Archive - Sep 2007

Riverfold Software has released version 2.5 of Wii Transfer, the Mac companion for the Nintendo Wii. The most significant Wii Transfer release to date, version 2.5 introduces movie streaming, bookmark sharing, picture background music, better Wii remote navigation, and more.

Big retailer Target this month began offering shoppers a special edition pink Apple iPod shuffle and iTunes gift card combo, sales of which help support the fight against breast cancer.

It's unclear whether the promotion is in association with Apple or simply a move by Target to help move some of its remaining inventory of second-genration iPod shuffles.

The Apple Expo -- Europe's largest Apple and Mac tradeshow -- kicked off in Paris this week to little fanfare. Not helping matters was the conspicuous absence of iPhone, which had been widely expected to make its French debut at the conference.

Apple has released the iPhone 1.1.1 Software Update to iTunes.

The 154MB download warns that "If you have modified your iPhone's Software, applying this software update may result in your iPhone becoming permanantly inoperable."

Odessa, Ukraine, September 27, 2007 – CS Odessa today announced the upcoming planned release of ConceptDraw Project 4 for Macintosh and Windows, scheduled for general availability on October 11, 2007.

iPhone hackers have some new tools now, thanks to HD Moore, one of the developers of the Metasploit hacking software.

On Tuesday, HD Moore announced that he was supporting the iPhone within his Metasploit framework and released software that would allow hackers to run "shellcode" command prompts on Apple's mobile device.

Today, as promised, I will be talking about web designing on older macs. Many web designers feel that they need the latest machines to run web design and image manipulation applications. I debunked the later last week by showing you seashore which is a more than capable web image solution.

Apple has released a series of updates for iLife 08 applications, including iDVD, iMovie, iPhoto, and GarageBand. All updates are now available via Software Update.

VMware has released Fusion 1.1 Beta 1, with scores of improvements that make VMware Fusion even more reliable and easier to use.

The Fast Icon Studio has released the second batch of "Art Toys" icon set, which contains 5 new freeware icons inspired by some cool art toys.