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Software Archive This category contains 158 posts

March 15, 2010

Apple releases Aperture SlideShow Support Update 1.1

Apple on Monday release an update for its professional photography workflow application, Aperture.

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March 11, 2010

Apple releases Safari 4.0.5

Apple on Thursday released an update for its Web browser, bringing the current version of Safari to 4.0.5.

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March 10, 2010

Hands On with Aperture 3.0.1: A huge step ahead for Apple’s photo software

Whether you’re a seasoned digital photographer or an amateur looking to step up from iPhoto, chances are that Apple’s Aperture software can help you dramatically. Now in its third major iteration, Aperture is easier to use and more powerful than ever.

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March 9, 2010

GDC: Unity 3.0 engine adds iPad support, more

Unity Technologies has announced Unity 3.0, a new version of its versatile 3D game engine which enables developers to create titles for Mac, iPhone, Web and other platforms. A final release date is scheduled for this summer.

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Microsoft updates Office for Mac 2008 and 2004

Microsoft on Tuesday released updates for two of its Office versions for the Mac, according to software site, MacUpdate.

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FileMaker Pro 11 adds charts, easier reporting

FileMaker Inc. on Tuesday announced the release of FileMaker Pro 11, a major new release of its popular database software for Mac OS X and Windows. It’s available beginning today, along with new versions of FileMaker Pro 11 Advanced, FileMaker Server 11 and FileMaker Server 11 Advanced. It costs $299, with upgrades available for registered [...]

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March 8, 2010

U.S. Internet users watched 32.4 billion videos in January

Market research firm, comScore, on Monday released some staggering numbers about the number of videos watched by U.S. Internet users.

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Software
March 7, 2010

How Ad Blockers hurt your favorite Web sites

Ars Technica posted a great article on how ad blocking is affecting its business. While we’re not quite as big as Ars, the same principles apply. We are trying to bring readers interesting content everyday — the way we make money is through advertising. If everyone used an ad blocker, we wouldn’t have jobs.
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March 6, 2010

Consumers lose interest in Kindle after iPad introduction

I’ve never been a fan of the Kindle. I know there are a lot of people out there that like the device, but it just makes no sense to me. This doesn’t surprise me the least little bit.
ChangeWave recently conducted a survey of 3,171 consumers the week after Apple announced the iPad, and the results [...]

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Links
March 4, 2010

Apple models new Mac Developer Program after iPhone program

Apple on Thursday relaunched its Mac Developer Program and modelled it after the successful iPhone Developer Program the company has had in place for the past couple of years.

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Software
March 3, 2010

ProfitTrain 2.0 invoicing app released

Clickable Bliss this week released ProfitTrain 2.0, an invoicing app for Mac OS X. The application was formerly called Billable.

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Software

Apple releases ProKit 5.1

Apple released an update for users of its professional applications. ProKit 5.1 is a relatively small download at 16.8MB and is available via software update in Mac OS X or from Apple’s Web site.

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Music
February 25, 2010

Apple releases Camera Raw Compatibility Update 3.1

Apple on Thursday released Digital Camera Raw Compatibility Update 3.1, which extends RAW image compatibility for Aperture 3 and iPhoto ‘09.

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Software

Apple’s 10 billion song winner buys Johnny Cash tune

Apple on Wednesday reached the 10 billion download mark on its iTunes Store. The company on Thursday said who the lucky winner of the contest was.

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Software
February 24, 2010

Apple reaches 10 billion iTunes downloads

Apple hit another milestone on Wednesday as the company hit 10 billion downloads from its iTunes Store.

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Apple updates Aperture 3, fixing fifteen issues

Apple on Wednesday released an update for its professional photography workflow application, Aperture 3, according to a post on software update site, MacUpdate.

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Pixelmator image editor update adds brushes collections

One of my favorite apps, Pixelmator, was updated recently adding a ton of improvements, bug fixes and a new feature called Brushes Collections.

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Software
February 20, 2010

The Beard Speaks: Hairworld Expo and Webcam spying

Well hello there! ‘Tis I, The Beard, here once again to share my inestimable wisdom with the masses.

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Software
February 19, 2010

MindTouch sees Fujitsu collaboration as entré to Mac-based SMB

Fujitsu has announced a collaboration with MindTouch, a vendor of open source collaborative networking. Fujitsu’s ScanSnap document scanners are now able to scan documents directly into a MindTouch collaboration site.

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February 16, 2010

MacSpeech acquired by Nuance

Speech recognition software-maker MacSpeech on Tuesday said it has been acquired by Nuance, makers of Dragon speech recognition software for Windows.

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