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- ModBook almost ready to ship?
Filed under: Hardware
Our friends at jkOnTheRun recently got word from Axiotron that the long fabled ModBook, which you might recall from Macworld 2007 (here is a video we shot of the ModBook, and a gallery), is going to ship on or around January 8th, 2008 a year since it was announced. Since the ModBook has been delayed so much, its specs have changed. It is now running Leopard, the GPS option is standard (formerly $99), and the specs reflect the latest MacBook hardware rev (since the ModBook is basically a MacBook converted into a tablet with a pressure sensative touch screen).
All of this starting at $2279.00. Here's hoping that Apple doesn't rev the MacBook at Macworld this year, for Axiotron's sake.Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsКомментарии к сообщению:
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/12/24/modbook-almost-ready-to-ship/#comments - Learn Cocoa with your free time this holiday
Let's face it, during the holiday season we all need to take a little break from our families (even though we love them). Why not do something productive when you're squirreled away in that spare bedroom hiding in the bed from your Aunt Dora? Cocoa Dev Central has just updated their great Cocoa tutorial for Leopard. I am just a simple blogger, and I could follow along so I am sure you smart readers out there will be whipping up apps lickety-split.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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http://www.tuaw.com/2007/12/24/learn-cocoa-with-your-free-time-this-holiday/#comments - Wired puts Jailbroken iPhone on top 2007 gadget list
Christmas is almost upon us, and you know what that means! A deluge of 'Best of the Year' lists are soon going to be unleashed upon the web. Wired has gotten an early start and compiled a list of the Top 10 Gadgets of 2007, and the iPhone made the cut. Interestingly, though, Wired has listed a 'Jailbroken iPhone,' and not the default iPhone that Apple ships.
I have nothing against Jailbreaking iPhones, but I must admit that my iPhone was Jailbroken for less than an hour. I just couldn't find any apps that were compelling enough for me to have to worry about firmware updates and the like.
I am sure this won't be the last year end list that the iPhone will end up on.Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsКомментарии к сообщению:
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/12/24/wired-puts-jailbroken-iphone-on-top-2007-gadget-list/#comments - Dear Santa Steve: A Sub-notebook, iPhone stability and Aperture 2
Filed under: Humor, iTS, Portables, Odds and ends, PowerBook, Steve Jobs, Apple, Macbook Pro, MacBook, iPhone, Holidays
Dear Santa Steve,
As my most recent bank statements show: I've most certainly not misbehaved over the course of this last year. I've queued for hours in the bitter cold, andsacrificed myselfendured keyhole surgery for injuries from doing so - no really, that bit isn't hyperbole. If there's anyone who's been an exceptionally well behaved Apple fan, you've got to admit I'm up there with the best of them. So what on earth could I be asking for? Just a few simple things:
13" MacBook Pro / MacBook nano Steve, I can wax lyrical about the sheer brute force of my 17" MacBook Pro - I love it, I really do. But lugging it on the train for a ninety-minute commute everyday isn't the pleasurable workout you might expect. In fact, I'd quite like a little version of my MBP, so that I pack it into a reasonably-sized Crumpler with my Nikon D80 and not resort tohiring sherpasbuying a small trolley-case to travel. So what might I be asking for? If you were to start by making the display 13 (matte) inches or there abouts, and keep a dedicated GPU, that'd be ace - a machine Aperture would love. In fact, you could even remove the optical drive from the body, and use SSD if you really, really, wanted. I can hear Jonny Ive say 'SSD may be a little way-off yet' in the background, but you get the idea? All I'm asking for is a modern-day 12" PowerBook. I'vesold my soul to Cupertinomaximised my overdrafttold the bank not to block large charges from my local Apple Store, and you've got my bank details. So let's work something out, for I can't be the only one asking for such a machine this year.
Stability in my iPhone This one's arguably simpler Steve, what with it not requiring you to design any new hardware. I'd like my iPhone's iPod and Safari applications to get on better than you and John Sculley. I'm sorry, that was perhaps a little too forceful but I think I made my point. A software update to the device that brings some new functionality would be most welcome too, what with it being 'all about the software' and the SDK on the horizon.
Aperture 2 This one may seem out of place for Stevemas - for general wisdom places Macworld as the launch of more consumer-orientated products - so I'll happily be told 'be patient, my child' for this one. But with Aperture now the last of your professional applications not to see a notable (paid) update, I'm hopeful that whatever may be in the works arrives sooner rather than later.
