Interview with Rob from Podcast 411
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Thank’s to Rob from Podcast 411 for doing this interview
February 28, 2006
February 27, 2006
Victor is a PC(mac)Weenie!
This is Kreg from Technorama. Since Victor is away on vacation, which I am sure we will all hear about when he gets back (sigh), I thought I would post this for you guys.
Today Victor was imortalized over at pcweenies…the awesome web comic.
Go and have a look for yourself.
Have a great Monday.
February 21, 2006
TMUP11-02-2006 Interview with John Fox CEO of Memory Miner
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This is a special interview with John Fox, President and CEO of Memory Miner
MemoryMiner is a brand new application that represents the first step towards a long term goal: the creation of the world’s most extensive network of first-person accounts of modern society and culture. Like all big ideas, it starts with a simple premise and a mass appeal for participation. MemoryMiner is an application used to organize and share digital media using a simple, yet powerful metaphor, namely “People, Places and Time.”
Apple and it’s packaging
So I’ve been scouring the internet, and watching everyone’s photos of their new MacBook Pros. It got me to thinking, the packaging the new Apple laptop comes in is a perfect example of Apple’s attention to detail. A strategy they hold in every product they build.
Take the iPod, it comes in pretty simple packaging, just a little, thin box. They used to come in beautifully scuplted cube boxes, but to save packaging they now come in a much smaller container.
The new MacBook follows this mantra to packaging, it comes in a small beautifully sculpted box, just right for holding the MacBook and it’s accesories.
My point is, if they spend this much time on their packaging, imagine the care to detail they have when it comes to designing your product. Sure the packaging might that mean anything when it comes down to the final product. But it at least gives you, the person who laid the cash down, a sense that you got what you paid for.
Contributing Editor: Steven Goetz
Severe Hole Found in Apple Safari
“As the German IT portal heise online conveys, a new security hole in the Safari webbrowser for Apple’s Mac OS X has been discovered. This security hole is rather severe, as it invokes the execution of shell scripts under certain circumstances.”
Like usual, be careful what you click on!
Contributing Editor: Steven Goetz
UPDATE!It appears this problem is worse then it was once thought, Mail.app also has this hole.
The free e-mail client Thunderbird does not fall for this trick because it does not analyze AppleDouble. A protective measure is to move the Terminal application from /Applications/Utilities into a different folder. But the best idea is not to open any files if you don’t know where they came from.
February 18, 2006
MacBook Pros have started shipping!
Apple has announced that it’s started shipping their new long awaited MacBook Pro. Now the fun begins.
Read more here.
Contributing Editor: Steven Goetz
February 16, 2006
Potential First OS X Virus. . . but we don’t know the rest of the story
MacRumors is reporting a potential first virus of OS X Tiger . Per the Ambrosia Softwares Web Board.
“It’s called “latestpics.tgz” was posted on a Mac rumors web site http://www.macrumors.com/ , claiming to be pictures of “MacOS X Leopard” (an upcoming version of MacOS X, aka “MacOS X 10.5″). It is actually a Trojan (or arguably, a very non-virulent virus). We’ll call it “Oompa-Loompa” (aka “OSX/Oomp-A“) for reasons that will become obvious.”
Updates to iLife ‘06
Apple Released updates to almost every app in the iLife ‘06 package.
Just goto Software Update to get them.
They are:
iDVD 6.0.1 Update
This update to iDVD 6 resolves issues with integration with the other iLife applications, importing of legacy projects and some theme related issues. It also addresses a number of other minor issues.
iPhoto 6.0.1 Update
This update to iPhoto resolves issues with photocasting, viewing thumbnails in large libraries, and ordering cards, calendars and books. It also addresses a number of other minor issues.
iMovie HD 6.0.1 Update
This update to iMovie HD 6 resolves issues with Ken Burns rendering performance, Scrubber Bar editing performance and theme image quality. It also addresses a number of other minor issues.
iWeb 1.0.1 Update
This update to iWeb 1.0 addresses issues related to publishing and blogs. It also addresses a number of other minor issues.
iTunes 6.0.3 Update
With iTunes 6, you can preview, buy, and download over 2,000 music videos and hit TV shows on the iTunes Music Store and sync your music and purchased videos with iPod to enjoy on the go. To watch purchased videos, you must have QuickTime 7.0.3 or later and Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later.
iTunes 6.0.3 includes stability and performance improvements over iTunes 6.0.2.
Note: After purchasing music from the iTunes Music Store with iTunes 6 or later, you will also need to upgrade your other computers that purchase music from the iTunes Music Store to the latest version of iTunes.
Contributing Editor: Steven Goetz
February 15, 2006
OS X Tiger updated to 10.4.5
Apple released a update to OSX Tiger yesterday. It bumps the version number up to 10.4.5.
Update Notes:
The 10.4.5 Update is recommended for all users and includes general operating system fixes, as well as specific fixes for the following applications and technologies:
* iChat video conferencing
* Safari rendering of web pages
* usability of Dashboard and widgets
* viewing of QuickTime streaming media behind a firewall
* printing to some Epson printer models
* iDisk and Portable Home Directory syncing
* time zone and daylight savings for 2006 and 2007
* VPN connections to Cisco servers when using NAT
* compatibility with third party applications and devices
* previous standalone security updates
This update is a fairly small download on most Macs.
More information is a available at the Apple Knowlege Base
Contributing Editor: Steven Goetz
February 14, 2006
TMUP10-02-15-2006 Mac OS X Tips, Chuck Tomasi reviews Evo Cam and Listener Mail
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Victor Cajao
