Archive - 2008

What prevented David Alison from switching to Mac? For a long time he stuck with common myths that kept him from considering a Mac over a Windows machine.

Macgamestore today announced the release of Agatha Christie: Peril at End House for the Macintosh on its web site. Developed by Oberon Media, Peril at End House is the first game in the extremely popular Agatha Christie games to make it to the Mac. Beautiful seek and find backgrounds with lots of mini-puzzles to solve.

Lingoport's internationalization experts are partnering with the translation team at ENLASO for a live WebSeminar: teaching you how to internationalize effectively by avoiding iterative and expensive delays to global software releases and revenue. Lingoport, Inc., a leading provider of internationalization services and partners ENLASO Corporation, a leading provider of translation and localization solutions, today announced that the two companies will present a live training course.

Thinking about switching from Windows to Mac? Got a shiny new Mac and you want to learn the ropes quickly after spending years on Windows? Got a friend that just converted and they say the Mac doesn't work like Windows? David Alison's quick guide should help overcome the most common problems new switchers encounter.

A reader writes:

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Apple has confirmed that their Worldwide Developers Conference has sold out for the first time in its history.

"Response to this year's WWDC has been off the charts and we are delighted with the show of enthusiasm and support from the developer community for the new iPhone SDK," said Apple spokesman Bill Evans, according to Macworld on Wednesday.

Apple wouldn't say how many developers registered for this year's WWDC, although recent WWDC events have attracted about 4,000 developers.

WICHITA, Kan. --05/12/2008-- QuickerTek, the leader in wireless Apple products, announces an extended battery upgrade for the popular Apple MacBook Air. Users gain six to ten hours of additional battery power - beyond the battery life of the built-in battery. This is the only product that charges the MacBook Air while in use, and for only $299.95 USD.

CUPERTINO, California--May 13, 2008--Apple today announced that a team of Apple executives, led by CEO Steve Jobs, will kick off the company's annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote address beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, June 9, 2008 at San Francisco's Moscone West. This year's WWDC will showcase two revolutionary development platforms, the ground-breaking innovations of OS X Leopard and OS X iPhone, the world's most advanced mobile operating system.

BeamYourScreen offers Apple iPhone users the capability to take part in desktop sharing web conferences straight from their handset - putting the users in the right place, first time every time. With desktop sharing capabilities in the palm of their hand, iPhone users are finding themselves in possession of a powerful software solution which is enhancing visual communication, saving time, decreasing travel costs, and obliterating impossible business meeting schedules.

South San Francisco, USA - May 12th 2008: Now Mac users can enjoy digital TV with The Tube, regardless of their current location. equinux has released The Tube 2.7, featuring placeshifting, another free update to its innovative TV software that adds live-streaming of content via iChat. The Tube users can share the show they're currently watching with others via iChat, tell friends about their TubeToGo web gallery and subscribe to a podcast of their latest recordings, e.g. on the Apple TV in the living room. The Tube also adds numerous other Leopard-exclusive features.