUAWNew shuffle gets an update originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Apple will not offer its patents
Here a news which will make the ink run, and not to the benefit of Apple.
The World Wide Web Consortium which defines the standards of the Web has announced to its members that Apple (which is in fact a member) considered that the next standard of widgets in progress of development would violate one of its patents at the level of the automatic update. This claim will waste a lot of time in the making of this standard, those who taking part in it not wanting to see it attacked once it is set up. They will have to check with what comes from Apple, and to find a way around any problem.
Of course, this notification by Apple disappoints the other who see in this claim as a means of blocking them.
Apple continues to tighten up the rules concerning battery replacement
Since the release of Mac Intel (but already during the time of the iBook), Apple had to face many problems with the batteries on its portables. Between those that started to inflate, those that did not hold the charge, and those which broke down and displayed an X. These vexations were very expensive and created precedents that made it was relatively easy to exchange a used battery under guarantee.
Since March, they have started to tighten up. This started with the arrival of test software only available for the CMAA. This is now used to test the battery and decides if it must be exchanged or not. The after sales service department is forced to follow this guidance, since the software delivers a code for the return. In the absence of this code, the CMAA have to cover cost of the battery.
Also Apple has since then defined especially strict rules and even a very long-winded speech that the technicians must give you.
- To start, in the event of loss of battery life, if your battery has done its time, (more than 300 cycles of charge/discharge), the software will not deliver a code of guarantee. Apple considers indeed; beyond this number of cycles the wear is normal and advises to use the analogy of batteries of remote control that need replacing too.
- Previously any battery which inflated being exchanged immediately. Now, it will be the case only under guarantee or extended guarantee in certain cases.
We will finish by an important reminder. If you have several batteries, take care well to store them charged and especially not to let them discharge completely by using them regularly. If they go below a minimum threshold of charge, it will definitively be impossible for you to recharge them again.
Steve Jobs Also Overseeing Apple Tablet or Netbook Device?
One aspect of the Wall Street Journal article published today that we failed to mention in our previous coverage was that Apple is indeed working on a new type of device.
According to The Wall Street Journal's sources, Apple is workin...
The Mac Pro 2009 will support non ECC memory
In the words of Cédric:
A small message to let you know that I have just received my new MacPro Nahelem Quad 2,66 GHz. I have just tested a set of 3 memory card 2GB OCZ DDR3 PC10600 (FSB of 1333 MHz) NON-ECC. The machine accepted them without a problem. They are recognized as 1066 MHz, the absence of ECC does not create any problem.
Being surprised that this memory functions, we asked him to make a hardware test on his machine. It ran in a normal way without posting any errors. Even though this makes it possible to find less expensive memory, we strongly advise you to use ECC memory that avoids the small risks of hanging related to a corruption of the data on a card.
Talkcast preview: special guest Mitch Wagner from InformationWeek
Filed under: TUAW Business, Podcasts
If you joined us last Sunday night, you heard an unvarnished rant in five-part harmony as Dave, Christina, Mike S., Mel and I all weighed in on the ongoing series of "Laptop Hunters" Microsoft TV ads (yes, there's a third one now: an adorable mother-and-son team of laptop shoppers who shockingly still find time to slag the Mac as a kiddie machine while they browse the aisles) along with MacHeist and the other news of the week. You can download the show from Talkshoe or subscribe in iTunes.
Tomorrow night -- Easter Sunday, 10 pm ET -- we'll be joined by a special guest: Mitch Wagner of InformationWeek, also known (in Second Life, anyway) as the metallic talkshow host Copper Robot. Bring your questions for Mitch about Apple news, virtual communities, social media & the public sector... we'll be covering the entire waterfront.
To participate on TalkShoe, you can use the browser-only interface, or you can stick with the classic TalkShoe Pro Java client; however, for maximum fun, you should call in so we can hear your dulcet tones. For the web UI, just click the "TalkShoe Web" button on our profile page at 10 pm Sunday. To call in on regular phone or VOIP lines (take advantange of your free cellphone weekend minutes if you like): dial (724) 444-7444 and enter our talkcast ID, 45077 -- during the call, you can request to talk by keying in *-8. SIP or Gizmo users can connect directly to Talkshoe by following the instructions here. Talk with you then!
Recording support for the talkcast is provided by Call Recorder from ecamm networks.
TUAWTalkcast preview: special guest Mitch Wagner from InformationWeek originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Steve Jobs Still Involved in Apple, Still Expected to Return in June
The Wall Street Journal reports that despite his medical leave, Steve Jobs has remained very involved in Apple's strategies and planning:
Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook runs the day-to-day operations at Apple, these people say. But...
First Look: Travel organizer Tripit.com offers iPhone app
Filed under: Software, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch, First Look
Do you travel a lot for business or pleasure? If you do, then you'll find the new free iPhone app (click opens iTunes) from Tripit.com to be a great way to organize your trip plans.Tripit.com imports and interprets your itineraries from airlines, hotel chains, ticket outlets, and other travel companies. When you receive an itinerary from one of these providers, you forward it to a special Tripit email address to have it translated into a trip plan automatically (the site supports hundreds of travel providers, and the translation from email into structured itinerary is really quite amazing). You can share your travel plans with friends or colleagues via LinkedIn, and see when your fellow travelers are heading to a city near you or when their plans align with yours.
That collection of trip plans is what you view with the Tripit.com app. The app is linked to your Tripit.com account, and displays a day by day list of flights, car rentals, and other events that make up your trips. Each event can be opened in further detail to show information such as arrival and departure times, confirmation numbers, and more. Links for airport codes bring up Google Maps of the airport vicinity, and other links can check your flight status with a touch.
