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NAB: Apple debuts Final Cut Studio 2

Posted by Dr. Macenstein Apple today showcased generation 2 of its popular Final Cut Studio package, and it looks to be one of their most important updates to date. All aspects have been upgraded, including Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Compressor and Motion 3. In addition, a brand new application, called Color, is now included in the Final Cut Studio package. Available in May, FCS2 will cost $1299, but only $499 to FCS 1 users. Also, upgrading from ANY previous version of... Read More

Oxford claims Apple added the “no democracy in Iraq” line to their thesaurus [UPDATED]

Posted by Dr. Macenstein [Please be sure to check out this link for the most recent developments in this story] A few weeks back we brought you a report detailing an unusual finding in the built-in Dictionary/Thesaurus that ships with OS X. A poster over at rave.com noticed that if you type the word “Democracy” into Mac OS X’s Dictionary widget, and then switch over to the thesaurus, you are given the following example usage of the word: Democracy (noun) “a... Read More

Will Bill Gates pay $25 million to get a Zune into space?

Posted by Dr. Macenstein There have been numerous reports and photos over the years of astronauts who have taken their iPods up into space to help pass the time while they study the effects of weightlessness on ants and tiny screws. However, so far, no astronaut, cosmonaut, or millionaire space tourist has yet felt the need to bring a Zune up into the wild blue yonder and beyond. That may be about to change. There are reports, coming from no less a source than Microsoft millionaire... Read More

Apple pushes Leopard’s release back to October; blames iPhone

Posted by Helper Monkey Apple today announced that due to the syphoning of resources away from OS X development in order to help hurry the iPhone’s release, the release of OS X Leopard will have to be pushed back to October from its original June ship date. “iPhone has already passed several of its required certification tests and is on schedule to ship in late June as planned. We can’t wait until customers get their hands (and fingers) on it and experience... Read More

Apple patent filing hints at pursuit of government contracts

Posted by iGor Apple seems to be in a patent-filing frenzy this week. Today’s uncovering of patent filings for a new keyboard with click wheel, buttonless mouse, and new Apple TV media center have got the Mac world buzzing. However, the patent that we find most interesting patent #30070080945, filed April 11th. The device is innocuously described as a “protective iPod device”, which may help explain why many have glossed over the filing (after all, iPod cases... Read More

Apple’s strongest security feature: the Mighty Mouse

Posted by iGor We’ve all heard the stories and seen the movies about jealous PC users who break into Mac user’s houses while they’re sleeping and try to mess up their Macs. While Hollywood has perhaps sensationalized the stories slightly (often trying to shoehorn in a love story or car chase), the threat is all too real. Apple computers have long held a virtually spotless record when it comes to warding off viruses and hacking attacks compared to its Windows-running... Read More

Scare the crap out of your co-workers with the “Kernel Panic” Screen Saver

Posted by iGor Where was this 9 days ago when we were looking for our April Fool’s prank!?? The maniacally geeky folks over at Doomlaser have created the single most awesome screen saver since Mr. Sparkle. The Kernel Panic screen saver simulates a real-life Kernel panic when activated, and is sure to give a heart attack to any unsuspecting Mac user who’s machine you are able to secretly install it on. (See video below). Thus far, it has fooled everyone in here at... Read More

iTunes continues to dominate legal music download sales with a 90% share

Posted by Helper Monkey Piper Jaffray released its 13th annual survey of teenaged technology consumers today. The survey found Apple’s iTunes store accounted for a whopping 90% of the online music downloads. Napster’s share of the music-download market held steady at an anemic 3%, according to Piper. The survey also indicated that more and more students are switching to legal downloading sites such as iTunes to get their music instead of “sharing” music... Read More

First 3rd-party app for iPhone appears on Apple’s site

Posted by Dr. Macenstein Faithful Macenstein reader John claims to have found what he thinks may be the first 3rd party app designed for the iPhone to make its way onto Apple’s site. Scenario Poker by Scenario Software is a Texas Hold ‘em poker game in the form of a widget that lists among its features the line “Designed for the size of iPhone’s touch screen”. It seems to also support touch sensitive controls in addition to standard mouse click... Read More

100 Million iPods Sold

Posted by Helper Monkey Apple today announced that the 100 millionth iPod has been sold, making the iPod the fastest selling music player in history. The first iPod was sold five and a half years ago, in November 2001, and since then Apple has introduced more than 10 new iPod models, including five generations of iPod, two generations of iPod mini, two generations of iPod nano and two generations of iPod shuffle. Along with iTunes® and the iTunes online music store, the iPod... Read More