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Hands on with Firefox 3
Firefox 3 is due out later this spring; we take a first look at beta 4 to see what's coming.
Intel to deliver quad-core chips for notebooks
Intel on Friday confirmed it will ship quad-core chips designed specifically for notebooks in the third quarter.
TVMini HD Express records HDTV on the Mac
Miglia's new TVMini HD Express records over the air HD broadcasts (ATSC).
Contour offers iSee iPhone v3 case
Contour has redesigned its iSee case for the iPhone to be lighter and smaller.
BIAS ships Peak Pro 6
BIAS is shipping a major new version of its pro audio sound editing software.
Network World: iPhone features woo enterprise skeptics
With the iPhone’s newly announced enterprise features generating considerable buzz, some analysts have softened their skepticism about its potential as a corporate device, Network World reports.
OWC offers 1TB FireWire/USB drive
OWC has introduced a new 1TB version of its Mercury Elite-AL Pro drive, with FireWire 400 and USB 2.0.
MacDraft gets Leopard fixes
MacDraft Pro and Personal have been updated with support for Leopard.
Adobe updates Lightroom, Camera Raw
Adobe has released updated versions of its Photoshop Lightroom software and Camera Raw Photoshop plug-in.
OfficeTime supports Leopard
OfficeTime, the time tracking utility, now works with Mac OS X v10.5.
Audiogram audio recording interfaces introduced
In addition to announcing the Motif-Rack XS and the MM8 synthesizer, Yamaha also introduced two new consumer-based USB audio interfaces. The Audiogram 6 and Audiogram 3 were designed to make setup and recording as easy as possible, according to Yamaha.
Adobe executive leaves for equity firm
The head of Adobe's Platform Division, which oversees Flash Player, PDF (Portable Document Format) and other technologies, has left to join a Silicon Valley private equity firm.
Yamaha debuts new synth, Motif-Rack XS
Yamaha unveiled several new products at this week’s Musikmesse tradeshow in Frankfurt, Germany. Among the new products is the Motif-Rack XS and the MM8 synthesizer.
CIO: GPS dominates consumer, corporate markets
Popular GPS gadget maker Garmin, currently king of the U.S. navigation device space, commands 57 percent of the consumer and enterprise markets, and its dominance will only grow in the second quarter of 2008, according to a new study from market research firm ChangeWave.
Computerworld: Notes e-mail may come to iPhone
Whether the next generation of the iPhone will eventually support a second enterprise-class e-mail application to Microsoft Exchange—namely Lotus Notes—remains a mystery, according to Computerworld.
InfoWorld: Google exec has praise, criticism for iPhone
While lauding Apple’s iPhone as being innovative in the mobile space, Google’s group manager for mobile platforms also said there are a lot of restrictions to developing for the phone.
Apple sets June 2008 for Worldwide Developer Conference
Every year Apple gathers its developers together at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) to show them the most exciting upcoming technologies and how they can be used in their applications. Apple set June 9-13, 2008 for this year’s conference.
Toontrack unveils EZPlayer Pro MIDI engine
Ezdrummer-maker Toontrack music is using this week’s Musicmesse tradeshow in Frankfurt, Germany to announce a new product in its software tools line-up. EZPlayer Pro will makes its debut later this, joining EZPlayer free.
Gates: Next decade will bring huge software advances
Bill Gates said advances in software and computing will accelerate significantly in the next decade.
Corsair offers low-latency memory for MacBooks, MBPs
Memory maker Corsair claims its new 4GB memory kit for the MacBook and MacBook Pro works up to 28 percent faster than standard Mac upgrade memory.
PDF2Office Personal 4.0 supports Word 2008
PDF2Office Personal, the PDF reconstruction utility, gains support for Word 2008 and other enhancements in this new release.
Gameloft CEO offers insight on iPhone game development
Gameloft CEO Michel Guillemot offered up some insight about how the iPhone figures into his company's future game development in this Macworld interview.
Feral to ship Fable: The Lost Chapters on March 31
Fable: The Lost Chapters is finally going to be released for Mac at the end of March.
Boston Acoustics ships computer speakers
Boston Acoustics is now offering computer speakers with the introduction of two new models.
eBay now letting Skype be Skype, exec says
Two-and-a-half years after eBay bought Skype, the online auction giant has moved away from trying to create new, merged capabilities through the acquisition and is letting Skype be what it is.