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 today, 1 hour 29 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network
Microsoft saw Apple's anti-Vista campaign coming
Microsoft officials were concerned about the performance of Windows Vista and the way it would be compared to Mac OS X long before Apple zeroed in on the problematic software with its humorous "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" advertising campaign, internal emails show.
published today, 5 hours 4 minutes ago, appleinsider
Seagate intros rainbow of FreeAgent Go drives
Portable and internal hard drive maker Seagate on Wednesday announced the upcoming release of its FreeAgent Go drives in a wide range of colors. In addition to the previously available red, blue, black and silver FreeAgent Go drives, the new color options include two kinds of green, a lighter blue, pink, orange and gold. Each drive from the FreeAgent Go range originally launched in September will ...
published today, 5 hours 39 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network
Apple may release Snow Leopard as early as March '09
According to a slide presentation delivered at the LISA '08 conference last week, Apple is targeting a Q1 2009 release for Mac OS X 10.6, slightly ahead of schedule.Read More...
published today, 6 hours 56 minutes ago, ars-technica
Microsoft Feared Mac vs. Vista In '05
CWmike writes "Gregg Keizer sifted through many threads of e-mails released under the 'Vista Capable' lawsuit to dig up this jewel...More than a year before Windows Vista's release — and long before Apple started poking fun at the OS — Microsoft officials were already worried about comparisons between Mac OS X and Vista. An e-mail thread from October 2005 showed that an article in the Wall Street Journal by Walt Mossberg grabbed the attention of managers at Microsoft. In a column headlined What PC to Buy If You Are Planning On a Vista Upgrade, Mossberg alarmed one Windows manager who forwarded a bit from the column.... 'You won't have to worry about Vista if you buy one of Apple Computer's Macintosh computers, which don't run Windows,' Mossberg had written. 'Every mainstream consumer doing typical tasks should consider the Mac. Its operating system, called Tiger, is better and more secure than Windows XP, and already contains most of the key features promised for Vista.' Warrier added a comment of his own: 'A premium experience as defined by Walt = Apple. This is why we need to address [the column].'"Read more of this story at Slashdot.
published today, 7 hours 51 minutes ago, apple-slashdot
Disable Skype's auto-changing of microphone volume
Skype always irritated me with its automatic microphone volume changes. The Windows version has the ability to disable this option in the preferences pane, but the Mac version does not. Today, I spent some time trying to solve this problem. After some searching on net, I found a solution for the Windows version which also works on the Mac.Quit Skype and open the folloving file with TextEdit: ~/Library » Application Support » Skype » shared.xml. At the end of the document, you'll see this section:<VoiceEng> <MicVolume>77</MicVolume></VoiceEng>Simply change this section to look like this (adding one new line):<VoiceEng> <AGC>0</AGC> <MicVolume>100</MicVolume></VoiceEng>AGC means Automatic Gain Control, and setting it to 0 disables this feature. Set it to 1 if you want to enable it again. The MicVolume can range from 0 (mute) to ...
published today, 8 hours 29 minutes ago, macosxhints
Walmart iPhone date narrowed to December 28th
The new date for the launch of the iPhone at Walmart has been narrowed to December 28th, information suggests. The figure comes from a leaked internal memo, obtained in response to earlier reports explaining why the phone missed a predicted November 15th shipment. Additional sources say that some 2,500 Walmart stores will carry the device, along with 69 Sam's Club locations, the latter being own...
published today, 8 hours 29 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network
TeliaSonera may offer iPhone MMS app in Sweden
In a recent interview, a spokesperson for Swedish iPhone carrier TeliaSonera confirmed that the company will launch an official MMS application within the next few months. The question remains as to whether it will be an application developed by Apple, or a third-party app offered by TeliaSonera.Read More...
published today, 9 hours 17 minutes ago, ars-technica
Dream Capture adds simple recording, sharing, more
The Dream Apps on Monday offered a new update to its video recording utility for Mac OS X, Dream Capture 2.3, providing users with simple recording features and sharing options. This new update makes Dream Capture 2.3 easier to work with in regards to other recording applications, while offering a higher amount of support for iTunes and audio recording. With the new enhancements to the video quali...
published yesterday, 18 hours 9 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network
Gaming Benchmarks For the New MacBook Pros
PC World takes a look at the performance of the new MacBook Pros compared to models from the middle of 2007. In addition to benchmarking software, they run comparisons on the Crysis demo and the World in Conflict demo. The results show improvement by a significant margin. Additional benchmarks are available at MacWorld. "Crysis shows a similar performance bump, though viewed practically, those numbers might look a little depressing. Crysis arrived in November 2007, but I'm fairly certain I won't be comfortably running it on a MacBook Pro until somewhere north of 2010. Drop the settings to 'medium,' however, and I can vouch that the average frame rate on the November MacBook Pro rested comfortably in the very playable middle 20s."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
published yesterday, 20 hours 11 minutes ago, apple-slashdot