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.
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.
How Apple will kill satellite radio this summer
Satellite radio will die soon anyway, but Apple will accidentally perform a mercy killing of Sirius XM Radio this summer. A new iPhone and iPod Touch, plus new software for older devices, will enable people to stream any audio (iTunes, Pandora, podcasts, audiobooks, etc.) to car stereos. Meanwhile, Sirius needs strong car sales to survive.
Price hike hits Apple's iTunes Store
Tuesday marks the end of Apple's one-price-fits-all model at the iTunes Store, where songs will now fall into one of three pricing tiers, with many of the most popular tracks commanding a 30% increase from 99 cents to $1.29.
Google Chrome run natively (most of it, anyway)
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Odds and ends, Freeware, Open Source, Developer
It's too bad Google hasn't gotten this working themselves sooner. Maybe they've just been too busy lately taking care of panda-obsessed AIs.
TUAWGoogle Chrome run natively (most of it, anyway) originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Xserve gets a performance boost
Filed under: Enterprise, Hardware, Xserve
Astute readers noticed some Apple store downtime earlier this morning. While I was hoping for something soaked in Unicorn tears, I guess I'll settle for a drool-worthy Xserve update.The rumors were right on target, and the new Xserve sports Intel's "Nehalem" Xeon processor (just like the recent Mac Pro refresh), which Apple is touting as offering "twice the performance" when compared to last year's model.*
* There is always an asterisk in these types of comparison so please read the fine print before taking any marketing slogans as gospel.
The new Xserve systems look really hot. Check out these specs for the $2999US base model:
- a single 2.26 GHz Quad-Core Xeon 5500 series processor with 8MB of fully shared L3 cache
- 3GB of 1066 MHz DDR3 ECC RAM
- a single 160GB 7200 rpm SATA Apple Drive Module
- dual Gigabit Ethernet on-board
- two PCI Express 2.0 x16 expansion slots
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 256 MB with Mini DisplayPort output
- two FireWire(R) 800 and three USB 2.0 ports
If the standard offerings aren't powerful enough, the Xserve can be customized to include two Quad-Core Xeon's running at 2.26, 2.66 or 2.93 GHz. An 8-core 2.26 Xserve configure like the base system runs $3599US.
The new Xserve also offers an optional 128-GB SSD boot drive, as well as options for RAID cards, and dual or quad channel 4Gb Fibre channel cards.
This generation of chipsets is more energy efficient and Apple is touting the newest Xserve as the "greenest ever."
The new Xserve is available now at Apple.com and at your local Apple store or authorized dealer.
TUAWXserve gets a performance boost originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
iPhone Video Recording Interface, Digital Compass, Voice Control and Auto-Focus Camera
Since the release of Apple's iPhone 3.0 beta firmware, users have been scouring the configuration files looking for evidence of future iPhone capabilities. The possibility of video recording has seemed increasingly certain with files for video uplo...
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.
Apple Updates Xserve to Nehalem Processors
As rumored, Apple has updated its Xserve line of servers to the latest Intel Nehalem processors. Apple claims the new Xserves deliver up to twice the performance of the previous system.
Using Intel "Nehalem" Xeon processors ...
DroboPro: Drobo bigger, better, rack-mounted and faster
Filed under: Enterprise, Hardware, Peripherals, Mac OS X Server
That all changed this morning, with the announcement of DroboPro. Think of Drobo on steroids, with slots for eight SATA drives instead of four, two FireWire 800 ports, a USB 2.0 port, and an Ethernet port that is used for iSCSI connectivity, and throughput rates in the 75-80 megabyte/second range. Give this über-Drobo the same easy setup and management, quiet operation, and cool looks of the original device, and you have a winner.
I interviewed Tom Loverro, Director of Product Marketing at Data Robotics, last week about the company's new product.
Continue reading DroboPro: Drobo bigger, better, rack-mounted and faster
TUAWDroboPro: Drobo bigger, better, rack-mounted and faster originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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.