There's but one more thing, and I'll be content for a while Steve. In fact, if there's one thing I'd choose from my requests this year, it would be this.... Let's take these big-media names to task, and encourage investment in, not criminalisation of, those who do buy their content online. Towards the end of 2007, Apple seemed to lose their iTunes momentum despite the year getting off to a good start. EMI went on the offensive, trying to capture hearts and minds by dropping DRM from their download sales. But since then, we've seen little continuation in the dream of eradicating DRM from our digital lifestyles. Steve, in 2008, all I want is for Apple to help bring the media industry back to serving the needs of its customers as a business model. Let's make it less of the iTunes Extortion and Shakedown Store, and all about the music once more.
There's cookies by the side of the MacBook Pro - and green tea simmering on it. Enjoy.Permalink | Email this | CommentsКомментарии к сообщению:
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/12/24/dear-santa-steve-a-sub-notebook-iphone-stability-and-aperture/#comments - PSX emulator goes public, runs 3D on the iPhone surprisingly well
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Gaming, Multimedia, Apple, iPhone
This is why I'm looking forward to 2008 more than anything else-- MacNN reports that psx4iphone, the Playstation (PS1 or PSX) emulator for the iPhone has now gone public. The files are available for download, and we're told that the emulator should be available on Installer.app soon (if not already-- this news dropped over the weekend).
There's no official word about playability (as you can tell from the video above, it is running, but not in a state where you could actually play it), but work is still being done. What this does tell us, fortunately, is that it's possible to run 3D on the iPhone. And as MacNN says, that means there are big things ahead when the official SDK drops in February. Of course, we still don't know what the dev kit will be made of (and who will get to use it), but if this is what can be done unofficially, I can't wait to see what will be done with an official SDK.
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http://www.tuaw.com/2007/12/24/psx-emulator-goes-public/#comments - BetterZip is a better zip
Filed under: Software, Leopard, Deals
With zip support built into OS X a third-party compression utility has to bring something special to the table, and BetterZip does. Basically it allows you to open and inspect archives without expanding the whole thing first. This can be useful if you only want a few of the files that are compressed within an archive. It also does compression naturally, including encryption, splitting large archives, and stripping out Mac specific hidden files to make archives more cross-platform..
BetterZip supports a bunch of formats which should cover just about anything you'll run into on the net: ZIP, SIT, TAR, GZip, BZip2, RAR, 7-Zip, CPIO, ARJ, LZH/LHA, JAR, WAR, CAB, ISO, CHM, RPM, DEB, NSIS, BIN, HQX, DD. Finally, the developer has also put together a great Quick Look plugin that supports most of the same formats.
BetterZip is normally $19.95 and a demo is available but as it happens it's on sale at MacUpdate Promo until Monday evening for half-off ($9.95)Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsКомментарии к сообщению:
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/12/24/betterzip-is-a-better-zip/#comments - Windows Binary iPhone Toolchain Installer Released
Filed under: Developer, iPhone
If you work under Windows and have been waiting for a pre-built compiler chain to debut, your ship just came in. Over at the iPhoneGameOver Wiki, David Supuran has put together a binary installer plus installation instructions.
To make this all happen, you will need a jailbroken iPhone (so you can get at and copy the file system) and a free Apple Online Developer account (so you can download certain sdk files). The development environment appears to run via the Cygwin Bash shell, so some level of Unix experience seems to be a prerequisite as well.
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http://www.tuaw.com/2007/12/24/windows-binary-iphone-toolchain-installer-released/#comments - 1Password beta is Firefox 3-ready & 40% off today
Filed under: Software, Beta Beat
If you're looking to add one more gift to the switcher-pile for tomorrow, a license for the indispensable browser credentials manager 1Password might be just the thing. MacZot and Agile are offering a 40% off deal on 1Password today ($29.95); along with the license you'll get access to the prerelease my1Password site, which provides anywhere/anytime access to your 1Password confidential store.
Meanwhile, if you're already a 1Password owner but you're bemoaning the lack of a compatible version for the Firefox 3 beta, check out the Agile blog -- the 2.5.8 beta of 1Password is available and will work with Firefox 3 today. What could be merrier?Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsКомментарии к сообщению:
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/12/24/1password-beta-is-firefox-3-ready-and-40-off-today/#comments - Ask TUAW: Drag and drop images, Front Row skipping, Leopard SMS and more
Filed under: Features, Troubleshooting, Ask TUAW
In this round of Ask TUAW we'll tackle questions on dragging and dropping images from Safari, skipping in Front Row, using an iPod to move files from OS X to Windows, sending SMSs from the Leopard Address Book and more.
