Deals: Freeverse’s Kill Monty 45% off this weekend only!
The current featured promo on MacUpdate offers Freeverse’s Kill Monty for US$10.95 (45% off, retail $19.28)…
Entries from February 2008
Refurb iMacs from $1,249, MacBooks from $849
Apple’s online store is currently offering reconditioned current-generation iMacs for as little as $1,249 and MacBooks starting at $849. The company’s current-generation 20-inch 2.4GHz iMac Intel Core 2 Duo ($1,249) includes 1GB of memory, a 320GB hard drive, an 8x SuperDrive DVD/CD burner, and an ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO graphics card with 256MB of …
Briefly: Apple big in Japan
In brief: Apple ranks 15th in Web traffic in Japan, RAM for new MacBooks, MacBook Pros is available, Freeway 5 beta 3 has been released and Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Leopard Edition debuts … Apple ranks 15th in Web traffic in Japan according to new statistics release by comScore. Apple garnered 15,633,000 unique visitors in Japan …
First Look: ScreenFlow, screen capturing
Every Mac comes with the Grab program, which can capture images of the screen that are helpful for showing others how a certain program should look or what users should see after choosing specific commands. Unfortunately still images cannot always show the complete story, just as viewing a photograph is less enthralling than watching a movie. To fi…
Apple jobs: carbon composites, iPhone cameras, MacBook design
As always, Apple is expanding its workforce; new postings, however, suggest that the company is investigating a return to carbon elements in its computers, expanding the iPhone’s camera functionality, and prepping for the next generation of MacBooks….
iPhone 1.1.4 unlock guide, package manager
A Mac-only guide describing how to jailbreak Apple’s iPhone 1.1.4 and SIM unlock the device has surfaced alongside a graphical user interface port of the Debian APT package management system for iPhone. The new guide, posted on IntoMobile, takes users step by step through the process of jailbreaking — or gaining filesystem read/write access — the…
Twitterrific 3.1 fixes bugs, adds prefs
The Iconfactory has announced the release of Twitterrific 3.1, an update to the application that enables users to both read and publish posts or ‘tweets’ to the Twitter community website. The latest release hides the cursor after selecting a tweet, correctly sorts as well as summarizes Growl notifications, adds a preference to control the scrolling…
KeynotePro releases Om ‘08 for Keynote
KeynotePro today released OM ‘08 for Keynote, a new theme for Apple’s Keynote ‘08 presentation software with a new framework and new master slide options. OM ‘08 for Keynote features a bold new color/type variation, according to KeynotePro. “The OM themes have been completely overhauled for the transition to Keynote ‘08, producing a whole new gener…
Apple’s cash could benefit investors
Apple’s cash reserve of $18.5 billion could benefit shareholders in a big way moving forward, according to BusinessWeekcolumnist Arik Hesseldahl. The cash amounts to $21 for each share of company stock, and Hesseldahl believes Apple should return some of that money to shareholders in the form of a buyback. “The time to buy back Apple stock is now,”…
Source: Apple may not restrict free iPhone apps
In spite of fears that Apple may impose tight restrictions on third-party iPhone applications developed with its upcoming SDK, the company may loosen those restrictions for free programs, Electronista has learned. Connected to the same sources which reported early access for select developers — sources which have since been confirmed as accurate …