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.
How Apple will kill satellite radio this summer
Satellite radio will die soon anyway, but Apple will accidentally perform a mercy killing of Sirius XM Radio this summer. A new iPhone and iPod Touch, plus new software for older devices, will enable people to stream any audio (iTunes, Pandora, podcasts, audiobooks, etc.) to car stereos. Meanwhile, Sirius needs strong car sales to survive.
Price hike hits Apple's iTunes Store
Tuesday marks the end of Apple's one-price-fits-all model at the iTunes Store, where songs will now fall into one of three pricing tiers, with many of the most popular tracks commanding a 30% increase from 99 cents to $1.29.
Google Chrome run natively (most of it, anyway)
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Odds and ends, Freeware, Open Source, Developer
It's too bad Google hasn't gotten this working themselves sooner. Maybe they've just been too busy lately taking care of panda-obsessed AIs.
TUAWGoogle Chrome run natively (most of it, anyway) originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Xserve gets a performance boost
Filed under: Enterprise, Hardware, Xserve
Astute readers noticed some Apple store downtime earlier this morning. While I was hoping for something soaked in Unicorn tears, I guess I'll settle for a drool-worthy Xserve update.The rumors were right on target, and the new Xserve sports Intel's "Nehalem" Xeon processor (just like the recent Mac Pro refresh), which Apple is touting as offering "twice the performance" when compared to last year's model.*
* There is always an asterisk in these types of comparison so please read the fine print before taking any marketing slogans as gospel.
The new Xserve systems look really hot. Check out these specs for the $2999US base model:
- a single 2.26 GHz Quad-Core Xeon 5500 series processor with 8MB of fully shared L3 cache
- 3GB of 1066 MHz DDR3 ECC RAM
- a single 160GB 7200 rpm SATA Apple Drive Module
- dual Gigabit Ethernet on-board
- two PCI Express 2.0 x16 expansion slots
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 256 MB with Mini DisplayPort output
- two FireWire(R) 800 and three USB 2.0 ports
If the standard offerings aren't powerful enough, the Xserve can be customized to include two Quad-Core Xeon's running at 2.26, 2.66 or 2.93 GHz. An 8-core 2.26 Xserve configure like the base system runs $3599US.
The new Xserve also offers an optional 128-GB SSD boot drive, as well as options for RAID cards, and dual or quad channel 4Gb Fibre channel cards.
This generation of chipsets is more energy efficient and Apple is touting the newest Xserve as the "greenest ever."
The new Xserve is available now at Apple.com and at your local Apple store or authorized dealer.
TUAWXserve gets a performance boost originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
iPhone Video Recording Interface, Digital Compass, Voice Control and Auto-Focus Camera
Since the release of Apple's iPhone 3.0 beta firmware, users have been scouring the configuration files looking for evidence of future iPhone capabilities. The possibility of video recording has seemed increasingly certain with files for video uplo...
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.
Apple Updates Xserve to Nehalem Processors
As rumored, Apple has updated its Xserve line of servers to the latest Intel Nehalem processors. Apple claims the new Xserves deliver up to twice the performance of the previous system.
Using Intel "Nehalem" Xeon processors ...
DroboPro: Drobo bigger, better, rack-mounted and faster
Filed under: Enterprise, Hardware, Peripherals, Mac OS X Server
That all changed this morning, with the announcement of DroboPro. Think of Drobo on steroids, with slots for eight SATA drives instead of four, two FireWire 800 ports, a USB 2.0 port, and an Ethernet port that is used for iSCSI connectivity, and throughput rates in the 75-80 megabyte/second range. Give this über-Drobo the same easy setup and management, quiet operation, and cool looks of the original device, and you have a winner.
I interviewed Tom Loverro, Director of Product Marketing at Data Robotics, last week about the company's new product.
Continue reading DroboPro: Drobo bigger, better, rack-mounted and faster
TUAWDroboPro: Drobo bigger, better, rack-mounted and faster originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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