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MySpace blames Apple and QuickTime for hacked accounts

by David Chartier (Dec 6th, 2006)

A malicious QuickTime movie made the rounds across MySpace profiles last weekend, altering user profiles and changing links on their pages to redirect to phishing websites crafted to look like MySpace logins. The movie, CNET reports, actually capitalized on a MySpace flaw and QuickTime's legitimate ...

Apple Store has a new "chat now" feature

by David Chartier (Nov 21st, 2006)

That experiment with chat and the education store must have gone well, as the public Apple Store has recently become a little chattier with the seemingly quiet introduction of a new "chat now" feature to its product pages. Interestingly, it appears (at least for me) only on Mac product pages, and ...

My top X unlikely requests for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

by David Chartier (Nov 5th, 2006)

Major new features in the upcoming Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard like Time Machine are great, but I've been thinking about all the other aspects of the Mac OS X experience that could use some spit and polish from Apple's engineers. They've done a fantastic job building a damn impressive OS over the years, ...

Why wait for Leopard? Share and edit your calendars now with SyncBridge

by David Chartier (Aug 11th, 2006)

By now you're probably picking up on a new theme of 'Why Wait for Leopard?' If so, good eye. If not: you really need to read more TUAW. In either case, we've tracked down another Leopard-busting app in the form of SyncBridge, which brings all the features of syncing, sharing and editing iCal ...

The real Leopard show-stopper? Developer goodies that weren't on stage

by David Chartier (Aug 10th, 2006)

Reports are surfacing on the web that, while everything Apple showed on stage at WWDC 2006 was exciting and purty 'n all, the more exciting attractions are what wasn't shown on stage. AeroExperience, a Vista developer resource site (of all places), claims to have an exclusive list of many of the ...

New Parallels Desktop beta enables better USB, performance, integration

by David Chartier (Aug 8th, 2006)

Parallels must have been missing their beta days, as they have already announced a new beta version of their Desktop software at WWDC today that brings quite a few much-requests updates. Parallels Desktop, in case you haven't been following the Mac web the last few months, is virtualization ...

The elephant in the room: Apple pulls a Microsoft, delays Leopard past original promise

by David Chartier (Aug 7th, 2006)

The first bell that rung in my ear when Steve announced Mac OS X 10.5's ship date of Spring 2007 was: "Apple just pulled a Microsoft". I know, I know: those words might be nails on the chalkboard in your head, but it's true. Leopard was originally promised for Fall 2006, and now it's been bumped ...

Shiira v2 beta released

by David Chartier (Aug 6th, 2006)

Remember that Shiira v2 beta preview that delusions of grandeur had at the end of July? Well instead of simply reading about it, now you can take your own copy for a spin, as a public, localized beta has been released. Shiira, if you haven't been following the coverage as of late, is an open source ...

Photoshop Automator Actions v3.0 released

by David Chartier (Aug 3rd, 2006)

Ben Long has released v3.0 of his rocking set of Automator actions for Photoshop, introducing 11 new actions and a slew of new and updated abilities including: Add Layer, Add Empty Adjustment Layer, Duplicate Current Layer Render action allows saving as EPS, or using Save for Web Save for ...

Brent Simmons blogs Leopard UI predictions

by David Chartier (Aug 3rd, 2006)

Brent Simmons, developer of the most popular RSS reader on earth, has published some pre-WWDC predictions as to where he sees Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard's UI will evolve. He throws down the gauntlet on brushed metal, delves into customizable toolbars and even touches on what might happen to 'bubbly popup ...

Weekend Review: this week's software for 7-30-06

by David Chartier (Jul 30th, 2006)

It was another packed week for software premieres and updates, so here is a roundup in case you missed them the first time around: Shareware Groupcal 3 - manage your Exchange calendar from iCal EyeTV 2.3 - Front Row-like menu and speed boosts OmniPlan (beta) - OmniGroup's brand new project ...

A week with the Nike + iPod Sports Kit

by David Chartier (Jul 27th, 2006)

The kit's been out for a while, and I have been running with my own (with a cheap shoe wallet; not Nike's shoes) for about a week now, so I figured I would post a brief review and some thoughts about one of the most unique (and arguably active) iPod accessories to date. In a nutshell - it's nice. ...

Get organized: a survey of digital junk drawer apps

by David Chartier (Jul 11th, 2006)

A while ago I decided to bring some sanity to the way I do things and organize all my stuff. I'm working on a design thesis in my multimedia undergrad degree, I'm constantly doing research for my blogging work, and I have countless other projects and ideas that were growing in both size and ...

CamiScript 4.0

by David Chartier (Jul 10th, 2006)

CamiScript, the script menu plugin for Camino, has been updated to version 4.0. This isn't quite a landmark release that enables Camino to fly around your room or tell you the future (besides, some day, the latter will be Google's job), but this new version does bring one big handy new feature: the ...

MediaCentral 2

by David Chartier (Jul 9th, 2006)

We blogged MediaCentral back in November when it was just a fledgling beta, offering but a glimpse of what was to come. Now, it's all growed up into version 2, which is (typically) the age when an app begins to show maturity and solidifies into its true form, and mature it has - MediaCentral has ...