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Forums: Mobile Me web hosting, unstable iPhones
Forum roundup: Mobile Me web hosting questions are a recent topic of interest in the MacNN forums. A discussion about Lightroom 2 stability and performance compared to Aperture can be found in this thread. Mac Enthusiast lenox recently got their 20-inch iMac, noticed some graphical glitches and looks for advice from other forum goers. In this thread members discuss the differences between Dual...
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Microsoft, Sony, and Ford CEOs to keynote CES 2009
The Consumer Electronics Association today announced the lineup of keynote address speakers for the 2009 CES tradeshow to be held in Las Vegas from January 8-11; Microsoft's Steve Ballmer, Sony's Sir Howard Stringer, and Ford's Alan Mulally.The change of Microsoft's representative speaker is symbolic of Gate's retirement, announced at his 11th and final keynote address at the 2008 CES. The torch ...
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DealNN: VisTablet Mini, Targus mouse, Mac Pro
Current deals at DealNN include the VisTablet Mini for $58 after mail in rebate from Amazon.com and the refurbished 16GB iPod touch for $269.99, which is $130 off the list price of $399, at Buy.com. The refurbished Apple wireless keyboard has been reduced to $69 at the Apple store and for today only (8/29/08) the Targus wireless rechargeable USB mouse can be purchased at Newegg.com for $10. Po...
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Psystar calls Apple a 'monopoly' in filing
In the ongoing Psystar-Apple legal drama, the clone manufacturer alleges that Apple holds a monopoly over the Mac OS hardware/software platform that artificially inflates the price of its equipment. ComputerWorld reports that Psystar is upset about kernel panics that Apple has purposefully strewn about the Mac OS to prevent it from being used on non-Apple hardware. These errors are usually reserve...
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LightUp brings lighting effects to SketchUp
A group of UK developers has produced LightUp, a plug-in for Google's SketchUp modeling tool. The software generates real-time lighting for models, and supports effects such as skyboxes, Fresnel reflections, area and point lighting, and normal and specular maps. Users do not have to wait for files or export them, and can do live walkthroughs of environments....
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Epson intros 75,000:1 contrast projector, more
Epson has introduced a trio of new projectors at the IFA show in Berlin on Friday, including a new top-end model. The new LCD home theater projector, the EH-TW5000, features a record 75,000:1 contrast ratio and uses a new iteration of 3LCD technology that compares well against DLP technology in some of its rivals. The new Epson projector features 1,600 ANSI lumens brightness and will deliver 1080p...
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Artists avoid iTunes; singles discourage album sales
Many artists and record labels are beginning to see a darker side to the success of iTunes, according to Wall Street Journal. Apple has maintained a strict policy of requiring each song to be available individually. Although the music might be reaching more customers, companies are beginning to notice record sales being cannibalized by singles. For the customer that just wants the song they hea...
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First Look: BBEdit 9.0, text editor
Many computer professionals need to work with text for writing, designing web pages using HTML code, or writing programs in a variety of languages such as C++, Ruby, or Python. While you could use a word processor, web page designer, or text editor to write code, many of these programs focus on helping you create text, but lack specific features for manipulating text. If you need to create, edit, ...
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TinyBooks 6.0.0 adds automation functions
Developer Ken Winograd says he has released v6.0.0 of TinyBooks, a Mac-based accounting and bookkeeping program aimed at families and small businesses. In using the software the program only asks for incomes and expenses, and calculates everything else based on how this data is categorized. The sixth edition introduces extra automation features, such as Auto-Comment option for commonly-used entr...
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NVIDIA's GeForce 9 also hit by failures?
NVIDIA's widely publicized video chip failures may also touch on the most recent GeForce 9 series as well as older models, if data leaked to The Inquirer are authentic. The documents allege that NVIDIA has ordered a change in conductor material to fix the problem not only for GeForce 8 cards made on a 65 nanometer process, such as the 8800 GT, but also many cards using the newer 55 nanometer tech...
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