Archive - Dec 9, 2005

Once again, IBM is having problems meeting demand for their chips. Remember their G5 production troubles that prompted Apple's switch to Intel CPUs? The same thing seems to be happening now with their Cell processor, used in the Xbox 360.

Ranchero Software has released the first public beta of MarsEdit 1.1, their popular weblog editor. You can download the beta here.

If you have an iPod Video, PSP, or any other device that can play video, here's a great source of public domain movies. Public Domain Torrents has over 500 public domain movies formatted for PDAs, including many in H.264 format for iPod.

The FlashPoint ShareBridge FP1000 High Speed USB OTG Storage Bridge is a state-the-art USB Bridge. The ShareBridge is PC free providing two USB storage devices direct file transfer. With the ShareBridge copy button, the bridge allows you copy from one USB device to another with the touch of one button. You can easily transfer your data anytime anywhere between any two pen drives, digital still cameras, flash cards, MP3 players, portable hard disks without the need of a PC. The ShareBridge performs high speed USB (480Mbps) transfer between dual OTG ports, which make it the fastest embedded memory free direct file sharing solution.

December 9, 2005. Dortmund, Germany. Boenig & Kallenbach, the leader in real time interfaces for Apple Macintosh computers, announces its new USB interface "SERVICE USB plus" control device, enabling measurement and control of real-world devices directly from Runtime Revolution under Mac OS X.

December 9, 2005 -- Econ Technologies releases ChronoSync Widget, a free Widget that manages all your ChronoSync synchronizations and backups. The ChronoSync Widget and ChronoSync 3.1 are available for download at www.econtechnologies.com. Purchase ChronoSync, the automated synchronization and backup application for Mac OS X, for only $30.

FreeMacBlog.com writes about a version of Google Earth for Mac OS X that has been spotted in the wild.

December 09, 2005, Burgundy, France - Independent game and software company, Midori, has announced the release of a new computer game called, "Smack Solitaire," Solitaire games developed for Mac OS X.