As always your suggestions are most welcome, and questions for next week should be left in the comments. And now to the questions!Continue reading Ask TUAW: Drag and drop images, Front Row skipping, Leopard SMS and more
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http://www.tuaw.com/2007/12/23/ask-tuaw-drag-and-drop-images-front-row-skipping-leopard-sms/#comments - Talkcast #19: Introducing Cory
Filed under: Podcasts
As I mentioned in my Wiretap Studio review, it's possible to record only one side of a Skype call by mistake -- and I did it! Hence, the audio quality on this week's show is not what it should be; I had to fall back to the Talkshoe recording. :-( You can download the 55 minute, 32 MB show right here directly or stream it direct from Talkshoe.
Since some readers are still having difficulty with the RSS feed in Mail.app when we have a podcast enclosure, I'm leaving this show off the regular feed; however, you can subscribe to the Talkshoe feed in iTunes to keep up with the show. As soon as we have more traction on the Mail vs. enclosures issue, I'll advise.
Join us again Sunday night at 10 for a casual pre-holiday show, when we'll ask you what kind of Apple gifts you're hoping for under the tree. If you want to download some of my other appearances in audio form, the recording of my stint on the Typical Mac User podcast is also online, and if you're a Coverville listener you might catch a familiar voice introducing song #34 in the annual countdown. See you Sunday night!Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsКомментарии к сообщению:
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/12/22/talkcast-19-introducing-cory/#comments - Winclone: Backup your Boot Camp partition
Now that many Intel Mac users have a Windows Boot Camp partition on their Macs, backing up or restoring that Boot Camp data becomes a bit challenging, as most backup utilities only copy the Mac partitions; if you want to create a bootable copy of your Windows installation it's even more difficult. That's where tools such as Winclone, or Mike Bombich's NetRestore, come in; they allow you to easily make a disk image of your Boot Camp partition, which you can then restore to a separate volume, save for archival purposes, etc.
Winclone can also be used to quickly deploy a Boot Camp image to a number of machines (e.g. in a lab). Mike reports that he recently used Winclone to successfully reimage the Windows side of 10 iMacs with only a few clicks, sending the image package and the install commands via Apple Remote Desktop. Comparing it to NetRestore, he likes Winclone better: "Using NetRestore requires a separate install of the ntfsprogs toolkit to add the NTFS restore tools. Winclone bundles the ntfsprogs tools and a Perl restore script in with the image, so it's portable -- just copy the image and run the script to restore the Windows boot environment."
Winclone is a free download from twocanoes software, and donations are requested. Macworld's Mac Gems blog has a thorough walkthrough of backup and restore of Boot Camp using Winclone.
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http://www.tuaw.com/2007/12/22/winclone-backup-your-boot-camp-partition/#comments - Warp: change Spaces with your mouse
Filed under: OS, Features, Leopard
Kent Sutherland, the developer of the well-known Chax, a utility for making iChat easier to use, has a nice new utility for improving Leopard's Spaces virtual desktops as well. Warp is a preference pane allows you to switch between Spaces just by hovering the mouse cursor on the screen edge. You can set the switch delay as well as require a modifier key if you prefer. In some ways this is such a natural addition that it's disappointing that it wasn't built into Spaces from the beginning.
Warp is a free download, but donations are requested.Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsКомментарии к сообщению:
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/12/22/warp-change-spaces-with-your-mouse/#comments - Saft updated for Safari 3.0.4
Filed under: Software, Software Update, Leopard
As many Mac users already know, Saft is the "Swiss-Army Knife" of web browser plug-ins. Some of the most loved features in Saft include: full screen browsing, tab thumbnails, and auto-hiding the download window.
Much to the chagrin of fans, Saft was "broken" inadvertently by a recent Apple security update. Thankfully, Saft 10.0.4 was able to regain support for Safari 3.0.4. Saft is a wonderful plug-in for Safari; if you haven't taken a look lately, try downloading the free trial.
You can download Saft as a trial version or get a full license for $12.
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http://www.tuaw.com/2007/12/22/saft-updated-for-safari-3-0-4/#comments - Apple revs security updates to fix Safari crashing bug
Filed under: Software Update, Security
If you already installed either Security Update 2007-009 or Safari 3 Beta 3.0.4 Security Update for Windows, you may have noticed a wee bit of instability in Safari post-update. The behavior in question is euphemistically described by Apple as "an unexpected termination of the Safari application when browsing to certain web sites," or translated into English: Safari go boom now.
