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- Apple Loses Final Cut Banner at NAB
Apple is better at presenting their product launches than anyone else. Which is why it's so funny when things go slightly wrong. Eastern Illinois University student Laura K Fennema uploaded this quick snapshot from the National Association of Broadcasters conference,...
Apple is better at presenting their product launches than anyone else. Which is why it's so funny when things go slightly wrong. Eastern Illinois University student Laura K Fennema uploaded this quick snapshot from the National Association of Broadcasters conference, where Apple's Final Cut Studio 2 banner began to melt and come off in strips.Hilarious. And, wouldn't you know it, Apple's vvideo rivals Avid are the ones who helped get the clip posted. I doubt it will do anything about the charge of Final Cut Server, though...
Via Digg.
Pete Mortensen - Apple Fined $43,200 For Air Quality Violation
Activists have been working for a few years now to try to convince Mac fans that we should be extremely upset about Apple's environmental record. Most people, however, haven't been that bothered. The cause actually has real proof now, however,...
Activists have been working for a few years now to try to convince Mac fans that we should be extremely upset about Apple's environmental record. Most people, however, haven't been that bothered. The cause actually has real proof now, however, as Apple has been ordered to pay a $43,200 fine to the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District for a violation a year ago, reported the Sacramento Business Journal.
The fine is a pittance, obviously, and I don't think this is the kind of issue Greenpeace had in mind when they set up Green My Apple... (the source of our lovely image above)
The violation occurred over several days as Apple operated its emergency standby generator for a purpose other than maintenance or emergency power. Apple was notified that it violated its permit requirements April 21, 2006.
I imagine they want Apple to stop using toxic metals in its products or something, right? Yeah, this doesn't even make a dent.
Technorati Tags: apple, environment
Pete Mortensen - Mac OS X Skin For Google Reader
The worst thing about using a PC at work is that I don't get to enjoy Vienna, my favorite RSS reader, to keep up with all of my feeds. I miss the interface and I miss the note-perfect feel of...
The worst thing about using a PC at work is that I don't get to enjoy Vienna, my favorite RSS reader, to keep up with all of my feeds. I miss the interface and I miss the note-perfect feel of a great Mac application. Well, Hicks Design has an answer: gReader, a beautiful skin for Google Reader, the search giant's RSS tool. It takes Google's highly adequate, inoffensive cross-platform interface and swaps it out for the latest version of Aqua, right down to the transparent overlays.
And, hell, I'm actually looking forward to going to work tomorrow!
Via Digg.
Technorati Tags: google, rss, software
Pete Mortensen - Google Releases Data APIs for Cocoa
You know what's great about Google? When they do something for Mac, they do it right. Their support comes in late, but it comes in right. This is why I was delighted to see that when Google finally made its...
You know what's great about Google? When they do something for Mac, they do it right. Their support comes in late, but it comes in right. This is why I was delighted to see that when Google finally made its data APIs available to Mac developers today, they did it the right way: An Objective-C Cocoa framework allowing direct access to Google Base, GCal, Blogger and others for any Cocoa-developed apps. Engineer Greg Robbins explains:The native language for Mac OS X applications is Objective-C, and it's our preferred language for Mac application development. To make it simpler for us to write Mac software that interacts with Google services, I created a framework to use Google data APIs directly in Objective-C programs. We are using the framework for our application development, and today we are making the framework available to all developers. The Google Data APIs Objective-C Library joins MacFUSE and Breakpad as open-source development efforts of Google's Mac software team, hosted at code.google.com.
The APIs have been available via Javascript and Java since last year, but it's reassuring to see Google go the extra mile for Mac developers. It all brings the dream of truly pervasive information that much closer. Google is winning, and we're all playing along. But they're just so darned nice about it, you know?
Official Google Mac Blog: Google data APIs connect Cocoa developers to Google
Via Digg.Technorati Tags: google, developers
Pete Mortensen - New Intel Chip Will Rock the Mac Pro Line
As ever, Ars Technica has the best technical coverage of Intel's Developer Forum. For those of us who care less about the details of things like systems-on-a-chip and pinball grid arrays, they always manage to cut to what really matters....As ever, Ars Technica has the best technical coverage of Intel's Developer Forum. For those of us who care less about the details of things like systems-on-a-chip and pinball grid arrays, they always manage to cut to what really matters. Here's what you need to know: The upcoming Penryn chip, the mooted successor to the Intel Core2 Extreme line, is going to absolutely scream at video encoding.
The developmental iron came through with a 221 percent speed improvement on DiVX encoding. That's unheard of in this era. Most of the performance improvements are more linear, but this chip is coming to rock. I'll take four quads, please.
Intel details Penryn performance, new SSE4 extensions:
Technorati Tags: intel, Penryn
Pete Mortensen - Icelandic iPod Found in Snow: Returned to Owner
Sara Blask, staff writer at the Iceland Review, lost her iPod in the parking lot of Iceland's maximum security prison in a town called Litla Hraun. It was found and returned her. The story's a little convoluted, and it doesn't...
Sara Blask, staff writer at the Iceland Review, lost her iPod in the parking lot of Iceland's maximum security prison in a town called Litla Hraun. It was found and returned her. The story's a little convoluted, and it doesn't explain how a white iPod was found in the snow, but basically:
"Turns out his mom works at Litla Hraun and found the iPod amidst snow and garbage in the prison's parking lot. After a couple weeks no one claimed it, so she gave it to her son (the one who emailed me), who charged it up and saw that it was called "Sara Blask." He plugged my name into Google, found my website, and emailed me."
Actually, more interesting is the Iceland Review site, which is nicely designed and full of great photography. I love how the site is so white. Very Icelandic.
(Via TUAW)
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