iPodHash Project Seeks BlueWiki Author, Hopes for Help From EFF
Sam Odio, who runs the iPodHash project mentioned the other day, has posted a followup on the legal tussle that in which Apple has engaged him for atempting to reverse-engineer the hash used to encrypt the iTunesDB in recent iPods. He writes in that post: "I've received a flood of emails from interested individuals who want to help. Most importantly, I was contacted by Fred von Lohmann from the EFF. They're currently evaluating whether they will represent us against any potential Apple litigation. This would be great, because it will enable BluWiki to continue to host the project while working with EFF to address Apple's concerns. However, before the EFF commits to representing us against Apple, they want to speak to the author of the BluWiki project. I'm posting this public plea hoping that the author, or someone who knows the author, might read it."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
published yesterday, 19 hours 25 minutes ago, apple-slashdot
Macgamestore adds Book of Legends puzzle game
Macgamestore on Friday released Book of Legends, a puzzle-based adeventure game. The program, developed by Banzai and published by Goggi Games, allows players to follow the main characters -- Charleston Black and Zoe -- as they travel through five different countries to solve puzzles and find hidden objects. The goal is solve a mystery involving Excalibur, the magical sword from Arthurian myth....
published on Friday, the 21. November 2008, macintosh-news-network
Dining out with iPhone: Zagat and OpenTable hit the App Store
The calls of iPhone-wielding foodies have been answered. In the last two weeks, the App Store has seen the addition of the two premier dining resources for U.S. residents -- Zagat, the de facto restaurant rating guide, and OpenTable, the real-time online reservation service. We take a closer look at both.
published on Friday, the 21. November 2008, appleinsider
Macware releases Logo Design Studio expansion packs
Macware on Thursday released two expansion packs, Big Concept 1 and Alphabet Art 1, for its Logo Design Studio Pro software. Both packages include over 150 new logo templates. Big Concept also offers more than 1,100 additional vector-based logo objects, the vector format allowing independent customization of each object layer....
published on Friday, the 21. November 2008, macintosh-news-network
App Store Lessons: Design for Contact
Today's App Store lesson is that adding a contact button directly into your app will vastly increase both bug reports and feature requests.Read More...
published on Friday, the 21. November 2008, ars-technica
Group movies together by label on Apple TV
I'm pretty sure this is a new feature of the 2.3 update. If you add a Show label (under the Video tab) for a group of movies (for instance, Star Wars) then they will all show up in a sub-folder of that show name. So now, instead of seeing a long list of Star Wars: Episode I, Star Wars, Episode 2, etc., you just get one item with a little arrow next to it indicating there's a sub-folder.
published on Friday, the 21. November 2008, macosxhints
Apple updates Final Cut Pro, Compressor, Color, and Shake
Apple this week released Pro Applications Update 2008-04, a recommended update for all users of Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Server, and Logic Studio. The release addresses general performance issues, improves overall stability, and includes new versions of Final Cut Pro, Compressor, Color, and Shake.
published on Friday, the 21. November 2008, appleinsider
Apple updates Final Cut Pro 6 with "Pro Apps 2008-04"
Apple on Thursday released new updates to professional video and audio suites, including Final Cut Pro 6.05, Compressor 3.0.5, Color 1.0.3 and Shake 4.1.1. Apple says the Pro Applications Update 2008-04, a revision to Final Cut Studio 2.0. addresses general performance issues and improves overall stability. Final Cut Pro 6.0.5 addresses specific issues such as improved rendering of still images an...
published on Thursday, the 20. November 2008, macintosh-news-network
iPhone 2.2 adds Street View, wide HTML mail, more
Apple on Thursday unveiled the long-awaited iPhone 2.2 update, offering users a number of enhancements and additions to maps and mail, as well as several improvements to stability and reliability. The v2.2 update provides the Maps app with Google Street View, and public transit directions. Dropped pins will now show addresses, and users can share locations over email. The Mail app itself had alleg...
published on Thursday, the 20. November 2008, macintosh-news-network
Fliq social networking app comes to the Mac
Mark/Space on Thursday launched Fliq, a social networking application for Mac. Fliq allows users to transfer photos, contacts and notes to other members on the same network. Previously only available on the iPhone, the Mac version integrates Address Book and iPhoto content for additional capabilities. A drag function can be used to move text and images from anywhere on the computer and then drop t...
published on Thursday, the 20. November 2008, macintosh-news-network