Fortunately, before heading out to celebrate Christmas with their long-suffering families, Apple security engineers cranked out 1.1 updates to both the recent security patches, available for download now. If your Safari experience hasn't been all it can be since the updates, try the new patch versions and see if they improve matters.Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsКомментарии к сообщению:
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/12/22/apple-revs-security-updates-to-fix-safari-crashing-bug/#comments - US Army IT continues to diversify via the Mac
The relative security merits of Mac OS and Windows are not a surprise to military technologists -- back in 1999, the www.army.mil website was moved to Mac OS 9 and Webstar to deter hacker attacks on the previous Windows NT-based servers, and the site remains hosted on Mac OS X and XServes today, still running Webstar (now published by Kerio) rather than the open-source Apache server. Deployments to desktops, however, have not necessarily tracked the back-office adoption of Macs in the military, despite official recognition that there's risk in a one-platform-fits-all approach.
Today's Forbes article on Army adoption of the Mac, while partly old news (the original initiative to create a more heterogeneous and secure computing environment dates to 2005), does note that the Army plans to roll out Thursby Software's CAC bundle early next year, to enable full Mac compatibility with Common Access Card security controls. This isn't the first try at a CAC implementation on Mac OS X (Apple's included some of the needed pieces, and the Navy published a thorough PDF guide to getting them working in Tiger) but it promises to be the most comprehensive and well-supported.
One new Leopard feature that may well prove essential to Army use of Mac OS X, which went unremarked in the Forbes story: POSIX compliance. Now that Mac OS X really, truly is UNIX, it could begin to replace HP and Solaris deployments in some military roles.
Thanks to everyone who sent this in.Permalink | Email this | CommentsКомментарии к сообщению:
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http://www.tuaw.com/2007/12/21/rumors-ktf-to-market-iphone-in-south-korea/#comments - Simon Cowell mulls iTunes UK lawsuit
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Rhydian Robert's well deservedLeon Jackson's stunning X-Factor victory, customers overwhelmed iTunes' UK servers. After just 36-thousand sales, the servers died and were down for a good 15 hours. Sony BMG insiders were not pleased. The Sun, the occasionally reliable UK news source, writes that Simon Cowell is considering legal action against iTunes over the (according to one insider) "monumental cock up".The single will probably sell several hundred thousand copies by the end of the week through both electronic (like iTunes) and physical channels.
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http://www.tuaw.com/2007/12/21/rumors-simon-cowell-mulls-itunes-uk-lawsuit/#comments - TUAW responds: Emailing more than one iPhone picture at a time
Filed under: iPhone
To make this happen, use SendPics to send an email and then press Home. You'll leave the email program but it will remember the photo you added. Then re-launch SendPics and add another picture and repeat.
The downside is this: if you have an email signature, it will repeat for every picture you add--so you may want to edit those out once you've finished composing the email.
The anonymous reader reports that he was able to send up to 3 pictures at a time. I had no problem going higher than that but I'm running firmware 1.1.2.
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http://www.tuaw.com/2007/12/21/tuaw-responds-emailing-more-than-one-iphone-picture-at-a-time/#comments - iTunes to release exclusive Smashing Pumpkins EP
ZDNet writes that the Smashing Pumpkins will soon release a 4-song acoustic EP exclusively through iTunes. The EP will be called "American Gothic" and will include "The Rose March", "Pox", "Again, Again, Again (the Crux)", and "Sunkissed". iTunes management apparently approached the band, who agreed to put together this exclusive offering between regular albums.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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http://www.tuaw.com/2007/12/21/itunes-to-release-exclusive-smashing-pumpkins-ep/#comments - AT&T to extend hours on December 26
Filed under: Accessories, iPhone, Holidays
Anticipating a wave of happy new iPhone owners, AT&T will extend store hours across the US on Boxing Day[1]. The idea is this: After receiving their sparkly new iPhone under the tree, consumers will head over to the AT&T stores to buy unnecessary and overpriced accessories in a post-Christmas wave of spending.
TUAW recommends that you accessorize your new iPhone in moderation. The dollar store is a great resource to pick up inexpensive soft cases and socks.
[1] December 26.
Update: For the literal minded, this is the kind of sock I am talking about: It is marketed as an iPod sock but fits the iPhone as well. Cost: $1 at my local Dollar Tree. It's an excellent value works well in pockets and handbags where keys and other such items threaten the integrity of the iPhone's screen.
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