HTC buys US designers to bolster phone look
HTC today revealed that it will buy American design house One & Company for an undisclosed amount. The move makes permanent a collaboration that started with the Touch Diamond and should see One & Company become HTC's regular designer for its smartphones in the future. Most of HTC's newest Touch series phones already draw on the US firm's influence, including the MAX 4G and Touch HD....
published yesterday, 1 day 5 hours 10 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network
Apps: Entrance, POPFile, GlimmerBlocker
Entrance 1.3 ($50) is a browser for MySQL database that uses data to draw histograms, line charts and more. Entrance also supports an new data mining feature dubbed "data painting" and an explore tree with drag and drop support for tables, queries and scripts. The SQL script editor also features a built-in error detection feature and lets users edit and run SQL scripts against their data. With the...
published on Monday, the 1. December 2008, macintosh-news-network
Retrieve the raw mixdown file from GarageBand
Every time GarageBand exports a song, it first creates an uncompressed mixdown file, called Output.aif. It then compresses this file into the file that you actually see. If you ever want to access the raw, uncompressed file, you can do this: Initiate the export. GarageBand says it's creating the mixdown. Open up Activity Monitor (Applications » Utilities » Activity Monitor) and select the GarageBand process. Press the Inspect button at the top. Select the Open Files and Ports tab. Copy the contents of it into a text editor. Search the text for Output; it's usually on the last line. Copy the path to the clipboard -- it will be something long and ugly like /private/var/ folders/8c/8c6KjuqYGKCLxYlDtiJFJk+++TI/ -Tmp-/GarageBand/Export/Output.aif (robg says: Note that spaces were added to the path shown here to allow line breaks; the real path won't have spaces, of course.). Open up Terminal (App...
published on Monday, the 1. December 2008, macosxhints
Adobe supports Canon and Panasonic DSLRs with Camera Raw 5.2
In addition to additional camera model support, the latest update adds additional RAW conversion features to Photoshop CS4.Read More...
published on Tuesday, the 25. November 2008, ars-technica
How to make sure Mail sends font info with messages
This is a heads-up for those who send rich text emails using Mail: The font set in Mail » Preferences » Fonts & Colors in the Message Font field is local to your Mac; it is never sent with an email message. As such, there is no way to specify a default font that is actually sent with each new message. You can prove this for yourself. Change the font and size in the Message Font box to something really weird. Now, look at your sent messages, and explain how can you change the font on a message that is already sent? By looking at the raw source view of a message, you can also see that no default font gets sent. Compare the raw source from a Mail message and that of an Outlook message -- check right after where it says . Also look at your received messages. You will notice that messages sent from non-Macs have not changed, or only the font face has changed, not the font size. Messages from other Macs, and messages you have sent, will change both font face and s...
published on Tuesday, the 25. November 2008, macosxhints
Adobe Camera Raw 5.2 supports 7 new cameras
Adobe on Tuesday released an update to its Photoshop Camera Raw plug-in. Adobe Camera Raw 5.2, available as a free download, extends raw file support to an additional seven camera models, including the Canon EOS 5D Mark II and Panasonic DMC LX3. According to the company, the update provides several new enhancements including the Targeted Adjustment Tool for on-image refinements and output sharpeni...
published on Tuesday, the 25. November 2008, macintosh-news-network
Shark LT handles 2D and 3D CAD work
Punch! Software is now shipping Shark LT, a professional-level CAD application. The software is aimed mainly at generating 3D models, but is also used to produce related 2D drawings, which can be generated automatically for items such as section and detail views. These can then be imported into apps more suited to 2D editing, such as Illustrator....
published on Friday, the 21. November 2008, macintosh-news-network
ASUS ships Eee Top iMac rival in Taiwan area
ASUS today officially launched the Eee Top in its home territory of Taiwan. The desktop is positioned as a budget alternative to an iMac or a similar media all-in-one with just a 15.6-inch, 1366x768 display and the components of a netbook but with features often left out of more expensive desktops. A built-in touchscreen supports both media playback through a special front-end (Eee Cinema), draw...
published on Thursday, the 20. November 2008, macintosh-news-network
Maxell intros dockable, noise-cancelling iPod earbuds
Maxell on Wednesday announced it will soon release noise-cancelling earbud headphones that are compatible with 4th or newer generation iPods and the first and second-gen iPod touch. (however, the iPhone 3G is not supported). The headphones plug in via the dock connector, as they draw power from the device to perform their function -- the company says the power draw is significant enough to reduce ...
published on Wednesday, the 19. November 2008, macintosh-news-network
Hands on: Google lets you search with your voice on iPhone
Google has brought voice recognition to its iPhone app, allowing users to speak their queries and receive location-based search results. It's a useful and surprisingly accurate feature, though not without its drawbacks.Read More...
published on Tuesday, the 18. November 2008, ars-technica