Since you can always access the mobile version of the Tripit site from a connected iPhone or iPod touch, the big advantage of the native application is that the travel data is cached locally on the phone for offline review (mid-flight, for example). More full-featured apps like the $9.99US TravelTracker or FlightTrack Pro can also store and display your Tripit itineraries via the service's API, and Tripit's developers tell us that they intend to continue supporting third-party application access.
To use the app on your iPhone or iPod touch, all you need to do is sign up for a free Tripit.com account or forward your first itinerary to plans@tripit.com. Take a look at the gallery below for details of the Tripit app at work.
TUAWFirst Look: Travel organizer Tripit.com offers iPhone app originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Road Tested: LaCie iamaKey, the USB flash drive you'll actually use
Filed under: Accessories, Hardware, Peripherals, Road Tested
USB flash drives are a dime a dozen. They've gone from being a "wow" item a few years ago to a throwaway handout item. Many are cheap plastic devices that either come with a neck lanyard attached or with a small loop for attaching to a key ring. More often than not, they end up falling to pieces or getting lost.iamaKey came with a tiny plastic cap that covered the connector. Of course, after about 15 minutes the cap disappeared. I was concerned about that until finding out that iamaKey uses a gold SIP connector that resists scratches and water. You don't need the cap at all.
So, does it still work after almost two months of riding around in a pocket with a bunch of other keys and change? Absolutely! It's been dropped multiple times, it's gotten soaked in the pocket of a pair of jeans I was wearing during a sudden downpour, and it's put up with winter cold while I've been out walking. iamaKey is rugged and fast, with up to 30 MB/s read rates and 10 MB/s write speeds.
iamaKey comes in 4 GB (US$19.99) and 8 GB (US$29.99) flavors. LaCie also sells the less rugged and larger itsaKey, which retails for US$3 less than iamaKey.
TUAWRoad Tested: LaCie iamaKey, the USB flash drive you'll actually use originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
TUAW giveaway: WeightBot and ConvertBot
Filed under: Software, iPhone, iPod touch
TUAW would like to help take away a bit of the sting of tax week by giving away something for free. That's why we've teamed with Tapbots to give ten lucky US readers licenses for WeightBot and ConvertBot.Although you'll probably be a lot lighter after the IRS empties your wallet, you may want to lose some weight. That's where WeightBot comes in handy. It's a great-looking and very functional weight tracking app for iPhone that has been featured on TUAW in the past.
Should you decide to skip the country in order to avoid paying taxes [which we do not recommend --Ed.], you might find ConvertBot's ability to convert units of measure and currency to be a big help! If you're not one of the giveaway winners, these apps are available for US$0.99 (ConvertBot) and US$1.99 (WeightBot) respectively.
Tapbots has won accolades for their innovative design of iPhone apps, and we'd like to help them come out with another really cool app. To enter the giveaway, write a comment with your idea for the next Tapbots app.
Here are the rules and a link to the obligatory legal statement:
- 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 with an idea for a new Tapbot iPhone app.
- The comment must be left before Monday, April 13, 05:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time.
- You may enter only once.
- Ten winners will be selected in a random drawing.
- Prize: One license each for ConvertBot and WeightBot (US$3 value)
- Click Here for complete Official Rules.
TUAWTUAW giveaway: WeightBot and ConvertBot originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 12 Apr 2009 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
New shuffle gets an update
Filed under: iPod Family, Software Update, ipod shuffle
Got a new iPod shuffle? Hook up to iTunes and check Software Update, because there's a holiday surprise waiting there for you. The revised VoiceOver Kit 1.0.1 corrects artist name pronunciations and includes a few other fixes.If you've downloaded the update let us know how it's working for you.
[via Macworld]
TUAWNew shuffle gets an update originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Apple will not offer its patents
Here a news which will make the ink run, and not to the benefit of Apple.
The World Wide Web Consortium which defines the standards of the Web has announced to its members that Apple (which is in fact a member) considered that the next standard of widgets in progress of development would violate one of its patents at the level of the automatic update. This claim will waste a lot of time in the making of this standard, those who taking part in it not wanting to see it attacked once it is set up. They will have to check with what comes from Apple, and to find a way around any problem.
Of course, this notification by Apple disappoints the other who see in this claim as a means of blocking them.
Apple continues to tighten up the rules concerning battery replacement
Since the release of Mac Intel (but already during the time of the iBook), Apple had to face many problems with the batteries on its portables. Between those that started to inflate, those that did not hold the charge, and those which broke down and displayed an X. These vexations were very expensive and created precedents that made it was relatively easy to exchange a used battery under guarantee.
Since March, they have started to tighten up. This started with the arrival of test software only available for the CMAA. This is now used to test the battery and decides if it must be exchanged or not. The after sales service department is forced to follow this guidance, since the software delivers a code for the return. In the absence of this code, the CMAA have to cover cost of the battery.
Also Apple has since then defined especially strict rules and even a very long-winded speech that the technicians must give you.
- To start, in the event of loss of battery life, if your battery has done its time, (more than 300 cycles of charge/discharge), the software will not deliver a code of guarantee. Apple considers indeed; beyond this number of cycles the wear is normal and advises to use the analogy of batteries of remote control that need replacing too.
- Previously any battery which inflated being exchanged immediately. Now, it will be the case only under guarantee or extended guarantee in certain cases.
We will finish by an important reminder. If you have several batteries, take care well to store them charged and especially not to let them discharge completely by using them regularly. If they go below a minimum threshold of charge, it will definitively be impossible for you to recharge them again.
Steve Jobs Also Overseeing Apple Tablet or Netbook Device?
One aspect of the Wall Street Journal article published today that we failed to mention in our previous coverage was that Apple is indeed working on a new type of device.
According to The Wall Street Journal's sources, Apple is workin...
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