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Apple Special Event September 12th… New iPods, Movie Store, and Core 2 Duo Macs

Posted by Dr. Macenstein Well, we just received our invitation to Apple’s September 12th super secret “special eventâ€?, and… …um, ok, so we don’t actually rate high enough to get an Apple invite. BUT we DO waste most of the day reading other sites that DO, and from those we have discovered two things. First, the date is indeed September 12th, which is also the date that Mac Expo Paris begins. There will not be an official keynote in Paris... Read More

Free on iTunes: “Covert”, Animated short film

Posted by Helper Monkey After months of free, full-length television pilots of debatable quality, comes a nice change of pace. Apple has posted a free, 3-minute animated short called Covert, from Short Films International. “The world of espionage and counter-espionage is alive and well today, as this animated thriller so aptly coveys. Surprising and intelligent. A demonstration of short animations at their most excellent.â€? The film manages to cram a good deal of... Read More

Get Bryce 5.0 FREE – for a Limited time

Posted by Dr. Macenstein Faithful Macenstein reader rico has alerted us that DAZ Productions is making its Bryce 5 3D landscape modeling and animation software available for FREE for a limited time. Now through September 6th, you can download the full version of Bryce 5 from downloads.com. Upon registration, you will be sent your serial number and link to download Bryce presets. The current shipping version of Bryce is 5.5. NOTE: Bryce 5.0 does not run under Mac OS X Tiger... Read More

Review: The Marine Aquarium 2.6 screen saver by Serene Screen

Posted by Lab Rat Thanks to some of Mac OSX’s core imaging effects, there has been an explosion recently of very cool free OS X screensavers on the net (none cooler, of course, than the awesome Mr. Sparkle 1.5). However, the majority of these are one-trick ponies consisting of swirling multicolored Quartz Composer-based effects. While they are often very beautiful, inevitably after about 2 days I am bored and begin my web search anew. My search for a screensaver “with... Read More

ABC News Video Collection on the iTunes Music Store

Posted by Helper Monkey Disney-ABC Television Group announced today that originally-produced ABC News videos including exclusive interviews and raw footage will be available for purchase on the iTunes Music Store. “We are committed to making news available to our audience whenever they want it, however they want it, and we are always looking at new ways we can better educate, inform and empower customers on a variety of platforms,â€? said David Westin, president, ABC... Read More

Review: The USB Air Purifier & Thermo Alarm Clock from USB Geek

Posted by Lab Rat If you are anything like me, you sit next to a big smelly co-worker (sorry you had to find out this way, Helper Monkey). So when I came across USB Geek’s USB Air Purifier & Thermo Alarm Clock, I was pretty excited. The USB Air Purifier & Thermo Alarm Clock is a cute little white orb-like device which plugs into your computer’s powered USB port to deliver a bunch of features, some of which are actually useful. First of all, it’s... Read More

Apple Special Event September 25th

Posted by Helper Monkey According to Macworld UK, Apple will be holding a special event at this year’s Photokina 2006, a photo and imaging exposition held in Cologne. Based on the focus of the show, Macworld UK is guessing that Apple may preview a new version of its high-end Aperture photo software at the September 25th special event. This is the first time Apple will be attending the Photokina exposition, which is expected to have 160,000 attendees from 140 countries.  Read More

Rumor: New MacBook Pros November 30th?

Posted by Dr. Macenstein Macenstein reader Sean sent us a couple blurry camera phone pictures (our favorite kind!) and his theory on when the new MacBook Pros will arrive. “I am an employee at CompUSA, i wa sin our apple shop and realized somethign very nteresting about the macbook pro sign. in the bottom right corner, the sign has an expiration date, the only reason i can see why they would do this is because they are planning a new relase.â€? [sic] Quite frankly,... Read More

MacSoft releases Halo Universal Binary

Posted by Helper Monkey MacSoft has completed its port of a universal binary version of Halo, meaning the game will (finally) run natively on Intel Macs. The update is free to anyone who purchased the PPC version of Halo AFTER January 1st, 2006 (approximately when the new Intel Macs were announced), and was smart enough to hold on to their dated sales receipt for 8 months. If you purchased Halo before the first of the year, or lost your receipt, MacSoft will still ship you... Read More

Review: BT500 Rechargeable Bluetooth Mini Mouse by RadTech

Posted by Lab Rat Bluetooth mice are all the rage these days, but the majority of them are plagued by the same nemesis all wireless devices must face; battery life. Nothing makes you feel more like a caveman than turning on your computer only to find your wireless mouse or keyboard’s batteries have died, and you are fresh out of AAA’s. Now you are forced to hunt around the garage for an old fashioned chorded mouse (I have actually had to use the “hockey... Read More